Since things are so quiet lately, I thought I'd throw out a book
recommendation. ;-)
I just finished reading "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by
Michael Chabon. It's set in the Golden Age of comics and it's about a comic
book writer and artist who come up with "The Escapist" as an answer to
"Superman". It's sprinkled with a fair helping of "real" comic writers and
artists and their characters throughout the book. It pretty much follows
comics from the dawn of the Golden Age through World War II and to the end
with the Comic Code, etc.
Very interesting and I recommend it. It's obvious that Chabon reads and
loves comic books. I'm a huge comic book fan and an avid gamer, especially
of the game Champions. It's been a while since I have run Champions and
reading this book really got my creative juices flowing. It makes me wish I
could start GMing again (although with two small children that probably
won't happen anytime soon...)
It won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, too. But don't hold that against it.
- John
