Month: September 2005

I was about to refer you folks to comicbookresources.com where there’s a nice article about “Fallen Angel,” complete with more artwork from issue #1. And there, on the same page, is a diatribe from Erik Larsen that angrily scolds creators who merely work on company-owned characters rather than on characters they themselves own–which, technically when you get down to it, includes Lee, Kirby, Ditko, Buscema, etc., since everything they created was company owned…just as any characters created for those same titles now are company owned. Yet in the world of Erik Larsen, creators who labor only in the company owned field are “pûššìëš,” resting on their “fat áššëš” and failing to “show (Erik) what (they’ve) got.”

Now I haven’t bothered with Larsen’s previous columns, despite his swipes at me (and his oh-so-clever use of “But I digress” for transitions.) But the combination of blind irony and blatant hypocrisy on this one, I just have to address…

Continue Reading “Erik, you ignorant šlûŧ” →

As those of you who read my wife’s web log know, she is currently stage-managing a new play called “Most Happy.” The play is a showcase in New York City and the first show for the new Unofficial New York Yale Cabaret. Kathleen explained to me that the Yale Cabaret is the graduate student run theater at the Yale School of Drama and this theater company was formed by a number of alumni of the school. Compared to ticket prices for other shows in New York, this is very reasonable.

For more information on the show and ticket prices
Most Happy Information

You can also see her millinery skills since she is making tudor-style hats for the show.

The following is an excerpt from the website for Necronomicon http://stonehill.org/necro.htm, a convention in Tampa, FL that I’ll be attending October 28-30:

Calling all fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Peter David or (best of all) both. Want to go on a little adventure to kick off Necronomicon. Check this action: The beautiful San Marco Theater in Jacksonville is going to be screening two of the most acclaimed “Buffy” episodes ever at 11 PM Friday, October 28: “Hush,” followed by the karaoke version of “Once More With Feeling.” Organized by none other than Peter’s daughter, Shana, the showing will not only feature Rocky Horror-esque audience participation, but extras including a trivia competition with nifty prizes courtesy of IDW, the publishers of the “Angel” and “Spike” comics.

Now Peter’s going either way, but we’ve come up with a plan if enough hardy souls are interested in going along…”

If you’re going to be attending Necro, and are interested in participating in a small adventure, check out the website and read up on it. And if you’re a Buffy fan, be sure to relay this information to other fans as well.

Hope to see you there.

PAD

Today is Peter’s Birthday.
It is 3 weeks after Ariel’s and 2 weeks after mine. So if Ariel’s birthday is on a Friday we know Peter’s and mine are too.
Kath

I’m heading out to a book fair in–of all places–Deadwood, South Dakota (now I wish I watched the program). I’ll be out there with editor Andy Schmidt, pushing the notion of comic books as being something other than the province of children and forty-year-old virgins, although we will be doing a panel on comic books aimed at kids. .

I’ll be back Sunday afternoon.

PAD

Pilot episode to a proposed animated series: Turned in. Producers working on making it happen. Will keep everyone informed.

Manuscript for “Fall of Knight”: Done. Some line-editing needed, but hopefully minor. WIll be turned in Monday morning. On schedule to be published in summer of 2006.

Script for X-Factor #4: Turned in.

Script for Soulsearchers #74: Turned in.

Fourth “Apropos” book: Here’s the thing, guys. Pocket Books is no longer acquiring original fantasy novels. And it’s difficult to move a series to another publisher since they can’t have the first three books. So I’m basically stuck at Pocket until I can get the rights reverted…which won’t be happening anytime soon since they keep going back to press with the first book, and are just coming out with the paperback of the third one. I’ll probably be working on doing short stories of the character in my copious spare time.

Sleep: BWAAAHAHAHA

PAD