Month: January 2010

Not only is she the first pro bowler to be featured in a Marvel Comic book, but she can add to her resume being the first woman to win a PBA title, having won the Tournament of Champions yesterday in Vegas. The result is a big honkin’ trophy, a two year exemption on the PBA tour meaning she’s back on the tour next year, and a $40,000 payday.

And all I could think was, Oy, she’s got $40,000 and she’s in Vegas. This could end badly.

Seriously, this happened in Vegas, but it’s not staying there. It’s a new world and she’s the first citizen in it. So for those of you whose first exposure to her was in the pages of “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” see what can happen? (Actually, now that I think about it, Stephen Colbert showed up in FNSM before he turned up in any other Marvel Comic. I sure can pick ’em.)

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That allegedly fans of Conan O’Brien, who was dubbed “Coco” by Tom Hanks, have been deluging NBC with boxes of Cocoa Puffs in protest.

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…except that this transcends the concept of ‘Too much time on his hands’ and raises it to a whole new level.

Sean Chen and I will be doing a store signing at Jim Hanley’s Universe in Manhattan next Wednesday from 5 to 7 PM. We’ll be promoting “I Am Iron Man #1.”

Don’t say I didn’t give you a heads up.

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At some point, Barry Manilow morphed into Martin Short. Seriously: Slap a spikey-haired wig on Short, and he’s a dead ringer for Manilow. Am I the only one who noticed this?

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