At long last, Amazon has Mad Art available with 24 hour shipping. Availability seems to be helping its sales, which is a relief. I was expecting a massive drop in orders once people found out they could actually get it.
Interview with comic book legend Joe Kubert. Right here.
The ratings for Jimmy Kimmel Live! got screwed-up last night somehow. Once they're all straightened out, ABC should have something they can spin as demonstrating night-to-night growth, though he seems to have gotten a pretty consistent 6-7 share every night. If that doesn't drop when he's up against new Letterman episodes — as opposed to reruns the past week — Jimmy might stick around long enough to develop into a first-rate host, and find something to do on his show that every talk show in history hasn't run into the ground. I thought the last few nights were much, much better, at least in terms of him looking like he wasn't embarrassed by his own program. They are, however, resorting to the stock talk show staples — a cooking demo, an audience quiz where the audience member can't possibly know any of the answers, pre-tapes that send someone to an inappropriate place (Snoop Dogg to a garage sale, Jimmy's uncle to a Def Jam party), etc. And I love "Super" Dave Osborne but his appearance the other night, doing the exact same bit that Leno and Letterman long since stopped wanting from him, confirmed reports that the Kimmel show is pretty desperate for guests.