Not since Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoir of revolutionary Iran, has a comic book seemed so important, or been so acclaimed.
And to tell you the truth, we don't really know that much about Joan of Arc other than her famous role as "Miss of Arc" in the not-so-critically acclaimed "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". So like anyone who wants to know the truth, we look to the inter-web.
Nicolas Winding Refn - director of the acclaimed thriller Drive (and the not-so-acclaimed thriller Only God Forgives) - is teaming up with 007 scriptwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade for his next project.
They exemplify Chinese philosopher and poet Lao Tzu's saying: "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him.
The quotation, attributed to an unnamed ancient Chinese philosopher, read: "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him -- worse when they despise him.
On the other hand, maybe that's not so bad: I can't think of anything that would destroy this developing art world more than sudden acclaim from Europe or America.
After Phil Lord and Chris Miller wrote and directed the original "Lego Movie" to critical and popular acclaim, it initially appeared that the filmmaking duo would take a step back for the sequel, acting only as producers — but not so fast.
If so neat, why not acclaimed?
I dare say that the greater percentage of Call of Duty players isn't going to rush out to buy the console release of Gone Home when it comes out, but all but the smallest number from that demographic aren't about to flame up over whether or not it should be so critically acclaimed, whether it's part of some wider feminist propaganda, or whether it's even a game at all.
To be fair, the program was not universally acclaimed.
Selma is not unanimously acclaimed in political circles, however.
