A quick Internet search reveals that, the day before she'll be appearing at Mid-Ohio-Con, Margot Kidder appears on cable on the Biography channel.

It's an episode of Murder, She Wrote: episode 9:16, "Threshold of Fear," which originally was broadcast Feb. 28, 1993. She plays Dr. Holden in an episode described on epguides.com as "A recluse is terrified when the killer she sees in her dreams tries to see her in real life."

According to the schedule, Biography will air it at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, Nov. 23.

Let me remind you: If you haven't been checking the "Videos" link on the CBGXtra home page, you might enjoy taking a look. It's our goal to post a new video each weekday. Will we manage it? Well, we've been on schedule recently -- but next week may be a bit less dependable. In any case, we're wrapping up production on a Ray Harryhausen interview (complete with two annoying Public Address announcements -- ah, the wonders of shooting from the convention floor), and that'll be posted tomorrow.

And, while next week may see fewer postings from the summer, I'll be recording madly (how else?) at Mid-Ohio-Con, so just keep checking the video site.

And tell your friends.

It’s pleasurable to note this morning that Brent Frankenhoff (who works in the desk across the aisle from me) has finally wrapped up production of CBG’s “Retroviews on DVD” project. Pleasurable because I’m looking forward to having a searchable DVD of Retroviews in my computer in the near future -- and because Brent has been really snarky, as he simultaneously prepares DVD content, edits material for the next Comics & Games Retailer (which goes to press today), and roughs out the next issue of Comics Buyer’s Guide.

Mind you, the tension level remains taut, thanks to the C&GR goal of the day. (And that’s another cool project: the Industry Directory for retailers, a directory providing information on the vast variety of businesses serving the comic-book industry. I use it all year long. But I digress.) But I’ll soon have the benefit of being able to check easily on back-issue summaries, reviews, and additional information that has appeared over many months in our Retroviews feature.

Thing is, we’ve struggled for years with the need to find material in back issues that, now, are on the verge of filling an entire shelf of the bookcase by my desk. And now, by the end of 2007, I can pop a DVD into my computer to find out when we ran “Comics Ideas Gone Wrong” (remember serial numbers on comics? cut-out collector stamps? newsprint covers?) and not only discover that the article appeared in CBG #1599 but also read the full article. Cover price on that issue was $5.99 (and it’s long out of print), and for less than five times that cover price, there are a couple dozen issues -- with the additional merit of actually being able to find that review of Artesia Afield (CBG #1609).

And, soon, I’ll be able to locate quickly all the Jesse Marsh-illustrated Tarzan stories — thanks to the “Retroviews on DVD” release.

(No, you can’t order the “Retroviews on DVD” project yet. But, just to remind you, the “CBG on DVD” is on hand and ready to ship.)

And Brent is starting to cheer up, although he’s also fighting a head cold; the issue of C&GR is almost ready for the printer.

It suddenly occurred to me that I never did specify what that radio interview on Sunday was all about.

The show was Harry Rinker's Whatcha Got? It's on about 50 affiliates in 25 or so states, airs Sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. Eastern Time, streams live, and is archived on the Internet.

Kathy Li has just alerted me to a TV show coming up Sunday, Nov. 18.

Going by the listings at TVGuide.com, which begin, "Marge opens a gym for real women," there's no hint of what's disclosed on the Wikipedia.org site: that the Simpsons episode "Husbands and Knives" will focus, too, on comics, complete with guest voices Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, and Dan Clowes as themselves, not to mention Jack Black as the owner of a comics shop in direct competition with Comic Book Guy.

Mark your calendars, folks.

The program for the 2007 Mid-Ohio-Con (Nov. 24-25) in Columbus seems to be pretty well settled, and it looks as if I'll be almost as busy as Mark Evanier is at Comic-Con International: San Diego every year.

Judging from the advance look I've had at the program book, I'll be on three panels on Saturday and two on Sunday, with each day providing a back-to-back presence.

Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon, I'll be part of a group kicking off general convention chat. It says it'll be "the scoop on what's happening" at the show; my contribution will probably be more muddled than that, but I'm looking forward to the fun. I'll lay low, since there will be other people at the table who know what they're talking about with regard to the convention: Gary Herrmann, Jeff Martin, Bob Corby, Scott Crawford, and Layne and Peri Toth.

That afternoon come the back-to-back challenges. A bunch of us expressed the desire to play host to guest Margot Kidder -- so it looks as if three people will be slobbering over the delightful performer. With Michael Davis, Chris Yambar, and me telling her how much we've enjoyed her work, she'll be lucky to get a word in edgewise, despite the fact that she's involved with four movies now in post-production -- and that she first caught my eye in the wonderful Nichols series in 1971 (which was by no means the start of her career).

And immediately following that (in the same room, Ms. Kidder having made her escape), I am to be roasted by an assemblage of people I've known for decades. I'd hoped that I could persuade Mark Evanier to craft hilarious responses for me -- only to learn that he'll be the roastmaster! Yikes! Others involved are scheduled to be Michael Davis, Bob Ingersoll, Tony Isabella, Carolyn Kelly, Bill Messner-Loebs, Brian Pulido, and Steve Rude.

Sunday, it's back-to-back sessions again, opening with a 10 a.m. chat with CGC President Steve Borock regarding comics grading, CGC, and the like.

And then I jaunt from Panel Room A to Panel Room B to celebrate Walt Kelly, Pogo, and more with Carolyn Kelly and Mark Evanier.

See you at one or more of the above?