{"id":707,"date":"2009-03-27T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2009-03-27T08:52:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T12:52:08","slug":"twitter-is-good-for-something-matt-sturges-autograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/27\/twitter-is-good-for-something-matt-sturges-autograph\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter is Good for Something &#8211; Matt Sturges Autograph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matt Sturges (writer of comics such as <em>Jack of Fables<\/em>, <em>Shadowpact<\/em>, <em>House of Mystery<\/em>, and <em>Blue Beetle<\/em>) frequently holds contests via Twitter.\u00a0 He held one a few weeks ago asking people to send him their favorite quote from his <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> run.\u00a0 I sent him the quote, &#8220;<span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Consider yourselves defeated. And nerds of the Earth, take note &#8212; I did it&#8230; WITH SCIENCE!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">I was one of the lucky winners!\u00a0 I received in the mail from Sturges a signed copy of <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> #36 (the final issue of the series).\u00a0 See&#8230; Twitter is good for something!\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 And a special thanks to Matt Sturges for holding the contest!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">You can follow Matt Sturges on Twitter by <a title=\"Matt Sturges on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_sturges\" class=\"broken_link\">clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are interested, <a title=\"Irredeemable Shag on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/onceuponageek\" class=\"broken_link\">click here<\/a> to follow me on Twitter.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Beetle comic signed by Matt Sturges\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_beetle_sturges.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"789\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/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-707\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/27\/twitter-is-good-for-something-matt-sturges-autograph\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" 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Best","date":"June 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"BLUE DEVIL WEEK continues here at Once Upon a Geek! Today we'll be spotlighting some of my favorite stories and supporting characters from Blue Devil. Don't forget, on Friday we'll feature an exclusive ONCE UPON A GEEK interview with the creators of Blue Devil! Great Stories The earliest Blue Devil\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_preview.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1055,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/01\/blue-devil-week-sympathy-for-the-devil\/","url_meta":{"origin":707,"position":1},"title":"Blue Devil Week: Sympathy for the Devil","date":"June 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s BLUE DEVIL WEEK here at Once Upon a Geek! 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Here are the titles I read and some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":953,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/05\/the-blue\/","url_meta":{"origin":707,"position":4},"title":"The Blue&#8230;","date":"May 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Blue Beetle advertisement that ran in DC Comics cover dated June 1986.\u00a0 I love this Paris Cullins art!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue-beetle-ad-86.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1117,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/04\/favorite-blue-devil-covers\/","url_meta":{"origin":707,"position":5},"title":"Favorite Blue Devil Covers","date":"June 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"BLUE DEVIL WEEK continues here at Once Upon a Geek! Today we'll be spotlighting\u00a0some of my favorite comic book covers related to Blue Devil. Also, be sure to come back tomorrow for a 90-minute audio interview with the creators of Blue Devil and Amethyst, Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn! 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