tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post4411749634534615438..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: COMPLETELY DOOMED (IDW 2007); Memorials: Martin Gardner (THE NEW AGE) and Arthur Herzog (THE B.S. FACTOR)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-66154056084679149462010-06-13T08:54:48.355-04:002010-06-13T08:54:48.355-04:00Even with a less than stellar cover, Penguin did m...Even with a less than stellar cover, Penguin did make sure we had some copies over here, I think...wonder who shied away from call it THE BULLSHIT FACTOR, Herzog or the publishers...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-10086137144529339332010-06-12T18:16:58.600-04:002010-06-12T18:16:58.600-04:00I had that same copy of the B. S. Factor.I had that same copy of the B. S. Factor.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-69307581920549588082010-06-11T23:22:24.880-04:002010-06-11T23:22:24.880-04:00Or I could refresh my memory several hours later b...Or I could refresh my memory several hours later before writing my response, when you state it's your book!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-12994327805462650552010-06-11T23:21:20.165-04:002010-06-11T23:21:20.165-04:00Thanks for the tip, Matthew Bradley...it's a s...Thanks for the tip, Matthew Bradley...it's a story, even more than most Matheson stories, which strokes the young filmmaker. Good luck with what I intuit might be your book.<br /><br />Evan...I suspect you won't get rich...but if you have any HELP!s, I'll make you an offer (if they aren't too trashed). I imagine you might've come across P.S. over the years, too...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-20059359466461519262010-06-11T16:37:18.558-04:002010-06-11T16:37:18.558-04:00Haven't given Creepy and Eerie a thought in ma...Haven't given Creepy and Eerie a thought in many a year. Or Vampirella, for that matter. Maybe time to haul them out and stick them on eBay.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-82030685965859676962010-06-11T15:17:15.400-04:002010-06-11T15:17:15.400-04:00Curiously enough, around the same time DOOMED did ...Curiously enough, around the same time DOOMED did its comic-book version of Matheson's "Blood Son," not one but two independent short films were adapted from the same story. One was under his original title, and the other was aptly called MY AMBITION. Interested parties can read more about them in my forthcoming book RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN, for which IDW's Chris Ryall provided some nice comments as well.Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-40258423167183878362010-06-11T10:17:02.322-04:002010-06-11T10:17:02.322-04:00Yes, though I'd still argue that mine hasn'...Yes, though I'd still argue that mine hasn't quite been supplanted by better text...but no one should read the comics adaptations of the short stories first, I'd hasten to add. Definitely a matter of the illustrators deserved better, in both cases!<br /><br />Wood's style generally is somewhat reminisent of Jones's, though less imaginative, from what I've seen.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-47702073655566138802010-06-11T10:14:37.506-04:002010-06-11T10:14:37.506-04:00That looks like a Jeff Jones cover. Looks like we...That looks like a Jeff Jones cover. Looks like we've both gone with books for FFB that are "good, but not great."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-90974070635714796692010-06-11T09:09:44.235-04:002010-06-11T09:09:44.235-04:00Or, better in parts than in the whole...which puts...Or, better in parts than in the whole...which puts COMPLETELY DOOMED into a self-describing hole, which is a pity, since some of those parts are keepers.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-74088701996592903102010-06-11T07:45:36.246-04:002010-06-11T07:45:36.246-04:00Good but not good enough, hey.Good but not good enough, hey.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com