Today is
Chevy Chase's 65th
birthday.
So, what the heck does that have to do with comics, you are probably asking yourself. (If you're in public, best not to do it aloud.)
And it's not the
Marvel Team-Up issue from the late 70's that teamed Spider-Man with
Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready For Primetime Players. Chase had already left the show by that time.
Well, it turns out, as revealed in a
Comics Journal interview with one of my favorite comics writers,
Bob Haney, writer of the Batman team-ups in
The Brave and The Bold and creator of the
Teen Titans,
Metamorpho,
Eclipso and a host of other off-beat characters from the height of the Silver Age, that Chase's father, Ned, was Haney's brother-in-law. (I suppose this means Haney's sister is Chevy's mother, though that isn't explicitly stated.)
Do you remember the SNL 25th anniversary special where
Bill Murray, in his lounge singer persona, goes up to
Michael Douglas in the audience and says "I am a huge fan....of
your father." If I ever met Chevy Chase, I don't know if I could resist the urge to say, "I am a huge fan...of your uncle Bob."
For more about Bob Haney and
The Brave and The Bold, check out this
five part series that I posted on my blog
The Word From On High a couple of years ago.
This weekend, you can tune in to WDEM 17 and watch LIFELINE COLUMBUS. There, you'll see all manner of cool and interesting stuff going on in Columbus, One of those interesting things is the Sunday Comix Group's Atomic Indie Comix Show along with an interview with Max Ink! To see when the show is playing, check out their schedule. And if you have any trouble tunning in to (or finding) Channel 17, you can watch their broadcast being streamed online here or here. So there's no reason not to see the Atomic Indie Comix Show!
