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Hi gang! Admittedly, the public access program produced by David W. Johnson named "Stop Watching Me" is not for all people. It's... well, weird. Even Johnson, himself, would concede that. But is it too provocative? That's what Sigecom decided last Spring, when Johnson received a letter from the cable service provider notifying him that it would no longer air anymore episodes of the program on its public access channel after only airing one episode. I have uploaded the banned show's first episode at the link below (Don't worry, there's no bad language, vulgar behavior, and violence... Just weirdness): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP4BlaaOF7Y Yes, it is really odd. And, certainly, not everyone (even most) people would watch it on a regular basis, if at all. But, should Sigecom have pulled it from the schedule on a public access channel? Public access is a way for members of the community to have a voice for expression and ideas. "Stop Watching Me"

Up 'til now, I've been using my MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/matthawes as a promotional tool for all facets of my life. That is to say that I use it for my shop, COMICS UNLIMITED of Evansville, Indiana ( www.ComicsUnlimited.biz ), and for "The HAPPY SHOW!" ( www.TheHappyShow.net ), and for my artwork, and connecting with other fine people who share my interests. Well, I still plan to use the page for all the above, but there's also another MySpace page that will be used for "The HAPPY SHOW!" This is a page for HAPPY, the show's mostly mute puppet. If you would like, you can go there and see more pictures from "The HAPPY SHOW!," as well as videos that come from the YouTube site ( http://www.youtube.com/thehappyshow ), and more stuff that pertains specifically to the program and HAPPY. This new page is: http://www.myspace.com/thehappyshow So, go ahead and check it out! Make HAPPY your pal! -- Matt

Hi gang! Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" issued a challenge to viewers to see who could produce the best fight scene using footage of him flailing and fumbling away with a toy lightsaber. It's the Stephen Colbert Green Screen Challenge! I went ahead and tackled this challenge, giving it "The Happy Show!" treatment. Naturally, it has all the high-tech wizardry you would expect from "The Happy Show!" Ahem. You can view it at YouTube directly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lfu-UdBQAM Or at the following site: http://www.codebot.org/colbert/ It's towards the bottom of the videos on that site. You can vote for it there, if you'd like. You can also rate it at the YouTube page above. ALSO!!! See the miraculous vision that I saw when I dropped a stack of comic books!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33cO14Vrk34 Thanks and enjoy! -- Matt

It's funny, but I often learn things that have to do with me after the fact from other people. Two cases in point involve the recent hoopla over the delay announcements regarding Marvel's "Civil War" comic series. I had been asked about this matter by the guys at Comic Geek Speak and Vaneta Rogers over at Newsarama. I wasn't sure if anything I wrote would be used, but, apparently both Comic Geek Speak and Newsarama used some of what I had to say on the matter. Oddly enough, I found out about these usages by customers that came into the shop. Very cool, especially, as one customer clearly learned about my shop from the Comic Geek Speak program. You can read a quote from the Newsarama article by Vaneta Rogers at the following link: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=81444 The Comic Geek Speak podcast on "Civil War" is from August 19, 2006. The episode is downloadable for FREE in MP3 form. You can get it here: http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episoded

Hi gang! Say, want to see a cool old silent film about comics ? Bet you didn't think there was ever such a thing! Well, there was! Just go to: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=MattHawes And there you'll see the video of that great, forgotten silent film comedian, Doofy Dan , and that lost cult classic, "Comic Stripped." Feel free to leave comments about the video (and other videos there, as well)! Enjoy! Matthew HawesCOMICS UNLIMITED www.ComicsUnlimited.biz www.TheHappyShow.net

Hi gang! I was contacted about "THE HAPPY SHOW!" by a nice fellow named Joseph Lahr, the station manager at TV-23 MCAM in Manchester, New Hampshire ( www.mcam.org ). He asked me if I would like to submit episodes of my program to be aired in his city. I went ahead and mailed off some videos, so hopefully the programs will be airing there soon! The show is already put up on the schedule! Check it out: http://www.mcam.org/programs.htm If you know someone who is in Manchester, NH, spread the word! Check out "THE HAPPY SHOW!" clips and more online at: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=MattHawes Thanks! -- Matt Matthew HawesCOMICS UNLIMITED654-B E. Diamond AvenueEvansville, Indiana 47711 http://www.comicsunlimited.biz

Hi again, gang! With WizardWorld Chicago done and over for another year, I will now be concentrating on working on my spiffy new comic book series. I hope to have it published within the next year. The work will commence in full force soon. 'Course, I have to take care o' business at the shop, and I'm still planning on working on some "HAPPY SHOW!" silliness for YouTube and public access.I'm not ready to reveal details on the series, but hopefully you'll all dig it. Stayed tuned, comics-peoples!

FANS vs. PROS: SLIVER-AGE TRIVIA! This is the PRO-FAN SILVER-AGE TRIVIA CONTEST at WizardWorld Chicago in 2006. The panel was hosted by COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE columnist, Craig Shutt (Mr. Silver-Age). The representative for the comics pros was Mark Waid, who answered questions via cell-phone, as he couldn't make it to Chicago. A panel of comics fans competed against Waid on comics trivia from the Silver-Age of comic books. Nearly the entire contest was filmed by me, but my camera ran out of juice before the final outcome. SPOILER! Mark Waid won. But, see if you get the answers correct, yourself. Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRYsNlywKk Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlCQRTkQVmQ Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhQmhIgiwnM Part Four: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgwjL6LtrIQ Part Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2IHDLZP1R8 Part Six: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5PIch-SCFo ---------- Marvel Comics Ultimates Panel at Wizardworld! This is foot

Check out the following links for footage of my trip to Chicago, and my trip to Wizardworld at Rosemont, in particular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKCGPiIkGY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYlAMZNm43Y Enjoy! -- Matt

...Well, nearly ready. The shop will open again on Tuesday, August 8th at regular business hours. I have returned from Chicago with more COOL comics and other fun stuff to show and sell at the shop! The Windy City was fun, as usual, and the show WizardWorld out on was bigger and better than last year's show. I had a great time! Looking forward to seeing all of you at COMICS UNLIMITED! Thanks! --- Matt www.ComicsUnlimited.biz