Party Ends

   Ok- we mainly post mp3s, talk about upcoming shows, and whine about if we should go see They Might Be Giants again at Stubb's or not.  But in addition to these ultra exciting topics that Luther and I discuss comics… ergh….graphic novels... and movies…erh films.  I am super excited about last week’s announcement concerning Charles Burns’s amazing monochromatic masterpiece Black Hole being made into a feature film.  I CANNOT think of a better director for the project than the attached David Fincher who in my book can do no wrong.  The Academy Awards must be holding Panic Room against him though because last year’s Zodiac was one of my favorite movies of the year.  

   Anyway- Black Hole was slowly released in small runs over the course of 10 years and then released in one huge collection a few years ago.  It focuses on a group of teenagers who contract a STD (“the bug”), which makes those who have it weirdo mutants.  Not cool X-Men mutants, just disfigured outcasts searching for acceptance and the meaning of it all- just like normal teenagers – but you know, with a deformed face.  I can’t wait to see how Fincher portrays this!  There are extra mouths on necks, tails, you name it.  It should be fine cinema in what I presume will be a more extreme Sin City aesthetic.