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December 11, 2004

Some More Catch-Up

Bringing things up to date:

  • In case you don’t read the comments below the entries, it’s been made clear that Justin Timberlake-is-Iron Man remains a sick rumor. There are some things to be thankful for this season, after all.

  • My big DC project will finally be announced in the next week or so and I hope people find it as cool as I do. It’s being finished this week and will be off to Hong Kong for printing right on schedule, which is a bit of a Christmas miracle given the amount of work required in a short period. Guess it helps that most of us are trained in a periodical world. We’ll chat more about this later.

  • Word is The DC Comics Encyclopedia is DK’s best-selling book of the season which is just neat. I’ve been lobbying them a bit on what I think is a terrific follow-up idea but haven’t heard back as yet.

  • Webmaster Glenn shared the following link, which is a neat look at an earlier use of the word blog. He also points out it might be a violation of DC’s trademark and copyright so kids, don’t try this at home.

  • I don’t often recommend things here but let me suggest comic book fans sample the new launch of Legion of Super-Heroes by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson. It’ll be in stores in about 10 days and it’s a fresh yet faithful reimagining of the Legion. The set-up was done in the recent Teen Titans/Legion Special but this issue really is all you need for starters. They do a nice job introducing you to the 31st Century and give you a good first chapter. One of the other nice things is that the package allows for 30 story pages per issue which is kinda necessary for team books. I recall back in the late 1970s when DC had both Legion and JLA at 48 pages with 34 pages of story per issue and both series benefited.

  • Kate comes home from college a week from today and it’ll be nice to have her home. She has survived and even thrived during her first semester at GWU so we’re proud of her accomplishments. Should be interesting to see if she can adjust to four weeks of living in a house with family as opposed to a dorm.

  • And finally, I'm disappointed the Bush Administration won't benefit from Bernard Kerik's experience. He was the perfect choice given his experience. I read his autobiography and was very, very impressed. Worse, he withdrew his nomination for the same reason Zoe Baird withdrew her nomination for the Supreme Court...not paying taxes for a Nanny. A crime according to the letter of the law but trust me, they weren't the only two Americans to ignore that provision. A provision that would have otherwise made it impossible for families to provide proper child care. Trust me, I know. (And in a bizarre twist of fate, we actually hired Baird's nanny, a lovely girl named Ashley, as summer help shortly after the scandal.)

    Posted by Bob Greenberger at December 11, 2004 09:56 AM

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    Thanks to an Amazon box being opened inadvertently, I know I'm getting the Encyclopedia for Christmas. I have been coveting it for months and browse a bit every time I visit a bookstore, so I'm very much looking forward to reading it cover-to-cover at my leisure.

    Legion is already on my pull list. Can't wait!

    Agree about Kerik. It's a foolish thing. Kerik made the right decision to come forward and step out of consideration, though.

    Looking forward to the details of your project!

    Posted by: Julio Diaz at December 12, 2004 02:55 AM

    Mike and I jumped on the DC Encyclopedia when we saw it at Costco (okay, not literally; Seattle's a pretty laid-back town), and then I spent the rest of the evening looking through it. Beautiful, informative, and a great way to get caught up with the DC universe. Thanks, Bobberoo.

    Posted by: Eliz Flynn at December 13, 2004 11:01 AM

    It wasn't the nanny. It was the mob payoffs, the illicit affair with two women at the same time he was married (one was superstar publisher Judith Regan -- the publisher of the book Bob is so enamored with), forcing prison workers to campaign for Republicans, the illicit money from the Taser company, the warrant for his arrest for not paying maintenance fees on a condo in Jersey and a couple other things I'm not remembering off the top of my head.

    Posted by: Mike at December 13, 2004 01:13 PM

    Legion-related, and I'm sure you're aware of this Bob, but in case you aren't: The Best of The Legion Outpost is in comic shops now. Millions could be sold and we ("we" meaning Harry Broertjes, Jay Zilber, the original contributors, and Legion fandom in general) wouldn't make any more money on it than the relative pittance we got from TwoMorrows, but the Legion fans I've heard from seem to think it's pretty snazzy. I only wish that editor Glen Cadigan had listened to me when I asked for proofreading changes.

    Posted by: Mike Flynn at December 13, 2004 04:19 PM

    Given all that's come out about Kerik in the last few days, I'm now glad he's out.

    Posted by: Julio Diaz at December 13, 2004 05:47 PM

    I saw the DC Encyclopedia in a standee in the front of a Media Play store. There were only about four copies in the whole thing, which I took to mean they sold through a bunch already! I said to myself "I know the guy that put that book together!" I'm sure it's making quite the christmas gift this holiday season.

    Another thing: I think the big project was leaked on Newsarama, Bob.

    Posted by: gormuu at December 13, 2004 08:02 PM