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7/27/04



It has been a while since I've updated this site and, um, well no one comes to it anyway so who the hell cares? But, seeing as how I'm somewhat bored today I thought I'd add some pictures and things I'd written and other cool junk so when someone actually does come to the site (our one visitee per year), there will be something to see. Below are some pictures of me from the SPACE comic convention in Columbus, where I set up a Flame Broiled booth and made the grand total of under ten bucks. Most of these pictures were taken by my father. With me is my cousin Max, assistant Flame Broiled seller for the day with Nick in Japan. Given by the way he was constantly covering his head, one can guess he was feeling a bit camera shy.

3/10/04

The darn-dest thing happened the other day. There I was, surfing the internet, and I ran into this website, and what do you know, it's got my friggin' name on it and everything! So I'm sitting there thinking, what the hell's going on? And then I start to get faint memories of maybe making this thing like a year ago late at night sometime. And what do you know, I sign onto tripod and the thing recognizes me as the owner and proprietor of medusa_comics.tripod.com. So I got to thinking, how many other websites have I made late at night and forgotten about? Gosh darn it, I bet the internet's full of them things! Half begun, never finished, swimming in a sea of wonderful websites that I never got around to finish! The prospect exited me. I was sure I'd done some really cool flash things at some point, with all sorts of great graphics and sound effects and what not! Wow, I thought. Me, a master web designer! How cool is that? So I feverishly searched the internet for my name left and right and up and down and on every search engine I could find! But alas, I met with dissapointment. No, I found out, the only website I'd made and abandoned was this piece of crap. Oh well.

11/22/03 - It has been a long time since I've written (but since Nick is the only one who reads this thing, I doubt it really matters). Anyway, on the off chance someone other than Nick is reading this, I'll take this opportunity to announce that Medusa Comics will be attending this year's SPACE mini-comic and self publisher's expo in Columbus, Ohio. This year, we will actually have a table! Amazing! Unfortuneatly, Nick decided to pick this particular week to go to Japan on a trip he's been planning for weeks, so that means the SPACE crowd will have to make do with simply me, the lowly writer, present. I promise to try to be interesting and engaging. Comics will be on sale for an as yet undecided price, and we'll do trades, and probably give a lot of comics away too. So don't be shy! If you're anywhere near the Columbus area come on out for a day of fun. I'll sign anything and even forge Nick's signature for anyone who wants it. Check out the link below.
Note - If all goes well, I'll hopefully have some copies of the RED poster we did with Harvey Pekar, if not for sale at least on display. Issues I'll bring will be #'s 3-6 and whatever else we can finish by then (most certaintly #7, very likely #8, and possibly #9). I may bring a few #1 and #2's, but I'll be very reluctant to give them out.

SPACE info

9/15/03 - I shared my writing piece today in playwriting today and people seemed to like it. I might post it eventually, but I think it's better read aloud than read. Like, on a screen.
Anyway, Nick's working very hard on Flame Broiled #6 and we're hoping iy will be available soon. We're also very excited about this poster were doing for Harvey Pekar and that should be done soon as well. Pretty exciting!
That's about all for now.

9/7/03 - I wrote a play for my playwriting class but it isn't very good. I'm going to try to write a better one. I also just saw The Battle of Shaker Heights, which I'm supposed to review for Shaker Magazine since they want to film from the perspective of a Shaker Heights High School student who is interested in film. I'll post the review here when it's done. I'm thinking about putting some writing pieces up on the website, but I'm not sure if anyone will actually take the time to read them. Is anyone reading this?

8/28/03 - I signed up for a playwriting class which I'm fairly nervous about. Today, we talked about various aspects of playwriting and the significence of the theatre (pretentious European spelling intentional). Don't you hate it when things are spelled in Euro fashion to look more fancy? It's like my local shopping center, Shaker Towne Centre. How lame can you get? Spell the freakin' words right, Goddamit.

8/27/03 - School started today. Unfortunately, this means that large amounts of my time will be taken up by reading and taking notes on various subjects of far less importance than this mini-comic. But I am giving YOU, the wonderful people who visit this site, a chance to relieve me of the pain and suffering I receive every day at school by sending me lots of E-mails concerning how much you love the website and comics. We are still waiting for that initial E-mail response which, once we are provided with an address or P.O. Box, will entitle you to absolutely 100% free comics, no stipulations. Make my day a little brighter, and get some free comics to boot.

8/24 - The time had to come. Nick has returned from his trip on the Oregon trail. This means that he now has been given the OK to start working on the site. While this was initially a one man show, it now has to face two distinct creators each pushing their own version of the website. So sit back and wacth Nick ruin my web portal. By the way, still waiting for those E-mail responses to come rolling in.

8/20/03 - No one has E-mailed me yet, so the offer still stands. Anyone out there rabid Project Greenlight fanatics? I only watched a few of the last one, but I've been watching the Battle of Shaker Heights episodes religously, mainly because they take place in my hometown, Shaker Heights. The main character is a high school student with curly hair (just like our Flame Broiled protagonist), however I can't say I've ever been into WWII battles. It is fun to see how warped Shaker Heights looks (they didn't shoot the film here in Shaker, too cold). In fact, the person who wrote the film has never even been to Shaker. It was the Shaker Heights "of her mind". Trust me, everyone here in Shaker will be laughing their asses off when it comes out. Still, any publicity is good publicity. Think we'll get tourists wanting to see our WWII reenactments? (Note - We don't have any. In fact, the whole idea of WWII reenacments is kinda silly. Civil War I can understand, you can actually recreate those on the actual battlegrounds, but WWII? The U.S. was fighting on pacific islands with planes and boats. So, are they recreating the European battles? In America? Yeah, I know, it's goofy).

8/19/03 - Hello. This is a new website and it is now up. How great is that? If you like mini-comics or Harvey Pekar, you have come to the right place. I wanted one of those little counter things but I don't know how to get one so to see if this site is really working the first person who E-mails me at ebyitems@aol.com to say he or she has been here wins free comics! How great is that! I'll even pay shipping! Note - Relatives and close friends exempt.