We don’t usually deign to drop in on your little “Blogtown,” dears—we prefer to think of you getting your One Day at a Time gossip fix while sitting in a leathery armchair, next to a roaring fire, a glass of fine bourbon in hand—but today marks a special occasion. Two special occasions, actually!
1) We have a new comic! You might remember Ann Romano: Gossip Whore, which we wrote a while ago, illustrated by Paul Lee. Well, that was such a smash hit (really, would you expect anything less?) that the comic book nerds at Dark Horse Comics asked us to do another one. And so we present, dears, Ann Romano: Gossip Whore in Gone Dishin’, illustrated by Kristian Donaldson and featuring Franky and The Goon from Eric Powell‘s award-winning funnybook The Goon. Do give it a read, won’t you?
2) The original Ann Romano: Gossip Whore comic has been collected in the swanky trade paperback MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 2, where it’s accompanied by lesser (but still quite good!) works from creators like Zack Whedon, Evan Dorkin, Gilbert Hernandez, David Malki, Tara McPherson, Gerard Way, Gabriel Bà, and more! Plus, there’s an all-new introduction to the volume written by, yes, yours truly.
Now, normally we’d urge you all to go out and buy it—because we get royalties off of it, you see, which means we actually get paid (hopefully in amounts larger than the pittance the cheapskates at the Mercury care to toss our way). But that said, Dark Horse was kind enough to send a few extra copies of the book to us to give away to our readers, and—after prying them loose from Hubby Kip‘s grabby hands—we’ve got ’em all ready to go!
Want to win one? Then email me before five pm on Friday, March 6, include your name and mailing address and make sure “Lindsay Lohan” is the subject line in your email. We’ll randomly pick five winners over the weekend, and announce the readers in this very blog post early next week.
Well? What’re you waiting for? Start reading! And emailing! (And buying!) Kisses!
UPDATE!! Thanks to everyone who entered, but the contest is now OVERS-VILLE. The winners are: Elliott Daggett, Brian Costello, Mauri Matsuda, John B. Jones, and Dyche M. Alsaker (though Alsaker forgot to include her mailing address, so she needs to email Ann if she wants to receive her book. Otherwise we’ll give it to an orphan or something.) The rest will be mailed out asap! CONGRATS TO ALL!