This makes me giggle. Poor Kitty, trapped in eternal teenagerhood. Oh, she thought she was free and clear, but Pete Wisdom who?

I meant she looks like the age she is presented as in UXM, not some mythical ideal age for her. Unlike the 14 year-old (albeit with mutton chops) Wolverine looked like in Ultimate Nightmare. Of course the Gameboy didn't help any.

But it does seem to be the mythical ideal age. Not that any of them match our earth years, but at least most others get to grow up (I swear Mirage looks way older than Kitty, in the main continuity), or have already reached the magical unchanging post-pubertal age.

I think the age Kitty has in the current continuity (especially as drawn by Cassaday in Astonishing) is an in-between sort of thing--you see her in the first few pages of #1 and she looks rather grown-up and capable, early twenties, let's say. Occasionally, though, she'll have those expressions that bring out the teenage girl in her. It's a good way of keeping her age nicely ambiguous, the way a lot of the X-Men are.

(I swear Mirage looks way older than Kitty, in the main continuity)

Wasn't she supposed to be, somewhat? I had the impression that when New Mutants started up, Kitty was around 14 or 15 and Danielle was supposed to be 17, second oldest to Sam.

I'm not talking two years -- he looks to be solidly late 20s, or however old Storm is. Which she isn't.

So, Astounishing #5 comes out on Wednesday?

Interview with Jhonen Vasquez (Invader Zim)

Ultimately, my idea was to take his sights off world domination, as ZIM begins to understand that there is a beauty in human life, an understanding that sets him on his path to becoming a public legal defender. I was very inspired by Ben Affleck's powerful courtroom scenes in Daredevil, and I wanted to move people to tears like those scenes moved me. But the show was canceled before any of that, thus leaving our audience of ten unfulfilled.

Cereal:

There, there. What projects are up next for each of you?

Jhonen: I'm the Puppymaster. I control the puppies.

So I finally saw The Batman cartoon. Hmmmmmmmm.

It's very different from both the Dini-cartoonverse and the current comics continuity. This Batman is still in his twenties, only three years into his mission. After Alfred (who's tougher, less effete) it's almost a clean slate. I did like the way they did the Joker - very Kabuki inspired, with a fighting style out of Mad Monkey Kung Fu. It looked good though. Also, liked his strait-jacket ensemble with the Burton-esque stripes. I thought it was an interesting choice to make the Joker more of an equal physical combatant.

Gotham looked cool - dense, urban, goth. Interesting focus on the Gotham PD. There's much more emphasis on Bruce Wayne Puts On The Mask rather than Bruce Wayne Is The Mask.

Have to chalk it up to Ple's different versions of the myth.

There's much more emphasis on Bruce Wayne Puts On The Mask rather than Bruce Wayne Is The Mask.

From what I've read, it sounds like Batman Begins is going to be the same way.