Morning All,
A chaotic week of ups and downs. Proving the sins of presumption and the horrors of prediction.
I took a walk into the deep desert and found it less satisfying than Part 1.
Dune 2: The House of Brian was a hammer to my expectations. Myself and Dan often describe Dune as less of a hobby and more of a religion. The books always came first, followed by Lynch and more recently we got the Boom comics series. I had really enjoyed Part 1 of the recent movie iteration. But the second part included massive shifts of focus to Chani and that bloke from Elvis. It also contains scenes performed by the People’s Popular Front of Judea – with Stilgar becoming a cross between Kenneth Williams and a Face-Dancer.
A massive missed opportunity stood hovering over my cinema seat. That chance to drill into Paul’s motivations and psychology. Then suddenly we decide on the carefully chosen term “Holy War” at the end and see Chani making a huffy face looking at ships taking off from the top of a hill.
The movie then stopped.
To walk away from this subject for the week I’ll leave you with some of the covers from the recent Boom prequel series – probably the high point for what they have been doing over there. The third in the maxi-series Dune:House Corrino is out this month. I’m triple dipping as I am a muggy dickhead.
Back to comics.
Otherwise it has been a comics filled week. Over at the ACP we took a pause to deep dive on three books with an eye to different themes. Talking about the Redemptive arc and its implications and tropes was a fun one for me. That balance off the crimes of the past with the good of the now. How far do you need to redress and is that something that can even be done. A storyline that can replicate a trial. Does this person live or die. What are the karmic complications. Who else lives from those bad, mad and dangerous times. It really got us thinking. Have a listen here.
Now, back to our Wednesday morning service!
Tops.
Looking for a well told and interesting police procedural with some angelic representation. Then Blood Tree from Image Comics is your man. Written by the ever reliable Peter J. Tomas I with art by Maxim Simic this makes for a satisfying read.
For those with the Global Comix paid app you can read it there.
Bottoms.
This is also on the Global Comic app. I’ve had to look at it so you do too!
Never underestimate the weird people who are out there in the comics scene.
Many thanks for reading. See you next week and don’t be stressed about singing.
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