The adage is that freelancers spend 80% of their time seeking work and actually completing assignments the other 20% of the time. Of late, my life seems to be more 95%-5% as several projects of mine have been unexpectedly postponed, leaving me to find replacement assignments.Since falling into the fulltime freelance life in August 2007, […]
In an effort to explain the process, I wrote about the State Convention over at The Patch but wanted to share some personal thoughts here.As Vice-Chair of the local party, I took on the role of recording secretary at the show, keeping me a little more focused on the action and rooted to our seating […]
Last week I stated I hated political rah-rah events, noting they are messy, longer-than-necessary affairs.Well, last night, I participated in a local political event that was rah-rah but far more focused and effective.Prior to the beginning of our monthly Democratic Town Committee meeting we had the 132nd Caucus to nominate our candidate to run for […]
DC Comics’ August in store solicitations went live today and I want to call your attention to the following:BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #20Written by BOB GREENBERGERArt and cover by ROBERT POPE & SCOTT MCRAEBig Barda enlists the help of the World’s Greatest Detective to find the World’s Greatest Escape Artist! But when the […]
As some of you may recall, I wrote an essay for Grey’s Anatomy 101 for BenBella’s SmartPop series. The essays covered events during the ABC series’ first two season and is a nifty little time capsule for diehard fans of the show.In honor of Grey’s Anatomy’s two-hour season finale this week BenBella is hosting a […]
ComiCONN was a well-attended and smoothly-run first time show and for that I am grateful.Held at a Holiday Inn in North Haven, it was about a 40 minute ride from home and easily found. There were a few hundred fans in attendance and they happily milled about the ballroom which housed the dealers and the […]
Connecticut has not had a comic book convention all its own in a long, long time I gather. Instead, people either flock north to Boston or south to New York City.On Saturday that changes when ComicCONN debuts in North Haven.The con has a robust roster of creators, most of whom are old pals that I […]
While I firmly believe in the Democratic process, I find I have little patience for rah-rah events. When there’s juts one candidate running for a post, the meeting should be brief, perfunctory and get everyone focused on the campaign itself.I apparently am in the minority on this point so last night delegates from across the […]
Since a comment about going to a shooting range on Saturday elicited much feedback, I figured I’d elaborate.Normally, our visits to Deb’s brother John and his family usually include helping John get something accomplished. I never mind since he’s done far more for us and it gives me a chance to learn how things work […]
Mark Martinez over at Trek Movie reviews this week’s Captain’s Log, a one-shot focusing on Captain Harriman. Niftily written by Marc Guggenheim and well illustrated by Andrew Currie, it’s worth a look.At the end of his review, he confirms the next three releases in the series and we can finally start talking about this, something […]
OK, enough with the begging. For those who were inspired to contribute, thank you.So, what’s been going on?Proofreading. Lots of proofreading and updating on The Essential Superman Encyclopedia. I made my deadline of having A-M done before May 1 and have until the 19th to complete the read of the book. Today, I’ll be tackling […]