Peter David's Blog, page 122

It's About Time

I've said for years that President Obama doesn't really have a problem with gay marriage, and the recent announcement that he's finally come to believe that the anti-gay marriage aspect of the DOMA is unconstitutional would seem to reinforce that. At the VERY least he's acknowledging that marriage isn't the business of government, which is [...]

DAMMIT

I never wanted to believe something was an Internet hoax more than when a morose Kathleen informed me that Dwayne McDuffie had passed away. I've known him literally for decades, going back to his days as an assistant editor at Marvel. I loved his work on "Damage Control," which I always thought was inspired and [...]

Comic review: Our Cancer Year

Originally published November 4, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1094 We lie to our children practically every day. When they come to us, whispering their fears, afraid of shadows, afraid of the unknown, we cradle them in our arms, rock them lightly back and forth, and coo repeatedly, "Don't worry. Everything is going to be [...]

So Let's See if I've Got This Straight

The House Republicans voted to defund Planned Parenthood. And they voted to choke off funding for Health Care. So they don't want to do anything to help with birth control…and if you have a child, you're on your own. Perfect. PAD

Lousy reviews for "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark." Show is doomed.

Well, that's that. Once again "Spider-Man" makes front page headlines, this time for getting lousy reviews. Because whenever a show gets lousy reviews, naturally that's front page news. Particularly cited are the scathing comments from Ben Brantley of the New York Times. This, of course, spells the end. Nothing can possibly survive being shredded like [...]

Movie review: Timecop

Originally published October 28, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1093 There are many theories about time travel and the effect that such theoretical activity might have on the world around us. Let's say you're a time traveler, and you go into the past and change things. What effect will that change have? Well, maybe: 1) [...]

Am I the Only One Getting Annoyed by the Jeopardy Challenge?

For those not watching it, it was billed as a three day battle between man and machine:  Two champions (Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter) square off against an IBM-created supercomputer called Watson that's supposed to be better, smarter and faster than any human. Except that's not what I've been watching.  I've been watching an extended [...]

Christmas in February

Originally published October 21, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1092 Assorted stuff: * * * I never know what's going to get a reaction from one week to the next. But one of the biggest reactions I got was when I blew off Native American concerns over Peter Pan. Some people seem to regard me [...]

Caroline's Writing Instincts

Caroline's been watching the old "Batman" TV series on the Hub. She's only a year or so younger than I was when I was watching it the first time around, so it's been interesting to see it from her point of view. I have to tell you, her POV is way more advanced than mine [...]

My Daughter's Reaction to the Situation in Egypt

And then the people shouted "Let my Egyptians go!!" And the ruler, not wanting to make the same mistake twice, stepped down and let it be so. I am so hoping I don't have to eat more matzoh because of this. –Ariel David