Category: But I Digress…

Space Cases, part 1

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digresssmlOriginally published June 2, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1124

OK, OK, so I wasn’t really in the frozen north. I got as far as Montreal, which is where I’m writing this.

What I’m doing in Montreal is overseeing the culmination of a project that’s been in the works for nearly two years. It’s a pilot for a TV series for the kids’ network, Nickelodeon. I haven’t written about it until now because, being habitually paranoid, I refused to take for granted the notion that it would ever get made. Of course, that’s hardly a guarantee that it will get on the air, but I figure, what the heck.

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Morally Pure

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digresssmlOriginally published May 12, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1121

I sympathize with Mr. Sweet’s letter in CBG #1118, discussing how retailers will be the ones who are genuinely hurt by Marvel boycotts, whereas Marvel won’t feel a thing.

I say this not because Preston chose to use, as an example, The Incredible Hulk (although don’t think I don’t appreciate it). No, I say this for two reasons:

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Stupid Instructions contest results, Part 3

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digresssmlOriginally published May 5, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1120

Well, this is the wrap-up for the “Stupid Instructions” contest. I did a dramatic reading of the second installment at I-Con in Long Island a few weeks back and people were sliding out of their chairs in hysterics. Maybe I should make a flexi-disk. It could have painfully detailed instructions on it ([1] place disk on turntable. [2] A turntable is that round thing on the phonograph. [3] A phonograph is that thing that predated eight-tracks…)

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Movie review: Tank Girl

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digresssmlOriginally published April 28, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1119

We’re taking a break from the “Stupid Instructions” contest for one week in order to devote some column space to Tank Girl. Why? Because considering the pathetic box office performance thus far, it’s a bit of a race as to whether it will still be in theaters when this column comes out in two weeks. Hëll, by the time you read this, it might already be out on video tape.

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