Year: 2005

The creators of the novel series “Ghosts of Albion,” Chris Golden and Amber Benson (yes, THAT Amber Benson, from “BtVS”) are doing a contest and have asked me to plug it. I feel a connection to the series since I’m being brutally murdered in the next installment, so…here’s the contest.

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Hi, it’s Glenn. As you may know, I run a website called Lot Auctions, and there’s an auction going on now of 30,000+ comics that a lot of you might want to bid on. Every so often, you hear about a collection like this– now you have a chance to get in on it.

This is the personal collection of a long-time employee of the big-two comics companies (we can’t tell you who because of their corporate policy) who has to pay for a college education for his kids– so he’s selling off his entire collection, from Action Comics to Zot!, including complete runs of Avengers, Justice League, Green Lantern, Iron Man, and many others.

Most books prior to 1975 are VG or better, most books after 1975 are VF or better. Many are in mint condition (read once) and many rare issues are to be found, like the Elseworlds 80 Page Giant that includes Kyle Baker’s “Letetia Lerner, Superman’s Babysitter” and which was pulped in the United States– less than 700 copies are suspected to exist.

Covers shown are NOT the actual covers, but used only for display purposes. The collection is available for viewing by appointment, and individual issues are also available for more precise grading information on request. Shipping costs will be paid by the buyer for any and all issues purchased.

Any questions, feel free to ask in comments here or on the Lot Auctions site. Bid heavy– the more money this auction brings in, the less intrusive ads I have to put on the site to pay for all this bandwidth.

Thought you guys might be interested in seeing the cover to “Fall of Knight,” the third book in the King Arthur triology, due out in summer of 2006.

Glenn brought to my attention that Joseph Wilson has announced he may sue Bush and Cheney because of damage done to the career of his wife, the CIA agent who was outed courtesy of Karl Rove.

Does anyone have the SLIGHTEST doubt that the exact same conservative forces which stated–at the time of the Paula Jones civil suit–that a president should be able to be sued while in office, will now say that Bush simply cannot be allowed to be distracted by a civil suit?

PAD

Day after day of unrelenting rain. And I’ve been sitting here in my basement office relieved that I don’t have flooding down here.

Finally, last night, the incessant rainfall…uh…cessed. Around midnight or so, the constant drumming of rain above let up. Imagine my relief.

Three in the morning as I’m struggling with a plot point on my Fantastic Four novel, I glance over and see that an entire section of the floor is wet. Water is oozing in from a section of the wall behind the television set.

Crap.

I haul out towels and mop it up. It’s still coming. I keep mopping. More water. More mopping. Finally the water stops seeping in. I sit back, watching the floor warily for some sign of continued seepage, and as I do that, the plot point clicks into my head and I figure out where the story’s going next. People wonder whence writers draw inspiration? More often than not, from desperation.

PAD

First issue of FNSM hits the stands. Whaddaya think?

PAD

Diamond Dateline is a supplement sent to retailers. It typically only features the “Premiere” publishers, Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse. IDW has never gotten more than a sidebar mention, and never an image run with a mention.

In the October 5 Diamond Dateline, middle of page 2, is a good-sized piece on Fallen Angel #1, with cover image, too. That may well be more coverage than we got for the DC launch.

Now we see whether this translates to retailer response.

PAD