James Wallis’ The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen is probably the most entertaining set of game instructions ever written, delivered as it is by the Baron himself in his inimitable style. And it is now available for download in a new, expanded edition.
The Templars are suing the Pope. Yes, over the inquisition. In a Spanish court.
[via Charlie Stross]
Posters for the Watchmen movie that were used in Comic-Con have been uploaded to the movie’s site. Go look at them, they’re pretty.
What’s most striking about these is that most of them are meticulous recreations of the original Watchmen teaser ads that ran in the comics before the original comic series first ran. I’m not sure if those teasers appeared elsewhere since the 80s (presumably they might have been included in assorted complete editions as extras), but they’re certainly not iconic images to the casual comic reader. This is fan-service directed at the hardcore, which I guess is expected for Comic-Con, but it’s also consistent with every other bit of publicity I’ve seen so far. Zack Snyder and co. are making every effort to convince fans that this movie is going to be the unadulterated graphic novel put on film, as lavishly as 300 ever was. This message is clear even in their mass-market publicity.
To quote the X-Files slogan, I want to believe…
An appreciation of Pauline Baynes at Tor’s website, apropos the sad news she died recently. Pauline Baynes was the first artist to illustrate J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series, and like Tolkien’s pals said, her art reduces the text to commentary on the drawings.
