Friday, July 8, 2005

More Panelists! More Fun!

Just added a couple more panelists to events I'm moderating at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. The Emmy-winning actor, Rob Paulsen, who spoke for Pinky on Pinky and the Brain (among zillions of other credits) will be joining us on the Cartoon Voice Actors Panel at 11:30 on Saturday morning. And Jim Warren, publisher of Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella and The Spirit will be a part of the Will Eisner Tribute on Saturday afternoon at 3:00. Here's the full list of the panels I'm moderating. Do not bother going to anything that isn't on this list.

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Early Friday Morning

I'm up late working but here are three things I found on the web today that weren't about tragic events in London...

• Two weeks ago, I posted an obit of Paul Cassidy, who was a ghost artist/assistant for Joe Shuster on the early days of Superman. There seems to be some dispute as to whether he was the first, but he was there for a time and quite an asset. Anyway, the Los Angeles Times has an obit [registration required] which may interest some of you because it contains a photo of the late Mr. Cassidy.
• My long-time chum Scott Shaw! was involved in the founding of what has evolved into the Comic-Con International in San Diego. He's now writing a column for Jim Hill Media and in his first installment, he writes about how that whole convention thing got started down there.
• I think Robert Klein is one of the most brilliant performers I've ever seen in my life, and I wish he'd stop working the eastern half of the country and come out here for some shows. In the meantime, you can enjoy this conversation he had with radio whiz Paul Harris. You can also be gladdened by the news that Mr. Klein has a new book out, that he has another HBO Special in the works, and that all his past specials will soon be available in a DVD set.

Good night, all!

• Posted at 3:21 AM · LINK