If I'm ever hauled into interrogation for some reason and they demand to know my whereabouts on the night of January 3, 1993, I can answer with confidence. I was in the club room at someone's LA apartment complex with a bunch of my coworkers from Malibu Comics. We were there for a very specific occasion: the TV premiere of Deep Space Nine Episode 1.
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Historically, sitcoms make up the smallest piece of the TV cartoon pie with the fewest productions. Why? Because they're the toughest to find an audience for. The Simpsons is the clear standout, and a handful of competitors got as close as they could. After that, there's a steep dropoff into a chasm of one-shots and single-season experiments. Here are two stories from my time in that chasm.
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In November 1983, a significant event shifted my path: I bought the first "import" issue of Judge Dredd and gradually became hooked on a massive body of science-fiction comics that started in 1977 and continues to this day. If you're pursuing a 2000AD collection of your own, or just want to look at some wild and crazy art guaranteed to entertain, you'll find a lot here to like.
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The opening animation for Daicon IV is as close to pure magic as anime can get. You only have to see it once, and it's with you for all time. The 5-minute Daicon III opening was cobbled together by a ragtag group of amateur animators. Two years later, they were still ragtag but they were no longer amateurs. From the first moment of the Daicon IV opening, it was instantly obvious that significant things had happened in the interim.
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Read THE LAST BLUE EAGLE, my new and original SF adventure webcomic created just for this site! In the world of the future, Earth is one of six planets united in a bond of mutual prosperity. Linked by Quantum Gates that allow for FTL travel, the gifts they shared with each other brought tremendous evolution to technology, culture, trade…and crime.
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