Symbiosis in the Seventies
In the long-ago, pre-internet days when I was a kid, the strange recursive feedback loop between comics, paperbacks, and television led me to some odd — but very cool– places.
In the long-ago, pre-internet days when I was a kid, the strange recursive feedback loop between comics, paperbacks, and television led me to some odd — but very cool– places.
How many times DID television producers rip off THE FUGITIVE, anyway? A lot; sometimes badly, sometimes really well. Here’s a (probably incomplete) rundown of TV heroes on the run from one-armed men, ruthless billionaires, shady corporations, and others.
In which I find things I’d forgotten about or at best half-remembered; books, comics, and my first-ever pulp magazine.
We journey to the tiny seaside town of Edmonds in search of indie theatre, fine dining, and, of course, books.
Hatcher’s been threatening to write this column for a decade. Well, this is the year. Buckle up. And he even recruited his colleagues to contribute a little venom as well.