Rumor Patrol: Guillermo Del Toro to visit the Bayou?

Could this happen?
I'm a huge Del Toro fan, even Mimic, and though it feels goofy to namedrop it feels somewhat appropriate to mention meeting him in New York a couple years back.

He was affable and warm - a Very cool guy - maybe the coolest film person yet(I've been lucky enough to meet a few)
but I digress..
when questioned recently about the possibility of his working on DC's "magic characters" his response was this:
"I've been discussing with the fans and I've been very, very open about how much "Swamp Thing" was key when I was a kid."

This is joyous news indeed.

Sadly, not serious news though. Only for the fact that most of these rumors stay just that, but I'd chop off my hand to see a genius like GDT tackle the Alan Moore stuff - just think of it...

I'll be paying close attention, Kids. 

..and oh yeah - he claims he WANTS you to send him your work, as he likes hiring talented fans - his words - NO JOKE..
How cool is that? 

Swamp Thing's G H O S T D A N C E

That's right.
The Blog from the Bog returns in style - midnight to be precise, and it's a spooky one...
Happy to be part of a fantastic CROSSOVER...

...a SUPERNATURAL one...

This is a big crossover event, with DC comics well represented by their respective spectral tales and I can't wait to read 'em.

Below are links to the whole shebang - a whole bunch of bloggers doing crazy Halloween posts going up at the same time - awesome.
...and who knows? ..we might just make the press(nerd press) which is always fun. BIG THANKS to Chad@Lantercast - Well Done, Sir.

Regardless, this is a blast and a great way to discover all sorts of scary stories; ones you might not have heard of, and these are some fun blogs - good laughs, and good writing.

And on to the Swamp Thing starring in GHOST DANCE ...a sweet little tale from Alan Moore, way back in the good ol' '80s. It's excellent. It was #45, and I do remember liking that "Wild West" cover - Swampy's lucky - he looks cool in weird spots, and DC is so good at weird covers, but I digress..

Part of the fabled "American Gothic" run, this "ghost story in a haunted house" features a couple wandering the home of the Cambridge Family - legendary gun builders stepping in for perhaps another famous family..
Anyway, it is creepy as hell and Alan Moore at his best(before the book got a little bogged down so to speak)

the details are rich - the story unfolds perfectly, and I sooo loved reading it again.

There's nothing like truly good writing in a ghost story. Stan Woch and Alfredo Alcala cover the art chores, and though the superteam is missed, they do a great job with the western tone, and it's a good-looking issue.

Swamp Thing plays his heroic part, and his resolution is brilliant, but the issue works as a nice standalone read too. You should read it, then send it to someone who's never read the book - if they like it, then send them the Bissette and Totleben stuff.

The very end is like a Tales from the Crypt moment - just cool.

I'm so glad Swamp Thing is a really strong book these days - looking forward to more ghost stories in the bog..
Now, I'm off to read all the CROSSOVERS...
what a list, Holy Moley...
 

* "Ghosts" @ The Aquaman Shrine
    
* "Bough Breaks" @ Batman: Gotham Knights Online

* "Seeing Ghosts" @ Boosterrific

* "Life Itself" @ Captain's JLA Homepage

* "Ghosts' - The Corpse Corps!" @Corps Conjecture

* "What Creeps Out The Creeper?" @ DC Bloodlines

* "The Distance Gone" @ Diana Prince is the New Wonder Woman

* "Shoe Shine.. Back from the Dead" @ Firestorm Fan

* "The Death Sentence" @ Great Krypton!

* "Happy Halloween" @ I Am The Phantom Stranger

* Martian Manhunter in "Heart's Afire" @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu

* "Legend of Driq" @ Indigo Tribe

* The Vixen in "Role Model" @ Justice League Detroit

* "Ghosts" @ Power of the Atom

* The Spectre in "Zor" @Siegel & Shuster: Mythmakers

* "High-Speed Hauntings" @ Speed Force

..and Happy Halloween!!!

ArthurMacArthur

Me, Swamp Thing, and Film School

my favorite comic-panel of all time

I'm in school again...
& that's why I've been a SUPER-SLACK-ASS on my own blog.
I still love you, Swamp Thing but having been accepted to my local Screen Arts program, I've had to double and re-double my efforts to make this crazy life I've chosen work out properly.


Am disappointed to not be able to attend the Swampy Reunion happening in Cincinnati but ultimately my path will lead me to more FREEDOM in the world of nerdy-obsessery...

I won't miss another chance to meet those crazy geniuses ..if that happens again ..ever ...on Earth.


I'll be back here very soon for the 2 or 3 souls who care..
...with the SWAMP THING VIDEO REVIEWS.
Peace, and keep reading Swamp Thing - he's pretty groovy.

AC

REVIEW: House of Secrets #92 July//1971

What a cool memory, reading this again - it's been some years, and adventures since, reminding me that our perspective on the things we love evolves as we age. Yesterday was my birthday, and I'm enjoying the eyes of my life to this point - sadly also reminded I need glasses to use 'em but hey..
I found House of Secrets #92 courtesy of a friend at Wilkie's Wonderful World comic shop way back in the early '80s ..shortly after becoming a huge fan via the then new Saga of the Swamp Thing.
It was a little banged up - missing some pages in fact but..
it did have the short story titled Swamp Thing complete and intact so I was very happy - this, combined with haggling a great deal of course.

I wasn't much of a horror fan, but I loved good rich storytelling from ..well, birth - youth way back anyway, and this was moody well-written stuff..

"I move slowly through the moss-draped mire - treading a path that is worn smooth from my constant passing -- On beyond the shadows and the dark trees' twisting tendrils to my inevitable destination..." 

To be savoring that Wrightson art as you're soaking up Wein's prose - both drenched in atmosphere - both clean and concise - absolutely perfect comic book storytelling and so evocative of EC Comics' best it's almost unreal. This issue is maybe the finest bridge between DC and EC ever published - featuring art and story by two of the industry's most respected, and a story that wouldn't be moment out of place had it been published in Tales from the Crypt. I suspect it would be just as adored - maybe more, but then we might not have seen a certain someone get his own comic book.


TBC