Peter David's Blog, page 108

Comic Con, Day -1

Arrived at JFK and the line for the security check in was insane. Absolutely insane. Even the TSA people were saying to each other that they'd never seen anything like it. I, of course, had: at Comic Con. Apparently JFK was a warm-up. Fortunately I got there early enough that I was able to make [...]

Two Things That Made Me Laugh Recently

1) The announcement that the marriage of Superman and Lois Lane "never happened" as a result of the relaunch. Noooo, it's not a reboot at all. 2) Every time you think Fox News can't sink any lower into the realm of partisanship and inaccuracy, they surprise you. Fox News host Eric Bolling, on the Glenn [...]

My Schedule for the San Diego Convention

I'll update it as time allows. Thursday—4:00-5:00 signing, Marvel Booth #2329 Thursday—6:00-7:00, X-Men Gay/Lesbian panel, Room 32AB Friday—10:00 – 11:30, the Black Panel, Room 5Ab Friday—12:30-1:30, X-Men Panel, room 6DE Friday—5-00-6:00, Media Tie-In Writers, room 4 Saturday—10:00-11:30, Activision panel, Room 5AB Saturday—12:30-1:30, Marvel game panel, 6A Saturday—3:00-4:00 PM, Activision signing Saturday—5:00-6:00 PM, Signing Marvel Booth [...]

John Carter: Worlds of Mars

I have a new limited series coming out from Marvel that's a prequel to the Disney "John Carter" film. You can read an interview here. PAD

A Comic Crisis Flashpoint

Originally published August 11, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1134 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. —Ralph Waldo Emerson One never knows what's going to get reactions out of people. I've written any number [...]

Carmageddon? Seriously?

A section of the 405 in LA is being shut down for the weekend and the media is going bugnuts about it? Is that what we've come to? Hey, LA–it's the weekend. Stay home. How hard IS this? If you have a job that's on the weekend and you absolutely can't take off, see if [...]

"The Battle of Hogwarts" (because I just love parodying "The Streets of Laredo")

As I walked out in the Battle of Hogwarts As I walked out into battle that night With Death Eaters coming, all led by Lord Voldemort A guy with no nose who was spoiling to fight. I said to myself, "Bloody Hell, this is wicked I'll get myself gone, this is getting too big. I [...]

If You've Been Waiting for the POD version of "The Camelot Papers" to hit Amazon…

Wait no longer. You can now purchase either the eBook version or the paperback through the same site. PAD

Movie review: Judge Dredd

Originally published August 4, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1133 The streets of Mega-City One are ablaze with a citizen riot. The repressed lower class rails against a society where law and order no longer serves and protects, but oppresses and strangles. Two peace officers—"Judges" by name and trade—are pinned down by overhead fire. They [...]

So I DID Include It!

So a while back Jay Tea challenged me to include the phrase "earth-shattering ka-boom" into the Transformers novelization, and I agreed to take him up on it. As is typical with me, I don't retain knowledge of these sorts of things for lengthy periods of time. (People routinely thank me for putting their names into [...]