A "Buckaroo Banzai" comic, woo woo!!

[dianeduane]

I see that I'm a trifle late in finding out about this -- dewline put me onto it (hey, thanks!!) -- and after a little Googling I see that Chris Roberson mentioned it last month. But ask me if I care, at the moment. I'm delighted! I saw BB at its Worldcon premiere and have loved that universe dearly ever since.

Now it turns out that Moonstone Books, starting in April, will be bringing out a comics version of Buckaroo Banzai -- a three-issue miniseries. The first book's story was done by BB creator Mac Rauch, and is entitled "Return of the Screw".

I am so jazzed! Can't wait.

(Fascinating sidenote: the penciler, Stephen Thompson, is Irish...and had never heard of BB before being asked by Moonstone to work on the project. See the interview with him, inker Keith Williams and writer Joe Gentile for more details.)

 

 

Comments

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Woot! Have to get someone stateside to send me copies.

[marmelmm.livejournal.com]

Banzai! :)

Interesting fact about the Jet Car here:

http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/q46.html

;D

-MMM-

(still have a fan-produced Yoyodyne patch in storage somewheres...)

[moirla.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, Buckaroo Bonzai is on the "Movies to Expand Kim's Horizon," list (along with an embarrassing number of other movies) but I suspect there are several people in my F-List who will rejoice at your linkage.

[mneme]

Oh wow.

A brand -new- Buckaroo story? I am -so- there (though I hope it includes Hanoi Xan!)

[naraht.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

If you're looking for a predictable film, don't watch this

[carpdeus.livejournal.com]

So reads the IMBD comment for TAOBBATED (http://carpdeus.livejournal.com/93868.html) that I noted a couple of years ago.

On a related note, I'm sure you know that Big Trouble in Little China (Kurt Russel's best movie, imho (http://carpdeus.livejournal.com/100957.html)) is directly related but I digress and these two movies can make me digress a whole lot so I'm going to stop here.

Anyway, what I was going to say is this makes me very happy. And I was going to get a BB icon to post my happiness with but, as I was looking for a BB icon, I came across this information on Watermelons and Perfect Tommy (http://www.gamewinners.com/dvd/AdventuresOfBuckarooBanzai.htm) which I thought you'd appreciate and it means I need to dig my BB DVD up from whatever box it's packed in and go looking.

Re: If you're looking for a predictable film, don't watch this

[carpdeus.livejournal.com]

Too many digressions and I forgot, the reason I mentioned Big Trouble is because someone in my FList had a link to this flash (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/showdown#start) where Lo Pan is included as a villan.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Glad to have helped out!

[lodo-bear.livejournal.com]

Yes! Maybe now, at long last, Buckaroo Banzai can take on the World Crime League!