I haven’t read my “The Gunslinger” set of comics yet (afraid I might greased it), and now Marvel is planning in production of making Stephen King’s “The Stand” graphical novel - comics!

Oh well, that’s alright! I’m sure I’m not the only Stephen King fan who is delighted to have another exciting Stephen king classic on our hands.

It’s time again to save some moolah to buy those silky smooth, highly expensive colored papers called comics.. it’s either that or those beautifully crafted, elegant looking Grohe faucets

I know not everyone is aware of the latest happening to (IMHO) the greatest horror/thriller writer of all time - Mr. Stephen King. Heck, even I, a big fan is not that updated with the man. There is a controversy that is being talked about in the internet about Stephen King and it’s not about sexy swimwear

Recent blog and news search shows that Stephen King is currently facing a super small, minute controversy as of this moment.

He’s comment on about the (US) military being illiterate (well, at least that’s what people are interpreting) has grown from a simple part-of-speech early last month to this big issue when a blogger said:

”Nice sentiment when the nation is at war, Stephen.”

Stephen King release a statement last Monday to defend his side of the story, saying:

“That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt,”

“I live in a National Guard town, and I support our troops, but I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career — military or otherwise,”

More info on that story here, and here or the Army’s say on the issue. Of course you can see Mr. King’s official statement in his official website.

What ever Mr. King meant, I’m sure it’s just some misunderstanding and Mr. King only wanted to urge the kids to read more. And this also reminded me of The Beatles (or John Lennon’s) statement (”..popular than Jesus Christ”) where people also misinterpret the comment qoutes quoted from Mr. Lennon

I’ve been a big fan of Mr. Stephen King and his works for more than a decade now. It all started during my college years (1995-2000). The very first book that I picked up with Stephen King written all over it was Firestarted. I love the concept of able to start fire with your bare mind.

Thanks to Studio 23 for airing “The Stand”, a Stephen King movie special probably made for TV (HBO). It all started there and through the years I have read more than a handful of his books.

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