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2008 Appearances:
San
Diego Comic Con July 24 - 27 - San Diego Convention Center
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Chicagoland Entertainment Collectors Expo (CECE) - September 2008
Holiday Inn, Carol Stream, IL
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L. MANGUE's
ONGOING
LICENSED
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PROJECTS:
Heroes II -
Image coming soon
Strictly Ink:
Celebrity
Sketchers (promo pic coming soon)
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L.Mangue Interviews and Print:
Non-Sport Update Magazine Interview, front page
of article only:
Star Wars Insider
Magazine #97 - 30th Anniversary tribute piece
Star Wars Insider
Magazine
#90
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The Story Behind this Site
In mid to late
1999 Nerf-Herders Anonymous started out as
a catch-all of Star Wars information at fan.starwars.com. It housed
little bits of info on many Star Wars subjects, too many to be unique.
In 2000 I utilized Thargola's Sword and sliced the excess.
I filled two niches missing,
or poorly organized, elsewhere on the net: Star Wars references (I
originally thought this section would be full but not bulging and
overflowing as it is presently) and a Star Wars actors database (I wanted to
show fellow fans that each one of the people who worked on the films, TV
shows, radio shows and the games had a life beyond the saga, I was hoping to
broaden some horizons). By late
fall of 2001 Lucasfilm sent out letters about having to cut off the
free space they were hosting for fans, see it HERE.
A little disappointment
followed the announcement and I was on the fence for a short while deciding
what to do. I opted to start again using the info I'd started to collect
as my base. The site was going to be better and more thorough, even if I
had no time to do it.
Up
until May of 2002, life went as I predicted, busy. Life, work, more work and other projects. I did not
have time to transfer my site from fan.starwars.com to one of Lucasfilm's
suggested host sites.
Then...May of 2002,
the week after returning from CII in Indianapolis, I learned that I was with
child AND that I had a tumor. I was classified with an extremely high-risk pregnancy,
to save my child's life I had to remain in bed and not move. Subsequently,
not able to work or move, I was forced to bide my time with books, radio, TV
and movies. I gathered reference after reference and piles of actor
information, until I could no longer function without being monitored and was
admitted to the hospital. Nearly a month later my son arrived (six weeks
early and a grueling two weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for
him.) My son came through with flying colors but I had a long road of
recovery (my muscles had atrophied, I was very weak, and I still had the
tumor) More gathering took place.
Several
months passed, the new year came and went and I gained back most of my
strength. I was able to take care of my son and my life without help.
I got the domain name, pulled
the info together and got an incredible head start on this massive project
...then... another surgery loomed (the tumor had to be removed, all 15 lbs
of it - a record here in the Valley) and another period of recovery. Even
more gathering.
As I
recovered the site began to take shape. Becoming what is now the largest
source of Star Wars references and the only Star Wars Actors Database in the
world. It was God, family and this project that got me through the long
months of 2002 and I am thankful for the relief it allowed me. Keeping my
thoughts off the possibility of losing the most precious thing in the universe
to me and my family, off the pain, sickness and exhaustion and off what was
ahead...the unknown. In the end it all turned out splendidly...my son, my
health, resuming my life...and this site.
Nerf-Herders
Anonymous would not have existed without the unusual circumstances from 2002 -
2004.
I'm pleased to present and share
Nerf-Herders Anonymous with you, my fellow Star Wars fans. It's been fun,
I've met great people along the way, have had an incredible outpouring of
praise, support and contribution from all parts of the world.
Thank you all for your support and
help!
NERF-HERDERS
ANONYMOUS
Enjoy!
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