You almost have to feel sorry for Presidential Press Secretaries. At some point, every one of them has to go out and face the press corps and steadfastly not answer direct questions about something that would be embarrassing to their administration…and might even help get someone indicted. Scott McClellan, who fields queries for G.W. Bush, […]
The newspaper changed the link to the photos of the Sondheim gala. Try this one. (And I changed it on the previous message, too.) […]
The above is an unpublished drawing by the late Jack Kirby. There are a lot of unpublished Kirby originals floating around these days, many of which were even drawn by Jack. But a number of them were not. In a few cases, there are innocent (or perhaps, wishful) misidentifications. A drawing looks something like Kirby […]
Many of us will be trekking down to S.D. this week for the Comic-Con International. There will probably be in excess of 100,000 people flocking into that convention center, all of them determined to see my panels and to stand ahead of me in any line. Here are a few random thoughts you might want […]
I'm still a little blurry on exactly how I feel about the Valerie Plame, Judith Miller and maybe Karl Rove matter. I believe legitimate leakers — folks who disclose wrongdoing in powerful places — should be protected, but that protection should not extend to some of the excesses that are, alas, becoming the norm. After […]
And for those of you who were at the Sondheim gala last Friday night, or just want to see what some of it looked like, here's a photo gallery of the event. […]
A brief interview with birthday boy Stephen Sondheim. […]
The last few days, I've made a couple of false starts at a post about the jailing of reporter Judith Miller in the Valerie Plame leak investigation. It's been tough to write since I'm moving away from my previous, long-held belief that the right of the Free Press should trump just about everything, and that […]
It's being reported that comic book publisher and entrepreneur Byron Preiss was killed yesterday in a traffic accident. He was 52 years of age. Jim Steranko has written a much better, more personal obituary than I could possibly assemble. […]
There have been reports that Stan Lee has received a huge, seven-figure monetary settlement from Marvel Comics…this, on top of the hefty annual salary he receives. I was therefore shocked, and did not believe until I saw the photo, that he has been working recently as a mail carrier. This is a sad comedown for […]
I didn't mention all the performers in last night's Sondheim Gala at the Bowl but I should have mentioned the opener: A film of Krusty the Clown (from The Simpsons) performing "Send in the Clowns" — a song that was otherwise unsung during the event. No one sang "I'm Still Here" or "Comedy Tonight" or […]
The new Fantastic Four movie has brought a few articles about Marvel's treatment of Jack Kirby. Here, in the Orange County Register, is an interview with Jack's son, Neal. […]
Guess where I was last evening. BZZZ. Okay, time's up. Carolyn and I went to the Hollywood Bowl for their big 75th birthday celebration shebang in honor of Stephen Sondheim. What a wonderful show. What a wonderful cast. The wonderful cast included Angela Lansbury, Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Len Cariou, Josh […]
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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 […]
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 […]