Friday, December 24, 2004

The Christmas Spirit

This holiday evening, we're thinking good thoughts in the direction of comic book legend Will Eisner, who's in an intensive care ward at this very moment, recovering from a quadruple heart bypass operation on Wednesday. Word is that the creator of The Spirit (and some of the best graphic novels of recent years) came through it well and is expected to make a full recovery. Will — he won't mind me saying this — is 87 years old but has always displayed an energy and inventiveness that puts younger cartoonists to shame. The doctors say he won't be able to go back to work for 6-8 weeks. I'm guessing he'll be drawing by New Year's.

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To Many Who've Written...

Yes, I understand that "use a pun, go to prison" is a parody of the law enforcement motto, "use a gun, go to prison." What I didn't get — and maybe I was trying to be more logical than necessary — was what going to prison had to do with the strike at the Comedy Store. Was the idea that if one of the striking comics used a pun, he was in legal trouble? Or that the scabs who did puns on stage were going to the hoosegow? The joke never quite made sense to me, and I'm sorry I mentioned it because it wasn't worth the trouble. But thanks for the notes, everyone. I really do appreciate the fine Response Team that reads this weblog.

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Dave Goes Over

David Letterman, who rarely ventures out of his own studio these days to do remotes, sprinted off to Iraq the other day to entertain troops there. Here's a nice report with lots of photos and such.

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