Two weeks ago today, I experienced the worst pain I'd ever had in my life — worse even than the time I wandered into that Fran Drescher impressionist Karaoke competition. I was supposed to drive up to Santa Barbara with the fiercely-talented Laraine Newman to address a bunch of college students who are considering careers in show business. (I planned to just point at Laraine and say, "If you're not at least half as good as this person, don't bother trying.") An hour or so before departure time, I was in the shower when my right knee, which had been giving me trouble for several days, suddenly went all Tonya Harding on me. I cancelled S.B. and gritted my molars in agony until my doctor injected said knee with cortisone. The person who invented this drug is the greatest human being in the history of mankind.
The knee hasn't really hurt since the cortisone kicked in a day later but something is still not right with it. Today, an MRI revealed that I have a complex tear of the medial meniscus with a radial component in the mid zone, and a horizontal component in the posterior horn. The midzone is subluxed medially out of the joint and I also have a separate radial tear of the midzone of the lateral meniscus.
Well, I don't have to tell any of you what that means — especially about the midzone being subluxed medially out of joint. In a couple of weeks, they're going to do a surgical procedure and correct all this…and it doesn't sound like that big a deal. If it is, please don't write and tell me that.
I should be fine and up to all that walking by the Comic-Con International…where as of this moment, I am moderating fifteen panels. They'll include all the old faves plus some new faves. Yes, Sergio Aragonés will be at the con and participating in Quick Draw! along with Scott Shaw! — and wait'll you hear who we have as our Guest Artist this year. If I were you, I'd get in line now. Details to follow.