Fridays…with Greg Hatcher
Friday's Cross-Hatchings for November '09
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 1:02 PM EST
Like several of you, I also decided I liked "Cross-Hatchings" best of all the suggestions for titling the occasional hodge-podge column. Many thanks to Sam L. for coining it.
Since embarking on the just-concluded month-long series of columns about comfort food, the hodge and the podge have been rather piling up, so let's get to it, [...]
Saturday's Comfort Zone Wrapup
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 9:20 PM EST
Finally, our conclusion.
Here's part one, part two, and part three. I really had intended, when I first outlined this, to keep it to one or at most two columns. What can I say? Comfort food's a staple around here lately. Between cold and flu season, and then hosting our godson Phenix for a couple of [...]
One Week From Tonight....
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 11:00 AM EST
...if you should happen to be in the west Seattle area. A great many of my former students are involved in this production.
Including, I believe, designing this poster.
We are certainly going to be there. The last one we attended was a great deal of fun.
Friday Curled Up by the Fireplace (Comfort Zone, part 3)
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 8:09 PM EST
And here we are again with another list of comics, books and movies as comfy as your favorite old slippers. First we did Westerns, then contemporary action stories... this week, since we just had Halloween, it's all about horror.
Friday Nestled Under an Old Quilt (Comfort Zone, part 2)
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 1:22 PM EST
This idea of comfort-food fiction really seems to resonate with a lot of people.
We're just all about congratulations this week!
- by Greg Hatcher
- Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 7:28 AM EST
Rock on Christine Valada! She's been tearing it up on Jeopardy! since Monday.
Julie and I are huge nerds and we love Jeopardy! so it's been really fun for us watching Mrs. Len Wein continue to hammer her opposition... especially since a three-day total of around $36,000 will probably go a long way towards restoring their [...]
Saturday in the Comfort Zone
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 3:19 PM EST
Sometimes, you don't want something new. You want to settle in with an old favorite, whether it's a movie or a book or a comic. Comfort food.
Friday among the Cultists
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 10:14 AM EST
Here's another parlor game for you. This one kind of grew out of an idea some friends were kicking around on the CBR forums.
The question put to the floor was, what makes something a "cult" hit, as opposed to being just a clear success or failure?
Friday's...whatever.
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 AM EST
Chad Nevett calls his Random Thoughts. Brad Curran calls his Randomer Thoughts. (Or Randomest? I can't keep up.) Over at The Beat, Heidi calls hers Kibbles 'n' Bits. I should think of a clever name for my version. But it's basically the collection of things that have been piling up that didn't rate a full [...]
The Weekend Before School Starts
- by Greg Hatcher
- Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 3:07 PM EST
We are at that point where I am scrambling to get my act together for this year's after-school Cartooning classes that I teach in the middle schools. Budgets, proposals, lesson plans, and so on.
It's my least-favorite time of year.
Worth a Look
- by Greg Hatcher
- Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 PM EST
I've often spoken of Steve Gerber's amazing run on The Defenders -- and just did again last week -- but if by some chance you're tired of hearing it from me, this well-written piece here breaks down for you just why it was so awesome. Check it out.
Friday in the Wayback Machine
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 12:05 PM EST
During the summer of 1975, the way I read comics went through a major sea change. And because of that, the course my life eventually took changed as well.
This Year's Long Weekend on the Road
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, September 11th, 2009 at 10:37 AM EST
Julie and I had to delay our annual back-roads bookscouting expedition this year, but we did get one.
Serialized Friday, Chapter Three: Look! Up In The Sky!
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 9:26 PM EST
We've been looking at several of the old cliffhanger serials over the last couple of weeks. The first installment is here. The second is here. And today we wrap it up with the two I enjoyed the most out of the lot.
