You may have heard the Downing Street memo mentioned once or twice, in passing, if you watch the news in America. Its significance, however, is rarely discussed by our so-called “liberal media.” The “memo” actually consists of meeting minutes transcribed during the British Prime Minister’s meeting on July 23, 2002. It leaves very little doubt […]
Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary tale. This is the first *truly* intriguing piece of computer news I’ve read in years: From John Dvorak’s PC Magazine column: Today’s announcement that Apple will be phasing itself to the Intel architecture comes as no surprise to this writer since it’s simply a smart move. […]
To be explained in December.
Previously, we learned that… DC Comics has picked up Hard Time for a second “season” of twelves issues. Hard Time will return under the DC bullet, now that the “Focus” imprint has been discontinued. Brian Hurtt will be back as penciller. Steve Bird, who inked Hard Time #12, will return as embellisher. Mary Skrenes, who […]
You have to love a site that calls itself “We Ain’t Cool.” I have to love a site called “We Ain’t Cool” that runs a review of the Foolkiller maxi-series that’s as dead-on as this one is, even in its less-than-flattering moments. You can probably find Foolkiller in the quarter bins at your local comics […]
I’ve just been working on a couple of longish posts about the *Omega* flap and *Hard Time – Season 2*. I’ll be posting both in the next day or two.
The conservative journal *Human Events* ran this list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. A certain worldview begins to emerge, oh, around number four.
The new *Giant-Size Marvel* trade paperback reprints “Too Cold a Night for Dying”, originally published in *Giant-Size Defenders* #4. It’s one of my favorite Defenders yarns, featuring some beautiful artwork by Don Heck. (Yes, I just used the words “beautiful” and “Heck” in the same sentence. Don’s work has been vastly underrated. His style and […]
The interactive bibliography on my website is up and running again. My thanks to the programmer.
It’s been somewhat of a trying day, so forgive me if I keep this short. *Back Issue* #12, published by TwoMorrows, includes a brief interview with yours truly about Destroyer Duck. Because the universe is, at its heart, deeply perverse, this issue of the magazine is built around an “extreme makeovers†theme and covers revamps […]