Just came across both of these today....
A sybarite is a general term for describing one fond of pleasure and luxury.
Metempsychosis (the p is NOT silent) - The passing of the soul at death into another body. See the wikipedia entry here.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Anna Mercury
I really like the concise description of this series. Somehow, I can picture it all really well, like a movie trailer....
"Anna Mercury" is a new five-issue colour mini-series by Warren Ellis for Avatar.
Cover artist, Paul Duffield.
It comes with the following text:
"Dancing amid the spires of a city called New Ataraxia, there is a woman who can cloud men's minds, leap across buildings as if weightless, unerringly fire twin automatic pistols in the most insane conditions, and disappear in a crowded room. She fights against the political repression of an insane technocratic society, and she comes from a place that no-one in New Ataraxia has ever heard of. And she's got one hour to save the city from itself.
"A high-octane blend of The Shadow, Tomb Raider, retropunk science fiction and 21st century Weird Pulp Action, ANNA MERCURY is a headlong adventure serial about a beautiful and mysterious spy-adventurer who is not what she seems...."
One of these days, mysterious comic characters will be exactly what they seem.
"Anna Mercury" is a new five-issue colour mini-series by Warren Ellis for Avatar.
Cover artist, Paul Duffield.
It comes with the following text:
"Dancing amid the spires of a city called New Ataraxia, there is a woman who can cloud men's minds, leap across buildings as if weightless, unerringly fire twin automatic pistols in the most insane conditions, and disappear in a crowded room. She fights against the political repression of an insane technocratic society, and she comes from a place that no-one in New Ataraxia has ever heard of. And she's got one hour to save the city from itself.
"A high-octane blend of The Shadow, Tomb Raider, retropunk science fiction and 21st century Weird Pulp Action, ANNA MERCURY is a headlong adventure serial about a beautiful and mysterious spy-adventurer who is not what she seems...."
One of these days, mysterious comic characters will be exactly what they seem.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Stealing from the Dead
Inspired from a dream the other night....
A guy decides to steal from some former friends/acquaintances/etc. He knows they stash a bunch of money in their backyard (or maybe a room in the back of the house). The house is very '70's - wood paneling, gold trim, shag carpet. There's a long hallway that stretches the length of the house, down which he needs to travel to reach his goal. He fills two duffel bags and leaves. Middle of the night, crossing the street, he notices a low-flying helicopter and wonders if it notices him.
The next day, the police arrive and ask him to please come along. "Am I under arrest?" They simply ask him to come along. He joins them for a tense ride to the burgled house, where now wait several police cars, officers, the area taped off.
They enter the house. More cops. But, they don't head down the hallway. Instead, they track right, to the kitchen - and the dead body of one of his former friends. Perhaps he needs to make the ID. He learns that the body has been there for six days. (Change this if I learn an odor would have been noticeable.)
He's not a suspect, but fears he'll become one. He figures that they'll uncover the burglary soon enough - and maybe even figure that he's connected.
So, now he feels he has to solve the case before the cops get any strange ideas. And, maybe, he feels a heavier guilt, the burden of knowing this old friend was lying dead in the next room as he robbed him blind.
A guy decides to steal from some former friends/acquaintances/etc. He knows they stash a bunch of money in their backyard (or maybe a room in the back of the house). The house is very '70's - wood paneling, gold trim, shag carpet. There's a long hallway that stretches the length of the house, down which he needs to travel to reach his goal. He fills two duffel bags and leaves. Middle of the night, crossing the street, he notices a low-flying helicopter and wonders if it notices him.
The next day, the police arrive and ask him to please come along. "Am I under arrest?" They simply ask him to come along. He joins them for a tense ride to the burgled house, where now wait several police cars, officers, the area taped off.
They enter the house. More cops. But, they don't head down the hallway. Instead, they track right, to the kitchen - and the dead body of one of his former friends. Perhaps he needs to make the ID. He learns that the body has been there for six days. (Change this if I learn an odor would have been noticeable.)
He's not a suspect, but fears he'll become one. He figures that they'll uncover the burglary soon enough - and maybe even figure that he's connected.
So, now he feels he has to solve the case before the cops get any strange ideas. And, maybe, he feels a heavier guilt, the burden of knowing this old friend was lying dead in the next room as he robbed him blind.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Got a scene that feels familiar?
I heard a great line in a Law and Order re-run yesterday. The detectives go to bust a mob guy in the back room of a shady bar. You know exactly the scene, right? They find the guy, the son of an old-time mobster, with his cronies watching television (financial news). Detective Briscoe hauls the head mobster to his feet. As he cuffs him, he says:
"You know, your old man would've at least had a card game going."
Fantastic. The writer, finding himself faced with a hopelessly familiar scene, found a subtle way to make it new while calling our attention to the one missing classic element. And it's funny.
Got a scene that feels familiar? Try mixing it up a bit, and don't be afraid to have a character comment on it. We did stuff like this on Buffy, too, by having some surprising design or lifestyle choices in the demon world -- and having a character notice and comment on it always yielded funny moments.
"You know, your old man would've at least had a card game going."
Fantastic. The writer, finding himself faced with a hopelessly familiar scene, found a subtle way to make it new while calling our attention to the one missing classic element. And it's funny.
Got a scene that feels familiar? Try mixing it up a bit, and don't be afraid to have a character comment on it. We did stuff like this on Buffy, too, by having some surprising design or lifestyle choices in the demon world -- and having a character notice and comment on it always yielded funny moments.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
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