{"id":3145,"date":"2010-04-05T06:45:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T10:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2010-04-02T23:57:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T03:57:55","slug":"hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope you had a great April Fools\u2019 Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"April Fools Judd Winick JLA image\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/juddwinick_jla.jpg\" alt=\"April Fools Judd Winick JLA image\" width=\"520\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope you enjoyed the April Fools\u2019 Day gag about Judd Winick&#8217;s promotion to DC Comics Editor-in-Chief.  This bit of fun was brought to you by:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Frank &#8211; <a title=\"Idol-Head of Diabolu\" href=\"http:\/\/idol-head.blogspot.com\">Idol-Head of Diabolu<\/a> (the Martian Manhunter blog), <a title=\"Atom: The Mighty Mite blog\" href=\"http:\/\/themightymite.blogspot.com\/\">Atom: The Mighty Might blog<\/a>, <a title=\"nurgh\" href=\"http:\/\/nurgh.blogspot.com\/\">&#8230;nurgh&#8230;<\/a>, and <a title=\"Justice League Detroit\" href=\"http:\/\/justiceleaguedetroit.blogspot.com\/\">Justice League Detroit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dan &#8211; <a title=\"It&#039;s a Dan&#039;s World\" href=\"http:\/\/itsadansworld.blogspot.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">It&#8217;s a Dan&#8217;s World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mike &#8211; <a title=\"Fortress of Baileytude\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fortressofbaileytude.com\/\">Fortress of Baileytude<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Billy Penn &#8211; The artist that provided the Judd Winick\/JLA picture.\u00a0 Here is his <a title=\"Billy Penn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100000147219665\">Facebook page<\/a>, and yes he takes commissions.<\/li>\n<li>And me &#8211; <a title=\"Once Upon a Geek\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/\">Once Upon a Geek<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My thanks to the guys for participating in this last minute prank.\u00a0 If you enjoyed it, check out our April Fool&#8217;s joke from 2009 &#8211; <a title=\"Vibe: Rebirth\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/04\/01\/geoff-johns-and-ethan-van-sciver-talk-vibe-rebirth\/\"><em>Vibe: Rebirth<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3145\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3145\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3145\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/05\/hope-you-had-a-great-april-fools%e2%80%99-day\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you enjoyed the April Fools\u2019 Day gag about Judd Winick&#8217;s promotion to DC Comics Editor-in-Chief. 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