Month: June 2005

At Enigma Con recently, Harlan Ellison had this to say about the upcoming “War of the Worlds”:

“What annoys me is that Spielberg is such an egomaniac these days that it has to be ‘Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. No, you puss-bag. It’s H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, and it wouldn’t kill you to put his f–king name on it.”

I think Harlan’s right about that. I certainly think the authors of such classics deserve to be acknowledged up front.

On the other hand, I can just see William Shakespeare seeing the Baz Luhrmann-directed “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet,” calling his agent, and saying “Get my name the hëll off this thing.”

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Yes, that’s right, #81 ran so late that #82–which was on time–came out a week later.

So whad’ja think?

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I cannot recommend highly enough “The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Will Eisner’s last work, it is a remarkable history of a hoax that’s had more staying power than the Loch Ness monster, and a far higher body count. Read how “Protocols,” a supposed secret history of how Jews plan to take over the world, has been discredited over and over and over again…and yet, like the hydra of myth, every time you whack off one of its head, another two sprout.

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Thought you guys might be interested in the really positive write-up the latest Hulk received in aintitcoolnews.com. Plus I finally figured out how to insert links, and I’m having fun doing that.

http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20354

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…I wasn’t able to get the Babylon 5 item I was bidding on a month or so back. People are bidding nearly five grand FOR A PIECE OF TOAST. Don’t believe me? Check it yourself:

http://search.ebay.com/Lost-toast_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

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