I finally managed to get two comics done. One is up today (and I hope it makes you groan wryly), the other will be up tomorrow.

Now, for the promised overview of previews seen at the 9 premiere. the good prognosis radar goes on a scale of 1 to 10:

Top of the List

Astro Boy
Despite the fact that it's a 3d rendition of a Japanese anime, this movie looks awesome. Astro, a robot designed to replace a human boy, can do anything. But, according to the previews, a country's military/weapons manufacturing company wants him and his technology to use in war.
Prognosis: 9 out of 10.

Bottom of the List

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl dominated the literature playground when I got into books. This story is about how a fox outwits three farmers in order to steal from their farms. However, it seems that the movie overuses the word "fantastic" and show Mr. Fox as an egotistic gangster like the Godfather. The animation scares me because it looks so . . . realistic and lifeless. I only hope I'm wrong because I loved this story to death and I don't want to see Hollywood ruin it . . .
Prognosis: 5 out of 10


Where the Wild Things Are
I didn't grow up rereading this book (Dr. Seuss and Marc Brown beat Maurice Sendak to it), but I liked the story and its imaginative drawings. The problem is that they're turning a picture book into a live-action movie, where the boy is real and his monsters are CGI. The monsters will look great, but the kid looks ridiculous in his animal pajamas. This movie has a lot stacked up against it.
Prognosis: 3 out of 10

In the Middle

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cirque du Freak is a teenage horror series about a boy who becomes a vampire thanks to a stupid act involving a circus. I've only read the first three books, but I hope that this movie is good because the books can be awesome. From the looks of it (and the title) they're merging the first two books. Josh Hutcherson is in it too, which means we have at least one good young actor in it. Squee!

Prognosis: 7 out of 10