A friend of mine died over the holidays, a fact I just discovered today, just in time to attend his memorial. It was the kind of memorial all of us would be lucky to deserve – I have no official count, but given the size of the lecture hall we were in, the gathering of […]
Refurbishing an RGB pencil topper
So, I got bored and decided to undertake a project I’ve been planning for awhile. I have a selection of the RGB pencil toppers that were put out oh so many years ago, the ones that are little snow-globes. Snowglobes are a simple concept – water, with a thickener, and “snow” flakes inside. And left […]
Dear Sierra, are you there? It’s me, Fanboy.
I’m not a big fan of peremptory rants – you know, that very Internet need to publicly demand that mistakes not be made. This is because, from long experience, a) wishing doesn’t make it so, and b) it’s demoralizing to those carrying the burden to accomplish. In things like personal electronics or movies, “b” isn’t […]
Interview: Rick Moranis
On the first day of February, 2006, I paid the minor price of waking up early on the West coast in order to talk to someone on the East coast, someone whom I’ve been dying to talk to for years. After taking time off to be with his family, Rick Moranis became a head scratcher […]
Interview: Dan Abnett
What with the release of Titan Book’s reprint of the Marvel UK comics, it seemed high time to post and interview we did with RGB writer and editor at Marvel UK, Dan Abnett. Dan Abnett lives and works in Maidstone, Kent. After graduating from Oxford, he worked for a while as an editor of comics […]
The Ghostbusters costume – cheap and easy!
It’s that time of year again – time for me to haul out and dust off this old chestnut; You’ve only got a couple of days left until Halloween and you’re lookin’ to make yourself a Ghostbusters costume. OK, first things first – you can’t have a proton pack. If you haven’t started building one […]
Interview: Sholly Fisch
Sholly Fisch has what you’d call varying interests. His credits include books for adults and children, from comics to educational texts. His children’s book Get in Gear was named as a finalist for the Royal Society’s Aventis Prize for best children’s science book of 2003. In addition, Sholly has written over one hundred stories and […]
San Diego Comic Con 2003 round-up.
It’s hot, I’m sticky and tired from driving and flying a lot over the last few days, so I’m partially hallucinating and more than a little cranky, but this past weekend’s last comic convention in San Diego had some cool, cool stuff and I wanted to share it now before I wander off to other […]
The world needs a monster truck Ecto-1
This piece of mine originally ran at Entertainment Geekly… IN 2002! Sheesh. That site is now long gone, but given the GB leaning content of the piece, I figure it should have a nice new home here. I was watching Monster Jam on TNN a couple of weeks ago. I don’t know why either — […]
Interview: Leo Zahn
Leo Zahn, like many of the people I’ve been lucky enough to interview, has a very cool job. Leo directs commercials. Specifically, Leo, through his California based company Picture Palace, directed a commercial for Trendmasters. The product was Trendmasters line of Extreme Ghostbusters toys. Busy as he is, Leo took a moment to answer a […]