Day: March 19, 2010

Boy, THAT was a Weird Moment for Me

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They had a picture of Joe Straczynski up on CBR this morning and I did a double take because I thought it was me.  Some years ago a British fan came up to me at a convention that Joe was also attending and started asking me where I got the ideas for creating “Babylon 5” and apparently the resemblance has only become more pronounced.  At this point Joe looks like a taller version of me and Chris Claremont is a thinner version of me.  Perhaps the three of us should pose together in a police line-up setting.

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Family Values, Part 2

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digresssmlOriginally published November 6, 1992, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #990

First, an appreciation to Don and Maggie, who cut me some slack with the deadline on this column since I wanted to see Thursday’s presidential debate before I wrote it.

Second, an appreciation to the readers who tolerate my occasional semi-informed blathering on politics on the assumption that, well, I seem to think it’s important, and you can hope that I’ll write about something more entertaining next week. My feeling is that there’s no reason to assume that the readership of CBG is particularly immune from the statistics that report a relatively small percentage of citizens exercising their right to vote.

And if this column really does have any influence, as some claim, and I can influence anyone to get involved in the real world in general and elections in particular, then I’ll be satisfied.

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