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November 5, 2023

November 5, 2023

Random Thoughts Over The Weekend

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This weekend I’m doing a pre-letters polish pass on the first FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, writing some cover prompts and getting ready to punch as hard as I can for my collaborators on the end of my X-Men stories and this current volume of Iron Man. There should be some new art to preview soon.

I wanted to catch KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON on the biggest, loudest screen possible and in Los Angeles, that means The Chinese Theater.

One of the best sequences in the film, was a literal descent to hell.

I won’t spoil anything, but while the film is very long, it always had my rapt attention. It’s billed as a crime thriller but I came away thinking it was a Scorsese horror film. Highly recommended to see on a big screen before you lose the chance. One of the director’s decisions in the final reel seems to be the topic of some discussion, but I liked it and appreciated how the true crime genre has always been popular in America, and indeed the FBI dined pretty well off the mass murder depicted in the film. I also came away from this film thinking about my friend Chris Kasick’s current true crime documentary Citizen Sleuth.

A true crime podcaster attempts to navigate the ethics of the genre and…I won’t spoil it. Worth a watch if you can catch it on the festival circuit and when it’s eventually available to stream.

Okay, back to X-Men.

GD

PS — If you haven’t checked out my lockdown project, TIMING/LUCK — hit this link. I have all but fulfilled my crowdfunding effort, and I’m selling the extra books I printed to cover loss and damage. Not many of the limited slipcase with hardcovers remain. Check them out here for as long as they remain.

Okay, I wrote a little about Steve Ditko this week and I forgot it was his birthday. Here’s a little present.

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