An there’s one title I think would bloom at his touch, which had one satisfying little run a few years back. A story centered on the trials of one little family in a rather alienating world, which nonetheless reached for Zelaznian extremes of science fiction and ancient religious imagery. Just waiting for a new author with just the right instinct for wedding fantasy and farce.

I speak (of course) of Sergio Aragones’ Vimanarama.

And speaking of filtering, Captain America’s history viewed through Mignola’s lens is way more interesting than the character’s been in decades. I’d pick that up in a heartbeat.

It would be nice if anyone was able to rehabilitate Marvel’s hellscape. Those 70s comics were great (and crap, at exactly the same time). But no one seems to be able to get to the heart of what made them so interesting. Garth Ennis’ Ghost Rider was interesting enough, but it was Garth Ennis‘ vision of Hell, as examined many times before, not the Marvel U. version.

Seems odd to say it, but you know the most effective version of the horror characters recently? The VS System card game. All the horror characters and items and spells and groupings all boiled down to their essence. You look at them and think, how can you go wrong with that? And yet, they do. I blame the Blade movies, because I am grumpy and foresake the jumpy camera and grinding soundtrack of youth.

But first! Miyazaki on Star Wars? Ahhh…how beautiful it would be. And Baron/Rude Legion? Man, those are good suggestions.

Y’r welcome on the Cap stuff, Adam…somehow I just thought of a symbolically-supercharged Cap, and it reminded me of you. Actually I was going to nominate you for this meme, but was worried that either a) it wouldn’t fit with the content of your blog, and b) that you’d find a way to make it a synchronistic excursion! And thus show me up. But man, what a rabbit-and-hat trick that would be! I was contemplating trying the same thing myself, but then decided it’d be too tough for my overly-linear style.

And unfortunately I seem to have forgotten the names of the art team on Robinson’s Starman! Ridiculous…