RIP, Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin passed away yesterday, on his 61st birthday. The cause of death isn’t being disclosed at this time, but he had been fighting kidney problems. MST3K fans might know him from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. Mystery fans might know him from his role as Nero Wolfe in The Nero Wolfe Mysteries.

I mainly remember him as Major Fambrough in Dances With Wolves, since AMC shows that a lot. He was also in a couple episodes of Stargate SG-1 after I quit watching the show, and the first episode of Eureka.

May he rest in peace.

RIP, Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin passed away yesterday, on his 61st birthday. The cause of death isn’t being disclosed at this time, but he had been fighting kidney problems. MST3K fans might know him from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. Mystery fans might know him from his role as Nero Wolfe in The Nero Wolfe Mysteries.

I mainly remember him as Major Fambrough in Dances With Wolves, since AMC shows that a lot. He was also in a couple episodes of Stargate SG-1 after I quit watching the show, and the first episode of Eureka.

May he rest in peace.

Fannish Items of Interest

Here’s the footage of Blue Beetle transforming that debuted at Comic-Con. It looks more like something that should be on Power Rangers or Big Bad Beetleborgs. I think I read somewhere that it’s for a transformation sequence in Smallville. Booster Gold and Blue Beetle will be in the final season, but it will be Jaime, not Ted.

Io9 lists The Best Cosplay of Comic-Con. Some of those costumes are great. My favorites are the guy dressed as Lobo in #21, Bender in #33—same one who was in the protests, Cloak and Dagger in #38, (well, mostly Cloak with a mannequin of Dagger attached at the hip) and Mystique in #47.

Topless Robot lists 11 Bad Draculas. The list includes Morgan Freeman in The Electric Company, along with the version of Dracula that appeared on Buffy. I liked Love at First Bite and Dracula Dead And Loving It, and they’re on the list.

Found via blognewsarama: Fake Stan Lee visits Comic Con back in 2009. It’s funny.

Fannish Items of Interest

Here’s the footage of Blue Beetle transforming that debuted at Comic-Con. It looks more like something that should be on Power Rangers or Big Bad Beetleborgs. I think I read somewhere that it’s for a transformation sequence in Smallville. Booster Gold and Blue Beetle will be in the final season, but it will be Jaime, not Ted.

Io9 lists The Best Cosplay of Comic-Con. Some of those costumes are great. My favorites are the guy dressed as Lobo in #21, Bender in #33—same one who was in the protests, Cloak and Dagger in #38, (well, mostly Cloak with a mannequin of Dagger attached at the hip) and Mystique in #47.

Topless Robot lists 11 Bad Draculas. The list includes Morgan Freeman in The Electric Company, along with the version of Dracula that appeared on Buffy. I liked Love at First Bite and Dracula Dead And Loving It, and they’re on the list.

Found via blognewsarama: Fake Stan Lee visits Comic Con back in 2009. It’s funny.