Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Three
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Two
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
Australian Star Wars Articles Want List, Part One
For several years now I’ve been cataloguing press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
What Happened to Cartoon Network?
Would you believe a solitary real world incident would significantly change the programming of an entire network? This morning on “X” a.k.a. Twitter, I noticed this post, recalling the misfiring of a publicity stunt on February 1, 2007: TRAFON(s Backup Account) @RiseFallNickBck 3:30 PM • Jan 31, 2024 • 191.6K Views The Adult Swim “Boston […]
A Conversation with Marcia Lucas
On November 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the Carol L. Ellis Auditorium at Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma, California Campus, AV Film sponsored “A Conversation with Marcia Lucas,” the film editor who contributed significantly to American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Taxi Driver and Raiders of the Lost […]
The Joker Meets Harley Quinn … in live action!
January 7, 2024. At the 81st Annual Golden Global Awards, Barbie wins for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. The voice of the Joker, Mark Hamill, presents the award to the live-action Harley Quinn and Barbie, Margot Robbie. Backstage, Robbie posed with Hamill. Source: The “It’s Mark Hamill” fan page, Facebook, posted January 8, 2024. Also […]
Batman: The Animated Interviews–Progress Report 12-16-2023
From Los Angeles Comic Con, December 2, 2023, Los Angeles Convention Center, Heroic Fine Art Gallery, booths 1865/1867. Left to right: Kevin Altieri, Dan Riba, Brad Rader, Alan Burnett. Photo © W. R. Miller. I interviewed all of the above gentlemen for this project. Finally, the text for the Unofficial Batman: The Animated Interviews, all […]
David Michelinie and Bob Layton kill Janson!
December 1, 2023 This morning comics scribe Bob Layton tweeted he killed Wedge’s co-pilot, Janson! From Star Wars #78, published 30 years ago this month: #FlashbackFriday: Published this month in 1983, @starwars #78 created a huge controversy decades later. According to critics, David & I screwed-up the entire canon by killing off Wedge’s co-piliot Janson. […]
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
President George Washington. The Thanksgiving Proclamation City of New York, October 3, 1789. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their […]
DC Heroes of the CW at the WB Store
November 13, 2023 This afternoon a friend and I visited the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Burbank, where they were hosting their Annual Art Expo, mostly cels from Hanna-Barbera, Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, and other images. The exhibit lasts/lasted from November 6 to November 19. If you […]
