Steve Vander Ark
This celebrity goo was created by player Lori Lancaster.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Lori, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (part of Round XXXII)
category: 
Fads
clue: Responsible for creating a legendary resource of epic proportions, this plotter might soon reconsider his recent endeavors.
explanation: Superfan Vander Ark, a librarian by trade, created The Harry Potter Lexicon, an exhaustive fan encyclopedia about the epic series. Despite praise by J.K. Rowling and his claim that Warner Bros. used his timeline to prepare their films, he is now being sued by the author's attorneys to take down the fan site. The word "plotter" was a play on Harry Potter and a reference to his alleged "criminal" action. more…
solved by: no one!
trivia: This goo caused controversy when Crime was mentioned in its other categories, which Scott agreed was a mistake.
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