It has been over two years since I did one of these so I thought I should give it a try and give everyone an extra large comic today.  Being a geek, this Summer seems to be filled with some fantastic movies based on comic books.  This can be a good thing & a bad thing.  Green Lantern is a bit of both.  I have never been an avid reader of Green Lantern and there have been so many different versions over the years, but I have followed the basic story- the Silver Age story (the golden age story is different although it has been adapted to match up with the Silver Age).  Yes, I am speaking comic geek.  In the 1950’s when Hal Jordan became Green Lantern heroes were written differently than they are today.  Heroes were flawless, if they were bumbling it was an act.  Hal Jordan was fearless, he had no faults, in the comic.  When characters started to need to be portrayed as more human, Hal started having some issues, but the way he’s being portrayed in the film is not it.  So if you are a Green Lantern fan and you are expecting the Hal Jordan from the comics- expect to be disappointed.  Besides that trying to fit over 50 years of back story, that has been changed every 10 or so years, makes it difficult.  I think they did a pretty good job of including little things, altering others to work within the universe they had created on film.  One thing that has gotten old is the reveal at the end of the credits… Could we just stop doing that.  Now one will top the original Muppet Movie’s final scene so don’t even try.

I did use specific comic book page paper for this one and being a different size than what I normally use- I’m still learning… next time I know I can divide it up a lot more vertically.  Still a nice summer experiment I’ll have to try it again some time.

Have you seen Green Lantern?  What did you think?  Was it worth the ever increasing ticket prices?