Diabolik

[samurainoir]

I have to admit, I haven't really read much of the comic (is there readily available translations?), but I do have fond memories of the campy sixties movie when I watched it as a kid.

I understand Fantomex from Morrison's New X-Men is a homage/ripoff to the character?

Any fans of the Diabolik?

[goldenryan]

it really does deserves a remastered dvd because of what an important film it is. the late 60's vibe is second to none in my book.

[thunderbolt]

Wish the MST version could would come out. The Beasties did the homage thing in a video, too.

[palitoy]

I love the movie, I bought it when it came out on VHS when I was in college. It's trippy and creative, some of the plot twists are better than movies today.

[goldenryan]

if tmc were cool they would air movies like this once in a while.

[Blue Meanie]

I think Dark Horse made small digest translations of the book a few years back. I remember as a kid seeing the original issues at my grandparents house. I had a few relatives that used to read the original Italian version of the comic. Used to love the artwork. Jetix had an animated series in Italy. Unfortunately it's Italian dialogue only. I bought one of the DVD's and my Italian is halfway decent...Being 1st generation here in America, it was spoken in the house so if I didn't pick anything up I would be a complete moron. I understood most of the story. Nice animation. I think there was a total of 3 or 4 DVD's....I could be wrong.

[Boris71]

they have done a DVD of it in the UK I picked it up for £5 well worth it, the cartoon should be released as well IMO I do remember some english reanslations in a uk mag that had reprints of THUNDER agents comics too

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I saw sniglets of the comic when I was a kid. Same with "Kriminal." Interesting stuff.... between them and Golgo 13 I was REAL unimpressed with the Punisher. (He kinda seemed like a watered down entry into the genre.)

The Diabolik movie is kinda neat; especially if you like the "Our Man Flint" style of superspy.

Don C.

[goldenryan]

cq is a good movie about 60's sci-fi filmmaking. worth checking out.

[samurainoir]

Any watch the Fox Kids cartoon? Worth digging up? I have to admit that I have a hard time seeing how they could have made the Counter-Culture/Terrorist angle work in that context. I'm assuming it hit the airwaves prior to 9-11?

Any opinions on Fantomex?