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TODAY'S 'MAIN FEATURE': This is a review on 'SEEDS' - An Anthology Of Comics About Food... Matt Levin, about whom I blogged about HERE, sent me this publication for possible mention / review in my Blog. So, what's this publication about? I grabbed this excerpt from the Trees and Hills Comics Group Web Site: "Seeds - by Adam Kaiser, Anne Thalheimer, Blake Parker, Colin Tedford, Colleen Frakes, Dan Archer, Daniel Barlow, E.J. Barnes, Jesse DuRona, Keith Moriarty, Marek Bennett, Matt Levin, Matt Sundstrom, Max Lewis, Mike Lynch, Mischa Rich, RF, Sam Leveillee, Star Chickaderis. The new Trees & Hills anthology contains comics about FOOD with an emphasis on its social aspects. It comes with a booklet of cartoonists’ favorite recipes and a packet of organic lettuce seeds from a Vermont farm, and the whole package is wrapped in an apple-stamped cover (the apples, of course, were organic heirloom varieties from a VT farmer’s market…). How cool is that? Get it now, nourish your mind, and prepare yourself for the planting season!" Okay... that's definitely a different type of publication, but you know what? It was a FUN READ! Why? Because it had so many different stories in it, that several were very interesting to me! The others, like all anthologies that are sent to me for possible review, were of varying levels of interest to me personally. Some of the features that really jumped out at me were: The Introduction: 'Truth In the Dirt' - a text peice by Daniel Barlow 'The Sugar Tree' by Matthew Sundstrom 'Apple Rant' by Colin Tedford 'Food Chain' by Daniel Barlow, Keith Moriarty and Matthew Reidsma 'Seeds Part 2': Attack' by Marek Bennett 'Food' by Matt Levin This is definitely a 'message' publication, but whether or not you 'get the message' or even care for the 'message', there is also entertainment value in it. PLUS: There is a packet of 'Seeds' for YOU to grow! Now that's different! No 'variant covers' here! LOL For more info on this publication and others that Trees and Hills sells, please see their web site at: My thanks to Matt Levin for bringing this publication to my attention! AND...My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts! Join us again soon, as we publish another 'Main Feature'. And don't forget to check out the 'Featurette' shown below this 'Main Feature' article at the bottom right! ~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com
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TODAY'S FEATURETTE:
"From his first film, The Cliffdwellers, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Film in 1962, to the multi-award winning movie Slingblade, James Hampton’s career as an actor, writer and director spans over 40 years. Along the way, he has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as Caretaker in the original version of The Longest Yard and has starred in such memorable films as Teen Wolf, China Syndrome, Hawmps! and Pump Up the Volume. On television, James was the tone-deaf bugler Hannibal Dobbs on the classic ‘60s sitcom F Troop and appeared in hundreds of TV show favorites like The Bob Newhart Show and Gunsmoke. James also worked as a writer/producer/director on Evening Shade and worked as a director on numerous successful sitcoms such as Grace Under Fire."
"Actress Tracy Scoggins might have gotten her start as a gymnast and a supermodel, but she is best known to sci-fi fans the world over as Captain Elizabeth Lochley on TV’s Babylon 5 and its various spinoffs. But Tracy has also appeared on such cult favorites as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The A-Team, Dynasty, Nip/Tuck, Highlander and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She has also employed her athletic abilities to produce and star in motivational workout videos. Whether she’s kicking alien butt in space or kicking your butt through exercise here on Earth, the gorgeous Tracy Scoggins is always a joy to behold."
"Dirk Strangely is an artist in the truest sense. Drawing upon his taste for the bizarre, Dirk creates macabre reveries in many media. Whether painting, writing, creating music or making films, Dirk’s singular vision is indeed disturbingly beautiful. His work has been displayed at conventions, private shows and galleries. He has been published in magazines and newspapers as well."
