My 'Take' On  The 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley (SGV) Comic Book Festival! Part 1 Which Was Held On Sunday - September 19th In El Monte, California     - Above Photo:  The 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival (SGV) Poster! - At the Top Left: Michael D Hamersky Under the SGV CBF Banner At The Front of the Cuban Club Building In El Monte! - At the Middle Left: Grasiela Rodriguez, Chairperson of the 2010 SGV Greeting Michael to the Festival. - At the Bottom Left:  Raul Aguirre Jr & Hortencia Aguirre at Their Table. Raul Is Holding Codename: Sparrow #0.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3239:

As I have mentioned the past few weeks, Tina and I were looking forward to getting away from San Diego this past weekend.  We did get out of town, and this is the first blog post about those that we met there, either for the first time, or other creators that we have met at other comic cons before, and were able to catch up with at this 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival that took place on Sunday, September 19th!

I'm not going to repeat myself here about who was to appear, and what programs the SGV Festival organizers were having at this comic con. Instead, here is the link to those earlier blog posts, and other links that have picked up my earlier posts.

Instead, I first want to thank Grasiela Rodriguez,  who was  the Chairperson for this Year's SGV Comic Book Festival, AND who met both Tina and myself as soon as we entered the Cuban Club Hall building, as seen in the middle photo at the top of this post!  We also stopped by her her own table at the SGV, where she proudly presented her first self-published comic book! Congrats!

Afterwards, Tina and I started from left to right through the hall, where it took us 2 & 1/2 hours to get through the first of the three aisles of creators!  That's because this was more of an intimate comic con, where you could talk longer with the creators, take photos, etc.  That's what I like about smaller cons in smaller settings.

What really made this comic con different from most others that I have attended, is that there were NO comic book dealers set up there. That's right, NO comic book dealers!  The comics creators exhibiting there were basically almost all self-publishers, and had their own creations for sale at their tables. 

Here are just a FEW of those that were exhibiting there.  Please Note: Several of the creators there had promo copies for me to read and review for upcoming blog posts.  So, due to limited space in this blog post today, several of those will not be pictured in today's blog, but rather with their publications in review blogs later. 

First of all, we went from Left to Right, instead of the 'norm' of right to left you see most con goers travel.  

We first met Art (Arturo) Lopez, who doesn't create comic books. Instead he designs figures, that he paints afterwards.  Art also gave a presentation near the end of the day that was very interesting in how he crafted his figures!

Continuing going left, we met Dahveed Kolodny-Nagy, who has several projects going, including of course: Supa Pirate Booty Hunt that I have pictured here before!

Then we met, Javier Hernandez, who has been a Facebook Friend for a while, but I have never met in person!

Javier is the Founder of this SGV Comic Book Festival, as well as a comics creator.

 We continued going down the far left aisle, and met several other creators who will be mentioned in upcoming blog posts, after I read their publications.

One I want to mention here now, because it isn't a comic book or graphic novel, (thus I won't be reviewing it in this Blog), is Richard Carradine, who wrote the book 'The Park After Dark: An Unauthorized Guide to the Happiest (Haunted) Place on Earth [Paperback]' which when I thumbed through looked to be a very interesting book on Disneyland. Richard was sharing a table with his friend who is a creator of comics.

Another Facebook Friend, whose works I have review blogged, but never met before in person is Shawn Granger.  He is pictured to the left. 

Here are my earlier blog posts on his publications and con appearances.  Good to finally meet you in person Shawn!

Plus Dale Wilson of DWAP introduced me to the newest member of The Antidote Trust, Aposcar Guevara Cruz, who has a graphic novela that I want to read soon, and possibly review here.

Thanks for the intro, Dale!

One of the highlights for Tina and myself, was NOT comic book related!  No Kidding!

That's because the 'Fresh Fries' Van was there for the con goers to buy gourmet french fries.  No Kidding...Seriously! 

Tina couldn't believe I was ordering the Peanut ButterCup Fries, (peanut butter / Nutella / powdered sugar on sweet potato fries), but she ended up eating several of mine! 

I also had a bite of her 'Goat Cheese Fries' - a combination of Goat Cheese tossed with Raspberry Sauce on french fries.  That wa a hi-lite of our day there at the Festival!

That plus the fact that Tina and I imbed a Cuban drink, a Mojito, which is the National Drink of Cuba, and was smooth plus a great combo with my Peanut ButterCup Fries!  Yeah...I've got a sweet tooth! LOL! 

Grasiela told me that all the tables allocated for this comic con were sold out, plus a waiting list of a half dozen that there wasn't room for this year. That should be taken care of next year, when the SGV Comic Book Festival should be moving to a larger venue.  I'll be sure to mention this at that time.

I think I need to wrap up this blog post, as it is mid-morning already, and I have a lot to do today, including shipping out sales made from over the weekend, later today.

So because I have more I want to share here from this comic book festival, I'll wrap Part 1 up for today.

Thanks again, Grasiela and Javier, for inviting us up to this comic festival and for the info / pics that have been used in earlier blogs here publicizing the event!

You both made us feel at home at this Comic Book Festival.  Thanks for that!

We are also looking forward to attending your SGV Comic Book Festival next year in 2011!

PLUS: My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,235 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:   Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013     ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today... I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. Please Note: I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so it might be a while before I am able to accept your request. Just send a message along with the invite that you saw my Blog!         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that! The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Coming to Long Beach This Upcoming Halloween Weekend!   It's the 2010 LBCC! Friday October 29th through Sunday Octer 31st - In Long Beach, California     - Above Photo:  I was there at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the 1st Long Beach Comic Con in October of 2009, when Stan Lee did the Honors of doing so! - At the Left: The Poster for THIS Year's LBCC - Make Plans Now!

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3238:

Tina and I are getting ready to attend a different comic con this upcoming weekend in Metro Los Angeles...which reminded me that I haven't yet mentioned THIS Long Beach Comic Con's 2nd Annual Event in this Blog!

Before time slips away, I want YOU to make sure to mark YOUR calendars for this Great event.

I say Great, because I was there for the 1st Annual LBCC last year at this time.  It's always hard to publicize a brand new comic con, because not having been to it before, you don't know what to expect, or how much you should promote it...

However, Tina and I have been both to the 1st LBCC in 2009 that covered three days, and the LBCC Expo in early 2010, which was a one day affair.  Both were Great, although on different scales.

That's because the three day con was like the old SDCC that I first selling at back in the early 1970's, with dealers and comics creators that you could talk to on a one-to-one basis, without being trampled on during an over-sized and over croweded comic con!

The one day Expo was perfect sized for an in-between show, and reminded me of the old San Diego Quarterly Cons in the 1990's. I found myself talking to creators that I couldn't even get close to at larger shows without standing in long lines to do so!

So Tina and I have definitely booked the last weekend in October to attend this 2nd LBCC.  We suggest YOU check out the links below, both to their Facebook Fan Page, and to their own web site.  I'll be blogging more about this upcoming con in the weeks to come.  This is just first notice for you to check it out for the 2010 event and buy your membership online!

Here's just a few of the Guests that are scheduled to be there:

Jeff Balke
Comics creator & creator of the  'Sketch Colorings' concept 

Bruce Boxleitner 
Legendary actor Bruce Boxleitner, Star of the NEW Tron: Legacy at year's end. Also starred in Babylon 5    

Tim Bradstreet 
Punisher Cover Artist, Hellblazer Cover Artist, Vertigo Cover Artist, Film Production Artist, Film Art Direction    

Eric Canete 
Cybernary 2.0, Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin, Comic Book Tattoo, The End League and Animation Artist   

Howard Chaykin 
Die Hard, Punisher, Iron Fist, American Century, Mighty Love, Black Kiss, Black Hawk, American Flagg!   

Amanda Conner 
Power Girl, The Pro, Two-Step, DC Comics Cover Artist   

Carlos D'Anda 
Batman: Arkham Asylum, Deathblow, Outsiders    

Alé Garza 
Marvel, DC, Aspen artist     

Trevor Goring 
2000 AD: Road Trooper, Star Trek DS9, Roger Corman’s Death Race 2000, Pantera, Ring of Roses, Waterloo Sunset, What If? Fallen Son, Iron Siege, TheBlvd. I-IV    

Thomas Jane 
Writer & creator of Bad Planet for Raw Studios. Director: Dark Country Actor: Dark Country, Give 'Em Hell Malone, Hung, 61*   

Herb Jefferson Jr. 
The original Lieutenant Boomer in the classic Battlestar Galactica. Many TV & Film credits include Apollo 13, Outbreak, T.J. Hooker, Mission Impossible   

Drew Johnson 
The Authority, Wonder Woman, DC Comics Cover Artist    

JJ Kirby 
Backlash, The New Dynamix, X-Babies   

501st Legion: Vader's Fist 
Southern California Garrison of the 501st Legion   

Scott Lobdell 
The Scourge, Galaxy Quest, Uncanny X-Men, Generation X, Age of Apocalypse, Alpha Flight, Hardy Boys. Screenwriter.   

Gary Lockwood 
2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek    
     
Mike Mayhew 
Mike Mayhew is a world-renowned illustrator who creates some of the most exciting images in comics today.   

Mark McHaley 
Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman Archives, Women Of Marvel    

Mike Mignola 
Legendary comic creator. Creator of Hellboy.   

Danny Miki 
Exclusive inker for EIC of Marvel Comics Joe Quesada: Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spiderman,Thor, Moonknight,New Avengers, Ultimate Avengers, Xmen   

Todd Nauck 
WildGuard, Amazing Spider-Man, Teen   

Corin Nemec 
Actor, played Jonas Quinn in Stargate SG-1. Also appeared in Parker Lewis, Beverly Hills 90210, The Stand & more    

Steve Niles 
Mystery Society, 30 Days of Night and Criminal Macabre   

Oliver Nome 
DC Universe Online MMORPG, Deathblow and The New Dynamix    

Jimmy Palmiotti 
Jonah Hex, Power Girl, Film & Video Game Writer   

Dan Panosian 
Red Sonja, Uncanny X-Men, Prophet, Storm Watch, Irredeemable X-Factor   

Whilce Portacio 
Comic book artist for over 20 years. Uncanny X-Men, Heroic Age, Spawn, Batman Confidential, Wetworks, The Punisher & many more.    
    
Nei Ruffino 
Colorist on Birds of Prey, First Wave, Green Lantern Corps, Blackest Night Wonder Woman, Blackest Night Batman, Zenescope's Wonderland Series, Supergirl   

Tim Sale 
Captain America White, Batman The Long Halloween, Hulk Grey, HEROES for NBC    
     
Richard Starkings 
Elephantmen, Hip Flask, Legendary Digital Comic Book Letterer & Owner of ComicCraft   

Johanna Stokes 
Boom! Studios; Mr. Stuffins, Death Valley, Galveston, Station. Screenwriter, Eureka    
  
Gus Vazquez 
Forty-Five, Big Hero Six, Animation Artist   

Mark Waid 
Boom! Studios CCO, Incorruptible, Irredeemable, Kingdom Come, The Flash, Captain America, Fantastic Four   

Jeff Wamester 
The Darkness, Frenemy, Marvel Sketchcards   

Joshua Williamson 
Superman/Batman, Incredible Hulks, Necessary Evil, Dear Dracula, Mirror Mirro   

Bernie Wrightson 
Legendary Horror Artist, Swamp Thing, The Shadow, Heavy Metal, Frankenstein, Designed the Reavers from Joss Whedon's 'Serenity'   

R.C. Young 
Writer/illustrator of "Witchman" the comic book series 

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Again, this is just the 1st Notice about this upcoming event.  I'll be sure to post more notices here in this blog and also at my own Facebook Group Page as the weekend nears. And at least one follow up blog afterwards on the event.  Plus any comic books / promos that we pick up at the LBCC from the creators for possible review blogs!

If YOU are exhibiting at this LBCC, feel free to message me on Facebook or send me an email so I can add you in future posts!

My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,235 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:   Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013     ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today... I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. Please Note: I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so it might be a while before I am able to accept your request. Just send a message along with the invite that you saw my Blog!         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that! The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Coming Up THIS Sunday!   The 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival! Sunday - September 19th In El Monte, California     - Above Photo:  The 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival (SGV) Poster! - At the Top Left: Dale Wilson of DWAP Productions Will Be There Now. I've review blogged several of his publications...Check 'em out! - At the Middle Left: I've seen the 'Agimat Team' at several comic cons. Always fun people! They will be exhibiting also! (L-R) Arvie of Agimat, Javier Hernandez - Creator of El Muerto, and Adonna - also of Agimat. - At the Bottom Left:  Another Photo from 2nd Annual SGV Comic Book Festival. Pictured L-R is Michael Aushenker & Jim Lujan.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3237:

Tina and I are looking forward to getting away from San Diego this upcoming weekend.  First to seeing family in the LA area, who happen to be very close to the upcoming 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival that is happening on Sunday ONLY!

In case you missed my earlier blog about this Comic Festival...Here's the Press Release supplied to me by Grasiela Rodriquez, who is the Chairperson for this Year's SGV Comic Book Festival!

"Summer’s not over yet! Join the Nuvein Foundation for one last hurrah! at the 3rd Annual San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival!

Free admission to this event will give comic book readers and artists a place to learn from published artists to learn tricks of the trade!

The San Gabriel Valley Comic Book festival is back for a third year, taking place Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 11:00am to 5:00pm at the Club Cubano del Valle de San Gabriel (Cuban Club) in El Monte.

Comic book readers and amateur cartoonists of all ages will be interacting with artists from throughout Southern California, displaying the best in self-published comics, including works from members of the SGV Cartoonistas. There will also be workshops for aspiring comic artists!

The San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival is made possible through the efforts of The Nuvein Foundation for Literature and the Arts, its Events Committee and the hard-working volunteers at Nuvein Foundation. Proceeds from this event and others produced by The Nuvein Foundation go towards educational scholarships awarded to students in the creative arts and towards bringing other cultural events to enrich the quality of life in the communities of the greater San Gabriel Valley.

Refreshments will be provided by the Cuban Club along with a special appearance by the Fresh Fries truck, LA’s only gourmet French fry lunch trunk. The Cuban Club of San Gabriel Valley is located at:10960 Lower Azusa Road, El Monte, California 91731, at the intersection of Santa Anita Avenue, near the El Monte Airport. 

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Thanks again, Grasiela and Javier, for inviting us up to this comic festival and for the info / pics that have been used.  I'll be sure to post a follow up blog afterwards on the event.  Plus any comic books / promos that we pick up at the Festival from the creators for possible review blogs!

PLUS: My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,235 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:   Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013     ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today... I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. Please Note: I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so it might be a while before I am able to accept your request. Just send a message along with the invite that you saw my Blog!         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that! The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Vinnie's'Take' On Nikola Tesla and the Electric Fair  A Physics Quest 2008 Special Edition As Seen at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con International!      --- Above Top Photo: The Front Cover to Physics Quest 2008 - Nikola Tesla and the Electric Fair Promotional Comic! --- At the Top Left: (L-R) Rebecca Thompson-Flagg and Kerry G Johnson at the 2010 SDCC! --- At the Bottom Left: The Logo for the Comic Con International: San Diego - a.k.a. San Diego Comic Con 2010.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3236:

I've already mentioned that one of the great pleasures I receive at visiting comic-cons, no matter what the size of them, is visiting the sections named 'Artists Alley', and 'Small Press' or 'Indy Aisles'.

It's even better when I find a comic book that my youngest son can also enjoy, as so many comics today are not aimed at his age group. This is Vinnie's 'Take' on a promotional comic magazine that we found at the SDCC in July.

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While at the San Diego Comic Con International, my dad and I went through the Small Press Pavillion and Artist Alley.

While there, he picked up some comics, magazines, and all sorts of things for possible review, and this happened to be one of them. The title of this comic book is "Physics Quest 2008: Nikola Tesla and the Electric Fair." It is a "promotional comic book," although, it is the size of a Magazine.

The sponsors of this comic book are the American Physical Society. Their website is www.aps.org. You can even download this comic at www.physicscentral.com/physicsquest. We talked to the creators, who also did the promotional comic "Spectra #1," which my dad blogged about, and can be found here.

This book was very interesting, and I feel it would be a great study tool, as it is probably more interesting to read this, than a chapter from a textbook. Now to go more "in-depth."

Front Cover - It shows most of the main characters; Nikola Testla, Thomas Alva Edison, "Mark Twain", and George Westinghouse Jr. For the background, it has a flash of electricity or lightning, whichever it may be, and a tower. I feel both tie up the picture nicely.

Inside Front Cover - It shows the sponsor's title and logo. It also states their website and address, as well as the website to download this comic for free (which I mentioned above). I feel it is nice they allow you to download a copy of this for free, as this is a promotional comic after all.

Splash Page - States the title, and credits for who did what. All the people mentioned who helped with the production of this are Rebecca Thompson-Flagg, Christopher DiScenza, Justin Reeder, Kerry G Johnson, and Alan Chados. It again states the website, and in fine print, says this comic is copyrighted.

Interior Pages - The first page has an "About the Comic Book" page as well as the bibliography for their research on Nikola Tesla. The second page is an informant about Nikola, telling about his life. The third page has a picture of Tesla reading a book in front of his spiral-coiled tranformer. The fourth page and onward contains the story and art, which are both great. They presented it in a way a kid might enjoy reading it, which may be the reason I enjoyed it so much. In the way the pages are numbered, the Splash Page is Page 1, meaning a total of 12. The actual comic is only 8 pages, however, making it a quick read, which is probably why it works as a promotional comic book.

Inside Back Cover - The Inside Back Cover is blank, so I don't really have much to say about it.

Back Cover - It has a picture of Tesla, and basically uses the same words used in the "About Nikola Tesla" page to "summarize" it. It was almost as though someone "cut-and-pasted" the more interesting parts from it onto the back cover. This part wasn't as impressive, but it was fine if someone was to read that to see what it's about, and if they wanted to pick it up or not.

Storyline - The way they put it all together made it seem as though tis was the only event in his life, although they made "quick facts" about current topics on most pages.

To summarize this all, it was a great read, had wonderful art, and was presented in a way children could enjoy it, making it a great study tool. This is great if you are having a test or something related to a test about Nikola Tesla, or even electricity in general, as this gave information about currents and even has a graph of how two kinds of currents work. This would also make a good gift for someone interested in science or electricity, or have Tesla as a "rolemodel" of sorts. This is even good if you want to "spark" you or a friend's interest in science, as I can almost guarentee this is much more fun than reading from a textbook.

I give this a Comic Book Grade of Very Fine / Near Mint (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 scale.

Vinnie!

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Thanks Vinnie for guest blogging here today, and giving us your thoughts on this promotional comic book magazine from a tween's POV!

Again, my thanks to Rebecca Thompson-Flagg and Kerry G Johnson for introducing this promotional comic book to us at this year's San Diego Comic Con International!  Looks like Vinnie enjoyed this as much as I did your Spectra #1 promotional comic book!

PLUS...My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,230 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:   Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013     ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today... I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that! The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

A Tween's Thoughts On  'Heroes' 9-11-2001 From Marvel Comics      --- Above Top Photo: The Front Cover to Heroes - The World's Greatest Super Hero Creators Honor the World's Greatest Heroes of 9-11-2001. --- At the Top Left: Those Who Serve... --- At the Bottom Left: Vinnie Keypunching Today's Blog.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3236:

This weekend was really busy for me, so my youngest son Vinnie has taken over the blogging for the next couple of days. Today's blog is rather timely in rememberance of this past Saturday's events held in memory of those that died in the attack, and the aftermath of the clean-up...

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"I was over at my dad's and Tina's house this weekend when I heard on the news that Saturday was 9/11's 9th Anniversary.

After formatting my newest review blog that will now be posted tomorrow, Tuesday, Tina was telling me more about 9/11, as I had known next to nothing about it, except that it happened.

She was also translating what the Fox TV Special was saying in a way I could understand it better.

You see, I was only 3 or 4 and in preschool when it happened, so I was too young to remember it happening and none of my schools ever said anything about this event so I was just about clueless.

On Sunday morning, my dad presented me with a comic book magazine titled "Heroes." On the bottom portion of the cover it said, "The World's Greatest Super Hero Creators Honor The World's Greatest Heroes 9 - 11 - 2001."

I was intrigued with the title as I didn't quite understand what it meant, so I read it and looked at each page. The art that was in it, the messages some people wrote, just everything; it all brought a tear to my eye. You can tell that everyone was sincere in what they wrote, and put much thought and love into each illustration.

Although I have no memory of this event, my older sister told me that on this day, when I came home from preschool, I was holding a drawing of the American Flag that was poorly drawn, (as I drew it with my preschool drawing skills), and repeatedly chanted while running through the house, "I love this Country," and, "I love the USA."

Although I enjoyed all of the pages, there were certain ones that really struck me. Those ones were pages 2, 6, 13, 16, 28, and 30 & 35.

Pages 30 and 35 are all one drawing, but were seperated by 5 pages. Now to tell about each page.

The second page is by George Peréz and Tom Smith. This page has a drawing of The American Flag hanging down. On each stripe is a firefighter, police officer, EMT or something relative to that. Everyone is crying, and at the end of each stripe is a candle.

The sixth page was done by Sal Velluto, Bob Almond, and Chris Dickey. This page has a picture of a girl and a boy dressed as a police officer and a firefighter. They are both holding dolls, and are standing in a bedroom filled with comic related items such as posters, action figures, and comics. While standing there, they are peering out of the window, and you can see a lot of smoke.

The 13th page was done by Carlos Pacheco, Jesús Merino, and Tom Smith, and the text was done by Kurt Busiek. In the background it shows several super heroes holding candles, and it is slightly faded. In the foreground there are several men trying to rescue a man from the debris of this building. The text is a story of these Super Heroes helping rescue people.

The 16th page was done by John Romita Sr. and Udon Studios. It depicts a young girl sitting on the lap of what appears to be her mother; both look incredibly sad. Closer up is a dresser, with a picture of a man in a police officer uniform. Behind the girl and her mother is a window, and out of that you see all the smoke from the towers crashing.

The 28th Page is by Walter Simonson and the text is by Paul Dini. It has a picture of a Police Officer and a Firefighter standing behind the shadow of the Twin Towers. The text is really what got me here. It was quite a long story that I felt was incredibly accurate. It went something along the lines of when you're a child, you dream to be a Police Officer or Firefighter, and have extreme respect for them, but when you grow up, you simply think of the Police Officer a nuisance when he appears when you are cruising 20 miles over the limit and gives you a ticket. You then smugly refer to him as 'cop.' You may also think the Firefighter to be a nuisance as well when he makes you pull over to the side of the road to let his noisy truck pass by when your running late. But then, on September 11, 2001, you suddenly became a kid again, with great respect for these people who risked their lives. This was definitely my favorite page of the 64 total.

The 30th and 35th page was drawn by David Mack. It shows a diagram of a hero. It is in the shadow of a firefighter. The way it was drawn was as if a kid sketched it out. It also showed a diagram of their brain, and heart, which were something along the lines of one section was bravery, the other love, and duty and et cetera.

This whole book was a treaure to read and look at and was very inspirational. I know I won't look at Police Officers and Firefighters the same way again.

Nine years after it happened, I now know what occurred.  Thanks to Tina & Fox News; plus my dad & Marvel Comics for giving me a better understanding of what happened that day."

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Thanks Vinnie for guest blogging here today.  I'm glad that the sources you cited above gave you a better understanding of that day's events...

Like it's been said before, a picture is worth a thousand words, and both Fox News & Marvel Comics gave us a lot of pictures in coverage on this day that needs to be understood by all in this great country of ours... 

Michael

PLUS...My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,235 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:   Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013     ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today... I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that! The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.