Issue 0 - Monopoly Wars - page 10

We see Pete's unorthodox dice-rolling method whereby he rubs the dice between his flat hands as though he's trying to start a fire by rolling a piece of dry wood against another.

The effect around Rich Uncle Pennybag's head (in panel 3) is taken from Karma (early New Mutants issues).

We did have very nice carpeting in the halls.

I really enjoy drawing myself from the back (panel 5). I think that angle has a better resemblance than when I draw myself from the front.

Throughout the comic, I tried to give each of the guys equal "screen time". Since the story is only 10 pages long, I knew I couldn't go into any one character in any detail. The same thing goes for the ending: I didn't want to give any one guy the pleasure of having the last word, so I gave them all their one last line.

As an epilogue to this story, I would like to mention that Will would go on to play in the Canadian national Monopoly championship and did us very proud. He finished 4th overall, which means that he played in the final 4-player game which decided the overall champion. Will was the first player out, giving him fourth place. We are all very proud of him and attribute his success to the high quality of training he received while playing against us.

Will adds: I appreciate the honourable mention in the publication that shows the underside of gaming amongst some of the most maladjusted people anywhere. As I have made somewhat of a name for myself in the annals of Canadian Monopoly (national television clips, CNN ticker, Jim Rome ...) I feel priveledged to recount one of the most unique occurances in Monopoly that occured when it was simply Jean-Guy and I left in a particular game.

We each had one or two good sets that had hotels on them, and one of us had the four railroads developed. What was unique is that we kept passing GO while sharing the new cash more or less equally. Neither of us was going to bankrupt as we kept landing on each other with mathematical precision so as to hand money back and forth in relatively equal amonts. The cash on hand for us had increased to about $15,000 cash for one and $8,000 for the other, with the amounts continuing to grow. We had played for at 40 minutes with no winner going to be decided so we called that game a draw.