Wonder Woman Day IV - October 25, 2009

[AndyMangels]

In October 2006, 2007, and 2008 Wonder Woman Day I-III have raised over $69,000 for Domestic Violence Shelters and Crisis Lines in Portland, Oregon and Flemington, NJ. The three-year combination of auctions of over 400 original art pieces, plus collectibles, autograph signings, and photo opportunities has meant a spectacular turnout… over $69,000 TOTAL ... and two Mayoral Proclamations!

On October 25, 2009, Wonder Woman Day IV — again as a part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month — will take place, returning to Excalibur Books in Portland, Oregon, and Comic Fusion in Flemington, New Jersey! Additionally, in Portland, the prestigious Lara Sydney Gallery in the Pearl District will host a month-long special exhibit of hand-chosen and framed art from Wonder Woman Day!

There will be multiple Domestic Violence Shelters and Crisis Line charities benefiting from the events. All donations will receive a receipt from the charity for tax purposes.

For more on this year's Wonder Woman Day IV, including artwork, guest-list, and more, click on the above link.

If you want to see art and photos from the first three years, go here:
Wonder Woman Day III
Wonder Woman Day II
Wonder Woman Day I

[aegisbearer]

I wish I had the ability to attend. I have seen the site for years. Perhaps someday I will be able to see this tremendous event in person!

[Gail Simone]

This IS an amazing event. I've gone for the last couple years as a guest and the year before that just as a customer, and I've bid on some auction items and won a couple, too.

I am going to TRY to make it there but I can't yet commit for various reasons. :(

But it's a great event, a worthy cause, a lot of fun, and it's in one of the best comic stores anywhere.

YOU SHOULD GO.

[aegisbearer]

This IS an amazing event. I've gone for the last couple years as a guest and the year before that just as a customer, and I've bid on some auction items and won a couple, too.

I am going to TRY to make it there but I can't yet commit for various reasons. :(

But it's a great event, a worthy cause, a lot of fun, and it's in one of the best comic stores anywhere.

YOU SHOULD GO.

It's a $$$ thing. Believe me, if I could, I would be there.

[Meljean]

Oh! You just made my daughter's night -- I clicked on the link for last year's WW Day, and she's in one of the photos. She feels famous. Awww.

We had a great time last year and expect to come this year, as well. It's a fantastic event; I wouldn't miss it.

[Gail Simone]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome a fantastic novelist, specializing in very sexy and scary books, Portland resident (and Wonder fan) Meljean Brook!

Her blog and website are at meljeanbrook.com , and is highly recommended. She's a snappy, smart writer and a lot of fun to read!

[AndyMangels]

Glad to hear your daughter was happy (and you) Meljean. I'm amazed at the number of creative people who come to the event icognito. There's all sorts of comic pros who show up unannounced, and last year one of the local county sheriffs showed up and bought some artwork for her office! I'm always so busy running around making sure everything goes right that I barely get time to meet and greet. It's a lot of coordination each year to pull it all off!

And heck, last year in New Jersey, Pete Marston, the son of William Moulton Marston (and the world's only suriving contributor to the 1940s adventures as a plotter) showed up. We've talked about flying him out to Portland one year.

Which one was your girl? One of the Wonder Girls, or the Supergirl? I find it funny that even among the Wonder Girls there were two different "official" costumes. Viva la Wonder outfits!

[Gail Simone]

If it's okay with Meljean, I can answer that. Her beautiful daughter is the second from the right on the top row of the pictures from WW day III.

That was a fun time. DC Daria Eliuk showed up looking fantastic in a Wonder Woman outfit, and there was another Wonder Woman cosplayer who looked fricking AMAZING and stayed in character the whole time...she was one of the best I had ever seen.

I brought my teenaged son and his best friend, and they had a ball even though neither is a Wonder fan in particular. My husband kept asking if they were bored, if they wanted to go to OMSI or the Zoo or something, and they didn't, they just wanted to hang around the event. It MIGHT have had something to do with the women wearing skimpy Wonder costumes or it MIGHT have been all the cute girls coming in with books to get signed. :)

But the funniest thing is, my son and his friend are both really shy kids, but they are very much gentlemen and not your typical obnoxious teenagers. But when they got their photos taken with Daria, who is (I'm being polite) rather well endowed by nature, we somehow got the EXACT MOMENT in both photos where the boys' eyes strayed right to her bosom, and the look on their faces, hoping they won't be caught is HILARIOUS. I have mercilessly teased them both about it ever since.

Daria is a wonderful lady, she was really great with all the people who took her picture, and the other cosplayer, sheesh, she WAS Wonder Woman!

[Meljean]

"Her beautiful daughter is the second from the right on the top row of the pictures from WW day III."

That's her.

I think my eyes strayed more than once to some rather magnificent bosoms, too. The ladies were gorgeous.

[Gail Simone]

"Her beautiful daughter is the second from the right on the top row of the pictures from WW day III."

That's her.

I think my eyes strayed more than once to some rather magnificent bosoms, too. The ladies were gorgeous.

Well, let's face it, magnificent bosoms are what make the world go round.

And your daughter was a riot, I didn't even realize she WAS your daughter 'til later. The way she posed for shots was hysterical and awesome.

[AndyMangels]

A LOT of new Wonder Woman art has been posted to the site for the auction... about 40 pieces in the last week! And there are still more to come.
Wonder Woman Day IV

We're also planning out something if people want to donate, but can't make the event... something that would make it worthwhile to donate! ;>

And here are a few images in tiny form that show some of the variety of the art (there are lots more on the page, and they're clickable for larger images as well!




Intrigued yet?

[wwwx22]

Nice - visited the site a few years back and wow, the no of WW pics are simply amazing! Wish I could go, but I have to work in Jakarta... on a mission u see :)

[BlackTornado]

Where in Flemington NJ is it?.. , there is no exact location on the website, and how does one get there? looking at NJ transit there is no train to flemington, I would really like to go, just to be around fellow Wonder Woman fans

[AndyMangels]

Where in Flemington NJ is it?.. , there is no exact location on the website, and how does one get there? looking at NJ transit there is no train to flemington, I would really like to go, just to be around fellow Wonder Woman fans

Yep it does. Keep scrolling down. To where it says the following, with a link!

WONDER WOMAN DAY IV
Sunday, October 25, 2009 -- 12 am - 5 pm -- FREE
Comic Fusion, 42 Main St., Flemington, New Jersey
A part of national Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

An ALL AGES benefit and celebration for an important Domestic Violence shelter!
Safe in Hunterdon of Hunterdon County, New Jersey

SPECIAL GUESTS SIGNING (Sat & Sun various times):
JOE SINNOTT (Sunday the 25th)!
KEN HAESER (Saturday the 24th)!
ROB KRAMER (Saturday the 24th)!
Other Names To Be Added Soon

[Gail Simone]

A LOT of new Wonder Woman art has been posted to the site for the auction... about 40 pieces in the last week! And there are still more to come.
Wonder Woman Day IV

We're also planning out something if people want to donate, but can't make the event... something that would make it worthwhile to donate! ;>

And here are a few images in tiny form that show some of the variety of the art (there are lots more on the page, and they're clickable for larger images as well!









Intrigued yet?

Um.

Wow?

My biggest problem last year was wanting to take all the art home with me.