GRR!

Okay, I had written this huge, long blog post about today’s comic, but Firefox totally crashed on me and I lost it!

I’m too disheartened to try and rewrite the whole thing, so I’ll give you the bullet points:

• I was paranoid about doing a straight-up movie parody because I often feel that a Theater Hopper character should narrate the action in order to keep it grounded in the Theater Hopper universe. In this instance, adding Jared or Tom would have ruined the pacing and, plus, I wanted more room to draw Hellboy and Abe Sapien. I know this is not important to anyone else.
• I am aware that Hellboy is not actually 60 years old, that he ages differently than humans and is technically a teenager. But I maintain that watching Ron Perlman chug Tecate, smoke stogies and wield firearms kind of kills the whole “teenage” vibe. Also, what teenager would tolerate being called “boy” I think the joke still works.
• I kind of forgot how excited I was to see Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Despite its pacing problems, I loved the original Hellboy and held my breath for a sequel. Now that it’s here, I kind of neglected the hype, but am very excited to check it out on Friday!

So, there you have it. The Cliff’s Notes version of today’s blog. The original was much more elloquent. But you know how it goes when you lose an e-mail or an essay or whatever. It’s like your computer broke your heart. You need a little distance.

Stoopid com’pooter.

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!