It will be in comic book format. Click this link to read a very nice blog entry about it.I especially enjoyed this show for reasons you might not expect of me. Yes, it does fall into the realm of scifi (post-apocalyptic), which is a favorite genre of mine. However, it had other features which particularly endeared it to me:
- They didn't flinch at killing off main characters.
- While some fantastic things happen, what you mostly see are how regular people, with regular issues, deal with a horrific situation.
- The difficulties faced often raised very relevant concepts that have lately lost value in our world: honor, patriotism, sacrifice, to name a few.
So, although "only" in comic book format, I'm thrilled to see Jericho return.
Today, a long time friend of mine lost his battle with cancer. Dave Ponkey was an enormously lovable human being, a talented story-teller and a brave man. Everyone who knew him is stunned and wounded by his death. We all thought he had more time so, while we knew he had a short time left, we were all unhappily surprised by the news this morning.
Updates to be posted here as they become available. In the meantime, please enjoy some of his stories here.
3/26/09 - UPDATE
There are several memorial services planned on the West Coast:
3/29/09 in the Vallejo area
4/18/09 at Southern Faire
Please contact me if you need information about these events.
