Friday, May 13, 2011

YouTube Wednesday(ish): Barbarella the Movie!

Note: this was actually published early Thursday, but Blogger's outage temporarily deleted it. When it reposted, it posted with Friday's date.
We've talked about it for the past couple of days in connection with the comic strip we've been presenting, so here it is...
Barbarella!
(at least the trailer...)

And now the opening credits...

..then Killer Dolls...

...then a VERY warm iceman...

...then the Excessive Machine...

...and, finally, the ending!

You want more? go buy the movie!

Blogger Outage

Thursday's posted entry is still somewhere in the ether.
It's frustrating since I pride myself on the fact that I've been posting daily, including weekends and holidays for almost two solid years, and now, until Thursday reappears, it looks like I slacked off!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Reading Room: BARBARELLA 1.2

Barbarella crash-landed on the planet Lythion where, after a number of...interesting...situations, she managed to reunite two long-feuding races, ending their centuries-long war.
With her ship destroyed, the amazing woman gets a lift from a conveniently-arriving space freighter and is off to another astounding adventure on other worlds...
We'll return to Barbarella in the near future, after we catch our breath...

It's interesting to see various plot elements and characters that Roger Vadim and Claude Brulé re-composited in the 1960s movie's script in their original form.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Reading Room: BARBARELLA 1.1

While most are familiar with the psychedelic movie starring Jane Fonda, few are those who read the entire Barbarella saga, much less the four stories that comprise the translated graphic novel that introduced her to English-speaking fans in 1966 after becoming a smash hit in Europe.
Now, jump in, the way readers in the '60s had to, and try to keep up...
Tune in tomorrow for both the conclusion to Part 1, and some more background on...Barbarella!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Cover Preview: WARLORD OF MARS: FALL OF BARSOOM #1

While most of the Dynamite John Carter of Mars material has been decent, but not spectacular, discovering Francesco Francavilla will be doing alternate covers for a new mini-series indicates they're taking the character in a pulp-oriented vein, at least this go-round.
Well-done guys!