Whats this I hear about a hacking during the announcement conference for Generation X #1?
I actually hadn’t heard about this until just recently, and I’m sure no one would ever really ask this, but I felt the story was so ironic that I just had to share it. I’m quoting from an article titled ” A 20th Anniversary and a 20s Comic ” by Danny Duncan Collum published in Soujerners Magazine, November 1994. “To launch Generation X, Marvel public relations people decided it would be appropriate to have an on-line press conference over CompuServe. Well, comic book readers are rather anarchic to begin with. When hacker geeks are added to the mix, chaos reigns. Minutes into the conference, reporters were being interrupted and cajoled, causing the moderator of the conference to sign off, wishing everyone else well. ” Hey, in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Brodie owns a huge comic shop. Any signs of Generation X in there? Once again, a question no one would ask, but hell, it’s a nice Easter egg. Heck, it even sorta dates when the scene was filmed, as issue #74 came out April 2001.
