Monday, July 21, 2008

Awesome List: Pirates, marine superheroes, sea monsters, a floating city, and... Fish War.

Galveston



Boom! Studios sent me a press release about their upcoming pirate/cowboy mini-series. It's based on actual events from Jean Lafitte's days in Galveston, Texas where he knew and worked with future Alamo-hero Jim Bowie. Boom! calls it "an over the top thriller of blood, guts, and revenge." I wonder if they're going to mention that Lafitte and Bowie knew each other because the frontiersman helped the pirate smuggle in slaves and launder the profits.

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

I gotta start reading more Young Adult books. That's where all the action is. Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, for example, is the story of a prim and proper nineteenth-century schoolgirl who crosses the Atlantic to rejoin her family after studying in England. But on the trip she gets involved in mutiny and murder and is transformed into a swashbuckling heroine.

I thoroughly enjoyed Avi's medieval tale Crispin, so I'm going to have to read this too. But maybe I'll wait until after the movie (starring Morgan Freeman and Pierce Brosnan).

Marrina Mini-Bust



Bowen Designs has a new mini-bust featuring one of my favorite Alpha Flight characters. I hate what happened to her in the comics, but the tragic aspect of her story is probably what I like most about her. That and just that she's really, really well-designed.

Man, I miss John Byrne's Alpha Flight.

Did you know Aquaman has a theme song?

Neither did I.

Sea monster wallet



Designed by Mike DiPetrillo.

Tetrapod Zoology's Sea Monster Week

Featuring the Amazing Hook Island Sea Monster, Professor Sharpe's Mysterious Sea Serpent, the Tecolutla monster, sea monster corpses, and two posts on Moore's Beach Monster.

Soon we will all live on giant, floating, lilypad cities.



At least, I certainly hope so.

Fish War



If only it weren't from the people who brought us Dragon Wars. Still, the concept is awesome enough that one has hope.

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