"Great Canadian Hero" Movies: At Last

Looks like the Tommy Douglas movie's finally going to air.

Good thing, too.

On a related note, there's petitions to keep Da Vinci's City Hall and This is Wonderland going past the officially announced cancellation-by-host-network dates. The petitions are located here and here. Thought I'd pass those links along, just in case.

Canadiana Returns

The webcomic, that is.

New serial arc started up featuring her adventures this week. I'd recommend taking a look. Sandy Carruthers on the art, Mark Shainblum on the dialogue. I'd rate it "AA-13" if it were a movie being screened in Ontario, FYI.

RIP: Darren McGavin

One of the shows I really got a kick and a half out of as a kid was Kolchak: the Night Stalker.

It starred Mr. McGavin as Carl Kolchak, a reporter just this side of permanent residence on the unemployment line, and a man whose life would be a lot less complicated if he hadn't kept running into everything from vampires to ETs to military robotics experiments to mad magicians ranging from the Greek to the First National in origins. All running amuck, all unknown to the public despite Kolchak's best efforts to get the word out on these most unusual threats to public safety.

I just learned a few minutes ago that Mr. McGavin has stalked his last night in any role at all. He was 83. He had a very long and storied career that people from at least four generations have enjoyed the fruits of thus far. Many will remember him for roles I've never seen him play, or that I gave less attention to than I should have.

I'm sorry we won't see anything new from him.

Mr. McGavin, my too-belated thanks.

For everything, but from me, especially for the face you gave Jeff Rice's Carl Kolchak.