The Reincarnation of Hercule Poirot

~grace~ · Aug 22, 2007

In case the rest of y'all don't read the BBC with the same regularity (obsessiveness?) that I do, I thought I'd alert you to the newest version of the fabulous Hercule Poirot.

Comic Books. Oh yeah.

Here's the BBC article, and HERE is the slideshow of some of the art.

I think this is awesomeness in pure awesome form, personally.

I'm not quite sure why, because generally I disapprove of re-doing other author's creations. Maybe it's because Poirot (and Christie's other works) have become so much a part of culture that it doesn't matter anymore. I dunno.

Anyway. FYI. Any thoughts?

BardSkye · Aug 23, 2007

I'm afraid that's a character I've always hated, in any form.

I read somewhere that Christie herself disliked the character but her fans wouldn't let her drop him. I don't know if that's true, but it could be.

Gillhoughly · Aug 25, 2007

Sweet! I've always liked Poirot, he's da bomb. They have what looks to be excellent art, too.

Thanks for the tip--I'll have to order a copy!

scarletpeaches · Aug 25, 2007

I'm a fan of Suchet's incarnation of Poirot. It takes me back to having a bath on Sunday night and sitting down to watch him, hair still wet, fretting about school the next day...

Yup, Suchet's my favourite Poirot.

CATastrophe · Sep 11, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
I'm a fan of Suchet's incarnation of Poirot. It takes me back to having a bath on Sunday night and sitting down to watch him, hair still wet, fretting about school the next day...

Yup, Suchet's my favourite Poirot.

Oh my, yes! I :heart:

love

David Suchet. He's the best Poirot.

Kate Thornton · Sep 11, 2007

I have loved all the incarnations of Poirot and I think the comic books sounds terrific!

Wraith · Sep 25, 2007

Comic books? What else is next? Give me the books anytime. (Oh, not quite anytime. I don't tend to read mystery a lot

)
Anyway, good for the people who can't get enough of him.

valeenc · Oct 4, 2007

Suchet will always be quintessential Poirot to me. Peter Ustinov's Poirot was just plain WRONG and he played him eight times! Tony Randall's Poirot was a disappointment. I haven't seen Alfred Molina's but I didn't like Albert Finney's much. I haven't seen the films from the 1930's featuring Poirot.

Comics might work. Perhaps they would garner a bigger audience for Dame Agatha and other writers of murder mysteries doing that.

Good Word · Oct 4, 2007

I loved Hercule Poirot--I don't remember which one.

What movie was this: Someone (Poirot?) is standing in a room and there's a dog, and the guy asks someone standing at the other side of the room: "Does your dog bite?" and the response is negative so he proceeds to cross the room, but the dog is gnawing on his leg the whole way, and finally he says, "I thought you said your dog did not bite?" The response: "That is not my dog."

The Reincarnation of Hercule Poirot

~grace~

the good old days

BardSkye

Barbershoppin' Harmony Whore

Gillhoughly

Grumpy writer and editor

scarletpeaches

CATastrophe

Kate Thornton

Still Happy to be Here. Or Anywhere

Wraith

The demon in your inkwell.

valeenc

Still Defiant!

Good Word

still crazy after all these years