The Television Crossover Universe Celebrates James Bojaciuk!
In the last post I announced that I would be celebrating the TVCU Crew in s a series of Crewsie bios.
James could technically be considered the first of the Crewsies. James Bojaciuk and I began working together way before the TVCU came to the web. We were both members of hte Wold Newton Family Yahoo group, and it was there that we first collaborated on creating a Wold Newton book club within the group.
From there, we decided to collaborate on a proposed website that we hoped to place under the PJFarmer umbrella, but I decided to go off and make a website about television crossovers instead. (You may be familiar with it.)
Along with the website, I created a Facebook forum. James was one of the most active members of that group, and really got what I was trying to do here.
In May 2011, before I was banned from the Wold Newton group, James posted a Wonderland timeline of his own creation in the Wold Newton group. I was so impressed by it that I offered to post it here on this website as a guest post.
It was just a few weeks later that the TVCU Crew was founded, because James' post made me realize that this wasn't something to take on alone. James demonstrated that there were plenty of fine crossoverists, better than myself in my opinion, who could add their own flavor and style to the TVCU.
When I presented the idea of these bios to the TVCU Crew, I have them a short interview questionaire, purely optional. James didn't fill one out and return it to me, but if he should in the future, I'll post that here. But I will continue at this point to discuss some of my favorites of James' posts.
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James was not only our first guest poster, but he was also the first to post after the creation of the TVCU Crew. Taking a cue from my George Washington post, he drafted a Thomas Jefferson post in June 2011.
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A few weeks after that, he tackled Warehouse 13. Some of the information from that Warehouse 13 post has been used for both my currently published books. Additionally, the Warehouse 13 post was the first post that presented a theory tying in a seemingly unrelated novel to the series, and actually came to the attention of the authors, who commented on the post (positively, I should add).
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In October 2011, James continued our presidential series with Abraham Lincoln, which also served as a teaser for his always in progress Bill & Ted and Crisis posts.
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November 2011 brought the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into the TVCU thanks to James, and got us our first mention on Reddit, a popular fan site.
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May 2012 changed the TVCU forever, when James posted a belated April 1 post on MY LITTLE PONY, and the bronies came to the TVCU as that post climbed to our most viewed spot in a few days and has stayed there ever since. Bringing in half of our views with one post was enough for me to offer James half-ownership in the website.
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November 2013 is one of my favorites, and is the one that James has previously stated to be most proud of. This is One Ghost Need Apply, which details the timeline of a Sherlock Holmes tulpa, explaining a lot of stories that contradict other established stories. It is masterfully done by the man who is a huge fan of the great detective.
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March 2014, James caught us up with Gravity Falls, one of the weirdest cartoons for children.
On April 1, 2014, as part of a TVCU crossover event, James informed us of his own death and other crossovers he has personally been involved in.
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In May 2014, James introduced us to Alison Dare, a young adventurer with many crossovers.
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In July 2014, James made a huge mistake and pointed out that crossovers in one of my favorite shows, Arrested Development, most of which I myself had not been aware.
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October 2014, James created a special post to tell us about some crossovers within THOSE WHO LIVE LONG FORGOTTEN, the first book, I believe, from 18thWall Productions, a little company that James co-founded, that same publisher that published my first book, the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia.
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February 2015, a follow-up of sorts to his first post came about when James introduced us to Narnia.
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May 2015, James began a new TVCU posting trend, introducing fictional cities, starting with Gotham City.
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In April 2016, James came to my rescue, when I tried to tackle the films of Guillermo del Toro, and quickly turned it over to him, the true expert.
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In addition to the blog, in December 2015, we launched the Television Crossover Universe Podcast and James was there with me from the very first episode where we interviewed Simon R. Green. In September 2016, when I walked away from the show, James took the lead, bringing in his chrome microphone of excellence. The show is currently on hiatus, but James will be returning, with a slightly tweaked and renamed TVCU Podcast in the near future.
James and I have had a long working relationship, and I foresee it continuing for a long time into the future in many ventures.
IN OUR NEXT POST: "CRAZY" IVAN RONALD SCHABLOTSKI
James could technically be considered the first of the Crewsies. James Bojaciuk and I began working together way before the TVCU came to the web. We were both members of hte Wold Newton Family Yahoo group, and it was there that we first collaborated on creating a Wold Newton book club within the group.
From there, we decided to collaborate on a proposed website that we hoped to place under the PJFarmer umbrella, but I decided to go off and make a website about television crossovers instead. (You may be familiar with it.)
Along with the website, I created a Facebook forum. James was one of the most active members of that group, and really got what I was trying to do here.
In May 2011, before I was banned from the Wold Newton group, James posted a Wonderland timeline of his own creation in the Wold Newton group. I was so impressed by it that I offered to post it here on this website as a guest post.
It was just a few weeks later that the TVCU Crew was founded, because James' post made me realize that this wasn't something to take on alone. James demonstrated that there were plenty of fine crossoverists, better than myself in my opinion, who could add their own flavor and style to the TVCU.
When I presented the idea of these bios to the TVCU Crew, I have them a short interview questionaire, purely optional. James didn't fill one out and return it to me, but if he should in the future, I'll post that here. But I will continue at this point to discuss some of my favorites of James' posts.
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James was not only our first guest poster, but he was also the first to post after the creation of the TVCU Crew. Taking a cue from my George Washington post, he drafted a Thomas Jefferson post in June 2011.
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A few weeks after that, he tackled Warehouse 13. Some of the information from that Warehouse 13 post has been used for both my currently published books. Additionally, the Warehouse 13 post was the first post that presented a theory tying in a seemingly unrelated novel to the series, and actually came to the attention of the authors, who commented on the post (positively, I should add).
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In October 2011, James continued our presidential series with Abraham Lincoln, which also served as a teaser for his always in progress Bill & Ted and Crisis posts.
[image error]
November 2011 brought the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into the TVCU thanks to James, and got us our first mention on Reddit, a popular fan site.
[image error]
May 2012 changed the TVCU forever, when James posted a belated April 1 post on MY LITTLE PONY, and the bronies came to the TVCU as that post climbed to our most viewed spot in a few days and has stayed there ever since. Bringing in half of our views with one post was enough for me to offer James half-ownership in the website.
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November 2013 is one of my favorites, and is the one that James has previously stated to be most proud of. This is One Ghost Need Apply, which details the timeline of a Sherlock Holmes tulpa, explaining a lot of stories that contradict other established stories. It is masterfully done by the man who is a huge fan of the great detective.
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March 2014, James caught us up with Gravity Falls, one of the weirdest cartoons for children.
On April 1, 2014, as part of a TVCU crossover event, James informed us of his own death and other crossovers he has personally been involved in.
[image error]
In May 2014, James introduced us to Alison Dare, a young adventurer with many crossovers.
[image error]
In July 2014, James made a huge mistake and pointed out that crossovers in one of my favorite shows, Arrested Development, most of which I myself had not been aware.
[image error]
October 2014, James created a special post to tell us about some crossovers within THOSE WHO LIVE LONG FORGOTTEN, the first book, I believe, from 18thWall Productions, a little company that James co-founded, that same publisher that published my first book, the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia.
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February 2015, a follow-up of sorts to his first post came about when James introduced us to Narnia.
[image error]
May 2015, James began a new TVCU posting trend, introducing fictional cities, starting with Gotham City.
[image error]
In April 2016, James came to my rescue, when I tried to tackle the films of Guillermo del Toro, and quickly turned it over to him, the true expert.
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In addition to the blog, in December 2015, we launched the Television Crossover Universe Podcast and James was there with me from the very first episode where we interviewed Simon R. Green. In September 2016, when I walked away from the show, James took the lead, bringing in his chrome microphone of excellence. The show is currently on hiatus, but James will be returning, with a slightly tweaked and renamed TVCU Podcast in the near future.
James and I have had a long working relationship, and I foresee it continuing for a long time into the future in many ventures.
IN OUR NEXT POST: "CRAZY" IVAN RONALD SCHABLOTSKI
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