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Whole Lotta Mars

Two new Barsoom – "Mars" to us Earthlings – comics by moi are roaming free in comic book stores. The final issue of the Princess of Mars adaptation, Warlord of Mars #9, hit stands last week. I'm very flattered by all the kind reviews (not that I obsessively read reviews of my comics or anything). Fitting the Princess arc into nine issues was a real challenge, and a big up-front commitment from Dynamite. But we did it. Therefore I – and Dynamite Comics – RULE.

Next up is a three issue bridge, an original story by moi, "Heretic of Mars". Then we're on to the second novel, my personal favorite, Gods of Mars. Keep your radium pistol handy, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

The first issue of the second Dejah Thoris story arc, Pirate Queen of Mars, is also out in the wild. Check out Joe Jusko's fantastic cover for this one! I loved reading the reviews, because people really have no idea what's in store for Dejah. Heh heh heh...

On an unrelated note, I saw Contagion last weekend. I was sort of underwhemled. All the actors did a great job, especially Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Laurence Fishburne... but I didn't care about any of them. The writing felt perfunctory and sterile. The movie is also very worshipful of doctors and technocrats and "experts", the very same people who failed us with Katrina, AIDS, and Fukushima. I hope the high and mighty doctors at the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control could handle an outbreak of virulent and deadly disease in reality as well as they did in this movie, but I'm a wee bit skeptical.

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