Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Go Read It!

Here's an article about one of the most important inventions of the last few centuries, ranking right up there with the airplane, computers and telecommunications. I am speaking of course of the pizza box.

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It All Starts Tomorrow!

Well, not everything starts tomorrow...just the 2011 Comic-Con International in San Diego. And if you have a badge for Preview Night, it all starts in around 26 minutes. (I have such a badge and a lot of good it'll do me. I'm still in L.A. putting the finishing touches on one of those annoying work-related tasks. If you value your safety, stay off the 405 whenever I leave here.) Already, even this far North, I can feel the energy swelling and hear people putting on their Klingon costumes. I don't mind the folks who wander the convention in costume but for the fact that they're darn near all the news crews shoot, which in turn causes my mother and other relatives to figure, "Oh, at a comic convention, everyone dresses up" and they ask if I might be going as Green Lantern this year. The last costume I wore in my life was on Halloween when I was about nine. Given how little candy I scored that night, you can understand why I gave that up.

Posting here will be light until I get back. It'll depend a lot on how much time I have and how good the Internet connection is in my room. I don't usually have good luck with hotel "high-speed internet access." The last place I stayed, it would have been easier to walk over to the remote server and download the pixels by hand. I have no idea what that means but doesn't it kinda sound like a joke?

Here for the last time is my schedule of panels. If you see me around the con, please say howdy. I'm not nearly as busy as the eternal expression on my face or my list of panels would indicate...

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Recommended Reading

David Brooks, who is ostensibly the New York Times House Conservative, tells us exactly what is wrong these days with the Republican party and how they could have raked in a lot more marbles than they're going to get out of the whole Debt Ceiling issue. I really think a lot of the problem is that having rallied their toops by so demonizing Obama, these guys have painted themselves into a corner. You can't sell your base on the idea that the president is the Anti-Christ and then turn around and make a compromise deal with the Anti-Christ. Anyway, read this essay.

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Great Photos of Buster Keaton

Number seventy in a series...

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Go Listen to It!

A month or three ago, I did an interview for a website called Internet Voice Coach which is all about how to become a successful voiceover performer. The conversation should be of great interest to anyone who's thinking they might like to do that for a living. You can hear it here.

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Go Read It!

An interview with Joe Simon, one of the wisest and most creative guys to ever work in comics.

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