Peter David's Blog, page 134

Stash Wednesday Special Edition

Haven't done one of these in a while, but I wanted to give you a heads up that, aside from X-Factor #210 being out, there's also a "Ghostbusters" Halloween one shot that was co-written by myself and Kathleen (although for some reason her name wasn't listed on the credits.)
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God Help Me, I Watched "The View" Yesterday

I am so NOT the target audience for the weekday morning chatfest (although my mother adores it), but I had to tune in in order to see the aftermath of last week's blow-up.  Nothing was really solved during it:  The women reiterated their positions and the only thing they all agreed upon was that it [...]

Hope You're All Watching "Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated!" right now

The new episode, airing 7 PM EST on Cartoon Network, is entitled "The Shrieking Madness."  And it guest stars Harlan Ellison in the role he was born to play:  "Harlan Ellison."  Who, as it turns out, is Velma's favorite author.  Plus so far I've counted one "Galaxy Quest" in-joke.
If you are somehow missing it, it's [...]

Current Events

Originally published February 4, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1055
I have absolutely no idea where this is a nationwide problem or not.
I suddenly noticed that my kids don't have "Current Events" homework anymore. That, indeed, Current Events seems to have vanished from the local curriculum.
You remember Current Events. Once a week–sometimes every day, if you [...]

The Latest Cablevision Dispute

Remember when I was furious because Cablevision and ABC had a falling out and we wound up going to a hotel so we could watch the Oscars?
Well, the latest round is Fox pulling its line-up of programming because Cablevision didn't want to increase their payout to Fox from $70 million to $150 million.
This time, though, [...]

"Tower Prep"

A terrific new live action series by Paul Dini called "Tower Prep" will be debuting this Tuesday on Cartoon Network.  To give it the ten word pitch, it's like "The Prisoner" but in high school.  In the interests of full disclosure, Paul's a friend and he showed me the pilot months ago; that doesn't detract [...]

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm review

Originally published January 28, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1054
Many moons ago, the folks at Warners Animation decided that they were going to produce a straight-to-video movie version of the popular Batman: The Animated Series. And then, somewhere along the way, they must have figured: What the hell. Let's put a few bucks into it [...]

New York Comic Con: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good: My table in Artist's Alley was well positioned and I had a chance to see lots of folks who frequent this site, not to mention a number of old friends and even some REALLY old friends.  The separate signings that I had were well attended, although I hold no illusions that people were [...]

My First Episode of "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien"

I've written three episodes of "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien," and the first of them will be airing this Friday, October 15, at 7:30 PM EST on Cartoon Network.  Title is "Reflected Glory."  Be sure to tune in.
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PAD vs. PC

Originally published January 21, 1994, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1053
I'm writing this two days after the holidays, suffering from (and I mean suffering) a head cold and fever. So we're gonna keep it simple this go-around. Not too much heavy-duty thinking, because it'll make my head hurt more than it already does.

A few weeks back [...]