I get a lot of e-mail from folks asking me how they can get a job writing comic books. Boy, do I get a lot of these inquiries. I get more of them than I get ads for non-prescription Vicodin, and I get a lot of ads for non-prescription Vicodin. I usually refer such folks […]
My old high school buddy Bruce Reznick (who wasn't drafted, either) sent me this link to a heartbreaking article about David L. Lander, who is best known to the public as Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley. Actually, it's also heartbreaking that the public knows Lander only from that since he was a very talented comic […]
Here's a newspaper obit on writer-artist-editor Gill Fox, whose passing we reported here a few days ago. […]
Jon Stewart (of The Daily Show With…) graduated The College of William and Mary in 1984. Twenty years later, he returned there to deliver this commencement address. […]
Here's a message from Larry Boocker… I can't help adding something to your recent views on the debate about the military draft. I was also of draftable age when the political debate was fought over whether to extend the draft. Naturally, I paid close attention. In my opinion, that debate was the high point for […]
That stapler was here just a second ago. Did you take my stapler? I left it on my desk and then — oh, wait. Here it is! […]
I've been helping the publisher get my new book, Superheroes in My Pants, off to press so I've fallen way behind in answering e-mail and doing other things in my life. Please forgive me. You can order a copy of this wonderful book here. Just remember that your purchase will entitle you to ignore all […]
Back in the sixties as I approached the age of eighteen, a much-discussed topic in this country was The Draft. I don't mean to suggest anyone was talking about it because of me…but with the war in Vietnam killing so many American soldiers, and with so many questions about whether the battle was worth it, […]
When The Odd Couple first went on TV, I had a friend who had a connection to get us in to watch rehearsals. We'd go over to Paramount and sit in the bleachers and watch Tony Randall and Jack Klugman rehearse. What struck me about them was the thoroughness of two smart men who were […]
A number of people like those in this article are urging John Kerry to "go big" in his campaign. I'm not sure if they want this because they think it will win him more votes or if they just want him to put on a show. Either way, I tend to think it may be […]
June 6, a group called Aid for AIDS is hosting a fund-raising Tony Awards Party in Los Angeles. While I'm sure it's a good cause, I'm a bit baffled by the sales pitch. A full-page ad that keeps appearing in Variety makes the same claim they make on their website: "The Only Place on the […]
Another great in the world of animation and comic book art has passed. Jack Bradbury died last Saturday after battling renal failure for months. He was 89 years old, having been born December 27 of 1914. Bradbury's art career began at age 20 when he went to work for the Disney Studios as an in-betweener […]
Tom Lundin sends the following e-mail which felt like it oughta be posted here and answered… I think condemning (however lightly) Roy Lichtenstein's use of preexisting source material for his artwork is somewhat disingenous and misses the point. Many fine comic artists themselves made use of published photographic material cribbed from magazines, newspapers or other […]
A number of articles about the Abu Ghbraib prison scandal (like this one) have mentioned a famous and frightening incident in psychological research…the prison experiment helmed by Dr. Philip Zimbardo in 1971. You can learn all about it over at Dr. Zimbardo's website but for those who don't want to make the trek: Two teams […]
Just fixed the link on the previous posting. Sorry…and thanks to all who caught my error. […]