Lobo: Highway to Hell... Does it suck?

Timothy Callahan has posted a pretty negative review on the first of two issues of Lobo: Highway to Hell written by Scott Ian and drawn by Sam Kieth. Worth reading here as he only gave it half a star and it's the first time I've seen such a low review.

Scott Ian's interview on his latest Lobo project

Scott Ian, who is also Anthraxx guitarist, put his guitar down for a bit and worked on the last installment of Lobo entitled Highway to Hell. Found out how he went from hard speed death trash metal to comics in an interview I read at CBR... He's also sharing some opinions on who he thinks should play Lobo in the upcoming movie as well as some panels of the first issue that will be available on Nov. 4th (that's today!)

More news (or rumors?) on that Lobo movie

Superherohype.com just published an article stating that actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan "has his sights set on Lobo".

For those who don't really know who he is, he's the one who was impersonating The Comedian in Watchmen and he was pretty convincing... Could he be a good Lobo? Maybe...

I also tumbled on a Keith Giffen interview over at CBR. Have a look to know what take Giffen has on everything that's happening around Lobo right now.

A Lobo movie?

According to this article on CRB, Guy Ritchie, who's not only known for marrying (and divorcing) Madonna but also for his movies Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells, will be directing a movie based on Lobo in 2010. I've been waiting for this for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time, I really hope they don't f*ck it up.

How did you get to reading comics?

It was a hot summer afternoon. I was about 10 years old and was enjoying my summer holidays away from classrooms and teachers. My dad had to go shopping for groceries and asked me to come along, which I eventually agreed to.

In the supermarket, most of the kids my age would hang around the toys/video games section and organize some kind of Mario Bros. tournaments on what looked like an arcade machine but was in fact a NES… I believe most of us could not afford one at that time and were going to play on the display model at the supermarket instead.

For some reason, I decided not to join the other kids on that day and made my way to the books/comics section. Many books were available, especially French and Belgian titles such as The Adventures of Tintin or Lucky Luke.

While sifting through all the comics available on the shelves, I came across an interesting looking one, counting the tale of a fair skinned dude visiting the North Pole (that’s what I could guess from the cover). I started reading the story and eventually arrived at that critical moment where the main character slaughters Santa Claus… and all his helpers… as well as all the kids on Santa’s list… and probably their parents.

Yes, I was holding Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special trade paperback in my hands. That’s when I became a Lobo fan (and eventually started looking deeper into the comic book universe). Since then, I have read more Lobo stories such as The Last Czarnian, Infanticide, Lobo’s back which I recommend reading if you’re looking for some fun material and want to have a good laugh without having to think too much.