Year: 2003

For some reason, I’ve heard from several different sources that people believe “Fallen Angel” is a limited series. It was even reported as such on “Cinescape,” which was gracious enough to post a correction within hours of my bringing it to their attention.

So I just thought I should mention definitively that, no, “Fallen Angel” was launched as on ongoing series and is intended as such. It’s most definitely not a six issue series (as has been reported) considering I’m working on the script for issue #10.

PAD

We told you here about an entertaining auction, or rather auctioneer, selling his ex-wife’s beanie babies.

Turns out it ain’t necessarily so…

He’s not divorced. Happily married, in fact. No affairs.

His real name is Steve (he asked that his last name not be used because he worries he’ll be harassed by critics). Steve, 32, and wife Mary, 28, found the box of beanies when they packed to move from Coral Springs to Margate. They had picked them up over the years and really didn’t know their worth. Steve said they would have been happy to get the $10.

The story was just Steve goofing around.

“I made the story amusing for myself, more than anything else,” he said over the phone.

I’ll never believe anything on the Interent again. Including this post.

Ariel and I will be rolling in the PBA Pro-Am this year, being held at the AMF Lanes in Babylon, Long Island. We’ll be on the same squad (hopefully) at 3:30 PM on Sunday, November 23, and I’ll also be rolling on my own in the 7:30 squad that same day. So c’mon out, say hi. Heck, if you bowl and there’s still room on the squads we’re on, join in.

PAD

Okay. Fine. I accept the apology of the fan in question, and am even willing to concede the idea that he was “only kidding.” But I want him, and all those who echoed his “only kidding” defense, to consider the following: You don’t know who reads what you post. You can’t know. And if there was one person who took your comments seriously enough to report them to me because he was concerned…it’s equally possible that there was someone else who read it and said to themselves, “Great idea. Let’s get that SOB once and for all.” The defense of “Just kidding!” doesn’t go all that far if something happens, does it.

However, in the spirit of acceptance…I’m going to address major complaint I recall reading in the thread, right here, right now, regarding the Supergirl Plus issue (which, despite its title, was not a comic aimed at hefty girls.) See attached:

Continue Reading “THE APOLOGY” →

I think this is important enough to say separately from the previous thread, and it’s addressed to anyone who thinks I might be overreacting to a simple blowhard:

I take threats seriously.

Repeated threats, I take very seriously.

Repeated threats with others joining in adding suggestions, I take extremely seriously.

You think I shouldn’t?

You weren’t standing in an elevator with Bill Mumy at SDCC when a fan lunged for his throat shouting, “Send me to the cornfield, Bill!”

You haven’t had friends who have had to hire private guards, obtain court orders, and never set foot in certain cities, all to avoid stalkers.

You haven’t been subjected to letter writing campaigns of harassment from people because you *refused* to confront them.

You haven’t done a store appearance where a guy showed up and berated fans on line for a solid half hour simply because they wanted your autograph, and the store clerks wouldn’t throw the guy out because they were afraid of him, so you had to do it yourself.

And you don’t have to be worried that you’ll be standing at a convention holding your one year old daughter in your arms, chatting with someone, and suddenly some guy is going to come up to you and take a shot at you and he misses you and you’re standing there covered in your child’s blood.

And of course you can say, in the words of Superchicken, Well, Fred, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it. For every perk of fame, there’s a drawback. And that’s true as far as it goes.

But don’t for a microsecond think that I don’t take threats seriously. And for those people who claim they “know” the people making threats, and “know” they would never, ever, ever, do something truly violent: The majority of murders in this country are committed by someone the victim knows.

Yes, kids. I take threats seriously. If you don’t, that’s nice. It’s nice to be able to afford that luxury.

I can’t.

PAD