Okay, what you see at left is the cover of the latest collection of old Groo stories we have out. The Groo Library reprints in glorious color four tales from back in the days when we were busy sinking Marvel's Epic line. It took us ten years but, by God, we did it. The Epic […]
For those of you interested in the aspect of the Gary Condit mess that interests me: Bob Somerby, over at The Daily Howler, is running some of his terrific-as-always commentaries on the press coverage. Pay special attention to the quotes from the police that Mr. Condit was cooperative and did not in any way impede […]
I'm watching the Jerry Lewis Telethon and Mr. Lewis just said — and I quote: I just looked in the front row and I realize that my nine-year-old daughter is here, and my six grandchildren, and each and every one of them are so healthy, they would make Vic Tanny look sick. That's pretty healthy, […]
Terrific article about Nathan Lane in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine. Here's a link that oughta be good for at least a few more days. (You have to register for access to their site but it's free and well worth the time 'n' trouble.) […]
One of the essentials to the production of a good cartoon show is a good recording studio and a good sound engineer. The studio where I've always preferred recording shows I produced or directed is Buzzy's, which is located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. They have a great crew that really knows its business. Unfortunately, […]
Speaking of addictive games: Game Show Network has started running old episodes of Press Your Luck — a program I found almost impossible to not watch during the few years it graced CBS's daytime schedule. The game is a bit complicated and, if you're coming to it fresh, you might want to brush up on […]
I've been kinda disappointed in myself for having any interest at all in the big Gary Condit brouhaha but I do, and I've recently decided why… About Mr. Condit's sex life, I could care less and I wouldn't know Chandra Levy from Sandra Dee. But I've grown increasingly disgusted with how this nation forms its […]
I mentioned Edward Everett Horton in this space the other day and a couple of e-mails arrived asking who he was, or why I didn't mention that he was the narrator of Fractured Fairy Tales for Jay Ward. Guess I figured that anyone who would waste even a second on this website would already know […]
I have nothing more to say about Gary Condit except to note the following two headlines that appeared the day after his interview with Connie Chung. I think they demonstrate what a fine job he did of not saying anything of substance. Condit Refuses To Acknowledge Affair By MICHAEL DOYLE, Bee Washington Bureau (Published: Friday, […]
Quick theater review: The touring company of Kiss Me Kate is camped at the Shubert Theater in Los Angeles for next month or so. This is the same production still playing on Broadway (though probably soon to close) where I saw it twice. Since this is a touring company, we get different stars, the same […]
I don't really know who Ron Newcomer is, other than that he loves to take photos of celebrities and have his picture taken with celebrities. He's put a staggering number of such pics, taken over 25 years, on his website (here's the link) and I find it strangely hypnotic to browse through them. The faces […]
At left above is the cover for the new DVD of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, which comes out September 18. I must say I'm a little baffled by this design, which was also employed on one of the VHS releases. See that photo at lower right? Know who that is? That's Edward […]
Excerpts from the 1999 Comic-Con International Panel with Chuck Cuidera and Will Eisner can be read by clicking here. And an audio interview with Cuidera (as well as plenty of information on Blackhawk) can be found over on Dan Thompson's Unofficial Blackhawk Comics Website, which you can reach by clicking here. […]
Chuck Cuidera, who worked on the classic Golden Age comic books of Blackhawk and The Blue Beetle, passed away the night of August 25. He was 86. A native of Newark, New Jersey, Chuck was an excellent athlete who somehow found his way into the world of art, winning several scholarships and eventually graduating in […]
Absent a confession that he'd killed Chandra Levy and dumped her body into the gloppeta-gloppeta machine*, I thought Gary Condit did about as bad as humanly possible in his interview with Connie Chung the other night. No, I take that back: He actually managed to do worse in the interview he did right after that […]