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Wizard Awards Update
2008-07-23 17:09:49

Ever since I hired Jeanine Schaefer, my office has been unofficially nicknamed “DC South”. And for her first day, we created a “DC South” sign and posted it in the area where both she and Steve Wacker sit.

Unfortunately, this little gag prevented you from being able to see the video we shot for you two days ago, as there was some trepidation about the legality of us displaying the DC bullet on our site, even modified as it had been.

The video in question concerned Steve’s Wizard Award for Favorite Editor, which we’d blogged about a week or two back. At the top of the week, Steve received a package from Mike Cotton containing the actual award, which he hadn’t received previously.

Steve did a whole extemporaneous skit in which he wore the statue like bling, proclaimed “DC Rules!”, and generally acted like cock-of-the-walk. But because he prominently held the DC South sign above his head as he did so, we cannot show you the video. However, at the left, you’ll hopefully find one or two still shots I was able to isolate from it with the sign obscured. This little taste will have to suffice, I’m afraid.

On a related note, Wizard’s Joe Yanarella left me a message after the earlier blog entry went up, saying that he was the one who decided to stop doing the Wizard Awards presentations in Chicago, and that this was motivated entirely by the fact that the event was becoming stale, and attendance for it had dropped way off. So now you know.

More later.

Tom B

Clearly, you guys are having waaaay too much fun in that office.

Posted by Rheged on 2008-07-23 16:45:24

Thanks for the update Brevoort.

Posted by Aziroth on 2008-07-23 18:18:52

"Clearly, you guys are having waaaay too much fun in that office.

Posted by Rheged on 2008-07-23 17:45:24"

Now when people online complain about little continuity blips we have something to point to. lol
You guys are crazy.

Posted by doncorswhazie on 2008-07-23 19:23:58

Aww! Lawyers suck! (Yeah, I said it - so sue me!)

Posted by Fetsur on 2008-07-23 19:26:53

Question for Tom
Hello Tom,

I've been wondering about how and when comics can become 'subscribable'. Do the (expected) sales figure play a role?

Does it help when we use the form on the subscription site to ask for adding a comic? If so, could everybody please start asking the Marvel guys to add Deadpool to the list of subscriptions???

Also mr. Brevoort if you have any weight in the matter, is it possible to bribe you? The recent posts of mr. Wacker suggested that peanut butter cookie can do wonders. Now, we don't have peanut better cookies in Belgium (I think) but we do have belgian chocolate and belgian beers that I could fedex. :-)

Knowing that there is a Deadpool series out there that I cannot read would be the end of me. :-(

Kind regards,
A very devoted Deadpool fan!

Posted by Zigy on 2008-07-24 12:43:29

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