May 22, 2011
FFF Results Post #255—Adaptations
On Friday,
CR readers were asked to "Name Two Comics (#1-2) That Haven't Been Adapted To Film Or Television You'd Like To See As A Movie Or Television Series, One Comic (#3) That Has Been Made That You'd Like To See Done Again, And Two Comics (#4-5) That Should Never, Ever Be Adapted That Way." This is how they responded.
Tom Spurgeon
1.
Scene Of The Crime
2.
New Hat
3.
Sanctuary
4.
Calvin and Hobbes
5.
Maus
*****
Michael Dooley
1.
Merely Margie
2.
Ethel
3.
Tillie the Toiler
4.
Mamie
5.
Babs in Society
*****
Dave Knott
1)
Peepo Choo
2)
The Mourning Star
3)
The Spirit
4)
Teratoid Heights
5)
The Hollow Grounds: NogegoN
*****
Jason Michelitch
1.
Pim & Francie
2.
Jack Kirby's Fourth World
3.
Bob Burden's Mysterymen
4.
Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight
5.
Promethea
*****
Gary Usher
1.
Tales from the Heart
2. "Heartbreak Soup" by Gilbert
3.
The Spirit
4. "Locas" by Jaime
5.
Blackest Night (DC)
*****
Justin Colussy-Estes
1.
Antique Bakery
2.
Dykes to Watch Out For
3.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
4.
The Far Side
5.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth
Editor's Note: I think there were both live-action and anime versions of
Antique Bakery. Just so I don't get those e-mails.
*****
Michael Grabowski
1.
The Freddie Stories
2.
Schizo! #2
3.
Popeye
4.
Cerebus
5.
Bone
*****
Chad Nevett
1.
Scalped
2.
Stormwatch/
The Authority
3.
Hellblazer
4.
Flex Mentallo
5.
Automatic Kafka
*****
Shannon Smith
1.
Doctor Strange. (There have been a couple of things but I'm going to pretend that there have not and hope for the most psychedelic movie ever made.)
2.
American Flagg!. (Ongoing TV show on HBO, Showtime or AMC. Something like that. I think it would be fun but mainly, I just want Chaykin to catch a big check.)
3.
Popeye. (Ongoing TV cartoon. And none of that computer crap. Real Popeye cartoons. There should always be new Popeye cartoons. That should be a law.)
4.
The Invisibles
5.
Love and Rockets
*****
Michel Fiffe
1.
Sinner
2.
Mr. A
3.
Dog Boy
4.
Love & Rockets
5.
Acme Novelty Library
*****
Marty Yohn
1.
Unknown Soldier (Joshua Dysart's)
2.
Elk's Run
3.
Jonah Hex
4.
Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
5.
Calvin and Hobbes
*****
Jill Friedman
1.
Nextwave: Agents of HATE (HBO series, animated or live action)
2.
Y: The Last Man (HBO series)
3.
Scott Pilgrim (I'd like to see an animated series that takes the time on the series that the movie couldn't.)
4.
She Hulk (2005 reboot)
5.
The Boys (They'd cast Simon Pegg and no one else would look as true to their character.)
*****
Mark Mayerson
1.
Kamandi
2.
Boys Ranch
3.
The Spirit (done with drawn animation and directed by Brad Bird)
4.
Fires
5.
Market Day
*****
Grant Goggans
1.
Strontium Dog
2.
Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
3.
Modesty Blaise
4.
Charley's War
5. Morrison's run on
Animal Man
*****
Don MacPherson
1)
100 Bullets
2)
Talent
3)
Catwoman
4)
In the Shadow of No Towers
5)
Asterios Polyp
*****
Scott Cederlund
*
DMZ
*
Gotham Central
*
Shazam
*
The Airtight Garage
*
King City
*****
Ben Towle
*
The Invisibles
*
Jack Staff
*
Scott Pilgrim
*
Tintin
*
Cul de Sac
*****
Cole Moore Odell
1.
Orc Stain
2.
Sleeper
3.
Jonah Hex
4.
Jimmy Corrigan
5.
Locas
*****
Scott Dunbier
1)
You Are Here (Kyle Baker)
2)
Four Women (Sam Kieth)
3)
Rocketeer (Dave Stevens)
4)
Manhunter (Goodwin/Simonson)
5)
Promethea (Moore/Williams III)
*****
Johnny Bacardi
1.
Mobfire (by Guy Ritchie)
2.
Scalped
3.
Dr. Strange
4.
Sugar and Spike
5.
Asterios Polyp
*****
Mark Coale
1.
Agents of Atlas
2.
American Flagg
3.
Lone Wolf and Cub
4.
Quantum and Woody
5.
Fables
*****
Rob Clough
1.
676 Apparitions of Killoffer
2.
Dungeon
3.
Dr. Strange
4.
Safe Area Gorazde
5.
Multi-Force
*****
Eric Newsom
1. Greg Rucka's
Queen & Country
2. Paul Grist's
Jack Staff
3.
Jonah Hex (this time directed by Enzo G. Castellari, filmed in Almeria, Spain)
4. Gilbert Hernandez'
Palomar stories
5. Kevin Huizenga's
Ganges
*****
Matthew Wanderski
1.
Elmer
2.
Ivy
3.
Aquaman
4.
I Never Liked You
5.
Blankets
1.-3. must be live-action (in general, I don't like animation, and all things must cater to my likings).
*****
Stergios Botzakis
1.
Return of the Dapper Men
2.
Sleeper
3.
Daredevil
4.
Miracleman
5.
I Kill Giants
*****
Kenneth Graves
1)
Zot
2)
We3
3)
The Tick
4)
King City
5)
Sandman
*****
Matt Emery
*
Rogue Trooper
*
Birdland
*
Human Target
*
Mr A
*
Asterios Polyp
*****
Dan Morris
1.
Domu
2.
The Demon
3.
Howard the Duck
4.
Teratoid Heights
5.
Promethea
*****
Randall Kirby
1.
Supernatural Law
2.
Maze Agency
3.
Blueberry
4.
Omaha The Cat Dancer
5.
All-Star Squadron
*****
Matt Maxwell
1.
Elektra: Assassin
2. Kirby's
Fourth World
3.
Dr. Strange
4.
The Filth (but oh, the possibilities)
5.
Luther Arkwright
*****
William Burns
1.
Nextwave: Agents of HATE
2.
Dykes to Watch Out For
3.
Catwoman
4.
Promethea
5. Eddie Campbell's
Bacchus
*****
Nat Gertler
1.
Barnaby
2.
Zot!
3.
Swamp Thing
4.
Angriest Dog in the World
5.
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
*****
Jonathan Baylis
*
Ed, the Happy Clown
*
Preacher
*
Blueberry (done right!!)
*
Jimmy Corrigan
*
Asterios Polyp
*****
Joe Keatinge
1. Moebius'
Aedena Cycle
2. Steve Ditko's
Mr. A
3. Winsor McCay's
Little Nemo in Slumberland
4. Bill Keane's
Family Circus
5. David Mazzuchelli's
Asterios Polyp
*****
Brandon Graham
1.
The Bozz Chronicles by David Michelinie and Bret Blevins
2.
Havoc Inc. by Mark Barnard and Terrie Smith
3.
Grey by Yoshihisa Tagami
4.
Appleseed (it has. but I wish it wasn't)
5. Most comics I love I really don't want movies of.
*****
Sean Kleefeld
1.
Abadazad
2.
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
3.
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (preferably with a cameo by Steranko)
4.
Planetary
5.
Understanding Comics
*****
Indigo Kelleigh
1:
Pirate Corp$, as an animated series most likely. Such a great group of characters.
2:
Age of Bronze -- have to be an extreme miniseries, though. Maybe several.
3:
From Hell -- as a 6-hour miniseries, without Johnny Depp. Stephen Fry as Dr. Gull. Boom.
4:
Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth. At least as complex as
Watchmen, and far more depressing. Unless it was animated, and in Ware's style, then I'd give it a pass.
5:
Asterios Polyp -- As great a comic as it is, it exists to be a comic. I have a hard time seeing how this would translate without losing most of its thesis.
*****
Fabrice Stroun
1.
The New Gods
2.
Kamandi
3.
Thor
4.
The Demon
5.
Street Code
*****
Marc Sobel
1.
Grendel
2.
Concrete
3.
Swamp Thing
4.
Little Nemo
5.
Locas
*****
Diana Tamblyn
1.
Fables
2.
Dr. Strange
3.
Hellblazer
4.
Sandman
5.
Love and Rockets
*****
Andrew Horton
1.
Bottomless Bellybutton
2.
Alec (or just a reality TV series about Eddie Campbell)
3.
From Hell (As an HBO mini-series)
4. New Gods Saga
5.
Acme Novelty Library
*****
Buzz Dixon
1.
Luann
2.
Pearls Before Swine
3.
Dilbert
4.
Funky Winkerbean
5.
Funky Winkerbean (listed twice to really make sure it never gets adapted!)
*****
Tom Bondurant
1.
American Flagg!
2.
'Mazing Man
3.
Fantastic Four
4.
The Unwritten
5.
Planetary
*****
topic altered from a pair of suggestions by Mark Mayerson and Michel Fiffe
*****
*****
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