Poetry

Of all the strange habits that my friends have, combing through back issues of Starlog on the Internet Archive is probably at the top of the list in a walk. Occasionally, though, sifting through promo pieces for V and Alien Nation turns up something gold, which is exactly what happened this week. While reading the November, 1988 issue of Starlog, Andrew Weiss came upon a contest that offered readers a trip to London to visit the set of Tim Burton's Batman '89. All you had to do was write in and explain why you wanted to meet Batman.

It's not an easy life being an artist and a poet.  After the art is completed, then one has to go out and publicize it, letting people know it's available to purchase. Vincent Devine of Oneonta was finding this out recently, as he was being hustled from studio to studio to be interviewed by three different DJs about the book he contributed art and poetry to...