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Originally Posted by THEDOC
Whatever happened to Joanne. She has a great insight on the mind of "Rick" as she was berated and more by "Rick" as well.
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I'm here I'm here!!
Oh GOD! Rick Olney! Boy is that a name I hoped to never hear again. Doc and Ian, please feel free to post any and all info on my issues with Rick as many of the minor details escape me. (and I miss you two as well ) All I know is that the end result was that I was afraid to go to the Pittsburgh comic-con by myself as Rick had hinted that he would "see me there". I was so nervous that I told a few of my fellow small pressers in the area that if they heard me yell, to come running.
Rick is sick and unbalanced. He went from promoting my book for his show to trying to convince everyone I was a no talent bitch from Canada who obviously had a stash of cash that enabled me to travel around to conventions at my leisure. (if you looked at my bank account, you'd know how FAR from the truth THAT is! lol)
He said terrible things about my husband, about my friends, and turned several online pals into enemies. I NEVER had enemies until I met Rick.
I think his hatred for me began when he posted a scathing comment about the Wizard World convention and stated that any small press or Indy creator who goes there is an idiot.
I was a mod at the time over at the SPA and I either deleted his whole comment or edited it, I can't remember, then I pmed him and said he can't say things like that he was insulting a whole community that was dedicated to promoting small press and Indy creators. And it went from there
Again, I don't remember details, but it was bad, so bad my husband and I talked about getting off the convention circuit for a while until things with Rick cooled down.
How sad is that?!
I'm sad to see how many people his warped mind has affected, but the one good thing is that this thread will alert a whole bunch of people about this man. I hope he never works in comics again, gets some serious medical attention and lives a long and happy life in his own house where he's not allowed to get on the internet.
Idiot.
Good for you Gail for getting this started.