A few weeks ago on this site, I posted three covers from comic books based on TV shows produced by the Danny Thomas-Sheldon Leonard company. Since then, a number of folks have written to me to ask questions about those comics, including wondering who drew them. Well, the comic based on The Danny Thomas Show […]
A. Whitney Brown is the man who said, "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants." A. Whitney Brown is the man who said, "The saving grace of doing humor is that if you fail, no one is laughing at you." A. Whitney Brown is the man who […]
Peter Sanderson is a wise scholar of comic books. Over at IGN FilmForce, he files this report on this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. […]
I want to get away from politics and back to things like comics here, so I'm going to link to Bill Sherman's review of the new reprint volume, Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby. (I'm linking to the version posted at Blogcritics instead of at Bill's own site because there seems to be something wrong […]
Here's the up-to-the-minute list of folks who are running for governor of California. More to come. […]
Here's a question that I'd like to hear put to prominent Republicans who are backing Arnold S. for governor. This is not intended as a "gotcha" question or an attempt to provoke a slap-fight or anything. I promise you, I'm genuinely interested in hearing a civil, honest answer to this… We have here a candidate […]
Okay, I was wrong about Arnold running…but so were some of his closest aides, too. Still, I'll wade in here and make another prediction: It doesn't matter who the governor is after all the sturm und drang is over. Whoever it is is going to solve California's most immediate ills by at least trying to […]
I always thought the whole Missile Defense Program was pie-in-the-sky doubletalk. I've been amazed how many otherwise rational people get angry when you say that and accuse you of wanting to have Koreans fire a missile into downtown Seattle or wherever. That it will probably never work is one of those silly technicalities that shouldn't […]
Here's a helluva good speech by the guy who got the most votes in the last presidential election. And if he'd had speeches this good, he might even have gotten the job. […]
For whatever it's worth, I think Gray Davis's chances went from slim to just about none yesterday — as much because of Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante entering the race as Arnold Schwarzenegger. This may come down to a horse race between the two people whose last names are the most difficult to spell. If this […]
The fine writer-director Vince Waldron writes and directs my attention to this article in which Dave Thomas, who played Bob Hope on all those wonderful episodes of SCTV, talks about getting inside the man. (As Vince notes in his e-mail to me, the article is wrong to call Thomas a "founding member" of Second City […]
So far, in the California governor mess, the big winner looks to be Jay Leno. Last night, with Arnold announcing his candidacy, The Tonight Show got a 6.9 rating. This is more than Late Show with David Letterman (3.1) and Nightline (3.0) combined. Not only that but we'll probably see Jay and his program exploit […]
Amazing. I was 90% sure he wouldn't. But I guess in politics, there's always that 10%. What amazes me after a fast sweep of the political boards is that some Republicans think this is good news for them. Arnold staying out would have been good news for them because it would have made Riordan the […]
What we need in Sacramento is a good comic book dealer! Barry Short of 21st Century Comics is trying to get on the ballot. I know Barry and he'd make a much better governor than some people I could name. […]
As you've probably heard, he passed the approval process. If you want to see how ridiculous the charges against him were, here is a copy of the investigation into them. Thanks to Steve Meyer for sending the link. […]