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OH, THOSE FILING CABINETS...!
I got started with this thing as a result of cleaning out some overstuffed old filing cabinets in my office. Some stuff you might find interesting is already falling out of the drawers.Some of you...
View ArticleBUT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY
Yesterday, I mentioned my old friend, the late Michael Sisson, who had already had a rich, fascinating career by the time I met him. He'd been an art director at Playboy, and he told me an intriguing...
View ArticleD.I.Y. = R.I.P.
I'm busy writing all weekend and my darling wife, Judith, is trying to paint the first-floor ceiling and kitchen. She's doing it with the for-hire help of a relative of a small business owner for whom...
View ArticleMULTITASKING: MYTH OR FALLACY?
I drove my daughter to a birthday party yesterday, just a few meandering roadways away, here in our lovely gated community. No, I’m not a snob, and I’m not one of those who run around calling this...
View ArticleIN SEARCH OF THE “CERTIFIED” RESUME
Just enough time today to comment on something that happens when you use the job-search tools on the Internet. I’m sure most of you know the drill: you sign up for free to read job listings culled per...
View ArticleMEMORIES OF HELL
I’ve just read another one of those impatient internet rants asking when the Obama administration is going to get serious about addressing the medical industry mess. Well, I've learned first hand that...
View Article"FREE CULTURE?" - PART ONE
These days I’m trying to resist the temptation to contribute to message boards whose fine print tells me they own the copyright to my posts. Nor do I write reviews in places like imdb.com anymore,...
View Article"FREE CULTURE?" - PART TWO
The other day I was in the library looking for any non-fiction book -- you know, those things that have carefully-attributed footnotes instead of a link to Wikipedia (which, I shamefully confess, I’ve...
View Article“FREE CULTURE?” PART THREE
I started talking yesterday about the problems I’m having figuring out the Free Culture Movement (not least of which is understanding in what sense they're using the word "culture"). Today I’d like to...
View ArticleTHE DC ENTERTAINMENT
Until fairly recently, I’ve remained silent on the subject of the twin upheavals that are already reshaping the comic book business in ways that, I suspect, will startle most hard-core and long-time...
View ArticleTODAY'S ENTERTAINMENT
Well, hell. Not that you're going to read it here first, but DC made an announcement today of its new management team. You can read the full text of the press release here. The story, as it develops,...
View ArticleOOPS, I DID IT AGAIN
Look at me; I'm so out of it I even quoted Britney Spears. That's so 20 seconds ago (20 seconds is the new 15 minutes, Andy).Every time I get involved with the Comic Book Resources Forum, I stir up a...
View ArticleBRAD MELTZER AND THE NATURE OF HEROISM
(NOTE: No jokes today, no "going off" on the subject. He was born on April 1, after all, and this year he's already gotten his share of roasting.) What are heroes? In an increasingly cynical age, can...
View ArticleA SUPERMAN NOTE...
Been getting a lot of questions about The Essential Superman Encyclopedia (cover at right). It's not due out till the end of August, but you can pre-order it from Amazon.And, by the way, to my...
View ArticleGARY COLEMAN 1968 - 2010
My old friend Mark Evanier introduced me to Gary Coleman once, and it's one of the saddest memories of my show business career. That same year, I heard stories from my friends on the TV series "Buck...
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A HAPPY REUNION
I just found out that what I thought would be my next published work, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia, has been pushed back from its original planned release date of August 31 to sometime in the...
View ArticleMORE EVIDENCE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN LIFE
I've just been castigated by a fan in a message that, as someone who's written Wonder Woman, I haven't spoken out publicly on the burning issue of the Amazing Amazon getting pants. (Do I REALLY have...
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