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Brad Meltzer

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About Me

There's enough propaganda here. For the rest, go to www.bradmeltzer.comHere's me talking about Bulgaria...

My Interests

As long as it's good. Movies, comics, books, TV, music. And just because your fiction is serious, doesn't mean it's serious fiction.

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Music:

The Darth Vader theme, Badly Drawn Boy, old Prince when he had the good pouty lips, Run DMC, the Superman theme, Beastie Boys, U2, Propellerheads, the theme to St. Elsewhere, that song from Tootsie that makes me cry like a beat puppy, Sally That Girl by Miami Bass Waves -- even though it sucks, and Patton Oswalt's new album.

Movies:

Annie Hall, Raising Arizona, Heathers, Star Wars and Empire, Grease, About A Boy, Three Kings, Election, The Royal Tenenbaums, Animal House, The Big Lebowski, Time Bandits (seemed so damn cool when I was little), Manhattan, ET, The Graduate.

Television:

Freaks & Geeks, Lost, Arrested Development, St. Elsewhere, Sopranos, My So-Called Life, Sports Night, Buffy, Twin Peaks, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Cheap Seats, Batman the TV show (still love it, nah, nah on you), the really freaky X-Files episodes where they dealt with the big picture stuff, South Park.

Books:

To name just a few: Alan Moore, Spaulding Gray, Will Eisner, Harper Lee, Michael Chabon, Joss Whedon, Brian Vaughn, Judd Winick, Geoff Johns, Allan Heinberg, Damon Lindelof, Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Brian Bendis, Junot Diaz, Dahlia Lithwick.

Heroes:

Jim Henson: Creatively brilliant, ruthlessly funny, the top of his game, and he gave it all to work in public television. For children. That's just plain cool to me. And my grandfather, Ben Rubin.

My Blog

Marshalls!

Of all the messages and notes I got on my Mom's passing, the one that made me happiest came just yesterday. It was from Richard Haus, the manager of customer service. At Marshalls. Yes. World HQ of Ma...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

City Year Miami

The board meeting was wild -- like that scene in Flashdance where she's standing in front of the judges -- but instead of dancing, we pled our case, left the room, and then they voted (okay so we kind...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:39:00 PST

Boston and NY

Off to Boston for today's board vote on City Year Miami. If we get the vote, we're a reality. This has been an incredible year, so hoping for the best. And for those looking for what to do with their ...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:20:00 PST

LA

Just now back from the trip to LA. Went to Book Expo, saw lots of old, dear friends in the book business, signed tons of galleys for The Book of Lies (when will the first hit ebay?), pitched a TV show...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:09:00 PST

Thankful

Got an email today from a friend going in for some back surgery (is there a better sign for old Jewish woes?) and he sent out a note saying that if anything went wrong, he wanted us to know what he wa...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:03:00 PST

Vacation

Just back from a week's vacation in Tennessee, which was far more vital than I realized. And so, this week I head out to LA for Book Expo, where the clear highlight will be a panel on Saturday with my...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Wed, 28 May 2008 10:06:00 PST

Another Funeral

Hard to believe it, but we found ourselves at another funeral today as my Grandmother passed away. She was 89 and lived a long good life, so that's a good thing. I used the occasion to sit down and fi...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:16:00 PST

More JLA Figures

I'm excited about Flash. And Green Lantern. And a Benes Wonder Woman. But c'mon, we get Geo-Force. DC COMICS SOLICITATIONS FOR AUGUST 2008 (Newsarama) JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SERIES 3 ACTION FIGURES...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Tue, 20 May 2008 03:02:00 PST

The Book of Lies

Here it is, what the book is really about. Can't WAIT to talk more about this. BRAD MELTZER ON THE BOOK OF LIES & THE SIEGEL HERITAGE (Newsarama) Fans of Brad Meltzer's work have gotten used to t...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:39:00 PST

Coming Home To Comics

For those who didn't see it, here's the news about the new comic, DC Universe 1: Last Will and Testament. It's been in the works for a while now, and I'm so excited to see the news out there. Feels li...
Posted by Brad Meltzer on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:15:00 PST