Category: News

Petition To Allow George Lucas Back To Star Wars

Seriously? There’s news that someone’s put together a petition to have George Lucas direct Episode IX.

I can only assume that the author of the petition hasn’t seen the prequel movies or listened to any of the dialogue within them. I love Star Wars and, by and large, really enjoyed Episode VII even though I’d spent the previous year saying I didn’t want to see Han Solo in his 70s (I was wrong about that, by the way) but having Lucas return to direct Episode IX?

Are You Joking

The totally unrelated picture above comes from Bryan Talbot’s excellent Grandville Noël which I had as a Christmas present and when I saw that picture yesterday, I thought “Must save that – it’ll come in handy for a blog post when someone suggests something ridiculous on the internet.” One day later . . .

Dejah Thoris Title Coming In February

Dejah Thoris #1

I mentioned before about a new Dejah Thoris title coming from Dynamite and in this interview with Gail Simone we get confirmation that it’s landing in February and also a little more information about it:

We gave Dejah a whole new story here. It’s in continuity, she’s not a different character, but she’s forced to put away everything and everyone she knows, and go live incognito as an entry-level soldier in the middle of nowhere. Of all the story directions, this is the one I think could be a real game-changer for the character. What happens when a princess who has everything, has to leave it all behind, even her name, in shame? To go fight a border war in a desolate land?

The fact that it’s “in continuity” is interesting and leads me to wonder what effect that will have on the John Carter: Warlord of Mars series that I’m also reading – is that story going to reflect Dejah’s apparent disappearance from Helium and if so, how’s that going to affect Carter?

Interesting times ahead, I think.

Quick News Round Up

Been out the last couple of days so catching up with the news and here’s what caught my eye:

Ash Evil Dead

Ash vs Evil Dead has been confirmed for a second season before the first one even starts – which is great news for you lovely people in the States, but over here in the UK, there’s still no channel confirmed to show it.

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New Dejah Thoris Title

I’ve been reading and enjoying the relaunched John Carter: Warlord of Mars series written by Ron Marz (and later with Ian Edgington) for the last year or so – it’s good fun pulp adventure and I like that every now and then. I’ve even gone back and picked up the first Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris trade to see what that was like and, again, it’s enjoyable stuff.

Now there’s news of a new Dejah Thoris title (along with Red Sonja and Vampirella) coming from Dynamite with a redesign of the main character and whose story is road-mapped by Gail Simone whose writing I really enjoy – her various Secret Six series are among my favourites – so I’ll definitely be picking this up when it’s released. The new series will be written by Frank J. Barbiere (not someone whose work I know) with the redesign done by the excellent Nicola Scott:

Dejah Thoris Redesign

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