This was posted today on facebook about Mark Pennington:
Mark passed peacefully in his sleep last night at 4 am. Almado a good friend came and sang at 6pm and he fell asleep. He had just gotten a big new comfy bed and we had a chance to hold each oth
Read more…From The Hollywood Reporter: " 'Encyclopedia Brown' Creator Donald Sobol Dies"
Even before I discovered comic books, the "Encyclopedia Brown" series fed my love of reading. Before I discovered Ed McBain and the 87th Precinct police procedurals, I fou
Read more…We've been on this board for a while now. We've had some old friends leave and some new ones jump on board. For a while now I've noticed some tension popping here and there in various threads. It might be due to personal differences or lack of enthus
Read more…From the Disney World parks blog today. I really want members of the Avengers to do the "Please, stand clear of the doors" announcements on this one.
In addition to Cap's excellent suggestion about starting threads on comics we like, I'd like to throw out a challenge too: more fun threads!
I can think of a few already on the go: threads about Dark Shadows and Dr. Who come to mind. No doubt great
Read more…So, is this Greek election going to destroy the Eurozone, or what?
Read more…http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/jun/21/
Above is a link to an article in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS .
It is an article titled " Real Cool " by Martin Filler .
You gotta scroll down this contents page a little to get to it ( the link t
Read more…I bought a Nancy Drew book - specifically A Nancy Drew Files(TM) mass-market paperback from 1991 , #60 in the series , " Poison Iv- " , uh , " Pen " - Yeah , that's right , " Poison Pen " , by good ol' Carolyn Keene ?
What do you have to say about
Read more…Over the weekend of April 20-22, I was an invited guest at the second annual Pulp Ark convention in beautiful Batesville, Arkansas, sponsored by Pro Se Productions.
Of course, Pro Se is also my publisher, so that goes without saying. ;-)
In any event
Read more…My desk calendar reads as follows: "Easter Monday (Australia, Canada, Ireland, NZ, UK - except Scotland)"
So, what's up with the Scots that they don't take Easter Monday off?
Read more…My "Unread Books" pile is down to around twenty, so I'm getting antsy that I'll run out of things to read in the next few days, and these books look like potential candidates for future reading material. I'm not so much interested in the film(s) rig
Read more…Okay , I'm going to do something I've thought about doing a long time , a thread for " soda/soda pop/fizz " , whatever , concentrating , anyway , on such beverages ( & related ??????? to be worked out in use , I guess . ) .
I've hesitated a little
Read more…(Deleted the old thread as I didn't want to clutter the board.)
If anyone is curious and would like a free pdf of the introduction and first two reviews in my opus, The 100 Best Movies Ever Made ...Mostly Suck, e-mail me at satanism@hotmail.com ! Hey
Read more…Happy Valentine's Day to all of you out there who have found true love!
The Baron honors your love, and urges you to celebrate it in all its truth, beauty and diversity, wherever it may take you...
...and he urges you to remember just this o
Read more…Fans of ERB may be happy to discover (as I just did) that Fall River Press has begun issuing reasonably-priced paperback collections of the Tarzan and Mars series (3 volumes of each in print right now), with a 1-volume collection of the Caspak novels
Read more…A LOT of American based Internet companies (including Google and Wikipedia) are planning to take tomorrow "off" and go dark in order to protest two pending bills in Congress.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from the House of Representatives and the
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