Now that I’ve effectively taken the start of your week and dumped it in the toilet with depressing, self-important nonsense – I’ve decided to announce the winner of the Wizard World Chicago 2006 mailing list sign-up contest!

You may remember that I mentioned a few weeks ago that everyone who signed up for the mailing list (see the form on the right) would have a chance to win a $50 gift certificate from Fandango.com! The original plan was to announce the winner last Monday.

Well, that didn’t happen.

I could make a few excuses for you. I was busy sending out pre-orders of "Theater Hopper: Year One." I had family commitments with out-of-state in-laws. I was mauled by wombats. Whatever. At the end of the day, I was just really lazy and hadn’t unpacked all my gear from Chicago and failed to input the e-mail addresses of everyone that gave me their e-mails from my three days in Artist’s Alley.

Well, that’s over and done with! I’m all caught up and ready to announce the winner!

Congratulations to Zack Franks who has been notified by e-mail regarding his win!

Zach, the Fandango.com gift certificate will be on it’s way soon.

Thanks to everyone who has signed up. If you missed this contest, now would be a good time to sign up so you’re ready for the next one. The winner of the Fandango.com gift certificate was pulled from a random drawing of ALL the mailing list recepients. And don’t worry – I won’t spam you. It’s just a way for me to let you know about important stuff going on here at the site. For example, our impending site redesign or an option to pre-order "Theater Hopper: Year Two" – which will be occuring in the next few months.

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