Impending Wuxia Wonders!
The Hollywood Reporter has a piece on new film adaptations of Jin Yong / Louis Cha’s wuxia novels. Plus, HK film industry folk discuss Cha’s importance to them. (Via Colin Geddes).
The Virtues of Captain America
Friend of the Gutter, Mark D. White has a new blog looking at “ethically memorable moments in Captain America’s 50+ years in comics since his Silver Age revival in 1964.” And he begins with Cap in Avengers #4 (1967)!
“Book vs. Flick: The Stepford Wives”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century writes about The Stepford Wives. “The story has been made into multiple films—the first being a play-by-play of the book in 1975, followed by mostly irrelevant sequels like Revenge of the Stepford Wives, The Stepford Children, and The Stepford Husbands. The original film retains […]
“Meet Dracula’s Indian Ancestor, Vetala!”
At The Hindu friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen and Alok Sharma write about Dracula’s roots in Indian literature and comics. “The vampire — that undead creature of the night, half-human, half-bat, thriving on blood — every culture has one in its lore. And this explains the universal […]
“Is This The Second Golden Age Of Indian Comics?”
Deepanjana Pal expands a piece she wrote for India Today, giving an overview of some fine Indian comic creators and considering the state of comics in India. “Far away from bookshelves and in corners of the internet, a vibrant scene emerges, full of new artists and innovative voices […]
“Race: The Original Sin of the Fantasy Genre”
At the Public Medievalist, Paul Sturtevant continues series on race, racism and the middle ages with a look at the use of “race” in fantasy, including Dungeons & Dragons: “Tolkien crafted his fantasy world intricately. He, for example, took great pains to calculate distances and accommodate for the […]
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