Michael Lunsford is the artist responsible for the webcomic Supernormal Step. He drew the amazing poster for Desert Bus for Hope 4: A New Hope, summarizing the events of that six day long marathon magnificently. He’s on board to draw the poster for Desert Bus 5, and it promises to be even better! This year the poster will be available for you, the viewers to purchase from the LoadingReadyRun store, and with a portion of the profits going to Child’s Play (the other portion has to go to poor exhausted Michael, because it’s only fair…)

You can read Supernormal Step at www.supernormalstep.com and his DeviantArt page at http://zet.deviantart.com (both links are slightly less safe for the childrens, but check out the Venture Bros. Fanart on his deviantart! That is SO COOL!)

Film reviewer and host of The Escapist’s Escape to the Movies and The Big Picture webseries’, MovieBob, will be calling in at 11AM to wish the Desert Bus team well. In addition to the two previously mentioned series, Bob is also known for his ongoing series The Game Overthinker at ScrewAttack.com, as well as his column Intermission, and his blog.

Questions for MovieBob can be posted in the comment section below!

A slightly late addition to our call-in roster, Neil Gaiman is an award winning author, screenwriter, and graphic novelist that needs little introduction. Behind such work as Sandman, Good Omens, American Gods, Coraline, Stardust, and much, much more, Neil’s work is a staple among any geek’s library.  More recently, Mr. Gaiman wrote the Doctor Who episode ‘The Doctor’s Wife‘, which aired earlier this year.Throughout his career, Neil has been nominated for, or the recipient of, more writing awards than it’s reasonable for me to list, though they include the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, The Eisner Award, and the Newbery Medal, among others.

Mr. Gaiman will be calling at at 10:00AM, so please submit your questions in the comments below, and tune in at 10!

It’s no lie that Kathleen loves Atlus and all of their games, so it’s important to understand the magnitude of her delight when she saw that the developer had sent an incredible box of games and limited edition swag to support this year’s Desert Bus.

The beloved publisher of the Shin Megami Tensei Series, the Persona Series, Catherine, 3D Dot Heros, The Cursed Crusade and more, the only way this donation could have been improved was if adorable Atlus mascot Jack Frost himself hand delivered it.

And the winner is…

Ian was very impressed with the accuracy and emotional depth of this submission. However, he struggled with coming up with a winner because there were so many worthy submissions.

Thanks to all those who submitted art for our challenge, the winner of a Pong Pillow and our props is:

Alex (who may have been just a bit biased) liked this one best because it was of him… as a girl… with bees. But there were many excellent entries:

Our ‘wee hours’ auctions are starting to wrap up. Only 1 more hour for an intricate and adorable Octopimp plushie, a beautiful turquoise lace scarf, & a signed Legend of Drizzt Rulebook.

Someone take this Octopimp plushie home before I steal it!

3 Silent Auctions are closing at 10pm, so you’ve got approximately 30 mins to bust open your wallet for the children.

The Atlus Catherine Pack of Sexy Delights is indeed both sexy & delightful.

The Desert Bus for Totes duct tape bag is amazing, durable, & you’ll never find yourself without that McGyver of all household goods. It is also accompanied by its own duct tape Creepy Doll.

And the 3rd prize closing is  You In a Hijinks Ensue Comic in which, you appear, (you guessed it!) in a Hijinks Ensue Comic!

Get a’biddin’, people!

We’re continuously blown away by all our generous donors. You guys are amazing! We’re WAAAAAY ahead of where we expected to be at this point and donations show no sign of slowing down (*knock on wood*).

Here’s a milestone pic for 105K.

Keep sending in your milestone pics to milestones@desertbus.org and remember to sign up for a donor account so you can bid on live & silent auctions.