So, the Snakes on a Plane Comic Book is out. I guess, since the movie came out, I’m no longer important enough to warrant free stuff in the mail. Ha, it was bound to happen eventually. The natural order of things has been restored. For the rest of my life I’m going to have to “buy” things that I want to own. It’s a damned shame. Anyway, horsepigcow
was kind enough to post a few images on her flickr page of the comic book she bought in California:

I’m reprinting them here without her express permission, but that’s sort of been the theme of this website, so hopefully she doesn’t mind.

Sorry, I’m hyper aware of permission issues right now, I had a mini-tiff with the New Line DVD lawyers who thought that I had stolen the snake graphic at the top of the site from Disney, and yet wanted me to sign a document agreeing that I would indemnify New Line if Disney sued them.  Yegads, why would I want to sign that?

Yet more fan art from around the web (and, you know, my inbox):

All previous Fan Art.

We had always heard that Ronny Yu, who was originally slated to direct Snakes on a Plane, was replaced by David Ellis due to “creative differences.” Samuel L. Jackson let slip during an interview with Jon Stewart that Ronny Yu had, in fact, been fired. ASAP reporter Ryan Pearson (who was the first big-time reporter to interview me) got in touch with Ronny Yu and got his version of the story:

If you put Samuel L. Jackson in it, and you have snakes on a plane, who is the star of the show? Is it Samuel L. Jackson, or is it the snake? If you want Samuel L. Jackson to be the hero, then the snakes weren’t that important, because you knew at the end Samuel L. Jackson would save the day.

If I’m allowed the creative freedom, then I’ll do it a little differently with Samuel L. Jackson. I’ll make him more of a surprise for the audience. … He can be a cool guy, but kill off the cool guy, so people hate those snakes. Rather than have the normal hero come save the day, I think the audience wants to see something a little bit different, unpredictable. Of course, working with a studio you have to follow what they set down, what their rules are.

Would the film had been the same if Samuel L. Jackson had been knocked off after five minutes (it hasn’t worked all that well in the past)?