Yeah, thanks Wolvie, I can barely believe it myself. Big thanks go out to Zeek, Weston and of course William S. along with supporters like Elfsar, Chris @ ComicHacks.com, crackerbob @ fortheloveofcomics.com, Panels of Awesome (great looking blog!), blog@newsarama.com, aeComics and others. It was a huge year for me personally and a big year for the blog with guest bloggers, more exposure through Zeros 2 Heroes and getting reviewed on G4 Attack The Show (nothing better than hearing Olivia saying “Good job, Robert)! William, Zeek, Weston and I really wanted to do a podcast from Elfsar before the end of 2007 but that didn’t happen so look forward to that in the coming month or so!

Check out some of my other blog posts on the Zeros 2 Heroes blog and follow the progress of the Gustav Hayes comic book here:
http://blog.zeros2heroes.com/2008/01/17/gustav-hayes-editorial-process/

Thanks to everyone! I plan to keep working hard to keep this blog alive and half decent.

Hey all. I will be going abroad for a while to deal with personal family stuff. Please welcome Weston and his great blog posts! Perhaps Zeek and William S might pop on and make a post here there!

I hope to put out my Best Bang tomorrow. 2 weeks worth. I may have time to make a post here and there but until early Novemember, I will be sparatic in my posts.

Please feel free to lay into Weston, Zeek and / or William while I am away!

Okay. I must gush about how Marvel is doing a great job with the whole Annihilation comics and storyline. I just picked up Annihilation Book 1 in trade and even though I had the singles, reading it all together was AMAZING and I look forward to the rest of the Annihilation books (3 of them I believe). From the art to the wicked story the Ann takes you on a wild ride through the space opera that is the Marvel Comics Space Universe sans The Shi’ar since they are apart of the X-Men Universe.

Some tidbits on the new Annihilation: Conquest mini-series coming oddly enough also on Nov. 7th!

Check more out here via Comics Continuum:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0710/09/index.htm

I meant to post this yesterday but I took the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend to be offline (for the most part) and spend time with the family. That said - Arcana Comics has finally announced that their Dark Horrors 2 anthology title is *hopefully* coming out for Nov. 7th (Nice! Day after my birthday! Woo Hoo!).

Why am I mentioning this? Well…

Once again Arcana goes to the most fearsome stories in a tale so eery it could only be called Dark Horrors. The second installment of Arcana’s popular Dark Horrors Anthology is set for a Halloween release and the winning creators who submitted work for the book were recently announced. A special congratulations to following, who will grace the pages of Arcana’s horror offering:

Gerrin Tramis — The Last Job
Ed Quimby — Time Lost Land; “Heather”
Phil McClorey — Scottish Pride
Jason Whiton –Farewells
Eve Grandt — I Dare You
Bart Thompson — Love Sprouts; Identity
Dan Fleming — Ticking Away
Michelle and Kelly Everaert — Prize Catch; “Mermaid”
Martin Fisher — Any Cost for Life
Miguel Caceres — Dark Side of Theo Wunderlich
Dave Collins — Blood Harvest
Scott O. Brown — Whale Song
Egg Embry — Ghost Train
Robert Tinnell — Reunion
Robert Parizek — Blood Stain
Jonathan Baylis & David Beyer Jr — In the Head, Please

As you can see my 6 page comic will be published in that book so go out and pick up a copy. I have seem the some of the submissions by the other creators and they are GREAT! Wonderful work by all!

You can order this book using Diamond Code AUG073375 at your LCS!

As far as I know this will be an Arcana Comic and not a Platinum Studios Comic as per all the news of Sean O’Reilly, the Editor In Chief of Arcana, accepting a position at Platinum Studios.
Newsarama has details on that here:
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=132256

Alright Kids. Your Uncle Robert is back (but NOT dressed all cosplay like in a black Spiderman costume!) and much like The Unknown Super Hero - it’s a fresh smack in the face!

Nice work on the action figure! Go here to see the back or click the image above:
http://www.magpage.com/~spidey/FIGURES/unknown.htm

Big thanks to Derek / Zeek and I hope he keeps on as a regular poster! Keep us all into the loop on the whole “Watchmen” movie news, viral marketing and whatnots!

Alright…alright… here it is, my tattoo is done. Have a looksee…

Special Thanks to Jeremy Glen (what a great artist and good guy!) @ Infinity Ink. I am already planning my next tat! Click on the image below to go to their site or check out their myspace site here!

I got ink! This lovely tattoo was done by the amazing Jeremy Glen @ Infinity Ink Tattoo. This is just part one and when it heals up in a three weeks, I will go back for the final touches. I am very very happy with the work!

Welcome to Between the Staples version 2.0.

A new year brings with it a new look! Enjoy!

Almost a lifetime ago my friend William S. and I started this idea over coffee. Lets start an endless story, we write chapters and continue the story chapter by chapter. This began as written on paper (very old school) and we took the chapters, read them and then continued. This went only so far and then it went online (of course) and it went from a website on my domain to its own blog.

This is not the best writing in the world at all. The formating needs to be addressed for many of the chapters as they were just copy & pasted into the new blog but I think this will grow from here.

If you are looking for something to read, check this out…

http://memorygarden.wordpress.com/

The BEST (personally) for 2006

Cuba 2006
In April I went to Cuba with my wife and our mothers. We had a blast and one of the best vacations I have ever had. Mojitos & Cigars all around!!

The Czech Republic
I went for almost 6 weeks to the Czech Republic in May/June of this year to visit my father and step-mother. I had a good time but I was there because my father was not doing so well so I went for physical and mental help. I think my trip did good for everyone and reminded me of how much I miss my brother (who lives in Czech these days).

Vanilla Bean Solutions
I started my own contracting company and have been working like this since I got back from the Czech Republic. It has been quite the exciting time in my life and I really enjoy working contract. Always on the look out for new work and it is fun!
http://www.vanillabeansolutions.com/

Zdenek Parizek Jr
While the Czech I had time to spend with my brother and his lovely wife. The time I spent with them was wonderful and I enjoy remembering every second! Hotdog and Beer (Pivo) Bro!

BC Lions Win the 2006 Grey Cup
After supporting the Lions for a few seasons now with season tickets and watching them go through ups and downs. The Lions went and won the Cup they should have gotten last year. Was a very good run and enjoyed in much!!!
http://www.bclions.com/

24 hour Comic Book Day
Like I did a few years ago on the very first 24hr comic book. I went this year and took part. Photos are all on Elfsars website and I have a link to the comic I made below. I was sporting my mohawk that day.
http://www.elfsar.com/24HCD/24hourcomicday2006.htm
http://rparizek.ca/24hr_2006/

Between The Staples Launches!
After several months / years of working on this - On September 21st of 2006 I got my blog website up and running. Here is the first post:
http://betweenthestaples.com/home/archives/12

Family Xmas in Port Moody
I managed to make sure my father made it up from Los Angeles to Vancouver (specifically Port Moody) for December 24th. We had a lovely Christmas with the family in our home and will continue to enjoy my father’s presence for a month while he visits.

Charles “Chuck” Tricker
My good friend Philip Tricker (and his girlfriend) had a little boy this year and I think its great for them. As my good friend William S has said, “I will call him Chuck until he’s old enough to tell me otherwise!”. I have to laugh and agree.

The WORST (personally) for 2006

Eve Parizek
My little girl Eve Parizek Passed Away. While I was in the Czech Republic, our little girl Eve passed away. She had cancer and was getting weaker and weaker until Tamara took her in. I miss her so much!

My Uncle Zdenek Passed Away
Although he was my uncle from the Czech Republic, I still really enjoyed when he came out to see me and hearing all the many stories about him and my other uncle. He and my father were very good friends when they were younger and it still hurts me to think he’s gone.
My Step-Mother Passing Away
Vera Berez passed away on July 25, 2006. I had the opportunity to visit with her and my father in the Czech Republic. Please keep the thought of Vera in your hearts. She loved the world!
http://www.milacek.com/american.htm

Devlin West
I have to say that I was initially very happy when Radiant Communications sold off its “web division” to Devlin.ca. I had hopes for joining a large company and doing a lot larger projects and development. Unfortunately that soon after I signed over from Radiant to Devlin, I made the decision to leave the company soon so I could go and support my father in the Czech Republic. I put this down as “Worst” of 2006 because I really felt that Devlin and Radiant dropped the ball on the “merger” of us Radiant employees. After I signed over things were very chaotic and run by someone who cares more about image than the company itself (I think). After I returned from Czech and opened my own company, I went to work for Devlin on contract and Oh My Goodness I am glad I was a contract employee. I do feel that Devlin has a lot of work to do to become a competitive web development company in Vancouver. I believe that Devlin West (the nickname of the Vancouver office) needs to work on it’s negative energy. Hopefully if that is fixed and image / perception is not the main focus of the company it can do well. I wish it the best but glad I no longer work there.