tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post4117323851054443429..comments2024-03-14T08:38:28.518-04:00Comments on J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT: THE STORY BEHIND THE HUNT—AGAINUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-87216001309340145302020-12-10T19:53:15.273-05:002020-12-10T19:53:15.273-05:00Huh...?Huh...?J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-10344376973203141022020-12-10T17:08:26.226-05:002020-12-10T17:08:26.226-05:00"That's an order! :)"
Anybody who s..."That's an order! :)"<br /><br />Anybody who says that deserves to be shoved into a pool of piranha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-58827813280297717272016-10-29T16:06:45.846-04:002016-10-29T16:06:45.846-04:00Thank you, Shane! I appreciate the kind words and...Thank you, Shane! I appreciate the kind words and I'm profoundly grateful that KLH has had such a long, healthy life.<br /><br />One note: In the future, if you're going to republish any posts from this page, please check with me beforehand. Also, please add a copyright notice: ©copyright 2016 J.M. DeMatteis. Thank you, Shane!<br /><br />J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-17154693545396498702016-10-29T13:17:50.111-04:002016-10-29T13:17:50.111-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shane T Kasugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200002671627711502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-68681066548153619242010-10-28T13:56:48.075-04:002010-10-28T13:56:48.075-04:00Please do, John. And thanks for the link!Please do, John. And thanks for the link!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-83601097854486375792010-10-28T11:43:57.777-04:002010-10-28T11:43:57.777-04:00Hi J.M., i'm back. Thanks a lot, the article i...Hi J.M., i'm back. Thanks a lot, the article in spanish is online on ComicVerso ( http://cverso.blogspot.com/2010/10/revisitando-la-historia-detras-de-la.html ) and i have the hunt on my shopping car, right now. I'll tell you when i finally read it.Lekoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654334876865554637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-89425560818753885702010-10-07T12:20:15.398-04:002010-10-07T12:20:15.398-04:00Yes, John, you can translate this for your blog. ...Yes, John, you can translate this for your blog. And thanks for checking in and asking.<br /><br />I hope that, when you finally get a chance to read KRAVEN'S LAST HUNT you enjoy it. Check back here and let me know, okay?<br /><br />All the very best -- JMDJ.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-84367417664550298452010-10-07T11:57:38.480-04:002010-10-07T11:57:38.480-04:00Hi J.M...
I read great stories from you in the pa...Hi J.M...<br /><br />I read great stories from you in the past and (believe or not) Last Hunt is one that has been elusive but i expect to fix that in the near future. However, this tale about how that story come to life is something precious (as a diamond) by itself. Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />By the way, could i translate this for an spanish blog? It would be nice..<br /><br />Greetings!Lekoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654334876865554637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-45376508389555292062010-10-05T10:17:20.130-04:002010-10-05T10:17:20.130-04:00My pleasure, Andrea.My pleasure, Andrea.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-2274335568354398342010-10-05T10:15:36.018-04:002010-10-05T10:15:36.018-04:00thanks a lot J.M., i'll link to you the post.
...thanks a lot J.M., i'll link to you the post.<br />all the best,<br /><br />andrea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-2406136497641190942010-10-05T10:11:21.758-04:002010-10-05T10:11:21.758-04:00You can absolutely translate it, Andrea -- and tha...You can absolutely translate it, Andrea -- and thanks for asking! All the best -- JMDJ.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-62551434443236905682010-10-05T10:05:37.384-04:002010-10-05T10:05:37.384-04:00hello J.M., can i translate this post for my itali...hello J.M., can i translate this post for my italian site about comics: http://conversazionisulfumetto.wordpress.com/<br />i wil put the original link.<br />let me know and thanks!<br /><br />andrea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-53195399637123726952010-10-04T09:26:47.871-04:002010-10-04T09:26:47.871-04:00John Lennon's NEVER off-topic for me! And, ye...John Lennon's NEVER off-topic for me! And, yes, quite by accident I did see the Julian Lennon piece yesterday and, like you, I was misty-eyed and deeply moved.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-76156844491365221862010-10-04T05:52:02.397-04:002010-10-04T05:52:02.397-04:00Mr. DeMatteis: A bit off topic (well, totally off...Mr. DeMatteis: A bit off topic (well, totally off topic) but did you happen to see the CBS Sunday Morning show yesterday. They did a piece on Julian Lennon and how he, Sean and Yoko were together at Julian's photography show. It was pretty darn cool to see the relationship between Sean and Julian today.<br /><br />Think you will get a kick out of it and a warm feeling deep inside. (I admit, I got a bit misty me self.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-64238118266320625612010-10-03T19:56:04.659-04:002010-10-03T19:56:04.659-04:00I'll put up a link to the Old Radio version of...I'll put up a link to the Old Radio version of C AND P tomorrow, Hefner. (The radio play stars Peter Lorre, as well. And, no, I've never seen the film, but I'll start hunting it down ASAP.) I've got some odds and ends I want to post about, and I'll be sure to include the link in that list.<br /><br />A stage adaptation of THE IDIOT sounds great. Get to it!<br /><br />So far, so good on the Corwin-less AMBER books. At this point, seven very enjoyable books into the series, the story's going to have to really crash and burn for me to give up on it. I have enough confidence in Zelazny to think all will be well, right to the end.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-26796989329832326132010-10-03T19:44:24.025-04:002010-10-03T19:44:24.025-04:00Well, that's incentive right there. I shall re...Well, that's incentive right there. I shall report back! I adore "Brothers Karamazov" and "The Idiot," but have yet to read any more Dostoevsky. I've started "Demons" (the current translation of "The Possessed"/"The Devils" by the best Russian translators I know to date) and liked it quite a bit, but not enough to hook me for longer. <br /><br />"The Idiot" was my first love, ever since I saw a wonderful off-off-off-Broadway adaptation, followed by the Kurosawa film. I even spent a summer at age 20 writing a whole play adaptiation which I planned to stage with my community theatre troupe! Maybe I should consider dusting it off..<br /><br />And do let me know if you find that Old Radio version, as I'm always looking for good spoken word fodder while on the road. <br /><br />I'm also curious about the Peter Lorre film version. Any good? I've been making it a point to avoid any adaptations until I actually read the book, even the Sprang-tastic version in "Masterpiece Comics." <br /><br />I've heard similar about Amber myself, but have yet to get there. I only finished the first two books (and loved them both), then had to drop the series to focus reading other things for writing research, and never picked up the rest. <br /><br />So since you're ahead of me in that regard, I, in turn, look forward to hearing your thoughts on the rest of the series, should you read on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-49042344877757766852010-10-03T08:47:59.886-04:002010-10-03T08:47:59.886-04:00I look forward to hearing your thoughts on C AND P...I look forward to hearing your thoughts on C AND P when you finish, Hefner. <br /><br />There's a great, if insanely truncated, Old Radio version of the story that I heard for the first time recently. I'll track down the link and post it soon.<br /><br />Speaking of Amber: I'm reading BLOOD OF AMBER right now. Reviews I've read have led me to believe that the second cycle of novels -- the ones featuring Corwin's son, -- were a huge letdown but, so far, I'm enjoying Merlin's adventures immensely.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-16224749704826336502010-10-03T02:24:26.963-04:002010-10-03T02:24:26.963-04:00Very well, I shall put aside my current attempt to...Very well, I shall put aside my current attempt to crack "War and Peace" (which I'd already been putting off in favor of rereading "Nine Princes in Amber") to restart "Crime and Punishment," and finish it this time. <br /><br />I might have gotten through it sooner had I the incentive of knowing that the BBC adaptation with John Simm and Ian McDiarmid was commonly available to watch, but damn it, it's nowhere to be found in the states. Either way, I'll read the book first, and soon. On your orders!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-30652821251760040762010-10-01T13:36:26.024-04:002010-10-01T13:36:26.024-04:00As my mother often observed, David: "From yo...As my mother often observed, David: "From your mouth to God's ear"!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-57240949506351469172010-10-01T13:34:19.713-04:002010-10-01T13:34:19.713-04:00I wouldn't doubt we'll eventually see a De...I wouldn't doubt we'll eventually see a DeMatteis/Buscema Omnibus. Lately, Marvel seems to line their collections up with the most recent movies. Next year, for instance, we'll be getting several Captain America and Thor collections. So here's hoping we'll see another surge of material around the time the new Spider-Man movie comes out. I'd love to buy that collaboration in oversized Omnibus format.David Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087646905757912129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-48252049006057202962010-10-01T12:49:09.273-04:002010-10-01T12:49:09.273-04:00To think that "Bwah-ha-ha" led to CRIME ...To think that "Bwah-ha-ha" led to CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Now that's amazing, Jeff...and very gratifying!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-15708635262139457272010-10-01T12:30:06.819-04:002010-10-01T12:30:06.819-04:00It was the references to FD that you slipped into ...It was the references to FD that you slipped into Justice League and other comics which prompted me to read him back in the late '80s. I don't remember too many details, but the ones I do I'll never forget. I might do a re-read one of these days...Jeff Zoslawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-25472409611192947662010-10-01T12:23:59.849-04:002010-10-01T12:23:59.849-04:00Yes, Jeff, I was aware of the Columbo-Porfiry conn...Yes, Jeff, I was aware of the Columbo-Porfiry connection. (I was a big Columbo fan back in the day: my favorite episode is probably the one that featured Leonard Nimoy ALMOST getting away with murder.)<br /><br />I love the fact that the folks posting on this blog are equally comfortable talking about Russian literature and Spider-Man. Certainly keeps things interesting!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-82603270100638040322010-10-01T12:13:27.080-04:002010-10-01T12:13:27.080-04:00Did you know the inspector in Crime and Punishment...Did you know the inspector in Crime and Punishment was a template for Columbo? The way he messed with Rashkolnikov's head was really fun to read. Dostoyevsky went to very dark places but also seemed to have a sharp sense of humor-- just like what you frequently say about reality and fantasy as two sides of the same coin...Jeff Zoslawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-18054474412888346402010-10-01T11:44:59.530-04:002010-10-01T11:44:59.530-04:00A collection of "Child Within" and "...A collection of "Child Within" and "Soul of the Hunter" sounds good to me, Hefner. Let's see what Marvel says. As for "Funeral Arrangements," I think Sal Buscema -- one of my favorite collaborators ever -- did some of his very best work on that story: emotionally powerful and beautifully drawn.<br /><br />Yes, I've seen the movie of THE BROTHERS K several times. On the one hand, it's the book boiled down to plot, which can feel like soap opera instead of art; on the other, it's a great cast (Shatner indeed!) and it's done with intelligence and respect. Well worth seeing. I'm amazed it's not widely available.<br /><br />You MUST finish CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. That's an order. I remember reading it for the first time in High School. I couldn't get through more than a chapter at a time: it was too emotionally, and psychologically, overwhelming. What a book! Stick with it: I can't promise you'll love it, but I suspect there's a very good chance.<br /><br />Thanks for checking in! All the best -- JMDJ.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.com