You know what it's like after a tough day at work -- sometimes you just want to unwind over a couple beers at your local watering hole. And it's reasonably safe to assume that your tiring day isn't a result of you fighting super-powered criminals and saving the world from colorfully named villains. But what if you were out there fighting crime all day? Well, you'd really want to unwind over some frosty suds, right? Of course you would.
More to the point, creators Dan Taylor and Chris Fason know this to be true, as seen in their comic, SUPER HERO HAPPY HOUR, published under their GeekPunk label.
The first four issues have been released, and all are set in and around the Hideout Bar & Grill, focusing on the off-hours of crime-fighting. Which can lead to its own problems, of course...
Writer Taylor and artist Fason, whose minimalist style features echoes of Jim Mahfood, Mike Oeming and Mike Hawthorne and yet is still uniquely his own, are more concerned with bar humor, interpersonal communications between heroes (mostly) at rest and, of course, pop culture jokes and innuendo than they are super-heroics (although those work their way into the mini, too). And it all goes down as easily as a pint o'Guinness.
In point of fact, SUPER HERO HAPPY HOUR is what POWERS would be if it fell off the paddy wagon, what Y THE LAST MAN would be at last call, what SUPREME POWER would be if chilled and served over ice, what...wait, pay no attention to me. I've been drinking. All I know is, I love you guyshhhzzzzzz...
*LATER IN THE DAY*
So anyway, the first four issues have recently been collected in a trade paperback (ISBN# 0-9746743-0-3, $14.95, available at Dan & Chris' site, GeekPunk.com, among other places. In addition to the four issues, the trade features issue-by-issue introductions from Dan and Chris, and also character profiles of all the Heroes and Villains (and the Bartender).
And the boys were nice enough to sign and offer up copies for the five most inventive cocktail-spinners out there!
THE PRIZE
FIVE Winners will receive:
A copy of SUPER HERO HAPPY HOUR, VOLUME 1 TPB, signed by creators Dan Taylor and Chris Fason.
TO ENTER
Send an e-mail to me with the subject "SHHH." Within the e-mail itself, this is where all your years of underage drinking will come in handy. All I want you to do is send me one drink and one super hero (or super-villain) you think would consume said beverage. I'll give you an example:
Screwdriver -- Iron Man
(I never said it'd be a good example. But see, the link is -- he wears a metal suit, so he would use tools like a screwdriver to fix said suit, therefore he would drink...awww, you know what I mean. If I explain it further, it'll be even less funny.)
That's it -- hero and drink -- one entry only, please. There should be some sort of perverse logic to the choice, not just some random selections. Don't get too geeky on us, by being logical and stating that "Iron Man would drink a seltzer because he's an alcoholic" or any such thing, either, but have fun and go obscure if you'd like. You're welcome to explain the correlation if you think it'll be lost on the judging panel (myself, COMICS 101's Scott Tipton and SHHH writer Dan Taylor) but just know that the funnier the choices, the better your odds are.
THE PARTICULARS
The contest is open to anyone anywhere, even teetotalers.
TIMING
The contest will run from Wednesday, January 7 through Wednesday, January 14. Winners will be notified at the end of the week and announced in ONE HAND CLAPPING on Monday, January 19. Losers should hit their local comics shop and check out the book for themselves. And spend more time at their own watering hole, drowing their pity in the bottom of a dirty glass, of course.*
*Remember kids, underage drinking is not only illegal, it's also a good way to get some action from the opposite sex! Just make sure you're not driving, 'natch.
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