Archive for March, 2006

Superheroes & Me

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Happened to catch a rerun of a 2001 episode of This American Life entitled Superpowers on the local NPR station last Friday. It makes an interesting jumping-off point for a discussion I’m determined to have with myself on this blog, regardless of whether any of you are especially interested. (Yes, it’s the latest in a […]

WB Censors Its Own Drama for Fear of F.C.C. Fines – New York Times

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

WB Censors Its Own Drama for Fear of F.C.C. Fines – New York Times (Registration on the New York Times site is required to read this article. It’s free.) President Prissy-Poo and his FCC — I’ll refer to them collectively as “Friends of Jesus’s Loin Cloth” in the future — have now taken the chilling […]

The Last of Six

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Just finished the dialogue script for Hard Time: Season 2 #6. It’s a deadly serious turning point for Ethan — his last such, I guess — and one of the funniest stories I’ve worked on in years. I think Mary feels the same way. We loved this issue.  Here’s hoping you folks can deal with […]

Hard Time Ends With Issue 7

Monday, March 13th, 2006

If you’ve seen the latest Previews, you already know Hard Time: Season 2 has been cancelled. Mary and I are currently finishing work on issues 6 and 7. I’ll have a lot more to say on the subject in the next couple of days, but I want to make one thing absolutely clear right now: […]