steve | September 24, 2008
It took me a while to find this, but it’s another clipping for the collection. Many thanks to Janet Gadeski for the link.
Canadian Fundraiser eNews - The latest “thon” the blogathon
Steve Wark of Montreal spent all night on July 28 reading comic books. Steve’s not a kid reading under the covers with a flashlight. He’s [...]
steve | July 28, 2008
The donations are still trickling in, so I’ll post the latest donor count and fundraising total in a couple of days. At the same time, I’ll offer the lucky winners their pick up the Boom! Studios trades and the lucky commenters their choice of the books.
I had a five-hour nap Sunday morning, and that kept [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
Looks like this is the end of the Blogathon! I’ll get in touch with all the prizewinners as soon as I have all the figures in. Believe me, I’m in no condition to handle basic arithmetic…or spelling, as you may have noticed of late.
That’s 50 posts, plus interludes. An awful lot of typing for one [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
…to Jen at Day of Blogs, for organizing the event this year.
…to Lindsey, for being my monitor, and reminding me of my own monitor duties
…to Chip Mosher and Boom Studios for the prize support.
…to Steve Faguy for the Gazette article
…to Loretta at the Commemorative Giving department of the Montreal Children’s Hospital, for keeping the pledges [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
…to everyone who donated and/or pledged (in no particular order): Albena, Tamu, Karen, Gen, ***Dave, Albert, Matt, Kuan Yin, Mark, Judy, Christine, Susan, Annelise, Leslie, Phil, Lynda, Exivrogne, Mom & Dad, Scott, Lou & Tilly, Mireille, Stephen, Deb, Barb, Tal & Erik, Ramsay, Adriana, Dan & Libby, Lisa, Bill, Jill & Kathy, Lyle, Tanya, [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
Acts of VengeanceSupervillains are always being defeated by their traditional opposites: Kingpin can’t get the better of Daredevil; Doctor Doom may posture, but Reed Richards owns the stage etc., until the villains finally get the bright idea of switching opponents. Now they have a fighting chance! The whole concept turns out to have been a [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
Armageddon 2001This was DC’s version of the annual crossover, and it had a great hook: In the year 2001, one of the modern superheroes turned tyrant, killed the others, and called himself/herself Monarch of the Earth. A time traveller goes back to the past to discover which hero becomes the villain. Each annual is another [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
Atlantis AttacksThis was the second of Marvel’s line of Annual crossovers. Yes, they happened once a year, but they involved the Annuals of all the regular titles (annuals were a special one-shot issue that stood outside regular continuity). The Deviants of Lemuria steal the Serpent Crown to raise Set from the dead. All the heroes [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
Sensational She-HulkJohn Byrne wrote the first eight issues of this series as an industry satire, with fake back issue ads and references to the weird villains from the Hulk’s original run. Then Steve Gerber took over and turned the book into a Howard-the-Duckian cultural satire, using some familiar Marvel and DC characters. Pseudoman was the [...]
steve | July 27, 2008
Looking through the basement and closet longboxes was as much about finding the wheat as it was removing the chaff. Here’s one treaasure I enjoyed.
Mobfire 1-6 This Vertigo series is the first crime comic I can claim to have read. It’s about British mobsters who use magic to attain their dominant position…but when the family [...]
