It's another wonderful Friday afternoon, and it's time for another wonderful Comic Vine Community Star Award! Last week, thanosrules took the cake and the award, and he showed us his super cool giant Silver Surfer statue. This week, we have another hard working member of the vine to pat on the back with our hands of awesomeness.
This week the honor of Community Star goes to none other than number 15 on the top contributors list here at the vine, IrishX! He's been on this site for two years now, and in that time, he's racked up almost 205,000 points on over 9,000 pages.
What's great about the work IrishX does on this site is that he doesn't throw all his eggs into one basket. He doesn't have 4,000 points on let's say the Doctor page and basically nothing on 100 other pages. He's doing the dirty work by adding every character, creator, location, and concept to current and not so current books in order to help make this site as complete as possible. He's got new books up on this site the second they hit the shelves at the comic book store. That's what IrishX is all about. He wikis-it-up like no one's business.
I had a heart-to-heart sit down with IrishX recently to discuss everything from life, love, to the Baha Men. Please, won't you join me in another riveting installment of Community Star Celebrity Interview?
Congrats IrishX for winning this week's Community Star Award. How does it feel?
Thank you, it's always great to know that your efforts are appreciated.
You've been on the site for a little over two years now. How did you find out about Comic Vine?
Through a friend and fellow member of CV, Deadman Wade. I probably spent a good six months coming to the site just to read the wiki before actually joining though.
How did you pick the name IrishX?
Well actually it's kind of a long story so to make it short I'll just say that I'm proud of my Irish heritage. Slainte!
How much time do you think you spend on here in a week?
I read my girlfriend the question and she burst into laughter.... is that bad? Probably spend a bit too much time here.
What is your ultimate goal, as an editor, with the wiki portion of the site?
No real goal at this time I guess. I just enjoy adding to what I think is the best wiki for comics on the internet. I'm proud to be part of the team effort (and there are so many people that make the wiki here as awesome as it is) in what I consider the backbone of the site.
Who is your favorite character and why?
Wolverine. There have been times when animals such as wolverines will get their leg caught in a trap. They have been known to chew off their own leg to get free. I think that Logan is the absolute embodiment of never say die.... never giving up. Plus there's him being a bad ass and guttin' mofo's.
What was the first comic book you ever read?
Wolverine 1 (1988). Walked into a comic shop about 1992 and saw it on the wall, thought it would be cool to own and then not much later ended up getting a subscription.
What do you do in your spare time?
Well I enjoy spending as much time as I can with my kids. Since I have two daughters I have attended a tea party or two...
Was the party nice, and was the party jumping?
The song "Survivor" by Destiny's Child was being performed by the Chipmunks so what do you think?
Was in fact everyone having a ball?
Dancing and Tea.... of course they were.
Why would someone tell the fellas to start the name calling?
I don't know. Be nice fellas.
Who let the dogs out? Who? Who? Who?
Not sure about that either but let's put Rorschach on the case and enjoy the ensuing fun.
In 2007, where did you see yourself in five years?
In 2012.
Are you at that place or did you wish for something completely unreachable like "flying car importer?"
I made it!
Quick: You are on a plane and it's going down. You have five minutes left. What do you do, hot shot? What do you do?
I will finally reach enlightenment and be able to truly answer the question... "what is the purpose of life?". Of course that won't help any of you because I'm going down in a freakin' plane!
Any last words for the viners?
Thanks to Aztek and Poet for their nominations and thanks to everyone who make this site a great place.
Thanks to IrishX for all his hard work on the site! Give him your biggest congratulations possible and we'll see you guys on Monday for another voting thread and next Friday for another Community Star Award!
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