Monday, March 10, 2008

McClatchy News may have said something right about Wizard

McClatchy Newspapers wrote an article about a new book called Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon that was written by a contributor to Wizard, and tells about how Tinseltown mishandled movie and TV productions of the Man of Steel. They say here:
In this account, originally written as a cover story for the hyperbolic, testosterone-drenched fanzine Wizard, Jake Rossen recounts the history of the character's big- and small-screen presence. In expanding his piece into a book, Rossen presents a panoramic view of the business and creative processes and their vicissitudes.
I don't know whether that was intentional, but they say pretty much the right thing about Wizard, though it'd probably make more sense to say that it's fluff-coated, un-objective, and not worth spending money on as a news source. The worst thing about it is how it perpetuates unpleasant stereotypes about comic book readers. I just hope the book they're writing about is well written, and offers more insight than Wizard ever will about movieland.

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