The world Peter David leaves behind is a webbed one. Like Spider-Man, whom he wrote for several years, Peter spun a web trapping unsuspecting people, until we all found how connected we were to one another. Social media is filled, since news broke of his dying in his sleep Saturday night, with stories and anecdotes, […]
The sale of Diamond Comic Distributors this week is another seismic shift in the comic book industry. I have already seen a former DC Comics colleague, Rich Johnson, announce his firing. Two other good frieds remain employed—for now. It reminded me of my brief time working closely alongside Diamond while I was on staff at […]
I was at Farpoint this weekend and awoke Sunday to discover the news I had expected. The world lost KC Carlson on Saturday night. KC died from a combination of cancer and Alzheimer’s so my first thought was that he was finally no longer in pain and was at peace. The second thought was that […]
Farpoint celebrates its 32nd anniversary with a con running this weekend. It is once again at the DoubleTree Hotel in Pikesville, MD and, of course, I will be on hand. Given my high school commitments, I couldn’t be on Friday programming but will be there to help set up the Crazy 8 Press table. On […]
2024 was a year without a major project on my To Do list. Part of that was because no one was asking for a major project and also, I had mentally reserved the summer to write something for myself. But, I think I put too much pressure on myself to do something grand this past […]
This is most definitely my most productive year of reading, and the main reason is not that I had more time, but as a Ringo Awards judge, I had 647 submissions to wade through, and I found out that I read more of them cover to cover than I suppose might have been wise. In […]
2024 was packed and, therefore, exhausting. That sums it up, so you can stop here if you’re not interested. For whatever reason, circumstances conspired to make this a very busy year, gaining momentum by the month and then the week. It all ground to a halt on Christmas Day, and we welcomed a day to […]
DC and I parted company in January 2006, and that spring, writer/editor Lee Nordling reached out to me. As part of The Pack, a group of freelancers he collaborated with, he’d begun working with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s Platinum Studios. He wanted to know if I was interested in doing some freelance editing for them, and […]
I love the Baltimore Comic-Con, a show that puts its love of all things comics ahead of all things media. It’s a great chance to catch up with peers and friends while keeping my eye out for the next great thing. As always, I will be a panel moderator while wandering the aisles and visiting […]
Teachers reported back on August 20, and it was as if we hadn’t been apart for ten weeks. The newcomers were warmly welcomed, and we spent the off-site session focusing a lot on our students’ mental state. We hadn’t discussed this previously, and it was welcome, unintentionally echoed by the priest during the mass that […]