What Peter wrote about what he didn’t write

digresssmlOriginally published March 11, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1060

What’s that you say?

You’re publishing a magazine that’s not burning up the sales charts? People aren’t talking about you? You want people to notice you, and you’ll do whatever it takes, no matter now sleazy… so long as you stay juuuust this side of a libel action?

My friends, the answer is simple: Controversy.

To the King

digresssmlOriginally published March 4, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1059

One line.

New York Newsday gave him one dámņ line. A one line obit to the man whose artistry and vision shaped a generation of comic fans and professionals.

And it had three errors.

It read: “Jack Kirby, 76, the artist who with writer Joe Simon created such comic book superheroes as “Spiderman” and “The Incredible Hulk,” died Sunday of heart failure in California.”