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Since ancient times, sacred texts from around the world foretold about a time period in human history when a mighty demi-god would appear on earth. Whether we call this figure Perseus, Krishna, or Messiah, he is epitomized in the figure of Jesus Christ—the modern equivalent of which is Superman!
Eli Of Kittim, author of "The Little Book of Revelation: The First Coming of Jesus at the End of Days"
Going right to the scholastic book fair for these bad boys.
Booping u with one of these
Aside from Paul Chadwick's Concrete, I strongly feel that this comic series is ripe for adaptation.
I just started re-reading my favorite and, in my opinion, the BEST graphic novel of all time, Jeff Smith's "Bone".
Anybody remember it? If you do and you have read it, you may be wondering why they never did anything with that series (like, it just stopped at comics and two video games). Well, they've tried three separate times to make it into a TV show or a movie.
First, Nickelodeon wanted to make a huge movie out of Bone...and then it got dropped.
And then Warner Bros. wanted to make a trilogy of movies. They wrote up all the scripts...and then it got dropped.
And then Netflix wanted to make a TV series out of Bone...and then it got canceled in 2022.
The first two story arcs (out of nine) were adapted into an adventure game series by Telltale Games in 2005 and 2006. As of now, it's the closest we will ever get to an animated Bone TV series or movie. When is Bone gonna get its justice? Somebody come save Bone...
The works of Jeff Smith are very near and dear to my heart. When it comes to fantasy comics, this guy is one of my personal favorite writers/artists, and the world he created and the stories he crafted are, without a doubt, one of my all-time favorites.
Two of my favorite Captain Underpants books right here!!
October 2003
When I was a kid we had a big box collection of scholastic videos and in every video you would be reada story and shown it through animation that kept the art style of the original picture book.
There's one in particular that I keep thinking about but can't remember the name of. It's about an old woman with a cat who adopts a dog. The cat is immediately very jealous and tries to get rid of the dog. Eventually they succeed, but upon the dog's disappearance the old woman becomes depressed (or sick, I hardly remember) and refuses to leave her bed. She keeps asking where the dog is and the cat brings him back, having learned that the old woman's happiness is more important than their pride.
I'm hoping against all hope that someone else is familiar with this story and can tell me the name. I don't think I'll know rest until then.