As usual a concise and well thought out review from the GayComicGeek. I keep waiting to disagree with him. I may have to peruse his complete archive and find something to argue about to prove I’m not a shill.

I read this last year and REALLY enjoyed the book. There really aren’t many books out there in the superhero/young adult genre and as far as I know this is the only one about a gay character. Hero is supposed to be “in development” to become a TV show with the backing of Stan Lee himself. I pretty much agree with most of his points. It was a great read but occasionally is a bit predictable if you really know your superhero cliches.

via GayComicGeek

With the recent trend of bringing the issue # on long-running titles that had rebooted at #0 back to their original numbering, DC has asked readers to decide if they should bring WONDER WOMAN up to 600 as of issue #45 of the current run. They said if they 600 cards saying to renumber, they will. Two weeks in to the WONDER WOMAN #600 campaign and they’ve already crossed the midway point. As of Friday September 25th, 324 postcards have been sent in from fans asking for WONDER WOMAN’s numbering to be reverted to #600 at the appropriate time.

If you want to see this happen, send your postcards to this address:

WONDER WOMAN #600
c/o Dan DiDio
1700 Broadway
New York, NY, 10019

John Scot Barrowman was born 11 March 1967 in Mount Vernon, Glasgow in Scotland and lived there until he was 8 when his father’s job with the Caterpillar heavy machinery company relocated his family to Joliet Il, in the US. He is best known for his role as the bisexual rogue Captain Jack Harkness on Dr. Who and the spin-off series Torchwood, but he has another side less known to many of his fans… love ballad crooner – in addition of at least 6 CDs of songs he also had singing parts in De-Lovely and The Producers.

He attended Joliet West High School and was very active in theatre even as a student performing in Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, Camelot, Li’l Abner and Anything Goes between 1983-1985.. He went to college in San Diego, but returned to the UK after graduation and debuted in 1989 as Billy Crocker in the London West End production of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. He later reprised the role for Trevor Nunn’s 2003 West End Revival.

Veteren theatractical entertainer John Barrowman has appeared in productions of Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Matador, Hair, Grease!, Sunset Boulevard, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera, Godspell, The Fix, Hey, Mr Producer!, Sunset Boulevard, Putting It Together, Company, Rope, A Few Good Men, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin and Robin Hood.

He is probably best known in the United States for starring roles in several short-lived prime-time soap operas such as Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and Central Park West, as well as the low-budget cult film Shark Attack 3. Barrowman was under consideration for the role of Will in the popular US series Will and Grace but the producers felt he was "too straight" and the role went to Eric McCormack instead, who is heterosexual. "The sad thing is it’s run by gay men and women," said Barrowman in a January 2006 article. He later expressed contempt for the idea that all gay men act the same way.

Barrowmans’s recurring guest character Captain Jack Harkness on BBC One’s 2005 revival of the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who, first appeared in "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" two-part story, and appeared in the next three episodes, "Boom Town", "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways."

The character’s wild popularity prompted the network to give Captain Jack Harkness his own spin-off series Torchwood. The series, set in modern day Cardiff, follows the exploits of the Captain and Torchwood, which was created by Queen Victoria in order to protect the UK from extraterrestrial threats. Barrowman reprised the role in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords", the two-part 2008 series finale, "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey’s End". and the "Doctor Who: Tonight’s the Night" special written by Russell T. Davies.

Although his character Captain Jack Harkness left Earth at the end of the 5 part Season 3, fans shouldn’t lose heart – Barrowman will still be showing up on the telly, but it may not be on Torchwood (even though Season 4 has been confirmed). He’s been meeting with the powers that be at Desperate Housewives! If cast, do you his character will be gay, bi or straight?

Barrowman has been with his partner, Architect Scott Gill, since the two met met during a 1991 production of Rope at the Chichester Festival Theatre. The couple have homes in London and Penarth, South Wales and are the proud caretakers of a Jack Russel Terrier named Captain Jack, and two Cocker Spaniels names Charlie and Harris.

Here are links to the all three seasons of Torchwood on DVD, his autobiographies and a few film credits.

and of course… a selection of his albums.

via JohnBarrowman.com, John-Barrowman.net, ContactMusic, Flixter, FanPix and SuperHeroFan

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I’m SO glad Dollhouse was picked up for a second season (and not only because of a rumor I heard that if it didn’t Joss would give up on TV). The show took a few episodes to catch it’s stride but once it did, they kept getting more and more exciting. If you want to refresh your memory about the season finale, It is the second video below and Newsarama was kind enough to write up this recap of season one.

This season needed a new enemy to the dollhouse (since former FBI Special Agent Paul Ballard has gone frenemy as the Echo’s new handler) and it got one in the form of Senator Daniel Perrin (Buffy and Angel alum Alexis Dennisof – hubby to Alyson Hannigan) who is out to shine a governmental light on the dealings of the minds behind the Dollhouse… the Rossum Corporation.

There was an unaired 13th episode… Epitaph One starring BuffyTVS/Dr. Horrible alum Felicia Day and Zach Ward (bully Farkus from A Christmas Story) that is available as a bonus feature on the DVD.

I don’t want to give away too much so I’ll just say it’s set years in the future and centers around the horrifying pandora’s box that get’s opened when the Dollhouse goes wireless. I REALLY hope this will air at some time, knowing what they will unleash will make watching it unfold even more amazing a ride. If you won’t be able to watch the DVD – read the summary before checking out this season.

OF INTEREST: Interview with Joss Whedon where he mentions that the artist on his Atstonishing X-Men run will be directing an episode this season.

Interview Eliza Dushku on Life After Film School where she talks about Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Tru Calling and how Dollhouse happened.