Because Everyone Deserves A Golden Age

There's no plans at the moment for a memorial for Steve Gerber; Mark Evanier, posting on Gerber's blog, thinks the many tributes going up on the Web right now are fitting in their own right, as Gerber embraced the Web early on. There is, however, a fine group working to make sure comics creators have a financial safety net: The Hero Initiative.

Who are some of your favorite comics creators? I tried to keep it to ten, and failed miserably. But I think I'd be fair in listing (in no particular order) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Gene Colan, George Perez, Matt Wagner, John Buscema, and Steve Gerber.

Chicago Friday Morning TV

I need someone -- perhaps several someones -- to record the NBC morning TV show on Friday. 'Cause it looks as if Cap'n Slappy, Ol' Chumbucket and I are gonna be on it.

ETA: Yes, I want to post it to YouTube. I'd like to post one really good version to YouTube, so I hope to get a few to choose from. No, I don't know when we'll be on. We were told to be at the station between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. Chicago NBC affiliate, whatever that may be. Probably one of the cutaways from The Today Show. I may end up truncating the song (best way seems to be dropping the first bridge and most of the "Iron Chef Pyrate" shtick [except the intro, up to "cutting-edge cuisine"]).

Darth Mahnahmahnah

Dee dee, de dee-dee.