If you're in the market for tapes of old TV shows, then by all means check out www.kinevideo.net. It's run by a fine gent named Bruce Simon who I've known since around '67. He was a charter member of the infamous Los Angeles Comic Book Club, which I've written about many times in my column…but […]
Based on a couple of conversations over the weekend, I'm going to slightly revise my statement about a possible WGA strike and move in the direction of cautious optimism. From what I hear, they are talking, and seriously — which has not been the norm in any Hollywood labor negotiations for quite some time. We […]
The Writers Guild website — www.wga.org — is currently featuring a funny article by Steve Martin about the "possessory credit" that is an issue in the pending WGA strike. You'll also find the writers' side — and therefore, the correct side, as far as we're concerned around here — of other issues in the current […]
Just returned from a quick (one night) trip back to Vegas for a business-type meeting. In the baggage claim area at McCarren Airport, there's a monitor that's supposed to show you which carousel your Samsonite might be showing up on. Instead, it had the "blue screen of death" which every Windows user knows as the […]
I was very glad that my buddy Lee Nordling wrote his tome on newspaper syndication, Your Career in the Comics. About three times a month, someone writes or calls to ask me how to sell their sure-fire, can't-miss, certain- to-eclipse-Peanuts strip idea. You have no idea how much time it saves to just tell them […]
There are many reasons to pay regular visits to www.doonesbury.com — that is, presuming you have even a fraction of the admiration I have for Garry Trudeau's newspaper strip. One is that you can order your Doonesbury books there and, for no extra tariff, they'll come autographed by Mr. Trudeau. Secondly, the site features some […]
My pal Aaron Barnhart is the TV critic for the Kansas City Star but never mind that. Of greater interest is that he posts lots of interesting articles on his website, TV Barn. Most are by Aaron but there are occasional (and swell) pieces by others. DVDs are often reviewed by another pal o' mine, […]
The All-Star Companion, edited by Roy Thomas. End of review. Okay, I'll write a little more: I just got mine and I can't imagine a better look at a great — some would say, the greatest — comic book of the forties. Roy, Dr. Jerry Bails and a distinguished flock of experts have wrung out […]
Here's a referral I meant to mention earlier. We've recently seen a mess of Dr. Seuss parodies — some of them reviews of the new Grinch movie; others, variations on How the Bush Stole the Election. I've seen at least four versions of the latter…five, counting Bill Maher's on Politically Incorrect. The best one I […]
Stayed a few extra days in Vegas, saw a few more shows. Show prices are rising faster than Al Gore's vote total in Florida. Funniest thing I saw in Vegas since the previous funny thing: A memorabilia shop called Antiquities in the Caesars Palace mall is selling a hairpiece that they claim was worn by […]
Here we see Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, who are starring in the new stage version of Mel Brooks's The Producers, presently heading for Broadway by way of Chicago. That's a great movie and two terrific stage performers, and I have no idea if I think this is a sure-fire smash or a probable disaster, […]
Visiting Las Vegas I went to shows, attended the Video Software Dealers Association convention and got a lot of writing done on my laptop which, being almost a year old, is hopelessly obsolete. The V.S.D.A. con was a sparsely-attended bore. Almost as few people were in the audience when I saw my pal Pete Barbutti, […]
R.C. Harvey writes solid, incisive articles and books on comic art. You can read some of the former and order most of the latter at his website, which is reachable by clicking…oh, let's have you click right here. I don't want to slight his other works as I gush over his most recent release, which […]
Ooh! Ooh! It's amazing how many TV shows have spawned fan-concocted websites full of photos, facts and even audio/video downloads. I just happened on one for one of my favorite shows, Car 54, Where Are You? You can check it out by clicking here. And if you do and you're Jerry Beck or Scott Shaw!, […]
Had lunch yesterday with my buddy Dan Gheno. I've known Dan since around 1970 and watched him turn from a devout comic fan/letter column filler into a superb painter and art teacher who has been, among other achievements, recently cover-featured on American Artist. This is not to suggest he is not still a devout comic […]