Updates from Wild Cat Books include-
*STARTLING STORIES Fall 2010 issue is nearing completion!
*Martin Powell’s HALLOWEEN LEGION is still in the works and
hopefully coming soon.
*Barry Reese’s novel THE DAMNED THING is in production!
*There will be sequels to Barry Reese’s RABBIT HEART!!
Mark Evanier reminds us that Popeye falls into the public domain today in Europe under an EU law that restricts the rights of authors to 70 years after their death. Elzie "E. C." Segar, the Illinois artist who created Popeye, Olive Oyl, brother Castor Oyl and Bluto, died in 1938. So if you’re in Old…
Honey West is a character that I only know from the 1960’s television show starring Anne Francis. But then again, being male, I didn’t need much. Thanks to the corrupting influence of my father (Thanks, Dad!) I quickly became hooked on reruns of the show. I never read any of the books but my understanding…
DelRey Books made a splash in 1977 when it published the novelization to s mall little film called Star Wars. Ever since, they have been mining the Lucasfilm Universe with great success, regularly landing on the best seller lists and making stars out of their authors. It’s no surprise then that DelRey and LucasBooks announced…
Well, I said I’d be back and, since there were a number of terms I didn’t recall until after last week’s column went live, I figured I’d take note of them this week while I still remember what more I wanted to say. For instance, I can’t believe I neglected to talk about surface form…
Wonder Woman has been through a lot lately. J. Michael Straczynski — the writer best known for the universally-beloved Spider-Man: One More Day — signed on in the last half of 2010 for a storyline that completely revamped the Amazon princess’ origins. But after the success of Superman: Earth One, the original graphic novel that…
