Originally published April 29, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1067
I love it when Oh So? provides me grist for my column. It’s almost like getting a freebie.
Category: But I Digress…
Political Correctness and other topics
Originally published April 22, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1066
This ‘n that…
Friends of Ellison, Part 2
Originally published April 15, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1065
Previous installment: Part 1
For those who came in late:
Back in January, this column discussed the existence of a slam group created specifically to attack noted essayist and fiction writer Harlan Ellison. Originally the group called itself “Enemies of Ellison” and—hiding behind an anonymous flier—announced its intentions to put together a book of anecdotes designed to savage Ellison upon his eventual demise.
Erie-at-the-switchboard
Originally published March 25, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1062
There are some people who do their job extremely well. Their ability to do that job effects hundreds, even thousands of people every day. And when they die, their passing prompts outpourings of grief from those many hundreds and thousands of people. There are memorial services, and obituaries (albeit sometimes erroneous ones) in national newspapers.
And there are some people who do their job extremely well. Their ability to do that job effects hundreds, even thousands of people every day. And yet, by an interesting turn of priorities in our society, these people are generally not noticed. At least not consciously. Because the nature of the job is such that, if done right, the person isn’t really acknowledged by the outside world. Like a gimmick that’s part of a magician’s illusion, it makes the trick work without drawing attention to itself.
The J.J. Sachs statue and more
Originally published March 18, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1061
Maybe once a year or so, I indulge in a column that’s mostly self-promotion. So here’s your warning that the following is largely a commercial announcement. If you want, you can skip past it to another section that starts “Now this is interesting…”
What Peter wrote about what he didn’t write
Originally published March 11, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1060
What’s that you say?
You’re publishing a magazine that’s not burning up the sales charts? People aren’t talking about you? You want people to notice you, and you’ll do whatever it takes, no matter now sleazy… so long as you stay juuuust this side of a libel action?
My friends, the answer is simple: Controversy.
Continue Reading “What Peter wrote about what he didn’t write”
To the King
Originally published March 4, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1059
One line.
New York Newsday gave him one dámņ line. A one line obit to the man whose artistry and vision shaped a generation of comic fans and professionals.
And it had three errors.
It read: “Jack Kirby, 76, the artist who with writer Joe Simon created such comic book superheroes as “Spiderman” and “The Incredible Hulk,” died Sunday of heart failure in California.”
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