When I stop to think about it – and, obviously, I just did – it’s a miracle I’ve learned how to write and speak American English… at least to the extent that I have. Like a great many comic book fans, I was a precocious reader. This was long before The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy…
Merry Christmas! I don’t celebrate, of course. Well, I do, sort of. I volunteer at the hospital, helping Santa deliver gifts to the kids who are in-patient. My Santa is Jewish. His wife (and elf) is Jewish. So am I. We are the Shabbos goys of Christmas. Just because it’s not my holiday doesn’t mean that…
In comics, we always have to keep an eye on where our next generations of readers will come from– and it’s just become a bit harder, as earlier this week Congress and President Obama eliminated funding for the literary organization, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF). CEO Carol H. Rasco made this statement: RIF’s ability to provide…
