Recommended Reading
Seymour Hersh reports on what went wrong with the intelligence that the Bush administration received or acted upon with regard to Iraq. […]
Author: Mark Evanier
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Never Having To Say You're Sorry…
Avedon Carol, who is an expert commentator on politics and slinky underwear, posts the following in response to an earlier post of mine… What Al Gore said was that he'd read in a newspaper article that Eric Segal had based the lead characters in Love Story on Tipper and Al. That is, in fact, what […]
Labor Relations
Most TV shows and movies that feature real human beings on-camera are written by members of the Writers Guild of America. Up until recently however, writers of animated cartoons were not represented by the WGA but by either (a) The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Union, (b) a smaller union that was affiliated with scenic painters […]
Recommended Reading
Here's a statement by the Libertarian Party on the Rush Limbaugh matter. I shun all drugs including tobacco and alcohol but I agree with this view. […]
Dilbert Dilemma
All this week, as a Halloween stunt I guess, the comic strip Dilbert is being drawn not by Scott Adams but by mystery artists. The idea is that you have to guess who the famous cartoonist is who's illustrating each day's strip. If you go to this page, you can see each strip and find […]
Truth To Tell
It always interests me to see the way political arguments drift and how certain questionable "facts" get established in some minds. Critics of George W. Bush have lately been saying that he lied to America that there was an imminent threat to us from Iraq. Ergo, we had to go to war promptly and not […]
Hamill on Broadway
Our pal Peter David posts this report on going to see Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, a new Broadway play with Polly Bergen and Mark Hamill. I echo all the comments on what a nice, professional guy Mark is. […]
An Extra Dimension
Someone just wrote to ask me a question about 3-D comic books. I referred them to Ray Zone's website. Ray knows more about 3-D comic books than any man alive…and has made more of them happen. […]
For Those Who Know Dick
That's Dick DeBartolo, a very clever man whose writing has been appearing in the pages of MAD Magazine since the first Peloponnesian War. He has also been a writer for many of your favorite game shows and has frequently appeared on television as an expert on gizmos, gadgets and the kind of things that I […]
Fun at the Market
There's a supermarket strike on in L.A. In truth, only one chain — Von's — is being struck but the other two large chains (Ralph's and Albertson's) have locked out all union employees in a gesture of solidarity and/or retaliation. So we have picket lines up at most of the major markets. I would never […]
Hey, Rube!
See that man? That's the great cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, whose name became a part of the English language. He drew comic strips about bizarre machines that went to elaborate lengths to accomplish something trivial and now, when people build one, they sometimes call it "a Rube Goldberg device." This website will tell you all about […]
Perfectly Frank
Versatility is a great thing. I always like (and, truth be known, envy) people who can do at least a little of a lot of different things. I guess I first knew Frank Buxton as a TV host. He presided over a game show for ABC called Get The Message and, even better, hosted an […]
The Big Bet
A week ago, I made a small wager with a friend that seven days hence, Donald Rumsfeld would be changing jobs. As of today, Secretary Rumsfeld is still Secretary Rumsfeld…and we've decided to go double-or-nothing for another week. […]
Book Retort
My friend Peter Sanderson is doing an extended review of the new book on Stan Lee by Jordan Raphael and Tom Spurgeon. Here's the first part of his essay. I agree with some of it and disagree with some of it, and may write something later to explain which is which. […]
More Jobs Lost
Another sector of the work force that's taking a hit these days is in political cartooning. You can read all about it here. And thank my pal Dan Gheno for calling my attention to the piece. […]