The Fies Files

Although I celebrate the traditional U.S. Thanksgiving in November, here in Blogworld I take the opportunity of New Year's Eve to expres...

Back in July , I wrote about our poor sick kitty Marbles, who'd been diagnosed with thyroid trouble and kidney failure. She was acutely ...

Above is this year's drawing for our family Christmas card, featuring, as it has for 21 straight years, my twin girls. The cards make a ...

Now this might be worth 20 minutes of your time: a clever, witty, silent two-reeler made by Buster Keaton in 1920 (he was about 25 at the t...

Time for another of my now-traditional "too busy to post" posts, which is actually season-appropriate now: . The ol' blog'...

Our daughters got home from college for Christmas break late last night. Early this morning we rousted them both out of bed to get their wis...

Added to the long list of Things I Did Not Know: George Lucas asked David Lynch to direct "Return of the Jedi." It's very diff...

Is this guy cool, or what? I wrote about my buddy Paul Giambarba in early November (scroll way down or click here ). Paul is a writer/artis...

There's a nice profile/interview with Editor Charlie at the Shelf Awareness website that I think gives some insight into my publisher...

You know what would be an excellent Christmas* gift for the science nut/space fan/history buff/pop culture maven/comic book collector/nostal...

WHTTWOT was the topic of discussion at last Thursday's meeting of the Abrams ComicArts Book Club , hosted by my publisher Abrams and Be...

A line was crossed in my home this week, casting me adrift in an abyss from which, I fear, there is no return. There was a time, in this civ...

I guess I'm the last person on the Internet to see this, and only because my pal Mike Lynch posted it this morning. I can only think of...