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I have no idea what this film is but I want to see it. That's effective packaging and design. Gotta love Criterion.

Been a bit busy, but here's some cool stuff:

The Guardian sent Joe Sacco to Iraq, and this is what he sent in. It's 37MB, but damn worth it. Read it, it's only 8 pages (it's easier to direct-download it first). His brand of comics journalism is really effective. Time commissioned an article from him some time ago, and Entertainment Weekly have been commissioning comics strips from Harvey Pekar and friends. Let's hope this trend continues. Some of Sacco's books are available at Fully Booked.

The Gallery of Bad Album Covers

Top Shelf, purveyor of fine sequential art, have a massive sale until the 15th of March, wherein some of their graphic novels have dropped all the way down to $3. Now is the perfect time to stock up on those books you want. I recommend Abe: Wrong for the Right Reasons, Cicada, The Soap Lady, the Pistolwhip books, The Mirror of Love, Pinky & Stinky, A Complete Lowlife, Blankets, The Barefoot Serpent, American Elf, and any of the Expo and Top Shelf anthologies. And of course, Voice of the Fire (signed at only $40).

I know I give Halle Berry shit, and she deserves it because her film choices post-Oscar have been mostly atrocious, but it was a classy move to show up to accept her Razzie, and she deserves props.

Someone mashed up the Super Friends with Office Space, and it came out quite well. I've never seen Office Space; anyone have a copy I can borrow?

First this, and now this. What's going on here? My brain can't seem to wrap itself around the idea. The twin pillars of Moore's work that first knocked me over are being made into movies, coming out within a year of each other. Although, if you check out the V For Vendetta website, there's a transcript of the recent press conference, and hearing Natalie Portman say she's going to shave her head and lose weight (what, like she isn't malnourished already?) is a sign of hope. And her playing Evey is growing on me, despite my initial mixed skepticism. And they plan to have it in theaters this November, in time for Guy Fawkes Day. It's interesting that both productions have immediately grasped onto the iconic images of the smiley and mask, respectively, for marketing/branding purposes.

And I have to say, hearing Natalie Portman say the words "Alan Moore" kind of made my brain stand up and applaud, using its hemispheres in lieu of hands.

Trailer-wise, there is A Scanner Darkly (late, but I was waiting for the Quicktime version), the new Sin City (with Quentin Tarantino getting billing, despite working a single day [chalk it up to marketing]), the very exciting Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (and kudos to Dreamworks for allowing an unconventional trailer), and really, ALL of you need to see the 3rd, Internet-only trailer for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's lovely, and reflexive, somewhat reminiscent of the Comedian trailer. And in anticipation, I've begun reading the books.

And let's end with the sick and wrong:

PS: Franz Ferdinand are coming to Manila on Neva's birthday, and the Neil Gaiman thing is in July. As usual, these are tentative.