Saturday, May 20, 2006

Here's some Oilers trivia that should even interest you non-fans, assuming there are any ;)
First, we start with this guy:

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His name is Venom, and he is one of Spider-Man's arch-nemeses. I hope he is in the new movie but I haven't heard one way or the other. Venom doesn't care for Spider-Man.
Next we have this guy:

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As the big logo says, this is Spawn. He made a deal with a devil to come back to life so he could see his wife, only he got screwed over a bit, so now he is an unwilling soldier in the battle between Heaven and Hell.
Finally, we give you this:

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The Oilers alternate logo, a beautiful piece of art. All three of these icons were created by Todd McFarlane, an Alberta native (Calgary, sadly), comic book mogul, toy company founder, and part-owner of the Oilers. Or at least, he was until he was successfully sued by former NHLer Tony Twistelli for $15 million- I'm not really too sure where everything stands financially after all that mess. And for accuracy's sake, I should point out that he co-created Venom with David Michelinie, who wrote Spider-Man back when McFarlane was the artist. Cool, eh?
The Mighty Ducks logo, on the other hand, has something to do with Donald Duck and Emilio Estevez. Not quite as cool as slavering-tongued alien hybrids and hellspawns, but whatever.

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