From: jcowling@fester.UVic.CA (Jim  Cowling)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics,rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: BloodBloodBlood #2 (Was Re: BBB (was Re: Liefield Throws Tantrum))
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:01:21 GMT
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

We made you laugh.
We made you cry.
You made us rich.

160 different covers wasn't enough, you said.
No, stop us! we cried.

It's here.

BLOODBLOODBLOOD #2
From Simulacrum Press

THRILL to the continuing expoloits of those POWER-PACKED HEROES of TOMORROW!  GASP AGOG at the 480 different variants!  CRINGE in PAIN
at the HIGH STEEL-JACKETED LEAD content!

Fresh off his latest film, FAN-FAVOURITE MEGA-ARTIST Rub Legalese and TWO DOZEN of his CLOSEST PERSONAL FRIENDS stayed up ALL NIGHT to
bring you THE MOST MOMENTOUS OCASION in COMIC ART HISTORY!

Will SHOELACE learn about his HORRIFYING SECRET?  Who is his FATHER?  His MOTHER?  Is his FIRST COUSIN a BLASPHEMOUS HORROR from BEYOND
TIME and SPACE?  He'll have to KILL every THUG in the UNIVERSE to DISCOVER THE SECRET!  Last issue's BOIDYCOUNT wasn't big enough.
This time, he's out for UNIVERSAL GENOCIDE.

MEET the SEVEN HUNDRED NEW MEMBERS of BLOODBLOODBLOOD!  You will WET YOUR PANTS at the fearsome sight of such PONDEROUS PROFESSIONAL
PUGILISTS as --

	RIPTEAR, the LIVING BLADE!  Through sheer FORCE of WILL, he is able to move his SOLID STAINLESS STEEL BODY through
	mountains of FOES and FRIENDS alike!
		(RIPTEAR copyright 1992 by Mork Silverfish.  All rights reserved)

	COSTUME, the PHENOMENAL HERO who doesn't know his origin either!  Is he the product of FORCES FROM THE PIT?  What are the
	SECRET POWERS in his AMAZINGLY LONG CAPE?
		(COSTUME copyright 1992 by Toad McFly.  All rights rserved)

	BIG GOLD-SKIN GUY WITH UZI -- You will CONSIDER the BLASPHEMOUS PLOT behind him and the 92 other members of the
	BIG GOLD-SKIN GUY BRIGADE!
		(BIG GOLD-SKIN GUY WITH UZI copyright 1992 by Which Portapotty.  All rights reserved)

AND 697 MORE!  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?

PLUS, we're giving you TWICE AS MANY SPECIAL ENHANCEMENTS to your COMIC-EATING FRENZIED ENJOYMENT!

Each issue of BLOODBLOODBLOOD #2 will come in 480 variants:

	-- Glow-in-the-dark cover
	-- Prismatic cover
	-- The ever-popular PRINTED IN BLOOD cover!
		(the goat's blood version of BLODBLOODBLOOD #1 is now worth more than $18 000 according to SORCEROR magazine!)
	-- Pre-bagged with GIANT 8 x 10 inch POSTER
	-- METALLIC INK cover
	-- and HOLOGRAM cover

Each of these SIX UNIQUE VARIANTS will include one of TWENTY DIFFERENT TRADING CARDS stapled into the comic!  And then, each will have`
one of TWENTY DIFFERENT COUPONS!  Remember BLOODBLOODBLOOD #1?  Save up your coupons for the VERY SPECIAL EDITION of BLOODBLOODBLOOD
#0!  And, yes, there will be twenty different versions of #0!  AREN'T YOU DROOLING YET? 

And, of course, each issue's cover will feature one of the FOUR MOST POPULAR MEMBERS OF BLOODBLOODBLOOD!  480 VARIANTS!

	Please note that the coupons will be printed on the backs of the trading cards.  Send in the coupons for you copy of
	BLOODBLOODBLOOD #0.  No photocopies accepted.

ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS for only $3.50 ($4.25 Canadian).  Buy NOW, buy OFTEN.  Buy 960 copies so you can have MINT EDITIONS!



		This press release furinshed by Simulacrum Press, an imprint of Long Beach Press.  Void where prohibited by law,
		all rights reserved.  Guaranteed cholestorol free.

This release may be resent over electronic or conventional media so long as it is released unexpurgated.

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Scowling Jim Cowling
Creative Writing Department, University of Victoria (opinions disassociated)
Just got my student loan.  Never been happier, thanks.
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From: daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:02:28 GMT
Subject: Re: Popularity in Comics (was Liefield Throws Tantrum)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA