Kick-Ass Film Review
A few thoughts about Kick-Ass, which I saw last evening at a special showing that featured a Q&A with Messrs. Millar an Romita Jr. thanks to our friends at UGO.
- Brutal as all hell, funny as all heck. This film’s gonna be big.
- Looooved Nic Cage’s performance. In fact, all the players were great. But Cage’s Big Daddy was a standout. He even affects Adam West’s mannerisms when in costume. Well done.
- Expect TONS of Hit Girl costumes next Halloween.
- The movie follows the comics verbatim in places while taking liberties in others to work on screen. They become separate entities, so don’t go in thinking the film will be a shot for shot adaptation. Think Lord of the Rings. It works.
- I’m sure the folks at Atomic Comics are swell, but the shop is NOT in New York City. Don’t look for it. Stop by FP instead.
- Go see it.
Ladygunn Magazine: Blind Date with Jeffy
Ladygunn Magazine invited me to go on a blind date as part of their comics issue…
Everyone gets ‘the call’ at least once in a lifetime. You know, the one where your best friend is like, “you have to go on a blind date with this dude, and I have to live vicariously through you because I have a boyfriend and who wouldn’t want to date a comic book store manager?”
That’s exactly what I did to our Art Director Allison Pauline when I set up her up with Jeff, manager of the famous ‘Forbidden Planet’ comic book store in Union Square.
Jeff is over an hour late on a rainy Sunday, to meet Allison at Brooklyn’s ‘Sweet Revenge’, a bar . Black-leather-clad, she sits waiting patiently. Every so often, she’ll look over at the door suspiciously, while I smile demurely and shrug my shoulders (I’m only there to document the event).
When he finally does arrive, he turns up also sporting a carcass, black leather too. Jeff is cuter than expected. They meet, they greet, they blinddate!
Click here to see how it went down.
Also be sure to eplore the rest of Ladygunn’s site while you’re at it. The rest of the comic issue features Harvey Pekar, Alison Bechdel, and Joe Matt. Pretty terrific company.