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However, some of the new twists on old genres are vibrant enough to make the project worthwhile. Perhaps predictably, these stories are from the best-known creators—including Brian K. Vaughan (Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man), bestselling novelist Glen David Gould (Carter Beats the Devil) and legendary graphic novel creator Will Eisner (A Contract With God), whose last story before his recent death recounts a meeting between The Escapist and Eisner’s own The Spirit...
Then they thought: devil horns. One ad likens a devil-horned President Bush to an overpaying HSA customer. Only the devil, apparently, would give his money...
...Order, Duran Duran, Mötley Crüe and others back into recording studios. But while those acts made their previous albums within the Napster era and had modest expectations for their comebacks, Idol, 49, has been inactive since 1993's disastrous Cyberpunk and believes that his new collection, Devil's Playground, out March 22, may restore his former glory. "I'm not a retro act," Idol says in his parched English growl. "All these new bands got their music, and I got mine. And I guarantee you mine is more powerful...
...about the face at my age," he says, "but you can keep your body together. I can still take my shirt off.") Impressed by his drawing power, Sanctuary Records--current home of Morrissey, Robert Plant and Kiss--signed him to the 2003 deal that resulted in Devil's Playground, which ... is really not bad. There's an inexplicable Christmas ditty in the middle and tracks titled both Sherri and Cherie, but the songs are well crafted and full of energy. If Idol is a little thinner at the top of his range, his growl still brings on fits of delight...
Regardless of how Devil's Playground sells, Idol says making his first album in a dozen years has given him new respect for his previous accomplishments. "It's a fantastic thing to think that I start a song in my room on acoustic guitar, six strings, and it ends up having some 20- or 30-year life. Even if it's just playing in Bed Bath & Beyond, there's somebody shopping to Cradle of Love...