*Hard Time Season 2* #1 will hit the stores this week. IMAGE DELETED Please feel free to post comments here. Incidentally, *Hard Time* artist Brian Hurtt has a new blog that’s worth checking out.

Last night, I received this comment from reader KShane: Just a comment from another fan of your work that enjoys your blog. Thought you might want to see this Howard-related news article. Right comic, wrong cover. … That’s some heavy company. Thanks, K. Aside: I’m always flabbergasted when an article refers to me as a […]

Just a note to wish everyone well for this week’s holiday. I’m still dealing with some health issues which, obviously, have limited my energy for blogging (to almost nothing). Nevertheless, I cling stubbornly to life — or it to me, I’m not sure — and work on *Hard Time: Season 2* continues to progress. The […]

Just a quick note to let all of you know I’m still alive. I’ve been bogged down with work and with some continuing health issues, which is why I haven’t been posting to the blog. I hope to get back to this soon. I miss it, and I miss the interaction with you folks.

…but I wanted to thank everyone for their comments on the “focus group” post and let you know that work on *Hard Time Season 2* is, despite a barrage of distractions, continuing apace. Mary and I finished the plot for #6 a few days ago, and it turned out to be every bit as bizarre […]

My friend Taylor Grant sent me the following email this afternoon: Go to Google.com. Type in the word “failure.” Instead of clicking “Google search,” click “I’m feeling lucky.” Somebody deserves a medal at Google. Try this quick. I doubt it’ll be working much longer.

Three questions regarding a potential new project: 1. Could you, as a comic book reader, accept a new character that came from the planet Krypton, if this character had left or been taken from that world long before it blew up? (By “long,” I mean thousands of years.) 2. Could you, as a comic book […]

*Hard Time Season 2* #1 is slated to be a *Wizard* featured pick for December/January. Diamond Comics Distributors has also given the book a nice write-up on its website. And although I haven’t seen it, I’m told DC took a full-page ad for the book in *Previews*, as well. (Can anyone provide a scan I […]

Interesting article, and reasonably objective. You’ll need to register (free) for the *L.A. Times* online edition, if you haven’t already.

Yeah, I’ve been quiet lately, mostly because there’s been a lot to be quiet about. I’ve also been cryptic lately, because etc., etc., etc. Work on Hard Time continues, as does research on the future DC project, which remains just shy of 100% “go” status. More to follow, when there’s less to be quiet about.