05-03-2004, 03:06 AM
Looong story, Local, but I'll give it a shot.
I was once part of a independent film company called White Violet Pictures and one of my projects was a documentary called "Comic Widows: Will You Hurry Up?" It was to be interviews with the wives, girlfriends and other significant others you find sitting in the lobbies of comic book conventions looking at their watches, tapping their toes and waiting for the comic fan in their life to get outta there already.
We had about six hours of footage before the project went belly up. It may someday still see the light of day but at the moment I'd say not. Anyway, some of the same people involved in White Violet and myself were pondering a website for comic reviews and could not come up with a name. Duh, the best name was sitting in front of us - Comic Widows, so we bought the domain and got the first edition up in June 2002.
As to what is a 'comic widow' - my dear wife wrote a narrative, unfortunately about me, which was to be used as a voiceover in the film but eventually made it to the CW site. Here it is:
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The website has been a labor of love since its inception and there are too many people to thank for its continued life. Recently Local Hero and Enchantress have lent their talents to the site and joined the staff, doing spectacular graphics and that great X-Men column. You guys are terrific.
New articles will be going up this week, and we are as always taking submissions. Thanks for the spotlight, Local.
Glenn Walker
I was once part of a independent film company called White Violet Pictures and one of my projects was a documentary called "Comic Widows: Will You Hurry Up?" It was to be interviews with the wives, girlfriends and other significant others you find sitting in the lobbies of comic book conventions looking at their watches, tapping their toes and waiting for the comic fan in their life to get outta there already.
We had about six hours of footage before the project went belly up. It may someday still see the light of day but at the moment I'd say not. Anyway, some of the same people involved in White Violet and myself were pondering a website for comic reviews and could not come up with a name. Duh, the best name was sitting in front of us - Comic Widows, so we bought the domain and got the first edition up in June 2002.
As to what is a 'comic widow' - my dear wife wrote a narrative, unfortunately about me, which was to be used as a voiceover in the film but eventually made it to the CW site. Here it is:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.comicwidows.com/crossover/index.php?link=0010">http://www.comicwidows.com/crossover/in ... ?link=0010</a><!-- m -->
The website has been a labor of love since its inception and there are too many people to thank for its continued life. Recently Local Hero and Enchantress have lent their talents to the site and joined the staff, doing spectacular graphics and that great X-Men column. You guys are terrific.
New articles will be going up this week, and we are as always taking submissions. Thanks for the spotlight, Local.
Glenn Walker