Comments on: Stop asking already

By: David Cake

David Cake — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:26:09 +0000

I am just going to add, in support of your werewolfy preferences, the Alan Moore comics story (a Swamp Thing story) The Curse, which makes the werewolf/menstruation connectly eloquently.

Also, hooray for Chinese hopping vampires. Mr Vampire is a fine film in the genre.

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:47:39 +0000

I know he’s dark and depressed and all that but his parents were murdered right in front of him. I think that gives you a free pass for life on the cheerfulness monitor.

then how about double props to superman for sucking it up when not only were his parents killed, but his species, his civilization, his entire planet? that would definitely get me down…

just sayin’.

By: Ez

Ez — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:55:53 +0000

Suggestion for a post on your stance:

Graphic sex scenes in YA novels – yay or nay?

Have a lovely day!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:42:03 +0000

I love both vampire and werewolves, but vamps win the contest for me. Buffy is my favorite TV show, and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight is one of my favorite books. I love those little bloodsuckers, which is odd, since I’m hemophobic (fear of blood). Despite this phobia, I have uber-amounts of vampire novels. Yay for contradictions?

However, this in no way lessens the coolness of werewolves. Oz was pretty much my favorite character on Buffy, and werewolf novels are equally enthralling. I just finished Charles de Lint’s Wolf Moon yesterday, which was really good; I recommend it to all werewolf lovers.

I totally agree with the Batman thing though. Superman is way too perfect, and it annoys me. Characters need flaws to make them interesting, which makes Superman really dull in my opinion. I’m more interested in the idea that a regular guy without super powers is kicking some tail.

By: simmone

simmone — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:13:51 +0000

or is that karen allen? you girls!

By: simmone

simmone — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:10:20 +0000

weighing in late on the unicorns/zombies debate I feel I must say zombies because they have a PAST … Also – I’m for werewolves for their potential “beast” poignancy … batman for gadgetry (but superman for curses)and margot kidder for “inspired” knitwear (!)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:45:07 +0000

Batman, no contest. He kicks ass without super powers – he solves crimes because he’s smart!

I think of Batman as the first major geek and yes, I know he’s dark and depressed and all that but his parents were murdered right in front of him. I think that gives you a free pass for life on the cheerfulness monitor.

Also, werewolves first, vamps second (See Fables for an awesome wolf character), yes to LKH – Jenny and I share that guilty pleasure and yes to Scott Pilgrim. He’s crazy but who can resist?

By: jenny d

jenny d — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:21:12 +0000

i am with libba, i want werewolves and vampires both: but if it was a question of going out on a date, i would take the werewolf over the vampire any day (but i wish more people who write animal shape-changer novels would actually, like, go and read mid-century ethology and think about the particular animals they were writing about). i here officially confess, moreover, that i love laurell k hamilton’s anita blake novels! more vampires, more werewolves! more zombies (did you read charlie huston’s books btw?)!

By: mimosa

mimosa — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:58:41 +0000

Hey Justine,
Remember me from way back when in Salamanca?
Who knew we’d meet again in cyberspace!
I tried emailing you, but your jl AT justinelarbelestier DOT com thing doesn’t work. I see that you’re in Houston now, but when you get a chance, send a line.
Mimosa

By: John H

John H — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:52:03 +0000

What about Scott’s Peeps? They’re kinda-sorta vampires, right?

By: Sir Tessa

Sir Tessa — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:29:28 +0000

David, I was speaking in general terms. Because, you know as soon as you turn into a vampire, you become pale, slim, and terribly good looking, right?

(And a were-chinese-crested is just wrong. Wrong, I tell you. That’s one giant mark against werewolves, right there.)

By: kris

kris — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:59:41 +0000

Wow. I rarely see a Ginger Snaps reference. The third one is a bit,.. could do without, but otherwise they are SO brilliant. I love the begining with all the fake death photos. Greatness!

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:58:21 +0000

Werewolves versus vampires

PROWLERS by Christopher Golden. Oh. My. Goodness.

Superman versus Batman

Batman. No contest.

By: lenna

lenna — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:18:23 +0000

-vampires. vampires. vampires!
how can you POSSIBLY say that werewolves are better! especially after your husband has written amazing books on the fawesomeness of vampires! wowwwwwww. just wow.
-superman. he can fly. he has ACTUAL powers, batman just uses mechanisms…psh.
-saywhat and who?
so THATS where i stand.

By: Ben Payne

Ben Payne — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:25:17 +0000

In general I hate vampires (pretentious) and werewolves (oversimplistic back-to-nature shite) equally, but I’m open to the fact they could be done well…

I’m with you on Batman… Superman is just bland, man… and campy ~~seventies~~ sixties Batman is *by far* the best version of Batman!

Blog overlord says get it right!

By: Kevin Wignall

Kevin Wignall — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:01:38 +0000

well, naturally i’m hoping to change your mind on the vampire front. and not by having my main character support Australia at cricket.

superman and batman (or spiderman) – sorry, none of them. these are grown men who, having discovered that they possess amazing powers, immediately go out and put together a wrestling outfit to wear on their missions. seriously, what’s that all about.

i have no idea what the final choice is – you’ll have to excuse me, i’ve been in a crypt for four hundred years.

By: pixelfish

pixelfish — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:53:29 +0000

I too am a Batman girl and genera. I did like Kingdom Come, but it actually had doses of Batman as Superman’s ally. And I recommend Red Son, which posits a Red Communist Superman that lands in Russia instead of farmland America. He is the opposition….which makes for a more interesting story, I think.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:29:35 +0000

Probably vamps, but just because I haven’t yet met the wolf story which does it for me.

I used to say Batman, hands down, but I’ve gotten a bit tired of the whole angst thing (another reason to hate the new Superman movie, because they turn him into yet *another* angsty superhero). And, in addition, I’ve looked at Superman in a totally new way ever since hearing Bill’s impression of him in kill Bill vol. 2, and ever since then, I’ve been a big Superman girl.

And as for the third, I have no idea what you’re talking about, sadly.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:43:27 +0000

Let’s put it this way: Oz vs. Angel. Okay, then I’d say Oz. But in general, chinese vampires aside, you’re faced with a choice between a man who’s had possibly hundreds of years to refine his charm, intellect, and lovemaking skills. He may even want to give you eternal life! On the other hand, you’ve got a teenager with a hairy back that you have to chain up once a month. Kinky, but I dunno.

Happy Houston! — m

By: Libba

Libba — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:11:08 +0000

I’m a sick puppy because I want both–BOTH, I tell you! I want werewolves AND vampires, perhaps because two of my first crushes were Barnabas Collins in “Dark Shadows” and Lon Chaney as the Wolf Man…”De way you walk is funny…” (If you haven’t seen the movie, this makes no sense.)

But as for Batman and Superman? Puh-leeeze. Batman, wings down. And I like him dark and broody. I mean, I wouldn’t want to go for Atomic Wings with dark ‘n’ broody, but in my superheroes, I’m good with it.

xo L.

By: jaida jones

jaida jones — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:42:39 +0000

I didn’t know you were a Saiyuki fan!

This is going to require some serious thinking. Thinking so much more serious than I can acheive until at least noon.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:07:44 +0000

Okay: vampires, batman, and…. uh, what? so i get points for batman, which are cancelled out by the vampires, and probably minus points for not knowing what on earth the last two are. Crap, I’m in negatives now.

Have you ever seen Underworld? Best vampires vs. werewolves movie ever. do not under any circumstances, see the sequel. Or Blood and Chocolate for that matter. B & C is the most wonderful werewolf book by Annette Curtis Klause, but the movie makes my eyes (and ears, and pretty much every fiber of my being) bleed. Oooh, also, have you read Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde? (Or any of her other books, for that matter.) It is a fantastic vampires book that even vampire-haters can appreciate. One of the best I’ve ever ever read.

By: marrije

marrije — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:55:50 +0000

I’m not very well versed in all this vampire etc. lore, but yes! the batman tv show!
brilliant stuff. cue me and my sister singing dadadadadadadada batman (repeat)

By: David Moles

David Moles — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:52:12 +0000

p.s. justine, have you read our vampires, ourselves? I think it would be right up your alley.

By: David Moles

David Moles — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:50:54 +0000

Sir Tessa: werekhalas, were-sand-terriers, were-chinese-cresteds? And what if the vampire used to be a professional bicycle racer or a weightlifter or, you know, just very metro and fastidious, and was bitten at the end of a couple of busy days when he didn't have time to shave, and now there's stubble everywhere, and it'll never grow out?