Year: 2005

Here’s a rundown of what I’ve been up to:

ST: The New Frontier–M.I.A.: That’s the title, not the status. Manuscript with revision requests from Paramount received last week. Delivered back to Pocket Books with revisions completed last Tuesday. Publication slated for next Spring.

Animated Series Pilot–Final draft delivered to show’s creator and producers two days ago. (No, I didn’t create the show, but it’s flattering that the show’s creator wanted me to write the pilot). Now we see if it gets sold.

How To Write Comics–Final draft delivered to Impact Press. Publicaton slated for next Summer.

Fall of Knight–Third book in King Arthur trilogy, delivered to Ace Books. Slated for publication next summer.

Hidden Earth–Tor is circulating bound manuscript to authors for quotes. Anyone know Terry Pratchett? Seriously?

Spike vs. Dracula–Five issue limited series that IDW just got the go-ahead for, charting the history of the Spike/Dracula feud and why specifically Dracula owes Spike money. Slated to feature guest appearances by Drusilla, Darla, Bela Lugosi, Ed Wood, and Adolf Hitler. Slated for early next year.

Fallen Angel–Script for issue #2 turned in. Issue #2 will also feature two covers, one by J.K. Woodward, and one by Dave Lopez. I’ll be putting both of them up on the site in the near future.

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To all my Jewish friends, L’Shana Tova. Ariel and I went to synagogue this morning. Did lots of standing up and sitting down. Praised God in the highest. Have to say, it seems God needs a TON of ego-stroking to get through the day. What’s up with that?

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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.

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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