> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 4:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The Ents are going to war. > > answers inline as usual.
Yeah... this is getting confusing. ;^) > > Well - okay... he used to get results... sometimes. ;^) > > > > I didn't HATE "Cool World" like some people did... but lordy it wasn't > > "good". Still - he hasn't been doing much of anything lately so it's > hard > > to say if he'll have a "comeback" or not. > > My problem with Cool World, aside from the writing etc., was that it > came out so close to Roger Rabbit - so for many it seemed that it was > an attempt to capitalize on the other movie's success. > > As for what he's doing now, the IMDB lists Last Days of Coney Island. > No idea whether its live action or animation though. Yeah... I've never heard of it either. The last I saw him he was doing a really bad sketch on the new "Ren and Stimpy" show. It was really sad. > > I think my favorite movie of his is "American Pop"... not as > experimental > > (or goofy) as "Wizards" or "Coonskin" but a good, interesting story. > "Fritz > > the Cat" made him (in)famous but I always found it to be a little > immature > > (although there were gems in there). > > The sequel was just as immature, but still interesting. I'm not > familiar with Coonskin. > [snip] It was good (the title scared some distributors so it was released as "Street Fight" later). It anthropomorphized inner-city gang warfare. It was written with (and starred) Scat Man Cruthers and focused on a young black man (well... bunny) who, in twisted kind of Brer Rabbit stories faces systemic racism and sterotypes. The characters are complete parodies of those stereotypes and the film is probably one of his most misunderstood (well... most misunderstood of those that actually made any sense at all). > > Yeah... in the short conversation I had with the Pini's you could tell > > were really conflicted about their fans. > > I suppose it's like an actor getting typecast into a beloved role. > "Mixed > > Blessing" doesn't seem to cover it. > > I don't blame them, given fan reactions I'd be living in a compound > surrounded by razer wire and armed guards. Have you ever been to Poughkeepsie? ;^) > > > I thought I was one of the few people who knew what and who Captain > > > Stern was - I don't know Wendy did it but 4 years ago she got me the > > > complete series for my birthday. > > > > I'm a big Wrightson Fan. I got (an unfortunately really poor copy) of > > "Swamp Thing" number one and number one of "Batman: The Cult" signed at > that > > show. > > > > I've heard that he's got a serious fight with arthritis... too bad. > > That is definately too bad, he's a very good SF illustrator. Yeah... and his most impressive work is so freakin' detail oriented. The pen-and-ink plates for "Frankenstein" for example clearly took months of incredibly steady-handed detail work. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163565 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
