So I figured I'd use this to point out that I and pretty much everyone in California is fine after the earthquake today. We hit 5.8 in Hollywood, which is nothing to sneeze at. It felt a lot like being on a ship in choppy seas actually.

I guess I was being a bit too specific about my last posts. What podcasts do people listen to, NPR or not? I now have a lot of time to kill even though I'm working. More on that later.

For those of you who are in the entertainment industry, you should know that LA's own NPR affiliate KCRW has some amazing programs regarding our vocation, all of which are archived and podcast on a daily basis.

The Business is a smart and nigh omniscient half hour weekly program that looks at the industry as a whole, from labor relations to ( Read more... )

Stuff has been happening in my life ( Read more... )

WHEDON'S DOLLHOUSE UPFRONT CAN BE SEEN HERE.

GO. WATCH. SALIVATE.

Congratulations to all of you have finally gotten your piece of paper saying you're smart.

Once again, it's time for Kate Beaton to show us all how they do things in the great white north.


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So I’m driving home from the craziness of Free Comic Book Day, listening to Weekend America on NPR while cruising the 101N (yes I do listen to NPR, thank you very much). A story comes on about World Naked Gardening Day. It’s funny, interesting, and engaging ( Read more... )

Matt started blogging about Free Comic Book Day at CBR Live!

EDIT: THE LINK WORKS NOW SORRY.

I have officially invaded Newsarama (another big comic book news website) with an article about a comics panel at the LA Times Festival of Books! It features Jeph Loeb, a writer on "Heroes" and a prolific comic book writer; Mike Mignola, creator of "Hellboy" and of course "The Amazing Screw-On Head;" and Steve Niles, writer of "30 Days of Night!" ( Read more... )

"As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them in further with your second sentence and have them in a mild trance by the third. Then, being careful not to wake them, you carry them away up the back alleys of your narrative and when they are hopelessly lost ( Read more... )