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Messages - patrickm

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When I looked at it sideways, I was like wow .... that IS a Herculoid ....lol.

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J: Some life I got .... I'm trying to date a nympho but all she tells me is I'm too boring.  [embg]

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C: Is that how they taught you to do it in the founding home? ... Here, move over and let me show you how.

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Sketching her nether regions for David's anatomy lessons.

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Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I / Re: Dark Shadows Bath Mats
« on: July 16, 2020, 11:06:46 PM »
Actually, I have seen Blue Whale shower curtains.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Fanpop: Dark Shadows cast
« on: July 15, 2020, 10:31:11 PM »
Wow ... this is some cool fan page.

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I don't think I would fixate too much on the timing. Campiti was co founder of Innovation and raised the money to get it off the ground. He left in Aug 93 and the company crashed in Feb 94. Plus, after he left he was selling the original comic art from Innovation thru his Glasshouse Graphics company. So it isn't like he just walked away to move on to other opportunities ...there were a lot of investors and creditors (probably including the artists themselves) who got stiffed and he was probably looking to limit personal liability. As for the choice of artists, the public version is they were giving artists from Brazil opportunities but I think the truer version is economics.

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I didn't want to interrupt your analysis on what could have been storyline-wise had Innovation continued but I do have a little bit inside info on their sudden shutdown. (and no, no info on the storylines or my disdain of Felipe Echevarria or why he was selected.)

Years ago I saw a couple of the Innovation DS posters on EBay. They really are quite nice and nobody else bid. When I communicated with the seller, turns out he was a doctor who was an investor in Innovation. He never got any return so he ended up getting a legal judgement against Innovation allowing him to take possession of company assets. The last issue had already shipped out and wasn't worth his time, effort or expense to chase down from all the comic stores to repossess. Campiti had the artwork ( which he was selling a couple years later) so all he was really able to get back were the Innovation posters.  I asked how much he wanted for all the DS posters and we agreed on a price ( don't tell ebay lol...) When I received the box, it was a box of Quantum Leap posters. I offered to ship them back but he was like, never mind go ahead and keep them and Ill send you the correct ones ... which he did. Over time I have sold a few and given some posters away as club party prizes but still have plenty stashed away. So even though he was probably responsible for Innovations closure, to me he was a nice guy and I can't blame him. If I had to guess, Campiti had to be aware time was running out and the alligators were nipping at his heels. That would explain all the cutting of corners  (especially on the art ...GRR) in the hopes of raising enough cash by getting an issue out  to buy some time. Didn't work.

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Leave it to Joshua Collins to have a statue made of Ben Stokes shoveling manure in the horse barn.

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C.C.: Well I'll be ...my main suspect is a Herculoid... Better get this police sketch distributed and an all points bulletin out.

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C.C.: Help me out here Bill ... 14 across, I need a 7 letter word for donkey.

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I haven't got a clue .... but what else is new.  [hdscrt]

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For those of you who get Movies! TV network, they will be showing House of Dark Shadows on Sunday July 12 at 12 noon followed by Night of Dark Shadows at 2:15 pm. [clap2]

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This time Roger practices HIS bump and grind for amateur night at the Tool Shed...

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R: You can trust your car to the man who wears the star.... HA!