About Me…
I sometimes go by the handle of D.K. Latta and I'm a Canadian sometimes fiction writer and opine about pop culture. Traditionally this blog was focused (mostly) on Canadian film & TV -- but I've started to expand that more. So I also ruminate on SF, radio drama, and comic books.
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Category Archives: Comic Books
What’s in a Name? Superheroes and National Identity
This is part of my irregular series of posts looking behind-the-scenes at the prose superhero collection, Masques & Capes: An Imaginary History. Obviously I’m hoping to promote the book, but I’m also reflecting on comic book superheroes, cultural identity, and … Continue reading
Behind-the-Scenes: The Canadian Film Biz..and Superheroes!
Today: another in my irregular series of behind-the-scenes pieces detailing some of the creative process behind the stories in my collection of Canadian superhero prose tales, Masques & Capes: An Imaginary History. Now, obviously, a writer banging on about the … Continue reading
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A Christmas Superhero Story…
I recently wrote a collection of short stories called Masques & Capes: An Imaginary History — adventure-mystery stories about superheroes. The idea was to imagine a Canadian superhero comic book universe, a multi-generational continuum stretching from the mid-20th Century to … Continue reading
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I Went to a Book Reading…and saw a bear.
(I don’t usually write these kind of autobiographical “day in the life” type pieces…so we’ll see how it turns out). I have a short story in this year’s edition of the annual Tesseracts anthology — the theme, this time around, … Continue reading
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Behind-the-Scenes: “Enter: Mosaic, The Multicultural Man!”
(Continuing my irregular series of posts delving into the creative thinking behind various stories in my superhero short story collection.) The idea behind “Enter: Mosaic, The Multicultural Man!” was, as with many of the stories in this collection, multi-headed. Part … Continue reading
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Behind-the-Scenes Story: “The Sinister Affair of the Group of Eight”
In my desire to promote my short story collection of Canadian superhero stories that span from the 1930s to today, I’m going to post a few pieces delving into individual stories and some of the creative decisions I made (obviously … Continue reading
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Blogging About Canadian Comics
I’ve been on a bit of a kick recently writing about superhero comics — and especially Canadian superhero comics. Traditionally this blog was mostly concerned with talking about Canadian film & TV. But my interests have always been broader, and … Continue reading
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A Canadian Superhero Universe…in Prose
Today I’m continuing in an irregular series of posts about my new book — both in the hopes that these’ll be interesting posts and also, obviously, in the hope that maybe as I delve into it, it might intrigue you … Continue reading
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I Published a Book — Here’s Why…
Okay — so I wrote a book. And published it. Well…self-published. Now before we get too far, let me just add that I’ve had short stories (mostly SF and fantasy) published in various magazines, webzines, and book anthologies. Stories accepted … Continue reading
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What Makes a “Realistic” Superhero Story? – Stan Lee v. Alan Moore (and maybe Zack Snyder’s take on superheroes is truer to the base than critics want to admit — whew, long title!)
I mentioned in a couple of previous posts that I’m kind of on a comic book kick at the moment — partly inspired by my own writing (I have a story in the prose anthology Tesseracts Nineteen: Superhero Universe, as … Continue reading
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