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Do we know if last names acceptable for the A to Z challenge? ie, Can Xanatos be used as X, or does he fall under D for David?
Kaylle - [kaylle at ladyavalon dot com]
GargoylesDVD.com

***RUNS IN SCREAMING AND YELLING***

WHO WON??? WHO WON??? ^_^

WE WON, WE WON, WE WON!!! ^_^

Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

Well, it kind of was a close game with the Eskimos winning by only 3 points.

WAAAAHHHHH. Oh, well there's always next year, provided Montreal makes it that far.

Matt Fews
Season 2 - Wahooo

Battle Beast, Being from Quebec I of course will be rooting for the Als.
Matt Fews
Season 2 - Wahooo

I'm lookinng for a screen shot of Malfoy turning into a Ferret or of him as one from the new Harry Potter movie. If anyone knows of one, I'd be much obliged.

Thanks.

Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

Catching a cold on Thanksgiving weekend... so not fair.

9 days left until Gargoyles Season 2, Volume 1 comes to DVD.
34 days left to pre-register for The Gathering 2006 before the rates increase.

Patrick
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." - Mark Twain

*Talks like Eeyore*

That makes me feel just a touch better. Thanks, Wingless.

On a better note, If the Eskies win tomorrow, I win $168 bucks. Go Eskies Go!!!

Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

*Sends Birthday hugs to Battle Beast from Canada's Capital*
Wingless

hmm, I checked all over the creature comics site but I couldn't find anything about this challenge from Greg Weisman. Am I missing a link? It sounds really cool.
Purplegoldfish - [skydragonn@aol.com]

Maybe this will cheer up BattleBeast! :D

I've posted all the contest details out to the main Web Site for your chance to win the Gargoyles, Season 2 - Volume 1 DVD set from BVHE. It is time to get cracking on your entries, Gargs Fans!

http://www.creaturecomics.com/

The folks over at Buena Vista Home Entertainment hooked up with us to do some promotional work for their December 6 release, and we're running a contest to determine what lucky 3 fans will have a copy of this 26 episode volume sent to them.

So, are you ready for Greg Weisman's "Gargoyles, A to Z" challenge?

- Marty Lund
Director of Operations
www.creaturecomics.com

Marty Lund - [creaturecomics@comcast.net]

Battle Beast : I sort of know that quote, mainly from Master Foo using it in "Deer Avenger 4".
Spen

I forgot to add that that news is just another crappy thing to make me feel worse today.

Another year older, another year more depressed.

Humbug. I hate birthdays, too.

Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

That's totally a downer.

"Wax On. Wax Off." Who *doesn't* know that one?

Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

<comes in, lays a stylized, Japanese headband and a pair of chopsticks on the room's fireplace mantel.>

A moment of silence for Noriyuki "Pat" Morita; the actor who appeared in "Happy Days" and more notably in the "Karate Kid" movies, as well as giving the Emperor of Japan in "Mulan" a voice... He passed away from natural causes in his home in Las Vegas.

He was 73. Arigato, Morita-san... we will miss your dry wit and expressive humor.




Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R, Sobotka Jr.

Hey folks,

I'm just writing in to let you know that Greg Weisman, Greg Guler, and myself are also taking part in the Gargoyles, Season 2 promotional giveaways from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Greg Weisman has cooked up a little contest to test your Gargoyles knowledge, and we've got 3 DVD sets to give away.

I'll be posting the particulars some time tonight at www.creaturecomics.com

I hope you'll join us in the pre-release festivities!

Marty Lund - [creaturecomics@comcast.net]

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Latest bad creativity demon: How they carve the turkey on Thanksgiving in a super-villain's home. The aforesaid super-villain pushes a button and a laser beam emerges from the wall or the ceiling and creeps closer and closer to the turkey while pseudo-James Bond-style music plays....

Todd Jensen
"Gargoyles" - did for monstrous-looking statues what "Watership Down" did for rabbits!

Battlebeast>*L* haha I should of put will ship out of the us. I am not good with geography even if canada is right above us hehe :P You never know sometimes a small 2 page silly story can be the best. Just have fun with it. As you can see with my typos I am the worst writter ;-)
Shara - [jeanie54_2000@yahoo.com]

HUMBUG! Thanksgiving was over a month ago!!! (The only downside is that Christmas starts November 1st instead of November 20-ish.)

Ahh, November 25th... a day away... another year older, another years more depressed than ever.

Shara> There is a sea between the US and Canada? (Lake Michigan?) :) I am from Canada, but I'm not a very good writier... as you may or may not know if you'ver ever checked out my Movie Reviews page.

DOES> anyone know of a good blog site? I was thinking about starting one up, but I have no Idea where to begin.

KRIS> Nice touch with the "Æ" in ÆON Flux. I saw that DVD set at Future Shop. Looks WAAAAY past cool. That some kinda Japanese thingy right?

Kris> Have you noticed Future Shop not having the ammount of new releases it once had? I mean, I went to buy King Kong and they didn't have it. They only had the expensive one, not the cheeper one. And this isn't the first time they haven't had the new release I've wanted. I like to shop there cuz it's Canadain, but Best Buy is forcing me to shop there... bah!

DVD's> My pet peeve is when "Special Editions" have no insert and only one bonus feature. In other words, when Special Editions just plain suck. I mean, honestly, how much does it cost for a lousy insert??? and we're paying BIG $$$ for these pieces of plastic, do them up right!!!

Matt> AMEN. Couldn't agree more.

*Whew*

I guess that's really All I will say.

Battle Beast - [Canada]

Whooops One more thing. Sorry fixed the due date on our contest page. Its 12/9 not the 25th. Major typo.

Never work on html at 1 in the morning.

I got that broken link fixed also.

Happy thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!!

Shara - [jeanie54_2000@yahoo.com]

Kris>oops Thanks for telling me. I was updating that at the last minute last night hehe.

Vash>Yeah we got the same emails too. Hehe This is kind of fun. Being new to the fandom and all.

I promise will have the first 2 comics up by monday.
Vash thank you for the plug on your site when we put the two covers up.

anyone who hasnt seen the covers yet go to www.ka-blamo.com/gargs/archive.html

Shara - [jeanie54_2000@yahoo.com]

Patrick, the "T-Shirt Contest" page has a small error:

"We are currently accepting submissions of artwork for the t-shirts that will be available at our *2005* convention in Los Angeles, California!"

Leo

Aw, Matt lighten up heh, It's just a nice time to be with family (even though my family leaves a lot to be desired ;))
Purplegoldfish - [skydragonn@aol.com]

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Americans. a swell holiday where we celebrate the goodwill of the Native Americans we slaughtered and show our American greed, gluttony and selfishness by consuming massive amounts of food. several thousand men, women and children in the world will die of starvation and malnutrition today, like every day, so we should all be thankful for the food we have i guess...
sorry for the depressing rant, i have a problem with most holidays.

matt - [ewoks11@hotmail.com]
"To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge." -Henry David Thoreau

MGC is gonna have an art contest, of course... I was HOPING to get it up today, but Si apparently got busy hosting the inlaws for thanksgiving and couldn't get back to me, so hopefully this weekend. Will accept entries on an easy topic until... maybe the 6th, then voting from the 6th to the 9th. Artistic, Creative, and "Admin's Choice" will win copies.
the current topic will get put on hold, and frankly this will realy mess up december, but hey, free DVDS for the fandom is a good thing. ;P

kess - [< updated! New topic, and voting!]

Kess/Shara> Exactly, he won't ship them til the day before the actual ship date (which I thought would have been a bonus incentive to win a contest, but he wants the contests to extend to the 9th). His message to me had the wording "we will ship you...", so I understood I would have to mail them out to people. I did send an email after that one, asking if he would ship them or if I would, but he forgot to reply to that question.
Vashkoda - [vashkoda@glaringdream.org]

Happy Thanksgiving to residents of the U.S.A. And happy just another Thursday to the rest of you. ;)

We've posted some updates on the Gathering of the Gargoyles web site, including rules for the Gathering 2006 t-shirt and anthology contests.

12 days left until Gargoyles Season 2, Volume 1 comes to DVD.
31 days left to do your Christmas shopping.
37 days left to pre-register for The Gathering 2006 before the rates increase.

Patrick
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." - Mark Twain

Did anyone else pick up the DVD set for ÆON Flux that came out this week? THAT is how well-respected animated shows should be released. It's how ANY show or film should be put out on DVD. The cover is beautiful, yet simple and iconic. Not overcrowded, no ugly art, no "big head/face shots" (personal pet peeve of mine that's common for book/DVD cover choices), and the overall package design is perfect. The extras are extensive and informative. It even comes with a bonus series soundtrack if you buy it at Wal-Mart (in the US) and Future Shop (in Canada). I'm re-watching the series and I was only 12, maybe 13 years old when it originally aired, so there was a lot I didn't catch or fully understand originally. I also didn't see all the episodes, so a lot of this is brand new for me. It's a lot smarter than I remember it being. Damn good sci-fi.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that Season 2 Part 1 of Gargoyles is even more filled with extras than Season 1 was, but if we could get a Gargoyles DVD set like Aeon Flux's, it'd be perfect.

Kris - [plekopleko@hotmail.com]

Shara--the link you provided works no problem, but when I try to click on the link on THAT page for further info on entering the contest, it leads to an error message.
Kris - [plekopleko@hotmail.com]

Got the topics up.

Click the link to win free season 2 dvd.

If the site does'nt cover something about the contest contact me and I can answer questions.

Shara - [jeanie54_2000@yahoo.com]

Kess>I dont think he has sent any of us the dvds yet.
What kind of contest will you be holding?

Shara - [jeanie54_2000@yahoo.com]

definitely friday. *L* i remember being SO confused when that first ep showed instead of my normal shows. *L*

Vash> He sent them to YOU? i got the impression i had to provide him with the winner info and he'd sent to them. Hmm. sending myself would be a lot EASIER, and i'd know for sure they GOT sent. Might have to write him back. *L*

kess - [< updated! New topic, and voting!]

Thanks Spen :)
Purplegoldfish - [skydragonn@aol.com]

Hey guys. The disney team gave us 3 dvd's also.

We are holding a writting contest. If anyone is interested click the link.

Battlebeast>We will ship the dvd's over seas but I dont know if it will work in your dvd player.

Anyways Details on the writting contest are on the site. I'm still getting up the list of topics.

Runners up can also win t-shirts and other things from our website.

Full comics should be up in a few more weeks. Give us just a few more weeks. Anyways enter the contest. Win free stuff and season 2 dvds while you wait for us to get the comics up and going.


http://www.ka-blamo.com/gargs/dvd.html

Shara - [Jeanie54_2000@yahoo.com]

Purplegoldfish : If I recall correctly, it was on on fridays.
Spen

Thanks for the tip Battle Beast, sorry you can't enter. Though I don't know the answer to number eight: "On what day of the week could "Gargoyles" be seen in its first season?" I didn't watch the show when it first aired. I think it's Saturday, but I'm not sure.
Help a girl out? ;)

Purplegoldfish - [skydragonn@aol.com]

Thanks for the link (I was close!). It should prove helpful.
Jurgan - [jurgan6@yahoo.com]

They are having GARGOYLES DVD CONTEST at ultimatedisney.com, but it's only open to rez's of the usa. :( or I would enter. :( :( :(
Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

Kess> Yeah, when they asked me if I wanted to run a contest, I first gave them links to all the contest and fandom information sites I knew, since I wasn't sure if I wanted to run one (I've been swamped with RL work). That second guy emailed me too, and I passed him the same links. In retrospect, that may have been a mistake, but hey, at least you can use the free ones for yourself and buy more as gifts. ;) What sucks is that I'm going to have 3 DVDs on my possession and I can't keep any of them. I have to try to win someone else's contest!
Vashkoda - [vashkoda@glaringdream.org]

wow, the way those BV guys are giving out DVD's, non of us will actually have to BUY one. *L* MGC is getting three, (we'll put up the contest info very soon)and the Gargoyles DevART club got three, and i got another email from some OTHER marketing group offering me some, too. o.O
If they wonder why sales are low, it's because half the fandom will get free ones, i swear. ;P

kess

Jurgan> Feel free to pass around the link to GargoylesDVD.com . That was exactly why I created that site; I wanted a short, easy to remember address to give people, put on posters, etc where they could easily find info on the DVD release. So please, spread it around! The site still gets an average of about 200 visitors a month, which isn't too shabby, but more is always better ;)
Kaylle - [kaylle at ladyavalon dot com]

JURGAN - Yes, it's just a joke of the "Onion" variety, not a real news report.
Todd Jensen
"Gargoyles" - did for monstrous-looking statues what "Watership Down" did for rabbits!

NEW CONTEST - WIN A FREE SEASON 2-PART 1: GARGOYLES DVD!

Ok, so I contacted that Disney Buena Vista HE representative, and he is sending me three DVDs to give out as contest prizes to help promote the show. I wanted a contest theme that would be fun and open to anyone regardless of age or talent. Therefore, I challenge you to come up with a creative design for a gargoyle or gargoyle beast, and email me a detailed description and/or artwork
of your character(s). Three winners will be picked by me and a few volunteers based on creativity, functionality, and overall look, and they will be shipped a free Season 2 Part 1 Gargoyles DVD!

For more information, check Gargoyles News Central linked to my name. The contest period starts now and ends December 9th!

Jurgan> Kaylee has a site on it here: http://www.gargoylesdvd.com/ The only "official" Disney site is here, but it doesn't have much on it: http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/4134903.html

Vashkoda - [vashkoda@glaringdream.org]

Jurgan- I believe this is the gargoyles DVD site:
http://www.gargoylesdvd.com/index2.html

Purplegoldfish - [skydragonn@aol.com]

Todd: That site you linked is something like The Onion, right? At first, I thought it might be real...

I asked a question last week, and didn't get an answer, so I'll ask again. Please respond if you have an answer, as it's kind of important: If someone asked me for an official site for the Gargoyles DVD, what would I give them? This site is the closest there is to an official Gargoyles site, but it doesn't have the DVD information in a compact manner (at least, it must not be very clear at a glance, considering the number of people who Ask Greg when the DVD is coming out). So I wouldn't much want to direct people here if all they want is to know how to buy the DVD, or they might wander into Ask Greg, ask him, not get an answer, and give up on the whole thing. There was a site called something like gargoylesondvd.com, but I can't find it. Basically, what I want is for me to be able to tell someone about Gargoyles and then have them click a link that will explain to them exactly what the status of the DVD is and how to buy it. Anyone have a suggestion?

Jurgan - [jurgan6@yahoo.com]

who doesnt love that episode?
Demon@

BATTLE BEAST> Greg has never made it a secret that if any episode was his favorite, it was "The Mirror"
Greg Bishansky
"I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die" - Mr. Garrison

Greg admitted that his favourtie episode is "The Mirror"? Huh. I thought hne said he had no favs, that he was just partial to that ep...
Battle Beast - [Canada]
GO ESKIES GO!!!

This isn't anything to do with "Gargoyles", but it's pretty amusing, all the same.
Todd Jensen
"Gargoyles" - did for monstrous-looking statues what "Watership Down" did for rabbits!

Due to the low-quality pictures I put up, it's quite hard to read Weisman's note, so I opted to transcribe it for clarity, to help atone for the poor pics! It's post #72 in the following thread:

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=147905

-Jim

Jim Harvey - [bbeyond@yahoo.com]

The DVDs will be containing little notes from Greg Weisman? Now that's what I really call an extra!
Todd Jensen
"Gargoyles" - did for monstrous-looking statues what "Watership Down" did for rabbits!

From what I can see of them, the disc art looks real nice. The overall design of the packaging is fine too, but I still kinda hate the cover. I was hoping they would've changed it by December 6th...but if these are the copies that reviewers are getting, then it's probably final.

Gonna have a Gargoyles marathon soon...

Kris - [plekopleko@hotmail.com]

I like the "letter from Greg" on the inside flap and I think the disc art looks pretty good, though it's very hard to see. But that back cover? Ewwwww. It just looks so thrown together from whatever Gargoyles artwork was lying around. And I've long hated that close-up shot of Goliath's roaring head. Unpleasing and off-model. It's prbably m third least favorite piece of Gargoyles promo art, behind the VHS Heroes Awaken box art and that Disney Adventures cover.
Demonskrye
Soon, Very Soon

If anyone is interested there are some poorly done package shots of GARGOYLES: SEASON TWO, VOLUME ONE, taken with a digital camera, online in the following thread:

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=147905

Post #67 contains the images

Jim Harvey - [bbeyond@yahoo.com]

PATRICK - Thanks (I suppose).

Other countdowns:

3 days until Thanksgiving.

18 days until "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" movie premieres.

Have I overlooked anything else?

Todd Jensen
"Gargoyles" - did for monstrous-looking statues what "Watership Down" did for rabbits!

Number 10, I think.

Todd > Your ideas are just horribly frightening enough to get you a job in a Hollywood think tank if you're not careful. :P

Apologies for the sporadic nature of the countdown, but my internet connection at home has been hit or miss lately. I'll be going back to DSL sometime this week and telling the cable company where to stick it, and hopefully that will give me reliable access again.

15 days left until Gargoyles Season 2, Volume 1 comes to DVD.
34 days left to do your Christmas shopping.
40 days left to pre-register for The Gathering 2006 before the rates increase.

Patrick Toman

While most of us, at least, would like to see "Gargoyles" return in one form or another, I can easily imagine that there are a number of ways in which we would certainly not want to see it return - ways that, if they were used to revive the series, would cause most of the fans (if not all of them) to comment that it would be better off staying dormant than returning in that form. I've thought of a couple of them, but there are probably many more out there.

1. The revival opens with the Quarrymen successfully slaughtering every gargoyle in the world. The criminals in New York and elsewhere take full advantage of the situation to step up their crimes with no gargoyles around to interfere, and the Illuminati, concerned over the fact that the crime rate is escalating to a dangerous level, to the point where even they won't be able to control things, decide to remedy the situation by getting the blueprints for Xanatos's gargoyle armor and manufacturing some extra copies, then persuading a group of humans to use this gargoyle armor to battle crime as the gargoyles' replacements with a very noticeable "Power Rangers" tone to it.

2. Gargoyle Babies - infant versions of the gargoyles, very "caring and sharing" in atmosphere.

There are probably more, but these are the ones that I can think of most readily.

Todd Jensen
"Gargoyles" - did for monstrous-looking statues what "Watership Down" did for rabbits!

Eighth.
Spen

7th!!
dph
Whatever happenned to simplicity?

6th. I know one person who will love the season 2 DVD as a gift.
Spacebabie - [spacebabie@hotmail.com]

fifth!
Purplegoldfish - [skydragonn@aol.com]

4TH!!!!!
matt - [ewoks11@hotmail.com]
"To know that we know what we know, and that we d not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge." -Henry David Thoreau

Third!
Leo

Second in the name of matrix representations of finite groups (and the hope that I'll understand how they work before my final exam).
Jurgan - [jurgan6@yahoo.com]

First. Again! weeeeeee
Wingless