Category: Mainstream Press Notes

  • Comedian John Pinette dies at 50

    Chubby comedian John Pinette, who jokes about buffets and Italian food, acted in “The Punisher,” Dr. Katz, the last episode of Seinfeld, and on stage in Hairspray, has been found dead in his hotel room at age 50. I’m going to miss him a lot.  I own his album, a DVD, I caught his latest…

  • Disney acquires Marvel Comics for $4B?

    Reportedly, Disney has purchased Marvel Comics for 4 billion dollars. In related news, “Spider-Man 4” is now filming, with Spidey battling the evil Dr. Flubber.

  • R.I.P. John Hughes (Updated)

    Here’s the first celebrity death in a long time that has truly hit me hard: John Hughes, writer, director, producer, is dead at 59 of a heart attack. The films he was involved in reads like a greatest hits of the 1980s list: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Home Alone, Trains, Planes and Automobiles, She’s Having…

  • Gorilla City is the size of Topeka?

    If Gorilla City from Flash comic books really does exist in our universe, and it’s the size of Topeka, KS, then we had better watch out for Gorilla Grodd! Bob and Brian cover this story.

  • Val Kilmer to run for NM Governor

    More here… What disturbs me is that, if successful, he will be the third actor from Batman and Robin [NOT Batman Forever – Ye Ed] (a film, even the most unrefined of comic geeks believe to be the WORST Batman film ever) to land a governorship. Makes you think.

  • Captain Kangaroo has died

    Bob Keeshan, who created the role of Captain Kangaroo, has died at age 76. For all of us who grew up with Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Green Jeans, Dennis, Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit, Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Bill Cosby’s Picture Pages that you could play at home, the Toothbrush Family, Captain Nemo,…

  • Maybe this isn’t the best news piece title?

    We’ve mentioned this subject before, but I’d like to comment on the way this news story is written: “Kim Jong-Il becomes an unlikely hero of Japanese manga” I don’t know why this is the title of the piece. I was getting extremely angry reading it because of its use of the word “hero.” I thought…

  • Time on Spiegelman

    Little Lit by the writer of “Maus” gets some attention. Odd that it’s controversial to try to make comics for kids. There are so many people wanting the industry all to themselves that they don’t even like the idea of some comic books being for kids because it will hurt the idea of them being…

  • Brent Bozell on JLA #83

    Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center has a syndicated column out today about JLA #83, the political commentary issue where Superman has a bad dream about President Luthor attacking Qurac: Superheroes for saving Saddam? Visitors new to the site should search through our archives for our own previous links and commentary, including a link…