The Problem of Susan

A few weeks ago, Dark Horse Comics published an adaptation by P. Craig Russell of Neil Gaiman’s Narnia short story, “The Problem of Susan.” While I’ve read Gaiman’s short story a half dozen times over the years, between work and life and the flu I didn’t have the opportunity to give the graphic novel aContinue reading “The Problem of Susan”

On The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

When I was very young, no more than six, I found my way into Narnia. CBS produced an animated adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, directed by Bill Melendez, one of the lights behind CBS’ Peanuts cartoons. I was really taken with the movie, and my parents bought me a boxed setContinue reading “On The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”

On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

I saw The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night. Overall opinion? The film was okay. Not great, mostly good, but overall, just okay. Adequate. I first read the books when I was six. CBS had done an animated version of Lion (just bought it on DVD, btw), and my family and I hadContinue reading “On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”