Meth Addict

Vampirella #10 (Warren Publishing, 1971) and later switched to writing chores at Marvel under Roy Thomas where his plots and dialogue were more sophisticated--and far more fun--than most of...

While American politics continues its spiral toward third-world polemics, we take comfort in comics happenings across the fruited web... In one corner, Valiant?the only legit third-party...

Here's a little something from Variety: Saperstein Options Rights to Meth Series "Producer Richard Saperstein has optioned the film rights to Clifford Meth's comic book series Snaked from IDW...

I was privy to a few moments of sunshine last week when I introduced Paty Cockrum to Joe Kubert. "Thrilled to meet you, sir," said Paty in a voice I didn't recognize as hers. Sir? Hell, this...

Artist Mike Pascale and I have been trading quips for more than a dozen years but that's only because I like the cut of his gib. Or is it jib? And all this time that was without even knowing what...

When it comes to lamenting the passing of Steve Gerber, I'm just another voice in the choir. It seems everyone is a little sick this morning with the news. I remember Steve as a rock-solid...

More often than not, the best part of my morning is that first steaming coffee, unless my pal Tommy Roberts joins me for bagels with cream cheese at Super-Duper Bagels in Livingston, New...

When my buddy Gray Morrow (67), that wonderful artist and human being, realized he was in the grips of something modern medicine couldn't cure, he did the honorable thing and put a bullet...

My very first column here at SBC dealt with Dave Cockrum. I was pissed off at the time because Dave lay in a hospital bed at a neglected Bronx V.A. facility and didn't have two nickels to rub together....

I've often imagined that the worst minor tragedy I might experience, short of passing a kidney stone, would be to see my first novel trashed by The New York Times Review of Books. Fortunately,...

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...