Phil Sears is an autograph collector who specializes in genuine signatures of Walt Disney. Over at his website, he's posted a long, handwritten letter by Walt. It was penned in 1923 and it's to the parents of the little girl who played Alice in his semi-animated films. It's an interesting look into the mind of […]
Still getting things repaired. We are running on the new 2.65 version of the Movable Type weblog software, which was released today. (The reason it took so long was that rather than install the previous version, I decided to wait for 2.65.) Anyway, I have to finish an assignment and then I'll get the Search […]
…then things are almost fixed here. […]
In 1983, I had an amazing ten-day period during which I wrote the pilot scripts and bibles for three Saturday morning cartoon shows…one for ABC, one for NBC and one for CBS. (A bible, by the way, is an overview of a prospective series that tells who the characters are, how they function, where they […]
Still updating by hand while I wait for the "automatic update" functions of this weblog to be fixed. It's outta my hands at the moment but I didn't want you lovely folks to think I'd forgotten you. I feel like I'm in a house without plumbing or electricity: The Search function isn't working, the Permalinks […]
Yet another member of the cast of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has passed away. Madlyn Rhue had a tiny but memorable role as Spencer Tracy's secretary and was later a regular on one of my favorite "trashy" TV shows, Bracken's World. Her career and life were hampered by Multiple Sclerosis but she […]
The Internet comics community is erupting with news that famed DC editor Julius Schwartz is hospitalized and hovering near death. A few folks have even started offering condolences, and I'm getting e-mails asking if I've heard anything. (As we all know, no one in the comic book business is actually deceased until Evanier posts the […]
Do you get the feeling that not one human being in this country really cares about bringing Saddam Hussein to justice for moral reasons? All anyone seems to care about is how it might affect the possible re-election of George W. Bush. […]
Fellow party guest Gordon Kent, who got her card, informs me that the maker of Incredible Balloon Creations at the party last night was Shellyann Blanchard. If you're having an event in the Southern California area and want to hire a true artisan, I think this page will tell you how to contact her. I […]
Last evening, I attended a very nice Christmas party at the home of my good pal, Paul Dini. The place was packed with interesting and beautiful people but one impressed me enough to cause me to haul out my pocket Nikon. For entertainment, Paul had engaged a young lady who spent the evening making balloon […]
It may not look it but we have had a system crash here and I am unable to update this page automatically. I'm posting this one message by hand…and boy, is it awkward. There probably won't be many new messages here until I get the software fixed, which may take a day or three. Or […]
I hereby retract my earlier praise for how (I said) Governor Schwarzenegger had reversed his predecessor's silly policy about not granting paroles. According to this article, it seems we were premature to think there was a change. Actually, the only change in the governor's mansion has been that our chief exec now has biceps, an […]
As several of you have informed me, I'm not the only one who had trouble redeeming his free vacation from the Ralphs Market chain. Yeah, but I'm the only one with a Sergio-decorated Ralphs Club card. […]
Each year at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, I host this fun panel called "Quick Draw." We get Sergio Aragonés up there and Scott Shaw! and two other swift cartoonists and I throw challenges at them. It's kind of like Whose Line Is It Anyway? with drawings and without Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Colin […]
Recently, a comic book company called Crossgen announced the cancellation of many of its titles and the delay of the rest. Prior to that, there had been reports that some of its artists were having trouble getting paid. I think it's fair to assume that the company is in some amount of financial trouble and […]