A rare West coast exhibit of the works of Al Hirschfeld opened last evening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. It's free, it's there through 1/20/02 and you can get the hours (and a sneak peek at a few choice items) by clicking on this link. If you're in […]
Like many folks who live in L.A., I am good at spotting celebrities as I go about my daily routine. For some reason, I go through periods when I seem to run into the same ones over and over, and I occasionally find myself observing their public "performances." For instance, years ago, wherever I went, […]
The Bi-Partisan Bust by Joe Conason, Salon Vengeance: It's Part Of Justice by Joshua Micah Marshall, New York Post An Agenda For Victory by Michael Kinsley, Slate Pat Robertson: His Liberia Deal by Colbert I. King, Washington Post They're Rich, They're Spoiled, They're Supporting Terrorists by Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times Orwell's Example by Gene […]
My buddy Earl Kress noticed something interesting on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Not long ago, they unveiled a new set which shows a majestic New York skyline. When the show returned to the air following the 9/11 tragedies, the skyline was draped in funereal cloth as if to suggest a city in mourning…a nice […]
I really enjoyed The Warren Companion, a new book from TwoMorrows Publishing, edited by Jon B. Cooke and David A. Roach, chronicling the company that brought us Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Famous Monsters of Filmland and many other intermittently-wonderful magazines from the sixties and seventies. (Full Disclosure: I write a column for another TwoMorrows publication, The […]
I have no idea what changes, if any, the bombing will cause in Afghanistan but I am guardedly confident it will play out for the better. What I do fear is that we're in for some rabid domestic squalls over what kind of criticism, if any, constitutes treason. A certain, rather large section of the […]
I was watching a late-50's To Tell the Truth on the Game Show Network the other night and an interesting exchange went by, almost without notice. Panelist Johnny Carson was about to interrogate the three contestants, each of whom was claiming to be an experienced lumberjack. The host of the show, as usual back then, […]
The War Begins by William Kristol, Weekly Standard Killing Bin Laden Won't Do by William F. Buckley, Jr. Should We Blame Clinton? by Jacob Weisberg, Slate Stars Banned From The Zone from E! Online Terror Unanswered by William Saletan, Slate Bush To Bin Laden by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Sesame Street Bert Joins […]
On Sunday afternoon (10/7), my friend Carolyn and I dropped by the Hollywood Collectors Show, an event held around thrice a year at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in Studio City. The hotel, by the way, is named for the wonderful character actress, Beverly Garland, who is best known for her long-running role on the […]
My buddy Dana Gabbard informs me that he saw in a bulletin for the Motion Picture Academy that their recent screening of All That Jazz used a print prepared for a forthcoming DVD release. No date is yet known. If you get The Biography Channel on your cable system (or have a satellite dish) check […]
Dave Mackey operates a terrific website filled with info about great cartoons, over at www.davemackey.com. One thing he currently has up is a guide to the year-by-year color schemes that were used on those concentric circles that opened and closed all the great Warner Brothers cartoons. I never realized it but they were color-coded and […]
The Los Angeles Times is reporting (here's the link) that the Canadian government is likely to drop tax-shelter financing laws that have made it financially attractive for American studios to shoot TV shows and movies up there. This would be a boon to Hollywood and could have a major impact on the animation business. An […]
Here they come: More articles I recently found interesting. I do not agree with with every word of them but yadda, yadda, yadda… Press Self-Censorship by Gene Lyons, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The First Casualty by Joe Conason, Salon Yes, But What? by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Why Did The Media Delay Its Florida Recount […]
The folks at Mezco Toys have brought out a line of terrific Popeye action figures — two different ones of Popeye the Sailor Man, one each of his friends and foes — Bluto, Olive Oyl and Wimpy. All are well designed as per the best of the Fleischer cartoons. These are all in the (approx.) […]
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I'm posting this and then I have to go work on the third issue of the forthcoming Groo mini-series, which is subtitled Death and Taxes. The first part comes out in December, and we hope people will understand that the first two chapters were written and drawn, and the plotline of the whole story was […]