Spaghetti Western by Scott Morse

*** out of *****

Another tale from the "When You've Got Nothing Else to Lose" school of storytelling. Two modern day banditos hold up a bank and nothing goes according to plan. Morse draws each panel as if it were a film frame or storyboard, which lends itself nicely to verisimilitude of spaghetti westerns. Additionally, while reading it, I popped on the earphones and played the soundtrack to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Ennio Morricone. 

 

Happy Fourth of July!

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

Well, this has me more excited about a live action Green Lantern movie.  One of the things it does right is condense down the origin into the first couple of minutes.  This is all about space intrigue and the Lantern Corps.  The alien design is a lot of fun with bugs and squids and other great looking creatures.  We get to see quite a few of the Green Lantern Corps and they are even give stuff to do other than stand around - for instance, quite a few die!  Remember, kiddies, this isn't for the wee ones.  DC is making films now which feature bloody violence, alien grue, sexual innuendo, and cursing.  Thankfully, all of that plays in service of the stories and not just for titillation.
Unfortunately there isn't one of the short DC films they've been packing onto their other more recent releases, but we do get five Justice League episodes featuring the Green Lantern and one Duck Dodgers episode where he finds the suit/ring in his dry cleaning.
This was a lot of fun and comes highly recommended!