Peter David's Blog, page 167

Well, This Just Got Interesting

So the Kirby estate, with remarkable and canny timing, is suing for reversion of copyright, using the same lawyer who successfully went after the rights to Superman. How this is going to impact on everything is anybody's guess.

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Back From Dragon*Con

Pat Henry and the crew from Dragon*Con provided the David family with their standard excellent treatment and support, and it was much appreciated.

We had a great time, meeting and greeting the fans, plus seeing old friends (the crew from "Babylon 5") and encountering some new faces (Barry Bostwick, for instance, ...

Since People Keep Asking About Disney…

I thought I'd let you guys know that Joe Quesada is going to be discussing his take on Disney's acquisition of Marvel over in his regular column on Comic Book Resources today. Since he's actually met with all the players while I've met with--y'know--none, his opinions on the topic ...

This is the place–

--to wish my lovely wife, Kathleen, a happy birthday.

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Obama Should Send Joe Wilson a Nice Fruit Basket

In case you hadn't heard, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) did the President a tremendous service last night by mistaking the floor of the Senate for a town hall meeting and shouting "You lie!" during one point in his speech when Obama asserted that his health care plan would not ...

Eight Years Ago Today…

...we found ourselves with a Joel Schumacher film come to life. My neighbor was worried that it wasn't safe to send the kids to school while I was busy freaking out because I couldn't get in touch with Kathleen.

For me, it's just memories. For those who lost loved ...

Here's What I Think The Mets Need to Do…

Tear down CitiField, rebuild Shea, and pretend the whole season never happened.

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Spider and Jeanne Robinson

I received the following from Jan Schroeder and am passing it along with my strongest endorsements.

Jeanne Robinson had surgery for a rare and aggressive form of biliary cancer this past February. Her gall bladder, common bile duct and 3/4 of her liver was removed and if the cancer returns ...

For Those Residing in Brooklyn

I will be attending the Brooklyn Book Festival 2009 and participating on the following panel in the Comics track:

1:00 p.m. Marvel Writers. How do they do it? Some of Marvel's hottest writers talk about their work on your favorite comics. Moderated by Jim McCann.

After that I'll be joining the others ...

Gotta Love the Congressional Democrats

There's absolutely no advantageous situation handed them that they can't screw up.

Wilson made an idiot of himself. Even hardcore GOP reps shied away from his actions. He apologized to Obama. Obama seemed to be cool with it. That should be that.

Now the Democrats are insisting he ...