Monthly Archives: July 2011

Red Skull, Underdog?

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 28, 2011

Something occurred to me today. While Captain America is a pretty fun movie, it has one mistake, writing wise. It’s not a terrible one, but it does end up accidentally weakening the drama and adventure. I’m not going to talk about the film in tremendous detail, but I will be discussing a few broad plot [...]

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Epic

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 26, 2011

This might be a controversial opinion, but I think I Am Number Four is a better superhero flick than Captain America or Iron Man. Or possibly just about every other mainstream superhero flick out there. Here me out before you start violently disagreeing. First of all, we need to define what is the essence of [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies | Tagged Action Adventure, Blue Shield, Captain America, Charitable Foundation, Clown, Diplomacy, Epic Battles, Evildoers, Greatest Superhero, Incredibles, Intellectual Level, Iron Man, Merits, Physical Conflict, Punches, Slam Bang, Small Wonder, Superhero Flick, Tact, Writing Great Characters | Leave a comment

Branded

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 23, 2011

It’s time to talk branding. Specifically, my brand. Yes, I am a brand. Of a sort. With eight published books, a ninth due out next year, and hopefully a long career ahead of me, it’s not an unreasonable observation. Though I’ll admit it’s weird to say that aloud. Or type it out loud in this [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Tagged Adjective, Blog Entry, Blogs, Chupacabras, Fantasist, Funny Books, Interesting Questions, Novel, Observation, Obstacles, Standalone Novels | 14 Comments

Humor Me

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 8, 2011

The role of humor in storytelling is vastly underrated. Not just in the “Ha Ha, that’s silly” sense. Although that type does tend to be easily dismissed as frivolous and unimportant. But I’m also talking about humor that has something to say, which is so often overlooked and thrown aside that many just don’t seem [...]