Year: 2014

Getting by with a little help from his friends…

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digresssmlOriginally published May 19, 2000, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1383

I think that there’s a perception among fans that comic creators tend to feud with one another. This is, of course, not true. You don’t hear about the hundreds of pros who get along fine with one another on a daily basis for the same reason you don’t hear about the thousands of commercial air flights that land safely every day. You just hear about the ones that crash and burn.

Not to sound too egocentric, but sometimes I think this column has contributed to that perception.

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I’m in a Story Bundle

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As an experiment in getting involved in new and exciting ways of making my books available, I am participating for three weeks as part of a story bundle. I have some VERY impressive co-authors in this endeavor, including Neil Gaiman and Kevin Anderson. For those unfamiliar with the bundling concept, you can get a whole bunch of top books for whatever amount of money you want to spend. Check it out, help support a group of authors and get a great buy. Check it out here:

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PAD of La Mancha

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digresssmlOriginally published May 12, 2000, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1382

I keep seeing these ads for “The Gap,” with all these jeans-clad actors performing numbers from West Side Story such as “America” and “Cool.” The downside is that I’m still not remotely interested in shopping at the Gap. The upside is that I’m now really eager to see a Broadway revival of West Side Story, perhaps choreographed by whoever is doing the commercials. If they ever decide to mount such a production, I’m there with money in hand. Of course, if they want to make it timely, they could change the gang from Puerto Ricans to Cubans. You’d have to do some lyric tweaks (“I like the city Havana!” “That’s the place from which we ran-ah!”) but it could be done. (Me, I still think time is on the government’s side on that whole Elian matter. Bottom line, the kid can’t stay cooped up forever. If the INS really wants him, they just have to wait it out. If nothing else, they can nab him when he heads out to his senior prom.)

In any event, speaking of Broadway musicals (he said by way of clumsy segue), for those who by bizarre happenstance might be interested into the only hobby I’ve got—community theater—you’ll be interested to know that I’m in a production of Man of La Mancha on Long Island in May.

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