Matt Taibbi thinks this is a boring presidential election, that Obama will win handily, that there isn't that much difference between Obama and Romney, and that much of the suspense is being hyped up by a media that needs to make it sound like a horse race so they'll have something to cover. Hmm. I […]
I said back in this post that Sergio Aragonés and I would both be at the Big Wow! ComicFest in San Jose, CA on May 19 and 20. Well, we won't be. He's recovered pretty much from his back problems but he's way behind. I haven't recovered from anything but I'm also way behind, plus […]
Bill Maher wrote a dead-on-target piece about Johnny Carson noting — and it's hard to believe it's been this long — the 20th anniversary of Johnny's retirement. He is quite right about Carson being ruthless; about how Johnny wouldn't hesitate to cut off a guest he thought had worn out his or her worth to […]
I keep seeing people wearing this shirt. It's a plain black t-shirt but they've printed a little fake name badge on the pocket area. And on the name badge, it says: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Every time I see one, I laugh. But I also have […]
George W. Bush grew the size of government and Barack Obama is shrinking it. But the people who want to see government shrink are all going to vote against Obama because, you know, he's a Democrat and they just know Democrats love bigger government. […]
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This posting is more or less continued from this one. The other thing I was oddly aware of on this trip was how much of it was made possible by technology that didn't exist a decade or two ago. This is leaving aside all the improved hardware and software components which the airport, airline, rental […]
Marc Tyler Nobleman has a new book coming out…one that may help folks to understand why every year at the Comic-Con in San Diego, we give out The Bill Finger Award to two writers who've contributed much to comics but without receiving sufficient recognition and/or reward. Here's a little video trailer for it… […]
Today's potatoes are from Circle C Ranch in Hamer, ID. And I'll still bet they were packed by a guy named Luke. 20:52:44 Just had 1st disappointing 5 Guys meal. Burger was overdone, fries were underdone. To their credit, the Dasani bottled water was perfect. 21:58:14 […]
Anonymous comic blogger "Robby Reed" puts together elaborate histories on his fine site, Dial "B" for Blog. He occasionally closes down shop and each time, we never know if he'll be back or not. He's closing down again with installment #600 — perhaps for a while, perhaps forever — but he's going out with a […]
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This comes from a person who'd prefer to remain nameless. And if I thought like this, I'd prefer to remain nameless, too… I read your friend's article about the gay teacher and that's very nice. I have no problem with gays as teachers as long as they don't try to indoctrinate but I do have […]
Jim Davis, with whom I dined not 72 hours ago in Muncie, talks about the new Garfield comic book which is written by me and drawn by Gary Barker. I'm a little confused as to whether the first issue is out yet but if it isn't, it will be soon. I have printed copies here […]
The last few days, I've been posting videos featuring Big Daddy, the group I liked that took contemporary songs and rearranged them so they sounded like they were recorded in the fifties. Big Daddy more or less disbanded a few years ago to the disappointment of a lot of fans. But I'm delighted to report […]
I made a whirlwind trip to Muncie, Indiana last week. Flew Delta to Indianapolis on Tuesday…a good flight, by the way. I remember when "Delta Airlines" was an automatic punchline in Johnny Carson monologues. It was just kind of accepted by all that they were an airline the way ketchup was a vegetable. The company […]