Several folks have written to ask when I'll be posting the list of panels I'm hosting at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. Answer: Soon, very soon. We're still firming up what looks like twelve panels (my usual number). They will include the traditional Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, marking ten years since Jack passed […]
I finally got around to watching all of last Sunday night's Tony Award ceremony. It was a perfectly fine program with only a couple of awkward moments…mostly the musical numbers not from this year's shows. Hugh Jackman was a perfectly fine host and none of the winners got too enthused in acting like their victory […]
Quite a few websites have sprouted up that attempt to track the electoral vote and to say that certain states are solid for Bush, certain ones lean to Kerry, certain ones are toss-ups, etc. If you cruise them, you'll find a certain consensus. Bush is not going to lose Texas…Kerry is not going to lose […]
On June 18, Turner Classic Movies is running ten great movies of the past, each preceded by what they call "cartoons that parody the specific movie." For instance, before they run Yankee Doodle Dandy with James Cagney, they're running Yankee Doodle Daffy with Daffy Duck. It's a bit of a stretch to say these cartoons […]
Sorry to hear of the death this past weekend of Kate Worley, who wrote many things but is probably best known for a wonderful comic called Omaha the Cat Dancer. Lately, the good news that she was writing new episodes (to be drawn by Omaha's superb artist, Reed Waller) was ruined by the word that […]
The L.A. Times has a lengthy online section today on Ronald Reagan, and it may be of interest to those who want to brush up on the history. […]
Having not been in New York for quite some time, I have no favorites in tonight's Tony Awards. Actually, I never have real favorites but in years when I've seen some of the shows, I feel more a part of the ceremony, less an outsider watching strangers speaking a foreign language. Since most of America […]
If we are to believe Frank Rich, when Republicans visit New York for their convention, they will be avoiding shows like The Producers and Hairspray that contain gay characters. […]
Here's Lou Cannon, Reagan's most visible biographer, writing about the man's life for The Washington Post. Incidentally, I've already received one e-mail from someone who described the previous post as "a tasteless attack on a man whose body is not yet cold." Read it again, fella: The only thing I said about Reagan was that […]
I never thought Ronald Reagan was really the man his admirers made him out to be, but this is not the time to discuss that. What unsettles me today is not his passing — he'd been gone for all practical purposes for many years — but that we're in for a few months of seeing […]
Mention of O.J. Simpson reminds me of a story. A few years ago, a bit after the civil trial where Simpson was fined all that money he's never going to pay, I met a lady who worked at the courthouse. She was, like anyone with half a brain, convinced Simpson was guilty. She knew that […]
Here's a headline I just saw… O.J. Simpson Says Media Convicted Him Well, I'm glad somebody did. It couldn't have been because his blood was found at the murder scene or because he turned up the next morning with deep cuts on his hand and no explanation where they came from. It couldn't have been […]
Comic book artist (and one-time publisher of DC Comics) Carmine Infantino is suing DC Comics over a number of things he says he created for the company when he was a freelancer. The list includes Batgirl and the Barry Allen version of The Flash. […]
I was a big fan of the cartoons and comics by the late Vaughn Bode. Here's an article about the fine work his son is doing of carrying on the tradition. […]
Here's a question I received this morning and thought was worth answering in public… If there's a strike, how deep does it hit? Would it be TV and Movies only, or comics and other products as well (since DC is owned by Warner Bros…etc.)? A Writers Guild strike, if there is one, would only impact […]