This site is devoted to the DC Character Aquaman, and is meant for informational and educational purposes only. It is a personal site, not a commercial site. It is the work of Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag, who is responsible for its contents. All questions regarding this site should be addressed to her. No, I am not looking for a sponsor, nor do I wish to have advertisements cluttering up this site.
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Why not?
Sorry if I sound a little defensive, but I've been put under a surprising amount of pressure by people who seem to think that comics are a juvenile medium, and that I'm somehow contributing to the downfall of society by creating a website devoted to a comic book character. (What surprises me about such people is that they would waste their valuable time, time which could be spent improving society in a more concrete way, to browse the web, find my page, and tell me this.)
In any case, the only answer I can give is simple enough: Because I can, because it seemed like a neat thing to do, because no one else had done it when I started. I went into this hoping to learn more about comic books, and I have. Along with the sour grapes I've been presented, I've gotten a lot of positive feedback and cheerful advice.
Not that you ought to care, but Laura Gjovaag, born January 20, 19somethingerother, is the creator of this site. She grew up in a suburb of Seattle, and currently lives in in a different suburb of Seattle, Washington.
Laura collects a lot of different comic books, and she really likes Elseworlds. Other interests besides Comic Books include: bicycling, swimming, Doctor Who, LEGO Trains, and lots and lots of books. She is also a published poet, and has posted most of her poetry online. Her husband, Eric, is a big fan of The Wizard of Oz books, and anyone young at heart will love his Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website. She typed in the out-of-print and hard-to-find 100-year-old children's book The Counterpane Fairy, and submitted it to Gutenberg as well, so a new generation can enjoy it.
It's here. I took it out of reach of small children, as I was getting tired of being harrassed for having an opinion. Any intelligent person can find several ways to e-mail me, and a great many have. Hopefully, the idiots won't bother trying.
After getting harrassed severely, I stopped responding to many types of questions and demands. If you have something to say to me, by all means say it, but please don't expect an answer. I used to try to be nice to everybody on-line, but I've stopped opening myself up to attacks. If this bothers you, you can either blame it on my intolerance, or you can blame it on people who have nothing better to do with their lives than try to make other people miserable. Your choice.
As for me, I've been a lot happier since I made it difficult for people to e-mail me, and thus cannot regret my choice. I know I'm shutting out a lot of great people, and I'm sorry. But the peace of mind I've gotten has been worth it.
Many thanks to Leah Adezio, Jerry Bails, Robert Beerbohm, John Bullough, Loki Carbis, Mike Carlin, Jarod Cates, John Coates, Nathan Chattaway, Daria, Zack DeLong, Steve De Young, Richard Duncan, Lynnae Dunham, Chris Eliopoulos, Michael Eury, Paige Gifford, Eric Gjovaag, Michael E. Grost, Andy Hamerlinck, Jeff Harvey, Wallace McBride, Scott McCullar, Lou Mougin, Ookla The Mok, Elayne Riggs, Dale J. Roberts, Joel Ruiz, Juan Santana, John Schwirian, Howard Shum, Bill Wormstedt, Rodrigo Mariath Zeidan, and everyone on the Aquaman mailing list and the Grand Comics Database mailing list for their suggestions and additions to this page. If I've left you out, please feel free to thwack me with a fish.
This page would be nothing without the contributions others have made to it. I thank them for making this page an interesting place to visit, and hopefully an informative and useful one too.
E-mail sent to the site maintainer or anyone else with a mail link from this site which solicits funds or for other commercial purposes will be subject to an acceptable use fee of up to US$500 per message, and will be reported to the sender's postmaster as UCE. I am a citizen of Washington state and will prosecute spammers to the full extent of the law.
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