Originally published November 18, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1096
I am put in mind of the old college try (whichever old college that might happen to be).
What has put me in mind of this is Ed Wood, the film about the 1950s filmmaker who is arguably (or maybe inarguably) the single worst director in the history of cinema.
Originally published November 11, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1095
Assorted stuff:
* * *
When I wrote my first column about Image several years ago, Image personnel angrily said I was ignorant while Marvel personnel (don’t ask me who) congratulated me on a great column.
Recently, I wrote a column about the upcoming mutant crossover, which I dubbed “Xerox Hour.” As a consequence, Marvel personnel angrily said I was ignorant while Image personnel (don’t ask me who) congratulated me on a great column.
There’s a lesson buried somewhere in there, although I’ll be dámņëd if I can figure out what it is.
Originally published November 4, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1094
We lie to our children practically every day.
When they come to us, whispering their fears, afraid of shadows, afraid of the unknown, we cradle them in our arms, rock them lightly back and forth, and coo repeatedly, “Don’t worry. Everything is going to be OK.”
Except we, as adults, know that this simply isn’t so. Because sooner or later Bad Things are going to happen. Bad and unfair things will happen to you or your loved ones, ravaging your body and debilitating your spirit. During such times there is no guarantee that everything is going to be “OK,” unless you consider dying and being released from the agony of living “OK,” which is, at best, cold comfort.
I am put in mind of this because of two recent experiences.
The first is reading Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner with art by Frank Stack.
Originally published October 28, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1093
There are many theories about time travel and the effect that such theoretical activity might have on the world around us.
Let’s say you’re a time traveler, and you go into the past and change things. What effect will that change have? Well, maybe:
Originally published October 21, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1092
Assorted stuff:
* * *
I never know what’s going to get a reaction from one week to the next. But one of the biggest reactions I got was when I blew off Native American concerns over Peter Pan. Some people seem to regard me as insensitive.
Originally published October 14, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1091
Marvel wants us to know that its plans for the mutant books in 1995 (which involves a murderer disrupting the fabric of time and causing bizarre shifts in reality) is not at all a copy of Zero Hour (which involved a murderer disrupting the fabric of time and causing bizarre shifts in reality).
In a way, Marvel is correct. It’s not Zero Hour precisely. First, it’s got “X’s” in it. (X-Posse? Factor-X? Please X-cuse me while I X-pectorate.)
Secondly, Zero Hour is itself a copy of something else, which was a copy of something else in turn. Which would make this latest X-citing development a copy of a copy of a copy. No, not X-actly Zero Hour.
More like “Xerox Hour.”
Originally published October 7, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1090
Thanks to the shortened work weeks because of (a) Labor Day and (b) the Jewish High Holy Days, I find myself reaaaaaaaaaaaaal short of time this week. So I’m dipping into the official Filler Column file, and giving you Eman R. Torre’s submission to Mystery Sandman Theater 3000; not exactly what I was looking for when I first suggested the idea, but a truly horrific idea in its own right.
• 
Recent Comments