Peter David's Blog, page 116

Some Final (For Now) Thoughts on the Past 24 Hours

1) White House counterterror chief John Brennan called Obama's decision to green-light the raid "one of the most gutsiest calls of any President in recent memory." Now while I agree that Obama was showing incredible nerve going all-in on his presidency with this attack (had it crashed and burned, the parallels to Carter's failed rescue [...]

This Just in: Bin Laden dead; Obama Conspiracists Demand to See Long Form Death Certificate

Obama critics were reportedly "overjoyed" to learn that a brand new subject to disbelieve President Obama over has presented itself with the "alleged death" of Osama bin Laden. "How convenient," said leading conspiracist Ida Noh, "that bin Laden's alleged body was allegedly buried at sea. Where's the body for inspection and identification? Where is the [...]

Background on "Prisoner Number 775 is Missing"

Anyone who watched the episode of "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" last night (and I'm warning you right now, I'll delete any comment to the effect of "Gee, was that on? Why didn't you give us a heads up?" just on principle) watched an example of Dwayne McDuffie's social conscience in action. More after the break. [...]

Somewhere, Obama is Breathing a Sigh of Relief

Because now the news media gets to obsess over an even MORE pointless citizenship story than his place of birth. In Superman #900, in a back-up story, Superman renounces his American citizenship. And news media from coast to coast went completely bat guano. Why do I have a feeling that, when President Obama said the [...]

A Mash-Up I'd Love to See

I'm no good at putting these kinds of things together. So I toss the idea out there, in case no one has done it already: Intercut the little girl and reaction shots from "Adventures in Babysitting" with footage from the trailer for "Thor." PAD

TV news, comics, and trials

Originally published March 10, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1112 Some random, assorted thoughts: * * * You know what I really hate? Teasers for TV news shows. I don't mean the kind where they say something like, "Mayor convicted in three-way money-laundering scandal," which is the equivalent of headlines running around the side of [...]

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

As a final reminder, tonight is my next episode of "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien." Airing at 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Cartoon Network, it's entitled, "Prisoner 775 is Missing." I should mention that the basic concept for the story was something that the late, great Dwayne McDuffie came up with. He wanted to use science [...]

Desperately Seeking Sherman

To be specific, Josepha Sherman, a Connecticut-based writer, hasn't been heard from in some months and various friends are becoming concerned. Her e-mailbox is overflowing and bouncing back mail, no phone numbers for her work, and she hasn't posted on her Facebook page since last October. If anyone has direct contact with her, please have [...]

So the President Released his Birth Certificate

Not sure what the point was. Because I'm sure you can clock with an egg-timer how long you'll see the following two talking points: 1) Why did he wait so long? 2) How do we know it's not a forgery? The people who think the whole birther thing is idiotic don't require it to be [...]

More Advance Notices

My novelet, "Bronsky's Dates With Death," will be running in the July/August issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction." Also, second reminder: My next episode of "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" entitled "Prisoner 775 is Missing" airs this Friday, 7:30 PM EST. PAD