The But I Digress Subject Index
But I Digress, monthly (formerly weekly) Comics Buyer’s Guide column, by Peter David
Subject Index compiled by Corey W. Tacker
Columns indexed: CBG #871 (7/27/1990) – #1661 (1/2010) — Nineteen years and running!
Notes:
- An asterisk (*) indicates a column that was reprinted in the first But I Digress compilation book (collecting selected columns from July 1990-July 1993). The number following the asterisk represents the column’s page number in the book. A caret (^) references a column collected in the second book, More Digressions (collecting columns from October 2000-February 2009), and its page number in that book.
- “BID Radio Edition” refers to a column Peter wrote and read for a New York SF radio show on 12/25/1992.
- Some columns are listed under more than one subject heading. If a particular column is available for online reading, you will find a link to that column.
- CBG was a weekly publication through issue #1594 (6/4/2004). Beginning with #1595, the magazine became a monthly publication.
- If you know of a BID column that has been reprinted online that’s not linked on this page, please let me know.
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- Also available: an Excel spreadsheet with a chronological listing of all these columns.
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List of categories:
1. Columns about the column and defenses of the column
2. Marvel Comics
3. DC Comics
4. Image Comics
5. Other comics and publishers
6. Comics in general
7. Heroes and villains
8. Comics professionals
9. The business side of the comics industry
10. In defense of comics (First Amendment issues, CCA, etc.)
11. Peter’s comics and other projects
12. The art and business of writing
13. “Useless Stories” and other fiction
14. Fictional roundtable discussions
15. The Vic Chalker Papers
16. Other fictional personas
17. Movie reviews (alpha by title)
18. Comics reviews (alpha by title)
19. Travelogues / convention experiences
20. Star Trek
21. Star Wars
22. Babylon 5 / Crusade
23. The Information Age (online experiences, etc.)
24. Family / personal stuff
25. Current events / politics
26. Remembrances: obituary columns (alpha by last name)
27. “The Most Awards” (formerly annual But I Digress awards presentations)
28. Christmas gift suggestions
29. The But I Digress mailbag (Peter prints and answers letters)
30. Top Ten Lists
31. Parody Song Lyrics
32. Mystery Sandman Theater 3000 and more (parodying comic book pages)
33. Guest columns
34. Barf bag artwork
35. Other guest artwork
36. Random, assorted thoughts
37. Miscellaneous columns
1. Columns about the column and defenses of the column — Issue # or BID book pg. #
The first column — 871, *11
Reflections on the first year of the column / freedom of expression — 923, *229
CBG’s new format / restating the column’s purposes — 963
But I Digress: a forum for Peter’s opinions — 1994 Annual
Restating the column’s purposes again; the column’s accomplishments — 1527
14 years of weekly BIDs come to an end: Was it worth it? — 1594, ^14
BID’s 15-year anniversary: looking back — 1606
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2. Marvel Comics(see also sections 9 and 11)
Hulk action figure: “I got a rock” — 879, *17
X-Men (Chris Claremont quits) — 921, *111
Captain America screws up — 936
Homosexuality in Alpha Flight (Northstar character) — 952, *73
Super-secret Marvel spin-control meeting — 968, *79
The political views of Incredible Hulk characters — 972
X-Men creative teams — 1014
Who created what? (The WACKO Theory) — 1020, *104
Marvel suppressing negative reviews? — 1029, 1032
The Spider-clone saga — 1072
“Xerox Hour” — 1091, 1095
Marvel’s comics: too much of a good thing? — 1995 Annual
The Leefeld Universe rumors — 1153
Marvel’s reprint glut — 1997 Annual
“The Marvelcrumb Tinies” — 1210
Marvel writers’ retreat / Heroes Return — 1215
Revisionist history in Captain America — 1228
The death of Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man) — 1277
Anti-Semitic slur in Wolverine #131 — 1301
The Hulk no longer “Incredible” — 1302
The X-Men: a metaphor for homosexuality — 1339
The Punisher — 1344
Hulk ‘99 Annual (John Byrne rewriting Hulk history) — 1348
“Marvel Classics Illustrated” (“what if,” rewriting classics) — 1348-1349
Marvel Marketing (Captain Marvel) — 1366
Joe Quesada replaces Bob Harras as Marvel editor-in-chief — 1401
Banning retailer reorders and the Slashback program — 1424
Marvel’s Silent Month — 1425
Slashback program, parts 2 and 3 (retailer opinions) — 1426-1427
Marvel and the “Neener Factor” (no reordering for retailers) — 1437
Marvel drops the CCA, doesn’t send writers free comics — 1439
The Hollywoodization of Marvel Comics — 1463, ^62
Peter challenges the price hike on Captain Marvel (open letter to Marvel) — 1480, ^157, 1482
Are “most retailers” against Marvel’s no-reorder policy? (BID retailer poll) — 1514, 1517
Bringing back Rawhide Kid as an openly gay character — 1524, 1543
Marvel retailer poll results (the “no-reorder, no overprint” policy) — 1533
Trouble (a musical response) — 1549, ^265
No Marvel display at the 2003 San Diego Comic-Con — 1553
Marvel downsizes the Epic imprint, Epic title Phantom Jack in limbo — 1568
What if Spider-Man were introduced today? (Griping about his new powers) — 1615, ^171
Debut of Spider-Man’s black costume — 1628, ^272
Catching an error on the cover of The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #1 — 1628, ^272
“You Might be a Skrull If…” / Marvel Universe as metaphor — 1636
History of the Fantastic Four and PAD’s involvement with the characters — 1640
Spider-Man: “One More Day” — 1643, ^288
Who created Spider-Man? — 1661
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3. DC Comics
Superman: The American Myth — 981, *119
“The Death of Superman” — 985, *49, BID Radio Edition
Green Arrow gets a personality — 987
Marketing the death of Superman — 996, *52
The Return of Superman — 1004, *55
The Con Game (Catwoman female impersonator scandal) — 1027, *58
Crisis on Infinite Earths and Zero Hour — 1091
Superman as the incarnation of Nazism? — 1163
What if there had been computer boards in the Silver Age? — 1274
Supergirl’s history — 1300
Batman — 1308
Jason Todd’s death (the second Robin) — 1312
Hypertime — 1317
Lois Lane — 1322
How Green Arrow got his name — 1330
Lobo — 1344
Aquaman after Peter left — 1372
Aquaman’s cancellation — 1388
DC’s Crises: Crisis on Infinite Earths and Identity Crisis — 1600, ^283
PAD’s run on Young Justice — 1616, ^175
DC’s Final Crisisand other Crises— 1643, ^288
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4. Image Comics
Image’s beginning: “Holding back”? — 953, *64
When did Peter say he’d never work for Image? — 961, *68
The new age of wartists — 973, *208
Peter’s criticisms of Image — BID Radio Edition
Dave Sim writing for Spawn — 992, *70
Throwing “hot” comics into crowds — 1005, *171, 1015, *211
Peter sucking up to Image?!? — 1012
Late comics — 1029
Todd McFarlane and “The Great Debate” — 1043
Image’s handling of criticism — 1994 Annual
Image’s perception problem — 1083
That Wacky Image Tyke (T.W.I.T.) — 1103
Image vs. Itself — 1206
Image’s history and current situation — 1997 Annual
PAD/Image: feelings have cooled — 1230
A look back at Image — 1299
Spawn / Tony Twist libel lawsuit verdict — 1394, 1577
Does PAD hate image? — 1639
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5. Other comics and publishers
First Comics’ demise / Dreadstar — 906
Claypool Comics — 1031
WaRP / Elfquest — 1278, 1345, 1351
WildStorm — 1299
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — 1326
Wizard — 1372, 1438
Archie Comics — 1386, 1390
Chaos Comics (who killed it?) — 1505
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6. Comics in general
Death in comics — 872, *15, 880
Red Sonja — 879, *17
Mistakes in comics — 893
Females in comics — 894, *21
Guest appearances of characters in comics — 908, *23
Vulgarity in comics — 966, *95
Vanity Press / the extinction of publishers? — 980, *31
Review of 1992: the year in comics — BID Radio Edition
The BID poll entry form — 988
The BID poll results — 994-995, *159
The BID poll revisited — 1202-1203
The BID poll revisited again (10-year anniversary) — 1469-1473
“Ask the self-proclaimed experts” — 999, *168
Preview of CBG #2000 (comics in the year 2012) — 1000, *233
Shocking comic story revelations — 1072
Artists vs. writers again (John Kricfalusi) — 1088
Comics in TV and the movies (Mad About You, Crimson Tide, etc.) — 1126
Black and white comics — 1997 Annual
Depiction of women in comics — 1211
“Only half a million copies?!?” — 1266
“The illusion of change” — 1285
Memorable moments in comics history — 1292-1293
The history of comics — 1294
Comic series restarts — 1355
Comic previews spoiling the story — 1371
Responding to fan reactions — 1373
Change is good… or is it? — 1379
Change in comics for new readers (“Ultimate Marvel” line) — 1402-1403
Changing origins and continuity in comics (“stetcons”) — 1420
Getting the facts and details right in comics — 1422
The state of the industry in 1971 from a 15-year-old’s point of view — 1423
DC Versus Marvel miniseries — 1436
Marvel’s Silent Month and other creative challenges to comics creators — 1451
The Countdown Theory: predicting sales of comics — 1488, ^119
Portraying God in comics — 1497
Comics creators overstaying their welcome in the industry? — 1519, ^232
What people want in comics (point/counterpoint) — 1534, ^243
Trade paperback collections coming out too soon / serialization of comic storylines — 1556, ^114, 1560, ^116
Comics for “mature readers” (Fallen Angel) — 1557, ^261
Things comics pros can do with free comp copies they don’t want — 1566, ^302, 1575, ^308
“Slabbing” comics (CGC) — 1586, ^102
PAD proposes to stop numbering of comic book series or publish the TPBs first — 1590, ^99
What fans say they want versus what they really need — 1595, ^329
Making fictional characters seem “real” and accessible — 1596, ^180
“Hollywood-ization” of comics (changes to characters, Marvel’s Ultimate line) — 1609
Comic character fans not caring about comics (ignoring the source material) — 1612, ^375
“Spoilers” ruining the fun of reading comics — 1619, ^357
Comics and comics movies then and now — 1642, ^76
Responding to Robert Kirkman’s comments on creator-owned vs. work-for-hire — 1647, ^90
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7. Heroes and villians
Fights between heroes and villains — 873, *132
Three- vs. one-dimensional characters — 892
What makes a really good villain — 946, *28
The ages of comics heroes — 956, *203
The Wild Weasel — 1019, *194
Whom do you trust — 1058
Homicidal heroes — 1070-1071
The Young Hero meets the Old Hero — 1116
Heroes in comics vs. the real world (Planet Comics case) — 1249
Why do we need villains — 1250
Heroes and villains—what’s the difference — 1329
The rules that govern super-heroes — 1433
What is the greatest super-hero film? — 1539-1540, ^70
What’s a hero? (and how fictional heroes have changed over time) — 1597, ^367
PAD’s favorite super-hero: Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man? — 1614
What makes a hero “iconic” — 1618, ^362
What makes a hero a super-hero (Who Wants to be a Super-Hero? TV show) — 1625, ^353
Don Quixote as the first super-hero / traits of super-heroes — 1637, ^348
Can female heroes lead? — 1651
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8. Comics professionals (alpha by last name)
Buscema, John — 1185
Busiek, Kurt — 1278, 1461, ^337, 1467, ^341
Byrne, John
— Reading BID causes him to vomit — 885, *215
— Dissing a title’s previous creators — 1246
— Eliminating coincidences — 1303, 1348-1349
— Does PAD hate him? — 1639
— Putting out quality work on a deadline (arguing with Erik Larsen about an old quote from Todd McFarlane) — 1657
Claremont, Chris — 921, *111, 1404
Colan, Gene — 1185
DeCarlo, Dan — 1386, 1390, 1427
Ellison, Harlan
— “What are you going to do? Arrest me for smoking?” — 971, *139
— “Friends of Ellison” — 1052, 1065
— Putting fans in their place — 1216
— …as “Hellison” — 1274
— “Guava Paste is PEOPLE!” — 1302, 1572, ^200, 1578, ^203
— …on a Babylon 5 trading card — 1314
— Guest column on McFarlane/Twist verdict and “Tuckerisms” — 1398
— Harlan’s chat with an Internet shoplifter — 1428
— As Best Man at the O’Shea/David wedding — 1441, 1444
— “The Three High Verbals” (at M.I.T.) — 1459-1460, ^150
— Peter’s first encounter with Ellison — 1513
— Party at the Ellison house (Peter meets Ed Asner) — 1530
— Fans attacking Ellison’s critique of Superman/Aliens 2: God War — 1542
— Peter’s first encounter with — 1591, ^58, 1593, ^58
— Receives Damon Knight memorial Grand Master award at 2006 Nebulas — 1620, ^124
Falk, Lee — 1325
Gaiman, Neil
— Getting Tori Amos tickets, drawing the BID book cover, Neverwhere — 1353
— “Last Angel” tour — 1408
— “The Three High Verbals” (at M.I.T.) — 1459-1460, ^150
— Court battle with Todd McFarlane — 1511, ^141, 1526
Groth, Gary
— Did he fabricate a letter attributed to Peter? — 1060, 1126
— Peter gets a fax from Groth — 1206
Jemas, Bill
— www.billjemas.com — 1515
— Being removed from his Publisher position at Marvel — 1564, ^108
Kane, Gil — 1371
Keown, Dale — 1008
Kirby, Jack — 1059, 1316, 1482, 1661
Lee, Stan
— “The Stan Lee Roast” — 1258
— “Being Stan Lee” — 1362-1364
— Who Wants to be a Super-Hero? TV show — 1625, ^353
— The day Stan remembers Peter’s name — 1627, ^268
— Who created Spider-Man? — 1661
Liefeld, Rob
— Giving credit where credit is due — 1033, 1040, 1078
— As a modern Ed Wood — 1195, 1997 Annual
— Protesting Shatterstar being gay — 1658
— Insulted by a fan at a con — 1659
Mantlo, Bill — 981, *119
McFarlane, Todd (see also section 4)
— After “The Great Debate” — 1043
— As Mr. “Thin” Lee DeSkyzed — 1047
— Spawn / Tony Twist libel lawsuit verdict — 1394-1395, 1398, 1410, 1577
— Challenged to return to comics by Joe Quesada — 1414
— His “balls” in a sling (sued by Neil Gaiman) — 1508, 1511, ^141, 1526
— Does PAD hate him? — 1639
— The debate and baseball purchase dredged up again — 1657
Miller, Frank (criticising Wizard magazine) — 1438
Moore, Alan (Watchmen and his attitudes about film adaptations) — 1648
Mumy, Bill
— The Mumy fish tank tragedy — 1188
— …has a new album out — 1229
— Encountering an obsessed fan — 1253
— Guest column, his and Peter’s writing projects — 1350
— Appearing on the new Twilight Zone — 1527
Preist, Christopher (a.k.a. Jim Owsley) — 1506, ^185
Quesada, Joe (challenge to McFarlane) — 1414
Romita Sr., John — 1185
Rozanski, Chuck — 1022, *61
Schwartz, Julius (Julie)
— A tribute — 890, *109, 1580
— A review of his autobiography Man of Two Worlds — 1392
— His funeral, memorial service, and The Julius Schwartz Visiting Speaker Fund — 1581, 1587, ^143
Shooter, Jim — BID Radio Edition, 1022, *61
Shuster, Joe — 981, *119
Sim, Dave
— Writing Spawn = selling out — 992, *70
— The Dave Sim Anecdote That Even Dave Doesn’t Know — 1171
— “Parting Shot” guest column — 1181
— Sim’s “Tangent” essay in Cerebus #265 — 1434
— A look back at Cerebus — 1570, ^380
Simonson, Louise (Jones) — 1628, ^272
Swan, Curt — 1185
Thompson, Maggie — 1481, ^136
Trimpe, Herb — 1369
Valentino, Jim — 1230
Wein, Len — 1655
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9. The business side of the comics industry
The Big Two vs. independents — 906
The industry going downhill — 1992 Annual
Barron’s article on Marvel: “due for a fall” — BID Radio Edition, 957, *76
Ron Perelman and Marvel Entertainment — 1013
Comics distribution — 1030, 1049
Capital City Distribution dilemmas / Marvel Mart — 1056, 1067
More distribution woes (Marvel/Comics Unlimited) — 1080
“Comic Wars” allegory — 1106-1108
Marvel’s self-distribution / Ron Perelman — 1115
Boycotting Marvel — 1121
More Marvel woes — 1126
More Perelman / Diamond / Capital City stuff — 1135
Even more on Marvel and distribution — 1996 Annual
Steve Geppi / Diamond — 1188
Even more Marvel woes — 1204
“The Book of Gen-X-is” allegory — 1213
“Marvelmanic” allegory — 1306-1307
Marvel overpaid freelancers — 1315
DC hires editor “to do quality material and have fun” — 1324
Cancelling comics series too early — 1337
Marvel Marketing (Captain Marvel) — 1366
Marvel cheapness — 1381
Marvel moving away from comics — 1385
Marvel and the “Neener Factor” (no reordering for retailers) — 1437
Marvel vs. DC (Joe Quesada and the “I.Q. Test”) — 1450
Class-action lawsuit against Marvel about its trade terms — 1495
Marketing Captain Marvel and Supergirl — 1509, ^163
Retailers trading comics over the internet — 1515
Returnable comics — 1527
Should comics have listed cover prices? (Many retail items do not) / Borders books — 1562, ^111
DC being the “nice guy” to Marvel’s “bad guy”/retailer orders (“Bill Jemas was right.”) — 1563, ^105
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10. In defense of comics (First Amendment issues, CCA, etc.)
Peter’s opinion of the Comics Code Authority — 986, *34
Self magazine article rebuttal — 1068, 1078
Self magazine poll on investigating comics — 1085
Seduction of the Innocent book analysis — 1085-1087
Banning comics (Verotika #4, Spawn #30) — 1142
The Planet Comics trial / CBLDF — 1147, 1150, 1152, 1158, 1161, 1165, 1166, 1177, 1249
Banned books — 1165
Thoughts on the First Amendment — 1172
Elfquest under fire — 1345, 1351
Comics Code conflicts — 1347
Censorship battles — 1354
CBLDF fundraising / Dallas, TX comic store under fire — 1417
What the CBLDF does / public perception of the CBLDF — 1432, 1452
CBLDF/Dallas comic store cont’d. / Judd Winick on Donahue — 1504
Dallas: Castillo’s case not heard by Supreme Court; shouting “fire!” in crowded theater — 1554, ^258
First Amendment rights and science fiction (text of speech at Philcon 2003) — 1573
Supporting the CBLDF/censors imposing their beliefs on others — 1583, ^256
Heritage of censorship vs. heritage of artistic creation: which will last? — 1604, ^252
Freedom of expression as a comics writer / Don Imus’ firing — 1632, ^247
The demise of scans_daily — 1654-1655
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11. Peter’s comics and other projects (see also section 19)
The books of David Peters (Photon, Psi-Man) — 883
Violent death in comics (The Incredible Hulk #380) — 910, *25
Wolverine: Rahne of Terra — 936
Writing novelizations — 950
Peter quits X-Factor — 1007, *82
Future Imperfect: Rick’s chachkas contest announcement — 1010
Rick’s chachkas contest results — 1026
Web of Spider-Man: “Cult of Love” — 1017
Sachs and Violens / Soulsearchers and Company — 1031
Stereotypes in Peter’s comics (Jews / Gays / Hispanics / Asians) — 1044
Sachs and Violens statue, comics, and cards — 1061
Sachs and Violens: pornography? — 1071
The Incredible Hulk #416: disagreeing with Bob Ingersoll — 1083
Continuity problems with Aquaman Annual #1 — 1134
Weird, Twisted, Reasonably True Comic Book Stories (Amazing Spidey #289) — 1169
Space Cases in Weekly Variety — 1173
Spider-Man 2099 #44 — 1178
Peters works with comics legends — 1185
The Phantom miniseries — 1187, 1325
The Incredible Hulk cancelled? — 1206
Space Cases — 1224
The Incredible Hulk: Peter’s magnum opus — 1244
Leaving The Incredible Hulk — 1272
Peter’s final issue of the Hulk / new Hulk writer — 1280
Peter’s “creative differences” in his comics — 1283
Space Ghost movie scripts — 1318
The Wedding of Popeye and Olive — 1319
Reflections on Peter’s Hulk run — 1321
Young Justice and Supergirl nominated for awards — 1330
Writing for the Punisher and Lobo — 1344
Peter’s run-ins with the Comics Code Authority — 1347
Young Justice #15 / Gun control — 1370
Young Justice #11/ Fan reactions — 1373
DC Versus Marvel — 1436
Sir Apropos of Nothing review — 1444
Peter’s run on Aquaman — 1453
Peter informs the misinformed — 1477, ^188
Voting for the next leader of Young Justice — 1478
Peter’s media tie-ins aren’t garbage — 1479, ^240
Writing Wolverine: Blood Hungry — 1484
Peter’s Spider-Man novelization — 1490
Chaos Comics’ The Haunted — 1505
The Spider-Man titles — 1506, ^185
Supergirl — 1509, ^163
Peter’s run on The Incredible Hulk — 1510
Peter’s run on Supergirl (“behind the scenes”) — 1522, ^167
Peter’s research for his first unpublished novel, meets “The Amazing Randi” — 1528
The last issues of Young Justice and Supergirl; Captain Marvel, Fallen Angel — 1536
Marketing Fallen Angel (“Dangerous Curves”) — 1538, ^333
Captain Marvel vol. 4 #14 — 1545
Fallen Angel labelled for “mature readers” — 1557, ^261
Spider-Man: The Other crossover — 1610
Looking back on PAD’s Young Justice run — 1616, ^175
Ending of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #7 spoiled by internet postings — 1619, ^357
Novelizing The Incredible Hulk movie — 1645, ^81
She-Hulk — 1651
Peter wrote an unpublished Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves comics adaptation — 1655
Peter’s comics that didn’t turn out as well as he’d hoped, or weren’t received well by fans — 1656
Homosexuality in Peter’s comics (X-Factor #45) — 1658
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12. The art and business of writing
Why writers are scum — 874, *85
Tricks of the trade — 905, *88
Where writers get ideas — 911, *90
Creative people must “mutate” — 918
The power of words — 931, *92
Writing movie adapatations — 950
Foul language in comics — 966, *95
Breaking in to comics — 976, *97, 1993 Annual, 1400
Breaking in to comics, part 2 (response to letter) — 1009, *100
The WACKO theory — 1020, *104
Writer’s rights — 1475, ^344
The double standard for writers (Akiva Goldsman, Max Allan Collins) — 1502, ^238
There are few truly original story ideas anymore (fans claiming stories are ripoffs) — 1527
Suspension of disbelief — 1528
Keeping a series fresh and interesting (Buffy, Hulk) — 1544, ^229
Making fictional characters seem “real” and accessible — 1596, ^180
How to develop a story’s structure — 1599, ^225
Is it a rip-off/plagiarism or is it a valid new spin on an old concept? — 1602, ^221
Hollywood writers’ strike: who has the power? — 1638, ^94
Responding to Robert Kirkman’s comments on creator-owned vs. work-for-hire — 1647, ^90
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13. “Useless Stories” and other fiction (short stories unless otherwise noted)
“Quantum Beast” — 885–886, *215
“Portrait of Life” (The Little Mermaid unused comic plot) — 937, *221
“The Return of the Blasters” with James Fry (unused comic plot) — 965, *223
X-Factor #89 unedited script fragment — 1010
The Last Avengers Story (comic plot) — 1034-1039
L.A. Law unused script subplot by Alan Brennert — 1063-1064
“Comic Wars” — 1106-1108
What Rough Beast, Chapter 9 (unedited novel excerpt) — 1113
“TheYoung Hero” — 1116
The Big Green Guy Movie (Hulk movie treatment; also in #1617) — 1140-1141, ^384
“The Cape Dripped Red” — 1154-1156, 1159-1160
Space Cases: “Same Old, Same Old” unused script — 1189-1191
“The Book of Gen-X-is” — 1213
Star Wars: “Skippy the Jedi Droid” — 1219
“Seinfeld, P.I.” — 1281
Star Trek: New Frontier: Fire on High unedited novel excerpt — 1284
Babylon 5: “Gut Reactions” unfilmed script fragment — 1284
“The TruBatman Show” — 1286-1288
“Marvelmanic” — 1306-1307
“Shoeicide” (one-act play) — 1323
“Being Stan Lee” — 1362-1364
“How the Grynch Stole Fandom” — 1418
Sir Apropos of Nothing, Chapter 1 — 1446-1449
“The Legend of Maggie Thompson” — 1481, ^136
Mystery Trekkie Theater 3000: “Beat the Klingon Geeks” — 1499
“Complaint” (Lord of the Rings parody) — 1584, ^394
PAD’s unused Hulk movie treatment (also in #1140-1141) — 1617, ^384
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Annual #1: “Leah” backup story script — 1634, ^42
TigerheartChapter 1 (condensed) — 1641
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14. Fictional roundtable discussions
Disney heroines — 998, *187
Disney villains — 1175-1176
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15. The Vic Chalker Papers
Chalk Board — 913, *37
“Men in Comics” panel — 930, *40
Wrathocon II panel (response to “Name Withheld”) — 935, *42
“Comic Art Versus Real Art” panel — 949, *45
Super-secret Marvel spin-control meeting — 968, *79
Vic guest-hosts Larry King Live — 1047
Interview with Ruth Bader-Batten — 1237
Vic reviews the previews of Superman Returns, Spider-Man 3, and Ghost Rider — 1621
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16. Other fictional personas
Christmas gift suggestions from comic characters — 891, *19
“Ask the self-proclaimed experts” — 999, *168
Interview with Flagman creator Gabriel Jones — 1000, *233
Michelle Weizel: “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” — 1019, *194
Phyllida Archer-Dowd on Mulan — 1291
Phyllida Archer-Dowd on Teletubbies — 1320
A Major Comics Publisher’s private conference — 1315
Paul Armstrong Dudikoff on toys — 1327
Geoff Neubee (Vic Chalker’s cousin) on Supergirl — 1389
“A Report from the Red Carpet”: Gollum and Dobby — 1523, ^401
Porky Pig has a d-d-d-d-d-d-disturbing d-d-d-d-dream — 1588, ^391
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17. Movie reviews (alpha by title)
10 Things I Hate About You — 1328
The Addams Family — 947
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — 902
A.I. — 1445
Aladdin — 997
Alien3 — 971, *139
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — 1338
Batman Returns (review of movie trailer) — 967
Batman Returns — 974
Batman Forever — 1130
Batman and Robin — 1235
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm — 1054
Battlefield: Earth — 1387
Beauty and the Beast — 943
Blade — 1297
Borat — 1652
Casper — 1127
Catch Me if You Can — 1525
Chicken Run — 1392
Comic Book: The Movie — 1579
Comic Book Villains — 1525
Cool World — 979
The Crow — 1073
Darkman — 881, *135
Daredevil (Peter reviews it without bothering to watch it first) — 1529
Daredevil (the real review) — 1531
Doc Savage, The Man of Bronze — 1513
Dumb and Dumber — 1109
Edward Scissorhands — 896, *137
Ed Wood — 1096
Fantastic Four — 1610
The Flintstones — 1077
Galaxy Quest — 1367
Ghost World (guest column by Gwen! David) — 1454
Godzilla — 1282
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — 1466
Hellboy — 1589
Hero — 989, *142
Hidalgo — 1585
Hook — 947, 1576
Hudson Hawk — 1387
Hulk — 1548, 1645, ^81
The Incredible Hulk — 1645, ^81
Independence Day — 1186
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — 1650, ^66
The Iron Giant — 1346
Jingle All the Way — 1205
Judge Dredd — 1133
Jurassic Park — 1028
The King and I (animated version) — 1328
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — 1444
The Last Action Hero — 1387
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen — 1552
The Little Mermaid — 938
Lost in Space — 1275
The Lost World: Jurassic Park — 1233
Mars Attacks — 1208
The Mask — 1084
Men in Black — 1238
Men in Black II — 1498
Mission: Impossible — 1179
Mission: Impossible 2 — 1388
The Muppets in 3-D — 917
My Super Ex-Girlfriend — 1623, ^85
Mystery Men — 1346
Peter Pan (2003) — 1576
The Phantom — 1187
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — 1553
Popeye — 902
The Powerpuff Girls Movie — 1498
Prisoners of the Sun — 925
Return to Oz — 873, *132, 880
Road to Perdition — 1501
The Rocketeer — 920
The Shadow — 1081
Showgirls — 1387
Signs — 1503
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — 1032
The Sixth Sense — 1415
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow — 1598, ^195
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut — 1342
Spawn — 1241
Spider-Man — 1489
The Spirit — 1652
Spirited Away — 1512
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn — 902
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — 945
Star Trek Generations — 1101
Star Trek: First Contact — 1205
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace — 1334, 1337, 1650, ^66
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones — 1491
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope Special Edition — 1217
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie and TV show) — 1650, ^66
Superman — 903, 1540, ^70, 1622
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace — 903
Superman Returns — 1622
Tank Girl — 1119
Terminator 2: Judgment Day — 929, 1550
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines — 1550
Timecop — 1093
Trekkies — 1335
Unbreakable — 1415
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — 1205
The Wizard of Oz — 873, *132, 880
X-Men — 1396
X2: X-Men United — 1541
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18. Comics reviews (alpha by title)
Action Comics Millennium Edition (1st appearance Supergirl) — 1389
Age of Bronze: The Story of the Trojan War — 1324
Bone (from the point-of-view of a censor) — 1180
Cerebus — 1570, ^380
The Crossovers — 1537
The Fantastic Four (from the point-of-view of a censor) — 1180
For Better or For Worse (comic strip) — 1392
Incredible Hulk (Bruce Jones’ run on…) — 1547
Knights of the Dinner Table — 1613, ^371
My Monkey’s Name is Jennifer — 1392
Newspaper strips: Peanuts, Liberty Meadows, Mallard Filmore, Zits, Boondocks, For Better or for Worse — 1476
Our Cancer Year — 1094
Player vs. Player (PvP) — 1613, ^371
Sandman — 1139
Spider-Man: Chapter One — 1303
A Touch of Silver — 1230, 1276
Ultimate Hulk Annual — 1652
Zzz — 1369
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19. Travelogues / convention experiences
1990 San Diego Comic-Con (Peter meets Weird Al Yankovic; “Street Poet Hulk”) — 877-878
“Toxic Waste Syndome” / Cons in general — 901, *146
1991 New York Creation Con / Long Island AIDS Benefit Con — 904
1991 Wonder Con — 914
Los Angeles / Star Trek VI set visit / Howling Mad movie meeting — 915, *174, 916
Chicago Comic Book and Science Fiction Expo (a cancelled con) — 919
Boycotting the Creation Convention — 942
Convention hotel horror stories — 951, *149
Peter’s spring 1992 convention schedule — 955
1992 Glasgow Comic Art Convention — 960, 962
Peter’s convention artwork story — 970, *153
Pro/Con (“There are no comic-book conventions”) — 978, *156
1992 Los Angeles / San Diego Comic-Con trip — 982
L.A. / S.D.C.C. part 2 (“Do Artists Need Writers” panel) / Eisner Awards — 983, *177
L.A. / S.D.C.C. part 3 — 984
Book signing in Austin, TX vs. New York — 987
Kansas City Comic Convention (comic sculptures) — 993
Great Eastern Con / Throwing “hot” comics into crowds — 1005, *171
Casting for the Trancers movies — 1011, *180, 1012
In Romania for Trancers IV and V, parts 1 and 2 — 1023-1024
In Romania, part 3 (crippled children) — 1025, *182
The Con Game (Catwoman female impersonator scandal) — 1027, *58
Trancers IV screening — 1041
Thoughts on the David/McFarlane “Great Debate” — 1043
In Romania for Oblivion I and II — 1045-1046
In Los Angeles for Babylon 5: “Soul Mates” — 1097-1099
In Montreal for Space Cases — 1124-1125, 1129
20th Anniversary Chicago Comic Con — 1132
1995 San Diego Comic Con — 1136
In Ireland for Irecon V — 1143-1144
In Montreal again — 1151
Peter in the makeup chair for Space Cases — 1157
Defense Con in Oklahoma City — 1177
In London for Wolf 359 (ST / B5 Con) — 1182-1184
Salon Internacional del Comic in Spain — 1199-1201
1997 Heroes Convention — 1234
1997 summer conventions — 1242
Dragon*Con 1995 (“The Stan Lee Roast”) — 1258
At Jim Henson Studios (the Muppet Museum) — 1262
WonderCon / Harvey Awards — 1278
The Wrap Party Convention (UK) — 1296
MECYF ‘98 (Mexico City) — 1310, 1313
Dragon*Con 1999 — 1341
Mad Media convention / airplane trip — 1352
Fantabaires convention (Buenos Aires, Argentina) — 1359-1361
I-Con (Long Island) — 1380
Pittsburgh ComiCon — 1384
2000 San Diego Comic Con — 1396-1397
2000 Canadian National Comic Book Expo — 1404
Making appearances at comic stores (Lansing, Michigan) — 1410
Chattacon in Chattanooga, TN (Peter serves drinks) — 1421
2001 MegaCon (Florida) — 1429-1430
Dragon*Con 2001 — 1457
David, Ellison, and Gaiman at MIT (“The Three High Verbals”) — 1459-1460, ^150
Fan rudeness to comics professionals — 1461, ^337, 1467, ^341
The Nexus Con in Berlin, Germany — 1464-1465
What do conventions owe creators? — 1496
Shore Leave 2002 — 1499
San Diego ComicCon 2002 — 1508
Discon II, Peter’s first major SF convention in 1974 — 1513
2003 Pasadena Creation Convention, talking to movie producers in L.A. — 1529-1530
AggieCon — 1535, ^205
Wizard World convention (Philadelphia) — 1545
Miscellaneous convention memories from over the years — 1561, ^208, 1567, ^211, 1569, ^213, 1572, ^200
Farpoint 2004 and the disturbing costume competition — 1582, ^192
San Diego ComicCon 2004 — 1598, ^195
Nebula awards ceremony 2006 (Harlan Ellison receives Grand Master award) — 1620, ^124
2007 New York Comic-Con (meeting Stephen Colbert and Stephen King) — 1630
Toy Fair 2009 — 1653
Convention Season 2009: San Diego and Dragon*Con — 1660
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20. Star Trek
Humor in Trek — 882, *123
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn versus Star Trek: The Next Generation — 902
Creation Convention / Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Alone — 904
On the set of Star Trek VI — 915, *174
Quitting the Star Trek comic book — 927
Star Trek: The Original Series episode commentaries — 927–928
Star Trek: The Original Series as a visually striking series — 936
Star Trek after Gene Roddenberry’s death — 941, *125
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country review — 945
Star Trek movie comic book adaptations — 950
Peter screens unedited footage of Star Trek: The Next Generation: “Relics” — 982
Peter hawks Star Trek merchandise on QVC — 1003, *127
Imzadi: anti-Semitic? — 1044
Political correctness in Star Trek: The Next Generation — 1047
Star Trek Generations review — 1101
Differences between The Original Series and The Next Generation — 1102
Peter writing a Trek movie? No chance in hëll — 1104
Garak isn’t in this column — 1143
The Trekkie Whitewater juror — 1168, 1170
Star Trek Annual #3 (comic book) — 1185
Star Trek: First Contact review — 1205
Star Trek: First Contact letter and commentary — 1209
The passing of Mark Lenard — 1205
The aliens of Star Trek — 1208
Star Trek knock-offs — 1239
Star Trek: the myth — 1240
Mystery Trekkie Theater 3000 — 1242
Predictions for the next season of Star Trek: Voyager by Diane Kornf — 1245
Star Trek: TNG Technical Manual oddities / Peter’s Trek novels — 1265
Star Trek: New Frontier Book Six: Fire on High unedited novel excerpt — 1284
The Doomsday Machine and the Nexus — 1298
Who created Spock — 1308
Recording voices for the Vulcan’s Heart book-on-tape — 1334
Trekkies movie review — 1335
Star Trek: New Frontier hardcover: The Exeter crew — 1380
Shore Leave 2002 convention — 1499
“Today is a good day to die!” (Peter encounters fans in Klingon costumes) — 1569, ^213
Jimmy Doohan in ill health / Keith DeCandido is the “2nd coming” of PAD? — 1593, ^58
George Takei’s Friars Club Roast and his same-sex wedding / Nichelle Nichols — 1649, ^128
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21. Star Wars
“Comic Wars” parody — 1106-1108
Special Edition movie review, merchandising — 1217
Plot holes in Star Wars — 1218
“Skippy the Jedi Droid” — 1219
MSTing Star Wars — 1223
Return of the Jedi Special Edition change — 1224
Return of the Jedi comic released early, Lucasfilm unhappy — 1290
The Phantom Menace novelization marketing — 1330
Random thoughts on Star Wars — 1331
Star Wars: Dennis the Phantom Menace — 1333
Peter’s The Phantom Menace journal — 1334
“Darth Maul’s Lament” by Jeff Morris — 1337
Luke Skywalker’s body (in art and action figures) — 1357-1358
Episode II: Attack of the Clones review — 1491
Looking back on The Phantom Menace — 1606
PAD is introduced to Mark Hamill — 1649, ^128
Star Wars: The Clone Wars and whatever happened to George Lucas? — 1650, ^66
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22. Babylon 5 / Crusade
On the set of Babylon 5: “Soul Mates” — 1097-1099
In L.A. for Babylon 5: “There All the Honor Lies” — 1110
The Adventures of Joltin’ Joe Straczynski — 1132
Wolf 359 Convention — 1182
“The Bear Story” — 1207
“The Bear Story” retold — 1243
AOL’s B5 chat room — 1222
Babylon 5 overview — 1264
Londo Mollari’s obsession with “The Hokey Pokey” — 1268
Segment from unfilmed B5 script, “Gut Reactions” — 1284
Crusade: a “Special Limited Series” — 1337
Peter David: co-creator of Crusade?!? — 1430
Writing for B5: excerpt from PAD’s introduction in B5: Other Voices scriptbook — 1646
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23. The Information Age (online experiences, etc.)
Starting out online / the Usenet — 875
Fan/pro interaction on the Internet — 1197
AOL busy signals — 1211
On AOL. Finally. (proving his identity) — 1212
Interacting with fans online / “loner’s sydrome” — 1221-1222
Live AOL chats — 1252
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from the Internet — 1405
Internet piracy / Napster / H. Ellison’s KICK Internet Piracy Campaign — 1428, 1431, 1451
Starting up www.peterdavid.net — 1493, 1538, ^333
Interacting with fans online / the early days of the Usenet / Henry Vogel — 1631, ^312, 1633, ^316
Peter blamed for the demise of scans_daily — 1654-1655
Internet rubberneckers: inciting pointless debates online — 1657
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24. Family / personal stuff
Peter feels old — 889, *227
Peter needs sleep / Peter’s comics hobby — 900
Birth announcement: Ariel Leela David — 933
Peter gets bronchitis — 939-940
Peter’s childhood friend Keith — 969, *206
Peter meets Stephen King — 987
Peter’s kid’s Halloween costumes — 993
Peter’s appearance on QVC — 1003, *127
Peter and Myra at Mardi Gras — 1012
“Destruction” personified: 2-year-old Ariel David — 1013
Ariel David learns names — 1055
Peter meets Jack Kirby — 1059, 1316
Peter gets a mammogram. Really — 1079
Why Peter writes comics — 1088
David’s Three Rules of Reality — 1111
Peter boycotts everything — 1121
David Family Practical Jokes — 1148
Peter’s away from the family (in Montreal for Space Cases) — 1151
Peter’s early years — 1162
Peter meets Jerry Siegel — 1163
The David family at Disneyworld — 1164
Peter does jury duty — 1174
The Davids’ new cat — 1182, 1184
Peter tries to see a movie for free / writing for a living — 1216
Peter meets Captain Kangaroo — 1232
Peter wins a radio contest / New York Knicks halftime contest — 1250-1251
Peter and Ariel wait for Lucy Lawless — 1255
Peter David, Agent 008 — 1257
Peter and kids at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (“They killed Barney!”) — 1259
Peter slogs through the slush pile (Where Man Josh) — 1260, 1263
Separation and divorce — 1261
Peter encounters Michael Jackson — 1263
Peter and sister Beth at Titanic — 1263
Peter needs sleep… badly — 1265
A power line falls in front of Peter’s house — 1289
The Trouble with MCI — 1304
Divorce dilemmas — 1305
What Peter is thankful for — 1309
Peter performs in community theater (1776) — 1319
Peter lands a part in Li’l Abner community theater production — 1336
Summer fun with the David family — 1340
Divorce: no happy endings — 1343
When hurricanes attack! — 1351
Peter gets breakfast at McDonald’s — 1369
“PAD is Anti-Catholic?” — 1375
Peter in Man of La Mancha — 1382
Ariel David meets Ted Raimi (Joxur on Xena) — 1384
Peter proposes to Kathleen O’Shea at Disneyworld — 1406-1407, ^17
Peter has trouble with DVD players — 1419, 1431
Kathleen’s comic collection for sale — 1421
15-year old Peter David talks comics (‘1971’ issue) — 1423
Peter’s daughters vs. The Pørņ Channel That Wouldn’t Go Away — 1429
Peter makes up summertime memories — 1439
Peter’s wedding to Kathleen O’Shea — 1441, 1444, 1606
Kathleen’s bag with wedding photo album stolen at Dragon*Con — 1457
DAVID 3:16 (in response to Captain Marvel price hike open letters) — 1485, ^161
Peter sees The Simpsons: In the Flesh — 1500
Shana wins trip to Club Med from Comedy Central — 1512
Birth announcement for Caroline Helen David — 1520, ^34
Kathleen goes into labor. Peter goes bowling — 1521, ^34
Peter’s plane problems — 1535
The David family sees Cirque du Soliel — 1545
Peter tries out for Jeopardy! — 1546, ^47
Everyone wants to interview Peter about the Hulk (even MTV) — 1547
Peter helps lost Haitian woman at airport — 1558, ^50
Convention memories: when Peter first asked out Kathleen — 1561, ^208
Peter David starring as “Peter David” in Comic Book: The Movie — 1579
Ariel does convention costume contests — 1582, ^192
Looking back on life as a fan and a pro — 1591, ^58, 1593, ^58
Peter gets an Elfquest tattoo — 1598, ^195
Divorce/everything ends — 1603
Peter gets hate mail — 1605, ^320, 1607, ^325
Caroline on a carousel — 1610
Caroline at Disneyworld, PAD attends PTA meeting, flying Jetblue, PAD disease — 1611, ^54
PAD tries a role-playing game — 1613, ^371
PAD has travel problems and watches women’s beach volleyball — 1620, ^124
PAD meets Noel Neill (Lois Lane from The Adventures of Superman) — 1624
PAD and Kathleen win the New York Lottery!!!! — 1630
PAD meets Stephen Colbert and Stephen King — 1630
How PAD lost weight and keeps it off — 1635, ^38
PAD attends George Takei’s same-sex wedding and his Friars Club Roast — 1649, ^128
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25. Current events / politics
Saddam Hussein / Gulf War — 899
Death penalty / winning the Gulf War — 910, *25
New York’s Son of Sam law — 946, *28, 958
Who are our heroes? — 956, *203
Pat Buchanan’s anti-homosexual campaign — 958
Bush and Quayle—1992 Presidential campaign — 972
Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown — 987
1992 Presidential debate (Quayle/Brown part 2) — 990
The siege in Waco (the Branch Davidian cult) — 1017
Political correctness — 1048, 1050, 1053, 1082
Teaching current events in schools — 1055
Tonya Harding / the Bobbits / Michael Jackson — 1058
Guilty until proven innocent? (Tonya Harding) — 1061
The O.J. Simpson Trial — 1082
The Republican victory in the 1994 elections — 1100, 1111
Flag burning / V-chip — 1135
O.J. Simpson’s aquittal — 1145-1146
The Trekkie Whitewater juror — 1168
The assault weapons ban (Brady Bill) — 1170, 1178
The murder of Ennis Cosby — 1214
The Starr investigation — 1268
Sexual harassment — 1269, 1273
Starrgate — 1298
The Columbine High School massacre / gun control — 1332
JFK Jr.’s death, Princess Diana’s death — 1343
Violence in entertainment / censorship — 1354
The Brooklyn Museum and Harry Potter censorship controversies — 1356
Gun control — 1370
John Rocker / First Amendment — 1372
More gun control — 1375
2000 Presidential campaigns — 1391
Political correctness (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride) — 1405
2000 Presidential election: Gore as Reed Richards and Bush as Plastic Man — 1409
2000 election dispute (and Libertarian Harry Browne as Spider-Man) — 1412-1413
Internet piracy / Napster — 1428
Death penalty — 1443
September 11 / the terrorist attacks — 1455-1456, 1507, ^25
President Bush, and Israel and Palestine after Sept. 11 — 1492
Using “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance / First Amendment — 1497
Comical candidates for California’s governor recall election — 1555
Howard Stern gets taken off the air — 1585
Anti-Semitism (review of The Plot) — 1608, ^297
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26. Remembrances: obituary columns (alpha by last name)
Abel, Jack — 1167
Adezio, Leah — 1634, ^42
Asimov, Isaac — 964, *117
Barks, Carl — 1401
Buscema, John — 1474, ^147
Cockrum, Dave — 1634, ^42
Eisner, Will — 1603
Falk, Lee — 1325
Goodwin, Archie — 1271
Gruenwald, Mark — 1192, 1194
Kalish, Carol — 932, 934, *113, 1606
Kane, Gil — 1371
Kirby, Jack — 1059
Lenard, Mark — 1205
Liebowitz, Bill — 1601, ^132
Mitchell, Ericka — 1062
Nodell, Carrie — 1592, ^138
Schwartz, Julie — 1581, 1587, ^143
Shuster, Joe — 981, *119
Siegel, Jerry — 1163
Tennant, Lee — 1196
Thompson, Don — 1075
Yale, Kim — 1220
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27. “The Most Awards” (the annual But I Digress awards presentations)
Marvel, DC, The Great Debate, Sachs & Violens #2, bagged comics — 1051
“Batman Meets Depressman”, SOTI, Image, Bosom Buddies, NY Yankees — 1103
Marvel vs. DC, Leefeld, Verotik/Planet Comics, the Cokemeter, Toy Story — 1158
Sexual Harassment, Image, The Phantom, Groth, Hulk, Spider-clone — 1206
ST: Voyager, Starship Troopers, Kevin Smith, Lost in Space, divorce — 1261
Sergio Aragones, B5 finale, Zorro, Batman: TAS, Lost in Space — 1314
Harry Potter, Archie, Andy Kaufman, Star Wars, Buffy, Marvel — 1365-1366
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28. Christmas gift suggestions
— 891, *19
— 1092
— 1149
— 1198
— 1256
— 1468
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29. The But I Digress mailbag (Peter prints and answers letters)
Death in comics, Oz movies — 880
Imaginary Marvel action figures — 919
Marvel marketing, fan behavior, Laura Palmer inaction figure, rape — 925–926
Alien3 review response — 975
How to break into comics — 1009, *100
Submitting comic work — 1018
Marvel distribution, political correctness, racism — 1049-1050
Politics — 1111
Politics, Marvel/New World, a genuine comics fan writes in — 1128
First Amendment issues — 1172
Independence Day and Star Trek: First Contact — 1209
Peter’s movie reviews — 1231
Hercules — 1238
Sexual harassment — 1273
Getting facts and details right in comics — 1422
Marvel’s Slashback program — 1426-1427
The “trade paperbacking” of comics (TPBs coming out too soon) — 1560, ^116
Is Wizard’s “talent contest” a scam? / Heidi MacDonald — 1574, ^305
Hanley’s Universe taking creator comp copies for credit / Heidi MacDonald — 1575, ^308
Harlan Ellison’s Guava Paste is people! — 1578, ^203
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30. Top Ten Lists
Top Ten Things That Fans Have Actually Said to Me at Cons and Store Appearances — 887, *244
Top Ten Ways You Know Your House is Haunted — 897, *244
Top Ten Unused Ideas for Super-Pairs — 898, *245
Top Ten Rejected Disney Characters — 912, *245
Top Ten Really Annoying Complaints from Users of the Emergency Alert System — 922, *245
Top Ten Ways to Jack Up Sales on The Little Mermaid — 938
Top Ten Things This Column Should Not Deal With — 954, *246
Top Ten Questions I Did Not Ask Todd McFarlane — 1043
Top Ten Groups of People Who See Casper (by Myra David) — 1127
Top Ten New Adjectives for the Hulk (by Madjak) — 1302
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31. Parody Song Lyrics
“Beauty and the Beast,” author unknown — 1002
“Be Our Guest,” author unknown — 1002, *246
“The Lord of Time,” to the tune of “The Longest Time,” by Peter David — 1006, *248
“A Whole New World (Video Version),” by Brian Saner-Lamken — 1010
“Conventional Days,” to the tune of “Arabian Nights,” by David Seidman — 1018, *250
“Mutantmaniacs,” to the tune of the Animaniacs theme, by Tom Galloway — 1069
The Love Theme from Mystery Sandman Theater 3000 by Charles Skaggs — 1074, 1076
“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” by Peter David — 1105
“Oklahoma” by Peter David — 1161
“Heroine Barbarian” (Gilbert and Sullivan spoof) by Kevin Wald — 1236
“The Theme to Kingdom Come” by Peter David — 1270
“Leetah of the Pack” to the tune of “Leader of the Pack” by Peter David — 1278
Xena: Warrior Princess theme by Peter David and Kathleen O’Shea — 1279
“Darth Maul’s Lament,” to the tune of “Yesterday,” by Jeff Morris — 1337
“Archie and the Lawyer Guys” to the tune of the Josie theme by Peter David — 1386
“Air Canada!” to the tune of “Blame Canada!” by Peter David — 1404
Bush, Gore, and Nader sing a parody of “Fugue for Tinhorns” by Peter David — 1413
“Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” tune of “Carmen Sandiego” by PAD — 1466
“The Scorpion King” and “Oy, It’s the Borg!” by Peter David — 1487, ^398
“Bin Laden and The Brain” by Peter David — 1532
“Trouble” to the tune of The Music Man’s “Trouble” by Peter David — 1549, ^265
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32. Mystery Sandman Theater 3000 and more (parodying comic book pages)
New Titans #84 by Charles Skaggs — 1076
But I Digress… the Musical by Eman K. Torre — 1090
The Pact #2 by Bob Jenson — 1114
Captain America ashcan edition by Peter David — 1193
Fighting American #1 by Peter David — 1248
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33. Guest columns
Myra David (“But She Digresses”) — 924
Shana David — 991, *231
Shana David on Casper — 1127
Corey Bond (“Mystery Movie Marquees”) — 1138
Dave Sim (“Parting Shot”) — 1181
Bill Mumy — 1350
Harlan Ellison — 1398
Gwen! David — 1440, 1454
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34. Barf bag artwork
Stimpy-Hulk, She-Hulk, and “Mind Game” — 977, *237
— Artists: Randy Zimmerman, Gordon Purcell, R.C. Harvey
Image Zombie, Franken-Hulk, and Elmer Fudd — 1008, *240-241
— Artists: Don Simpson, Dave Gibbons, Bill Neville
Neil the Horse, Mick, and the Sandman — 1016, *241-242
— Artists: Arn Saba, Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman
The Thinking Man, DC Hair Club for Men client, and Bone — 1021
— Artists: Craig Hamilton, Phillip Hester and A. Parke, Jeff Smith
Unknown villain, Dizzy Devil, Barfing Man, Fred Flintstone, Superman, the Wild Weasel, and a Vampire — *238-244
— Artists: Charles Truog, Paul Dini, Sergio Aragones, Scott Shaw, George Pérez, Rick Schmitz, Ernie Chan
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35. Other guest artwork
The But I Digress logo by Kurt Busiek — (almost all columns)
Peter as Moses by Neil Gaiman — *front cover
What the Critics Think of But I Digress by John Byrne — *back cover
Clavin and Hobbes by James Fry — 907, *250
Ariel, the Little Mermaid by Bill Neville — 933
The Little Mermaid, Flounder, and Sebastian by Richard Howell — 940, *249
The Big, Bad Mermaid by Eric Hess — 975
The “New” Superman by Milton Teruel — 991
Disney Heroines by Richard Howell — 998, *190
J.J. Sachs, the Hulk, and Spawn by George Pérez — 1042
When Heroes Clash by Kyle Baker — 1057
Mutantmaniacs by Arne Starr — 1069
Prince Charles as the Lion King by Arne Starr — 1105
Peter Offends No One by Arne Starr — 1122
Peter Continues to Offend No One by Arne Starr — 1123
Miss Oklahoma City by Frank Thorne — 1166
The Marvelcrumb Tinies by Richard Howell — 1210
The Hulk by unknown — 1272
Xena characters by Richard Howell — 1279
The Telethuggies by Mike Collins — 1296
Star Wars: Dennis the Phantom Menace trading cards by Richard Howell — 1333
Peter David as The Powerpuff Girls’ Mojo Jojo by Stephanie Gladden — 1397
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36. Random, assorted thoughts
Batman on TV, Ðìçk Tracy, New Universe, Playboy, writing for money — 876
Darkwing Duck, Star Trek, Captain America, Blackadder, Superboy, Rahne — 936
Wishes for 1992—technology, DCU, Atlantis Chron., Rescue Rangers, the Flash — 948
Call-waiting, “Son of Sam” law, the “Inniverse,” Pat Buchanan — 958
Trancers casting, Image, Mocksville, female action figures, Mardi Gras — 1012
Perelman, Cheers, Blackadder, The Maxx, “Destruction,” submitting to Tundra — 1013
SOTI, X-Men, Tony Isabella, submitting work, “Harley and Ivy” — 1014
Image cancellations, Barney, Don Thompson’s Marvel reviews — 1029
Political correctness, MST3K, Gay guy in Hulk, Oblivion — 1066
Native American names, Christmas gift suggestions — 1092
Xerox Hour, movie ratings, Tom DeFalco leaves Marvel — 1095
Jim Shooter, Ellison, Oblivion, laserdiscs, stupid instructions — 1104
B5, Disney music, Oblivion screening — 1110
Teasers for news shows, comics sales, O.J. Trial — 1112
Canadian customs officials, Space Cases scripting, Verotik — 1152
Pulp Fiction, Trekkie juror, Magic Eye posters, ban on assault weapons — 1170
AOL, Superman’s new costume, women in comics, aliens — 1211
Seinfeld, Bill Mumy, Men in Black trailer — 1229
The X-Files, Starr vs. Clinton, DVDs, being Jewish — 1268
Leonardo DiCaprio, leaving Aquaman, sexual harassment — 1269
What writers owe fans, The Ten Commandments and Thunderdome, Kevin Smith — 1276
The X-Files, the Holocaust, movie marquees — 1289
Community theater, public school, convention schedule, comics on TV — 1374
X-Men, Andy Kaufman, Rocky and Bullwinkle, “Blame Canada” — 1378
DVD coding, West Wing — 1435
Blackadder on DVD, Planet of the Apes, Tomb Raider, Sir Apropos of Nothing — 1444
Errors in BID, Smallville, Peter’s proposal for Marvel Heroes one-shot — 1462
Legends of Tarzan, Biggs Darklighter, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — 1466
Farscape cancellation, death of Mr. Rogers, “Bin Laden and the Brain” — 1532
Saddam & bin Laden comic book, No Marvel display @ San Diego, Pirates movie — 1553
Mark Hamill’s play; reviews of Alias, Smallville, Angel, West Wing; Cubs playoffs — 1565
Peter’s last thoughts for the night, editing the world, when JFK was shot — 1571
McFarlane/Twist case / Football predictions / Internet quizzes / Pete Rose’s book — 1577
Ernie on Play with Me Sesame / Hidalgo’s basis in fact / Howard Stern and the FCC — 1585
House TV show is based on Sherlock Holmes — 1618, ^362
Blog reprints: Death of Captain America, The Lost Tomb of Jesus — 1630
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37. Miscellaneous columns
1990 Major League Baseball Playoffs (New York Mets) — 884
The Simpsons: Bart as a dysfunctional learner — 888
Buying animation cels — 895
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / violence in kid’s shows — 909, *198
Rape “victim” vs. “survivor” — 929
Boy vs. girl toys — 944, *200
Peter talks to kids at school — 959, *151
Batman: The Animated Series — 967
Homosexuality (Gay = cretin??) — 969, *206
Sesame Street (and the Youngblood generation) — 973, *208
A Christmas Carol: an analysis of Scrooge — 1001, *191
The death of Brandon Lee (The Crow shooting) — 1015, *211
What’s so bad about Barney? — 1029
Peter refutes “A Letter from Peter David” in Comics Journal — 1060
Unlikely couples (Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett, Lisa Marie & Michael, etc.) — 1082
Movie ratings — 1089, 1095
Time travel — 1093
Stupid instructions contest — 1104-1105, 1117-1118, 1120
Shopping for Pocahontas merchandise — 1131
The Butchering of a Language — 1137
Why heaven is hotter than hëll — 1137
Movie remakes — 1146
Pocahontas: Hide and Squeak Meeko book recall — 1161
Correspondence between a hotel and its guest — 1173
Certificates of authenticity — 1178
Red Dwarf — 1183
Audience reactions at William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — 1205
Wallace & Gromit toys — 1215
Everybody vs. everybody contest — 1215, 1225-1227
Things that drive Peter nuts (DVDs, MST3K, Oscars) — 1223
Captain Kangaroo — 1232
“Application for permission to date my daughter” — 1236
Moral irresponsibilty in Hercules — 1237
Myths and archetypes — 1239-1240
Jokes — 1245, 1247
Scooby Doo and friends meet Hamlet by Mike Schiffer — 1254
James Bond movies and novels — 1257
Seduction of the Innocent: the band (and Shaun Cassidy) — 1267
The Cartoon Laws of Physics, author unknown — 1270
South Park’s Cartman as Spider-Man — 1277
Remaking Superman II — 1280
Ageism — 1295
Beanie Babies and Teletubbies — 1296
Peter apologizes for everything — 1298
I Hate Superman kid’s book review — 1303
Courageous Cat cartoon series — 1308
The Bureau of Overthinking Things — 1311
Space Ghost and Nexus — 1318
Picking the best Incredible Hulk TV episodes — 1327, 1376-1377
The “Aw, C’mon!” Awards — 1330
Li’l Abner, Al Capp, and political correctness — 1336
A review of reality — 1343
Body dimorphism (in comics and action figures) — 1357-1358
What pros owe fans — 1368, 1482
“The Spider-House Rules” — 1378
Peter’s friends in the comics industry (Busiek, Dini, Jurgens, Riggs, Kesel) — 1383
K-Lee’s notebook (stupid things high school kids say) — 1385
Gladiator’s basis in historical fact — 1385
A review of Survivor and other ‘reality’ TV shows — 1391
A review of Julie Schwartz’s autobiography Man of Two Worlds — 1393
Spider-Man: organic webshooters in the upcoming movie — 1399
Review of book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay by Michael Chabon — 1411
What it means to be a “supergirl” — 1416
“How the Grynch Stole Fandom” (fandom.com allegory) — 1418
Walter Koenig is looking for Fawcett comics cards — 1421
Peter on the set of the Spider-Man movie — 1442
Review of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods novel — 1445
Review of Smallville series premiere — 1458
Spam e-mails of the Marvel universe — 1483, ^403
The 2002 Academy Awards (Oscars) — 1484
Akiva Goldsman (Batman and Robin screenwriter)—his awards and criticisms — 1486, ^235
The Lone Gunmen pilot episode foreshadowing Sept. 11 attacks on WTC — 1493
How the Hulk would solve real-world problems by Meryl Yourish — 1493
The Simpsons: In the Flesh live show — 1500
Review of Comic Wars book — 1494
Predictions for season seven of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — 1510
Peter’s ideas for Buffy, Angel, Smallville, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Alias — 1516
Musicals: Dance of the Vampires, Man of La Mancha, and… Batman!?! — 1518
Naughty kid’s toys (“What were they thinking!?!”) — 1526
South Park parody of Crossing Over with John Edward — 1528
Differences between reviews and critiques — 1542
Hints of homosexuality in The Lone Ranger, Shane, and G.I. Joe — 1543
The end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — 1544, ^229
Schadenfreude: fans taking malicious joy in Hulk’s less-than-stellar box office — 1551
DVD releases Peter wants to see (Hill Street Blues, Green Hornet, Diver Dan) — 1559
Hate mail from “fans” — 1605, ^320, 1607, ^325
Review: The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion — 1608, ^297
Role-playing games (RPGs) — 1613, ^371
Gender inequality in movies and comics — 1623, ^85
The death of George Reeves (Hollywoodland, The Adventures of Superman) — 1624
The BID Cell program (brainstorming terrorist attack scenarios) — 1626, ^292
“Back in ‘the day’”: Stan Lee, 1986 NL championship playoffs, Carol Kalish — 1627, ^268
Going to movie screenings-ROTJ, Blade Runner, Batman, Daredevil, Ghost Rider — 1629, ^277
Fans claim PAD hates: Byrne, McFarlane, Image, the internet, Catholics, critics — 1639
Grammar police: words and phrases that annoy PAD: awesome, free rein, elitist — 1644, ^216
Peter visits Toy Fair 2009 — 1653
Predicting the quality of a movie based on advance leaks / scripts (Wolverine, Rocketeer, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) — 1655
Fanfail: some fans’ inappropriate sense of entitlement — 1659
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