Author Clifford Meth

Apologies to those of you who've been waiting with baited breath and worried beads for Part II of the Bob Layton Interview. I've been overwrought by a project for IDT Entertainment ("Give it to...

I probably shouldn't admit it with kids in the room but I'm finding it harder and less interesting to write about people I've never seen sloppy drunk or piss all over themselves or fight their...

Elayne of Pen-Elayne fame broke the bizarre news to me in an email and when I saw the subject line, my face wasn't sure which mask to don. So Bill-Dale Marcinko was dead. Again. I...

Elayne of Pen-Elayne fame broke the bizarre news to me in an email and when I saw the subject line, my face wasn't sure which mask to don. So Bill-Dale Marcinko was dead. Again. I picked up the...

Encomiums should be written while people are around to enjoy them, which was the reason for dusting this soapbox off in the first place. So let's talk about Don Perlin this week. Don's under the weather at the...

When last seen, Jordan Raskin was in San Diego leaping backwards to get out of the way as Mark Texeira came crashing through the table, bringing several pitchers of beer and a plate of cheese...

My pal Milo likes to tease me about my statue obsession. He thinks I'm a sap. "I see you bought another action figure," he snides. "No, no," he says, correcting himself. "Not an action figure; a...

Paty Cockrum's recent column "Down in Flames, you Bastards" left gaggles of comics fans dropping e-post-its across the information super-sewing-circle regarding her accusations that certain...

Let's face it: When it comes to comics history, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Jew. Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joel Schuster were Jewish. So was Batman creator Bob Kane....

Gene Colan is still one of comics' three greatest artists. You can name the other two. And now one of comics' three greatest artists is the subject one of comics' greatest biographies, Secrets in the Shadows...