Peter David's Blog, page 106

Who's the King? (Or, NOW is the winter of our discontent)

Reps for the National Organization of Women are protesting the Newsweek cover with Michele Bachmann describing her as the "Queen of Rage," demanding to know who has ever designated a man as the King of Rage. This is a valid question. Sting is the King of Pain. Ozzie is the King of Darkness. But the [...]

What'cha Wanna Know?

We haven't done a general Q&A thread in a while. Feel free to ask about any upcoming projects, general comics questions, etc. One question per person, please. PAD

Drawing the Line

Originally published October 6, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1142 Where do you draw the line? There are comics out there that turn your stomach, curl your hair. Comics with subject matter so repugnant, so vile, that you wonder how anyone could think it? How could anyone write it? God help us, how could anyone [...]

This is a new one on me

I've become used to the typical reasons that hostility is aimed at me. The guys who assail me because I have different political beliefs from them (including those who actually write to Marvel trying to get me fired because they didn't like something I wrote on this blog). Or the guys who love to weigh [...]

I Wonder What Glenn Beck Will Say

When someone points out to him that a new video game later this year, "Spider-Man: Edge of Time" features a future Spider-Man who is ALSO half Latino. I wonder if he'll try to hang that on either the Obamas or some evil liberal mindset. One can only guess what the reception to Miguel O'Hara would [...]

Comics review: Sandman

Originally published September 15, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1139 At a recent convention, a fan asked me what comics I like to read. I mentioned the usual: Sandman, Cerebus, The Maxx, Sin City, Bone… But I don't think he heard me past the first one, because he said, "Sandman?" I said, "Yeah." And he [...]

So now that he's turned 50

Two questions come to mind when considering that the President has hit the big half century mark: 1) Obama can look forward to that joyful procedure that everyone who lives that long gets to endure: his very first colonoscopy. Will that be appreciably different from dealing with Congress? 2) Based on what is now known, [...]

"Cowboys and Aliens"–I'm Not Sure What Fans Want

So I went to see C&A last night. What fascinated me was the response of the handful of people in the audience–and I mean four, maybe five people–as they sauntered out while the credits rolled. "That sucked." "What a waste of money." I don't get it. It was a perfectly entertaining two hour diversion. It's [...]

Mystery Movie Marquees

Originally published September 8, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1138 If you look up the word "hectic" in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of this past week. In order to make my life simpler, I have a sort of "guest column" here by Corey Bond in Lake Charles, La. Corey was prompted by the [...]

I've been trying to figure out why Michele Bachmann looks familiar to me

I'd see pictures of her and there was just something about her that I could swear I've seen before. And it's finally come to me. I've seen a number of productions of "Man of La Mancha" (not counting the ones I've actually been in). And one year I saw it at Goodspeed Opera House in [...]