Wikipedia and its much better replacement.

I'm just going to poach someone else's post here. Via Boingboing.net, kinda via Irish TV producer Graham Linehan:

Top ten most viewed pages on Wikipedia and Conservapedia
Wikipedia is "The Free Encyclopedia." What's on the mind of Wikipedia its readers? Here are the top ten most viewed pages on Wikipedia:

1. Main Page [30,090,900]
2. Wiki [904,800]
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [413,400]
4. Naruto [401,400]
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [396,000]
6. United States [330,000]
7. Wikipedia [329,400]
8. Deaths in 2007 [321,300]
9. Heroes (TV series) [307,500]
10. Transformers (film) [303,600]

Conservapedia is "The Trustworthy Encyclopedia." What's on the mind of its readers? Here are the top ten most viewed pages on Conservapedia:

1. Main Page‎ [1,906,729]
2. Homosexuality‎ [1,572,713]
3. Homosexuality and Hepatitis‎ [517,086]
4. Homosexuality and Promiscuity‎ [420,687]
5. Gay Bowel Syndrome‎ [389,052]
6. Homosexuality and Parasites‎ [388,123]
7. Homosexuality and Domestic Violence‎ [365,888]
8. Homosexuality and Gonorrhea‎ [331,553]
9. Homosexuality and Mental Health‎ [291,179]
10. Homosexuality and Syphilis‎ [265,322]

Doing Justice

Doug Braithwaite wrote to correct something I wrote in my Aviles post. He did full pencils on Justice, not just layouts.

On Top 10 Zander does layouts for me, and I do finishes. Zander's drawings are very loose. I have to add quite a bit to flesh out Zander's compositions. Even so, for layouts Zander does more than most, including word balloon placement and nice backgrounds. Me being me I tend to pimp the backgrounds a lot.

So here's the difference between layouts and pencils. Layouts by Zander:


Pencils by Doug:

Kitty ftom MN

Hey Dani,
Here it is!

Gene

Ha! in FL Dec 8-9, NOT Dec 1-2.

I thought I was going crazy.

I'd written down on my calendar that I was attending an event called the Florida SuperCon Dec 1-2. I got contacted this month about them flying me down Dec 7.

I looked at the website and felt like an idiot. There it was. There's a Nov 30-Dec 2 Anime Supercon, a Dec 8-9 Florida Comic-Con, and a spring Florida Supercon. How did I mess that up?

I hadn't. Their blog entry for August listed me as a guest of the Anime Supercon. I tracked down the original email invitation and I was invited to the Dec 1-2 Supercon.

They're a little disorganized. Not unprecedented for con organizers. I pray that none of you had reserved flights and rooms for Dec 1 expecting to see me.

I'm a little angry about the problems they might have caused you. As for myself, it doesn't inconvenience me in the least (beyond correcting my website and trying to inform all of you). My schedule is equally clear on both weekends and I still would like to escape from the Chicago chill.

To summarize: I will not be attending the Dec 1-2 Anime Supercon. I WILL ATTEND the Dec 8-9 Florida Comic-Con!

Hope you're all well, and I'll try to blog my French adventures soon,

Gene Ha

POSTSCRIPT
Subject: invite to Florida Supercon
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:20:33 -0800 (PST)
From: FLORIDA SUPERCON
To: XXXX@geneha.com
We met briefly at the FX show in Orlando... I'm the promoter of a show in Ft. Lauderdale - Florida Supercon - www.floridasupercon.com

I'd like to touch base re: my winter show - Nov. 30, Dec. 1 & Dec. 2

If you're interested, we'd love to have you as a guest. We would of course fly you in, put you up and give you a per diem. If you check out the website, you'll see the type of show we put on. Let me know what you think.

Detailed report from France, abridged.

I'll post more on my con trip to France later, when I have more time. For now, a few photos:

Lille at night.

Barry Kitson hard at work sketching. One of the first friends I made in comics, but I hadn't seen him in almost a decade, so Lisa had never met him. Great guy, great comic artist.

An image by French comics artist Eric Herenguel. I love his stuff. He has a drawing style reminiscent of John Romita Sr. and a color sensibility like Alphonse Mucha. And he regularly posts updates on his latest projects, unlike some American artists. Je m'accuse!



Me and Lisa, as she first steps foot in Paris.

From Stéphane, a con volunteer and IT guy in France. Sometimes, a drawing has more truth than photos!

I'll try to do a longer post about the BD (La bande dessinée, i.e. comics) in France, the state of DC and Marvel in Europe, and fun people to hang with in Lille!

Gene