by Larry Brody
NOTE FROM LB
If not proof at least evidence that sometimes people really do change. Short poems (the first probably could have been a tweet but we don’t have them back in the 1990s), yet oh-so insightful. Maybe. I hope.
Anyway:
Month: May 2017
TVWriter™ Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – May 15, 2017
Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our 5 most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:
Rocket Raccoon Saves His Creator
A sad story, yet filled with hope. Thanks, Bill, for all you’ve given us. TVWriter™ is rooting for you:
by Mike Mantlo
For those new to the story, my brother, Bill Mantlo, was one of the most prolific writers in the history of Marvel Comics. During a span just shy of 20 years, he penned tales for nearly every title in the Marvel Universe. His was an unbridled imagination fired by all the “marvels” he absorbed from his voracious reading appetite in his 1950s-’60s childhood.
Starting in the “paste-up” department at Marvel’s New York City “House of Ideas,” Bill was literally chomping at the bit awaiting any opportunity to put his fantastical ideas into print. In almost Hollywood-like fashion, one day editor Tony Isabella frantically scoured the bullpen for someone that could provide him a story to fill in for a writer that had missed his deadline, and Bill jumped at the chance. Whipping up a tale on his lunch break, Isabella was pleased with the result, and Bill earned his first writer’s credit. The floodgates were opened, and would not soon be closed again. The writing assignments grew steadily, and Bill became known as the “fill-in king” at Marvel. His imagination and creativity flourished, and within a few short years he was churning out upwards of eight different titles every month.
Susan Sontag on Writing
A meme after our own hearts:
More on the Changing Face of TV
Yesterday, TVWriter™ presented an article about the effect of cord cutting on standard TV distribution, and if you’re a cable or satellite exec you had to have been upset by what you read. Today, we’ve found another article, and while this one won’t exactly ease the pain of those favoring the status quo, it does give audiences and creators everywhere something to eagerly await.
(Another reason why the recent WGA-AMPTP negotiation was so important!)
