A lot of folks never see the books but there is a thriving community out there for what are loosely referred to as Christian Comics. A few are so preachy and/or strident that they offend even the makers of other Christian Comics. But most are artfully and expertly done, and with great passion and inspiration. […]
I guess it's been there for a while but I just discovered the online Walt Disney Family Museum, which is kind of an introduction to the man himself. It's run by his family and is filled with rare photos and memorabilia, and you'll want to check out the page of video clips. The ones from […]
Over on Pico Boulevard in West Los Angeles, there's a McDonald's just a few blocks east of Overland. It was built on an interesting piece of land…the former location of Heyler Automotive, which was a terrific place to take your car to be fixed. Heyler Automotive was opened in 1937 by John and Emilie Heyler […]
Game Show Network is slowly going away on us. In an attempt to get a more contemporary, youth-based image, they'll be changing their name (to what, they haven't yet announced) and programming with a broader definition of gaming. Sooner or later, this will probably be the end of our beloved Black and White Overnight block, […]
I was a fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes up until about the time everyone became a fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes. That was when the strip got a little too complex for my tastes. I'm sure it was fine for what it was but I could never quite keep track of who was […]
One of the many things which amaze me about politics is the unerring capacity for self-delusion evident in some folks. I'm speaking now of the flurry of articles we're now seeing that suggest the next presidential election is pretty much over. They come from all sides. You have your Bush bashers who are staking out […]
Former Congressman Pete McCloskey writes about how Republican attitudes have changed towards environmental issues. […]
Among the many things I liked about this new book on Dick Giordano was its sub-title: "Changing Comics, One Day at a Time." Michael Eury, who authored the book, said a lot of perceptive things about Dick but that may have been the wisest. Since the late sixties when he ascended to the top editorial […]
Every year at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, I get to interview the greats and the near-greats of comic book history. It's always fun but it's never been more fun than a few years ago when I got to chat with Nick Cardy, a wonderful artist best known for Teen Titans, Bat Lash and […]
As you may have heard, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are back in the Broadway edition of The Producers for a few months. Tickets are just about impossible to get but those who get them should have a very good time. There have been, we hear, a few alterations in the show, including a change […]
This is as good a time as any for me to thank all the friends I've made doing my two little websites and all the help you've been to me and each other. I'd also like to thank those of you who've sent bucks. When I started this, I was getting a certain amount of […]
The next few days, I'm going to post a mess of reviews, most of them recommendations, for new books about comic book writers and artists. A wide void is suddenly being filled, and while any book about some of these people is welcome, most of those we're getting are very good and pretty damn exhaustive. […]
The calendar may be about to say 2004 but it's starting to look like 1984 (the book, not the year) as the PATRIOT act gets expanded once more. According to this article, if the FBI now wants to know anything about you and what you do with your money, all they have to do is […]
Speaking of lettering, as I think I just was: Richard Starkings practically invented the lettering of comic books via computer. If you've been thinking of purchasing any of the splendid fonts he sells over at Comicraft, there will never be a better time than tomorrow. New Year's Day only, he has 'em discounted to a […]
How about a good interview with Tom Orzechowski, who's one of the best letterers the comic book business has ever seen? […]