Rick Olney--Fibber or Mega-Giganta-Fibber?

[Sarah Beach]

Wow, DocA! So you're the person he said he paid train tickets for?

Sending the money at the last minute! Making you go to Western Union at that hour!

Unbelievably scummy behavior there. Plus not making sure there was someone to pick you up, or that transportation was arranged for these invited guests? Crap planning! (Like this is a surprise.)

And NotWit claims to be an adult, capable of planning. *sigh*

[Gail Simone]

yeah I'm not really into the whole "attack the kids" thing... that's pretty extreme.

But then again would any of us know about it if Rick hadn't blogged about it?

I don't like people saying bad things about his kids OR his wife and never have, even though Rick has attacked many of our families repeatedly. But we're not supposed to be Rick. Let the scumbags do the scumbaggery.

HOWEVER, as I said, Rick has repeatedly, deliberately put photos of people on this thread up without their permission and refused to take them down, including this very week. He can hardly bitch about it when he started it and has been doing it since he first got caught cheating all these people.

[Gail Simone]

Wow, DocA! So you're the person he said he paid train tickets for?

Sending the money at the last minute! Making you go to Western Union at that hour!

Unbelievably scummy behavior there. Plus not making sure there was someone to pick you up, or that transportation was arranged for these invited guests? Crap planning! (Like this is a surprise.)

And NotWit claims to be an adult, capable of planning. *sigh*

They were a forty minutes late picking us up, as well.

[Donkey Richard]

I'm asking the folks who emailed me about working on Fresh to please post in this thread. You can edit what you told me, but people should know.

THANK YOU!

Okay, this is referring to me and I have decided to make the info public. With the exception of removing the name of an artist, it has not been edited.

This is a quote from an earlier post by Gail:

This Stronach gentleman seems to have had some talent, and as I've said, the magazine DID have a nice design, that was Dingman, right?
Why DID these people pull away from Orca? I mean, I can certainly guess that they pulled away, like everyone with talent or integrity does (which is why Dennis is still their attached to Rick's leg). But what's their side of the story?

It's pretty much the only thing Olney was ever affiliated with that didn't completely suck (although I say again, the content is tepid in the extreme).

What happened to make this thing go under? Bad finances? More laziness from Rick? Bad blood? Rick's usual terror of not getting all the credit for the talents of others?

I wanted to set the record straight privately, because I stated in one of my posts that I originally created, designed and edited the FRESH newsletter. This was in the late 90's , and not the newsletter that G-Spot is shown holding in one of his posts. The one I did was done on 11x17 landscape so that when folded, collated and stapled, it became an 8 1/2 x 11 magazine.

The one G-Spot shows is a smaller size format that was done about 2 years after I quit doing the newsletter. I have several that Rick gave me 2 years ago. So I know that they are virtually "shrunken copies" of the format that I designed for him. I had no problem with the club using the format, for reasons of continuity. Some of the Headings were changed, as well as article names. And I believe it went from 3-column to 2-column ( I don't have one in front of me at the moment).

The reason that I quit doing it was that it became too much of a hassle for the lousy $100 per issue I had agreed to. Rick originally told me everything would be typed, so that I could just scan and OCR it into the newsletter format. That wasn't true. Most of the articles were hand written and had to be retyped, spellchecked and grammatically corrected before they could be included. And I had questions about the copyrights of the artwork that he was not answering to my satisfaction. After about 4 or 5 months of these hassles, and slow pay of the measly hundred bucks, I quit. But I did get all of my money, such as it is, except for maybe 50 from the last issue. The whole experience was so unsettling that I avoided Rick like the plague for many years after.

I can't speak for the people who did the later version of the newsletter, but I would be willing to bet they gave up because of the same problems.

Thanks,
Don

Gail responded:Don, a lot of people are interested in this stuff...why not post this on the thread, with some editing if you like?

As I say, it looks like it wasn't a typical Olney disaster. It has some quality.

Who funded the whole thing, do you know?

I got the impression that it was being funded by ORCA membership dues. The reason I say that, is because while I was doing the first issue, Dennis and Brian Robson were with Rick when he brought over the copy he wanted included. They were aware of the cost, so I assumed he had discussed it with them, and if memory serves, they were Officers in the club at that point. All of this predates the involvement of Bob Stronach and Mr. Dingman with ORCA, I believe.

I've really had enough of Olney and all his shenanigans. Before this thread started, before everyone knew that he was King of the Doofusses, he asked me to create and develop a science fiction comic book for him. I spent 2 months doing all of the background work ( character study, plotline, intial outline, etc.). I sent it off to him and he raved about the thing. Even sent me emails telling me he had an artist named name removed set to work on it with me. Of course it was the usual Olney bullshit. All of that work was for nothing. That, and some of the comments he made privately to me about Native Americans, was why I turned my back to him. That's why I have taken some opportunties to slap at him on your forum for payback.

If you think Rick;s public written comments are unreadable, you should have seen some of the articles he wrote for FRESH. I spent most of my time correcting the spelling and grammatical mistakes. He really doesn't have any idea of how to construct a sentence or paragraph.

I will think about posting the newsletter info publicly, but he lives only 8 miles from me, and knows where I live. I try not to overly provoke pompous, insane gun nuts.

Don

[Gail Simone]

Okay, this is referring to me and I have decided to make the info public. With the exception of removing the name of an artist, it has not been edited.

This is a quote from an earlier post by Gail:

This Stronach gentleman seems to have had some talent, and as I've said, the magazine DID have a nice design, that was Dingman, right?
Why DID these people pull away from Orca? I mean, I can certainly guess that they pulled away, like everyone with talent or integrity does (which is why Dennis is still their attached to Rick's leg). But what's their side of the story?

It's pretty much the only thing Olney was ever affiliated with that didn't completely suck (although I say again, the content is tepid in the extreme).

What happened to make this thing go under? Bad finances? More laziness from Rick? Bad blood? Rick's usual terror of not getting all the credit for the talents of others?

I wanted to set the record straight privately, because I stated in one of my posts that I originally created, designed and edited the FRESH newsletter. This was in the late 90's , and not the newsletter that G-Spot is shown holding in one of his posts. The one I did was done on 11x17 landscape so that when folded, collated and stapled, it became an 8 1/2 x 11 magazine.

The one G-Spot shows is a smaller size format that was done about 2 years after I quit doing the newsletter. I have several that Rick gave me 2 years ago. So I know that they are virtually "shrunken copies" of the format that I designed for him. I had no problem with the club using the format, for reasons of continuity. Some of the Headings were changed, as well as article names. And I believe it went from 3-column to 2-column ( I don't have one in front of me at the moment).

The reason that I quit doing it was that it became too much of a hassle for the lousy $100 per issue I had agreed to. Rick originally told me everything would be typed, so that I could just scan and OCR it into the newsletter format. That wasn't true. Most of the articles were hand written and had to be retyped, spellchecked and grammatically corrected before they could be included. And I had questions about the copyrights of the artwork that he was not answering to my satisfaction. After about 4 or 5 months of these hassles, and slow pay of the measly hundred bucks, I quit. But I did get all of my money, such as it is, except for maybe 50 from the last issue. The whole experience was so unsettling that I avoided Rick like the plague for many years after.

I can't speak for the people who did the later version of the newsletter, but I would be willing to bet they gave up because of the same problems.

Thanks,
Don

Gail responded:Don, a lot of people are interested in this stuff...why not post this on the thread, with some editing if you like?

As I say, it looks like it wasn't a typical Olney disaster. It has some quality.

Who funded the whole thing, do you know?

I got the impression that it was being funded by ORCA membership dues. The reason I say that, is because while I was doing the first issue, Dennis and Brian Robson were with Rick when he brought over the copy he wanted included. They were aware of the cost, so I assumed he had discussed it with them, and if memory serves, they were Officers in the club at that point. All of this predates the involvement of Bob Stronach and Mr. Dingman with ORCA, I believe.

I've really had enough of Olney and all his shenanigans. Before this thread started, before everyone knew that he was King of the Doofusses, he asked me to create and develop a science fiction comic book for him. I spent 2 months doing all of the background work ( character study, plotline, intial outline, etc.). I sent it off to him and he raved about the thing. Even sent me emails telling me he had an artist named name removed set to work on it with me. Of course it was the usual Olney bullshit. All of that work was for nothing. That, and some of the comments he made privately to me about Native Americans, was why I turned my back to him. That's why I have taken some opportunties to slap at him on your forum for payback.

If you think Rick;s public written comments are unreadable, you should have seen some of the articles he wrote for FRESH. I spent most of my time correcting the spelling and grammatical mistakes. He really doesn't have any idea of how to construct a sentence or paragraph.

I will think about posting the newsletter info publicly, but he lives only 8 miles from me, and knows where I live. I try not to overly provoke pompous, insane gun nuts.

Don


Thank you, Richard, and you're not the only one, so no worries!

[Cliff Cluniak]

Forget the nastiness at Stale Whale. How is

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/


not getting more love here? That stuff is spot on. Touched with brilliance. You'll all be sorry if you don't check it out.

[Gail Simone]

The 2003 Mighty MiniConniving.

I was gonna post one massive 'recanting' of events from my p.o.v. about the p.o.s, but I think it'd be better if I did a little at time. It'll give Moby a chance to catch up since he's gonna be spending the day filing police reports.

Back in 2002, when he was still part of Ian's SPA middle echelon, I was invited to attend the 2003 MMC as a guest. It was the first show I'd done in years and I was excited as hell. I was asked to host the panel on 'Women in Comics', which I considered an honor to even be considered.

It was decided I'd take the train; it was significantly cheaper than driving and it was something I'd always wanted to do. Plans were made at least six months ahead of time: I knew exactly when I'd be leaving, how many stops, scheduled arrival, cost for a round-trip right down to the penny. Since I was part of the staff, my tickets were being comped. All I had to do was head down to AmTrak and pick them up.

The money was supposed to be sent via money order. It was supposed to have been sent a good number of times. That was constantly postponed for months. And I mean months. When time started edging down to the actual show, it was to be wired via Western Union. Only to be put off again and again. I went to the Western Union office nearby at least twice -- after it was already 'sent' -- only to find out they had no record of anything in my name.

It got to be a fecking game. 'How soon do you have to have the tickets? Do you have to buy them in advance? Can you buy them the same day?'

The show was on the week-end, Saturday and Sunday. I had to take the train in Friday. I finally got the money for the tickets Thursday night, somewhere around 11.00 pm.

I was kept guessing barely 2 days before the show. And that includes 1 day for traveling.

That wasn't the best part, not by a long shot. But it shoulda set off every damned alarm I had.

The ride was about 4 hours, and one of the most relaxing trips I've ever taken in my life. The scenery was to die for, much better than driving any day. But when the train finally stopped in Utica . . .

I waited over 2 hours to be picked up at the station. Turned out I wasn't the only one, either; Tom Peyer hopped onboard back in Syracuse and had grabbed the seat right in front of me. Unfortunately neither of us knew the other was wandering around the grounds for the exact same reason. We kept seeing each other, but the last time we spoke hadda be 6 years prior, and that was ever-so briefly. We ended up re-introducing and started talking again. That was the only way either of us kept our sanity.

A proper con organizer woulda informed those using similar means of transport they'd be crossing each other's paths.

That woulda been asking too much.


Lies about reimbursement being sent already many times? Check.

Terrible organization with no apology? Check.

Ridiculously late picking you up? Check.


Wow, how we haters made Rick do such a crappy job running a teeny con, I have no idea.

[Gail Simone]

Forget the nastiness at Stale Whale. How is

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/


not getting more love here? That stuff is spot on. Touched with brilliance. You'll all be sorry if you don't check it out.


No, no, no, it's hilarious, I just thought it was possibly something Rick had come up with, since he's done so many sockpuppets, and I didn't read it thoroughly the first time. But yes, I agree, it has wit to it, so that let's Rick right out.

[Sarah Beach]

Forget the nastiness at Stale Whale. How is

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/


not getting more love here? That stuff is spot on. Touched with brilliance. You'll all be sorry if you don't check it out.

Well, I only found out about it this evening! Hardly more than a couple of hours ago.

I notice you have suspicions. I do too. But it's more fun to just let it run. :biggrin:

[DocAbsurd]

Why would anyone in their right mind believe for an instant that keeping mum about Moby's improprieties guarantee some sort of payment from him? Of the 3 on his 'list', I remember at least Cesar emailing someone last year about Moby's shite. Wouldn't that kinda knock him off the list?

And what about those of us who are owed for work done well before TightWad, the articles we wrote for the website? It's 4 years, Warbucks.

I wonder how many PR people he's had over the years? I was PR for a short time, too; promised a salary and everything. He had me send out press releases to something like 150 email addresses once a week about updates on the ORCA site. Believe me, those whittled down fast. The vast majority either came back as 'no longer active', or just plain rude. And deservingly so; I mean, I was sending out news about reviews and increased postings. What competing admin really wants to hear about a pissant fan-based group with a tyrant running the show?

Do you know he regularly culled the ranks of posters for those he felt were 'suspicious'? For as low as our membership was, if you didn't post something within a couple months, your access was deleted. And not kindly.

[OzBat!]

I must say, I do love how INSTANTLY angry Rick got at pictures being used by somebody else without permission. Hypocrisy, thy name is Olney.

[rummblestrips]

Forget the nastiness at Stale Whale. How is

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/


not getting more love here? That stuff is spot on. Touched with brilliance. You'll all be sorry if you don't check it out.

that is damn funny. Rick must have exploded by now after reading that.

[Sarah Beach]

that is damn funny. Rick must have exploded by now after reading that.

Oh, he did.


From the SS Bibble-Babble --
Thursday, July 17, 2008
A Blog for Nick Chumbly and his Schlub Pals

Yeah, I don't brag about my sense of humor, but it is rather large. A little like my original generosity, I guess.

My new Blog stalker, Nick Chumbly thinks that this is all is going to deter me or make me pay the long overdue and deserving quicker.

Sorry. Not going to happen. I'm only paying three people at a time, and only THEN if they didn't compromise the confidentiality agreement that I attempted to have all but a couple people sign and have legally notarized. Say what you want, but Nick's parody Blog, while somewhat funny, is nothing more than another indication that UNSCREWED is nothing more than a cheap ploy to try and attract people to the comic book they're going to attempt to publish.

But it doesn't stop at Nick Chumbly, reader.

I have a MySpace page. Who doesn't, right?

Well, during the time I took away from the Internet a *new* MySpace surfaced. His/her name is Stale Whale.

Original, right?

If a person goes to that profile they'll see TWO known UNSCREWED personalities. One is "Gail Simone" aka Tamara James, and the other is righteous fighter (in his own mind) of injustice, Tom Stillwell.

A look at Stale Whale's Blogs reveals a number of stolen photos of my wife, Barbara. This is the level and WHO they are harassing. And now stealing is involved. But with all the publicity that MySpace has gotten over the past few years -- they take this sort of annoyance on their website kind of seriously. So it makes sense that there's a reason WHY the former count of Stake Whale's 11 'friends' has now dwindled down to the remaining. Again cyberbullying just ain't regarding kids. But only idiot comic book reader/professionals wouldn't know that.

Earlier today, I was advised to file a police report. Tomorrow I have an appointment to attend to that. So there won't be any Blogs here tomorrow. Those of you reading my Blog for cheap thrills try to get along without that little jolt, okay? Try to imagine that -- IF -- I have been through half of what has been said of me, then my still being here means that I'm very good at being truthful. I don't play these immature games very well, and online bullies feed on that.

Posted by Sequential Soul at 10:09 PM 0 comments


Now, mind you, I only discovered TorrentialSoul about TWO HOURS AGO (I checked the local time for me that Tom posted that link - that was the first I'd encountered it). So if he was ranting about it at 10:09 HIS time, NotWit had found it at least a good half hour before I even read it, or Tom posted the link. (I'm assuming I'm reading the time stamps correctly.)

[DaveRothe]

Is it me or does that pic from the blog scream "Here's Johnny!" All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy. All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy.

[Crowley]

that is damn funny. Rick must have exploded by now after reading that.

one can only hope for a nice heart attack.

[KJ_81]

If anyone's interested, he actually allowed my comment on his Angina etc post on his blog.

Of course, his response is idiotic as usual.
Business is business. It doesn't matter who dies. You have responsibilites that must be kept. If you cannot keep these responsibilities, it is your job to then delegate them to someone else, and ensure continuity of all dealings. You must ensure your business is kept stable.

That's business.

Your personal life means nothing, ultimately.

[DocAbsurd]

They were a forty minutes late picking us up, as well.

Everyone who didn't drive into Mohawk valley had the exact same story. There was zero coordination, not even a place for guests and dealers to meet.

And I remember that first night's 'dinner plans' very well.

At that point, most everyone was checked in at one motel or another. The one I was at was a good 20 minute drive from the actual convention. It was getting late, somewhere around 6 or 7 in the evening. We were all pretty ravenous and getting anxious to sit down somewhere -- anywhere -- and gnaw on something. There had to be 3 dozen of us, if not more, gathered in the motel's parking lot. We were promised a get-together of some sort, and I think most of us kinda assumed he had reservations for an inexpensive restaurant.

What's the saying about 'assume'?

I honestly don't remember who made the suggestion of going for pizza; coulda been Moby, coulda been Kinninger, coulda been one of us. But we ended up walking or driving down to a nearby sub/pizza shop, one of those locally owned places with enough seating for almost a dozen that couldn't have been more than a block away.

Honest to God, I swear the owners musta shite bricks when they saw us pile in. It was like a Marx Brothers routine. We literally commandeered the place. It took well over an hour to get all the orders in and I don't remember at all how long for everyone to get served. Some of us ended up splitting meals and sharing fries and such. It was fecking ridiculous for us and the owners. I kinda felt bad for them, considering they had absolutely no warning they were being invaded. And to make matters worse, we were crammed into each and every single table, sitting 6 and 8 at booths designed for 4 comfortably.

There were two toppers to this farce:

Before half the orders were in, Moby disappeared. I have no clue where he went. And by the time he returned, our bill was taken care of. We ended up putting in whatever we could, pooling our resources instead of worrying about who owed what.

That was the second icing: we had to pay for our own meals. And we didn't get the promised gathering Saturday night, either.

I won't go into the actual show yet (I'll save that for tomorrow), but since I'm on the subject of meals I wanna set the record straight about the food during the show Saturday:

I never got my voucher. Due to remarkable planning, my panel was right during lunch so I missed it. And I was grateful I did. From what I heard, it was nothing better than typical cafeteria fare: a bit of cardboard pizza, some chips and a drink. A $4 meal? Feck, the Things get better lunches at school for a helluva lot less. From what I was told by other guests and vendors, they saw the meal, skipped out and pooled orders for take-aways.

[OzBat!]

He ducked out of paying ALL the meals... what's with all his crowing about $400 meal expenses then??

Oh, and I left him a comment at SS:
I quote: "A look at Stale Whale's Blogs reveals a number of stolen photos of my wife, Barbara. This is the level and WHO they are harassing. And now stealing is involved."

I think you will find that EXACTLY the same reasoning applies to the Melissa Reid picture that you refused to take down. I think you ought to apply the same criteria for photo ownership that you trumped up for Melissa.We'll see if that gets through or not.

[Crowley]

Wow... Nick Chumbly's blog is already getting more posts than Rick O's... I'll bet he'll blow a fuse when he sees that.

[DocAbsurd]

If I remember correctly, one guest -- I think it was Mike San Giacomo -- had car problems on the way in. They were extremely late and very lost. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's what Moby took off to. I remember hearing about that the next day.

But, yeah, when it came time to pony up for our promised meal, we were on our own. Jojo should be able to vouch; I ended up sitting with her and her husband. I think I even split a pizza with them cuz my order got lost.

Talk about setting the mood . . .

[Donkey Richard]

He ducked out of paying ALL the meals... what's with all his crowing about $400 meal expenses then??

Oh, and I left him a comment at SS:We'll see if that gets through or not.

I quote: "A look at Stale Whale's Blogs reveals a number of stolen photos of my wife, Barbara. This is the level and WHO they are harassing. And now stealing is involved."

I think you will find that EXACTLY the same reasoning applies to the Melissa Reid picture that you refused to take down. I think you ought to apply the same criteria for photo ownership that you trumped up for Melissa.

LOGIC? You are using logic with Rick? Are you forgetting that everything that enters the Olneyverse gets twisted 180 degrees at the Brane?

[DocAbsurd]

I know I covered this before, but it bears repeating:

Moby's claiming 400 paid entries for the first day of the Conniving (amazing how '400' keeps cropping up in all his figures).

The show ran from 10 till 4, a total of 6 hours or 360 minutes. According to his figures, that's a little over 1 paying attendee per minute, from opening to closing.

It took about 2 minutes for an attendee to pay and register at the doors, and I don't recall more than 2 tables for admittance. Feck, the bigger shows take longer than that with multiple tables and pre-registration.

There ain't a guest or vendor that was in the hall who can say they saw 400 people Saturday. I don't think there was 400 people both days combined.

Mebbe if he adds in the guests and vendors . . .

[Gail Simone]

Why would anyone in their right mind believe for an instant that keeping mum about Moby's improprieties guarantee some sort of payment from him? Of the 3 on his 'list', I remember at least Cesar emailing someone last year about Moby's shite. Wouldn't that kinda knock him off the list?

And what about those of us who are owed for work done well before TightWad, the articles we wrote for the website? It's 4 years, Warbucks.

I wonder how many PR people he's had over the years? I was PR for a short time, too; promised a salary and everything. He had me send out press releases to something like 150 email addresses once a week about updates on the ORCA site. Believe me, those whittled down fast. The vast majority either came back as 'no longer active', or just plain rude. And deservingly so; I mean, I was sending out news about reviews and increased postings. What competing admin really wants to hear about a pissant fan-based group with a tyrant running the show?

Do you know he regularly culled the ranks of posters for those he felt were 'suspicious'? For as low as our membership was, if you didn't post something within a couple months, your access was deleted. And not kindly.


Wait a minute, let me understand this.


He didn't even send out those LETTERS?


Jesus Christ, not only did he never PAY anyone, he never did a LICK of work?

[MacQuarrie]

And one last go for the day:

#3679 – Gail posts an email from Dennis admitting Olney has had payment problems and apologising for the situation

#3689 – kingdom2000 points out Olney could be sued directly

#3700 – Olney claims Gail lied to Dennis and has been using him

#3705 – Gail’s anecdote on Heidi McDonald at MMC

#3712 – Gail states she’s saved all emails from Dennis and can counter Olney’s claims

#3730 – Olney says JTPencils won’t get paid as he put himself “outside of our agreement”

#3749 – Tony Isabella states that Olney sent letters to Topps Comics aggressively demanding free comics for ORCA
Thanks again, Charles.

Okay, anyone else want tot take a turn? Charles waded through about a thousand posts since last night, but we've got close to 40,000 more to go. There's a lot of stuff in this thread that could serve as evidence in a number of court cases, if we can remember it's there and then find it.

Last week I spent almost an hour looking for the posts about the photographer's model that Prick was putting the skeevy moves on, but I couldn't find them. If we'd had the index completed, I could have found it in minutes.

It's lots of fun to dogpile on the Prick, but frankly I want to see his ass in prison, and being able to lay hands on all the incredibly useful material we've amassed here over the past 18 months will help with that. There's also a lot of other useful stuff here that will help to protect others from being burned in the future, and will help to spot other shady operators when they appear.

Please, if you have some spare time, put it to good use and index a few posts. You don't have to do a thousand of them like Charles did. Every little bit helps.

[Gail Simone]

Everyone who didn't drive into Mohawk valley had the exact same story. There was zero coordination, not even a place for guests and dealers to meet.

And I remember that first night's 'dinner plans' very well.

At that point, most everyone was checked in at one motel or another. The one I was at was a good 20 minute drive from the actual convention. It was getting late, somewhere around 6 or 7 in the evening. We were all pretty ravenous and getting anxious to sit down somewhere -- anywhere -- and gnaw on something. There had to be 3 dozen of us, if not more, gathered in the motel's parking lot. We were promised a get-together of some sort, and I think most of us kinda assumed he had reservations for an inexpensive restaurant.

What's the saying about 'assume'?

I honestly don't remember who made the suggestion of going for pizza; coulda been Moby, coulda been Kinninger, coulda been one of us. But we ended up walking or driving down to a nearby sub/pizza shop, one of those locally owned places with enough seating for almost a dozen that couldn't have been more than a block away.

Honest to God, I swear the owners musta shite bricks when they saw us pile in. It was like a Marx Brothers routine. We literally commandeered the place. It took well over an hour to get all the orders in and I don't remember at all how long for everyone to get served. Some of us ended up splitting meals and sharing fries and such. It was fecking ridiculous for us and the owners. I kinda felt bad for them, considering they had absolutely no warning they were being invaded. And to make matters worse, we were crammed into each and every single table, sitting 6 and 8 at booths designed for 4 comfortably.

There were two toppers to this farce:

Before half the orders were in, Moby disappeared. I have no clue where he went. And by the time he returned, our bill was taken care of. We ended up putting in whatever we could, pooling our resources instead of worrying about who owed what.

That was the second icing: we had to pay for our own meals. And we didn't get the promised gathering Saturday night, either.

I won't go into the actual show yet (I'll save that for tomorrow), but since I'm on the subject of meals I wanna set the record straight about the food during the show Saturday:

I never got my voucher. Due to remarkable planning, my panel was right during lunch so I missed it. And I was grateful I did. From what I heard, it was nothing better than typical cafeteria fare: a bit of cardboard pizza, some chips and a drink. A $4 meal? Feck, the Things get better lunches at school for a helluva lot less. From what I was told by other guests and vendors, they saw the meal, skipped out and pooled orders for take-aways.


That's exactly how I remember it, as I just posted earlier today. And Tom and Stuart both noticed Rick sneaking away as the bill came due.

Like the lying creep he is, he claims he paid for everyone's dinner. I can't find one single person who ate at the pizzeria that night who didn't pay for their own.

And watching Rick sneak away like that, only to come back after everyone had paid, well, that's Rick.

And yes, we were told there would be a meet and greet and food would be provided. Just another lie from Rick, who wouldn't know the truth if it was in prison and drew hideous tattoos.

[DocAbsurd]

Wait a minute, let me understand this.


He didn't even send out those LETTERS?


Jesus Christ, not only did he never PAY anyone, he never did a LICK of work?

Re-read the notices:

If they resembled the English language in any form, then I can guarantee he had someone else do them for him. In the few months I did PR -- for promised salary that I never saw -- the most he did was remind me to send them out. He might've even read them.

[MacQuarrie]

I can't boink somebody I don't respect, and after envisioning the complete annihilation Judge Judy (the only person I would actually call my role model) would serve up, I can't respect Rick.

It's not just the fucking people over, but the excuses on top of excuses on top of excuses. That's even more infuriating (admittedly, I might think differently if it was me who was owed money). He would be slightly more likable if he just embraced being a complete asshole who rips people off and abandoned the arguments about why it's actually everybody else who's in the wrong.

As for the Olney sucks shirt thing, I'm pissed off in a neutral way and am certain Judge Judy would feel the same. The shirt was childish and unnecessary, as was Rick's response. He should step up, stop being a skeezy and spiteful fucking pig and just remove the photo and his asshattish comment. But of course he's not going to do that, and now the police have to waste time on this.
And now you know the reality of Prick Olney. You get it. We all feel the same way; it's not really the incompetence or inherent endemic dishonesty of the man, it's the relentless barrage of excuses and bullshit. The man could make Ghandi long for an AK-47.

[DocAbsurd]

This just in:

While re-reading the NDA he sent me -- and I never signed, so none of his 'top secret clubhouse' bullshit even remotely applies -- I found one he sent me by accident. With another creator's name on it. I did a little research and found what has to be his MySpace.

I'm remembering a little project he mentioned about having masks or busts made of the Monster Squad. I wonder if this was the poor soul he tried conning into doing them?

I'm half-tempted to contact him.

[Gail Simone]

He ducked out of paying ALL the meals... what's with all his crowing about $400 meal expenses then??

Oh, and I left him a comment at SS:We'll see if that gets through or not.

I have to correct this one bit. Yes, he ducked out on the dinner and the breakfast (he says he provided this...I don't know anyone who saw it or took advantage of it, but let's say for once in his miserable life, he's not lying).

However, he DID provide cheap vouchers for the cafeteria from hell. I think it was like five dollars apiece, and the food WAS horrendously gross. I just had a salad. And I have to also say that it's not like he had a lot of options--there was no food within easy grabbing distance. Lunch at cons is almost always a very crappy, informal deal. You kind of expect that. A lot of Subway and chips and sodas. Cape is one of the few where they actually make an effort in that regard, which is fine, because you don't want to be eating big heavy meals at a con, anyway.

So that one thing at least, I know I got a voucher and Tom and Stuart did, I believe. I'll have to ask. Rick is lying almost certainly about the amount, because I know a bunch of creators and retailers left to go eat elsewhere. Some retailers left their tables unattended because there simply weren't enough potential shoplifters to even worry about.

[MacQuarrie]

This just in:

While re-reading the NDA he sent me -- and I never signed, so none of his 'top secret clubhouse' bullshit even remotely applies -- I found one he sent me by accident. With another creator's name on it. I did a little research and found what has to be his MySpace.

I'm remembering a little project he mentioned about having masks or busts made of the Monster Squad. I wonder if this was the poor soul he tried conning into doing them?

I'm half-tempted to contact him.

And this is a tough decision because... ?

Do it.

[Gail Simone]

This just in:

While re-reading the NDA he sent me -- and I never signed, so none of his 'top secret clubhouse' bullshit even remotely applies -- I found one he sent me by accident. With another creator's name on it. I did a little research and found what has to be his MySpace.

I'm remembering a little project he mentioned about having masks or busts made of the Monster Squad. I wonder if this was the poor soul he tried conning into doing them?

I'm half-tempted to contact him.

Yeah, we've heard that both a clockmaker and a bust maker were among the cheated by Rick. It'd be nice to hear their side.

[Gail Simone]

I know I covered this before, but it bears repeating:

Moby's claiming 400 paid entries for the first day of the Conniving (amazing how '400' keeps cropping up in all his figures).

The show ran from 10 till 4, a total of 6 hours or 360 minutes. According to his figures, that's a little over 1 paying attendee per minute, from opening to closing.

It took about 2 minutes for an attendee to pay and register at the doors, and I don't recall more than 2 tables for admittance. Feck, the bigger shows take longer than that with multiple tables and pre-registration.

There ain't a guest or vendor that was in the hall who can say they saw 400 people Saturday. I don't think there was 400 people both days combined.

Mebbe if he adds in the guests and vendors . . .


He's lying his ass off. We never had two hundred people in our entire second room the whole day we were there, and that's where the bigger names were, almost exclusively.

[TCJohnson]

Before half the orders were in, Moby disappeared. I have no clue where he went. And by the time he returned, our bill was taken care of.

That is almost comical.

[MacQuarrie]

Just backreading a bit... Dennis also uses the "her nibs" identifier. Who is writing what? It'd be really funny if Rick is using Dennis as another sock puppet! Either that or groupthink at its worst - ask for a refund! The 'think' part is obviously faulty!

I saw that. But Prick can't possibly have written that post from Dennis "I have no spine" K. It's the most disgusting display of pathetic fawning and sycophancy I've ever seen, but it's light-years beyond the Oaf in terms of literacy.

In a way, it's good that Dennis hasn't got a spine. If he did, he'd be Dwight Schrute.

[Gail Simone]

Oh, by the way?

I just got a delightful mail from the amazing Mike Kaluta, and surprise surprise, everything I suspected about why Rick wouldn't give me his email (to say thank you for giving my husband and me a ride to the pizzeria). I'm going to ask his permission to post the letter, but as a spoiler, you can add ANOTHER pro to the list of people who are not fans of Rick Olney! His letter is HILARIOUS. Hopefully Mike will allow me to post it here.

AND, while I'm at it, I highly recommend purchasing every comic Michael Kaluta ever worked on.

[Gail Simone]

I saw that. But Prick can't possibly have written that post from Dennis "I have no spine" K. It's the most disgusting display of pathetic fawning and sycophancy I've ever seen, but it's light-years beyond the Oaf in terms of literacy.

In a way, it's good that Dennis hasn't got a spine. If he did, he'd be Dwight Schrute.

Except timid. Dwight's brave, Dennis is terrified to even look people in the eye.

But yeah, he did speak at some boring length about some renfaire thing he was into. Something like that--Renfaire or D&D. I'm pretty sure it was renfaire and that was the excuse for stealing his boots from Cher circa 1973.

[DaveRothe]

And this is a tough decision because... ?

Do it.

I'm thinking this is the same guy that did busts for a couple of my comic buddies. I can find out his name tomorrow and go from there if Doc can't find it.

[Coppervale Studio]

Oh, by the way?

I just got a delightful mail from the amazing Mike Kaluta, and surprise surprise, everything I suspected about why Rick wouldn't give me his email (to say thank you for giving my husband and me a ride to the pizzeria). I'm going to ask his permission to post the letter, but as a spoiler, you can add ANOTHER pro to the list of people who are not fans of Rick Olney! His letter is HILARIOUS. Hopefully Mike will allow me to post it here.

AND, while I'm at it, I highly recommend purchasing every comic Michael Kaluta ever worked on.

Mike's a funny guy. I did a mass email a few years ago (my first one), and didn't know how the bcc thing worked.

Mike then emailed EVERYONE on my list with a joke about how they all needed to be patient while I learned how to operate this newfangled 'email' thing.

[Crowley]

You know up thread I posted that Olney should put 100 dollars toward unscrewed as a sign of good faith.

Not surprisingly 0 so far.

[MacQuarrie]

What I don't get is that he wants that blog to promote ORCA, right? So why is he shwoing everybody what a mess things are with him?

Because (say it with me, everybody) Prick is an idiot.

Can I get an "amen"?

[Gail Simone]

Boy, a more perfect piece of idiot-logic you could never find:

"arlier today, I was advised to file a police report. Tomorrow I have an appointment to attend to that. So there won't be any Blogs here tomorrow. Those of you reading my Blog for cheap thrills try to get along without that little jolt, okay? Try to imagine that -- IF -- I have been through half of what has been said of me, then my still being here means that I'm very good at being truthful. I don't play these immature games very well, and online bullies feed on that. "


Is that even language? What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

"If I lied as much as people say, I must be good at the truth?"

What?

[Gail Simone]

I'm thinking this is the same guy that did busts for a couple of my comic buddies. I can find out his name tomorrow and go from there if Doc can't find it.

That would be great...the more people who are willing to step forward about being cheated by Rick, the better.

[Gail Simone]

Yep, here's Rick's promises about a 'party' the night before.

Only problem? He hadn't planned a party, a meal, a get-together, or even a place to meet. We stood around like idiots in the parking lot while he tried to act like he'd never said anything of the sort.

We all would have done much better on our own, but that wasn't really an option.

"Hi everyone,
Do you know how difficult it is to get the word out anymore on
anything good? Geesh! I won't take much of your time. I simply wanted
to invite those of you that are self publishing and regualr
convention attendees, buying tables to sell your product(s) and the
like to check out: http://www.mightyminicon.com

Inexpensive table rates, superb upper class convention atmosphere,
and you get lunch and a party invite the evening before! Just a
little something to take the edge off. I actually got the idea from
Andy Fish. Hey! Blame him! Heh, heh...

Anyway... email me any questions other than what the various Mighty
Mini-Con website will answer. Manga, Anime, know any retail vendors?
Point them towards our website, please? May is a few months off (so
save your pennies) but our CONFIRMED guest list will tell you how
serious we are at putting a nice little healthy convention in upstate
New York.


Regards,
--Rick"

[DaveRothe]

That would be great...the more people who are willing to step forward about being cheated by Rick, the better.

Pmed you the info Gail!

[Coppervale Studio]

Yep, here's Rick's promises about a 'party' the night before.

Only problem? He hadn't planned a party, a meal, a get-together, or even a place to meet. We stood around like idiots in the parking lot while he tried to act like he'd never said anything of the sort.

We all would have done much better on our own, but that wasn't really an option.

"Hi everyone,
Do you know how difficult it is to get the word out anymore on
anything good? Geesh! I won't take much of your time. I simply wanted
to invite those of you that are self publishing and regualr
convention attendees, buying tables to sell your product(s) and the
like to check out: http://www.mightyminicon.com

Inexpensive table rates, superb upper class convention atmosphere,
and you get lunch and a party invite the evening before! Just a
little something to take the edge off. I actually got the idea from
Andy Fish. Hey! Blame him! Heh, heh...

Anyway... email me any questions other than what the various Mighty
Mini-Con website will answer. Manga, Anime, know any retail vendors?
Point them towards our website, please? May is a few months off (so
save your pennies) but our CONFIRMED guest list will tell you how
serious we are at putting a nice little healthy convention in upstate
New York.


Regards,
--Rick"

Gotcha, Tamyra Jupiter. He very clearly says "party INVITE"... nothing about a party.

You're clearly reading things the way you want to. Who would expect an actual PARTY to follow the invite?

[OzBat!]

earlier today, I was advised to file a police report. Tomorrow I have an appointment to attend to that. So there won't be any Blogs here tomorrow.

Desk Sergeant: "Yes?"

SS: "I'm here to report Intellectual Property Theft and Character Assignation!"

Desk Sergeant (dubiously): "annnnd you are...?"

SS: "What?? That's outrageous! Are you new in town? Surely you know who I am? Rick Olney, Head Honcho of The Spooky, and the Mighty Mini Con! We've been running for YEARS here!"

Desk Sergeant (with a backwards glance at officers giggling just out of sight): "No..... hang on a sec...." (quickly checks complaints log) "Oh wait..."

SS: "AhA! Told you so! There's people I've deciduously proven have stolen photos of my wife and published them online in a deliberate attempt to malalign me! I demand they be sent upstate for 5 to 10, immediately!"

Desk Sergeant: "Says here, there's been a couple of judgements against you in other states, and we tried to contact you on several occasions. You wouldn't answer your phone. And now here you are! Thank you so much for coming on down here and saving us the trouble! Why don't you step this way?"

SS: "argl!"

[MacQuarrie]

Except timid. Dwight's brave, Dennis is terrified to even look people in the eye.

But yeah, he did speak at some boring length about some renfaire thing he was into. Something like that--Renfaire or D&D. I'm pretty sure it was renfaire and that was the excuse for stealing his boots from Cher circa 1973.

I just remembered that at some point the last time around, I dubbed Dennis with a new name. Henceforth he shall be known as...

Renfield!

[DaveRothe]

Desk Sergeant: "Yes?"

SS: "I'm here to report Intellectual Property Theft and Character Assignation!"

Desk Sergeant (dubiously): "annnnd you are...?"

SS: "What?? That's outrageous! Are you new in town? Surely you know who I am? Rick Olney, Head Honcho of The Spooky, and the Mighty Mini Con! We've been running for YEARS here!"

Desk Sergeant (with a backwards glance at officers giggling just out of sight): "No..... hang on a sec...." (quickly checks complaints log) "Oh wait..."

SS: "AhA! Told you so! There's people I've deciduously proven have stolen photos of my wife and published them online in a deliberate attempt to malalign me! I demand they be sent upstate for 5 to 10, immediately!"

Desk Sergeant: "Says here, there's been a couple of judgements against you in other states, and we tried to contact you on several occasions. You wouldn't answer your phone. And now here you are! Thank you so much for coming on down here and saving us the trouble! Why don't you step this way?"

SS: "argl!"

Desk Sgt: "Picture time! Now here hold this nice little name plate so the folks readin the papers (wink) know who it's a photo of. Now turn to your left. And your right. So ya wanna be an inker do ya? Here put your thumb in it. Now your fingers. There ya go! And now we have this lovely one piece outfit for you in a nice bright orange. In a few minutes we'll show you to your booth (wink) for the Mighty Mini Con(victs) coughs I mean attendees!. Don't mind the bars they're there to keep people from getting in cause they'll all want autographs."
Desk Sgt walks away and says "That's gotta be the easiest booking I ever did!"

[MacQuarrie]

In case Dickless decides not to post it, here's my response to his latest rant:

Neither of those sites has anything whatsoever to do with UNSCREWED. We have far better things to do with our time, such as collecting evidence for the lawsuits we're filing on behalf of various writers and artists suing publishers who did not pay them.

And you're completely wrong about the UNSCREWED anthology. All aspects of the publishing effort are being handled by a separate team of contributors who have nothing to do with the day-to-day operation of the organization. The comic exists to promote UNSCREWED, not the other way around.

I see you're still making a habit of accidentally telling the truth. You say "Nick Chumbly thinks that this is all is going to deter me or make me pay the long overdue and deserving quicker. Sorry. Not going to happen."

Yup, you have no intention of paying anyone. You just admitted it.

[Crowley]

In case Dickless decides not to post it, here's my response to his latest rant:

Neither of those sites has anything whatsoever to do with UNSCREWED. We have far better things to do with our time, such as collecting evidence for the lawsuits we're filing on behalf of various writers and artists suing publishers who did not pay them.

And you're completely wrong about the UNSCREWED anthology. All aspects of the publishing effort are being handled by a separate team of contributors who have nothing to do with the day-to-day operation of the organization. The comic exists to promote UNSCREWED, not the other way around.

I see you're still making a habit of accidentally telling the truth. You say "Nick Chumbly thinks that this is all is going to deter me or make me pay the long overdue and deserving quicker. Sorry. Not going to happen."

Yup, you have no intention of paying anyone. You just admitted it.

The more Rick talks the deeper the hole around him gets dug.

[MacQuarrie]

Amen.

And to think, waaaay back in post #238 here, I explained the Rule of Holes to the fucktard.


Prick: Shut The Fuck Up. For your own good, just shut up. Zip your lip. Put a sock in it. Button your yap.

Face facts. You are not smart enough to talk your way out of anything. You are an ignorant, inarticulate boob with poor social skills and a complete inability to grasp the idea that actions have consequences. Every time you open your stupid cakehole, you just get yourself in more trouble.

Seriously, just push away from the keyboard and shut the fuck up. You retard.

[MacQuarrie]

Some people simply do not grasp the Rule of Holes.

We'll go over it one more time for the slow learners....

Rule of Holes: You can not get out of a hole by digging.

As soon as you find you are in one, stop digging. The first step to gettting out of a hole is admitting you are in one. People will happily and eagerly help you get out your hole if you can admit you are in one and have put down the damn shovel already. If you continue to dig while accusing others of having put you in there, others may happily fill in your hole on top of you. If you throw your dirt at them while digging yourself in deeper, they will definitely do so.

Rick, is there any part of this that you don't get?

Posted December 19, 2006.

Kinda brings new meaning to the term "slow learner", huh?

[Gail Simone]

I've been reading but not responding so far. (Hi Rick! I know you're reading)

When I'm not making funny books, I'm a police officer.

Matt Doc Martin:
As far as I know "harrassing" someone isn't against the law. If you haven't made any type of explicit threat of harm to Rick then he can't get you for communicating threats either. By the same token, his telling you he has something for you when you see him at a convention isn't a real threat either. Its way too vague.
Most (if not all) states do have some sort of stalking statute in place, but unless you've done something more than a couple of snide emails or MySpace messages to him, I don't you're gonna qualify. Especially when he has the option to block you from contacting him anymore.
Having said that....even if he did get a magistrate in New York to issue a warrant against you, the most he might get is a misdemeanor charge (based on the little you've communicated here, unless he lies about what has been said/sent to him). Being a misdemeanor, I know of no organization who's going to foot the bill to extradite you from Florida to New York to be tried.
So, in other words, don't sweat it.


And yes, I've butted heads with Rick as well in the past. Good news for me though was that it was a relatively small amount of money and I waited for payment before giving him the work. When payment Wasn't made within a reasonable amount of time (over a year) I was able to sell it to other people.

Did we ever find out who this victim of Olney's is?

[DaveRothe]

Did we ever find out who this victim of Olney's is?

Bust guy and clock guy? Emailed. Or different victims? There are so MANY!!!..

[Gail Simone]

I've been reading but not responding so far. (Hi Rick! I know you're reading)

When I'm not making funny books, I'm a police officer.

Matt Doc Martin:
As far as I know "harrassing" someone isn't against the law. If you haven't made any type of explicit threat of harm to Rick then he can't get you for communicating threats either. By the same token, his telling you he has something for you when you see him at a convention isn't a real threat either. Its way too vague.
Most (if not all) states do have some sort of stalking statute in place, but unless you've done something more than a couple of snide emails or MySpace messages to him, I don't you're gonna qualify. Especially when he has the option to block you from contacting him anymore.
Having said that....even if he did get a magistrate in New York to issue a warrant against you, the most he might get is a misdemeanor charge (based on the little you've communicated here, unless he lies about what has been said/sent to him). Being a misdemeanor, I know of no organization who's going to foot the bill to extradite you from Florida to New York to be tried.
So, in other words, don't sweat it.


And yes, I've butted heads with Rick as well in the past. Good news for me though was that it was a relatively small amount of money and I waited for payment before giving him the work. When payment Wasn't made within a reasonable amount of time (over a year) I was able to sell it to other people.

Did we ever find out who this victim of Olney's is?

[Samuel Catalino]

Oh, he did.



Now, mind you, I only discovered TorrentialSoul about TWO HOURS AGO (I checked the local time for me that Tom posted that link - that was the first I'd encountered it). So if he was ranting about it at 10:09 HIS time, NotWit had found it at least a good half hour before I even read it, or Tom posted the link. (I'm assuming I'm reading the time stamps correctly.)

Sarah,

It almost makes one believe that RO posted this himself in order to give himself victim status and to blame YABS.

This was a tactic he used at Comicon when he would invent personalities who would attack him viciously in order to gain sympathy. Sometimes these multiple sockpuppets would have raging arguments with each other.

Of course, I am only going by past methods of operation, and this blog could indeed be a result of parody.

Nothing surprises me about this entire situation.

Best,

Samuel

[Gail Simone]

I've been reading but not responding so far. (Hi Rick! I know you're reading)

When I'm not making funny books, I'm a police officer.

Matt Doc Martin:
As far as I know "harrassing" someone isn't against the law. If you haven't made any type of explicit threat of harm to Rick then he can't get you for communicating threats either. By the same token, his telling you he has something for you when you see him at a convention isn't a real threat either. Its way too vague.
Most (if not all) states do have some sort of stalking statute in place, but unless you've done something more than a couple of snide emails or MySpace messages to him, I don't you're gonna qualify. Especially when he has the option to block you from contacting him anymore.
Having said that....even if he did get a magistrate in New York to issue a warrant against you, the most he might get is a misdemeanor charge (based on the little you've communicated here, unless he lies about what has been said/sent to him). Being a misdemeanor, I know of no organization who's going to foot the bill to extradite you from Florida to New York to be tried.
So, in other words, don't sweat it.


And yes, I've butted heads with Rick as well in the past. Good news for me though was that it was a relatively small amount of money and I waited for payment before giving him the work. When payment Wasn't made within a reasonable amount of time (over a year) I was able to sell it to other people.

Did we ever find out who this victim of Olney's is?

[Matt Doc Martin]

Nick Chumbly, whoever you are! I adore your mockery! Keep it up!

:biggrin:


New blog entry up....He is talking about Nick Chumbly.

One part I found really interesting.




Saved to PDF.

So...it is ok for him to post pictures of Sunshine girl but we can't post pictures of his wife? Not that I think either is particularly classy, but still...what a hypocrite.


That's his wife?

Fuck....I thought it was Rick in drag....

[Matt Doc Martin]

And I wonder when Fat-Boy does not like it when people play by HIS rules?

[websbestcomics]

RICK OLNEY WRITES:

But if you would like to forward additional proof that you OWN the image bearing my name, which I own legitimate trademark of, then I'll make a decision after advise of counsel.

AND THEN STATES IN HIS BLOG, WHEN HE RESPONDS TO HIMSELF:

I like the TM behind my name. It isn't for trademark.

Here's some more examples that Rick has no regard for a Judge's court summons:

RICK OLNEY WRITES:
You know, the sad thing about the Small Claim Courts justice system, regardless of which State or jurisdiction, is that Judges look for every opportunity to hear a case and decide guilt or innocence on whether the individual is there physically or not.

AND FROM jinxworld , from 23 December 2005:
OLNEY WRITES: (view the source quote earlier in the thread at #8316)


Re: so i got a jury summons
I've lived here for over two years now... Sorta like you, I just got
a form letter from the County commissioner asking for personal
details about myself, and stating that its a CRIME to not fill it out
and mail it in.
Guess what?
Threw that bitch in the trash! There is no such law, and if there
is -- somebody better cite it to me and be able to prove that a
standard mailed letter actually reached me. It isn't that I'm
anti-do-my-duty. I just hate being approached that way. I mean,
offer to buy me lunch or something. You know?
Good luck with your summons!

I encourage everyone to respond to his continued stupidity with nothing but HIS OWN WORDS as response. With this new list compiled here on YABS, or on his own blog, there is plenty of documentation at this point to just throw back in his face every single accusation or threat.

Keep playing games, Rick.

[Gail Simone]

hahahahaha!

A few pages back, I posted from a board where Rick TWICE claims this is his work and asks, pathetically, for feedback.

You guessed it, he stole the entire thing.

"Can I Get Some Feedback On My Writing?


"When One Door Closes
By Rick Olney
Copyright 2002

[ A long time ago, a woman found herself in time. Then, she was an
educator, adventuress and seeker of truth. It was those very
qualities that saved her life, tranforming her into the Black
Scarab.]




In the winter of 1914, after a six month journey across the Arabian
Desert, a tall, readheaded Englishwoman led her caravan of camels,
mules, and men into the sprawling camp of the Anazeh tribe.
Dismounting without hesitation, she marched directly toward the tent
of the paramount chief. A ruthless and brutal warrior in his youth,
Ahmed Bey was now over 70. With a falcon peering over his shoulder
and a greyhound by his side, the formidable sheik welcomed the daring
voyager and ordered his men to spread fine carpets on the ground. As
the arab and the Englishwoman sipped coffee, she told him of her
recent adventures in the desert - how she had been taken prisoner in
Arabia, defied Bedouin bandits, and watched as her men slit the
throat of an ailing camel, saving it from a slow and agonizing death.
Filling him in on the latest events in Constantinople, she spoke with
the authority of one who understood politics and power. But she also
knew the rule of the desert - everyone is an enemy until you know him
to be a friend.

"Tell me the truth," he implored. Why did the intrepid Englishwoman
who had made a reputation for herself as an adventurer and a writer
want so much to travel? Was it for commerce? Personal wealth?

"No," she answered. "It is for knowledge!"

"But it is dangerous and toilsome!", he argued.

She repeated that the travel and adventure was not for profit, nor
added fame. "The English simply did not like to sit at home; they
much preferred to see the world. "Sadaq," she said in
Arabic. "Believe me." "Sadaq," he replied. "I believe you."

Some years later, the Shiek would tell his followers about a British
woman, Belle North. "My brothers, he declared, "She was only a woman,
but she was a mighty and valiant one, lost in a horrid sandstorm
while leading her caravan seeking adventure to greater glory." ...
If the women of the English are like her, the men must be like lions
in strength and valor. "

But what exactly did happen to Belle North and her exploration
party? Anyone care to guess?""




That crazy plagiarist deadbeat!


He stole the entire thing. Now, I know Rick will come up with some bullshit on why he did it, because that's what he does every time he gets caught.

Except, no, because he never lets anyone in on it that he stole the whole thing. He left it with people thinking it was his work.



He stole it directly from this:

http://www.os-ar.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=501685

[Gail Simone]

Oh, and he slightly changed the name of the heroine.

WHERE is this man's EISNER?

[Charles RB]

Like the lying creep he is, he claims he paid for everyone's dinner.

$400 for each person, no less!

The dollar must've been weak as hell in 2003...

[websbestcomics]

Oh, and he slightly changed the name of the heroine.

WHERE is this man's EISNER?

Pathetic. He is just so astoundingly pathetic. Seriously, just when I think that the depth and span of his lies has reached beyond absurdity, yet another of his attempts at fraud is revealed. One has to wonder just how far back his con-jobs extend.

[TomStillwell]

If anyone's interested, he actually allowed my comment on his Angina etc post on his blog.

Of course, his response is idiotic as usual.
Business is business. It doesn't matter who dies. You have responsibilites that must be kept. If you cannot keep these responsibilities, it is your job to then delegate them to someone else, and ensure continuity of all dealings. You must ensure your business is kept stable.

That's business.

Your personal life means nothing, ultimately.

But of course his rebuttal in regards to my pointing out diabetes isn't curable is to post a link to some huckster selling a miracle program.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Dear Mr. Macquarrie,
Both of those sites were created by one of the diligent stalkers your group supports and sponsors.

Your mantra is a fine chant, but meanwhile, be sure that your lofty goals are not compromised by childish idiocy.

Far as filing against me or my wife, you'll find it a task wrought with more cost than its worth. But should we all find ourselves on that path. I promise to make your journey unforgettable. Maybe 'Moses' knows how to squeeze blood from a rock?

Its no ones problem you placed your wife as co-owner of Tightlip. I' sure she'll love being told she has a judgement against her . Have you even told her Rick that you made her part of the business ? Or changed it once ya got scared she'd be hauled into this ? Plus lets be honest , she's the one who is working and all , so it makes sense to go after her Moses.


UNSCREWED, as a project to assist in educational venues, is yet to be looked at or realized. That is really a shame too. There is a need for it as a resource to future small press and independent publishing concerns. But don't kid yourself, that is most likely all it will amount to.

UNSCREWED as a publishing identity itself, feeding freely off the creative energies of contributors and volunteers won't shake the 'stink' that the comic book entertainment industry already realizes. You'll need a very aggressive marketing campaign to Diamond and through the retail structure. After all, poor Danny Donovan can only handle so much. And, well, I have to 'poke' your editor in the ribs verbally to keep him awake and on track.

Now, as far as my habit of accidentally telling the truth; I have never not told the truth.

Another quote of the day. I'll let Mac or Tom explain Unscrewed. But here it is. Rick will never tell the truth. BOYYAAAA. That will show us.



You can't fathom that I have actually begun down the long road to sort this mess out. Yes, indeed, attempts to contact people HAVE been accomplished. But, unfortunately, as I'm advised, how those contacted decide to reply is on them. I can't be held accountable if your lunacy and disbelief supports the notion in these people to not reply. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if your UNSCREWED group (or agents within it) are actively advising people to not respond. All I, or anyone in my position, can do is try to work things out.

So its Unscrewed's fault no one has been paid. Wow , you are a bad businessman. Blaming pretty much a service that holds auctions and promotes paying freelancers to the fact you can't or won't pay is beyond foolishness.

Rick I was one trying to be nice when you were on here. I even pushed you should forget the NDA's and just pay everyone and publish the books. Instead you never did. And a year passes and you still don't pay anyone and now your blaming this ?

I think the reason people are mocking you is because you pass yourself off as some genuis comic book publisher but are a huge fool. Thats how you come across. Your no genuis , your just some FANBOY who hurt some people in the industry.


So keep supporting the negative side of this all seeing a healthy and satisfying conclusion for those affected. That appears to be UNSCREWED position. And thanks for the time-line on www.comicbookresources.com
It makes it easier on this side of the fence to plot out the lies that you all have spun.

You have made this a NEGATIVE SIDE. By not paying JACK SHIT . Had you paid in 2006 maybe no one would give a damn for you. Maybe you could have published 1 of your books. Instead you have made a mockery of yourself.

[KJ_81]

My response:

''We all have challenges. It's how we meet them that determines our character.''


Very true.

And the person who suffers these tragedies, yet still ensures that all their employees are paid as promised, that is a person with character, morals, respect.

The person who suffers these tragedies, and lets their employees suffer from it too, due to not paying them, is a person lacking character, respect, and morals.

Which one best describes your approach and situation Rick?

We all know the answer, and it isn't the first.

[Matt Algren]

New screencaps for yesterday. Note that 7182008c is the same post as 7182008b, but it includes the insane rambling comments that he added.

http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008c.jpg
http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008d.jpg
http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008e.jpg
http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008f.jpg

[websbestcomics]

RICK OLNEY WRITES:
Far as filing against me or my wife, you'll find it a task wrought with more cost than its worth. But should we all find ourselves on that path. I promise to make your journey unforgettable. Maybe 'Moses' knows how to squeeze blood from a rock?

Rick, if you're such a tough-guy, why don't you just come right out and say exactly what you mean? I mean, honestly, no one can really decipher any of that. You're really not making any sense at all.

Pathetic.

[KJ_81]

And seriously, about Gail's hubby: isn't the term 'dead above the neck?'

Not dead below the neck as Rick puts it.

That would mean he's quadriplegic.

[KevinTBrown]

And seriously, about Gail's hubby: isn't the term 'dead above the neck?'

Not dead below the neck as Rick puts it.

That would mean he's quadriplegic.

Scott could be a head in a jar (like in Futurama) and still be 120 times the man Olney wishes he could be.

[Gail Simone]

New screencaps for yesterday. Note that 7182008c is the same post as 7182008b, but it includes the insane rambling comments that he added.

http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008c.jpg
http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008d.jpg
http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008e.jpg
http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-7172008f.jpg

Thank you, Matt. This stuff helps a lot.

[Gail Simone]

And seriously, about Gail's hubby: isn't the term 'dead above the neck?'

Not dead below the neck as Rick puts it.

That would mean he's quadriplegic.

Rick's not good with English.

[OzBat!]

You can't fathom that I have actually begun down the long road to sort this mess out. Yes, indeed, attempts to contact people HAVE been accomplished. But, unfortunately, as I'm advised, how those contacted decide to reply is on them. I can't be held accountable if your lunacy and disbelief supports the notion in these people to not reply. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if your UNSCREWED group (or agents within it) are actively advising people to not respond. All I, or anyone in my position, can do is try to work things out.Actually, what we can't fathom is why you didn't try this in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006... way BEFORE Unscrewed came into existance, or why you think an entity that's been in existance less than a year could POSSIBLY be responsible for your being a serial deadbeat con-artist who's avoided paying anybody for work owed for over 7 years now, that I've seen examples for.

[OzBat!]

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Craighs said:
"I think you will find that EXACTLY the same reasoning applies to the Melissa Reid picture that you refused to take down. I think you ought to apply the same criteria for photo ownership that you trumped up for Melissa."

I don't know of any Melissa Reid.
The photo that you refer to was found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, some female thought it was 'fashionable' to take a picture of herself in a white t-shirt that indicated the catch phrase, "Rick Olney Sucks!" on it. On the Internet it is all about imagery. I'm sure the young lady knew that when she went to such trouble. Strange as it seems, I feel somewhat honored that anybody cared enough to make such a remark. Why the nipples on her breasts are slightly aroused is another matter entirely.

Thank you for your concern. If you know Melissa Reid. Ask her to step forward and claim her image. All I really need is a full face picture of her wearing said t-shirt and a statement by her that she's Melissa Reid and I'll remove the photo.Dear Sequential Soul. The photos that you claim are of your wife and family, can also be found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, somebody thought it was fashionable to take family pictures. On the Internet, it is all about imagery. I'm sure the family knew that when they went to such trouble. Strange as it seems, I'm sure the Stale Whale site owner must feel honored that anybody cared enough to make such remarks. Why the family is such a bunch of overweight deadbeat hillbillys is another matter entirely.

Thank you for your concern. If you know the family, ask them to step forward and claim their images. All we need is a full set of family portraits that don't break the camera, and a statement by them that they are payment-dodging hypocrits and I'm sure Stale Whale will remove the photos.

[Sarah Beach]

Rick's not good with English.

He's not good with allusions or other referential phrases, either.

Moses got water from a rock, doofus! Look it up -- it's Exodus 17:6.

Here's a link to a painting of the event -- http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=802&handle=li

"Blood from a rock" or rather "Can't get blood from a rock" is a reference to governments trying to tax people who are so poor they have no more money. I'm not sure about that phrase's origins, I'd have to do some research for that.

But really, paramecium! You call yourself a writer, and can't even get things like that correct? Bah.

[AIPman1]

Everyone who didn't drive into Mohawk valley had the exact same story. There was zero coordination, not even a place for guests and dealers to meet.

And I remember that first night's 'dinner plans' very well.

At that point, most everyone was checked in at one motel or another. The one I was at was a good 20 minute drive from the actual convention. It was getting late, somewhere around 6 or 7 in the evening. We were all pretty ravenous and getting anxious to sit down somewhere -- anywhere -- and gnaw on something. There had to be 3 dozen of us, if not more, gathered in the motel's parking lot. We were promised a get-together of some sort, and I think most of us kinda assumed he had reservations for an inexpensive restaurant.

What's the saying about 'assume'?

I honestly don't remember who made the suggestion of going for pizza; coulda been Moby, coulda been Kinninger, coulda been one of us. But we ended up walking or driving down to a nearby sub/pizza shop, one of those locally owned places with enough seating for almost a dozen that couldn't have been more than a block away.

Honest to God, I swear the owners musta shite bricks when they saw us pile in. It was like a Marx Brothers routine. We literally commandeered the place. It took well over an hour to get all the orders in and I don't remember at all how long for everyone to get served. Some of us ended up splitting meals and sharing fries and such. It was fecking ridiculous for us and the owners. I kinda felt bad for them, considering they had absolutely no warning they were being invaded. And to make matters worse, we were crammed into each and every single table, sitting 6 and 8 at booths designed for 4 comfortably.

There were two toppers to this farce:

Before half the orders were in, Moby disappeared. I have no clue where he went. And by the time he returned, our bill was taken care of. We ended up putting in whatever we could, pooling our resources instead of worrying about who owed what.

That was the second icing: we had to pay for our own meals. And we didn't get the promised gathering Saturday night, either.

I won't go into the actual show yet (I'll save that for tomorrow), but since I'm on the subject of meals I wanna set the record straight about the food during the show Saturday:

I never got my voucher. Due to remarkable planning, my panel was right during lunch so I missed it. And I was grateful I did. From what I heard, it was nothing better than typical cafeteria fare: a bit of cardboard pizza, some chips and a drink. A $4 meal? Feck, the Things get better lunches at school for a helluva lot less. From what I was told by other guests and vendors, they saw the meal, skipped out and pooled orders for take-aways.

I really should get the video I made of all of that (and the next day at the show) and digitize it to DVD, make it available and give the proceeds to Unscrewed. Whtdya think people? Only problem would be it's my dumb ass talking in the background....lol

[Charles RB]

why you think an entity that's been in existance less than a year could POSSIBLY be responsible for your being a serial deadbeat con-artist who's avoided paying anybody for work owed for over 7 years now

Clearly the Doctor is a member of Unscrewed.

[Sarah Beach]

Just happened to skim through Nick Chumbly's offerings, to see what responses had shown up. And I noticed that his link to NotWit's blog is actually titled "sequential soil"!!

Hee! I'm lovin' it!

[RJCarter]

S.C.H.L.U.B.S. =Superhero Comicloving Human League United against Bull S#!t? I guess I am a "schlub" then.:smile:


Like I said: We need buttons. :)

[RJCarter]

Heh. This made me laugh.

"Okay, so picture yourself in the midst of the scenic and historic
Mohawk Valley. Smack dab in upstate New York!

You're sitting amidst some of the finest talent representing the
comic book entertainment industry.

As you look around, you realize that you're surrounded by a variety
of comic book retailers offering a plethora of reading product. And
not just any reading product; Reading product that is sequentially
art driven!

The next thing that affects you is the energy that permeates the air
of the convention floor. It is positive and friendly, and people look
to be enjoying themselves. This is the Mighty Mini-Con, the mightiest
mini-con ever!

It could be you selling those comic books! It could be you showing
off your small press or indy book! It could you finding those long
sought back issues or new books you missed! Hell, not only could it
be you, it SHOULD be you! But only you can make that happen.

I'm here to tell you that tables are still available for the May 10th
event. So it isn't to late to miss the experience.

<snip>

Now there's the motto to get across to comic pros: Thinking about attending the MMC? It's still not too late to miss the experience!

[ComicbookJeff]

WOW.

Rick called me a drama queen.
Man.
This from the guy who has cancelled conventions for every reason under the sun.
"Sowee. No Mighty Mini Con THIS year either! My neighbor's goldfish is VEWY sick! Pray for him, PWEASE! But when I is done with this TWAGEDY, we'll be back next year. THIS TIME IN THE WOODS! Send checks payable to RICK now!"

[websbestcomics]

RICK OLNEY WRITES:

Yeah, people have about as much hope of seeing purple cows fall from the sky -- as in having any chance at seeing Scott Reed publicly produce a legally signed contract for what he fraudulently alleged to the Florida Small Claims Court.

That's on him. I didn't sign it because his work was what I was looking for. I think I'll Blog more on that topic later. But now I really have to go run some errands.

Watch for falling cows.

[Czarcasm]

pRick says: "I don't know of any Melissa Reid.
The photo that you refer to was found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, some female thought it was 'fashionable' to take a picture of herself in a white t-shirt that indicated the catch phrase, "Rick Olney Sucks!" on it."
Well, I just went through Google Images,
"Rick Olney Sucks!"-0 hits.
"Rick Olney"-243 hits, no image of said shirt.

[Sarah Beach]

I still don't get why he bothered to observe that the Reeds live in the house that Dave Lanphear formerly owned.

I commented about that on Idjit's blog, but forgot to copy before submitting it. But that was the gist of my inquiry -- why is this a big deal?

I have a vague perception that in NotWit's paranoid thinking, it's indicative of some sort of conspiracy, but really! Not conclusive. Not that NotWit would admit that.

[MacQuarrie]

pRick says: "I don't know of any Melissa Reid.
The photo that you refer to was found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, some female thought it was 'fashionable' to take a picture of herself in a white t-shirt that indicated the catch phrase, "Rick Olney Sucks!" on it."
Well, I just went through Google Images,
"Rick Olney Sucks!"-0 hits.
"Rick Olney"-243 hits, no image of said shirt.
Sucks when your claims can be tested, huh?

[ComicbookJeff]

Needless to say, everything Rick stated in that blog of his in reply to me is factually incorrect.
Seriously.
All of it.
Not a sliver of truth to it.

Funny thing is, he didn't get my name right either!
And my name, JEFF WATKINS, is not a pen name or a secret.
That guy really is something.

RETAILERS!
Why would you NOT want to trust your money with a guy who cannot even keep names straight?
Go get those tables booked at Mighty Mini Con!
I am sure it will happen this year.
Or next.
Or never.

[TonyIsabella]

This is a crass plug. Forgive me.

Friday in TONY'S ONLINE TIPS...

TOT is going on a working vacation until August 1, but today's edition has all sorts of updates on this and that. You can read it here:

http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony

Have a happy and safe weekend!

Tony Isabella

[websbestcomics]

Olney probably won't post what I wrote on his blog, so here it is:

Hello Rick,

Your attempts to play out a trial online are transparent, and frankly stupid efforts to somehow vindicate yourself from your shameful behavior, without having to stand before a judge under sworn oath to tell the truth. I have already done so once, and you chose not to appear to defend your actions.

I also kindly ask that you remove my personal contact information from your blog, as this is a violation of my privacy. I also ask that you remove the photograph of my wife from your blog, as this is a copyright infringment.

And lastly, fuck off, dimwit.


Thanks

Scott Reed
www.websbestcomics.com

Having written that, I think I'm going to move on and focus my energy and time elsewhere for a while. I honestly just don't have time to spin my wheels with this moron, as I'm starting to fall behind on some work because of all this. I won't be monitoring his blog at all, but will be checking in to YABS to see the Rick Olney cycle play out once more. As soon as I have real news to report, I'll make an announcement here. Maybe once I get caught up on projects, I'll come back here for some more fun and excitement.

[Paul D. Storrie]

I'm only paying three people at a time, and only THEN if they didn't compromise the confidentiality agreement that I attempted to have all but a couple people sign and have legally notarized.

Emphasis added because I find it hilarious that he attemped to have all but a couple people sign NDAs and then have them notarized. I wonder just how much of an attempt there was? Did he just think about it one day and consider that an attempt? Or maybe he talked or emailed about it and considered that as good as done?

Makes you wonder about all the people with whom his attempt failed (seems to me that Chuck Dixon has stated he never signed an NDA). What's his excuse for not paying them?

Oh, that's right. He's got the built in excuse of being a lying scumbag who never pays anyone!

PDS

[sk716]

He's not good with allusions or other referential phrases, either.

Moses got water from a rock, doofus! Look it up -- it's Exodus 17:6.

Here's a link to a painting of the event -- http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=802&handle=li

"Blood from a rock" or rather "Can't get blood from a rock" is a reference to governments trying to tax people who are so poor they have no more money. I'm not sure about that phrase's origins, I'd have to do some research for that.

But really, paramecium! You call yourself a writer, and can't even get things like that correct? Bah.

I thought the phrase was "You can't get blood from a turnip"?

Seems both are in common usage:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/18/messages/253.html

[Crowley]

anyone see this?

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8711837208166940554&postID=2524843023590381313

What a psycho!

[sunshinegirl]

"I don't know of any Melissa Reid.
The photo that you refer to was found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, some female thought it was 'fashionable' to take a picture of herself in a white t-shirt that indicated the catch phrase, "Rick Olney Sucks!" on it. On the Internet it is all about imagery. I'm sure the young lady knew that when she went to such trouble. Strange as it seems, I feel somewhat honored that anybody cared enough to make such a remark. Why the nipples on her breasts are slightly aroused is another matter entirely.

Thank you for your concern. If you know Melissa Reid. Ask her to step forward and claim her image. All I really need is a full face picture of her wearing said t-shirt and a statement by her that she's Melissa Reid and I'll remove the photo."

--- So, basically he wants Melissa Reid to model the shirt for him? Although I'm sure she is flattered, I know she heard about what happened with the last 'model'!! *please note the sarcasm*

[Matt Doc Martin]

Boy, that Fatty McSputters-A-Lot sure does go on!

[Matt Doc Martin]

"I don't know of any Melissa Reid.
The photo that you refer to was found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, some female thought it was 'fashionable' to take a picture of herself in a white t-shirt that indicated the catch phrase, "Rick Olney Sucks!" on it. On the Internet it is all about imagery. I'm sure the young lady knew that when she went to such trouble. Strange as it seems, I feel somewhat honored that anybody cared enough to make such a remark. Why the nipples on her breasts are slightly aroused is another matter entirely.

Thank you for your concern. If you know Melissa Reid. Ask her to step forward and claim her image. All I really need is a full face picture of her wearing said t-shirt and a statement by her that she's Melissa Reid and I'll remove the photo."

--- So, basically he wants me to model the shirt for him? Although I am flattered, I heard about what happened with the last 'model'!! *please note the sarcasm*


So he has referred to you by name before, has threatened you, yet now does not KNOW you?

He sure does have retention problems...and I had thought he was just talking about the piss spots on his pants.

Why doesn't he post the google link?

[DaveRothe]

"I don't know of any Melissa Reid.
The photo that you refer to was found on Google's image search engine. Obviously, some female thought it was 'fashionable' to take a picture of herself in a white t-shirt that indicated the catch phrase, "Rick Olney Sucks!" on it. On the Internet it is all about imagery. I'm sure the young lady knew that when she went to such trouble. Strange as it seems, I feel somewhat honored that anybody cared enough to make such a remark. Why the nipples on her breasts are slightly aroused is another matter entirely.

Thank you for your concern. If you know Melissa Reid. Ask her to step forward and claim her image. All I really need is a full face picture of her wearing said t-shirt and a statement by her that she's Melissa Reid and I'll remove the photo."

--- So, basically he wants Melissa Reid to model the shirt for him? Although I'm sure she is flattered, I know she heard about what happened with the last 'model'!! *please note the sarcasm*

Are we talking about Melissa Reid or Melissa Reed? LOL

[sunshinegirl]

Are we talking about Melissa Reid or Melissa Reed? LOL

Well, I doubt that either one would willingly send Rick ANY photos!! ICK!

[Crowley]

Well looks like Nick Chumbly's back again:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

[Sarah Beach]

Are we talking about Melissa Reid or Melissa Reed? LOL

Well, NotWit was running with a typo from one of the comments ("Reid"). He knows full well who the picture is of. He just thinks he's "cleverly" being obtuse about it, since we're sticking it to him about not really knowing Gail's real name. Or that's my guess.

[LomiMonet]

Well looks like Nick Chumbly's back again:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

That Chumbly's quite the scamp.

[DaveRothe]

RICK OLNEY WRITES:

Yeah, people have about as much hope of seeing purple cows fall from the sky -- as in having any chance at seeing Scott Reed publicly produce a legally signed contract for what he fraudulently alleged to the Florida Small Claims Court.

That's on him. I didn't sign it because his work was what I was looking for. I think I'll Blog more on that topic later. But now I really have to go run some errands.

Watch for falling cows.

Rick's going skydiving in his purple jumpsuit again?

[Matt Algren]

Well looks like Nick Chumbly's back again:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/
Somebody's getting a bj if we ever meet!

[Matt Doc Martin]

Somebody's getting a bj if we ever meet!

*waits for "joe27" to claim authorship*

[TCJohnson]

Well looks like Nick Chumbly's back again:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

That thing is getting funnier.

[Linkara]

Since Gail asked me to grab this from the LOLYabs thread and put it here...

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/7/17/dudezjackske128608130882346006.jpg



Sorry, Nick. But with a 'hat-hanger' like yours, a "schlub" is the best descriptive I could muster.

Oh, by the way! Did you hear this is how Tamara James got her start in comics? See... keep at it and someday you might even be as fat and famous as her Nibs.
Gail, you never told us about how you started in comics by making a parody blog of Rick Olney!

And what the hell is a "hat-hanger?"

[Stressfactor]

And what the hell is a "hat-hanger?"

Near as I can figure he means a head -- but it's still not much of an insult.

Really, "schlub" isn't that much of an insult either and the more Rick repeats it the less it really means.

It's like comedians who drop the 'F' bomb all the time -- after a while you just get desensitized and it looses it's impact.

[TCJohnson]

Near as I can figure he means a head -- but it's still not much of an insult.

Really, "schlub" isn't that much of an insult either and the more Rick repeats it the less it really means.

It's like comedians who drop the 'F' bomb all the time -- after a while you just get desensitized and it looses it's impact.

Yeah, it is an expression for head from like the 50s. It is general not a insult, just an expression.

[GCom]

>munches popcorn<

Yeah, I'm here and paying attention.

Speaking as a retailer, I'm still not going to carry any products connected to Mr. Olney until I see that all respective people to this thread have had the debts owed to them by Mr. Olney paid in full.

As to who those people are, I'll simply ask for a list. Then I'll pass that list on to other retailers (and I can, and I'm certain Mr. Gertler would help).

So, with what little influence I can muster, until the offended people are paid, at least one retailer will be pointing to the evidence and telling other retailers "Hey, you should see this."

I'm sorry. This industry is too important to me to have these kinds of things happen, let alone drag on for years.

>munch munch munch<


With Tolerance For Bad Sticky Mouldering Things In Our Midst...

GCom

[joe27]

*waits for "joe27" to claim authorship*

wait all you like.
you still don't get to watch.

i wish i was the author and it has nothing to do with a bj offer.

[Cliff Cluniak]

Who is Nick Chumbly?

This might be the most intriguing mystery since Who Killed Laura Palmer.

[RJCarter]

Who is Nick Chumbly?

This might be the most intriguing mystery since Who Killed Laura Palmer.

Tenessee Tuxedo's buddy, I'm guessing. :smile:

[Samuel Catalino]

WOW.

Rick called me a drama queen.
Man.
This from the guy who has cancelled conventions for every reason under the sun.
"Sowee. No Mighty Mini Con THIS year either! My neighbor's goldfish is VEWY sick! Pray for him, PWEASE! But when I is done with this TWAGEDY, we'll be back next year. THIS TIME IN THE WOODS! Send checks payable to RICK now!"

Yeah, now he is stealing my lines. He is the drama queen, and I can testify to that first hand.

[RJCarter]

Yeah, now he is stealing my lines. He is the drama queen, and I can testify to that first hand.

Rick's "talent" for blogging and name-calling therein makes me sadly appreciate the online work of Rosie O'Donnell. :frown:

[Samuel Catalino]

Rick's "talent" for blogging and name-calling therein makes me sadly appreciate the online work of Rosie O'Donnell. :frown:

Do you think those two might be related?

[RJCarter]

Speaking of unpaid creators, does anybody know if the Pat Quinn, Budd Root, et al vs. Avatar (http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=2444) situation ever got resolved?

[NatGertler]

Then I'll pass that list on to other retailers (and I can, and I'm certain Mr. Gertler would help).Always glad to help a good cause!

[RJCarter]

Do you think those two might be related?

Well, there is something of a resemblence.

(Sits back and waits for those more talented than I with Photoshop to make the inevitable parody art.)

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

Rick's going skydiving in his purple jumpsuit again?

Come on Dave, you know that would actually take some guts. And we know monkey boy doesn't have any.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Its a shame Rick never let my comment thru...where he blamed Unscrewed for him not paying anyone. I did ask him who or what he was possibly gonna blame next ? Is it gonna be the rising Energy costs or the falling US Dollar ?

Because lets see....he's already scratched the deaths of people on the list and now he's blaming something that was created in 2007 !

[Matt Algren]

Somebody's getting a bj if we ever meet!


Who is Nick Chumbly?**Please let it be Eric Dane! Please please please please please please please please please pleeeeeeeease!!!**

[MacQuarrie]

Just to keep the record straight, my latest response to the Oafish One.

Both of those sites were created by one of the diligent stalkers your group supports and sponsors.

UNSCREWED does not support or sponsor anyone. We assist people who have been cheated by scumbag operations like TightLip.

Your mantra is a fine chant, but meanwhile, be sure that your lofty goals are not compromised by childish idiocy.

Good advice. Our goals are sometimes compromised by responding to childish idiocy, which is a drain of energy and time.

Far as filing against me or my wife, you'll find it a task wrought with more cost than its worth. But should we all find ourselves on that path. I promise to make your journey unforgettable. Maybe 'Moses' knows how to squeeze blood from a rock?

Can you try that again in English? In general usage, "squeeze blood from a rock" is generally understood to mean that the person being pressed to pay up is broke. Is that what you're trying to say, that we are wasting our time going after you because you have no money ? That will be determined by a judge, won't it? But even so, far more important than getting restitution for the people you robbed is shutting you down so you can't prey on any more victims.

UNSCREWED, as a project to assist in educational venues, is yet to be looked at or realized. That is really a shame too. There is a need for it as a resource to future small press and independent publishing concerns. But don't kid yourself, that is most likely all it will amount to.

Again, can you try it in English? Your constant attempt to try to be more educated and articulate than you are just make you sound like an incomprehensible moron blathering on with no idea what the words you're using mean.

UNSCREWED as a publishing identity itself, feeding freely off the creative energies of contributors and volunteers won't shake the 'stink' that the comic book entertainment industry already realizes. You'll need a very aggressive marketing campaign to Diamond and through the retail structure. After all, poor Danny Donovan can only handle so much. And, well, I have to 'poke' your editor in the ribs verbally to keep him awake and on track.

UNSCREWED is not, and never will be, a "publishing identity", whatever that means. Not one dime of money donated to UNSCREWED has been or will be used to publish anything. Volunteers are assembling the anthology, and it will be published by a major publisher as a joint venture. Unlike you, we will not announce our deals until we have signed them.

Now, as far as my habit of accidentally telling the truth; I have never not told the truth.

When you speak the truth, it's an accident. The record speaks for itself. There are posts from you all over the internet in which you admit to and apologize for lying. Google is not your friend.

You can't fathom that I have actually begun down the long road to sort this mess out. Yes, indeed, attempts to contact people HAVE been accomplished. But, unfortunately, as I'm advised, how those contacted decide to reply is on them. I can't be held accountable if your lunacy and disbelief supports the notion in these people to not reply. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if your UNSCREWED group (or agents within it) are actively advising people to not respond. All I, or anyone in my position, can do is try to work things out.

Don't blow smoke about who you've attempted to contact; that's all just noise. You want to "sort this mess out"? Start writing and mailing checks. That's the only thing that will do it. Everything else is just more Olney fertilizer.

So keep supporting the negative side of this all seeing a healthy and satisfying conclusion for those affected. That appears to be UNSCREWED position. And thanks for the time-line on www.comicbookresources.com
It makes it easier on this side of the fence to plot out the lies that you all have spun.

The truth will set you free. Nobody has anything to fear from the index of that thread but you.

And we will continue supporting the "negative" side, if by negative you mean handing out payments of hundreds of dollars each to people you cheated, providing Christmas gifts to the children of people you robbed, or successfully securing payment for a number of artists who had been waiting months for another publisher to make good, or filing lawsuits on behalf of artists in a number of other cases. It's not all about you, Bucko.

But do carry on. We do enjoy the giggles of trying to make sense of your fourth-grade writing style.

[ArchetypeOne]

I really should get the video I made of all of that (and the next day at the show) and digitize it to DVD, make it available and give the proceeds to Unscrewed. Whtdya think people? Only problem would be it's my dumb ass talking in the background....lol

Do it, please. I'd buy one.

[OzBat!]

Are we talking about Melissa Reid or Melissa Reed? LOL
Well, that was my spelling error, not his.

The lameness of his faux ownership reply seems to have avoided him yet again however. I can just imagine him sitting there at the computer, giggling away at how clever he thinks he is (in between quick glances at the door to make sure Barb isn't hearing him).

[TCJohnson]

I really should get the video I made of all of that (and the next day at the show) and digitize it to DVD, make it available and give the proceeds to Unscrewed. Whtdya think people? Only problem would be it's my dumb ass talking in the background....lol

I will pay money for that!! I want the olney experience!

[Charles RB]

Fuck, I've become addicted:

#3770 – Ray Rivard mentions that several national comic dealers have grumbled to him about Olney

#3840 – Gail copies-and-posts an account by Jim Taylor about working with Olney on Tightlip and how he never paid

#3863 – T Sterling posts legal information on how best to sue Olney, as well as stating the NDAs are unenforceable

#3873 – Wil Radcliffe links to an online guide to reputable book/magazine publishers

#3904 – T Sterling reports Tightlip Entertainment doesn’t appear to exist as a corporate entity

#3931 – Paul Newell posts link to Olney interview, which includes claims on ORCA’s achievements and being responsible for comics getting into libraries

#3941 – Transcript of Olney’s claim of having a Star Wars character based on him after helping Skywalker Ranch donate comics to a children’s cancer benefit

#3948 – Martin Oakley states he never signed an NDA

#3951 – singoalla cannot find any evidence on Google the Skywalker/ORCA cancer benefit actually happened

#3968 – wishlist contacts Mohawk, NY news station News-10 about Olney

#3973 – Ian Shires follows up on Tony Isabella’s CBLDF-for-creators idea, makes appeal to masses

#3978 – puma disputes Olney’s involvement in getting comics into libraries

#3995 – EraserX reports lack of payment or information [does not state this was from Olney but does seem to be implying it is]

[Ethan Van Sciver]

This Olney guy sent me a MySpace message about something called Stale Whale abusing his wife, and that he'd like to inform me that Stale Whale is one of my friends, and do I want to have myspace friends like that?

I said, "I don't know who you are."

He wrote back more about Stale Whale.

I wrote back, "I don't care."

Who is this idiot, and why is he trying to be in my life?

EVS :confused:

[TomStillwell]

This Olney guy sent me a MySpace message about something called Stale Whale abusing his wife, and that he'd like to inform me that Stale Whale is one of my friends, and do I want to have myspace friends like that?

I said, "I don't know who you are."

He wrote back more about Stale Whale.

I wrote back, "I don't care."

Who is this idiot, and why is he trying to be in my life?

EVS :confused:

Ethan has been touched by an Olney.

He's just a deadbeat that owes tens of thousands of dollars to freelance comic book artists but instead of, I dunno...paying them, he wastes his time on delusional fantasies of being important in comics and imagines he's the focus of a grand conspiracy to suppress his greatness.

[RJCarter]

Ethan has been touched by an Olney.

He's just a deadbeat that owes tens of thousands of dollars to freelance comic book artists but instead of, I dunno...paying them, he wastes his time on delusional fantasies of being important in comics and imagines he's the focus of a grand conspiracy to suppress his greatness.

Meanwhile... *slaver* Love your stuff, Ethan!

[TomStillwell]

Looks like Chumbly has a new blog up.:smile:

[DaveRothe]

Ethan has been touched by an Olney.

He's just a deadbeat that owes tens of thousands of dollars to freelance comic book artists but instead of, I dunno...paying them, he wastes his time on delusional fantasies of being important in comics and imagines he's the focus of a grand conspiracy to suppress his greatness.

Ethan:touched by an Olney. Olney: just touched in the head. This stuff just writes itself!

[Matt Algren]

Ethan has been touched by an Olney.
UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!

[DaveRothe]

UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!

Gadzooks! Me flesh is just fallin' right off!

[THEDOC]

But today, today I am cleaning. CLEANING! I have decided to bring more of my personal collection to a secured unknown location. It isn't that I fear a break-in or robbery. I just don't want to have to hurt anyone thinking stupid. A pal of mine had his place broken into earlier this year. His home was probably targeted by some immature schlub or two from the Tamara James circle jerk. Her Nib's has a huge fan following. Unfortunately, many of them are adults that pat each other on the back for their immature, childish, and often libelous behavior. Like any pack of bullies, they are strongest when they've got someone knocked down to tower over. Thing is, individually they are pathetic;

I think this Tamara person should sue for libel as RO has accused her of burglary.


Pathetic people using greed, envy, malice, and evil to hurt others. As a person that has spent a great deal of my life in the hobby and the fandom of comic-books, I can tell you that the behavior of these people does nothing but bring a collective shame to the face of all things comics. This will not end well for any of them.

This what we mean by the bizarro way of RO thinking, in bizarro talk he is really talking of himself. Oh would Jerry B, "GB" Love and "Grass Green must be thinking.

[THEDOC]

I really should get the video I made of all of that (and the next day at the show) and digitize it to DVD, make it available and give the proceeds to Unscrewed. Whtdya think people? Only problem would be it's my dumb ass talking in the background....lol

Do it! We could sell at The Jam and Indie-Fest!!!!!

[Matt Algren]

What the hell is "Her Nibs" supposed to mean, anyway?

[Crowley]

Olney launches SPERM:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

[Sarah Beach]

What the hell is "Her Nibs" supposed to mean, anyway?

From the dictionary: nibs - n pl but sing in constr [origin unknown] (ca. 1821) : an important or self-important person -- usu. used in the phrases "his nibs" or "her nibs" as if a title of honor

It's also used upward on the social scale, ie, by someone of the gentry making a derogatory remark of someone in the nobility who is perceived as being overly-snooty.

NotWit is trying to make like Gail is .... hmmm.... "acting above her class or station"? "Behaving like she is better than she really is"?

Who knows what he wants to convey by it? He's incapable of actually constructing a description, so he relies heavily on slang like "her nibs" as if that is all he needs to do. But then, have you heard? He has this delusion that he is a writer!

[DaveRothe]

What the hell is "Her Nibs" supposed to mean, anyway?

Maybe she's inking with a dip pen? Or maybe these tasty little things from Twizzlers http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/twizzlersnibs.asp

[DaveRothe]

[QUOTE=Crowley;7210128]Olney launches SPERM:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/[/Q"UOTE]

"...and a Starr was born!":biggrin:

[Matt Algren]

From the dictionary: nibs - n pl but sing in constr [origin unknown] (ca. 1821) : an important or self-important person -- usu. used in the phrases "his nibs" or "her nibs" as if a title of honor

It's also used upward on the social scale, ie, by someone of the gentry making a derogatory remark of someone in the nobility who is perceived as being overly-snooty.

NotWit is trying to make like Gail is .... hmmm.... "acting above her class or station"? "Behaving like she is better than she really is"?

Who knows what he wants to convey by it? He's incapable of actually constructing a description, so he relies heavily on slang like "her nibs" as if that is all he needs to do. But then, have you heard? He has this delusion that he is a writer!
Ohhhhhh.

I'd never heard that one before. I was looking for a more Olney-standard sexual or weight related reference.

[joe27]

Olney launches SPERM:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

pure genius. and i usually don't care for acronym based humor.

[THEDOC]

Olney launches SPERM:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

All I can say is...

http://www.inter-fan.org/Art/bbbg3.jpg

[Matt Doc Martin]

Since someone thought it was me that made "Nick Chumbly", I want to admit now.......


I thought about poaching Prick's blogging style, but never did. Someone beat me to the punch AND is doing a stellar job.

And if I had had a pic of Ick's wife, I would have posted it with another reminder to SUE BARBARA OLNEY WITH RICK OLNEY WHEN YOU FILE SUIT AGAINST THEM.

[Matt Doc Martin]

But I DO have a new avatar!

[joe27]

Since someone thought it was me that made "Nick Chumbly", I want to admit now.......


I thought about poaching Prick's blogging style, but never did. Someone beat me to the punch AND is doing a stellar job.

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how semi-modest of you to say so.

[DaveRothe]

But I DO have a new avatar!

Geez, Matt! You've really let yourself go in that pic.

[Matt Doc Martin]

how semi-modest of you to say so.

Why are you still here?

[Matt Doc Martin]

Geez, Matt! You've really let yourself go in that pic.

Well, when you have to carry a deadbeat around....

[Cam63]

Hence the birth of the nickname.

"Wanna do PR?"

"For who?"

"For me!"

"For you? PR... ick!"

It's also a medical abbreviation for per rectum.

...Fitting.

[Matt Doc Martin]

It's also a medical abbreviation for per rectum.

...Fitting.

Indeed it is.

[Cam63]

Maybe Gail should change her name to Tamara James. Then she could be a black undercover cop with karate skills in the 70's. That might be fun...

Tamara James...
By day, she writes stories... By night, she writes wrongs !

She's the mama your mama never told you 'bout !

[Linkara]

Tamara James...
By day, she writes stories... By night, she writes wrongs !

She's the mama your mama never told you 'bout !

Throw in some wakicha-wakicha and you've got yourself a three picture deal.

[Cam63]

Hey, I think Rick might have a long lost brother!!!

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

That gets two beers, Tom.

[KJ_81]

Bwaahahaha

Rick looks like THAT. His wife looks like THAT.

Yet he throws around fat barbs.


Bwahahahahha!!!!!!

[Gail Simone]

Well, if he's going to be such an incredible creep about a photo of the wife of one of the many, many people he's lied to, I guess he can't be surprised at what Nick has put up.

In other news, Rick keeps trying to imply that all the people that are mad at him are not mad because he's a serial deadbeat, a non-stop liar who has cheated some of the nicest people in the industry, or for his racist, misogynist comments.

No, it's because they're ...heh...jealous.

He honest to god thinks that.

Help me out, everyone...what are YOU most 'jealous' of?

Is it his might body odor?

The fact that he has the worst reputation in comics and his name has become a synonym for dishonesty, incompetence, and failure?

Is it his third grade writing ability? And have you noticed, by the way, that some of his idiotic turns of phrase and misuse of language that he had STOPPED doing have returned? "Descriptive," indeed.

The fact that the only reason anyone invokes his name now, is not as the TITAN of the industry he has always pretended to be, but as a joke, or a warning to people how NOT to try to be a publisher or con organizer?


What in god's name could anyone be jealous OF? Is anyone sitting around saying, man, I wish I could be a complete failure like Rick 'B.O.' Olney?

MVCN? Utter failure. Accomplished exactly zero before Rick abandoned it when others didn't line up to do the work FOR him.

ORCA? Destroyed by the inability to keep promises, and Rick's loud mouth and his desperate need for all attention and credit.

Mighty Mini Con, destroyed by Rick's deadbeatism, lack of even rudimentary business skills and ethics, and constant cancellations at the last minute (often without notifying guests)

The Spooky, failure, just huge failure in all respects, making Rick hated by the horror community as well.

Tigjhtlip, quite possibly the worst of them all, the very SYMBOL of a dishonest, creatively bankrupt 'publisher,' run strictly for Rick's ego and no one, no one ever getting paid, ever. But somehow, that's not Rick's fault, nope!

Now THERE's a record to be jealous of...


Go, failure monkey, go!

[Ben Morgan]

You forgot The Spooky!

[Hodge]

You forgot The Spooky!

Her fingers got tired with that list of achievements

[Charles RB]

Olney launches SPERM:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

I can't help but feel his plans are premature.

[the4thpip]

I can't help but feel his plans are premature.

Make fun all you want. I'm sure that SPERM is something that will stick.

[DaveRothe]

Make fun all you want. I'm sure that SPERM is something that will stick.

Dunno bout that but I bet it's a hard one for him to swallow...:biggrin:

[KevinTBrown]

Dunno bout that but I bet it's a hard one for him to swallow...:biggrin:

Well, as Olney puts it, it's "day and night dedication they've been eating, drinking and sleeping S.P.E.R.M."

[DaveRothe]

I hear membership of SPERM is growing. He's up to one rather swollen member. To increase the size he's reaching out to new members. At last tally, the newest member's name is whacker. Rick's trying to beat his old members' tally. Dennis is trying to grasp the fact that Rick has a new right hand man (whacker) and that attendance is going up and down. Could there be trouble spewing forth in SPERM? Stay tuned!

[Gail Simone]

on the plane to Anaheim, then I'm a special
guest of the con...fun!

[TomStillwell]

That gets two beers, Tom.

I can't take credit for it. I'm not Nick Chumbly.

[TomStillwell]

Oh hey, I thought I'd mention this here.

Are there any professional comic artists willing to take a stab at designing a membership card for Unscrewed? We'd like to start offering memberships soon.

[DaveRothe]

on the plane to Anaheim, then I'm a special
guest of the con...fun!

Enjoy the con, Gail! One day I'll get out there. Sigh!

[Matt Doc Martin]

I can't take credit for it. I'm not Nick Chumbly.

Damn.

I was hoping it was you, as you DO know how to write.

[THEDOC]

Oh hey, I thought I'd mention this here.

Are there any professional comic artists willing to take a stab at designing a membership card for Unscrewed? We'd like to start offering memberships soon.

Do you have to be a professional artist or do self publishers count.:confused:

[TomStillwell]

Do you have to be a professional artist or do self publishers count.:confused:

A professional artist...someone who knows what they are doing when it comes to design. Most self publishers fall into that catagory.

[Matt Doc Martin]

A professional artist...someone who knows what they are doing when it comes to design. Most self publishers fall into that catagory.

Will you post your NDA for review?

[Matt Doc Martin]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/docmartin72/Olney.jpg

[Charles RB]

Make fun all you want. I'm sure that SPERM is something that will stick.

I wonder if it'll spawn any successors?

[Crowley]

Well, if he's going to be such an incredible creep about a photo of the wife of one of the many, many people he's lied to, I guess he can't be surprised at what Nick has put up.

In other news, Rick keeps trying to imply that all the people that are mad at him are not mad because he's a serial deadbeat, a non-stop liar who has cheated some of the nicest people in the industry, or for his racist, misogynist comments.

No, it's because they're ...heh...jealous.

He honest to god thinks that.

Help me out, everyone...what are YOU most 'jealous' of?

Is it his might body odor?

The fact that he has the worst reputation in comics and his name has become a synonym for dishonesty, incompetence, and failure?

Is it his third grade writing ability? And have you noticed, by the way, that some of his idiotic turns of phrase and misuse of language that he had STOPPED doing have returned? "Descriptive," indeed.

The fact that the only reason anyone invokes his name now, is not as the TITAN of the industry he has always pretended to be, but as a joke, or a warning to people how NOT to try to be a publisher or con organizer?


What in god's name could anyone be jealous OF? Is anyone sitting around saying, man, I wish I could be a complete failure like Rick 'B.O.' Olney?

MVCN? Utter failure. Accomplished exactly zero before Rick abandoned it when others didn't line up to do the work FOR him.

ORCA? Destroyed by the inability to keep promises, and Rick's loud mouth and his desperate need for all attention and credit.

Mighty Mini Con, destroyed by Rick's deadbeatism, lack of even rudimentary business skills and ethics, and constant cancellations at the last minute (often without notifying guests)

The Spooky, failure, just huge failure in all respects, making Rick hated by the horror community as well.

Tigjhtlip, quite possibly the worst of them all, the very SYMBOL of a dishonest, creatively bankrupt 'publisher,' run strictly for Rick's ego and no one, no one ever getting paid, ever. But somehow, that's not Rick's fault, nope!

Now THERE's a record to be jealous of...


Go, failure monkey, go!
Yeah but if he wasn't good at failing, he wouldn't be good at anything at all.

[bert]

you've got to be kidding me.

THIS fat fuck is who keeps taking shots at Gail's weight?

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=176952932&blogID=415829737
(2nd pic)





guess they don't have Mirrors in the Olney household.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Before Nick Chumbley came along I had a grand scheme planned where I'd pose as a hot Brazillian/American artist. And show grand samples of my art to Rick and claim "If ya pay me some up front I'll draw Monster Squad for you. Of course I can't draw worth a damn.

[Charles RB]

THIS fat fuck is who keeps taking shots at Gail's weight?


It's sort of like being called a baldie by Lex Luthor.

[bert]

It's sort of like being called a baldie by Lex Luthor.

yeah. . but Lexie started out with hair until Superboy blew the chemicals his way to make it fall out.

I'd bet Olney has always been a fat fuck!


maybe Tamryn-Tamara-Tanesia-Tanzaniza James bought him his first piece of pie, and that's why she's his arch-enemy now!


.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

It's sort of like being called a baldie by Lex Luthor.

Except Lex is a criminal genuis. Rick is a wannabe genuis who does dumb statements like "You can never hold him to the truth." :tongue:

[Matt Doc Martin]

Except Lex is a criminal genuis. Rick is a wannabe genuis who does dumb statements like "You can never hold him to the truth." :tongue:

And..."I don't DO small claims"

[Crowley]

yeah. . but Lexie started out with hair until Superboy blew the chemicals his way to make it fall out.

I'd bet Olney has always been a fat fuck!


maybe Tamryn-Tamara-Tanesia-Tanzaniza James bought him his first piece of pie, and that's why she's his arch-enemy now!


.

Olney's not competent enough to be Lex... he's more like Paste Pot Pete.

[bert]

Olney's not competent enough to be Lex... he's more like Paste Pot Pete.

or "Fatroc ze Leper"

[bert]

Enjoy the con, Gail! One day I'll get out there. Sigh!

I went once and it was enough.

a bit TOO much for me. So I stick to the big, but much smaller than SDCC, cons now (mainly Dragon*con, which is very close to what SDCC offers these days anyways. . more pop-culture than comics).

but yeah, worth it to at least go once.

[Cam63]

I hear membership of SPERM is growing. He's up to one rather swollen member. To increase the size he's reaching out to new members. At last tally, the newest member's name is whacker. Rick's trying to beat his old members' tally. Dennis is trying to grasp the fact that Rick has a new right hand man (whacker) and that attendance is going up and down. Could there be trouble spewing forth in SPERM? Stay tuned!

Dave... I'm gunna have to revoke your pun making licence.

[Cam63]

on the plane to Anaheim, then I'm a special
guest of the con...fun!

Have a good'un, Tammy.

[sunshinegirl]

And..."I don't DO small claims"

Luckily, though, THEY do him.

I should win the corny joke award for the day. :biggrin:

[Linkara]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/docmartin72/Olney.jpg

He's bringing sexy back.

[DaveRothe]

I went once and it was enough.

a bit TOO much for me. So I stick to the big, but much smaller than SDCC, cons now (mainly Dragon*con, which is very close to what SDCC offers these days anyways. . more pop-culture than comics).

but yeah, worth it to at least go once.

Yeah I hear DragonCon's a goodun.

[DaveRothe]

Dave... I'm gunna have to revoke your pun making licence.

Then I'd be puniless! sniffle:frown:

[the4thpip]

He's bringing sexy back.

Actually, he announced to bring sexy back but then had to cancel.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Actually, he announced to bring sexy back but then had to cancel.

I heard some relatives of sexy died so that led to the cancellation !

[TonyIsabella]

Here's wishing a happy birthday to our buddy Danny Donovan. Hope you're having a great day and that you have many more most excellent years to come!

Tony Isabella

[Flying Saucers Over Oz]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/docmartin72/Olney.jpg


So THAT'S where my lawn gnome went!

[Danny Donovan]

Here's wishing a happy birthday to our buddy Danny Donovan. Hope you're having a great day and that you have many more most excellent years to come!

Tony Isabella


Thanks Tony! I can't tell you how much that means to me!

So far it was good. I actually had to do one of my Comic Book Creating Workshops at the local library today, it ran pretty well, and LONG. these things are only supposed to run 45 minutes to an hour, every one of them seems to go on longer than the last. This time it was a 3hr thing. Where everyone got to draw along with my friend (and art monkey) Logan Bennett.

This is the FIRST one he's made it to (he considers it my birthday present) despite being on all the advertising. Kitty (the tracer) made it too even though her alarm didn't go off she was only about 20 minutes late but it so made up for it on the overrun.

And then we went off to a comic shop, after wards, to dig for treasure. I cursed not having any REAL cash on me as they had insane deals in the dollar bin. But they promised they'd be there next week so I will have to catch a ride up with Kitty when she gets the stuff she put on hold. (that girl is worse than me at a comic shop!) Her Fiancee and I were looking at her like "your pile is bigger than ours!"

So a lot of great comic stuff, and now I am off to chow down at the chinese buffet with family. :) Oh and I got to see Dark Knight last night. FANTASTIC!

Oh and Bert, I'm a guest at Dragon*Con this year, feel free to look me up. I'll be hanging with my friends Allie and Chrysta. Perhaps Kitty and her Fiancee will be there too. Art monkey will assuredly be there!

Thanks again!

[Samuel Catalino]

Thanks Tony! I can't tell you how much that means to me!

So far it was good. I actually had to do one of my Comic Book Creating Workshops at the local library today, it ran pretty well, and LONG. these things are only supposed to run 45 minutes to an hour, every one of them seems to go on longer than the last. This time it was a 3hr thing. Where everyone got to draw along with my friend (and art monkey) Logan Bennett.

This is the FIRST one he's made it to (he considers it my birthday present) despite being on all the advertising. Kitty (the tracer) made it too even though her alarm didn't go off she was only about 20 minutes late but it so made up for it on the overrun.

And then we went off to a comic shop, after wards, to dig for treasure. I cursed not having any REAL cash on me as they had insane deals in the dollar bin. But they promised they'd be there next week so I will have to catch a ride up with Kitty when she gets the stuff she put on hold. (that girl is worse than me at a comic shop!) Her Fiancee and I were looking at her like "your pile is bigger than ours!"

So a lot of great comic stuff, and now I am off to chow down at the chinese buffet with family. :) Oh and I got to see Dark Knight last night. FANTASTIC!

Oh and Bert, I'm a guest at Dragon*Con this year, feel free to look me up. I'll be hanging with my friends Allie and Chrysta. Perhaps Kitty and her Fiancee will be there too. Art monkey will assuredly be there!

Thanks again!

Danny,

Allow me also to add birthday wishes to you as well. It should be easy to remember your birthday, being that it is the same day as my sister.

I hope you had a wonderful day.

Best,

Samuel

[Ben Morgan]

Happy birthday Danny!

[J. Morgan (Bat) Neal]

Hoppy Birfday, Danny.

[Charles RB]

#4064 – Ronee states that nobody Olney employed has been paid as far as she knows (circa 9th Jan 2007)

#4067 – Corrina gives anecdotes and advice from a pre-existing creator’s rights group

# 4151 – Howler passes on statements Olney previously made about marine service

#4214 – Gail spots Olney erasing his older posts

#4280 – Matt Doc has copies of Olney’s erased posts and other writings by him

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Oh god, I hope someone else is doing this when we reach the photo of the overflowing toilet...

[Ben Morgan]

Oh god, I hope someone else is doing this when we reach the photo of the overflowing toilet...I don't even wanna know! :eek:

[Charles RB]

Nobody wanted to know, but we all had to. :frown:

[Gail Simone]

you've got to be kidding me.

THIS fat fuck is who keeps taking shots at Gail's weight?

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=176952932&blogID=415829737
(2nd pic)





guess they don't have Mirrors in the Olney household.


I haven't gone there, because frankly, who cares what a lowlife like him thinks?

But seriously....if you saw him in person, you'd see the truth is much, much worse than you think. First, he stank, as many have already said. He just smelled bad. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt because he claimed he had worked so hard setting up all the tables, which seems pretty unlikely, seeing as how he didn't do a lick of work the whole time we were there. But yeah, he stank.

But more than that, he was just dirty. Bad hygiene. His clothes were stained every time we saw him, and he was wearing a grease-stained cap to cover that sad sack of pencil shavings he had on his skull. He just...ick, I'm serious, it was a little like a convention run by Pigpen. So he's kind of dirty and stained and appalling even on show day, the day when even Dennis wore his formal fringed Cher boots.

Seriously, honest to god, how hard is it to put on a clean shirt on the day of a convention?

Ick. Shudder.

[d newton]

I'm still waiting for the Vile One to reply to my e-mails that I sent him.

[Matt Algren]

YAY! Olney's back!!!

http://betterlate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/olney-71908a.jpg

[DaveRothe]

I haven't gone there, because frankly, who cares what a lowlife like him thinks?

But seriously....if you saw him in person, you'd see the truth is much, much worse than you think. First, he stank, as many have already said. He just smelled bad. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt because he claimed he had worked so hard setting up all the tables, which seems pretty unlikely, seeing as how he didn't do a lick of work the whole time we were there. But yeah, he stank.

But more than that, he was just dirty. Bad hygiene. His clothes were stained every time we saw him, and he was wearing a grease-stained cap to cover that sad sack of pencil shavings he had on his skull. He just...ick, I'm serious, it was a little like a convention run by Pigpen. So he's kind of dirty and stained and appalling even on show day, the day when even Dennis wore his formal fringed Cher boots.

Seriously, honest to god, how hard is it to put on a clean shirt on the day of a convention?

Ick. Shudder.

Maybe Dennis was sick that day and forgot to dress him? Also the amount of man cleavage ya have to pull it over can be a challenge.:smile:

[Samuel Catalino]

I haven't gone there, because frankly, who cares what a lowlife like him thinks?

But seriously....if you saw him in person, you'd see the truth is much, much worse than you think. First, he stank, as many have already said. He just smelled bad. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt because he claimed he had worked so hard setting up all the tables, which seems pretty unlikely, seeing as how he didn't do a lick of work the whole time we were there. But yeah, he stank.

But more than that, he was just dirty. Bad hygiene. His clothes were stained every time we saw him, and he was wearing a grease-stained cap to cover that sad sack of pencil shavings he had on his skull. He just...ick, I'm serious, it was a little like a convention run by Pigpen. So he's kind of dirty and stained and appalling even on show day, the day when even Dennis wore his formal fringed Cher boots.

Seriously, honest to god, how hard is it to put on a clean shirt on the day of a convention?

Ick. Shudder.


Gail,

I have had the misfortune to have spent a bit more time with RO (having stayed in my home a few times (several times with stretches at a time) than you, and I did not detect any BO problem with him the entire time he stayed with me. I also gave him and Dennis rides back and forth to Orlando (my place is about a hour and a half from the convention) and I did not remember any rank smell from him.

He took showers while in my home, so if he had a problem, I did not smell it. For myself, I like to douse myself with Cool Water. I do not recall if RO had any cologne on while I was there.

As for putting on changes of clothes, I did not really notice whether he did or not. That was not important to me, but you can be sure if he really had a bad odor in my home, I would have reported it.

How he was with you is a different matter altogether, but I just want to at least let you know my perspective of him.

He has no business being critical of anyone's weight.

Best,

Samuel

[Magneto_X]

Olney's not competent enough to be Lex... he's more like Paste Pot Pete.

The Trapster (that's what he's called now) has some big accomplishments in his super-villain career.

He had Spiderman dead to rights once and if Norman Osborn hadn't called off the hit during that last second he'd be dead. He was able to capture Reed Richards once, too.

Danny Donvan:

Happy birthday!

[Crowley]

Heeeeee's back:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Why does he respond in the comments section to his own blog?

[Matt Doc Martin]

Heeeeee's back:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Why does he respond in the comments section to his own blog?

Because he is retarded.

Next?

[Cam63]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/docmartin72/Olney.jpg

He looks like a Southern sheriff's deputy, giggling and nodding enthusiastically when his boss informs him, " Dey gurna git dem Dooks wunce an' fer all. "

[Kyuubi]

I actually am jealous of Olney over one thing.



The way the man is completely lacking a neck. They're just so bothersome.

[Crowley]

I actually am jealous of Olney over one thing.



The way the man is completely lacking a neck. They're just so bothersome.

Yeah but you have to have a spine to have a neck.

[MacQuarrie]

He looks like a Southern sheriff's deputy, giggling and nodding enthusiastically when his boss informs him, " Dey gurna git dem Dooks wunce an' fer all. "

It's "wunst". Geez.

[KevinTBrown]

I actually am jealous of Olney over one thing.



The way the man is completely lacking a neck. They're just so bothersome.


Yeah but you have to have a spine to have a neck.
He doesn't have a conscious either...

I'd say he doesn't have balls, but I suspect Barbara has them in a jar up on a shelf some place.

[Gail Simone]

Gail,

I have had the misfortune to have spent a bit more time with RO (having stayed in my home a few times (several times with stretches at a time) than you, and I did not detect any BO problem with him the entire time he stayed with me. I also gave him and Dennis rides back and forth to Orlando (my place is about a hour and a half from the convention) and I did not remember any rank smell from him.

He took showers while in my home, so if he had a problem, I did not smell it. For myself, I like to douse myself with Cool Water. I do not recall if RO had any cologne on while I was there.

As for putting on changes of clothes, I did not really notice whether he did or not. That was not important to me, but you can be sure if he really had a bad odor in my home, I would have reported it.

How he was with you is a different matter altogether, but I just want to at least let you know my perspective of him.

He has no business being critical of anyone's weight.

Best,

Samuel


Well, that may well be true, Samuel, and I'm glad to hear it, but Rick's odor was a subject of much discussion at the con, and his sartorial choices are kind of self-evident.

I've said many times, maybe he didn't stink when he wasn't running a convention. But that day, YIKES.

[Crowley]

so anyone else think Stale Whale is Olney himself?

Seems pretty likely.

[Crowley]

Gail,

I have had the misfortune to have spent a bit more time with RO (having stayed in my home a few times (several times with stretches at a time) than you, and I did not detect any BO problem with him the entire time he stayed with me. I also gave him and Dennis rides back and forth to Orlando (my place is about a hour and a half from the convention) and I did not remember any rank smell from him.

He took showers while in my home, so if he had a problem, I did not smell it. For myself, I like to douse myself with Cool Water. I do not recall if RO had any cologne on while I was there.

As for putting on changes of clothes, I did not really notice whether he did or not. That was not important to me, but you can be sure if he really had a bad odor in my home, I would have reported it.

How he was with you is a different matter altogether, but I just want to at least let you know my perspective of him.

He has no business being critical of anyone's weight.

Best,

Samuel
Did you detect any missing silver ware?

[Gail Simone]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/docmartin72/Olney.jpg

Christ.

Can you imagine THIS guy insulting the appearance of ANYONE, up to and including the guy Eric Stolz played in the classic Cher (Hi, Dennis) vehicle, MASK?

[Sarah Beach]

He's again ranting that Scott Reed committed fraud. Demanding Scott produce a signed contract.

Which just goes to show how little doofus knows about contract law. But then we all knew that.

Besides, if the court was satisfied with the documents Scott presented in the case, I'm not going to question the ruling. As I commeted to the NotWit.


Idjit commenting to his own blog, slamming - or trying to - Scott Reed --
You're a fraud and a cheat, Scott Reed. Other wise you'd have a contract bearing my legal signature on it to show everyone.

Your career will suffer for your lack of honesty, schlub.

Cripes! Has he no sense of wearing out a word? "Schlub schlub schlub!" Twit.


My response to him on SS -- if he allows it --
Well, you didn't do a very good job countering his evidence <i>in court</i>, doofus. I see no reason why I should doubt the ruling of a duly appointed judge.

Oh, wait. You didn't even bother to <i>contact</i> the court when served the summons! So much for your vaunted respect for the law.

I suppose next he'll say he never did receive the summons for that case. Except that I recall Melissa reported that the summons had been delivered and signed for, and the signed receipt could also be evidence.

But, you know how it goes, NotWit whispers to his Magic Fish and all such annoying things are made as if they never were.

Right.

[MacQuarrie]

I don't know who Stale Whale is. I also don't know who Torrential Spirit is, but he is brilliant!

Check out the post about "Gail Simone"!

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Man, I wish I were this clever.

[bert]

Oh and Bert, I'm a guest at Dragon*Con this year, feel free to look me up. I'll be hanging with my friends Allie and Chrysta. Perhaps Kitty and her Fiancee will be there too. Art monkey will assuredly be there!

Thanks again!

yep, I saw that :)

I even had started a thread about it (Danny Donovan Does Dragon*con!).

it's not *exactly* YABS centered, but we do usually have a CBR Lunch on Sat or Sunday, that has lots of folks from the Community board/YABS board (Perry, Darkblade, Solaris, BubbajoWants,Jasper, Azangel, Ragnarock, Don C, Charles RB, and whomever else attends that year).

when they decide on time/day, I'll post and let you know :)


oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Danny

[Magneto_X]

so anyone else think Stale Whale is Olney himself?

Seems pretty likely.

No. It's to well written, actually meant to be funny in a witty fashion and Olney doesn't seem the type to do a parody of himself like this from what I've read about him. His ego woudn't stand it.

[Sarah Beach]

Gee, Gail, on behalf of lovers of fringed moccasin boots everywhere... can't you lighten up on Dennis a little? :smile:

Not that I have any of that sort of footgear at present (though I used to be fond of ankle boot moccasins), but I do like them.

I suspect it's more of a case where Dennis is one of those people where the clothes wear the man rather than the man wearing the clothes.

(Because, after all, is anyone going to complain if Viggo Mortensen or Orlando Bloom showed up in that kind of gear? Nice legs on both of them! :biggrin: )

[DaveRothe]

Well, that may well be true, Samuel, and I'm glad to hear it, but Rick's odor was a subject of much discussion at the con, and his sartorial choices are kind of self-evident.

I've said many times, maybe he didn't stink when he wasn't running a convention. But that day, YIKES.

My favorite part o' that tale was when Tomatohead was winded walking up the handicap sloped walk. Body odor or not what he did to the participants in the costume contest at his Mini MightyCon and his attitude toward people in general just "wreaks."

[DaveRothe]

I don't know who Stale Whale is. I also don't know who Torrential Spirit is, but he is brilliant!

Check out the post about "Gail Simone"!

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Man, I wish I were this clever.

Uh... wasn't Mark Twain an alias for Samuel Clemens?

[Stressfactor]

Heeeeee's back:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Why does he respond in the comments section to his own blog?

What's even more amusing is that the dofus clipped one of Scott Reed's comments that contains a quote from Gail about how Rick totally ripped off another web page and tried to pass it off as his own writing! A claim he doesn't even TRY to refute.... and then advertises on his blog.

You know, I seriously wonder about his Marine service marksmanship... No matter what he's aiming at he always seems to shoot himself in the foot.

[Sarah Beach]

Uh... wasn't Mark Twain an alias for Samuel Clemens?

That's part of the joke. Every author name used in that post is a pen name.

:biggrin:

[joe27]

I finally did a Google image search on fringe moccasin boots, because I only had a vague idea of what they looked like. Yikes.

Did his have three tiers of fringe like like this bad boy:

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/goldmountainmining/suede-fringe-boot-full.jpg

Even without, still terrifying.

[Sarah Beach]

Well, I'll allow that three tiers of fringe is a bit much, unless you're somewhere that rains a lot. That's the point of fringe, anyway, to draw down the water, outward and away, so that the leg covering itself doesn't get completely wet and cold.

[DaveRothe]

That's part of the joke. Every author name used in that post is a pen name.

:biggrin:

Who'd be silly enough to name their pens? And Torrential Soul isn't his real name? At least we know Tamryn's using her real name...

[Sarah Beach]

Who'd be silly enough to name their pens? And Torrential Soul isn't his real name? At least we know Tamryn's using her real name...

:tongue: Right. And your real name is Rave Dothe, right? :wink:

[CutterMike]

Oh hey, I thought I'd mention this here.

Are there any professional comic artists willing to take a stab at designing a membership card for Unscrewed? We'd like to start offering memberships soon.
What are you looking for?

Standard credit card/driver's license size, I presume...

Room for what information?

One-sided or two?


Luckily, though, THEY do him.

I should win the corny joke award for the day. :biggrin:
...and they're probably about the ONLY ones that would do him!


And, to DannyD --

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUDE!!!!!

[DaveRothe]

:tongue: Right. And your real name is Rave Dothe, right? :wink:

Shhhhhhhhhhh... One of Rick's Sockpuppet's may be reading this... Be vewwy vewwy quwiet. It's wabbit season! Quwestion... If a twee faws in da fowest does it make a souwnd?



No. Just a quwiet Fudd.

[sunshinegirl]

He doesn't have a conscious either...

I'd say he doesn't have balls, but I suspect Barbara has them in a jar up on a shelf some place.

isn't that where we're supposed to keep 'em?? :confused:

[Crowley]

What's even more amusing is that the dofus clipped one of Scott Reed's comments that contains a quote from Gail about how Rick totally ripped off another web page and tried to pass it off as his own writing! A claim he doesn't even TRY to refute.... and then advertises on his blog.

You know, I seriously wonder about his Marine service marksmanship... No matter what he's aiming at he always seems to shoot himself in the foot.

Yeah I don't get that... But it's funny how he's posting less and less. I wonder if his internet acess is being limited again or if he's starting to get into unhinged loony toon mode.

How long until the drinking starts?

[DaveRothe]

isn't that where we're supposed to keep 'em?? :confused:

That is so inconvenient though! When a guy wants to scratch he's gotta walk all the way over to the shelf... And if you're in a library which shelf? Do you file them using the Dewey Deciball system?

[Crowley]

Uh... wasn't Mark Twain an alias for Samuel Clemens?
Rick Olney's blog:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Nick Chumly's blog:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Chumly is either mocking Rick, or is a former associate.

[DocAbsurd]

Well, that may well be true, Samuel, and I'm glad to hear it, but Rick's odor was a subject of much discussion at the con, and his sartorial choices are kind of self-evident.

I've said many times, maybe he didn't stink when he wasn't running a convention. But that day, YIKES.

Lessee if you remember this, Tam:

It was the first day of the 2003 Mighty Conniving, hadda be after 'lunch'. Moby was parading around one guy who apparently used to show up at the LCS a lot but was never an official member of ORCA. He was overweight, dressed in typical fanboy fashion, asked each and every guest for an autograph. A bit mentally challenged although very polite and very much into his hobby. He didn't care if you were a name he recognized or not; so long as you were creative, he wanted to know who you were.

After they shuffled him off into the great unknown, Moby immediately made the rounds to apologize for the guy. And add his snide comments. 'Geez, what a smell. Be glad he's shy or you woulda had to bear with his odor for an hour. He musta showered this week.'

I felt kinda sorry for the guy, but at least he was pleasant, if too attentive. I've dealt with some who weren't as 'challenged' who were downright dicks. This guy was absolutely appreciative and cherished each signing like it was gold.

Unlike certain organizers who fobbed off the small press creators like lepers at a buffet.

[DocAbsurd]

Shhhhhhhhhhh... One of Rick's Sockpuppet's may be reading this... Be vewwy vewwy quwiet. It's wabbit season! Quwestion... If a twee faws in da fowest does it make a souwnd?

If a tree falls on Moby in a forest . . .

Does anyone give a rat's arse?

[Sarah Beach]

Rick Olney's blog:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Nick Chumly's blog:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Chumly is either mocking Rick, or is a former associate.

Oh, I feel quite certain that Chumbly is mocking the NotWit. And I confess to being impressed by the amount of focus being used to stay in character!

Objectively speaking, I feel there is a master hand behind it, and applaud the artist! Subjectively speaking, I'm having fun playing along. :wink:

[DaveRothe]

Rick Olney's blog:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Nick Chumly's blog:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Chumly is either mocking Rick, or is a former associate.

A former associate? Or someone been wronged by him? That narrows it down to about a thousand people! Could it be Rick looking over his shoulder? And is it possible with Noneck's head permanently affixed to his shoulders like that?

[DaveRothe]

Rick Olney's blog:
http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/

Nick Chumly's blog:
http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Chumly is either mocking Rick, or is a former associate.


If a tree falls on Moby in a forest . . .

Does anyone give a rat's arse?

Would you be able to to hear the tree over all the applause from the onlooking whalewatchers?

[DocAbsurd]

Oh, I feel quite certain that Chumbly is mocking the NotWit. And I confess to being impressed by the amount of focus being used to stay in character!

Objectively speaking, I feel there is a master hand behind it, and applaud the artist! Subjectively speaking, I'm having fun playing along. :wink:

He's brilliant. I don't care who it is; he's gotta be one of the best parodists I've ever read. I'm cribbing notes for my Boss Moloch character.

It's genius. Sheer genius.

[joe27]

I think it's Chuck Dixon.

[Cam63]

I actually am jealous of Olney over one thing.

The man is completely lacking a neck. They're just so bothersome.


Yeah but you have to have a spine to have a neck.

*Golf claps*

...and wonders exactly how the Schlub callin' Marine did his dress blues tunic up.

Gunny wouldna been impressed.

[J. Morgan (Bat) Neal]

I think it's Chuck Dixon.

Ya know. It just might be. If this had been a year ago I would have said no. But Chuck has gotten a lot more net savvy of late and certainly knows his way around Blogger now. And there is no doubt Chuck has a devastating talent for parody. Hmmmmm, very interesting.

[Sarah Beach]

I think it's Chuck Dixon.

Nah. Erik Burnham regularly gives Chuck a refresher course on how to post pictures to his own blog. TorrentialSpirit displays skills outside Chuck's skill set.

:biggrin:

Edit to add: Ah, bah! There goes John ruining my fun! But I don't think it's Chuck. I might have suspicions, but Chuck's not on the list.

[Cam63]

I don't know who Stale Whale is. I also don't know who Torrential Spirit is, but he is brilliant!

Check out the post about "Gail Simone"!

http://torrentialspirit.blogspot.com/

Man, I wish I were this clever.

I'm nominating him ( or her ) for the Pulitzer.

[Cam63]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUDE!!!!![/B]

My respects too, Danny.

[Cam63]

Shhhhhhhhhhh... One of Rick's Sockpuppet's may be reading this... Be vewwy vewwy quwiet. It's wabbit season! Quwestion... If a twee faws in da fowest does it make a souwnd?



No. Just a quwiet Fudd.

*Reinstates Dave's pun licence*

[Danny Donovan]

Many thanks for the birthday wishes guys! So far it's the best one ever. You guys are awesome!

And a thread about my dragon appearance? I'll have to look! bouncing around to all these libraries for these workshops is crazy, I never get time to see many threads!

I am totally gonna be there at y'all's get together with whatever crew I roll into ATL with. :)

[J. Morgan (Bat) Neal]

Nah. Erik Burnham regularly gives Chuck a refresher course on how to post pictures to his own blog. TorrentialSpirit displays skills outside Chuck's skill set.

:biggrin:

Edit to add: Ah, bah! There goes John ruining my fun! But I don't think it's Chuck. I might have suspicions, but Chuck's not on the list.

My suspicions were raised only because Chuck is so devastatingly sharp and brutal at parody. As you well know. Like those posts he did on Dverse aping some literture. Or his and my movie talk from late last week.

But it's likely not. For the time factor more than anything. Though...he does have more free time lately. Which I am sure he has filled already with paying work. So....nah. But maybe....nah. :)