Actually, I probably should compare Rodi to Joe Keenan, because he shares Keenan’s sexual preference and is also writing humorous novels. Everything works out in the end (this is a comedy, after all, and it wouldn’t do to have anyone really hurt), along the way there’s enough pain to make you think that Rodi’s been watching too much Seinfeld and not reading enough P.G. Rodi picks up this idea and uses it effectively, if a little heavy handed and without a measure of sympathy in some cases. Batman is a ruthless vigilante, Superman’s been dead, Spiderman has an alien costume…it’s enough to make any fan think that the field has no sacred cows. Like all good satire, there’s an edge here–although John Bryne did do a retelling of Wonder Woman, I don’t think he has remade her sexual orientation, but one quick look at the field and the various changes that have been made and it does not seem that it would be too much of a stretch. What They Did to Princess Paragon, Robert Rodi, Dutton, 1994, ISBN 2-2, $19.95, 281pp.Īn entertaining novel that satirizes the comic book industry through a recasting of the early 1990s in which a well-regarded comic book writer/artist decides to make his mark in the new, mature field by taking a character from the golden age and remaking her as a lesbian.
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