Peter David's Blog, page 96

From the people who gave you "The Avengers vs the X-Men" comes "The Avengers vs. X-Factor!"

Thrill to Emma Peel beating the living shit out of Simon Cowell. Come on. You know you'd pay to see that. PAD

Disney Villains Roundtable, part 2

Originally published May 31, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1176 (The following continues the transcript from the Disney Villain Roundtable, held at Disney University in DisneyWorld. Participants are Cruella DeVil, Jafar, Ursula, Scar, Gaston, and the Evil Queen. Moderator is Malificent.) Ursula: And then there's the sexism involved in villainy. Jafar: Sexism? Don't be absurd. [...]

Jerry Robinson

The man who created the Joker and was instrumental in the creation and guidance of Batman and his world, has reportedly passed away. I was lucky enough to hang with him a number of times. He was always genial, informative, and a true gentleman. He will be sorely missed. PAD

My next "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" airs this week

Friday, December 9, 7:30 PM Eastern time on Cartoon Network. It's a major arc episode, and also features a ton of first-time back story on a long-running recurring character. It's also the last episode on which I had the opportunity to work with Dwayne McDuffie, so it's kind of bittersweet for me. PAD

"Smile, honey. Good. Now say your line. Say it. SAY IT."

Over on the Huffington Post, there's been coverage of a Lesbian mother who–while making sure to have someone film the entire thing–had her eight year old son walk up to Michele Bachmann at a book signing and tell Bachmann he felt his gay mother "didn't need fixing." This, of course, put Bachmann on the spot, [...]

Disney Villains Roundtable, part 1

Originally published May 24, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1175 The following is a transcript from the Disney Villain Roundtable, held at Disney University in Disneyworld. Participants are Cruella De Vil, Jafar, Ursula, Scar, Gaston, and The Evil Queen. Moderator is Maleficent. Malificent: Now that we have finished the typically vomitus luncheon offered by the [...]

Caroline's Birthday

Is today. Nine years old. With the temperature as warm as it is, this will be the first time that it hasn't snowed on her birthday (including the blizzard that hit on the actual day of her birth). I wouldn't say that our life would be empty without our little elf…but it would sure be [...]

I Think This Needs to be said to Herman Cain

I was holding back while all the charges about sexual harassment were being made, but now that Cain is supposedly out of the running, there's something fairly candid that I believe needs to be said: Your pizza sucks. I tried it a few years ago and it was inedible. Harassment? Your pizza harassed my taste [...]

And somewhere, at this very moment

There are certain people on the Internet who are trying to blame this on me. SOPA PAD

Jury Duty

Originally published May 17, 1996, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1174 So there I was, sitting on the jury on a capital murder case, looking into the eyes of the defendant. He looked troubled, frightened. And then, as I was listening with only one ear, I suddenly became alert. Hold it. The FBI agent had just [...]