Peter David's Blog, page 141

Image, Barney, and more

Originally published August 6, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1029
This and that…
A number of people told me that the abrupt change in tone in the last of my Romanian columns–where gypsy children and misery and want abruptly intruded on fun–caught them totally off guard and left them sick.
Well, now you know how I felt.
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Prop 8 Overturned. Earth still doesn't open up and swallow sinful gay couples.

You know, I seem to remember months ago wondering how in the world Prop 8 wasn't in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Today a San Francisco judge ruled that Prop 8 was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Didn't see THAT coming.
Just imagine: All we need now is for a pair of same sex [...:]

We Need To Put the Statue of Liberty up on ebay

Because apparently we're losing sight of this whole "Huddled masses yearning to be free" thing.
We've got Arizona going rogue, targeting people who–let's face it–don't look like they should be here. There's a lunatic ex-governor from Alaska who is challenging the male anatomy of the president of the United States because he's more [...:]

I'm *sniff* so proud

My little girl has slain her first dragon.
Caroline, entirely on her own, played through "Dragon's Lair" on Kathleen's iPad. Okay, not entirely. She needed me to navigate the battle against the Chessboard Knight. Other than that, it was all her. She went all the way through to the Lair, slew the [...:]

On the current Neil/Todd dust-up

With the latest court rulings once again going against Todd, I an once more struck by how unnecessary this all is. All Todd needed to do was keep his initial promises to Neil. In a company that was founded on the basis of honoring creator rights, I would have to say–to use "Dark [...:]

Jurassic Review

Originally published July 30, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1028
I suppose it will not matter one whit if I say that Jurassic Park is a lousy movie.
And indeed, this may be undercut by my follow-up statement of that I've seen it three times. Yet, in fact, there is nothing contradictory about this notion at [...:]

Obama on "The View"

So the same pundits who attack Obama for allegedly being standoffish and out of touch with rank and file Americans are attacking him for appearing on "The View," which is arguably the ultimate in populist fare and adored by millions of rank and file Americans. Whereas if "The View" had invited him and Obama [...:]

Bay Watch concluded

Jason Bay was put on the 15-day disabled list.
Who had July 30th?
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The Con Game

Originally published July 23, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1027
I am about to tell you the shocking secret of The Con Game. Please do not tell anyone else, since you wouldn't want to ruin it for them.
The Con Game occurred at the recent Great Eastern Convention in New York. Last time I wrote about [...:]

Old Business

First: Back in March, in regards to "Psych," I wrote:
I happened to stumble over the information that Dule Hill is an accomplished tap dancer. They should totally work that into an episode next season.
Last week's episode, "Feet Don't Kill Me Now" was a showcase for Dule Hill's tap dancing skills.
Second: [...:]