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The Judge of All the Earth

“Shall not the Judge of all the Earth do right?” – Genesis, Chapter 18, Verse 25

One of the movies I’m anticipating along with The Dark Knight and a few others is Watchmen. A fan of the original graphic novel, I was both disappointed and excited by the revelation of the movie. While there is no doubt Zack Snyder can kick ass after making 300, I have a feeling that not even he can do justice to Watchmen.

As Alan Moore himself said, Watchmen the book itself was focused on showcasing how graphic novels are unique in their format – merging the depth and length of a novel with visual cues, subliminal messages and heaploads of layers. I think the novel is one of the finest examples of graphic novel literature, and like the Lord of the Rings, cannot be reasonably transferred to another medium.

Zack released the costumes for the characters and while I love the looks of Nite Owl, the Comedian and of course, Rorshach looks perfect. Ozymandias looks a little weird – I’m not sure if he can do it right.

What I’m keen to see is Dr. Manhattan himself, the ultimate superhero. How will he be portrayed in the movie? Will it have the same amount of nudity the graphic novel had? Will Zack do the graphic novel justice and make a great movie at the same time?

Duty Calls

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I’m Green Lantern vs. Dr. Doom

You are Dr. Doom

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

You are Green Lantern

Hot-headed. You have strong
will power and a good imagination.

From here and here.

Truck Bearing Kibble

Yesterday, I chance upon Truck Bearing Kibble, a webcomic that is almost as good as the Perry Bible Fellowship. In many ways, TBK looks inspired off of PBF, such as the penchant of non-explicit, but really twisted humour and the painstaking detail of artwork (for a webcomic).

There aren’t many comics out, so I went through the archive in like half an hour. I can’t pick a favourite, there are so many great ones! Almost all of them are parodies of some or the other pop culture phenomenon, most often a mash-up of a franchise with something completely unrelated. That, along with the read-between-the-lines  black humour makes for a damned intriguing comic.

It’s not as good as PBF, I’ll say and most often requires you to have good knowledge of the media being parodied, or you won’t get the jokes. I also love the instant comments feature at the bottom of the comic – something more comics should be doing. It also needs an About page, whose content has been promised.

Dangers

Reset

PRDX

Hooked to the Perry Bible Fellowship!

Following a list of best webcomics, I found PBF, which I find to be the best – beating xkcd in my books. It’s got a strange twist of innocence, sadism and disturbing themes. There’s a strange feeling you get when you chronically read PBF – something behind the strip that wants to eat at you and your conscience. That is the best part. All other webcomics suddenly feel so lame.

Linkage below.