Thursday, November 11, 2004

Lola Granola


Well, tonight is technically the end of the Hurting's first contest. I say "technically" because, well, as of this evening I've still only received ten entries to the damn thing. I swear, someone offers a few free comic books, you'd think people would come running. I mean, people like Johanna and the folks at Peiratikos do it all the time, and they supposedly get a fair turnout. What's with me? Am I not a good promoter? Sure, I may have forgotten that I was running the damn thing myself a couple times, but seriously... what is not to like about a contest with almost $80 worth of prizes? There's even free shipping, for the love of God.

OK, I'll give you all one more chance. The contest is officially extended until Sunday evening at midnight, after which time, I'm serious, submissions will no longer be accepted. Put the word out, people. I'm disappointed. Everyone gets up on their chairs and barks like a hyena every time DC decides to rape G'Nort, but try to give people swag? Might as well be crickets churping, I tell you! And I was so proud of myself for this contest... I though this was just a killer idea. Well, it killed alright...

And oh, to the dude who mentioned it, the new masthead quote is actually from an Ed Wood movie, one of those rare softcore porn flicks he made towards the end of his life. Just to let you know.




Everyone in the Boston area must heed my call, and come meet The Hurting this Friday in Allston, where my wife is performing at the Common Ground from (roughly) 10-1:30. The last couple times she played were kind-of abrogated by sports, but there's no baseball game this time around to interfere. Check out the details here, and look for me behind the chick with the purple hair.

Politics In Comic Books, Part Three


I recently decided to take a look and see what political causes and candidates the various men and women (but, lets be honest here, its mostly men) who run comics decided to support financially. This information is actually relatively easy to find, thanks to two independent websites dedicated to shining a light on non-confidential political contributions: Political Moneyline and Fundrace Neighbor Search. In all cases the attempts to verify the identity of the officers in question have been completed to the best of my ability, and the officer’s spouses have been searched as well, when that information has been provided where available.

This is a purely unscientific and obviously cursory examination. All names were verified twice according to both websites – but to the credit of the webmasters in charge of their respective sites, there was rarely any light whatsoever between the two groupings of results. These results are only as accurate, however, as the information provided by these sites, so caveat emptor. All of this information is readily available and in the public domain, so if you want to do the legwork yourself it’s fairly easy stuff to verify.


Misc. Comics


Todd McFarlane - Co-Founder, Image Comics; creator of Spawn - No Contributions Listed, (Spouse Wanda McFarlane - No Contributions Listed)
Erik Larsen - Co-Founder, Image Comics; creator of the Savage Dragon - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Marc Silvestri - Co-Founder, Image Comics; creator of Cyberforce - No Contributions Listed, (Spouse Bridget Silvestri - No Contributions Listed)
Jim Valentino - Co-Founder, Image Comics; creator of Shadowhawk - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Rob Liefeld - Co-Founder, Image Comics; creator of Youngblood, Cable - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse

Note: Image Co-Founder Jim Lee was covered in rundown of DC Comics executives.

Mike Richardson - Founder, Dark Horse Comics - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Gareb Shamus - Founder, Wizard Entertainment - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Mark Alessi - Founder, Crossgen Enetertainment - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Denis Kitchen - Founder, Kitchen Sink Press; Literary Agent - No Contributions Listed, (Spouse Stacey Kitchen - No Contributions Listed)
Kevin Eastman - Co-Creator, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; owner, Heavy Metal magazine - No Contributions Listed, (Spouse Julie Strain - No Contributions Listed)
Peter Laird - Co-Creator, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; beneficiary, Xeric Awards - No Contributions Listed, (Spouse Jeannine Laird - No Contributions Listed)
Chris Staros - Publisher, Top Shelf Comics - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Brett Warnock - Publisher, Top Shelf Comics - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Jeff Mason - Publisher, Alternative Comics - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Larry Young - Founder, AiT/Planet Lar - No Contributions Listed, (Mimi Rosenheim - No Contributions Listed)
Gary Groth - Co-Founder, Fantagraphics - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Kim Thompson - Co-Founder, Fantagraphics - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Dirk Deppey - Managing Editor, The Comics Journal - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Tom Spurgeon - Comics Gadfly, Celebrated Author, Man Of The World - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Milo George - Freelance Humanitarian - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse
Chris Ware - Cartoonist - No Contributions Listed, (Marnie Ware - No Contributions Listed)
Art Spiegelman - Cartoonist - No Contributions Listed, (Francois Mouly - $250 for Howard Dean on 11/28/03)
Dan Clowes - Cartoonist - $250 for John Kerry on 6/27/04), (Erika Clowes - No Contributions Listed)
Jaime Hernandez - Cartoonist No Contributions Listed, (Meg Hernandez - No Contributions Listed)
Gilbert Hernandez - Cartoonist - No Contributions Listed, (Carol Hernandez - No Contributions Listed)
Steve Geppi - Owner, Diamond Comics Distributors - $1,000 to Dick Gephardt on 3/12/03, $1000 for Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (Congressional Democrat, Maryland District 2), $1,000 to Ameripac, (Melinda Geppi - $1,000 to Dutch Ruppersberger)
Chuck Rozanski - Owner, Mile High Comics - No Contributions Listed, (Nannette Rozanski - No Contributions Listed)
Rory Root - Owner, Comic Relief - No Contributions Listed, No available name for Spouse

Tomorrow: Newspapers!

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