Comments on J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT: AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER, AS HAPPY AS AN ANGEL

And to you and yours as well, JMD!

2011-12-12T20:34:25.555-05:00

And to you and yours as well, JMD!

I'm with you, David: I LOVE those seasonal ta...

2011-12-12T20:20:07.542-05:00

I'm with you, David: I LOVE those seasonal tales and I'd like to see them come back.

And you're right about A CHRISTMAS CAROL. It's probably been redone more than any story this side of the New Testament.

A very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

You're right, JMD--there's no better word ...

2011-12-12T20:16:14.507-05:00

You're right, JMD--there's no better word for the season than magic.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL has probably been retold in more ways than any story around. There is a new original graphic novel I haven't read yet titled NOEL that puts Batman in the role of Scrooge, and "Bob" is a crook he's chasing. I've heard good things. Point being less about that one story than the fact that so many writers have been tapping that well for years, and it never, ever gets exhausted.

You know what I miss? The days when it was just expected that superhero comics would have seasonal Halloween and Christmas stories. They seem like a rarity these days.

Maybe there is, Jose, but who wants a cream that w...

2011-12-10T11:36:35.330-05:00

Maybe there is, Jose, but who wants a cream that will cure Christmasitis? We want to keep scratching that as long as we can!

Happiest of holidays to you and yours! JMD

I couldn't agree more. My favorite time of the...

2011-12-10T01:01:25.386-05:00

I couldn't agree more. My favorite time of the year isn't so much Christmas itself, but the build-up to Christmas. There's a magic in the air between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. My family has a tradition of putting up the tree while playing the Sasoul Orchestra Vinyl or CD of Christmas carols. We watching our favorite versions of A Christmas Carol (Muppet Christmas Carol, Scrooged and the Patrick Stewart version are my favorites) and shopping for people has become a fun challenge for me as I try to think of what family and friends would like but not expect.

This scratches me right where I itch, Mr. DeMatteis...although I hear there's creams for that sort of thing...

I totally agree, Joseph. I'm constantly amaze...

2011-12-09T21:49:06.773-05:00

I totally agree, Joseph. I'm constantly amazed at the psychological depth of Scrooge's character; the layers of the onion that are peeled away as we travel through his past and as that past impacts, and transforms, his future.

I think another part of the story's appeal is that Scrooge inhabits a universe that cares enough about him to WANT to redeem him. That's an incredibly hopeful, and hugely positive, view of Creation.

I think the appeal behind A Christmas Carol lies i...

2011-12-09T19:52:05.751-05:00

I think the appeal behind A Christmas Carol lies in its central theme of redemption. In both real life and fiction, we all know people who make mistakes and treat others badly. That doesn't necessarily equal being evil and Scrooge exemplifies this theory. Dickens gave us a character who realizes that it's never too late to change and turn things around. It's a timeless message, and the fact that we reflect on it as another year of our life reaches its end gives us hope for the future. That's why it works so well to this day.