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I just wanted to sent a quick thanks to everyone who placed an order yesterday as part of our special one-day $10 sale promotion. The response was OUTSTANDING!
To be truthful, I thought I was going to end up taking a bath with everything being so dramatically cut in price, but your support offset any losses and I think there are going to be a lot of happy people this holiday season!
I was really surprised how many of you ordered books! Obviously the lower price was an incentive. So I’m pleased to announce that Theater Hopper: Year One has dropped in price from $18.95 to $15.00 (plus shipping and handling). So if you missed yesterday’s sale, you can still take advantage of reduced prices.
A quick note to those of you that ordered shirts – right now both Spoiler I and Spoiler II are at the printer. But I expect to have them back soon. I plan on shipping everything out before the holiday season so everyone will get what they ordered before the end of the month. Naturally, this excludes international orders. But domestic orders should be seeing their stuff soon.
Incidentally, shirts are still available for $10 because that’s pretty much the price point they were at before the sale. It was the books that were the real bargin. I’m just pointing it out to let you know that you can still take advantage of great prices!
Stay tuned to the site in the near future. I’m going to bring back the bundle option so you can buy both books at the same time for a discounted price. I’m also planning on throwing t-shirts into the mix for greater savings. I’ll let you know when that’s all wrapped up.
Quick note… Has anyone been listening to Scott Kurtz’s live, interactive podcasts he’s been broadcasting for the last few weeks. I finally bought a headset a little while back and have participated in the last two shows. I think this technology is great and am starting to consider doing my own shows for Theater Hopper.
I’ve always wanted to do a podcast, but I was a little turned off by the one-sided nature of the conversation. I talk to myself for two hours, record it and you download it. Kind of vanilla.
With the TalkShoe application, you guys can listen to me live, send me text message in a chat room or call-in and talk to me directly using a calling program like Skype! It’s really cool and it brings a whole new level of interactivty to the program. Imagine if I were talking about this week’s new movie releases and you guys could chime in on the discussion! Just like talk radio!
Anyway, I strongly suggest that you investigate both Skype and TalkShoe. Maybe even listen to Kurtz’s weekly broadcast just to get your bearings. Because this is something I want to bring to Theater Hopper very soon.
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Just wanted to direct everyone’s attention to a quick interview I did with the good folks over at Komikazee.com. I had a chance to introduce myself to the Komikazee crew at Wizard World Texas last month and they were very receptive to Theater Hopper and profiling it on their site. I would say getting the opportunity to talk with them was probably one of the highlights of the convention for me. They’re very professional and you can tell they care a great deal about comics.
In addition to the interview, Komikazee did a very generous write-up of the first two books which, I’ll admit, knocked me for a bit of a loop. I never know what to do when people respond so favorably to what I’ve done in the past. I’ve always maintained that I put the books together for myself and that if anyone else was willing to buy one, that was the biggest endorsement I could possibly imagine. But to have someone review the books so positively always makes me feel like "Wow? Really? Now you’re just being too nice!"
I suppose it beats the alternative!
Anyway, check out Komikazee.com for the interview and be sure to thumb around the rest of the site while you’re there. They have some really great articles and news about comics in general and I really dig the way their site is laid out!
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Apologies for the delay on the blog, guys. I stayed up late last night working on the comic and it doesn’t look like things are shaping up for me to put anything together this morning.
I just wanted to leave a quick note to remind everyone of my second talkcast tonight at 8:00 PM CST over at TalkShoe. Be sure to download both the TalkShoe and Skype applications and log in about 15 minutes early. Still kind of feeling things out format-wise. But I plan on taking lots of calls and talking to you directly! So be sure to check it out!
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Hey, guys.
I know I said last week that I probably wasn’t going to do another talkcast for the rest of the year, but plans have changed and we have one on deck TONIGHT at 10:30 PM CST.
You can access the broadcast here:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=7738
Remember, you’ll need to download both TalkShoe and Skype to participate.
Tonight’s show is going to be a lot of fun. Joe Dunn from Joe Loves Crappy Movies will be guest hosting and getting his feet wet with the talkcast format. It is our hope to come back in the new year with a show where the two of us are the permanent hosts. Hopefully we’ll have our show organized and running like a smooth machine.
Tonight’s broadcast is that first step. We’ll be discussing The Pursuit of Happyness and we’ll be taking your calls! So be sure to check it out!
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Sorry, guys. I forgot to upload Wednesday’s comic last night. Too much holiday celebrating and I got distracted!
I’ll be sure and post today’s comic this evening when I get back home from work! Check back around 6:00 CST.
Sorry for the delay! I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season!
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I just wanted to draw your attention to my good buddy Mitch Clem’s latest installment of his comic San Antonio Rock City. In today’s strip, I am murdered.
FOR BEING TOO FUNK-AY!
Mitch is explaining his hatred for white people who relentlessly recite the lyrics of quasi-ironic rap songs from the early 90’s ad nauseum. In this instance, "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground. Everything he describes in his comic and blog is 100% true. When we were in Dallas in November for Wizard World, I would recite the lyrics over and over and over. It was just in my head. I had to express myself. I guess I didn’t know that I was annoying Mitch to that degree, but I don’t feel bad. That song is dope, yo.
Plus, he says his girlfriend does the exact same thing. So clearly it’s a problem with Mitch and not the rest of the world. ;-D
At any rate, check out San Antonio Rock City. It’s funky-fresh!
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I took some advice on how to adjust the CSS that runs the site from the comments section of yesterday’s blog. I’m telling you, I’m in love with this new feature! The instant feedback is great and so helpful!
I believe these suggestions have cleared up the problems people were having with the horizontal scroll bar that shouldn’t be there. Some people were sending messages saying that about an inch of the left side of the site was being cut off completely.
Are things better now? Let me know in the comments!
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I don’t mean to whine, but I’ve noticed a discouraging occurrence.
I’ve made it my goal in 2007 to keep you guys updated every time I update the site. The way I would prefer to do this is through the mailing list. It’s very handy reminder, especially if you don’t check the site that often.
But since I’ve been keeping up with my resolution, I notice one or two people drop off the mailing list each time I send a message. Don’t get me wrong. There are people signing up, too. But I notice people dropping off IMMEDIATELY after I send the mailing list and, well… it’s hard not to get a little discouraged.
Is there something in my e-mails that is offensive that I don’t know about? I’m really trying to enhance your experience with the site by providing more services, but if this is one that is complicating things and lessening your enjoyment of the site, let me know!
If, on the other hand, this is the first you’ve heard about our mailing list and you want to sign up, you can do so here – as well as learn about other avenues through which you can enjoy Theater Hopper!
Thanks for your support!
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I was reading this article over at Reality Blurred that reports that Survivor creator and executive producer Mark Burnett will produce a live broadcast of this year’s 16th annual MTV Movie Awards this June.
I’m not exactly sure why I find this significant other than when I was 13 and MTV was still relevant to me, I used to think the MTV Movie Awards was some of the most subversive stuff going on. At the time, there wasn’t the proliferation of superfluous awards shows like there are today (perhaps MTV is to blame for this) but what they were doing at the time with this broadcast was a wonderful way to undercut the seriousness of ceremonies like the Oscars, which were anything but fun to watch.
I loved how MTV spiced things up by doing sketches about the Best Film nominees during the program. The Brady Bunch re-enacting the famous interrogation scene from Basic Instinct and Will Ferrell giving Justin Timberlake and Sean William Scott a run for their money as The Architect from The Matrix Reloaded (“Ergo! Vis a Vis! Concordently!“)were stand-out classics.
But somewhere along the line, the MTV Movie Awards lost their way. They started pre-taping the awards ceremony and by the next day, all the “winners” were online – totally removing any need for me to see it. I never really cared who won the awards. I just liked the spontaneous vibe of it all. The celebrities didn’t care because it was MTV, so they could kind of do what they wanted. Sort of like The Golden Globes, who have since adopted an “anything goes” mantra by allowing alcohol at the tables in the hall to get celebrities good and liquored up before they take the podium.
At any rate, I was pleased to hear Burnett was returning to the live format. I may actually have to watch it this year. But I will have to be discreet. I don’t want to tip off the Cool Police who will no doubt kick my door down and drag me out onto the sidewalk for a beat down using their Blackberry’s. I’m too old to be watching MTV officially.
What’s your favorite MTV Movie Awards moment (if you have one?)
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I’m so excited! I just talked Cami into seeing Pan’s Labyrinth this weekend! Originally, she had been resistant to the idea. She doesn’t really care for fantasy movies. But as we’re closing in on our due date (less than a month away!) more and more of our friends who have kids are telling us “Go out now while you still can! Go on dates! Go out to dinner! Because after the baby, IT’S OVER!!!”
So, we’re taking that to heart.
I had to do a bit of bargaining to make this happen. I promised Cami I would see that new Diane-Keaton-gets-laid movie Because I Said So in a couple of weeks. I had to promise not to make any disparaging remarks about the film excluding the idea I had for a comic revolving around the movie I’ve been sitting on for two weeks. Those of you in relationships might recognize this kind of compromise.
The good news is that I got a really good idea for a comic that I can use for tomorrow’s update out of all of this. Gotta keep your eyes peeled for inspiration!
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