There is some sense that the syndicated may not have really been working on this as a back-up plan so much as a negotiating tactic, a way of stating that there is a price too high, we are willing to go on without you.

In the end, Schulz got what had wanted: more control.

That's why we made so many comics in the 1990s -- they were so fun to make up.

You don’t know how much news he has backed up on his TiVo! It’s gonna take him years to catch up!!

Doing some further search, I find Harry's life took many dark turns. Newspapers reported that four of his female lovers committed suicide, three of them for learning his secret (although he denied this); that his father stabbed him (then claimed self-defence); died from syphilis at age 40.

While I'm at it... Harry Livingston, 1900. Apparently, being a trans man lends to lawlessness. "[His] latest escapade occurred last Saturday evening, when [he] was arrested for scorching and for riding [his] bike without touching the handlebars."

Of COURSE the monster Frankenstein is magnetic. Why do you think he ended up at the North Pole?

Of COURSE the monster Frankenstein is magnetic. Why do you think he ended up at the North Pole?

Ah!

I went to see if Google image search had gotten good enough to locate this among, say, the covers stored at CBDB.

Instead, I found it had gotten very stupid.

I could dig some mumblecore football.

I interviewed him about that (and other topics.)

If it’s a hit, they will probably adapt the sequel, W For Wreak Vengeance, as well as the rest of the Sue Grafton oeuvre.

It’s hard to keep things far apart when they aren’t parallel.

Wait, is Taco Bell selling us IMPORTED CRUNCHTADAS????

May you have a saucy year!