with every drop of blood by james lincoln collier

Just amusing diversions on a Friday morning. And the use of the ice being smashed each season nicely matches how “The Wire” kept reusing that shot of Bodie throwing a rock at the security camera. There aren’t many of the iconic “Breaking Bad” scenes and images, but more mundane pictures of the day-to-day of Walt and Jesse’s business. It’s cool not just because it ties together two all-time great dramas that dealt with the drug trade in very different ways, but because each sequence really does look like what “The Wire” would have used. Many other nonfiction works have followed during his career, with music and musicians among his favorite topics.

Meanwhile, earlier this week someone sent me a link to this a YouTube video attempting to refashion the “Breaking Bad” opening credits from each season to match the ones from the corresponding season of “The Wire.” Colliers first book for a young audience, Battleground: The United States Army in World War II, is a nonfiction work that discusses the military maneuvers conducted in Europe during World War II. And at the same time, his aristocratic manner matches up very nicely with the haughty way Walter White has carried himself in recent seasons. It’s a fun spoof, and what makes it work is how much it follows what we know about both shows: that Lord Grantham, even wearing the Heisenberg hat, would never deign to speak to a drug dealer unless he was formally introduced first by his butler. As payback, he said, he recruited recent guest Vince Gilligan and “Downton” co-stars Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter and Rob James-Collier to spoil the new season of “Breaking Bad” – or, rather, “Breaking Abbey” – for us. On last night’s “Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert had fun with reports that Michelle Obama had requested DVDs of “Downton Abbey” season 3 so she wouldn’t have to wait for the show’s American premiere on January 6. 1 The Colliers next wrote With Every Drop. The Collaboration Continues After the Arabus. Two recent “Breaking Bad” -related mash-ups illustrate this. he has coauthored, Collier has written more than 100 books. (Says the man who cooked up a “Mad Men”/”Watchmen” Tumblr in about five minutes back in the spring, then forgot it existed within days.) Doing a really great one, though, requires real creativity and attention to detail.

With every drop of blood by james lincoln collier