Gene was a wonderfully talented artist with whom I had the distinct honor to work with on several occasions. He will be missed terribly.
PAD
Month: June 2011
BID Mailbag
Originally published June 30, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1128
We’re cracking open the letter vault here at But I Digress; let’s see what we’ve got:
(Letters may be edited for length, but no meanings will be changed or distorted, such as: “Peter, The Incredible Hulk is the best example of lousy comics” becoming “Peter, The Incredible Hulk is the best example of… comics”.)
How Much Would You Pay?
UPDATED on 6/22–I should mention that if you have your own blogs, feel free to link to this discussion so we can not only get as many opinions as possible, but also get this project in front of as many eyes as possible. Price is important, but ultimately endeavors such as this stand or fall on word of mouth. I’ve got over 100K words; now we need the mouths.
In several weeks, on July 8, Crazy 8 Press will be going live, and I’m looking for your input on pricing.
Movie review: Casper
Originally published June 23, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1127
It must be getting fairly frustrating for Marvel. With its sole big screen release being the much-maligned Howard the Duck, it seems that everyone else is able to turn their characters (Superman, Batman, TimeCop, the Rocketeer, the Mask, the Crow, Swamp Thing, Tank Girl) into big screen stories with far greater ease and frequency. The results, both critical and financial, have been mixed—but that’s going to happen with any genre.
Now another company can be added to the roster of those who have beaten Marvel to the punch, when it comes to producing a successful screen translation of one of its characters: Harvey Comics, with the advent of Casper.
And I’ll tell you: The film is, for my money, one of the best comic book adaptations, bar none.
Cowboy Pete Lights Up “Green Lantern”
It’s challenging when one sees a film that is getting slammed by hostile reviews, because it gets into your head and you start looking for everything that’s wrong, because if everyone else saw it, then you figure there’s something wrong with you if you’re not seeing it as well.
Okay, well…there’s something wrong with me. I saw “Green Lantern” and thought it was a perfectly good movie about Green Lantern.
I am Totally Ripping This Off for “X-Factor”
Reported by the Associated Press:
After hacking into the Islamic jihadist magazine “Inspire,” British Intelligence agents changed the directions for making a home-made bomb to a recipe for making cupcakes.
I think that’s hilarious. I’m going to have Rictor do something similar to that, purely as a throwaway bit, in a future issue of X-Factor.
PAD
Comic Bits
Originally published June 16, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1126
I’m taking a break from the Space Cases journal to comment on some recent happenings in our little industry—and deal with some other items that have come to my attention. Hey, kids: Let’s see how many people I can really get annoyed in the course of one column.
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