What do you mean, "pretentious?" I totally operate a farm tractor every day. Even Sunday.
Read moreCalvin and Hobbes. And money.
Watterson didn’t miscalculate at all. The idea that Calvin and Hobbes could have been licensed to the tune of one third of a billion dollars isn’t unknown to him. But from day one, Watterson's answer was always “No.”
The question is, "Why?"
Read moreThe Beach Boys.
My mind always associated the Beach Boys with the shore: sun and sand, heat and sweat, Coppertone and girls in bikinis. They didn't sing about boardwalk pizza, soft-serve ice cream parlors, or arcades full of Pac-Man cabinets, but I'm sure "Surfing U.S.A." was playing in those places!
Read moreMedusa.
Many women have played a role in my life, but I cannot understate how transformative this one was. Meet Medusa, the snake-haired Gorgon from the 1981 film Clash of the Titans.
Read moreCream? White?
Publishing a book is like planning a wedding — so many stupid little decisions, each with an obvious and cost-effective answer, but people constantly try to talk you into the more expensive and less appealing choice.
Read moreRoy Scheider.
Roy Scheider came off as quite generous and not the least bit self-important. It could've all been an act. That is, after all, what actors do.
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