John Horn wrote:
> 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...)
I agree with you - _Kavalier and Clay_ is very, very good. I'd recommend it
to any fan of Golden Age comics, or anyone that likes good writing.
As far as the gaming goes, I'm actually running a campaign right now. It's
been difficult, juggling gaming with work and family (two kids, just so ya
know), but it's going pretty well. I played AD&D, Champions, Traveller and
Gamma World in high school - now I'm pretty much GURPS all the way, but
that's as much due to laziness (one set of rules to learn) as anything else.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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