Give to Charity, Get Mister Magoo Comics at Mid-Ohio-Con
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more! This year at Mid-Ohio-Con, when you make a donation of $5.00 or more to
the Charity Jar, you not only get to help fund the research for the American
Diabetes Association, you get to walk off with a copy of the official 40th
anniversary comic adaptation of Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol. Writer
Chris Yambar, artist George Broderick, Jr., and inker Ken Wheaton will be on
hand to sign your copies too!
participate in the charity giving by sending their minimum $5.00 donation plus
$3.00 postage to: Chris Yambar, PO Box 1260, Youngstown, Ohio 44501-1260.
Outside of the USA and Canada please add an additional $2 for postage. All
donations sent will go directly to the Charity Jar at the Mid-Ohio-Con. All
comics will be sent by December 15, 2003.
Hilton Columbus: Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio. For more about the show,
including a full guest list, ticket info and more, go to http://www.midohiocon.com.
ons why:<br><br>1. Before there was Popeye, there was
Thimble Theater, which began in 1919 and featured Olive, Castor and Ham Gravy
(Olive’s first boyfriend and Castor’s best friend). This motley crew made a name
for itself in the early days of Sunday strips, with a long and illustrious reign
which lasted ten years.<br><br>2. In 1929, Segar cleverly decided to have Castor
and Ham decide to seek the legendary Whiffle Hen on Dice Island. But because
neither loafer was much of a boatman, they headed to the docks in search of a
worthy seaman. Little did they know, that this seaman would steal all that
they’d worked to build.<br><br>3. The one-eyed pipe-smoker with an anchor on his
bulging bicep was Popeye. Though he was only meant to pass through the Thimble
Theatre cast, in a plot arc that would end shortly after it began, Popeye
promptly stole the show, as readers noticed that Popeye’s appearances in the
strip beginning to wane and complained to Segar about the spinach-chomping
sailor’s absence.<br><br>4. By 1930, Popey