INDIE COMICS: Huffin’ & puffin’ B.B. Wolf’s got the blues
BB WOLF AND THE THREE LPs (Top Shelf, May 2010 hardcover, black & white, 86 pages, $12.95) As told by JD Arnold with illustrations by Richard Koslowski What got my attention immediately was the pairing up of a classic fairy tale with musical motifs. That’s a combination that pushes two of my “hot buttons” - - so I made it a must-read. I was not disappointed. This is a very entertaining and cleverly designed work that rivals Bill Willingham’s creativity on the long-running FABLES series from Vertigo. As if taking the classic tale of the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs and turning it upside down wasn’t enough to interest, BB WOLF AND THE THREE LPS serves as an allegory for the oppression of the black population in the deep South (Mississippi) in the 1920’s. While they may be free (wolves), the governing bodies (pigs) have the power to deny them their land, homes and possessions and even own the...
I'm constantly amazed at what they get away with on this show...
ReplyDeleteAccording to Comics Continuum, this episode will air on Cartoon Network on October 15 at 7pm:
ReplyDelete"The Mask of Matches Malone!" Batman gets amnesia while in his Matches Malone persona. Features a musical number by the Birds of Prey, including Black Canary and the Huntress. The opener includes Black Orchid and Poison Ivy. Written by Gail Simone, directed by Michael Chang.
Of course Cartoon Network, being Cartoon Network, messed around with the schedule and ran the Ted Kord episode tonight instead. Presumably, Gail's episode will run next week. (And if you missed the Doom Patrol episode last week, try to catch a rerun. They faithfully adapted the most famous of all Doom Patrol comics.)
ReplyDeleteApparently the delay was because CN has decided to edit the episode for American broadcast. The copies that are available online are from the Australian broadcast, so if you know where to look you might want to grab it now before which version is which gets confusing.
ReplyDeleteAccording to this thread on Gail's message board, the lyrics will be unchanged but a "couple seconds" of animation (like Huntress' wagging finger) will be altered. The episode has not been rescheduled yet, to my knowledge. ("Emperor Joker" will run this week, then "The Criss Cross Conspiracy".)
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