Todd S Burroughs
The new biography of Jack Kirby really isn’t that; it’s an authorized, more-polite-than-it-should-be version of his life used as an excuse to showcase his great art. And thank God for it.
Jack Kirby is responsible for two-thirds of every childhood smile I ever made. Period. The Fantastic Four. The Silver Surfer. The Incredible Hulk. The Mighty Thor. The [...]
Okay, look, I don’t have a horse in this race (pun intended ), but I’ll just say this:
As a writer and a historian, I think people have the right to tell any story any way they want. And other people have the equal right to publicly criticize that telling, and tell their own stories in defense/offense. [...]
……. “South Africa At A Crossroads,” Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s NPR series on the current problems of South Africa?
Or that “All Things Considered” story on Cuba’s newspapers?
Or that ATC report a couple of Saturday’s ago on Obama’s impact on a D.C. middle school?
Or that GREAT edition of “On The Media” from a couple of weekends ago?
Wow, clearly NPR is [...]
…..the families of Harvey Korman, who I will always think of first as The Great Gazoo, and second as that hysterically funny man on “The Carol Burnett Show”
and to Tim Russert.
When Russert first took over “Meet The Press,” I wasn’t very excited. He seemed to turn a serious, sober news program that used to feature [...]
Puny humans saw Hulk’s new movie this past weekend. Mixed reviews. Hulk hate puny humans who talk bad about Hulk!
Hulk movie real good. Hulk liked the other movie, too, but it made too many puny humans’ heads hurt. Made Hulk’s hurt, too. Hulk like the new movie better. Hulk SMASH more!
New Hulk movie made good [...]