http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3487 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:44:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3487 I liked the old tree logo... I liked the old tree logo…

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3471 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:59:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3471 Non-profit organizations are adicted to acronyms (trust me, I work for one). Once the name becomes an acronym, everything else they do tends to get its own acronym. Fund-raising activities become Fund Raising Initatives Energizing New Support Doodads -- and nonody needs that. Non-profit organizations are adicted to acronyms (trust me, I work for one). Once the name becomes an acronym, everything else they do tends to get its own acronym. Fund-raising activities become Fund Raising Initatives Energizing New Support Doodads — and nonody needs that.

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3460 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:25:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3460 Iliked that ACTOR was an acronym, and it reminded me of "action" which is the bread-and-butter of many comics. But if they still want to use a pseudo-acronym, you could always say HERO stands for HElping "R" (our) Own. Iliked that ACTOR was an acronym, and it reminded me of “action” which is the bread-and-butter of many comics. But if they still want to use a pseudo-acronym, you could always say HERO stands for HElping “R” (our) Own.

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3431 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:45:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/05/actor-is-now-hero-initiative/#comment-3431 [...] XHTML ACTOR Name Change CATEGORY: Comic News AUTHOR: Johanna POSTED: 2006-09-05 8:36 am I’m taking the lazy wayout: Heidi’s posted the press release in which ACTOR announces that it’s changing its name to Hero Initiative (website update to come) because no one could figure out what “ACTOR” had to do with comics. [...] […] XHTML ACTOR Name Change CATEGORY: Comic News AUTHOR: Johanna POSTED: 2006-09-05 8:36 am I’m taking the lazy wayout: Heidi’s posted the press release in which ACTOR announces that it’s changing its name to Hero Initiative (website update to come) because no one could figure out what “ACTOR” had to do with comics. […]

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