Hellboy and Hecate

Indeed, Hecate shows up in the new animated Hellboy: Blood and Iron movie. Pop over to Hellboy Animated to see a picture and find out what Hellboy's weapon of choice is.

Hellboy: Blood and Iron airs on Cartoon Network, March 10.

Pow! Blam! Mazel Tov!

"The uncanny coincidences continue: Kal-El, Superman’s given name, actually means “Voice of God” in Hebrew and, growing up, Shuster and Siegel, second-generation Jewish Americans, heard old folk tales of “flying rabbis,” although we’re pretty sure that they couldn’t fly as fast as Superman could. Unless, of course, they were late for shul."

Rabbi Simcha Wienstein, author of Up, Up, and Oy Vey! talks about Jewish themes in comics.

Nine Lives, Many Masters

I finally took the time to read the web comic Nine Lives, Many Masters, which turned out to be mostly okay. It's not exactly a chuckle a page, but at least an occasional knowing smile - provided that you're somewhat familiar with modern Paganism. My favorite strip is the one where Grimalkin goes to the Summerland and meets Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente.


Gerald Gardner

Nicolas Cage, holy men, and Voodoo

Cage is to star in The Sadhu, the story of a soldier who travels to India during colonial times and becomes a spiritual warrior. The plot mixes action with mythology, and is meant as a starring vehicle for the US actor.

The movie is based on the Virgin comic with the same name. Sadhu was created by Gotham Chopra and will be adapted for the screen by his father, Deepak Chopra. Sounds positively trainwrecky to me, but hey, maybe a chakra alignment can improve Cage's acting abilities.

But wait, there's more...

Cage is developing a comic book for Virgin Comics entitled Enigma, with an eye to developing it into a film. Billed as a voodoo-laced thriller, Enigma deals with a murder investigation set in New Orleans.

Source: The Guardian

Voodoo, eh? Cage has mentioned his interest in Voodoo before, and said that "it's important to be respectful of all religions". I hope he respects it enough to do his research.


Sadhu