Funky Flashman is Stan Lee, not Wolfman

In a post below which mentioned the Funky Flashman, I said that the character was based on Marv Wolfman. This is something I had read in a comic magazine some 15+ years ago and had never questioned, but Mario di Giacomo has corrected me in the comments of the piece that he was based on Stan Lee. I don’t feel too embarrassed about getting this wrong, as Marv has always resembled the Funky Flashman as well and I had no clue how a young stud like Marv might have dressed in the 1970s. Still, the bombastic style of Funky Flushman is very similar to Stan Lee’s public persona.

Seeking to confirm this, I have found an article in the Quarter Bin site which mentions it several times. The article is a reasonably fair assessment of the character of Dirk Armstrong, the Rush Limbaugh-based conservative character in Superman comics.

I say it’s “fair” because, while the author does voice his personal displeasure for the radio personality (and I would disagree with a few statements here and there), he doesn’t bring that into play in his assessment of the pros and cons of the comic version.

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Abnett & Lanning End Legion Run

The Pulse has an interview with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA) about their leaving Legion, which they’ve been doing continuously for an astonishing five years.

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Watchmen shooting in 2004?

Variety and Comics2Film have reported that Watchmen may be filming next year.

A decade ago, Terry Gilliam was going to turn it into a movie, and Alan Moore wished him luck on finding some way to cut down the 12-issue series so that it would play as a film. (Moore had no idea how.)

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