We had a fun time last night with our little online discussion. 52 of you were on with us as Marv Wolfman and I talked about comics and we were also joined by Marvel writer-editor Scott Edelman and by my best buddy Sergio Aragonés. I'm going to keep doing these, experimenting with guests, topics, formats and software. I'm not sure where I'm going with this but you might enjoy participating in some of the trips. Watch this space for details.
An actress I know called me the other day to say she'd acquired a supply of really good breathe-thru masks — not the kind that medical personnel need to wear because they get first dibs on those. But these are, she said, some of the best that are proper for civilians to wear and I'll try to tell you what they are once I have a reason to go out and test them.
She brought me two and wouldn't allow me to pay her cash for them. She was, however, willing to accept two rolls of paper towels and two rolls of toilet paper. Those are apparently becoming the coin of the realm. You're considered rich these days not if you have lots of money but if you have lots of the quicker picker-upper.
And by the way: I got another Instacart delivery yesterday. I was going to tip my Designated Shopper but she didn't have change for a Charmin.
No matter what happens in this world, you can go online and find someone protesting it. A lot of folks are upset that there will be no Comic-Con in San Diego this year as if the virus that's killing so many people can be ignored and the con would be just as it has always been. I guess they're a subset of the folks who who are demanding that everything be reopened, in some cases immediately. I saw this guy on the news and decided to get a frame-grab of him…
Assuming he's not a parody — and it's getting harder and harder to be sure about that kind of thing — what's the position here? That COVID-19 (which as Kellyanne Conway will tell you is the nineteenth COVID) isn't really dangerous but "I always wear a Hazmat suit while protesting"? Is that the premise?
The closing of most parts of this country was quick because a lot of people were scared — rightfully so, I think. The reopening will be slow for the same reason. I'm leaving the Fortress of Solitude here not when any elected official tells me…not even when Dr. Fauci tells me…but when I tell me, and that'll have a lot to do with what my personal physician tells me. That may be a while.