2012, believe it or not, is the tenth anniversary of (Super) Hero Happy Hour. This is a realization that just dawned on me when I recently discovered a stash of original copies of the very first issue of (Super) Hero Happy Hour that Chris Fason and I published under the GeekPunk banner.
This discovered stash of (Super) Hero Happy Hour #1 comics also happen to all be signed by the cover artist, Scott Morse — who was gracious enough to help out two unknown comic book creators taking their first plunge into the self-publishing pond.
We’re offering a limited number of these Scott Morse (Soulwind, Magic Pickle) signed (Super) Hero Happy Hour #1 for sale to help cover the costs of running the Hero Happy Hour webcomic at herohappyhour.com. This is your chance to own a piece of comic book history — the very comic that prompted the two much bigger comic book publishers to sic lawyers on a small independent self-publisher for using the term “super hero” in the title of their one-and-only comic book.
The asking price is $7.00 a near-mint copy of (Super) Hero Happy Hour #1 (in bag with board), postage paid. (Written by Dan Taylor, art by Chris Fason, cover by Scott Morse. 40-pages b/w.)Sure, you might be able to find it for much less on eBay, or in the dollar bin of your local comic book shop, but it won’t be signed by artist Scott Morse. And, this way you can help keep Hero Happy Hour going. If you’d like to purchase a copy (or two, or three, etc…) please send an email to geekpunkdan@gmail.com for more info. Click the pic to the left for a larger image to see an example of what you’ll get.
Hell, if you want, I (meaning Dan Taylor) will sign it as well. Thanks for the support.
After the holiday break, the last page of the Hero Happy Hour story-arc “Rusty Nailed” will wrap up on January 1st, 2012. It has been a pleasure working with artist Gavin Spence, and I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him.
Then, we’ll ring in the new year with the “old” (or, should we say “classic”) as we present “Reality Shots” — the original fifth issue of the published Hero Happy Hour comic book in its entirety.
Originally published in 2004, “Reality Shots” focuses on the dysfunctional duo of Night Ranger and Scout as they square off mano-a-mano as reality television crashes Hero Happy Hour.
Notice the original nifty cover art by Dave Crosland.
What would the holiday season be without countless reruns of Christmas themed programming? How many times this season did the networks air Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or A Charlie Brown Christmas? Well, here at Hero Happy Hour, we’re not much different. At least we waited until the week of Christmas, rather than before the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie had a chance to cool, to rerun our own holiday (would-be) classic — Hero Happy Hour: Silent Night Ranger.
Beginning tomorrow, and running for five consecutive days through December 23rd, we will be offering (ahem, rerunning) Silent Night Ranger for your holiday viewing pleasure. As a bonus, we are offering the Hero Happy Hour Holiday Wallpaper shown below, featuring Santa Claus, frost-monkeys, and a “not-so-sidekick” Scout. Feel free to click on the image below to save a larger version and get your monitor in the “heroic holiday” mode.
And, don’t forget… There’s still time to contribute to the Renfield and Igor Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Kickstarter Project by Hero Happy Hour co-creator and writer Dan Taylor and Hero Happy Hour guest artist Gavin Spence. The deadline is Monday, December 19th at 11:59AM PST. (That would make this comic book creator’s birthday much, much better.)
