Nice to awake to the news that Hurricane Patricia may have done less damage than one would expect from the storm of that size. Still, there are homes being destroyed, mountains that may yet slide, people in harm's way…and now its remnants, still strong, are hammering portions of Texas. I will suggest donations to my favorite charity, Operation USA, which helps folks out in these situations, regardless of their location, race or government. There are charities in this world where much of what you donate goes to executive salaries and perks and administrative jobs. This is not one of those charities. The cash you give actually does good. If you've been thinking of making a donation of gratitude to this site, send it to them instead, please.
The comic book community is saddened by the passing of Murphy Anderson…and why wouldn't they be? He was a very nice man and a very gifted artist who was disliked by absolutely no one. It also goes without saying — but I have a blog to fill so I'll say it anyway — that many of us are saddened that so many folks who created the comics we grew up on aren't around anymore. It was an honor and a joy to sit with someone like Murphy and discuss that work and the industry and…well, just about anything.
Some people are sending me questions about comic book inking as practiced by Murphy and others of his generation. Before the weekend is out, I may have a post up here discussing that in some depth. And then again, if I don't finish a script first that's due Monday, I may not.
Please stop sending me e-mails telling me there's now incontrovertible proof of Hillary Clinton's guilt and that her arrest is only days away. Even Fox News doesn't believe that. My point was that we've been hearing she was about to be frog-marched (I still don't know how that differs from just being marched) off to the pokey since about 1988 and it never happens. She just moves on to higher offices and her enemies forget about the last few reasons she was certain to be imprisoned and come up with new ones. If it's ever true, it'll be true and it won't matter that some of us refuse to believe there's anything there until the cuffs are on her and she's praying for a plea bargain.
My knee continues to improve…not as fast as I'd like but, hey, at least it's getting slowly better instead of slowly worse. I'm still ahead of where I expected to be in terms of recovery. And I'm of the mind that if and when the other knee requires replacement, it'll just be 4-6 weeks of distraction and some discomfort, not a huge problem. And that's the news from here.