Soused ‘tooner in chopper horror
Well, it seems astronauts aren't the only profession that can go bad. Well known Aussie political cartoonist Larry Pickering has been charged with flying a helicopter while drunk:
Pickering, 64, has been charged with four...
And now you know…the rest of the story: Jose Varela
Jose Varela, freelance editorial cartoonist for El Nuevo Herald in Miami gained himself a bit of notoriety last fall for walking into his paper's editorial offices with a knife and a toy machine gun,...
Olneygate fall-out: UNSCREWED
We have stayed away from what has become known as THE RICK OLNEY MEGA-THREAD, because, well, it's like 10,000 posts long. Maybe if we get snowed in and the lights flicker out. We keep...
Jim Steranko is peeved
At the Pulse, Hall of Fame artist Jim Steranko frets about a piece of art he gave to a friend's academic collection that is now being cold on eBay:
In the 1970s, I gifted the...
Boylston acquires Preiss assets
According to a press release sent out by John Colby, Boylston & Company has acquired the assets of the late Byron Preiss, including iBooks and BPVP. As previously reported, Colby/Bricktower had been the "Stalking...
Fantagraphics moves to dismiss Ellison suit
Dirk has the .pdfs etc of Fantagraphics/Gary Groth/Kim Thompson's epic 41-page motion to dismiss the Harlan Ellison suit. Apparently The Beat has been submitted as an exhibit, so perhaps we'll say nothing until...
