I can’t sing anymore. My voice cracks. I can’t stay on key. I can’t carry a tune. I can’t sustain a note. I was never what you (or anyone else) would call a great singer. Even “good” would probably have been a stretch. On the right song, though, there was a time when I could […]
For those who haven’t yet seen it on Newsarama, here’s the Justiniano cover of COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #1, the new dual-feature title that will star Doctor Fate and Eclipso. Although it symbolically portrays Doctor Fate’s tower and amulet, we won’t be seeing either of those two things in the actual story for quite awhile. As […]
I’m told DC will be making its announcement about Doctor Fate today at the convention in Philadelphia. At least a couple of the news sites will be covering it, and we can discuss it here after it’s all official.
I think something may have been jarred loose Saturday night, including a couple of long-held and erroneous preconceptions about my very own self. We’ll see… My sincerest thanks to the individual responsible.
When the creative juices get gummy and won’t flow, it’s time to think about something else. Therefore, it’s time to think about something else — cleaning the house again, maybe. The carpets need vacuuming. The kitchen needs sandblasting. *Les toilets* need Ti-D-Bowl or the equivalent. Mayhap in the pedestrian doth poetry abide…
Its song of origin (“Goodnight Vienna”) isn’t much, but that line is one of my all-time favorite John Lennon lyrics. I’m about to burrow deeply into the next *Doctor Fate* script, and it may be a week or so before I resurface, but I wanted to get that post about my health out of the […]
Got new glasses yesterday. I can now read what I’m typing here. I’m hoping this will make work go faster. Also got a new vacuum cleaner yesterday and spent hours sucking up dust, debris, cat hair, cat litter, and, probably, the remains of ancient submicroscopic civilizations hidden in the carpet. My burning ambition now is […]
VIDEO DELETED Mark Evanier posted this clip of Ernie Kovacs’ famous “Nairobi Trio” on his blog a few months ago. I meant to link to it then, but forgot. For some reason, now seems like the right moment. The clip is both self-explanatory and unexplainable. It’s much funnier than its gag, much funnier than the […]
Okay, here’s what I know: *Doctor Fate* will become the lead feature in a new, ongoing dual-feature title, along the lines of the current TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED. This new book will have the word “Countdown” in its name, but crossover-phobes need not panic. These are the same full-length stories, without alteration, that were slated […]
Got some news from DC this morning regarding their plans for publishing the Doctor Fate material. There are still some details left to be decided, but I generally agree with what they have in mind. I’ll pass it along as soon as things are settled.