Happy Links!
A little of this, a little of that. Click away, gang!
- A blog all about the comics of one of my favorite cartoonists, Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man!
- Here’s a really entertaining overview of the history of Captain Marvel by NPR, of all people.
- And a nice article about the very close connections between the Apollo space program and Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip.
- Graeme McMillan ponders why Wonder Woman is such a hard character for people to get. (Simple answer: Superman and Batman are simple characters, and Wondy is much, much more complex.)
- A bit of a longer rant, triggered by this post by Aaron Williams about the “City of Heroes” MMO game: The new “Mission Architect” feature, which lets players create their own missions and storyarcs for other players to enjoy, is in deep, deep trouble, despite being awesome beyond awesome. You can have only three games available for the other players to play, and even then, no one will ever play them because there’s no good way to promote your stories. My three published storyarcs (which feature evil undead monsters, a cheerleader cult, and my attempt at bleak horror) have been played by fewer than 20 people, and the other impossibly awesome stories I’ve designed (which feature battles against hero teams and villain teams, out-of-control robots, the world’s toughest gangster girlfriends, and hobos) will probably never see the light of day. I sure hope the game’s developers can figure out some solution to all their Mission Architect problems…
Aaaaand that’s it for today. Merry Tuesday, everyone — see youse guys tomorrow!