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    Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
    2:06 am
    Bazillion's Rogues Gallery!
    Revealed here for the first time--William Bazillion's Enemies List!

    http://www.williambazillion.com

    And big things are in store for at least one of these characters. Stay tuned.
    Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
    12:45 am
    To the heart of a mighty volcano!
    Here's the new installment of William Bazillion. This week sums up the whole character pretty well, and it's based on one of the ideas that went into the creation of good ol' William in the first place:

    http://www.williambazillion.com
    Thursday, May 1st, 2008
    11:16 am
    Full-frontal German Karaoke!
    All that and more in my April "Fresh From the Festivals" column over at Animation World Network.
    Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
    1:52 am
    Stumptown, William Bazillion, and You
    There's a new installment of The Chronicles of William Bazillion up at http://www.williambazillion.com, in which the official William Bazillion documentary continues along its merry way. Miss it at your peril!

    Having been away from the Internet from Thursday night until earlier this afternoon, I'm sure that just about everyone in Portland has beaten me to the punch in covering Stumptown, but here's my take on the show, for what it's worth:

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    Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
    12:29 am
    ...and starring Richard Nixon as "The Beaver"
    The William Bazillion Story begins this week at http://www.williambazillion.com

    Miss it at your peril!

    And for those of you in the Portland area, I'll be at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend, exhibiting for the first time as part of The Couscous Collective. I'll be selling copies of my brand-spanking new mini-comic "Max O'Millions and The Red Menace," featuring the mysterious Max O'Millions/Richard Nixon crossover hinted at earlier in Chapter Five.

    "Red Menace" will go on sale through my website shortly after that, for those of you who are interested in such things.

    And please, please remind me a few months before this year's Alternative Press Expo that there's no law against starting your next comic earlier than the weekend before you're going to be selling copies of it at a convention.
    Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
    10:50 pm
    It's all about the build-up...
    Dale Warlock, the patron saint of evil taxes, stars again in this week's William Bazillion:

    http://www.williambazillion.com

    Next week: The authorized film biography of William Bazillion.
    Friday, April 11th, 2008
    11:35 am
    This sentence really scares me:
    "He sold 15 million copies of the single 'Ice Ice Baby' in 1990."

    Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
    12:40 am
    The Fan Art of William Bazillion
    I'm gearing up for the Stumptown Comics Fest at the end of the month, and to buy me a bit of extra time (that I'll probably just waste playing "Scrabulous" on the Facebook website), Shaenon K. Garrity has pitched in with some fan art so that I can get a week ahead on the strip and try to finish up a 24-page mini-comic within the next couple of weeks.

    Wish me luck, and in the meantime, check out today's William Bazillion for Shaenon's work.

    Excelsior!
    Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
    1:01 am
    Drat and bother.
    Only two things are certain in life, and The Chronicles of William Bazillion is nothing if not certain:

    http://www.williambazillion.com
    Friday, March 28th, 2008
    5:50 pm
    March 2008 Fresh From the Festivals
    In all the hubbub this week, I forgot to mention that my March 2008 Fresh From the Festivals column is now online at the Animation World Network.

    And as always, if you like what you read, please send a quick email to editor@awn.com. I'm not sure how many of the articles generate feedback, but a positive word or two can't hurt.
    Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
    12:49 am
    Look here, Nixon. You can't just--
    What, me cliffhanger?

    http://www.williambazillion.com
    Friday, March 21st, 2008
    10:30 am
    Yo, Joe!
    I surprised myself last summer by skipping out on the live-action Transformers movie. Haven't even rented it yet. As I mentioned in my previous blog post about no longer deriving any enjoyment from Mel Brooks's Spaceballs, I feel like I'm letting down my inner 12-year-old.

    But this morning, I saw this, and all was right with the world:



    Ray Park as Snake-Eyes. Christopher Eccleston as Destro. Mister Eko's in it, either as Roadblock or a Roadblock stand-in.

    If they can just get these guys to play Shipwreck, Gung-Ho, Spirit, Law, Wild Bill and Stalker, they'll clean up at Oscar time.

    Thursday, March 20th, 2008
    12:22 am
    Sedagive?
    Shaenon and I went to the Castro Theatre tonight for the second-to-last installment of the 2008 SF Sketchfest for a screening of Young Frankenstein, which is quite probably my favorite movie of all time. I'd never seen it on the big screen before, and quite frankly, I'd have been happy paying our $25 a head just for that.

    However, in addition to the screening, we also enjoyed an hour-long Q&A session with Frederick Frankenstein himself, Gene Wilder.

    Following that, Wilder autographed copies of his new novel, The Woman Who Wouldn't.

    We met Gene long enough for me to blurt out something like "Me like movie good funny! Friend?", his wife asked us how many times we'd seen Young Frankenstein on the big screen (and Shaenon had the presence of mind to say "One," I think...), then we jumped behind the table and preserved the occasion:



    And yes, that's an incredibly huge, dopey grin on my face, but it's not everyday you get to meet one of your most favorite movie stars, is it?

    (And for the record, the subject title for this thread is the funniest line in Young Frankenstein, which makes it, in fact, the funniest word in the English language. Not that any other language is going to produce a funnier word, but you never know.)
    Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
    12:15 am
    ...and we had to stay "with it."
    More Nixon than you can shake a stick at in this week's The Chronicles of William Bazillion.

    Miss it at your peril!
    Monday, March 17th, 2008
    2:59 pm
    I've never heard Harvey say a word against Akron.
    Richard from Midnight Fiction just posted a glowing review of The Max O'Millions Adventure Society. Supplies are running out, so if you'd like an actual on-paper copy, click the link and place your order.

    And for those of you comics industry professionals who are eligible, please take note: The nomination round for The Harvey Awards closes this Friday, March 21. Click here for a text version of the ballot. You can type your nominees right into the document and send them in by email this year, which makes it easier than ever to vote.

    If you're having a hard time completing your ballot, I'm not too shameless to humbly suggest that you remember the following comics that were released in 2007:

    BEST ANTHOLOGY
    Marvel Holiday Special 2007, Marvel Comics

    BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
    "Piece of Cake," by Andrew Farago, Shaenon K. Garrity & Lou Kang, Marvel Holiday Special 2007, Marvel Comics

    BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
    (LIST TITLE AND WEBSITE URL)
    Smithson by Shaenon K. Garrity and Brian Moore (http://www.smithsoncomic.com)

    SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS (LIST WRITER
    OR ARTIST AND TITLE OF COMIC)
    "Piece of Cake," by Andrew Farago, Shaenon K. Garrity & Lou Kang, Marvel Holiday Special 2007, Marvel Comics

    ***

    Thanks for your consideration!
    Friday, March 14th, 2008
    1:40 pm
    I got more links than Jimmy Dean...
    So I'm finally embracing the teenage girl within my soul and got myself a MySpace page, in the hopes that it will make it easier for me to promote all of my stuff and draw attention to myself.

    If you haven't been bugged by me yet to join my various networks, please make note that I'm now signed up on all of these sites, so please feel free to add me to whichever lists and sites you're on:

    MySpace

    Facebook

    LinkedIn

    Plaxo Pulse

    And a quick question from someone who doesn't want to do the research--is there an easy way to cross-post entries both here on LiveJournal and on MySpace? I'm assuming that I can cut-and-paste whatever I post here and just add it to MySpace anytime I'm posting, but if anyone knows of an easier way to do that, I'd appreciate hearing about it.
    Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
    12:42 pm
    Niece #4!
    Shaenon and I have a new niece! Sophia Marita Farago Dumsch was born this morning. She weighs eight pounds, and I'll post pictures here as soon as we get them.

    Congratulations to my sister Lisa and her husband Drew.

    **Edited to fix the middle name--it's "Marita," which is a tribute to her grandparents, Martha and Mary.**
    12:58 am
    It's probably best if you don't know.
    Last Thursday, Shaenon and I were officially confirmed as members of The National Cartoonists Society! Yes, the same NCS that has counted Walt Kelly, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sergio Aragones, Hank Ketcham and many, many other talented artists among their ranks now includes me and Shaenon K. Garrity.

    And if I'm really, really lucky, none of the members of the NCS will read this week's Chronicles of William Bazillion, since I'm sure it's grounds for expulsion.
    Monday, March 10th, 2008
    1:13 pm
    Exploring the New Frontier
    I interviewed New Frontier comic creator Darwyn Cooke and super-cool voice director Andrea Romano at WonderCon a few weeks ago, and you can read those along with my mini-reviews of the New Frontier DVD and just-released tie-in comic book, too.

    If you aren't into the superhero thing but you're a fan of animation in general, you can skip over Darwyn Cooke and dive right into the Andrea Romano part. She's got a great story about Huckleberry Hound voice actor Daws Butler and has some pretty cool insights into the animation process, too.
    Friday, March 7th, 2008
    3:26 pm
    The Iceman...Dutch-eth?
    Here's a cool news story...
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