KEVIN: You've Got Mail!

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: (sent to viewaskew@viewaskew.com) : Kevin, : : It's me again, Kid Fanboy on the WWWBoard... the only one to guess that Fletch was the big secret within minutes of your post. Figured I'd drop you a line and take one last shot at arranging a brief on-camera interview at the San Diego Comic-Con (we're talking maybe 10 or 15 minutes). I've already arranged several interviews with various pros I've met via eBay, including Darick Robertson and Mike Hoffman. So why am I so gung-ho to get you on tape? I'll recap... : : I'm the founder of eBay's Comics Board FAQ. Right now the FAQ is "unofficial", but I'll be meeting with Shira Levine in San Diego to hammer out details on making it an official part of the site (I've even arranged with Shira's help for eBay to throw us a party at Gaslamp Billiards in SD). Over the last year I've forged some wonderful on-line friendships with several board "regulars", and we're planning on getting together in San Diego for the con... we're talking 15-20 people, here! As an actor and independent filmmaker, I decided to film a digital (trans. no-budget) documentary ostensibly about eBay, comics, and the con, but more specifically about on-line friends and acquaintances. So where do you fit into all this? Well, aside from fitting the comics and indie film aspect to a "t", and the fact that I've chatted on-line with just about everyone at VA at one time or another (except you, of course), I offer for your careful consideration my previous post to the WWWBoard... : : : I'll skip the "ah'm yer biggest fan" MISERY bullshit and cut to the chase. Recently a regular on eBay's Comics Board (for which I founded and maintain the FAQ) was permanently suspended from the site for quoting several lines from CLERKS on the board. Being total movie and comic fanboys we'd gathered on the board to discuss TAS on the night it premiered, and before you could say "snowball" the user in question (eprophet2) was posting some of Jay's more memorable dialog from the original. What really chaffs my ass is the fact that eBay's filters automatically prevent the use of any profanity/vulgarity (and will nail you for "WHO REmembers" or "WHO REquested" every time... go figure), so he relied upon the age-old comics device of substituting words with symbols (@#$% for COCK, etc.). So his suspension was essentially not for his language, but for the appearance of his language. Just thought you might find it interesting that censorship is alive and well in all sectors of corporate America (you wouldn't happen to be a supporter of the EFF's "blue ribbon campaign", would you?). : : : Something else you might find of interest... Several Comics Board regulars will be making the trip to the San Diego International ComicCon in July to meet off-line for the first time (including one or two industry pros and possibly even eprophet2). I'll be filming a digital documentary while there, and was wondering if you'd be willing to grant me an on-camera interview addressing (among other things) the suspension. I realize this treads dangerously close to the "don't ask for work" rule, but what the fuck? The Kid's all about pushing the envelope. : : : Finally, we're not entirely convinced you haven't lurked in on the board before, as Randall's cross-examination of George Lucas sounded almost exactly like something we've heard from user AKASHOEMAN at least a half-dozen times. If this is true, then you missed the best one... "So, the Force is no longer a spiritual allegory, but rather all-knowing microbes? Riiiiight." ROTFLMAO : : : Say hey to Jay! : : : The Kid : : So there you have it. Thank you for your time, and I hope to hear from you!

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