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Published: 2007-08-25 04:24:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 491; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 4
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My creations have often appeared to be inexplicably linked with the writings of Samuel Beckett. Though I thought i had created their names seperately from Beckett, it was a few years after their creations that i first saw one of his plays, the parallels are unavoidable. Beckett has a trilogy of novels, the first entitled Molloy followed by the second Malone Dies (Spuds Malone, anyone?). Also, my world was flipped on its nose when I was living with and he introduced me to the Beckettian world. Many of Bat-Maloy's tales and antics subtly continue the undescribable narrative of Beckett's masterpieces. Characters blindly following their roles, time irrelevent, for the sake of it. "I shan't go on. I will go on."in this one i tried to mimic the feel closely while also factoring in the superhero motifs. without rambling on too much further, i'll leave you with this. a chunk of my brain, my left nostril, a laugh, and a vague feeling of insecurity.
enjoy.
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I like the "fill in the blanks" approach, though I'd say that you have more empathy for your characters than Beckett's ever had.
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ha! that may be true. if i want to go for a more Beckettian approach, i suppose i should axe the empathy. thanks for the comment!
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Absolutely, but please don't, because Beckett in high dosage can be very depressing.
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very true... i'm more of the gent who believes the world could always need more laughter than sorrow... a good laugh to get us to appreciate this place, wot wot?
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Well i have a couple takes but so as not to sound dangerously close to the graphic novel It's a Bird... which does a fair job of deconstructing Superman for those who think he's an inaccessable character in the sense that he's all powerful and thus removed from the human experience. I like to go biblical when it comes to the Big Three: Supes, Bats, and Wonder Woman, this undoubtedly stems from my Catholic upbrining. He's the one 'that started it all' or at least in popular opinion. Coming from another world because humans needed the spark to get the ball rolling. There's a good reason why Marvel's first character was the Human Torch. They're both Prometheus metaphors. Bringing fire down from the heavens to enlighten the Earth Dwellers. He is the Father. Then, 'born in his image', in this case the Superhero image, Batman follows close behind. The original 'king of hell', Daredevil being the closest of Marvel's counterparts. Rising up from the ground, the Ascenders idea of evil, the body. Though he is 'just a man' or chained to his 'sin', he acts out his duties in sacrifice to the gods, the gods of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Silly as it sounds, one must understand that we're not dealing with our world as much as their world, the one we created for them. Anyways, to kind of wrap this up for now, Batman is usually at odds with Superman (or at least in the modern incarnation, if one looks at the Silver Age [which has another entire set of rules which i won't expound upon here] they're best friends, i.e. World's Finest) because though Superman has brought the fire and has shed the light to bring about this new era, Batman rebukes his 'Father' and tries to find answers (he is a detective after all) in the darkness. Superman as the omniscient father, Batman as the questing, questioning, adolescent. If you want to go Freud, most people have issues (excuse the pun) with Superman because they probably have Daddy issues, trying to either overthrow or emulate the image of the man that shaped their existence.
so yeah, my book will be out next month folks! heh.
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Wow.
I've always been more of a Superman fan myself. Oh I love Batman. He's the dark ID of us all...Justice is Vengeance. And who wouldn't want to put on the bat suit and fight crime? Batman is accesible and understandable- but for all that a pitiful figure. he seems to hate life.
But Superman is happy and joyful- true- he's all powerful and all that- but he loves life too. I prefer the Golden age Superman- the one who leaped instead of flying- who wasn't gosh all powerful. And I liked the Silver age Superman too. I liked the comraderie between Supes and Bats in those days- something Frank Miller stole from us- seems like they can barely stand one another thsed days. But I remeber reading a Worlds Finest- maybe it was the last one? Where the two fiinished up an adventure and went back to batcave to relax over a cup of coffee and just talk. I thought that was cool.
BTW I thought Captain America was marvel's first superhero. I love Cap. I still can't believe Marvel KILLED him! Have you ever thought of making a Captain America like character. I have one called Mister Liberty. He's somewhere in my gallery.
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Captain America soon followed the 1939 premier of the first comic entitled "Marvel Comics" back when the company was called Periodical or something... Captain America was created it seems as a vehicle for Americans to get excited to go to war, i believe he was created before Pearl Harbor. The first marvel comic starred, most famously, the human torch (not the Johnny Storm, but rather an android) and the Sub-Mariner. One of the best 'histories' of the Marvel universe is in the phenomenal Marvels by Kurt Busiek and art by Alex Ross.
I have a long winded theory about the transition between the Silver Age and the Modern age of DC comics...Marvel it seems follows its own path and has other ideologies at play. But yeah, having Supes and Bats drinking coffee together is a brilliant and strange idea as is most of the 'wacky' stuff that went down in those comics. There's a humorous site called "Superman is a Dick" where it focuses on a lot of the comic covers from the Silver Age where it would appear that Superman is manipulating others and the enviroment for his personal enjoyment. In the Silver Age as well you find Batman and Robin smiling. My overall feeling without getting into details at the moment is that the Silver Age showed a path of change within the perception of the superhero that DC did not want to go into, thus the Crisis, thus the revamps, and thus returning the comic universes to 'darkness'. I feel you're right about the current idea of Batman, he is pathetic, he never changes and is still acting like a pissed off wanker unable to cope with the death of his parents. My ideas for Bat-Maloy stem from wondering what the superhero would look like if left to its own devices, moving through the silver age 'campy' mentality and actually changing.
The Big Two are afraid of time and progress in their universes. Thus the deaths that usually are overturned, how now one ages and are stuck fighting the same incarnations of a vague notion of evil for all time.
I hope to someday fix that.
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I thiought it was all marketing- marvel and Dc have to reinvent and explain theior hreos every 5 years or so because the average comic reader grows up and loses interest.
I think I was raised on the Silver Age Batman/Superman. Remember that crazy Superman family? Superdog? Superhorse? Why no Supercat? I like a funny Batman. The 60s tv show was very campy and funny and yet excellant. A lot of parents were shocked at the 80s incarnation of Batman who hit the Movies. they had never read millers' Darknight series and had NO idea batman was a serious psychopath. Speaking of the movies- I wrote a couple of movie reviews for the latest Batman/Superman movies- I' be happy to send them to you. And speaking of movies- you have got to see Hollywoodland- all about the mysterious death of George Reeves tvs first Superman. It is one hell of a good film.
I tell you the Crises pissed me off. All that blood and thunder- and they killed the Flash! And Supergirl! And exiled the Golden age Superman to heaven? WTF? BDC fucked their whole shit up- and then years later wnet back to the alternate earth idea anyway.
Real Quick my favorite comics- when i read them I no longer do. I stopped when my wife told me to stop wasting money reading them back in 1988.
Favorite Marvel character: Dr. Strange
Fav DC Character: Green Lantern
Comics I collected fro years and years:
Marvel- Conan the Barbarian, Captain America, the Mighty Thor
DC- Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth, the All Star Squadron.
Alternative comic favs- the Flaming Carrot, Reid Fleming worlds toughest milkman, and Cynical man.
Its great talking to you about comics!!! You really KNOW your stuff! I'm curious on how you are going to change the genre? Maybe I can help?
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Mr. Beckett's spirit is obviously still alive, whispering subliminal messages in your ear.
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thanks! ...now if only this would show up on my homepage....or the two i submitted after it...
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