Random Happenstance

Early Frank Miller, but on the same theme.


Running behind. Yesterday the wife and I managed to get away from the kids for a bit, and went and saw the Departed. Pretty good. Before the movie, there was a trailer for 300. My wife thought it looked interesting, and she had liked Sin City as well. I told her I had the comics, and she said no thanks. To her, comics are like little eggs, movies that haven't hatched yet. I suppose that might be just as well; I'd have a hard time explaining the Batman vs. Osama bin Laden thing anyway...

I don't suppose anyone remembers a few years ago, probably when 300 was coming out, that Frank Miller was supposedly going to do a Jesus series. To the best of my knowledge, nothing ever came of that, but I couldn't say why. (To be honest, I'm also totally OK with that.) I haven't read all of All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder, but what I've seen hasn't been for me.

Today's panel, "The Edge of History" from Unknown Soldier #219, was written by Elliot S. Maggin, art by Frank Miller and Danny Bulanadi. This was a back-up piece, from 1978. The copy I have looks like a bite was taken out of it, but it's still a good read.