Help Harlan
As mentioned, Harlan Ellison is fighting a legal battle to curtail Internet piracy of copyrights. If you'd care to donate to the cause, this page will tell you more about it and take your loot. […]
Author: Mark Evanier
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
The beard comes off tomorrow on Live With Regis and Kelly. The infamous Bruce Vilanch is going into the touring company of the musical of Hairspray, assuming the role originated on Broadway by Harvey Fierstein. That means playing in drag, so he's shaving the trademark facial hair and doing so on TV. Based on the […]
More Kirby
Now on sale from DC Comics is a lovely paperbound collection containing around 192 pages (approximately half) of Jack Kirby's run as writer-artist of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen. It's in color and despite the fact that most of Jack's drawings of Superman and Jimmy Olsen were inappropriately retouched, the power of his imagination is still […]
More on the Con
And here's a report on the panel we had at the convention all about Dr. Fredric Wertham and Seduction of the Innocent. […]
Sal at the Con
Here's a report on my interview with Sal Buscema at the Comic-Con International. […]
Recommended Reading
Michael Kinsley on Tony Blair and humility in politics. Or maybe it's just humiliation. […]
William Woolfolk, R.I.P.
William Woolfolk was one of the best writers in the Golden Age of Comics. He worked at various times on all the major characters but his most notable work was on Blackhawk, Plastic Man and Captain Marvel. He eventually left comics and began writing novels and TV shows, including one of the best programs ever […]
Ray B.
That's me interviewing Ray Bradbury at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. Much of what he said at the event fell into the general category of "Encouragement For Aspiring Writers" and it sent me into spasms of Flashback. In 1968 when I was a lad of 16, I went with several friends to Mr. Bradbury's […]
My Favorite Online Comic Strip
The Green Monkeys by Betty and Mickey Paraskevas. […]
Recall Stuff
As I've mentioned here, I think the recall of California governor Gray Davis is an enormous waste of time and money, as well as being a grand way to get someone into office who's even less effective and has even less of a mandate. I don't think much of Davis but I can't imagine what […]
Recommended Reading
I think Joe Klein may be on to something in this article. It suggests that G.W. Bush's problem isn't that he lies but that he believes passionately in a lot of things that aren't true, even after a more reasonable person might conclude they are not true. I dunno if this is true of Bush, […]
Free Access
Here's a free link to the Wall Street Journal article on Harlan Ellison. (Thanks, Larry) By the way, despite what it says, I doubt Harlan said he would "hawk" his house. I suspect he said he would "hock" his house. The Journal's editorial page is about this accurate. […]
Harlan in WSJ
Big front page article in The Wall Street Journal about Harlan Ellison and his many battles to protect his work, most notably his current lawsuit against AOL. Here's the link but you have to be a paid-up subscriber to read the piece. If anyone finds a free link somewhere, let me know. […]
The Saga of Stan Lee Media
Here's another article on the collapse of the company for which I briefly worked. This is a pretty good overview of what seems to have caused the operation to crash and burn. […]
Because Folks Are Asking…
Next year's Comic-Con International is July 22-25, 2004. Same place, same exhibit hall, higher prices, probably more people. If you're driving there on the 405, leave now. […]