Next week, it’s all Watchmen, all the time!
Think you’re ready for the big-screen adaptation of the biggest graphic novel ever? Not ’til you’ve seen the different ways your fellow fans have explored every nook and cranny of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ masterpiece.
From musical tributes to odd-ball animated efforts to a fan-created rendition of the entire book, next week’s fan film focus will leave you grinning like a blood-spattered smiley face button.
"A loving, exhaustive history of the fan-film…this book's a real treasure, an inspiration."---Cory Doctorow
"Part celebration, part scholarly history, Clive Young's homage to fan-made flicks is a passionate, persuasive exercise in balance."---Total Film
"Young's account is intelligent and partisan."---Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Riveting!...Grade: A"
--Adam-Troy Castro,
SciFi Channel Magazine
"The writing is lively; the storytelling engaging…As someone who has been researching fan culture off and on for more than 20 years, I learned something on almost every page.”--Dr. Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies Program
"Terrific…. The cool, revealing tales…make Clive Young's book, Homemade Hollywood, an absolute pleasure to read. If you're interested in fan movies, or the subterranean world of Hollywood, it's a must-read."
--Annalee Newitz, io9.Com
"Young brings the rigors of a scholar and the Inside Baseball of a fan to this well-researched and -written survey…. A fascinating chronicle of how [fan film] culture came to be.”--PopMatters.Com
"A thoroughly entertaining read that should be required reading for teenagers who claim there’s absolutely nothing cool to do in their town."--FilmFetish.Com
"I just loved the hell out of this book...It’s a fun, jaunty, well-organized retrospective [with] a breezy-yet-very knowledgeable style which is entertaining without being showy."--Republibot.Com
"A pretty fascinating read, one that balances scholarship with entertainment value." --Twitch.Com
"Clive Young has put together a really nice history of fan films."--Kevin Kelly, Spout.Com
"Clive Young has researched the heck out of this topic and written an entertaining, fact-filled book to boot. A must for the geek in all of us." --, James Bond and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell novelist.
"He knocked this book out of the park...I had a hard time putting Homemade Hollywood down."--ComicBookBin.Com
"Homemade Hollywood appeals not just to the fanboy, but also to those who enjoy good books about filmmaking."--Comic Related
"It is an amazingly inspirational book for filmmakers. In fact, in my opinion, it ties for best inspirational read with Rebels on the Backlot." --MicroFilmmaker
"Clive Young's book does a great job putting together the unknown history of fan films…I never got to make a fan film, but after reading Homemade Hollywood, I wish I had." --RetroThing.Com
"I bought a copy and read it in two days, then bought a second copy to send to a family member. For anyone who is interested in fan films or just loves filmmaking, this is a must read.”--Phase II eMagazine
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Clive, when you bought those 12 issues 23 years ago, did you ever imagine you’d be showcasing these films decades later? Considering the time-shifting nature of this movie and the recent Best Picture Oscar winner, I’d love to see a Rorschach Millionaire mash-up. Please ask Dr. Manhattan if that mash-up will be created. Otherwise, I may have to make it.
I had no idea it’d become this big deal. Then again, it was such an underground thing then–if you saw someone with a splatter smile button, it was like you both knew you were part of a secret club. 20-plus years on, that secret club is known to millions and next week when the movie opens, even more.