Originally published June 19, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1283
“Creative differences” happen all the time.
The term has become something of a catchphrase to encompass a wide variety of reasons why someone leaves a particular project. It’s nice, it’s non-inflammatory. It doesn’t assign blame; it simply says that two (or more) parties were unable to see eye-to-eye on a situation, something had to give, and one of the parties simply threw up their hands and walked away.
At what point will it be appropriate to talk about gun control? About raising the rules? About making it an actually difficult thing for lunatics to acquire guns that destroy rooms full of children?
How many have to die, and how long do we have to wait after those deaths, before it’s addressed?
Just curious.
PAD
The biopsy came back on the mass that the doctor removed from his hindquarters.
Cancer.
The upside to that pronouncement is that the doctor was able to remove all of it in the surgery. And it’s a type of cancer that such a 100% removal can serve as a curative. So basically we have to keep an eye on Treat from here on to make sure there’s no recurrence.
PAD
Originally published June 12, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1282
In considering Godzilla, I’ve decided that–rather than depend upon my own opinions–I’m going to fall back on the experts. See what they have to say.
First: professional movie reviewer Mark McEwen.
In a full-page ad for Godzilla, McEwen of CBS This Morning is quoted. It’s an opinion that the marketing folks were so proud of that it leads off the ad without sense of irony. McEwen’s pull-quoted description of the movie was:
“The A-Ticket Ride of the Summer!”
Now…
Let’s think about this.
A few days ago, Kath and I noticed that Treat, the large cat who lives down in my office,was bleeding on stuff. We discovered he had some kind of lump on his posterior that he’d presumably been licking so much that he had ripped open the top.
So Saturday morning it was off to the vet. Dr. Adams said that it was definitely a growth and he could not determine the nature of it unless he lopped it off and sent it out for biopsy. So that’s what he did yesterday. He removed it and it’s been sent out for testing, and he’s currently back in my office, looking tired and relieved to be bereft of the growth. I’ll let you guys know what the test results are.
PAD
Originally published June 5, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1281
And now, the pilot of Jerry Seinfeld’s next series…
seinfeld, p.i.
“I got us a client, Jerry.”
I looked up from my Superman comic book, as my partner, George, walked into our impeccably neat office. The door had the words “Seinfeld and Costanza, Private Investigators” stenciled on the glass. George clapped his hands together briskly, swinging the door shut behind them. “Her name’s Elaine Benes. Says her husband’s cheating on her. We got a client!” His excitement seemed to convulse his entire stubby body.
Originally published May 29, 1998, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1280
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