Peter David's Blog, page 130

Cowboy Pete Watches A Damn Fine Episode of "Psych"

I'm not sure what kind of mind says, "Let's do an hour-long parody of a twenty-year old short lived cult series that the majority of the 18-to-34 audience for our series never saw." But apparently that's who's running "Psych," and God bless 'em.
Last Wednesday saw the debut of "Dual Spires," in which heroes Sean [...]

Homicidal Heroes, Part 1

Originally published May 20, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1070
One of the questions you hear a lot these days is "When did it become 'all right' for heroes to kill?"
The answer, of course, is… well… always.
People look at the comic book heroes who are homicidal, and they point quivering and angry fingers, and declare that [...]

Note the Lack of Corner

Yes, that's Jennifer Grey and me at the "Disney Epic Mickey" launch. She is not seated in the corner. Just sayin'.
In case you're wondering, I'm holding up a print-out of my blog entry from September 12 in which I asserted that she was the main story for DWtS and was being largely ignored [...]

Epic Mickey Launch Tomorrow

Yes, I will be attending the big launch party for "Epic Mickey" tomorrow morning at the Disney Store in Times Square. Since I wrote the Digicomics and the graphic novel adaptation, naturally I have a vested interest.
Major guests include game creator Warren Spector and–since Disney owns ABC–"Dancing With the Stars" Kyle Massey and…yes…Jennifer Grey. [...]

The Mutantmaniacs

Originally published May 13, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1069
The strange things that come about on computer nets.
On Usenet, speculation was rife that Marvel's mutant books would reveal the existence of a third Summers brother, to join Scott (Cyclops) and Alex (Havok) Summers. A joke was subsequently made that perhaps the new sibling might actually [...]

Press release about upcoming appearance

COMIC LEGEND PETER DAVID ALLIES WITH BORDERS ON WORLD AIDS DAY
Special Penn Plaza Store Appearance Benefits Lifebeat – Music Fights HIV
New York, NY – Legendary comic book author Peter David will be signing copies of graphic novels and trade paperback comics on Wednesday, December 1, at 7:30 PM at Borders in Midtown (2 Penn Plaza). [...]

Since You Guys Like to Get a Heads-Up About Things…

Tonight on "60 Minutes" they're doing a piece about the upcoming much-discussed, much-maligned, and possibly hazardous Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn On the Funk," or whatever it's called. I don't have anything to do with the show, and apparently director Julie Taymor states that they released info about Swiss Miss just to mess with [...]

Young Justice

Aired tonight at 7 PM, EST, on Cartoon Network. I loved it. Then again, I'm biased.
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Self Help

Originally published May 6, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1068
Time to kill two birds with one stone, as they say (although I should emphasize that no animals have actually been injured in the making of this column.)
Several readers called to my attention, with some alarm, the April issue of Self magazine, a so-called women's magazine [...]

A Happy Thanksgiving

To all those inclined to have one.
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