perhapanauts pin-ups--derek fridolfs

okay...

first off, here are the answers to last week's "five on friday"...

1. what film featured tim allen as the washed-up star of a cult tv show?

galaxy quest

2. what was the name of the small green alien that visited bedrock from time to time? who did his voice?



the great gazoo, voiced by carol burnett regular, harvey korman

3. what were the names of the four aliens on "3rd rock from the sun"? and who played them?

the solomons were: dick (john lithgow), sally (kristen johnson), harry (french stewart), and tommy (joseph gordon levitt)

4. who designed the original alien in "alien"?



h.g. giger

5. what was "the fifth element"?

love, embodied in the perfect body of milla jojovich

check in on friday for the long-promised, highly anticipated movie quotes edition of "five on friday"!

so...

side note: in response to brian's bid for perhapanauts booth boy employee of the year, i got an e-mail from megan who just isn't having it! she has mounted a campaign of her own, BOYCOTT ALL BOOTH BOYS! don't mess with supergirl, dude.

so, as craig and i (craig mostly) finish up putting the second chances trade together, it should be about time for us to spill about what great artists we were able to cajole (read: blackmail) into doing some pin-ups for us this time--and to premiere the awesome pin-ups we GOT!

just to tease you over the next week or so, here's the list of the talented friends that were kind enough to do our perhapanauts in their own inimitable styles! we can't thank these guys enough--but we'll try!

derek fridolfs -immortal iron fist, kidd bonzai and the bot
sean "cheeks" galloway -teen titans go!
jack lawrence -lions, tigers, and bears
ted mckeever -eddy current, batman: nosferatu, silent hill: dead/alive
jonboy meyers -ninja scroll, marvel age spider-man, marvel upper deck
david petersen -mouseguard
kelly yates -amber atoms, tellos, green arrow

we'll start with our pal, derek fridolfs, who has helped me out more times than i'd care to mention on so much tellos stuff! derek is an awesome inker and an awesome guy and does an awful lot to promote comics in his area. derek does programs and workshops with local schools and organizations and introduces kids to the fun and exciting world of comics!
as if that wasn't enough, last year, when we were putting the first trade together, derek sent in this fantastic pin-up which we, sadly, didn't have room for. it really broke our hearts not to be able to run it then.
but--ta da!--now we can really thank him by making it the first in the new pin-ups gallery in our second chances trade!
we love it!



thanks so much, derek!
you're the best, man!

well, i gotta go.
more on friday!
smell ya later!
todd

by the way, have i told you...

okay...

have i told you how incredibly talented my best pal and partner, craig rousseau, is lately?
no? well, he is. i'm not gonna go on and on with it 'cause he gets all squingy when you start throwin' him the praise, but lemme take a moment to send ya over to HIS website and blog and let ya see some of the sweet stuff this guy does BESIDES the perhapanauts. i'm gonna include a couple of pieces here, just to dress my own blog up (with other people's work), but make sure you take a look at craig's gallery to see some of the gorgeous stuff he's done.



craig, as i've said for quite sometime now, is what i consider to be a true artist, extremely versatile, able to work in several different mediums, in a range of different styles. that's not to say he doesn't have his own distinct look, but, man, he can really do it!








i love all of what craig does, but am lately drawn more to his canson paper sketches/pieces (that's colored paper with colored pencils--like so...)







i am always amazed at the shading he can accomplish with these, the depth that he defines with contrasting colors, not to mention the beautiful textures he can evince.
real nice!

if you wanna see some more, run, don't walk over to craig's own personal website -- www.craigrousseau.com --and check out the gallery. or, i should say, gallerIES!
and on his own blog he did a canson of choopie that shouldn't be missed by any TRUE perhapa-fan...!

also, he--along with our ever-loyal, extremely over-worked, rico--accomplished in this perhapanauts series something that i thought just couldn't be done in the sequential, static medium of comics. he was able to hide things.

i gotta run!
see ya here on wednesday with the "five on friday" answers...
smell ya later!
todd

brian's christmas tale--a little late

okay...

needless to say, this week too has been incredibly busy. i don't usually like to make excuses and i really don't wanna bore you with the stupid details of MY life, but sorry i missed wednesday.

and friday.

and what i planned to post--and will here below--would have only taken a minute or two to do so...but that's how little time i had...

this being the day-late replacement, your "five on friday" are at the bottom of this post...but don't skip. there might be an answer or two hidden in the body of this post... : ) (oh, and though i promised "movie quotes" as a subject, i'll hafta do that instead this friday 'cause i wanna be absolutely sure of wording...)

for those of you who were fortunate enough to read brian's perhapanauts "down in the dump" script a couple months back, we wanted to show you the pin-up/cover for that story that brian commissioned from the very talented scott wegener! you can see more of scott's stuff over at his website -- www.scottwegener.com --and keep an eye out for his miniseries, ATOMIC ROBO, with brian clevinger, due out later this year!



as the title of this post reveals, here is brian's little christmas tale. as you can see, his affection for (obsession with) molly endures, and this is his happy offering of the holidays at bedlam.
enjoy!


A Holiday Tale of the Perhapanauts

PAGE ONE – A Four Panel Page

Panel 1 – A Half Splash

Description: The setting is the main lobby at Bedlam. It is 11:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Sitting at the check in desk is Officer Brian Mulcahy, Second in Command of the C.R.I.C.K.E.T. Unit. Officer Mulcahy, in his full battle armor, is the only one from the unit on duty as it is Christmas Eve and, since for the past month all has been calm and all has been bright, the Chief decided to give everyone a break so they could be with their families over the holidays. In front of him is his disassembled blaster that he is cleaning. On his head is a telephone headset. In the background the song “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is playing.

Title: Todd and Craig’s The Perhapanauts in “The Ghost of Christmas’s Present”

Credits: brian –– words TBA –– pictures TBA –– colors

Mulcahy: I know mom, I wish I could be there too, but somebody’s got to watch the store. Uh, huh, Uh, huh. No, I’ll definitely be there tomorrow night. Yeah I love you too. Ok, mom, I’ll see you tomorrow . . . oh, and don’t forget to save me some stuffing.

Panel 2

Description: Close shot of Officer Mulcahy at the desk cleaning his weapon. Officer Mulcahy is now singing along to the final line of the song.

Mulcahy: “I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my . . .

Panel 3

Description: Totally black panel

Mulcahy: That can’t be good.

Panel 4

Description: A second totally black panel

Mulcahy: “Ah here it is”


PAGE TWO – A Four Panel Page

Panel 1:

Description: Officer Mulcahy is now standing at the check in desk. In his hand he is holding a large light stick that is illuminating the area around him. Behind him can be seen Molly standing there with a neutral expression on her face.

Panel 2:

Description: Officer Mulcahy turns to reach behind him to activate the emergency light switch. Upon turning he is startled to see Molly standing there and involuntarily recoils. Molly, startled by Officer Mulcahy’s reaction, also recoils. With a look of shocked surprise on her face

Mulcahy: Now where is that emergency power switch . . . Ahhhh!

Molly: Whaaaa!

Panel 3:

Description: Officer Mulcahy and Molly, both now are regaining their composure.

Mulcahy: Sorry, Ms. MacAllistar, you startled me. I thought I was the only one here tonight.

Molly: Please, call me Molly.

Mulcahy: Ok, and you can call me Brian.

Molly: Sure. As for why I’m here, unfortunately, outside of a Christmas Carol, there’s not much place for folks like me this time of year. So, I was just hanging out in my room when I got a telepathic message from Arisa that there’s something wrong with the trans-dimensional gate in the secure vault down in sub-level 7. I was on my way here to tell the duty officer about it when the lights went out.

Panel 4:

Description: Officer Mulcahy hits the emergency light switch and the lobby is illuminated in half-light. At the same time, he is picking up his side arm because his blaster remains disassembled on the desk.

Mulcahy: Well, we better get down there stat. Ms. Mac . . . Molly, you go ahead and I’ll meet you down there. The emergency power isn’t enough to run the turbo lifts so I’m going to have to grab my gear and repel down the elevator shaft.

Molly: If it’s ok with you, Brian, I’d prefer to stick close to you. I know it may sound silly, me being one of those things that go bump in the night and all, but, to be honest, I’m a little frightened and really don’t want to be alone down there.

Mulcahy: No problem. Glad to have the company.


PAGE THREE – A Six Panel Page

Panel 1

Description: Point of view is from the inside of the turbo lift. Officer Mulcahy is prying open the doors with his bear hands. Officer Mulcahy is showing a fairly high level of exertion, as this is no easy task. Over his should can be seen Molly looking on.

Mulcahy: Errrrr. Ahhh. That’s got it.

Panel 2

Description: Officer Mulcahy secures his line to the side of the shaft.

Mulcahy: There, that ought to do it.

Panel 3

Description: Officer Mulcahy secures the line to the clip on his belt. As he is doing this he turns to Molly to speak:

Mulcahy: You ready Molly.

Molly: Yes. Is it all right if I catch a ride down with you?

Panel 4

Description: Officer Mulcahy still looking at Molly, but now with a smile on his face.

Mulcahy: No problem. I’m pretty sure the line will support both our weights.

Molly: (Giggling) Silly, if it will hold you, it will hold us.

Mulcahy: (still smiling) Ok then, hop aboard.

Panel 5

Description: Molly grabs hold to Officer Mulcahy by wrapping her arms around his chest from behind and nestling in against his back. [Yeah, I wrote it Dezago, what ya gonna do about it?]

Mulcahy: All Set?

Molly: All set.

Mulcahy: Ok then please put you seat in its upright and locked position and prepare for take-off.

Molly: “Giggles”

Panel 6

Description: Officer Mulcahy and Molly swing out into the shaft and plunge down the turbo shaft.

Molly: Wheeeeeeeeee! (do as a sound effect trailing down the shaft after them).


PAGE FOUR – A Six Panel Page

Panel 1 – a page wide thin panel

Description: To the far left you see Officer Mulcahy with Molly behind him having come through the elevator doors into sub-level seven. Officer Mulcahy has his sidearm out and in his right hand. The light in the room is low due to only being illuminated by the emergency lighting. To the far right of the panel can be seen the door to the secure vault has been torn open, its jagged edges pushing out into the room.

Panel 2

Description: A tight shot of Officer Mulcahy and Molly

Mulcahy: That does NOT look good.

Molly: It looks like it was pushed open from the inside.

Panel 3

Description: Officer Mulcahy standing in front of the vault door, his back to the viewer.

Mulcahy: Yeah, it definitely was forced open from the inside. That’s really not good.

Molly: (from off panel) BRIAN!

Panel 4

Description: Officer Mulcahy quickly turns toward Molly, a look of surprise and concern on his face. Over his shoulder a large figure completely obscured in shadow can be seen charging toward him

Mulcahy: What is it Molly!

Panel 5

Description: Tight shot of Molly’s face, fear and concern evident from her expression as she shouts a warning.

Molly: BEHIND YOU!

Panel 6

Description: Point of view from behind Officer Mulcahy. The figure that was charging toward him, still obscured in shadow, has smashed into him launching him in the air and sending his side-arm flying out of his hand.

PAGE FIVE – A Six Panel Page

Panel 1

Description: Large Sound Effect – Crash – at the top of the panel. Molly is standing with a look of shock on her face as Officer Mulcahy’s side-arm comes sliding to a stop at her feet.

Molly: Oh Boy . . .

Panel 2

Description: Large sound Effect – Slam – at the top of the panel. Molly is bending down and reaching for the weapon.

Molly: Come on Molly, you can do this, you can do this. All you have to do is concentrate. Remember what JoAnn said, the trick to this is to believe you can do it. Visualize that you are lifting the object and it will lift!

Panel 3

Description: Large sound effect – Smash – at the top of the panel. Tight shot of Molly’s face concentrating intensely.

Molly: You can do this Molly, I know you can.

Arisa: (from way off panel) I know you can too Molls

Molly: Arisa!

Panel 4

Description: Officer Mulcahy is lying on the ground propped up on one elbow. He looks a little worse for wear and there is a large crack running across the chest plate of his battle armor. He is looking up at his attacker. Standing with a long large club shaped piece of scrape metal torn from the vault door poised above his head ready to be brought smashing down on Officer Mulcahy is a figure that looks exactly like a Skorm, but this one is almost seven feet tall with the build of a bodybuilder not afraid of needles

Mulcahy: I thought you guys were supposed to be small, you know like elves. What the heck have they been feeding you?

Panel 5

Description: Tight shot of Molly with Officer Mulcahy’s side arm held in front of her aimed off panel at the Skorm.

Panel 6

Description: Very similar to panel 4, but now Officer Mulcahy has raised one arm in an attempt to shield himself. Molly has fired from off panel hitting the Skorm that is now outlined in bright light; his figure has become transparent with his skeletal structure showing through as he disintegrates into nothingness.


PAGE SIX – A 7 Panel Page

Panel 1

Description: Shot of Molly a look of shock and amazement on her face as Officer Mulcahy’s side arm now passes through her hands and falls to the floor with a load clank.

Molly: Oh my.

Panel 2

Description: Officer Mulcahy has now come over and is standing beside Molly.

Molly: What just happened?

Mulcahy: I’m not clear on all the details, but I’m pretty sure you just saved my life. Thank you, I believe that’s the nicest Christmas present I’ve ever got.

Panel 3

Description: Molly and Officer Mulcahy are standing looking at each other. The Bedlam automated announcement system in the background is stating, “Twelve A.M. December 25th and all is well.”

Mulcahy: Merry Christmas Molly.

Molly: Merry Christmas Brian.

Panel 4

Description: Half body shot with Officer Mulcahy standing on the left and Molly is standing on the right. The two are facing each other. Officer Mulcahy has his head tilted up looking at the empty space above Molly’s head. Molly does not look up, but rather is looking straight at Officer Mulcahy.

Mulcahy: Why Ms. MacAllister, I believe that you are standing under the mistletoe.

Molly: (without looking up) Why Officer Mulcahy, I believe you are correct.

Panel 5

Description: Tight shot of Officer Mulcahy and Molly’s faces seen from the side. Officer Mulcahy. Both have their eyes closed and are leaning toward each other as if to kiss.

Panel 6

Description: Sound effect on Officer Mulcahy’s side of the panel “pop” and Officer Mulcahy has disappeared. Molly’s eyes are now open with a very surprised look on her face as she stares at the empty space where Officer Mulcahy had just been.

Panel 7

Description: Shot of Molly, facing straight out of the panel looking directly at the reader with an annoyed/angry/frustrated look on her face and.

Molly: TODD!

Editors Note: (In a box at the bottom of the panel) Due to circumstances completely within our control the character of Officer Mulcahy is temporarily unavailable. todd & craig.


Story Copyright 2007 Brian T. Mulcahy

The Perhapanauts™ Copyright © Todd Dezago & Craig Rousseau.
All Rights Reserved. All characters featured herein and the distinctive
Likenesses thereof are trademarks of Todd Dezago & Craig Rousseau.
(Hey, you guys trademarked me. What’s up with that.)

so, here's the funny part--inspired by brian's tale of molly and the crickets, craig COULD NOT get this image out of his head! he kept telling me about it, over and over, he couldn't stop picturing it and really couldn't get much else done until he drew it!
(and of course, even though this story could never really happen, i love it!)

thanks, brian!



disclaimer:
i guess i should say now, as they used to post on all of those fan fic message boards and websites, that, while craig and i--and brian--encourage ALL of you to send in your own tales of the perhapanauts, none of these stories should be taken as actual 'haps continuity. there are several instances in both brian and alison's stories that directly contrast with either the future plans for or the heretofore untold backstories of certain characters. sorry. have fun. play safe.

and now, your "five on friday"...

1. what film featured tim allen as the washed-up star of a cult tv show?

2. what was the name of the small green alien that visited bedrock from time to time? who did his voice?

3. what were the names of the four aliens on "3rd rock from the sun"? and who played them?

4. who designed the original alien in "alien"?

5. what was "the fifth element"?

smell ya later!
todd

harry potter and the order of the phoenix trailer

okay...

before we go any further, here are the answers to last week's "five on friday".
sorry for all the james arness/gunsmoke trivia--i didn't even really watch the show! it's just a buncha random nonsense that got into my head by osmosis somehow. this friday it's gonna be movie quotes (and i'll try to keep 'em within the past 2 decades...! : )

1. before the program moved to television, “gunsmoke” was one of the most popular radio programs of the day. who performed the role of marshall matt dillon and why didn’t he continue that part onto tv?

actor william conrad portrayed marshall matt dillon (among many other famous characters) on the radio but ws not the exact...shape that the producers of the television series were looking for. in the early 70's, he played private detective frank cannon on the quinn-martin production, "cannon". and in the early nineties, he starred on the tv show "jake and the fatman". he was the fatman.

2. james arness landed the role and played matt dillon through the late fifties, sixties, and into the seventies. at the same time, his younger brother was also starring in a top rated show. who was he and what was the show?

his younger brother is peter graves, star of "mission: impossible" and the "airplane" movies, as well as those new geico ads (the ones without the lizard.)

3. prior to his tv western gig, james arness was dressed as a giant carrot in what famous sci-fi/thriller?

actually, the full name of the flick is "the thing from another planet", but we'll take "the thing".

4. what was the first video played on mtv?

"video killed the radio star" by the buggles. (august 1, 1981)

5. name the weasley's?

bill, charlie, percy, fred, george, ron, and ginny. mom is molly and dad is arthur.




as you can see by that last one, i've been in a harry potter zone this past week. part of it is the fact that the new preview came out for the order of the phoenix. another part is, i think i'm trying to cleanse myself after watching that creep-inducing twin peaks: fire walk with me. another reason is that, when is it NOT a fun time to get all harry potter!



here's what i've done; when the books come out i buy them and read them and then put them on the shelf. a few months later i buy the audio version and re-live it all again. then just before a new book comes out, i'll usually give the last one a listen again! (and, yes, there have been times that i've just started at sorcerer's stone and listened to all 95 plus hours back to back to back!) 'cause here's the thing--reading the books is one thing, a joyous experience that takes me back to hogwart's again and again, but the audio books--and i know i've said this before--are the greatest audio books ever! jim dale is IN-FREAKIN'-CREDIBLE! his is more than a reading, it's a performance and he does it in such a way that each and every character has a distinct and perfectly cast voice! i can't recommend them enough! a sure cure for the winter blues--or anytime you might need a lift--let jim dale immerse you in the world of harry potter! cheer ya up in a second!



also, have you SEEN the harry potter preview? looks awesome!

go here:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix.html

okay, i'm outta here.
jake's gettin' his hair cut today and i got a lot to do!
smell ya later!
todd

a busy week...

okay...

as you can see by wednesday's post (there was no wednesday post...), it has been a very busy week for me. i apologize for missing a day and for the lateness of this post. as you'll see below, i shoulda asked our pal, brian mulcahy to cover for me.

brian would probably qualify as the greatest perhapanauts fan ever, if, of course, he wasn't employed by us. we don't pay him.

but he did MAKE the baltimore show sing for us this year and was very successful giving out the now-coveted choopie butt cards and sellin' the heck out a handful of our FIRST BLOOD trades. he soon thereafter nominated himself as perhapanauts booth employee of the month and craig and i supported him wholeheartedly and utterly. he won by a landslide.

since the announcement of the upcoming new york show--and craig's and my attendance thereat--brian has been petitioning for the position of booth attendant night and day. (we had just assumed he'd be there to help out, though, were this heroescon in charlotte, brian would have some stiff competition from our long-time tellos and perhapa-booth intern, meagan--seen here as supergirl...)








here then, for our amusement and now yours, is the application brian sent to us the other night lobbying for the booth boy position.

Dear Todd and Craig:

Position Desired: Perhapanauts Booth Boy - NYC.

Education:

I was born to be a booth boy, its in my blood.
My father, his father and his father before him all proudly served this great country of ours as booth boys. Oh the tales they would tell around the old dinner table, but I digress.

Expericence:

Greene's Drug Store: Sold stuff to people who did not necessarily want the stuff, but just couldn't resist my charm and easy going manner.

Copley Plaza Hotel: Lifting really heavy stuff, not The Hulk heavy, but heavy.

Perhapanauts Booth - Baltimore: Expertly dismantled booth, although as it turned out the boss hadn't wanted the booth
dismantled at that point given that there was a whole other day to the show; expertly reassembled the booth the next day because, dang as it turned out there was a whole other day to the show - apparently Baltimore is big on crabs and working
on the sabbath; charmed the multitudes - Howard Chaykin excluded - with my boyish grin, easy going manner and expert use of the now world famous Choopie butt card; and sold a couple of TPB's when the boss foolishly left me alone for five minutes at the booth.

Date available: Two weeks notice or Friday, February 23rd, whatever comes last.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to meeting with you in person to discuss my qualifications for the position.





Brian "Kinda' rhymes with Booth Boy" Mulcahy.

P.S. You guys do have dental, right




i will post my reply in the comments section.

needless to say, you'll be able to see me, craig, rico, brian, AND the infamous choopie butt card at the new york comicon february 23, 24, & 25! we'll have a table and cards and comics to sell and, if he's not too tired, scott will be there on sunday! right, scott?!

thanks for reading! have a good weekend!

smell ya later!
todd

oh--and here are your "five on friday"
after last week's kelsey grammer/james arness question, i got all gunsmoke on ya--sorry...


1. before the program moved to television, “gunsmoke” was one of the most popular radio programs of the day. who performed the role of marshall matt dillon and why didn’t he continue that part onto tv?

2. james arness landed the role and played matt dillon through the late fifties, sixties, and into the seventies. at the same time, his younger brother was also starring in a top rated show. who was he and what was the show?

3. prior to his tv western gig, james arness was dressed as a giant carrot in what famous sci-fi/thriller?

4. what was the first video played on mtv?

5. name the weasley's?


random picture of the week!

an ice storm and twin peaks...

okay…



they are talking some serious rain and ice storms for my area of the hudson valley for tomorrow and through the first part of this week. all my life i’ve always loved inclement weather and really dig watching what nature can do. storms, blizzards, you name it--it’s always an awesome display to me! being snowed in can be a wonderful experience and I even enjoy driving in snow storms and rain. go figure.

anyway, that’s neither here nor there. it was pretty rainy and gloomy here all weekend too. sharon and i spent most of it obsessed with finishing up twin peaks on dvd and were treated to some fo the scariest--and the funniest--moments i think i’ve ever seen on network tv. funny too that i was reading through my lastest issue of entertainment weekly to see that they’d named leland palmer as one of the scariest television villains ever. it’s a wacky ride--it’s david lynch, after all--one of my heroes--not only as a director and storyteller, but as an actor--his character on the show as fbi district chief gordon cole absolutely KILLS me--so original, so funny! anyway, as i was saying, it’s a wacky ride, and maybe and acquired taste, but if you ever wanna have some fun, check this series out.




as for the answers to our “five on friday”, it seems i should have specified (my bad!) that we were looking for the star playing the same role in prime time television. i never meant to dis on the soaps and i am certain that there are actors on those programs that have been on far longer. my apologies for the confusion and the slight.
here are the answers.

1. what lollypop-sucking 70's tv detective was, in real life, the godfather to a member of the cast of 'friends'? (know 'em both)

telly savalas (kojak) and jennifer aniston (rachel)

2. urban legend time; what child star supposedly died when he mixed pop rocks with coke?

mikey from the life cereal commercial(s) (he likes it! hey, mikey!) also, this urban legend is NOT true.

3. what television star holds the record for playing the same character the longest?



it’s a tie between james arness--marshall matt dillon of “gunsmoke” and kelsey grammer as frasier crane on “cheers” and “frasier” (there are some arguments as arness didn’t appear in all of the episodes in the last 2 seasons due to health issues. but, while frasier was introduced in the second season of “cheers”, he too did not appear in every episode that year. fight!)

4. in 1996's "a very brady sequel", who was revealed to be carol's first husband?

carol’s first husband was revealed to be the professor from “gilligan’s island”
(and while we’re on it; though that first ”the brady bunch movie” was a bit of a waste, poking fun at the 70’s and the wholesomeness of the original show, “a very brady sequel” is well worth the watch as they skewed some of the very best episodes and updated them, especially in the [uncomfortable] situation of who should get the attic room, greg or marcia. go rent it--it’s squirm inducing fun!)

5. how many campers did jason voorhees kill in the first "friday the 13th"?



one answer is zero--it was all mrs. voorhees, jason’s mother, out to punish the counselors that let her son drown. the other answer is one, in the very last scene jason springs up to grab alice outta the boat, because we didn’t find out until the sequel that that was actually alice’s dream.
(also, how’d they get that arrow through kevin bacon’s neck…?)

there will be more trivia on friday
and more blog here on wednesday!

smell ya later!
todd

perhapanauts:sc#3 is a WINNER!!!

okay...

so as craig, rico, and i continue to pound away at issue 4--and our deadlines--we've been getting some great e-mail from some great readers who have deemed issue 3 of PERHAPANAUTS:SECOND CHANCES the BEST ISSUE SO FAR!! and it's come from readers that we haven't ever heard from before (which makes me think that there might be more people out there reading this than we know...hmmm...)

so thanks to those of you who've written and thanks to those who've read and hopefully issue 4 will be as much fun as 3.
(it has been for US i can tell you...)

big...?


nothing else really to report. while it seems that we're gathering more and more readers to the fold with the momentum of this series and sales of the first trade, we're still not guaranteed a thrid run by dark horse. as i've said here time and again, in this current market, it's touch for a company to greenlight a series that is still such a small blip on the radar. hopefully, word of mouth and an appearance at the new york city con next month will get some more people looking at the perhapanauts and we'll be able to take our crew even farther into the unknown.
so keep that word of mouth going!



as you can see i've scattered a few "random pictures" around today--mostly 'cause they've piled up while we've all been enjoying alison's carribean tale! (thanks again, alison!) and just below are your "five for friday". so have fun, gang!



have a great weekend!
and read more perhapanauts!

smell ya later!
todd

1. what lollypop-sucking 70's tv detective was, in real life, the godfather to a member of the cast of 'friends'? (know 'em both)
2. urban legend time; what child star supposedly died when he mixed pop rocks with coke?
3. what television star holds the record for playing the same character the longest?
4. in 1996's "a very brady sequel", who was revealed to be carol's first husband?
5. how many campers did jason voorhees kill in the first "friday the 13th"?

alison's tale--"It's a Breeze in the Tropics" part 3

(continued from yesterday's post)

Alien: Thank you and your main frame will shortly receive more documents in order to proceed with the acceptance details. Captain Miss Arisa, Mr. MG, goodbye. And Mr. MG, Suleki sends regards. [a surprised by the comment Arisa thinks she catches a glimpse of mischievous on alien's face - though ever so subtle - as well a hint of color on MG's cheeks.]
MG trying to show no emotion: uh, um [he can't manage anything coherent before alien leaves] (an aside - the comment leaves open a gazillion possibilities - not just the usual thought leap to romance - afterall, we don't even know what sex or species Suleki is.)

[MG looking at console, Arisa looking at him] MG: Oh, man - look at the time - the sun is probably just rising.

Arisa: And what was that about?
MG trying for the stony look: What? [Arisa points with a jerk of her head toward the door the alien just left through.] Oh, um, I have no idea, he must have confused me with someone else.



[In skipper ascending] MG: Well, I guess that treaty pretty much eliminates craft sightings in this area from now on.



[Skipper rising out of water with a bunch of momentarily stunned chupacabra hunters staring at it from the far side of the lagoon.]

Arisa: Uh, oh, so much for a covert operation. Sheesh, this feels like we're pullin' a Choopie maneuver. Who ARE those guys, anyway?!?

MG: Obviously a mob and from how they're armed, I'd say they're angry.
[Posse continues their pursuit, though still stunned and confused with the vision on the lagoon.]

Arisa: Yeah, but why here, why now? And WHAT are they chasing.



[Arisa and MG both spot the quarry at the same time] "CHOOPIE!"

[Arisa quickly brings the skipper to shore and runs to Big.]
Big: I can't find Molly or Choop.

Arisa: Big, no time for explanations - but I think the first Sasquatch sighting in PR is in definite order right now - and make it a noisy one. [Arisa points] That way and hurry!

[Big quickly pounds his way from the cover of trees to the shoreline, almost colliding with Choopie.] Big: Hurry, I don't know why, but hurry! Molly - both of you, GO!

[Choop and Molly disappear and as much as he hates to, Big drops his shorts for the show. He hears yelling and runs full tilt toward the sound. As soon as the hunters come into view, he starts to bellow and wave his arms menacingly, all the while still running at them.]



[Amid shots fired haphazardly and machetes being flung about in all directions, the hunters retreat to the hills.]

[Big retrieves his cargos and jogs back to the skipper.]

Big: Arisa, we can't stay here, they'll be back and probably with reporters. And with this hoopla and the sun up, it isn't safe for us on the road now, either. Our least risky option is to just hightail it back home the usual way.

[Arisa quickly assesses all possible fallout scenarios and decidedly powers up the skipper] In your seats everyone! [and takes off.]

Choopie - in his seat and already working on a blood box - looking slightly pensive: They were yellin' something about follow the stench. And that seemed to be workin' for them. . . huh. Do I stink? [sniffing his armpits. He's ignored.]



[Skipper skims by the aerostat tethered above the hills and mangrove canals/lagoons of the Lajas shore]

Choopie looking at aerostat with surprise: Hey! I thought we didn't want anyone to see us!

The rest of team in unison with exasperated looks: CHOOPIE!!

[San Juan Star next day:
-Chupacabra returns to PR! Sighted in Lajas! An elderly couple spots chupacabra AND a ghost! (blah, blah, blah squiggle lines for story)
-Chupacabra hunters relate harrowing tale!! In one night, these men claim to have encountered a chupacabra (they couldn't catch it), a UFO, (they watched it fly away) and a bigfoot (it scared them off the hunt)! In the wee hours yesterday, Lajas mayor, Jose "Tato" Camacho, pulled a posse together at the local bar, El Ultimo Trago. . .
-Aerostat officials claim to know nothing! Mr. H. White, director of the Lajas Aerostat facility, kept to the standard line that the aerostat is used to detect drug trafficking planes, that there is no such thing as ufos. (blah, blah, blah squiggle lines for story)


thanks so much to alison for lending her imagination and her talent to our little 'haps!
and thanks to all of you for reading!
this story will be posted--along with brian's perhapanauts story "down in the dump"--in our new fan fiction section which will be up and running as soon as craig gets a chance to come up from everything he's doing for a breath of air! (we really work this guy too hard...!)
as always, the invitation's there! you write it (or draw it or sculpt it or photograph it...), we'll post it!
be here friday for more exciting blog!
smell ya later!
todd

alison's tale--"It's a Breeze in the Tropics" part 2

(continued from yesterday's post...)


Intercom: And, that area happens to be in familiar territory for your team - Puerto Rico. [Choopie smiles slyly while not missing a beat in his slurping.]

Big, looking at Choopie, groans and shakes his head: I just know this is going to be bad - somehow.

[In skipper] Arisa: Choopie, I know what's going through your mind.

Choopie: No you don't.

Arisa: Yes, I do, Choop, even without tapping in - you know I wouldn't without your permission. Listen, you need to keep a low profile in Puerto Rico. Nothing overt and above all, stay away from the goats!

[Big and MG talking quietly] MG: Why is Arisa giving a special earful to Choopie?
Big: Well, aside from Choopie having put the overt in covert, he was captured and put under the evolvo-ray in Puerto Rico. And while he advanced quite a bit, and while he is making due with his blood boxes - he says there is nothing in the world as good as the fresh goat blood in Puerto Rico. It is a major temptation for him.
MG: hmmmm, to each his own I suppose...

[Skipper approaching the island]
Arisa: Big, how close can we land to the Lajas hot zone?
MG: Why can't we just land nearby?
Big: They have an aerostat installed in that area to detect UFO activity. Arisa, just land anywhere outside of a 40 mile radius and we should be alright.
Molly: And then we drive?
Arisa: Yep.
Choopie: Oh good, we get to take in the local flavor, uh, sights! [Arisa shoots him a warning glare.]



[Cut to: Their van pulls up into a thickly wooded area alongside a lagoon.]
Arisa: Okay, MG and I are gonna take the skipper into the lagoon for a look around. We have no idea what's down there, so I think it's best we try to keep this first descent low-key. You three stay up here in the cover of these trees. Hopefully we'll be back soon and with no problems.

[Arisa and MG travel deep under the lagoon surface and detect on the radar a definite well worn path of sorts on its floor and they follow it. It leads to a wall that looks like it is covered with waving long fingered plants that suddenly reach out and attach to the skipper, pulling it into the wall. The wall isn't a wall at all, though, but a pneumonic device that shoots the skipper into an enormous, but not deep lake within a cave. The skipper sidles up to a dark shore, Arisa and MG get out. They break out some glow sticks and find a low, natural tunnel which they crawl along. They come out on a ledge that overlooks a landing. Below the landing is a massive room with sophisticated looking equipment set up all around and four or five different types of spacecraft being worked on by obviously intelligent creatures. The creatures are stereotypical aliens - only about 4-5 feet tall with overly large heads inset with large almond shaped eyes.]



MG: Arisa, how are we going to go about this? This doesn't look like the usual mindless hoard we have to wrangle.

Arisa: I'm not quite sure. Wait, one is coming up the steps, I'm going to try to see what's on his mind. [The alien appears at the top of the steps and seems to be carrying a bucket and mop. Arisa rises a bit from her perch and concentrates, but she is suddenly thrown down onto the floor of the landing, her body rigid as if laid out on an operating table. The alien impassively stares down at her. MG immediately attempts to tackle the alien in one flying leap but finds himself suspended in mid air instead. The alien has one hand raised in his direction, though still staring at Arisa. Then just as suddenly MG finds himself sitting on the floor next to Arisa, who is also sitting up, rubbing her temples, the alien still hasn't moved from his spot or stopped staring.

MG to Arisa, one eye on the alien: Are you all right, what did you find out?!?

Arisa: Umm, nothing, but I think he just scanned my brain completely.



Alien, with a voice that sounds like nails scraping against a blackboard: Hello, but I do not welcome you.

Arisa: What is this place and why are you here? You don't belong here and we're here to work out a plan to dismantle this operation of yours, send you back where you came from, and stitch up the rift behind you.

Alien: Obviously I know all that, but I just clean the floors here. My knowledge and abilities are very basic. I have no authority here.

MG: Well then, take us to your leader. [groan] Did I really just say that?

Alien: He will come to you if he so desires, but you must leave right now. [Points to a much more comfortably sized tunnel for them to walk through.] You are a contamination and I must clean.

[Arisa and MG, having no other plan for dealing with the larger group below, leave.]

[They find Big dozing in the buttresses of a large old ceiba tree, Molly hovering up in its branches watching a coqui, and Choopie hopping around its base restlessly.]



Arisa: Well, I guess we just settle in and wait. How's it been up here?

Molly: Quiet except for these adorable little frogs.

Choopie: Boooorrrrriiiiinnnnnggggg. I could've been doing this back at BEDLAM - in the comfort of my chair!

[After a few hours of doing more of nothing, Arisa receives a clear thought message to return to the cave below.]

MG: But it's almost daybreak, we can't chance it.

Arisa: If the guys stay in the cover of the trees here it'll be alright.

[Show skipper descending in the lagoon.]

[Cut to: Big, still asleep, but now alone]

[Cut to: Molly hovering under the spread of a huge mango tree on the other side of the lagoon, looking with longing at the porch scene of Don Luis in the hammock, strumming a guitar, and singing softly for Doña María... "Mamita, bonita, amor mia...." Doña María, in her rocker, head leaned back, soft smile, crocheted shawl draped loosely around lower back and her arms, which are resting on arms of rocker.]

[Drawn in by the mood of their love, Molly comes in close, ushering in a drop in temperature. Doña María draws shawl up around her shoulders and gathers it close across her chest.]

[Molly reluctantly withdraws - torn between wanting to be a part of their warmth and knowing that her prolonged presence would drive them indoors.]

[Don Luis stops playing and picks his head up.] "uf, foh, Mamita, what is that stench? It smells like rotten eggs marinating in battery acid."

MAAAAAAAA - gak!! [An awful sound comes from around the side of the house. Don Luis and Doña María run to the small, rustic corral there to investigate, and scream.]



[Looking beyond the backs of Don Luis, Doña María, and a hovering Molly (who because of being completely horrified by scene is involuntarily somewhat visible), we see a surprised Choopie staring at them - tongue still in nape of goat's neck.]
Choopie: "uh o."
Molly: CHOOPIE! [Molly throws her hands to her mouth and an "oops" pushes out from behind them just as the couple spin around and see her.]
[Couple then spin heads back at Choopie and take off running to their battered truck and peal out.]

[Choopie and Molly take off in a panic in the wrong direction, toward the hills.]

[Crowded, rustic open air local bar, old couple's truck in front] words from inside mingling with the sound of coquis outside: Chupacabra! Fantasma! Laguna Catagena! Machetes! Pistolas!

[Guys with guns and machetes tramp out of hills toward lagoon.]



[Inside cave, Arisa and MG disembark and an alien looking like the first one, though this one being about seven feet tall, is waiting for them.]

Alien in a voice not as grating as that of the first: Captain Miss Arisa, you would please to look in my mind to see that my intentions are true.

[Arisa does so] Thank you and yes, you may board our craft to communicate with BEDLAM.

[Alien, Arisa, MG in front of computer screen - choice BEDLAM scientific/administrative staff on screen]
Alien: Officials of BEDLAM, on behalf of the Sulid Trifiguration I ask your forgiveness for our delinquency in contacting you concerning our presence here.

We have no home - we are a space based community- and while our docking stations throughout the universes work for most things, there are some craft repairs that require certain stabler conditions. Earth affords a few areas where such conditions exist.

We strive to remain invisible and noninvasive to those living here, though every now and then a young rash pilot will buzz the local fishermen [could be drawn]

or touch down to see who can burn the most perfect design into tall vegetation, an ancient test of pilot proving of which some feel they must partake. [could be drawn] These errant youth we reprimand and send to maturation training.

Then we do have some of our older pilots who simply make errors in judgment, such as traveling with their running lights on. They are duly assessed and in most cases, given a set of aurora wings to hang in their capsule and they are released from service. [could be drawn]

[Alien continues earnestly explaining] And then, as happened recently, and it was a first I must tell you, we had a minor incidence here at the base. A malfunction in one of our larger geoaerothermostasis units caused an explosion of its central core, creating a very slight earth fissure that reached to the crust, releasing a harmless gas through it. We immediately reverse pressured the air flow, sucking it back down along the fissure and into a contaminant tank. As you must imagine, by pulling it back we would be bringing earth contaminants along with it. We assure you, these contaminants will be disposed of properly. And the fissure was promptly sealed. We do run an operation that is up to code, well, except for the occasional mishaps as I have already mentioned.

Officials of BEDLAM, we recognize your pioneering efforts in maintaining the integrity of dimensional divisions. Your successes have not gone unnoticed by key movers in other realms. It is because of awaiting the results of the meetings of the minds of these interested parties that we have tarried in contacting you. Again, our apologies. Given the arrival of your illustrious Blue Team at our base, however, I have contacted the others and we finished our deliberations in an emergency configuration.

Those parties who are of fixed dimensions like that of earth's, wish for you to give them a BEDLAM organizational and tactical orientation for the establishment of similar facilities in their universes. Other worlds face the same types of incursions that Earth does and BEDLAM, after all, cannot police all dimensions.

Furthermore, it is recognized that there are a few groups, such as ours, that are intradimensional in nature. It has been agreed that an intradimensional travel treaty and liberties should apply to us. If you permit, I will pass the details to you now.

One of the scientists: Arisa?

Arisa: It's okay, he doesn't mean to harm us or our computer system.

Scientist: Very well, we're set to receive.

[Alien covers USB ports with his palm and documents immediately upload to BEDLAM's main frame.]

Alien: As you know, we have guarded, and according to this treaty will continue to guard, against further physical damage to the inter dimensional fabric, and we are also in the position, with this treaty, to stand guard against this particular rift being used by those without proper travel liberties.

Kind sirs and madams of BEDLAM, as much as we respect you and your mission, please know that our necessity of this repair base precludes us from accepting any answer but agreement from you. This is not a threat, just our reality.

Scientist: Well, we see here that you are also willing to station a jump dock just outside the rift in order to ensure that only seasoned pilots steer your ships into our atmosphere. Given your record and these conditions, we accept this treaty and the liberties it grants.

Alien: Thank you and your main frame will shortly receive more documents in order to proceed with the acceptance details. Captain Miss Arisa, Mr. MG, goodbye. And Mr. MG, Suleki sends regards. [a surprised by the comment Arisa thinks she catches a glimpse of mischievous on alien's face - though ever so subtle - as well a hint of color on MG's cheeks.]
MG trying to show no emotion: uh, um [he can't manage anything coherent before alien leaves] (an aside - the comment leaves open a gazillion possibilities - not just the usual thought leap to romance - afterall, we don't even know what sex or species Suleki is.)

[MG looking at console, Arisa looking at him] MG: Oh, man - look at the time - the sun is probably just rising.

Arisa: And what was that about?
MG trying for the stony look: What? [Arisa points with a jerk of her head toward the door the alien just left through.] Oh, um, I have no idea, he must have confused me with someone else.

alison's tale--"It's a Breeze in the Tropics" part 1

okay...

so my dad says that i'm gonna put myself out of a job.

i have this dear, dear friend see, alison. we really truly, really grew up together. our parents grew up together actually. my mom and her mom were very good friends as kids, they went to school and through school together with my dad here in rhinebeck, and stayed here to raise their families. i was great friends with alison's brother, jeff, as a kid, and i think she (his little sister) and i had crushes on one another at one time or another--but never at the same time. most importantly, we grew up going to sunday school together.

and we grew up.
we all know what a mess i made of MY life. alison married a nice guy named richard and moved to his native puerto rico where they have two awesome ('cause they read tellos and the perhapanauts, that's how i know...) teenage boys, riali and chayen. e-mail has brought alison and i close again over the past 7 years or so and she has kept me abreast of any new developments chupacabra-wise and of any ufo activity in the area (PR is a well-known hot spot for ufos) it has also allowed us to help one another through some particularly rough times of late and for that i am ever grateful.

anyway...

so alison is a wonderful writer and has sent me some of her poems and stories and i can always get lost in her lyrical and sensual prose.
so she writes last week and says, "hey! i got this great idea for a perhapanauts story!" and just like when brian said that, i said, "then go ahead and write it! you've certainly given it plenty of thought, so YOU do it!"
she originally stopped and sputtered, stalling, "well...i couldn't...i don't have...i..."
and then she sent me this.
i'll run it in three parts--monday, tuesday, and wednesday--and i really think you'll dig it.

have fun! this is great!
todd

ps. for the answers to the "five on friday" trivia questions, see the comments section of that post. thanks!


~ALISON'S TALE~

[Moonlit night, essence of warm light breezes in the tropics with the sound of multiple coqui (pronounced: ko kee) staccatos jumping on the air.]

[Close in on a tree frog and his loudish coqui.]



...the song that lullabies Puerto Rican children (Could be drawn, or written and drawn.)

and accompanies the starlight whisperings of lovers on the beach. (Could be drawn, or written and drawn.)

[wide: typical rustic PR home (brightly painted plywood, simple front porch, open air windows with wooden shutters). Porch overlooks area with various types of tropical trees and a lagoon. (they don't have a yard, per se, their house is just set down amidst trees - though not junglish) Palms ring the lagoon, though there are scattered sections of denser vegetation (where the team will hang out), moonlit ripples on the water.]

For Don Luis and Doña María [Close in on older couple on porch - he in a hammock, she in a simple rocker.]

it speaks of seasons of sucking the rough sweetness of freshly cut cane [them as young lovers, at the edge of a cane field in the moonlight - maybe he with a machete in one hand, offering a piece of cane to her with the other.]

of swallowing one oyster after another, just pried from the mangrove roots [them, a bit older than previous frame, laughing - he in waist deep water with a machete, handing her an oyster - she, an earthy PR beauty, sitting on the tangle of roots. The sun is setting over the water behind him.]

of taking flights of fancy as they pondered what it could be like where the many birds that used to visit the lagoon came from. [couple a bit older than previous frame, sitting on the ground at water's edge, sharing a worn field guide, she pointing out toward a bird, - plenty of birds on water/shore. Sun rising. ] (No idea how to differentiate in drawing a sunrise from sunset, but there you have it. Actually, doesn't really matter, except in my mind - waaay too many gnats at sunrise to be in mangroves and more bird activity in early morning than at sunset on the lagoon. But really doesn't matter here.:-)

For them it was especially a time of gentle

BOOM! [from the depths of the lagoon]

craaaaaaaak [the ground near the lagoon fissures deep, though not long nor wide - a cobalt blue haze rises from it.]

[Don Luis grabs a shocked Doña María and pulls her into the house - slamming the door and shuttering the windows.]

[They tensely crouch together in a back corner of their one room home. Subsequent frames show their fear being answered only by a dense silence, until, finally]

[a single coqui punctures the silence like 2 stiletto heels on the feet of a defiant woman.] (Yeah, no idea how that would be drawn. lol)

[The couple visibly start to relax in their corner as the coquis slowly resume their song.]

[Daytime - Guy in HAZMAT suit standing large over the couple sleeping in each other's arms, in corner on the floor.] "Con permiso, Don, Doña, wake up. You need to leave. Come with me, please. Con permiso."

One month, well okay, one month and 3 days later...




[BEDLAM
-Molly and Arisa slumped on couch exchanging empty thought bubbles and bored sighs
-Big staring dully at blank computer screen
-MG slouched in office chair, head draped back, staring at ceiling, twiddling thumbs
-Choopie in chair making a slurpy mess all around him as he goes through one blood box after another]

MG to Big - both still bored/blank, "You think we've been decommissioned?"

Big, emotionless,"The incidences of creatures crossing into earth's realm wax and wane like most things in life. I suppose we could use this time to wax nostalgic. heh heh - er - sorry."

[MG rolls his eyes but does emit a miniscule chuckle.]

[Intercom squawks - voice tentative] Blue Team? uh we have

[Choopie jumps out of seat excitedly, "We have a breakthrough?! Let's go, where to?!?" [Everyone else also perks up.]

Intercom: Uh, not exactly, we, um, thought this would be a good time to do some, let's say, housekeeping.

[Annoyance on their faces, all turn to Choopie and in unison, "CHOOPIE!" [Choopie looks down around at his mess, current blood box having contributed by spilling more blood on floor when he jumped up.]

Intercom: Well, yes, that also needs to be addressed, but no, what we mean to say is that we've decided that this would be an ideal time to address the issue of alienus typicus groups that have taken up semi-permanent residency here. [all look to Arisa with looks of no way and send her subtle no type gestures - trying to stay out of intercom's camera view.] Although causing few problems beyond fright, they do not belong here.

Arisa, stepping directly into the camera's view, "With all due respect, sir, wouldn't Red Team be better suited for this? After all, they are ex-military - we all know the military has a history with these groups - and the mission doesn't seem to be overly - uh - (in small voice) challenging."

Intercom: Actually, your team is best suited for this mission because the first group you are to deal with has continually exploited a rift. While they have been careful to not let it tear further, it has become like the LA freeway for them, which means it is also an easy access into the area for less innocuous creatures.

Arisa: Yes, but sir,

Intercom: And, that area happens to be in familiar territory for your team - Puerto Rico. [Choopie smiles slyly while not missing a beat in his slurping.]



Big, looking at Choopie, groans and shakes his head: I just know this is going to be bad - somehow.

[In skipper] Arisa: Choopie, I know what's going through your mind.

Choopie: No you don't.

Arisa: Yes, I do, Choop, even without tapping in - you know I wouldn't without your permission. Listen, you need to keep a low profile in Puerto Rico. Nothing overt and above all, stay away from the goats!



[Big and MG talking quietly] MG: Why is Arisa giving a special earful to Choopie?
Big: Well, aside from Choopie having put the overt in covert, he was captured and put under the evolvo-ray in Puerto Rico. And while he advanced quite a bit, and while he is making due with his blood boxes - he says there is nothing in the world as good as the fresh goat blood in Puerto Rico. It is a major temptation for him.
MG: hmmmm, to each his own I suppose...

PERHAPANAUTS:SECOND CHANCES #3 and Five on Friday!

okay...

well, i've sent you all over to brokenfrontier to see the "Inside Look" i wrote up on this issue, but i forgot to mention that the idea behind the "Inside Look" feature is for the writer to SPOIL the whole issue. it's s'posed to be a deconstruction of the story--and i don't know if i was too successful with that...i didn't get WAY into the character's deeper motivations and issues, i thought that would be too boring. especially for anyone who hasn't read the book. anyway, here's the spoiler SPOILER--don't read that article until AFTER you've read the issue!

i'll say that again...

don't read that "Inside Look" at www.brokentfrontier.com until AFTER you've read the issue!

that said, Second Chances #3 is out.
go get one.


over at myspace they have a feature where you can post a bulletin to alert all of your "friends" to what-all is going on in your neighborhood. here's what i posted on myspace;





PERHAPANAUTS:Second Chances #3! featuring the DOVER DEMON! (that's him right there...) ON SALE NOW!


REAL Monsters in a REAL Comic Book!

On April 22, 1977, several teenagers in various locations in the small town of Dover, Massachusetts, reported seeing a strange and eerie creature walking by the side of the road in the middle of the night. After a lengthy investigation which concluded that this was neither a hoax or a collaboration, famed Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman dubbed the creature The DOVER DEMON.

For more information on the Dover Demon...well, I guess you could Google it. There's lotsa good stuff there...

But if you want to know what REALLY happened, and how it will affect us all now, nearly thirty years later, than be sure to pick up your copy of PERHAPANAUTS:Second Chances #3! You don't have to have read the first two of the series--it's all pretty well covered--but it wouldn't hurt our sales if ya did...

Thank you for reading!

I am the Dover Demon and I approve this message.


also, while the last issue of the series isn't even out yet, the trade paperback collection of second chances is solicited in this months previews! what it doesn't say is that the trade features all four issue of second chances, of course, as well as our self-published perhapanauts "not gigantic color special #1", and a fistful of awesome pin-ups by some of our favorite guys; ted mckeever, david petersen, sean "cheeks" galloway, jonboy meyers, mike manley, derek fridolfs, and probably, hopefully, maybe another super-superstar/legend if he can find the time in his busy schedule! i'm not naming names, but craig and i are on the edge of our seats hoping that this can happen! hopefully the orders on this will be up high enough for dark horse to let us do a third series, so...give the gift of reading. that's all i hafta say...

and now enough of that sales stuff. here are our two new features, piling up here at the end of the week for one reason or another. first,
our "random picture of the week"

dog in a dishwasher


















or maybe it's dog IS the dishwasher


and now, your "five on friday"

1. sidekicks; can you name quick draw mcgraw's sidekick? yogi bear's sidekick? johnny quest's sidekick?
2. on the '60's batman tv series, there were three different catwomans and two different riddlers. who were they?
3. what is the one sound known to man that does not echo?
4. what is jenny's phone number?
5. there are 13 beatles songs with girl's names in the title. name 5.


that's all. post your answers in the comments section or send 'em to me at
todd@perhapanauts.com
have a great weekend!
we have a special fan perhapanauts story on monday!
and it's awesome!
smell ya later!
todd

all outta whack...

okay...

apparently, the day you STARTED a blog entry is the day it records here on blogger. so while i posted that last post on monday, it recorded it as last friday. so i'm all outta whack.

this one, which should be dated wednesday, january 3, will be followed by an entry for friday, so that i can catch up and make sure i nail my "three-a-week" promise. also tomorrow will have trivia questions.

anyway, enough of that.
went to see "rocky balboa" with my dad on tuesday night and then talked with ringo for about an hour or so yesterday about how much we dug it. (no, we didn't spend the whole hour talking about rocky...) we were both excited by stallone's ability to capture so much of what made the first movie so moving without doing the same old thing all over again. as a storyteller and an actor, you can really see INSIDE the man again...and it was just great! poor guy was certainly typecast all those years ago--hell, he typecast himself, but here's a guy who really deserves a break. and certainly another look.
also, when that theme music--the original theme music--came up, i almost cried.

on another note, someone on ebay is selling--i guess it's s'posed to be a mummified chupacabra. it's advertised as a gaff (a fabricated oddity) so they're not trying to tell you it's real. it looks to me like the head from a t-rex model or something and built up with modeling clay or sculpy.





still kinda cool though...































and just so you don't forget,
PERHAPANAUTS:SECOND CHANCES #3








is out in stores today! my favorite issue so far--although #4 is certainly turning into something we didn't plan on at the start...
let us know whatcha think of issue 3 when you get it!

and, as i noted in the last post, check out my "INSIDE LOOK" over at
www.brokenfrontier.com
and thanks to our pal, frederik hautain, for that!





that's it for now!
more tomorrow!
smell ya later!
todd