I was thrilled to see that Happy
Worker, a new company founded by my brother-in-law Kris
Schantz and my sister Shirley
Yee got some very favorable press
the last couple of days for its first upcoming product, the GeekMan
(TM) Action Figure. The articles I've found so far are:

• Toy
  fair booths flog classics, and GeekMan too
• Meet
  Geekman, Aquapets: Thousands of toys unveiled at T.O. fair:
• This
  superhero's a real geek
• Geekman
  among new toys on show

Interestingly enough, a number of the reporters make a point of
comparing the action figure to Kris. I must think that the resemblance
is purely coincidental.

At any rate, I've heard Kris and Shirley talk and dream about
their work for many months now -- and now it's nice to get a chance to
share it with my readers. GeekMan comes out on retail shelves on March 1....