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POTATO MOON, Part 14 by Lloyd Davis

“What?” Bela couldn’t believe it, she couldn’t believe that when she had come to Jakob in her vulnerability that he would ask not about her but about her daughter.

Immediately Jakob knew he had made a mistake as Bela’s face, being the face of a human and not that of a ...

Bat-Men Previews

Originally published May 29, 1992

I don't generally like to discuss movies before they've opened, but several things prompt me to comment on the upcoming "Batman Returns": The letter in "Oh So" wondering why no one has talked about the preview; the presentation on "Batman" given at the recent Wondercon; ...

Can We Get a Grip Please? (Just not La Grippe)

According to the CDC, 36,000 people die annually from the flu. This obviously is not a good thing, and we should take precautions against it, but that's pretty much it. We don't act every year as if the approach of flu season is going to wipe out half ...

POTATO MOON, Part 13 by Shana Jean Hausman

At midnight the next evening, thunder boomed, nearly drowning out a timid knock on the door.

Jakob was sitting in the kitchen and practicing his russet carving skills. Bela's rejection had shaken him so that he dared not risk another true potato under his untalented blade. Instead he was ...

Behind Closed Doors…

Originally published June 5, 1992
(The following is a transcript of a super-secret Marvel comics spin-control meeting. Since it was difficult to determine which executives were speaking, they are simply identified by letters.)

Executive A: Okay, gentlemen. I want answers. I want to know what it was that we did that turned ...

POTATO MOON, Part 12 by Tom Galloway

As the sounds of Madonna's Vogue drifted out from inside Sullen Manor,
Edwood shifted his position to strike another sculpture-like pose.
This allowed him to see the potato still grasped in Bela's
aluminum-foil-jacket-like grip.

"What is that?" he asked in a voice which audibly sparkled in the dim light.

"Oh, just a tuber that Jakob ...

POTATO MOON, Part 11 by David Oakes

Note from PAD: David Oakes currently holds the land speed record for Potato Moon, turning in his contribution less than four hours after getting the call.

Lost.

Lost.

Lost.

Emotionally crushed by Edwood's indifference, Jakob was thrown under the bus
of time and into the memory of his experiences on the island. When ...

Blast from the Past

Originally published May 15, 1992

And now, due to absolutely no demand at all, we present another installment of:

USELESS STORIES

A couple of years ago, as a tie-in with DC's "Invasion" storyline, artist James Fry and I produced one of the single silliest comics it's ever been our joy to put out: ...

POTATO MOON, Part 10 by Jason Bryant

PAD here. Ten entries since last Friday, so we're ahead of the curve. Congrats to all contributors for a smooth first week.

Jakob's pants burst into flame. He thought of how this was the perfect metaphor for his feelings for Bela. He made a mental note to write it ...

The Best There Is At What He Does…and What He Does is Set Up Other Movies

Ariel and I went to the Marvel screening for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" last night. As always, I'm most interested in the reactions of someone who doesn't read X-Men comics, because let's face it--the vast majority of the movie-going public doesn't read X-Men comics. So what they think is ...