Year: 2006

Just finished the novelization for “Spider-Man 3.” I have to admit, there’s a certain sort of smug satisfaction seeing clips and trailers and knowing where all the scenes fit in to the overall story.

Will it be a great film? No idea. Anyone who knows anything about films will tell you that you can never judge what the final movie is going to be like based upon the script. I do know I like it better than the script for SM 2, and tons of people loved that film. So fingers crossed.

And don’t even bother asking for details: I signed a non disclosure agreement, so that’s that.

PAD

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Kath

The moment I saw George Bush cozying up to Joe Lieberman, I had a feeling that Lieberman was toast.

Understand, I was never that wild about Lieberman. Whenever I heard him speak I always felt like I was being scolded by a dyspectic rabbi. It says something, though, that Bush gets himself reelected despite being the originator of his wildly unpopular policies (or at least the perpetrator of the policies he’s told to institute) but those who wind up supporting those policies get killed in elections. Remember the day that Kerry said he would have voted the same way in the Iraqi question even if he knew then what he knew now, and I said that right then, right there, he’d just lost the election even though it wasn’t for another three months? We’re seeing a fascinating example of a classic truth: That Americans are reluctant to switch Commanders in Chief during war (naturally one of the great benefits of Bush launching it) but apparently we’re now seeing they sure don’t mind dumping anyone else who was in favor of it.

It’s almost as if the current crop of Democrats have neither a chance nor a clue. To put it in Lieberman terms, it may be that the entire generation of Democrats have to die out (i.e., be voted out) and a new generation of young turks with little experience, but no ties to the misbegotten launching of the war before they’ll be allowed to enter the promised land.

PAD

Just returned from Wizard Con, which I thought went pretty well. I brought a bunch of my original scripts to sell, and wound up selling them all. Signed tons of autographs for many appreciative fans. Have a lovely chat with Kristen Bell in the green room. Went out to a Marvel-sponsred dinner a t Morton’s steak house. Did a seminar on Writing for Comics that was packed and SRO, and was very well received.

Now I’m working like crazy to catch up with my various assignments. Just banged out a “What If” story that keys off “Spider-Man: The Other” and the script for “FNSM #14.” Now I need to move on to “Fallen Angel,” all the time pounding away on the novelization of “Spider-Man 3.” Still, having too much work should be my biggest problem.

PAD

So what did you think?

Claypool has recently made public the news that they told me in confidence some weeks ago: That the print end of the line would cesae to exist.

Personally, I think this should send a serious chill through the industry. For the first time that I can think of, an entire publishing line has been canceled, not by the publisher, but by the distributor. The distributor should theoretically be the middle man. In this instance, however–again, for the first time that I can think of–the middle man has taken the lead position and shut down the publisher.

And any publisher who thinks he is immune from this monopolistic maneuver is kidding himself.

And the real killer is going to be the chorus of fan voices saying, “Claypool Comics? What’s that? Never heard of it.”

PAD