Originally published March 26, 1999, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1323
I dunno why, but I felt like sharing this short one-act that I wrote some time back. I’ve dabbled now and again with producing something for the stage. That’d be fun, I think. Movies worship directors, television is enamored of the actors, but only in legit theater does the writer truly rule. In any event, the following is a little piece I call:
Shoeicide
Originally published March 19, 1999, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1322
Okay… I admit it. I was a bit hung up on Lois Lane when I was a kid.
When one judges the Lois Lane from the comics of the time, one would be hard pressed to figure out why in God’s name anyone would find her vaguely interesting as a “person,” much less a fictional character. She was apparently rather shallow, concerned only with trying to prove her theory that Clark Kent was, in reality, Superman, due to her oft-stated observation that no one “had ever seen them together.” Curiously, Lois’ suspicions never fell upon any of the other millions of people in Metropolis and/or the rest of the United States who’d never been seen with the Man of Steel either. Certainly that process of elimination could have been a full time job for her all on its own.
The fact is that, overall, Lois seemed shallower than the average bassinet.
Originally published March 12, 1999, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1321
I wondered if I would be able to read it.
I stood there in the comic book store I frequent once a week and observed the new titles. Apparently it was Books-I-Used-To-Write week. It’s kind of like standing outside a frat house from which you’ve been rejected, knowing that there’s a party going on and that you’re not invited to attend.
There was the latest issue of Aquaman with the newest installment of the systematic dismantling of everything I did in the series. But I was pretty much used to that by now. Right nearby, however, was issue #1 of The Hulk. No longer incredible, but the recipient of a massive ad campaign, a Marvel-created website, and lots of other support that they hadn’t given the title for years while I was writing it.
I stared at it. And thought back to twelve years ago, when Bob Harras approached me about writing it…
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