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Super Lad
After I turned in the first draft of my looong outline for my Legion of Super-Heroes mega-arc a few years back, I was called to a meeting with the editor and Dan DiDio. They asked for a rewrite—not...
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Three Comic Book Weddings, or Holy Matrimony! – Part 2
Ménàge à Trois Back in 1976 for eight months or so Dave Cockrum and I shared a big, three bedroom apartment in Bellerose, Queens, till I eventually found a nice place of my own in Queens Village....
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Sex and Drugs – Part 2
First This Commenter Rio Herrera clued me in about the two talented creators I met at the signing at Chuck Rozanski’s Mile High Comics Mega-store in Denver. They are, far right, Scotlyn Xing Xin...
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The Web of the Snyder – Part 1
First This Sorry it’s been so long between posts. Harsh reality sometimes asserts and fun has to wait. Now This In an answer to a comment regarding “What Has Gone Before and a Modest Proposal” I...
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Action Comics
This comment got me into full honking mode: srp has left a new comment on your post “Regarding What Has Gone Before and a Modest Propos…“: With regard to the earlier discussion of writing and...
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RE: Action Comics
Questions I received these questions from Twitless: Twitless has left a new comment on your post “Action Comics“: Jim, I love your thoughts on the comics industry as well as the history. I have...
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The Doctorow Doctrine and Other Techno-Tectonic Upheavals
First This I’m back. Sorry I’ve been absent so long. Pay-the-bills-work on tight deadlines, plus a protracted case of the flu interfered with my best laid plans. Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow describes...
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The Doctorow Doctrine and Other Techno-Tectonic Upheavals – Part 2
First This Yesterday, I took issue with Cory Doctorow’s “dandelion” theory. Cory says: “Dandelions and artists have a lot in common in the age of the Internet.” He believes that spreading your digital...
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The Doctorow Doctrine and Other Techno-Tectonic Upheavals – Part 3
Creative Commons Cory Doctorow opposes technology that limits what one can do with digital content and laws that criminalize people for alleged copyright infringements that he believes are harmless, or...
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The Dramatic Conclusion of the New Business Model Rant
First This Cory Doctorow sent me a couple of nice e-mails recently. He said he liked the last three posts, which discussed issues he raised about copyright, DRM and SOPA.You probably noticed from the...
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