Halfway Home, Baby!

The pages are finally starting to come a little faster. I wasn't sure I was going to make the halfway mark before the end of the month, but here it is, the last day of May, and here's page twelve, too.

This page requires a little bit of explanation. For the last year or so, I've been driving to the West Side of Cleveland on the first Wednesday of the Month to play Pub Quiz with a bunch of friends. The quiz I played was a ten round, intensive trivia competition, including a picture round and a video round. Our team, the brilliantly named Team Eleven, was the scourge of the pub we played at. I may have participated in fifteen quizzes over the last year and a half, and I think Team Eleven only lost three times.

The host, MikeD, did a great job running the show. He even helped me change my flat tire in the middle of a spring snowstorm. He left with my wheel lock, but that's another story. After that, though, I wanted to do something to show my appreciation. So I thought about putting him in Love and Capes.

I came up with the idea that Darkblade, in his secret identity, would attend such trivia contests to try to hone his skills. After all, if you fight villains like The Quizzler who leave clever clues for you to figure out, it's probably good to keep sharp on these things. Later in the strip, there's even a reference to Charles Goren, best known to me as being part of my last question when I was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Last month was the last pub quiz. Brendan O'Neill's, our host restaurant, lost its lease and has closed. I know MikeD is on the search for a new location, and I hope he finds one. When he does, you should make sure to come on by and play the Quiz. Team Eleven would love to take your money, too.