Can Anyone Confirm This?

It’s being reported on Harlan Ellison’s board that Alan Coil passed away of a heart attack on Friday. It’s being reported by someone I don’t know, or at least I don’t think I do, which is not intended as any slight against the integrity of the individual. But can anyone provide independent confirmation of this?

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It’s Free Comic Day

So go down to your local store and free a comic!

If you do choose to head to your store, tell us what you did there. If you own a store, let us know if you have any particularly nifty activities going today.

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What the Dickens?

digresssmlOriginally published January 22, 1993, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1001

Well, I’ve just had the pleasure of seeing noted actor Patrick Stewart performing one of the best pieces of science fiction I’ve ever seen.

Not Star Trek: The Next Generation, of course. No, most episodes are little more than wastes of Stewart’s time and talent. No, I’m talking about that science fiction classic that has been part of world literature since the middle of last century. Yes, that’s right: A Christmas Carol by master science fiction writer Charles Dickens.

What’s that you’re saying? A Christmas Carol is not science fiction? It wouldn’t make anyone’s list of top 10 SF stories?

I don’t see why not.