These are columns I wrote years ago for the Comics Buyers Guide, a fine publication that dealt mostly (but not exclusively) with comic books.
Questions I grew tired of answering over and over about the world of comic books and animation.
Questions I grew tired of answering over and over about the great Jack Kirby.
Blog posts about how to deal with the perils of being a freelance writer.
Two articles about the Broadway musical of Li'l Abner and the movie made from it.
This is the story of how an idea for a new series was born and killed in about three hours.
How the Man of Steel lost his head due to editorial interference.]
A 1991 essay on the Once and Future King of Late Night.
The birth of Scrappy Doo and what I had to do with it.
Mark vs. a Pregnant Pussycat. Guess who wins.
A look back at a comic so rare some people think it never existed.
A guest post by our dear friend, the late Earl Kress…a man who actually visited the key location from the movie, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Several days in the Big Apple in 2017.
A diary of an eleven day excursion to Vegas, Philly and the Big Apple.
A List of Things I've Learned About the Comic Book Industry Since I Got Into It In 1970, Many But Not All of Which Still Apply.
Some things I learned about how to maybe help a loved one not wind up in The Nursing Home from Hell.
Where I've been and where I'll be. This is a lot more for my benefit than for yours.
An article for folks interested in having careers doing voices for animated cartoons.
Some tips to perhaps you survive your first visit to a big comic book convention.
A discussion of the unique way Jack Kirby drew the character when he had to.
Just what it says: Mark's Ridiculously Simple and Quick Recipe for Creamy Tomato Soup.
A scrapbook/history of a long-forgotten TV special/pilot.
All about the Blackhawk comic book, before and after I got to write it for a little while.
We countdown my ten fave episodes of my fave TV series.