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Just in time for the Holidays!

Kath here.

We have finished our convention season for the year.

One thing I have been hearing from people is that they would love to get a signed copy of X for their Y but they never make it to conventions that Peter is at. So here is your shot at it and helping Peter’s recovery as well.

We have Crazy 8 books for sale at $20.00 per book.

Current titles available are

Camelot Papers

Hidden Earth Book 1: Darkness of the Light

Hidden Earth Book 2: Height of the Depths

Pulling up Stakes

Fearless (which Caroline will sign as well)

We have some of Peter’s adaptations which are $10 a piece.

After Earth: A Perfect Beast by Peter, Bob and Mike

After Earth: the Movie Adaptation

Fables: Bloodties (And we are out of copies)

We have his animation scripts for sale. These are $20 a piece.

Young Justice: Bloodlines

Young Justice: Secret

Ben 10: Prisoner #775 is Missing

Ben 10: In Charm’s Way

We have comic books scripts for sale. They are one for $15 and two for $20

X-Factor #39 (Theresa has the baby)

X-factor #40 (The Aftermath from #39)

X-Factor #45 (Shatterstar and Rictor kiss)

Inquire about other issues of his work

Postage is not included and will be added to the invoice. We will ship to other countries however we can not promise that it will make it by holiday X but we will try.

We take Paypal.

The e-mail address to write to for these signed objects is Padbook4sale@gmail.com

We will invoice you on the books and postage. If you want insurance or faster shipping, we will invoice you on that as well.

Thank you for shopping with us and I hope your holiday season is a pleasant one.

Kath

Admittedly, there are many to choose from. There are whole websites dedicated to it. But here’s my favorite movie cliche/trope:

The bad guy shows off how much of a bad ášš he is.

Continue Reading “My favorite movie cliche” →

My daughter Shana was interested in introducing one of her classes of kids to the world of comics. I recommended the original POWER PACK and she acquired the first trade paperback by Louise Simonson that came out in 2009.

She is reading it to her class and they love it. She decided that she’d love to get extra copies of the book for all the kids in her class, which would be thirty copies. But I just checked through my local comic store and they ran it through Diamond, and Diamond isn’t carrying it. Which makes me assume they’re out of print.

So it comes down to this: This is a school and a class and I’m looking for donations. If you have a copy of the first trade paperback and want to donate it, please send it to:

Shana David
Sun-Ray Cinema
1028 Park Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204

Thanks!

PAD

Just came back from the film and I’m left wondering one thing:

Will SF fans have the balls to nominate it for a Hugo?

In a landscape where PC and boycotts dominate, will the fans have the nerve to see that this is, with the possible exception of Gravity, the best SF film to come out this year? It should be up for best dramatic presentation. If anyone else’s name than Card’s were attached, it would be. It was simply wonderful. So will the fans be able to do what’s right or won’t they?

PAD

A few years ago, I wrote a video game called “Shadow Complex.” It was based on a tie-in novel by Orson Scott Card. You remember him: Mr. Anti-Gay. Now the novel had nothing to do with gays or any of Card’s more dubious beliefs.

Nevertheless, the fact that I was associated with Card at all prompted people to cry out for boycotts of not only the video game, but of all my work. X-Factor, Dark Tower, my novels: everything was to be avoided because I had dared to have anything to do with someone that had been designated a pariah, not because of his work, but because of his opinions and where he chose to spend his money.

How in God’s name boycotting X-Factor to protest Card made any sense at all…well, the answer lay within the skulls of those who were organizing it, I guess. Never made any sense to me.

And now, of course, the cries for boycott are sounding again as “Enders Game” opens today. That’s just what Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield need for their careers: people refusing to see a movie because they (rightfully) disagree with the writer’s opinions. Even though those opinions aren’t reflected in the film. Even though his deal is structured in such a way that he will make no money from the film no matter how much BO it generates.

Screw that. We’re seeing “Enders Game” this weekend. Personally I don’t care; I’ve never read the book. But Kathleen did and loves it, so we’re going. We’ll also likely be seeing “12 Years a Slave” and “Last Vegas” as well. And we have no idea of the political opinions of anyone involved. Not sure how it’s relevant.

PAD

Marvel was kind enough to let me post this cover on my website ahead of previews. Enjoy!

So I saw “Waiting for Godot” last night with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan. Oh, and Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup) as well. Kathleen has stage managed three productions of it and so this play meant a lot to her.

It was the first time I’d seen it. Here’s my spoiler free review:

WTF?

Seriously. What the hëll was THAT about?

I am happy to award a brand spanking new Peter David WTF award to the best explanation.

PAD