This is not a good day for any of us here in the Michael Davis World family. Back in the late 1970s, I was editing a home video consumer magazine called Video Action. Amusingly, I staffed the publication with freelancers from the comic book community – people who excelled in the art of visual communications [...]
Milestone’s creative team last photo. Denys Cowan, Dwayne McDuffie, and Michael Davis Comic Con 2010
Noted comics and animation writer Dwayne McDuffiedied Monday evening, reportedly from complications due to a surgical procedure. Dwayne joined the comics industry in the 80s working for Marvel Comics editorial and special projects. He quickly made his name as a writer creating series such as Damage Control, helping to redefine Deathlok for the nineties, and having She-Hulk [...]
The Michael Davis World family is greatly saddened by the news of Linda Gold’s passing. On a personal note, Michael would like to say to Mike and Adriane, you guys are not alone. Linda was loved by many and will be missed by all. Our love goes out to Mike Gold, Adriane Nash, and all [...]
Arizona has become the Ann Coulter of the Union. Except Arizona is a lot more harmful. We know about Arizona’s bill that mandates President Obama to present his birth certificate in order to run for reelection in that state. We certainly know about its bigoted mandatory stop-and-harass Hispanic-looking people law. But perhaps you haven’t heard [...]
We’ve just gotten word that Lewis “Alan” Coil, a regular commenter here at Michael Davis World and at many other websites, died last Friday, April 30, 2010 from an apparent heart attack at the age of 55. Paul Shiple posted the notification on Harlan Ellison’s web board. “I wish I could speak more of what [...]
Who Outed Blagojevich? by Mike Gold Brainiac On Banjo #97 Casablanca has given us one of the all-time favorite bits of movie dialog. When Captain Renault is ordered by the Nazis to close down Rick’s Place, he does so under the pretext of gambling. A long-time frequenter of the joint, Renault is asked why. Renault [...]
