The second time I saw The Night Bookmobile it was another chance encounter. Something wonderfully odd happens to people who have huge bestsellers-they kind of lose their minds. Stephen King, James A. Michener, and J.K. Rowling all decided that having a base of reader meant they could crank out stories with millions of words. Other writers have decided that this means they have been touched by God and need to do a bit more preaching than they used to. And some decide to explore other mediums besides the boring world of the novel. Audrey Niffeneggerwrote one of my all time…
Tag: graphic novels
J. Michael Straczynski and Wonder Woman
For sci fi geeks like me, J. Michael Straczynski will always and forever be the man behind Babylon 5. Though he has moved well beyond the world of bozo haired aliens and space opera-the last time I heard his name he was proudly proclaiming that Changeling was a true story. The news today is that Wonder Woman has been given a makeover-again-and that she is ready to move into the 21th century. I like the new look, but then, I like the old look as well. Wonder Woman is like Superman, she is an icon of the comic book world-but…
Made to Stick
Walking around the library I find my way to the new books shelve and start scanning the titles. It’s the usual suspects, latest bestsellers and graphic novels, stuff for the restless mind that wants to get away from it all. Then there is a book with a fairly convincing bit of duct tape on the cover. Why some ideas survive and others die. Hmm, sounds like my kind book. And it is. Covering everything from the urban legend of the stolen kidney to the success of the Jared Subway commercials, this is really way cool stuff. Ok, saying really way…