Wednesday
Mar172010
Interview: Robin Furth
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 ;)
Continuing their trend of celebrating women in comics the Dollar Bin hooked up with writer and adapter of novels to comics, Robin Furth. Discussion topics overheard include the Dark Tower series, Talismon by King and Stroud, Albert Fish, Girl Comics, Robin’s other work outside of comics, and if you are really quiet and listen really close you may hear ghosts.
Run time:58 minutes 59 seconds
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Reader Comments (10)
Adam's right I am flying down to cut him. Plane leaves tonight at 9:30 so when he wakes up tomorrow i'll be standing right.......over.........his..........bed.
That isn't creepy at all when you say it like that Joel.
Excellent interview guys. Sounded like a fun conversation for everyone involved which made it fun to listen to. I haven't read much Stephen King, certainly nothing recently, and none of the comics. I'm not a big horror fan. Not sure, if/when I'll give these comics a try but I like these kinds of topics and guests because they open my eyes to things that I had not heard of or considered reading before.
I'm not a horror fan either and while the Dark Tower is......intense in a few places it certainly isn't horror.
"I'm not a horror fan either and while the Dark Tower is......intense in a few places it certainly isn't horror."
I feel that way about a lot of the SK that I read. Maybe I just incorrectly classify horror.
As I mentioned in the interview the ending pissed me off so much I burned my copy of the seventh book but her work on the title is SO damn good I am in it for the long-haul.
Wow, Joel....you hated the ending that much? I actually enjoyed it. Actually ended on a hopeful note, which surprised me. But, yeah....losing Oy was painful. Ake! Ake!
Great interview guys. I haven't read ANY of the Dark Tower comics, but I think I'll go pick them up after hearing this.
Ted:
After reading how many thousands of pages to have the reset switch hit? That would be like reading Moby Dick and having the last line be "And then little Johnny got out of the tub and put his toys away."
But, it wasn't a reset switch. That's the whole point. Roland finally learned and grew from his journey. I think it fit the tone of the book perfectly.
I agree with Ted. I didn't see it as a reset switch at all. I wanted to immediately put the first book back in and continue the journey though. It also explains soooo much about what happens throughout the journey.