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sita brahmin.jpeg I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James revisited his favorite childhood books. And it's true—he did inspire me. But it's also true that I don't have cable.

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Pilgrim's Progress

Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."

There’s a girl sitting on the subway. She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.

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The Casefile of Sherlock Holmes and Carl Kolchak, Reporter

Though I prefer reading —and writing about —comics in collections, I do buy comics in single issues. Sometimes I need to know what happens next or can't wait for the collection anymore. Sometimes it's idle curiosity or the lure of the pretty. But every once in a while, it's the potential for all-out crazy.

I picked up Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder #1 for the potential all-out crazy.

Tags: 1890s, 1900s, 1970s, 2000s, Andy Bennett, Arthur Conan Doyle, California, Carl Kolchak, Carlos Magno, crime, Darren McGavin, detectives, horror, Jeremy Brett, Joe Gentile, journalism, London, Los Angeles, Richard Matheson, Sherlock Holmes, team-ups, time, tv, UK

By Carol Borden on February 4, 2010 1:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

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This makes me excited about other potential team-ups using old TV show characters and even older fictional heroes:

The Equalizer and Lord Greystoke: Tarzan take on smugglers in "Night of Blood." Or Poirot and Kojak in case of the "The Missing Menorah." Or how about The Rockford Files: Unlocked, featuring Simon Templar: The Saint in "Valley of Fire."

So many possibilities...

—Mr.Dave

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Of Note Elsewhere

Brian at Shelf Life Clothing Company has put together an awesome display of "The Greatest Movie Stunts of All Time." As well as, the first volume of "The Greatest Movie Soundtrack Composers."

~Slick, coldblooded action in "10 Photos Capturing Moments of Spontaneous Badassery!"
~Akira Ifukube conducts the Osaka Symphony in a selection of his Godzilla works.
~Violence + cooking. It just doesn't get any better. The Butcher, The Chef and The Swordsman.
~Wicked posters for Raleigh, North Carolina's Cinema Overdrive film series.
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