I’m continually flummoxed by the number of cartoonists and other cultural obsessives who seem to know practically everything about their own particular obsessions. I saw “MISERY” recently and saw “LAWNMOWER MAN” when it came out. I think I’ve also read one or two light-hearted King articles in “Entertainment Weekly” - it’s astounding to me that individuals (such as this cartoonist) have the time, stamina and ability to mentally collect the work of other people (ie; Stephen King) and spew it back forth as if it is the very SUCHNESS of their lives. It’s kind of sad (in a way) that things like movies and TV shows have co-opted the time of so many. The closest I’ve ever come to building an obsession over another person’s work is my deep love for Sherwood Schwartz’s “Gilligan’s Island” - but to take that love beyond a simple appreciation and into a world of microscopic analyzation does not interest me. BTW Kathy Bates WAS good in “MISERY”!
