Brooks also subsequently appeared as Gaines in a television mockumentary for the VH1 series Behind the Music and as the musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live which he hosted as himself.

Many of his fans also felt that by supporting the Gaines project they would lose the real Garth Brooks.

Gaines sold his company in the early 1960s to the Kinney Parking Company, which would also acquire National Periodicals ( aka DC Comics ) and Warner Bros. by the end of that decade.

The delegates selected a committee of five to draft a declaration of independence ; the committee was led by George Childress and also included Edward Conrad, James Gaines, Bailey Hardeman, and Collin McKinney.

Gaines was the son of Max Gaines, who as publisher of the All-American Comics division of DC Comics was also an influential figure in the history of comics.

Merchandising was also scarce and heavily overseen by Gaines, who apparently preferred to forego profit rather than risk disappointing Mads fans with substandard ancillary products.

When the man's neighbor also bought a subscription, Gaines declared the trip to be a financial success because the magazine had doubled its Haitian circulation.

These eccentric behavior patterns are also described in Gaines ' biography The Mad World of William M. Gaines, written by Mad writer Frank Jacobs and published in 1972 by Lyle Stuart, a longtime friend.

The Byron Center ZIP code is 49315, although the area served by the ZIP code also includes most of Byron Township as well as portions of Gaines Township to the east in Kent County, and Jamestown Township to the west in Ottawa County and portions of Salem Township to the southwest and Dorr Township to the south in Allegan County.

* Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan ( also known as Gaines Charter Township, Michigan )

Born Maxwell Ginsburg or Maxwell Ginzberg, he was also known as Max Gaines, M. C.

In the Seven Days Battles, at Gaines ' Mill on June 27, 1862, he was wounded, but also demonstrated bravery that eventually was recognized ( in 1892 ) with the Medal of Honor.

The pop singer Jeffrey Gaines is also from Harrisburg.

A portrait of Gaines also hangs in a prominent public place in the law school building.

Brooks also subsequently appeared as Gaines in a television " mockumentary " for the VH1 series Behind The Music and as the musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live, which he hosted as himself.

Gaines denied a restraining order on the grounds of laches and that there was a sufficient public purpose for the debate, but also ruled that the AZLP could continue to pursue damages for any violations to their constitutional rights.

Three small sidewheel gunboats of traditional type were stationed in the bay: CSS Selma, carrying four guns ; Morgan, with six guns ; and Gaines, also with six guns.

Butler later directed a sequel, also based on Gaines ' writing, called Pumping Iron II: The Women ( 1985 ).

He is most well known as a guitarist and songwriter for southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and is the younger brother of Cassie Gaines, who was also a member of the band.

The crash also killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve's sister Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray.

It was directed by Jonathan Gaines, who co-wrote with Michael Thau ; Thau also served as the editor.

Although Mad was sold in the early 1960s for tax reasons, Gaines remained as publisher until the day he died and served as a buffer between the magazine and its corporate interests.

Gaines, a United States General under whom Fitzhugh had served, had been sympathetic with the Texas Revolution.

Gaines previously served as pastor at First Baptist Church in Gardendale, Alabama, for fourteen years.

The home of the former Spanish commandant served as Gaines ' residence.

Edmund Pendleton Gaines ( March 20, 1777 – June 6, 1849 ) was a United States army officer who served with distinction during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars and the Black Hawk War.

Superior Court Judge F. Pendleton Gaines III issued an order to show cause for the president of ASU and for the director of the CPD to appear in court for a hearing on October 12, a day before the scheduled debate.

A number of Civil War-era shipwrecks remain in Mobile Bay, including American Diver, CSS Gaines, CSS Huntsville, USS Philippi, CSS Phoenix, USS Rodolph, USS Tecumseh, and CSS Tuscaloosa.

Vernon and Forts Morgan and Gaines on Mobile Bay, and he contributed more than five hundred troops to assist Florida Governor Madison S. Perry in capturing the Federal forts at Pensacola.

He organized communications plans for the operations in the Mobile area and participated, with U. S. Navy officers, in the surrender of Fort Gaines.

Map of Mobile Bay, 1861: shows Fort Gaines ( Alabama ) | Fort Gaines ( lower center ) on Dauphin Island, west of Fort Morgan ( Alabama ) | Fort Morgan, across the bay entrance.

Given respite by the Union strategy, the Confederate Army improved the defenses of Mobile Bay by strengthening Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines at the entrance to the bay.

He commanded the land forces that captured Forts Gaines and Morgan in conjunction with the Union naval victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

The proclamation cited pastor Gaines ’ for leading the way in showing “ Jesus ’ love to the City of Memphis by meeting practical needs of residents ” and for “ embracing Bellevue Loves Memphis as a way of life .” The document mentioned the church ’ s sponsor of a Christian Mobile Dental Clinic that provides free dental care to the underprivileged, and the church ’ s funding of The Vue, a ministry for college students located near the University of Memphis and accessible to students of other local colleges and universities.

It and Dauphin Island, on which Fort Gaines is situated, enclose Mobile Bay.

Promoted to captain on January 2, 1863, Alden next assumed command of the steam sloop USS Brooklyn, and led that ship in the action with Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan and with the Confederate gunboats in the Battle of Mobile Bay.

That year, Gaines let Liebowitz buy him out, and kept only Picture Stories from the Bible as the foundation of his own new company, EC Comics.

Despite the less than spectacular response to the Chris Gaines project, Brooks gained his first – and only – US Top 40 pop single in " Lost in You ", the first single from the album.

Previously, the Winnebago Prophet had encouraged Black Hawk to come to Prophetstown, arguing that the 1831 agreement made with General Gaines prohibited a return to Saukenuk, but did not forbid the Sauks from moving to Prophetstown.

This led to work with collaborators from highly varied fields: players as diverse as Pat Metheny, John Zorn, Lee Konitz, David Sylvian, Cyro Baptista, Cecil Taylor, Keiji Haino, tap dancer Will Gaines, Drum ' n ' Bass DJ Ninj, Susie Ibarra, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and the Japanese noise rock group Ruins.

Gaines said he intended to supply Fort Scott from New Orleans via the Apalachicola River.

* John P. Gaines, ( 1795 – 1857 ), born in Augusta County, United States Congressman from Kentucky and governor of the Oregon Territory.

Burnett was absent from the day-to-day operations from 2000 to 2004, and was replaced by Barbara Gaines and Maria Pope, both of whom continue to serve as executive producers, with Gaines currently acting as on-air producer.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction ( Paul Sylbert, Edwin O ' Donovan, George Gaines ), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Warren Beatty ), Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Jack Warden ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Dyan Cannon ), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Music, Original Score, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium ( Elaine May and Warren Beatty ).

Pressed for content, Gaines ' company soon began adapting stories drawn from classic authors, such as Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft.

By 1955, EC was effectively driven out of business by the backlash, and by the Comics Magazine Association of America This was an industry group that Gaines himself had suggested to the industry in order to insulate themselves from outside censorship, but he soon lost control of the organization to John Goldwater, publisher of the innocuous Archie teenage comics.

Gaines converted Mad to a magazine in 1955, partly to retain the services of its talented editor Harvey Kurtzman, who had received offers from elsewhere.

) Feldstein oversaw Mad from 1955 through 1986, as Gaines went on to a long and profitable career as a publisher of satire and enemy of bombast.

On the other hand, Gaines rejected a lucrative incentive package from Warner Brothers that would have been based on increased sales of Mad ; Gaines explained that the act of accepting the incentive would have falsely suggested that he was not already doing everything within his abilities to maximize the magazine's circulation.

When the movie proved to be a disjointed botch, Gaines paid the film company to remove all references to the magazine from all future prints and even issued private refunds to fans who wrote complaint letters.

DeBartolo's book, filled with anecdotes and forewords from Mad contributors, shows Gaines loved elaborate practical jokes ( both played by him and on him ) and verbal abuse from his staffers.

When that company merged with DC Comics in 1944, Gaines retained rights to the comic book Picture Stories from the Bible, and began his new company with a plan to market comics about science, history and the Bible to schools and churches.

With input from Gaines, the stories were scripted by Kurtzman, Feldstein and Craig.

New Houlka is a town in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, which includes the older settlement of " old Houlka ", the oldest white settlement in the county, established in 1812 at the intersection of the Natchez Trace and Gaines Trace, approximately one mile from the Chickasaw Indian Agency.

* John Gaines Miller, U. S. Congressman from Missouri.

Gaines Trace was a major route for settlers who migrated from the northeast.