An interesting little discussion of the upcoming DOCTOR FATE book is taking place on The Comic Bloc Forums. You may need to register on the site to reach this thread. If so, it’s worth the effort. A number of the more provocative writers in comics seem to frequent these forums.

Substantially increased output. I’ve figured out how to do it. Now it just needs to be done. Pay no attention to the strange man talking to himself.

James Brown, doing “Prisoner of Love” and “Please Please Please”, from the TAMI (Teen-Age Music International) Show, 1964. Although I’d heard his music earlier, this film was the first time I’d ever *seen* James Brown perform. It’s not the sort of thing you forget easily, even after 43 years.

Nice, huh? Click the image to see a larger version. IMAGE DELETED There’s also going to be a variant cover by Gene Ha.

Happy holidays.

The script I’ve been working on is finished at last. I’m back on “vampire” hours — awake all night, asleep during the day — but I don’t even care. I got the work done. That’s all that matters right now. In the next few days, I hope to do some more substantive posting here, on […]

Making the circuit of doctors again and trying to finish a script that should have been done — well, never mind how long ago. Gotta go.

Marvel has released THE ESSENTIAL MAN-THING Volume 1 and THE ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS Volume 2. Both titles would be comprised largely of my work, and the stories are some of my very favorites from the ’70s. I’ve added Amazon links to both titles in the sidebar at the right. If you purchase the books through these […]

Back from the hospital. When the doctor went in to insert Stent No. 3, he discoved a tear in the artery that could have come open at any time, rendering me, uhm, well, lifeless. He wound up inserting three stents rather than one. Apparently the strategy worked, as I’m still alive to type this. I […]

The cat seems better. Tomorrow I go to the hospital to have the the third stent inserted, as explained in this prior post. This one is a little more complicated than the first two, because there are branches off the artery. There’s a small chance — about 10% — that as the stent is inserted, […]