Peter David's Blog, page 95

Guest column: Dave Sim

Originally published July 5, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1181 And now for something completely different:  A guest column But I Digress. Basically, Dave Sim approached me with a piece that he had written for Diamond Comics to run as part of their catalogue, and they opted not to run it. So he came to [...]

The Night the Lights Almost Went Out in Georgia

So Ariel and I were in Florida, having visited with Shana down in Jacksonville for the launch of her beautifully redone theater. Then we'd spent a couple of days at Disney and Universal. And now the plan was simple: drive at night up to Atlanta to rendezvous at her parent's house for the holidays. Shortly [...]

Comic Book "Reviews"

Originally published June 28, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1180 Not too long ago, a fellow on CompuServ asked me to try my hand at attacking comic book titles. I didn't understand the challenge, and said so. Why in heaven's name, I asked, should I want to attack comic books? I try to defend them, [...]

A Cowboy Pete-Styled Obit

This just in: Kim Jong Il watched the season ender of "Dexter" and dropped dead from shock. And really, who could blame him? PAD

Movie review: Mission: Impossible

Originally published June 21, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1179 (Spoiler warning:  Extremely and serious warning. The following contains serious spoilers for Mission: Impossible. I'm not kidding. If you haven't seen the film and don't want major aspects ruined for you, don't read these comments. But then again, I saw them in context and they [...]

"Darkness of the Light" now available as an eBook

We're trying something a little different at Crazy 8: we're rolling out "The Hidden Earth" books in progression. For the first month, the electronic edition of "Hidden Earth: Darkness of the Light" will be available exclusively at Barnes & Noble via the Nook. You can find it here . As an incentive, it's priced at [...]

Miscellaneous Annoyances

Originally published June 14, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1178 Okay. Let's see how many people we can annoy in just one column. Let's annoy… –Autograph hunters. Okay. What's the deal with these "Certificates of Authenticity?" I was at Defense Con at Oklahoma City, as you might remember from last week. I was sitting there [...]

Ramping up for Shana's theater

On Monday I'll be hitting the road, driving down to Jacksonville to be there on the 21st during the official inaugural week of the movie theater my daughter, Shana, and her husband Tim are opening in Jacksonville. Be sure to swing by if you're anywhere in the area. They're running "The Girl With the Dragon [...]

Defense Con

Originally published June 7, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1177 Some assorted ramblings upon returning from Defense Con in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma… For those of you who have come in late, two retailers—John Earl Hunter and Michael Kennedy—have come under fire for the crime of possessing comic titles frowned upon by right wing organizations. They [...]

Newt's Immodest Proposal

So we should put poor children to work as janitors. What a crying shame that Jonathan Swift managed to beat Newt to the punch by several centuries with his even more ambitious notion about what to do with poor children. Personally, I think Swift got it backwards. If anyone is going to be eaten in [...]