Though I'm not doing the Facebook thing as often as I used to, I do check in from time to time on certain pages, especially ones that have something in common with the ones I admin, namely my Swords & Sixguns book page and Jonah Hex, Via Pony Express. I'll poke around Western-themed pages like Westernpunk or ones that talk comics, always on the lookout for content to share, or just toss in my two cents where applicable.
Well, it looks like some of my FB activity has attracted some attention. Justin Francoeur -- who runs a blog of his own called "DC in the '80s", as well as a Facebook page by the same name -- dropped me a line a couple of days ago. Seems he's a fan of all the Hexy stuff I do, and asked if I'd like to be on the judges' panel of a contest his site is running, as well as contribute to the blog itself (which is styled after an old-school homemade 'zine, complete with typewriter-style fonts and "cutout" graphics). "Sure, sounds like fun!" I told him, and we spent some time hammering out just what he's interested in regards to content. So this li'l fangirl is gonna get some more exposure elsewhere. Always a good thing.
If you're interested in seeing what the contest is about, go to
http://dcinthe80s.blogspot.ca/2016/03/our-first-contest.html for more details.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Just got some bad news: Brandon Herren, one of the founding members of the DC2 fanfiction site I write for, died in an accident two days ago. I never met him in person, but I always thought he was a great guy, very funny and talented. He was constantly cranking out character redesigns and covers back when DC2 first started in 2005 (Penny Dreadful, who appeared in WWQ #7 and 22, was created by him -- he just sent me the designs and a general idea one day, saying that she seemed like a good fit for the title), and when we all got back together last year to plot out our "Ten Years Later" anniversary event, Brandon started cranking out designs again like a day hadn't gone by. Just an endless amount of talent in that man.
I was lucky enough to have him do the cover for Weird Western Quarterly #0, my first story for the site. I remember loving that image when it first came in, but feeling like a dope when I had to tell him the gunbelt was on the wrong way (and since Jonah Hex's face is asymmetrical, we couldn't just flip the image!). I don't know how he managed to fix it, but he did, and it still looks great a decade later.
God bless you, Brandon. I'm going to miss you.
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