A number of folks have written to ask me what I thought of the recently-released Garfield movie. I think I haven't had time to see it yet.
A number of folks have written to ask me what I think of a new biography of Jack Kirby called Tales to Astonish, written by a gent who goes by the name of Ronin Ro. I've only had the time to give this a quick read-through but my feelings so far are very mixed, both in terms of its accuracy and of the "portrait" it paints of Jack. It would be unfair to the author to be too negative at this stage, so do not take this as a bad review…just a cautionary note to not believe everything you read. Which is good advice regarding almost everything, including this weblog. I'll write more about this when I have the chance to give the book a more thorough study. And yes, my own biography of Kirby is coming. I just don't know when yet.
Lastly, a number of folks have written to ask me why there are no special features (like, say, the interviews they did with Stan Lee and me) on the new DVD set of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoons. This one, I can answer. A little documentary was prepared but didn't get finished and approved in time to make it onto the set…which, I gather, had a very strict release schedule since they wanted it to coincide with the new movie. No word on whether that mini-documentary will ever appear anywhere.