First, here's a link to Part 1 in case you need a link to Part 1. Now then: In the last twenty-whatever-number hours, quite a few of you have sent me e-mails to tell me about your favorite Superman artist and that's fine. I never argue over favorite Superman artists. But I was probably negligent […]
This is a video called "John Mulaney Replies to Fans Online." It involves John Mulaney replying to fans online… […]
I was probably seven or eight when I first discovered Superman. I loved him from the start because…well, because he was Superman. How, at least in those days, could you not love Superman? In later years, various folks who had creative custody of him complicated his basic premise with elements and plots that were supposed […]
In 1934, the Three Stooges made the first of their 190 short comedies for Columbia. Actually, when Woman Haters was first released, it was not a Three Stooges film. It was just a short they were in. The opening titles on this print which declare it a Three Stooges short were added years later when […]
I got this a few weeks ago from Barry Wallace who wants to know… Thank you for the brief visit with Daws Butler and it is wonderful to hear that such a wonderfully talented man was so nice. A recurring topic on your blog is the good fortune you had to meet and even work […]
Trump's tariffs are unsettling many industries but none more than the publishing biz which depends a lot on getting books and magazines printed outside the U.S. Those who traffic in books in and around the comic book field have had another body blow with the announced bankruptcy of Diamond Distributors, the folks who get their […]
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Everyone oughta see this. It's Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his nation's response to Trump's new tariffs. And here's a link to Paul Krugman telling us what all this may lead to… […]
I've received this question a number of times and answered it privately so I thought maybe it should be answered here for all to read. This time, it was from John R. Troy… I have a question based on reading your blog for over two decades. Most people who blog tend to not to write […]
It's Frank, Dino and Bing performing the "Style" number from their 1964 movie, Robin and the Seven Hoods. It's a film I wish I liked more than I do but this is a pretty good number. Bing Crosby was a last-minute cast replacement. His role was originally supposed to be played by Peter Lawford but […]
This is being posted all over Facebook and other dens of social media. I found it interesting and decided to put it here. This is by Prof. David Honig of Indiana University… I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor […]
A gent named Jim McCawley was at one point The Most Powerful Man in Show Business, at least insofar as wanna-be stand-up comics were concerned. He was the main person who could put an act on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson back when that was the main route to comedy stardom. When McCawley walked […]
In this video of new TV shows on ABC in 1969, there were clips from The New People, a revolutionary — and maybe a bit ahead of its time — series created, under a bogus name, by Rod Serling. My old pal Buzz Dixon found it as intriguing as I did and he wrote about […]
Billy Suratt wants to know… I'm curious if there are any particular tools you find useful for writing, especially given the mix of mediums in which you work. Do you typically just fire up Microsoft Word and stare at a blank page until words start falling out of your head, or do you use some […]
Over in the right-hand margin of this page — if you read it on a full-screen desktop computer — you will probably find a column of links which look like ads. On a smaller screen, they might wind up anywhere but they should be somewhere there. And they are ads, I guess, though I don't […]
Another Broadway moment from a past Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. This is from 1983 and it's the title tune from the show, Dreamgirls — not one of my favorite musicals but this song was nice enough… […]