February 2006 Archives

Okay, so here's the deal. Peter Parker has seen Man Mountain Marko outside kicking butt in the neighborhood. Peter has to duck out to switch to Spider-Man and deal with the problem. Mary Jane is pissed at his sudden departure, but being a decent guy, Peter offers her some Hostess Cup Cakes to keep her satisfied until he returns. Peter then runs out, risks life and limb protecting innocent people, using about $100.00 worth of web fluid, making Mary Jane's (not his own) neighborhood a safer place, and upon his return (under the pretense that he was just going out to get some milk to go along with the cupcakes) is greeted with this:

Your mission is to supply what SHOULD have been the last thought of Peter Parker in this ad. Give Peter a backbone, or don't! Have fun!

...well, not me, but check this out. I found my name on a blogger poll for "Best Artist of 2005", and while Frank Quitely got top honors with 40 votes, look who got ONE vote, and look who I'm in company with:

"Charlie Adlard, Adrian Alphona, Ed Benes, Boussourir, Chynna Clugston, Farel Dalrymple, Guy Davis, Ryan Dunleavy, Juan E. Ferreyra, Sean Galloway, Brandon Graham, Rob Granito, Greg Horn, Brian Hurtt, Roger Langridge, David Lapham, John Paul Leon, Kevin Maguire, Lorenzo Matotti, Mike McKone, Steve McNiven, Terry Moore, Phil Noto, Jerry Ordway, Tim Sale, PAUL SIZER (?), Adrian Tomine, Noel Tuazon, Matt Wagner, Mike Wieringo, Leinil Francis Yu (1 vote received)"

Here's the BEST ARTISTS page:
COMIC BLOGGERS POLL: BEST ARTIST
AND I got on this list for MOPED ARMY:
COMIC BLOGGERS POLL: BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL

Here's all the results of all of the categories:
COMIC BLOGGERS POLL 2005

Ah, on the interweb, EVERYONE can be a star for 20 seconds...