Is it vainglorious of me to be pleased as the proverbial punch that, in last week's Entertainment Weekly, visionary film director Guillermo Del Toro (Chronos, Hellboy, the Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth, and the current mind-blowing Hellboy II: The Golden Army) listed as his number one influence in becoming a director the Swamp Thing comic run by the impossibly-talented Bernie Wrightson and your Humble Blogger, mentioning the two of us by name, even.
Well, is it?
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4 comments:
if guellermo del toro screamed obscenities at me about my mother for eating popcorn and breaking his concentration in a theatre showing NIGHT OF THE LEPUS, i would be happy to know he was aware of my existence.
Len, I saw that EW mention and I don't know if you're planning to see Hellboy II or not, but in it there's an "elemental monster" that's CLEARLY a homage to both Swamp Thing and Paul Pope's THB
I don't think it's vainglorious at all. It's a justly deserved shout-out. I love your Swamp Thing. Glad to know Guillermo del Toro does too!
I saw that when it came out! Congratulations!
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