tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post3035397300823711335..comments2023-05-23T02:16:05.438-07:00Comments on Sgt. Janus, Spirit-Breaker: Sgt. Janus Wants to Hear from You...with Spirit!Jim Beardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02402557545413785472noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-32461241483975797622013-08-09T18:20:09.116-07:002013-08-09T18:20:09.116-07:00Now there's a can of worms...
JimNow there's a can of worms...<br /><br />JimJim Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402557545413785472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-39096601307780332882013-08-09T17:11:27.339-07:002013-08-09T17:11:27.339-07:00The party's always going. But leave your body ...<i>The party's always going. But leave your body and soul at the door...</i><br /><br />I return the earworm you implanted--with interest: this magnificent fanvid syncs the Oingo Boingo classic in question to footage from THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and CORPSE BRIDE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbGtjnluyYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-45140803695490477352013-08-08T19:59:42.073-07:002013-08-08T19:59:42.073-07:00The party's always going. But leave your body ...The party's always going. But leave your body and soul at the door...<br /><br />(Thank you for your support! All sales are appreciated!) <br /><br />1. Stay tuned. There may be something akin to an explanation in SGT. JANUS RETURNS...though remember, it's never stated where exactly the stories take place.<br /><br />2. I agree. You will get it in bits and pieces, a puzzle with some assembly required.<br /><br />3. The thought is appreciated. I'm betting Janus has had encounters with such, but that we simply haven't heard about them...yet.<br /><br />4. There is no #4! (cue spooky Theremin music...<br /><br />JimJim Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402557545413785472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-91499990760349756962013-08-08T15:14:03.359-07:002013-08-08T15:14:03.359-07:00Apologies if I'm a bit late to the party...
1...<b>Apologies if I'm a bit late to the party...</b><br /><br />1: I like your decision in Volume 1 to plunge directly into the action, without first laboring through an origin story. (This somewhat parallels the early Doctor Strange stories--another favorite of mine; Ditko and Lee devoted the first few stories to establishing this mysterious and otherworldly character at work before getting around to his origins.)<br /> <br />(There is admittedly one detail I'm curious about: an NCO-And-A-Gentleman (in the class-charged British sense of the latter word--and he does own that vast rambling house) would seem to be something of an oddity--how exactly did that come about?)<br /> <br />Add my vote to Josh Reynolds' and Coffee Joe's for some earlier adventures.<br /> <br />2. I'd prefer the gradual and sparing leaking of backstory to a straightforward origin story.<br /> <br />3. Variety by all means: antagonistic spirits, along with benign, wronged, and just plain confused ones. Not all hauntings are by revenants of the dead (you've pitted Janus against at least one demon); one category of apparition I haven't yet seen him deal with, and one abundantly referenced in Victorian and Edwardian occult literature, is artificially created spirits--thought-forms. (The occultist Dion Fortune* deals with this topic at considerable length in <i>Psychic Self-Defence</i>; Fortune describes how a rival occultist harrassed her with apparitions of black cats, culminating in a specimen the size of a panther, and how she herself once accidentally extruded an astral werewolf as an embodient of her rage, and had to reassimilate it. Perhaps a young Janus may have had to clean up after himself in similar fashion?)<br /> <br />*Also the author of the Dr. Taverner novels, which I've unfortunately yet to read; Fortune hinted at adventures she herself had had in the service of an "Occult Police" force.<br /> <br />(If you're wondering where I popped up from all of a sudden, I attended your reading and bought your Sgt. Janus book at Pulpfest in Columbus a couple weeks ago; I was the one in the turban and safari vest.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-32472107718020003962013-08-02T15:02:45.605-07:002013-08-02T15:02:45.605-07:00Brazil's iconic cinematic boogeyman is a chara...Brazil's iconic cinematic boogeyman is a character known as Zé do Caixão ("Coffin Joe" in English releases) whom some horror fans believe may have influenced Wes Craven in the creation of Freddy Krueger; the spooky subject matter under discussion here may have primed me for such an association. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-72670663849345194362013-07-31T18:55:38.175-07:002013-07-31T18:55:38.175-07:00I had no idea such an individual exists. I am a d...I had no idea such an individual exists. I am a diner and coffee junkie, and that's a nickname several of the waitresses gave me years ago, as my first name is Joe. Coffee Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520810441382947859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-10754897695203653332013-07-31T14:16:24.913-07:002013-07-31T14:16:24.913-07:00@Coffee Joe:
Apropos of nothing in particular: w...@Coffee Joe: <br /><br />Apropos of nothing in particular: would your <i>nom de net</i> happen to allude to that of a Brazilian horror-movie icon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-30518891498136462352013-06-02T05:40:07.130-07:002013-06-02T05:40:07.130-07:00All responses appreciated!All responses appreciated!Jim Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402557545413785472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-73734211976228754582013-06-02T03:05:18.092-07:002013-06-02T03:05:18.092-07:001. A vote for some earlier cases here as well.
2...1. A vote for some earlier cases here as well. <br /><br />2. About the same. Though I am curious as to how he got that house...<br /><br />3. Benign would be interesting, I think. It might also be interesting to read a story where JANUS is the adversary and the ghost is the hero. Josh Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799600827217221916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-39134017340978991742013-06-01T16:55:49.632-07:002013-06-01T16:55:49.632-07:001. Perhaps some of his earliest cases. While he w...1. Perhaps some of his earliest cases. While he was still learning the ropes. I'd love to know a bit about his education in the realm of spirit-breaking.<br /><br />2. Stay away from specifics in his military service. If you want to reference specific battles, or something that happened in a battle, okay, but part of our friend Roman's charm is his mysterious background. Too much takes away from that. <br /><br />3. I like my ghosts any way I can take them. Creepy spirits in a cave, disgusting green blobs in hotels, whatever you've got. Coffee Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520810441382947859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-87427436574324742912013-06-01T16:42:08.284-07:002013-06-01T16:42:08.284-07:00Thanks for responding, Nikki! There'll be a go...Thanks for responding, Nikki! There'll be a good deal of action in the new book...Janus-style, of course :)Jim Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402557545413785472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022512166990997856.post-27291484312603597772013-06-01T16:24:53.932-07:002013-06-01T16:24:53.932-07:00Knowing more about his past adds layers to his cha...Knowing more about his past adds layers to his character and makes for a more interesting read. <br />I like the idea of adverarial ghosts, but I tend to be an action/adventure kind of girl. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304899306254809326noreply@blogger.com