Busting an embarrassingly caucasian move for you here in OK. I'm so glad things are going so well. Teen Titans rules. Aqualad rules. JAG is gonna rule. \m/!

Me - dancing in joy with that water-breathing telepath.

Wil... it's great that you are so happy. It's nice to read about someone who is appreciating what they have, not what they "could" have.

Keep up the great writing!

Hey Will,

Thought you ought to know that you made Userfriendly's Iambe's entry for the day. For your relationship with your stepsons no less! Trust me here on this, never think of yourself as anything less that "the man" for being held to that sort of standard.
Good man, and keep up all the great karma. Kevin

*Doing the dance of joy along with Wil and the Monkeys*

YAY!!! More Aqualad!

You rule, Wheaton, you RULE!

Seriously, I heart you.

Amen to what David said... It's cool that your life has its groove on and you're digging it the most. =)

W00t! Your life rules! I am your second or third biggest fan!

k.

p.s.: can i have a book?

dancing my little heart out for ya angel!

Love ya Man!

Andrea x

you still didn't spell foreword correctly.

Wicked neat, Uncle Wil!

Dude that just rocks! Can't wait for JAG, I loved Dancing Barefoot.

Hey, congratulations !

Looks like you're getting it together !

Why not share the enthusiasm by sending a signed picture to the loyal WWDN readers Or better yet a signed page from Dancing Barefoot or Just A Geek (that's the dork speaking :-)) )

Go AquaLad Go!!
\m/

Ok, it is SO COOL that you're doing something with KODT! Yay!

Stop, you'll make us blush.
I'd burst out into a rendition of 'Congratulations', Cliff Richard style, but I don't know all the words and I don't want to embarass myself...
WELL DONE

W00t! Way to go Wil!

I am pea green with envy!

Nice Sprockets reference, Wil ;)

"I'm as happy as a little girl!"

You rock! No, I don't want to "pet your monkey", but it would be cool of you to ask. ;o)
Hooray! for Geeks who remember "Sprockets".

Aww! What great news, I will be looking forward to seeing (or should that be hearing?) you on TTT :D

/me blares Men Without Hats.

We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine

Say, we can go where we want to, a place that they will never find
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind

And we can dance...

i'm not sure what TWO TEEN TITANS is, but i'll keep a lookout for it. acting work is always awesome..it's a great way to keep busy.

Dangit, someone beat me to the monkey comment, but I'll ask anyway...

Would you like to pet my monkey?

I'm doing the Uncle Willie Dance...Woo Hoo

*dances a happy dance*

KODT Rules!!!! I'll have to go look for that collection when it comes out.

Ain't life wonderful? I think so too.

Wil,

Thanks so much for encouraging US to encourage YOU. I'll say it again--"we belong to a mutual admiration society." But be prepared, tomorrow you may get roasted.

Freeman :)

All hail the UberGeek :)

You did it, now I'm doing it. The goal is to have my self published comic completed this year. That's written, drawn, inked, and web'ed by the end of this year. I know it's a long time frame, but I'm a new Dad and the only "me" time is when everyone else is asleep. I'm 40 and I love my sleep but I've got to do this.

When I'm done I'll send you a copy/link and you can see one ripple your pebble has made.

Cheers,

Pablo

YAY FOR WIL! **happy happy dance dance** :^)

I really need an Aqualad Action Figure.

Really.

Hey Wil!
Congrats on being able to follow your dreams. woot... aqualad.... *does happy irish jig dance thing*

Doing the "Super Teen Robot Monkey Titans Team Ultra Hyper Force Dancing Barefoot Geek Go!" dance! (Whatever that looks like!)

Hoody Hoo on the KODT news! Is it a Bundle of Trouble or Tales from the Vault?

Can't wait to buy JAG.

wow. I didn't know Marv Wolfman was involved in the Teen Titans cartoon. Now I'll have to get Tivo involved in grabbing that show. I was planning on it anyway, becaue Unca Willie was on the show. Those New Teen Titans comics of 20-25 years ago that Wolfman and Perez wrote are seared into my brain. Rock on Aqualad!

*dances with other monkeys*

You are truly blessed. :) Congratulations on the busy days ahead!

I think I shall pass on the touching of the monkey.

*dances like an epileptic chicken*

Yes, you're lucky, and smart to realize it, and generous to share it with us.

So: Thanks!

Right on. I've recently reconnected with my personal "flow state" (how about THAT for a lame descriptor?) and it's mind blowing. I mean, one small vision can manifest like a tidal wave, you know? Gates open, music plays, a feeling vital joy floods the neuro-receptors. It's like winning the lottery every day.

And I'm saying this to you, two days into breaking up with my mate, whom I love dearly and who loves me just as dearly. We just realized that the work we came together to do has happened and we've both grown and changed and now it's time to part as partners because we can be better support to each other as friends. We need to stop being partners in order to be fully ourselves. Bittersweet? Painful? Hella. But so worth it.

From within the maelstrom of uncertainty, sadness, fear, overwhelm, loss, grief, is this pulsing conga line of What Comes Next. How can we not dance?

Good for you and congratulations. It's fun and inspiring to keep track of your progress!

~A

*high five*

**doing a little dance, making a little love, gettin' down tonight, gettin' down tonight"

The only thing I can post is a smile, because that's what reading this made me do!

:-)

Oh Man....the image of you, as Deiter, doing the schprockets dance......Wil, you made my day

You got my support 100%.
I have been a fan of yours since the day I saw "Stand By Me" in 1987. I've been a fan ever since.
I'm so happy things are going great for you.
It's great to hear that we have some doing in it.
Morgan

Hello, at times I envy you, especially when I hear the great things you are doing and how you are. But that feeling on envy is only a fleeting little millisecond of feeling that is soon replaced with a want and need to follow what I want to do and be and do all that I have wanted. Not everyone in theri life can say that they did what they wanted to do. I am glad that you recognize how incredibly lucky you are. Maybe it sounds mellowdramatic as much of this post does, but this website and you make me want to do things that I always dreamed about but never actually considered viable. As Carl Sagan put it "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Sometimes reading this website makes me want to search for that unknown.
-take care, fiona

That's awesome, man. I'm jazzed to see that things are working out so well for you - would that we all should be so lucky. Congratulations, man, you rock. Dig it.

We can dance if we want to,
We can leave your friends behind
Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine

Dance, indeed!
Excellent interview as well.

Wow, congratulations! That's great to hear. :)

hey wil,
that is sooo cool! congratulations on everything!

*ok, so i've been sitting here for ages trying to write this in a way that doesn't sound really lame, and horriible!!! but this is the only way i could think of!!*

thank you for thanking us! there are so many people out there who wouldn't have recognised the things that you do. it makes everyone of us feel as if we've make a difference in something. does that make sense? anyway....thanks wil!

take care
rach

Congratulations, Wil! That's so great!

happy happy, joy joy!

*dances*

Wil,

GREAT stuff. This is my first comment -- I've been reading the blog for about a week now after O'Reilly mentioned that you're a bona fide "geek" (welcome to the club).

I think you hit the nail on the head about being lucky. What more can you ask for than the love of a good woman, the love of your kids (that's kick-ass cool btw) and a job that you enjoy doing....

Yeah, yeah, rich would be nice, but that entails a whole NOTHER bunch of problems....

Thanks for the blog -- it's awfully fun.

I am so thrilled for you! I love when you make comments about your wife. I hope my husband talks about me like that. My 9 year old son loves Teen Titans and I watch now that I am an Aqualad fan!

Huzzah!

And now, we are dancing for you, barefoot even! Way to go Wil. I can't help but be happy for you. Every day new smiles. That's what I want for you, and am so happy you're getting it.

All the best. And keep on sharing!
Melissa

Dance dance dance dance ... yeaaaah!

For those of us who can relate to Wil's posting: let me elaborate:

"And now is the time on WWDN when WE DANCE" referring to the greatest (non) West German Television Show "Sprockets" (please cue the song "Electric Cafe" by our fellow West German web monkeys "Kraftwerk")

If I were a gas, I'd be inert >

That Rawkesssssssssssssssssssss. I get the feeling that your going to be busy for awhile.
"It's a good thing."

Trisha Sebastian was just telling the rest of us at Sequential Tart about having interviewed you -- we're all very excited! ^_^ But I didn't know you were even into comics! (Hey, we may be a webzine about comics, but that's not ALL we're about ^_~) So you read KotDT! That rawks, man! ^_^ Anyway, Trish told us about your books and yer blog, so here I am ^_^

Hey, have you gotten to actually talk to Marv Wolfman? And if you have, he wouldn't happen to have mentioned anything to you in passing about the Elfquest movie, huh? If it ever gets out of production hell, maybe you could do a voice for it? ^_^

~Wolfie

Just bought the "Disco Fever" CD at Target; time to put it on full blast:

Celebrate good times COME ON!

WTFG, Wil; you totally rule! (As do Anne and the boys...)

(Oh, and Greg: I also bought the "1980's Dance" CD solely because it had The Safety Dance on it!)

It is possible to follow your dreams, and get there. I wanted to be a professor of astronomy and write science fiction novels, and I'm doing it. The curse of the human condition is to never be satisfied with what we have, however. What have you done lately, sort of thing. You're pushing on JAG, new acting jobs, and more -- what you're doing really well is appreciating what you have and appreciating your efforts to move forward. I'm working on that myself.

WAY TO GO WIL!

I've got your last TEEN TITAN on tape

I hope they have given you more than
13 words I counted last time..

yay! and a \m/ for good measure since I've finally realised what it means. I would do a dance, but being British I'm far too reserved.

Very cool, Wil! You deserve all the good that comes your way!

sidenote: I can't believe after 60+ comments, nobody has said anything about your killer Smiths references for titles. "Oscillate Wildly" is one of my all time favorite songs by them. ["London" is their most aggressive, if not one of their shortest ones that I love.]

Woot! You're one froody dude.

doh. we'll nobody commented on the Smiths' references in the "Oscillate Wildly" comments... someone was on it early in the "Reel Around the Fountain" comments. my bad.

You still RAWK, Wil!

Yes!
WWdN teams up with Knights of the Dinner Table!
The Pinnacle of Geekdom ensues.

Whee!

/me cranks up "Linus and Lucy" and does the happy Snoopy dance.

Rock on! (:

Aqualad again AND a Marv Wolfman scripted episode?!?

The gods doth shine upon thee.

Good stuff Wil. KODT will make you a man. Not as much as quoting The Smiths will, but a man nonetheless.

Rock on sonny and don't let the writing boglin you down!

The SNL Sprockets reference was cool. That was my favorite part.

*does a snoopy dance in your honor* This post made me smile, even though my face is still sore from getting my wisdom teeth out. \m/

Great post Wil. I recently found your wonderful blog and I'm rapidly become "YAR(G)R" (Yet Another Regular (Geek) Reader!

You deserve every ounce of this success. It's a testament to good work, and I can't wait to see more good work from you.

Hey, let us know if you meet Brian Posehn on the voice-acting circuit. He's done stuff for "Clerks," and has a regular gig on "Mission Hill." He's a hilarious stand-up, and was great on "Mr. Show."

Hi Wil

For what it's worth, I think if you'd have started your piece for the magazine with a topic(thesis) paragraph, you would have greatly increased your chances of being included....your sentiments about Cobain's life, attitude, and music, and how his addictions colored those things, were heartfelt, poingant,and insightful-as your best writing always is--but I think they were buried to deeply in the piece. Your first paragraph is a very good second paragraph. This, of course from someone who's never been paid to write to someone who has, so.....like I said, FWIW

sheesh...wrong blog....my bad

I LOVE THE SMITHS!