can the bollywood musical be far behind?

From the India Times:

Indian comic book fans will be able to see the legendary American hero Spiderman in a new ' jaali ' good local avatar soon.

Marvel Comics, the makers of the marvellous comic book hero, plans to Indianise the webmeister, who, like Superman, has had kids in thrall for generations.

The net result is that Peter Parker of Queens, the hero under the classic Spiderman mask, will be replaced by a young, Indian boy named Pavitr Prabhakar, a Mumbaikar.

As Spiderman, Pavitr leaps around rickshaws and scooters in Indian streets, while swinging from monuments such as the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal.

"Spiderman India interweaves the local customs, culture and mystery of modern India, with an eye to making Spiderman's mythology more relevant to this particular audience," Marvel and its alliance partner Gotham Entertainment Group announced this week.

Doesn't that sound awesome? They're changing the villains too. Want. Bollywood. Musical. (Link via Gmail ad!)

Unrelatedly, I read the first few stories/poems in Swink during lunch. I was underwhelmed by the opening story, and might talk about that here, but loved, loved, loved Lisa Glatt's "Cream." A sad and true and beautifully written story about a middle-school age girl who starts having sex with her brother's friends. The magazine is also beautifully designed and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the things in it -- especially the essay about the Throwing Muses, one of my all-time favorite bands. That link will take you to the beginning of the story.

That is all.

worm "Strange Angels," Kristin Hersh

namecheck Peter "Spiderman, does whatever a spider can" Parker