Tag Archives: Melodrama

The Event Horizon of Boring

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 20, 2011

Having seen the recent Batman movie trailer, I have to say this film looks like a stone cold bummer. I realize I stand on the wrong side (culturally) of this struggle, but I just didn’t care for The Dark Knight at all. It struck me as a combination of the worst elements of superheroes, realism, [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Alien Invasions, Batman Film, Batman Movie Trailer, Black Eyed Peas, Brutality, Captain America, Comic Book, Commercial Success, Dark Knight, Event Horizon, Good Guys, Green Lantern, Music Group, Nazis, Nods, Rap Rock, Realism, Universes, Wrong Side | 12 Comments

Walt Simonson, God of Epics

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: August 31, 2011

Apologies for not posting anything recently. I have what appears to be an aggravated nerve in my jaw, and it isn’t making life very pleasant. If the 30 minute bouts of searing pain weren’t enough, there’s also the fact that I’m not eating much and wasn’t getting much sleep. But I’ve been taking some medication [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books | Also tagged Apologies, Appointment, Bold Adventure, Bouts, Bum, Characterization, Comic Book, Craftsmanship, Epics, Fantasy Writer, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Mack, Marvel Visionaries, Masterwork, Medication, Nerve, Plot Threads, Preacher, Sails, Sandman, Short Story, Sleep, Storytelling, Thor, Walt Simonson | 1 Comment

On Writing: Query Letters

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 14, 2009

One of my fellow DFWWW writers posted that the trailers for 2012 were a model for “the worst query letter ever”. While I’m not one to resort to simple statements of authority, I think I can say here that he’s wrong. 2012′s commercials, for all their lack of detail and big FX, are designed to [...]