Peter David's Blog, page 156

This is the place

The place where I'll be live blogging the commercials during the Super Bowl, the season's final game of football.
Football, the one hour game that can run two, two and a half hours or more, making it the TARDIS of sports: You go into it thinking it's one size but once you're in [...:]

Yes, I Will Be Continuing the Super Bowl Live Blogging Tradition

There was a slim chance this year that I might give a damn about the outcome of the Super Bowl, and then the Jets lost and I'm back to not particularly caring. (Not that I'm especially a Jets fan, or even a football fan, but I have plenty of friends who are, and I [...:]

Random Thought for the Day

If you're going to Portsmouth, England, you might want to stick to walking or public transportation rather than flagging a taxi. NPR reports that would-be cab drivers are allowed to take the written test in Braille.
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Watchmen 2

A lot of people are expressing outrage over the prospect of DC using other writers to utilize Alan Moore's characters in order to produce sequels.
On the other hand, Alan Moore used characters created by Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.M. Barrie, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll–not to mention thinly [...:]

Barf Bag Hand Puppets, Part 1

Originally published August 7, 1992, in Comics Buyer's Guide #977
And now, a column that has no particular value to it whatsoever, except perhaps to indicate that I have entirely too much time on my hands (which, considering my present workload, is laughable).
Many people go around with sketch books and collect sketches from artists.
Not me. [...:]

Why I'd Be Astounded if "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Was Overturned Anytime Soon

Because politicians are scared of their constituents, and they won't want to risk the wrath of the very same homophobes who want to strike down gay marriage at every opportunity. Any Congressman who supports overturning "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is going to believe he's risking his career on an issue that he probably doesn't [...:]

Young Justice League

People keep asking me about "Young Justice League," a new animated series that Bleeding Cool News caught wind of that's apparently evocative of "Young Justice."
You know as much as I know about it. Some of you may know more. No, I'm not scheduled to write for it, no, I haven't been approached, yes, [...:]

A Cause Worth Noting

From their website:

Heroes 4 Haiti is a grassroots movement of artists seeking to raise money for organizations helping victims of the recent Haitian earthquake. Heroes 4 Haiti is not an organization, it's a collective response to human tragedy. We're asking everyone to donate a little bit of their talent, money or time towards helping those [...:]

Breaking into Comics

Originally published July 31, 1992, in Comics Buyer's Guide #976
The most common question I get at conventions, the most frequent type of letter written to me at Marvel or c/o this column, features a variation on the following.  (The exact wording is taken from the letter of one young man in Mansfield, Ohio. I'm [...:]

Belated Stash Wednesday

Sorry. Kind of a crazy week. Anyway, XF #201 came out this week, plus, as always, other books.
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