Today, according to the internet and the granddaughter of the author , is the 130th Birthday of American writer, Samuel Dashiell Hammett.   ...

I very much remember the first time I heard or saw Talking Heads - because the two happened at the same time.  I would assume it was sometim...

Cartoonist, comics-maker, artist, historian and beloved comics icon Trina Robbins has passed . I became aware of Robbins around 2003 or so d...

Literally just yesterday I pre-ordered three comics as they had covers by Ramona Fradon.  Today I have learned Fradon has passed. Fradon had...

A while back, Stuart asked me what original comics art I would like to own .  And the answer to that includes complex math in my head, but f...

Comics legend Keith Giffen has passed.   I can't begin to quantify how much an impact Giffen had on the industry and on me as a reader. ...

John Romita, Sr., one of the classic Marvel bullpen of creators of the 60's-era (and well beyond) has passed .   Much as Carl Barks was ...

Cartoonist/ artist Al Jaffee has passed . If you don't think you know Al Jaffee, you do.  He was one of the staples of Mad Magazine for...

Composer and the gentleman who scored my middle high school years, Angelo Badalamenti, has passed.  

Today marks the 100th birthday of cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator of pop culture force, comic strip and animation favorite Peanuts .   Th...

Comics artist and illustrator Tim Sale has passed.   Sale's work was singular, unmistakable, and reminded an industry what could be done...

One of the first comics I read that turned me into a comics fan was in a DC Blue Ribbon Digest (1984) , a reprinting of Tales of the Teen Ti...

Meeting Adams in November, 2013  I am shocked and saddened to hear that Neal Adams passed on Thursday. From The Hollywood Reporter . Adams&#...

Watched:  10/02/2020 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  First Decade:  1940's Director:   Irving Pichel An interesting noir with a series...

Watched:  08/08/2020 Format:  Disney+ Viewing:  First Decade:  1990's Director:  David Lynch For more ways to listen NathanC...

Watched:  08/10/2020 Format:  Disney+ Viewing:  First Decade:  2010's Director:   Don Hahn Let me start by saying: in a lot of...

Ennio Morricone, famed composer of film scores, has passed at the age of 91 . It's hard to measure the impact of Morricone's ...

I am terribly, terribly sorry to report that Dennis "Denny" O'Neil has passed .  I am often genuinely saddened when I see ...

Every once in a while you read a comic that you know is just going to stick with you for a long, long time. Novelist Neil Gaiman of cou...

Watched:  04/07/2020 Format:  Amazon Streaming Viewing:  First Decade:  2010's Director:  Jack Bennett I forgot to write this ...