Closing windows on my computer so you can open them on yours: Heavenly Heroines and their Facebook page. My favorite bit on their page:Â the birthday listed is August 25, 1959, and they went to Midvale High School. The Comics Journal No. 56, June 1980 was the first issue of the magazine I ever read,…
As part of the coverage of [[[Game Of Thrones]]] debuting on HBO, the New York Times quoted author George R. R. Martin delivering a speech at Ambercon 3 in Wichita, Kan., on May 31, 1981. Every would-be writer needs comic books. I certainly did. I can still vividly recall my discovery of comic books, followed…
Today’s list of quick items: Secret Lives of Comic Store Employees from Wired: The horrifying thought to me is that I recognized most of the stores from the pictures before I even looked at the captions. And, yes, I regularly shop at three of the New York ones. Hi, Olive! George R.R. Martin sends…
The trades are reporting that HBO has finally given a pilot order to A Game of Thrones, the first in George R.R. Martin’s bestselling A Song of Fire & Ice series. The television version will be executive produced by David Benioff (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and D.B. Weiss (Halo). HBO picked up the rights on January…
