Peter David's Blog, page 145

Even More Random Stuff

Originally published April 23, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1014
More miscellaneous stuff:

Recently announced, confirmed, and hotly anticipated: the triumphant return of Seduction of the Innocent, at Oakland's Wondercon. Huzzah for the folks at Wondercon for cajoling the group back together.
Still, as supportive as Wondercon has been—
San Diego, with the larger and more intense turnout, [...:]

Happy Birthday to Sheila

Sheila O'Shea is an occasional contributor to this site and also happens to be my sister-in-law. Today's her birthday and I didn't have a chance to get her anything, so this attempted helpful posting is my gift: Sheila's an unemployed paralegal in Atlanta and could really use some help with being employed. [...:]

Dissing "Annie"

A cliffhanger? Really? They ended the strip on a cliffhanger? I mean, if they can't afford to keep the strip going in a market where story strips are almost a thing of the past, fine, I get that. But they couldn't give the creators a sufficient heads-up that they could have [...:]

Well, I Just Made Ariel's Evening

While watching the Tony Awards, in welcoming two of the cast members of "Glee," they talked about the two actors' Broadway careers. One I knew about, but the other I didn't. So I did some fast checking. Then I went upstairs to Ariel's room and said, "Where do you have that script [...:]

Return to the Dragon's Lair

Back in the days when I actually went into work in NYC every day, there was a big video arcade in Penn Station. And I would always stop on my way in to play "Dragon's Lair," which was big and new and splashy and right up front, with a television mounted above it so [...:]

More Random Stuff

Originally published April 16, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1013
More assorted stuff:

So now Ron Perelman is upping his stakes in Marvel Entertainment, angling to own 80% of the company for reasons that are still not clear.
The most likely, some analysts say, is that it will enable Perelman's MacAndrews group to file a joint tax [...:]

An Open Request to the Producers of the Les Grossman Movie

Gentlemen: Today you announced that there's going to be a movie focusing on Les Grossman, the abusive, abrasive producer brilliantly played by Tom Cruise in "Tropic Thunder" (not to mention on the MTV Movie Awards.)
Four words: I am so there.
So here's the open request: Find a way to work in a confrontation [...:]

If I only had the money

Check out this business card, autographed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which he's apparently telling someone that "The Valley of Fear" is going to be the final outing for Sherlock Holmes, which of course it was not. I'll bet it goes for way more than the projected $8000-$12,000. This is one of [...:]

Random Stuff

Originally published April 9, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1012
Back to bits and pieces—

More people who came in to audition for the two Trancers movies I wrote: Gerard Christopher, who played "Superboy" in the syndicated series (the part he was reading for was the son of the character that Sherman "Lex Luthor" Howard was [...:]

Arctic Drilling

In the spirit of the notion that the unexamined life is not worth living, I'm starting to rethink my devout opposition to drilling in the arctic.
This may seem like an odd time to do so considering what's gushing in the Gulf of Mexico.  How could I possibly reverse my position when we're seeing what an [...:]