Michael D Hamersky On Comics Reports On:   Semantink's Comic Savvy July 17th, 2011 Meet-up (In the Mission Valley area of San Diego, California!)      - - Top Photo: The July 2011 Semantink's Comic Savvy was held once again in the outside porch area of Milano Coffee Company in the Mission Valley Area of San Diego, California.  In this photo, Nathalie Grepe, one of the two winners of the giveaway conducted by 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics', holds a copy of the 40th Anniversary Program Book from the SDCC that was given away, as the main topics of the night were of course on the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con International that starts THIS Wedneday, July 20th! - Lower Photo:  This Blog has posted many blogs in the past couple of years of Semantink's Comic Savvy meetup, but this is the first video being shown here.  Just a little snippet of the casual atmosphere at the meetup, that anyone can attend! -  Note:  The additional pics from last night will be posted in the special photo album: July 2011 Semantink's Comic Savvy Meet-Up at my Facebook Fan Page, Michael D Hamersky On Comics.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3463:

Last night, (July 17th), was the July 2011 meetup of Semantink's Comic Savvy at the Milano Coffee Company, in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, California.

And no, this isn't a brand new series of meetups going on in the San Diego Metro Area... Here's the link to the February 20th, 2011 Meet-Up, the April 2011 meetup , the May 2011 meetup, and the June 2011 meetup that I attended.  (I did miss the March 2011 meetup due to family members going to the hospital during that time.)

As stated in those prior blogs on this meetup... The 'official hours' of the meet-up are from 5PM to 7PM, on the 3rd Sunday of every month, but several persons, including my youngest son Vinnie, and myself  were having so much fun attending that we were there till 7:45PM last night, talking! 

I've included one photo at the top right of this post, choosing to hi-lite Nathalie Grepe, who was one of the two winners of a giveaway last night, sponsored by this Blog.  Because of the limitations of this blog format, I've built a 'special photo album' titled 'July 2011 Semantink's Comic Savvy Meet-Up' at my Facebook Fan Page for you to see all that were in attendance, if YOU weren't there!  And  please.. Feel free to 'tag' yourself if you attended this meetup!

Christopher Henderson was the 'moderator' of the meetup last night.

First came the introductions going round the tables, and how many times that person had attended the Comic-Con International: San Diego (aka San Diego Comic Con), which was one of the two questions I had in mind to ask at this meetup.  The second question I had was whether or not that person would be attending this year's Comic-Con, because it was hard to buy memberships online this year, if you hadn't been there the year before in person to buy them then!

Here in brief is what was said.  Bear in mind that those attending the meetup are persons who are likely to read comics & graphic novels, and attend comic book cons, and view comic book movies!

Christopher Henderson:  Has attended 6 or 7 times at least, and is going to 2011 SDCC.

Andrew Rakestraw:  Attended 3 times, and Yes for 2011.

Louis: 2 times & No to 2011.

Rich Kuhaupt: 12 times - hasn't missed since 2006. Yes to 2011

Kimberly Prue Paul: 3 times - and Yes to 2011.

Michael D Hamersky:  Attended straight thru since 1991 when the Comic-Con moved to the San Diego Convention Center.  Set up as comic book dealer at the El Cortez Hotel in 1972.  Yes to 2011.

Vinnie Hamersky: 3 times & No to 2011.

Matt Dunford: Attended straight thru since 1994. Yes to 2011.

Steve Hendricks: 1st time attended in 1999, and Yes to 2011.

James Ninness: 5 or 6 times. Yes to 2011.

'Siemen' (sp.) 4 or 5 times. No to 2011.

Michael Wyatt: Has not missed since 1985. Yes to 2011.

Joe: 4 times.  No to 2011.

Jose: Straight thru since 2004. No to 2011.

Tiffany Smith: 3 times. No to 2011.

Daniel Touchet: 10 times since 2006. Yes to 2011.

Luke: Attended since the 1980s. Yes to 2011, but Sunday only.

Nathalie Grepe: 2 times. Yes to 2011.

Yanglyn Ou: 2 times. Yes to 2011.

Others came in after the intros, so did not get chance to participate on this.

Other mini-discussions were brought up, and then the group got back together to share their favorite moment at the Comic-Con. Here's just a few quick topics:

Jose's favorite was seeing Hall H for the first time.

Tiffany's was seeing the Captain from Firefly.

Daniel's was seeing the Last 'Lost' Panel.

Nathalie's was a Scooby Doo panel.

Sean's was getting sketches when he was 11 or 12 years of age from creators like Todd McFarlane.

Rich's was meeting three different people, including Jim Kelly.

Kimberly's was seeing the stars from the short-lived 'Nightstalker' TV series.

Michael D Hamersky's was setting up as a dealer in 1972 at the El Cortez Hotel.

Vinnie's was having cake brought to him at an after con party by Sergio Aragones.

Matt's was being served at a restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter by a costumed server who turned out to be Rosario Dawson in disguise!

Gary's was at the Big Ban Theory panel, when Bare Naked Ladies came out to perform the theme song.

Steve Hendricks' was the first time with an exhibitor pass.

James told a story about 'Data' from Star Trek and a limo.

Whew!  That was a lot of memories to cover... And some of the attendees had three favorites!  But not enough room to tell them all here!

As I said, Vinnie and I stayed till 7:45 talking with new attendees, and had a great time.  Please see the video at the top right of this blog post for what you can expect when attending one of the meetups, as everyone is welcome!

So... My thanks once again to Semantink Publishing sponsoring this monthly meet-up!  Here's the Facebook link to the event that just occurred, and here's the link to Semantink Publishing's Facebook Fan Page, which I encourage YOU to 'Like'!  Plus check out their several comic book series that are online.  When they publish hard copies of those in TPBs, I'll be sure to review blog them here!

Again, Semantink's Comic Savvy is normally the 3rd Sunday of every month, which has been held at the Milano Coffee Company in Mission Valley.  There is also another weekday meetup on a monthly basis that is sponsored by this same publisher, but I've not attended it, due to the traffic that hits on weeknights in the San Diego Metro Area.  (I live in North San Diego County.)

I'll mention the upcoming August Sunday evening meetup in an upcoming wall post at my own Facebook Fan Page, 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics', after the event page for August is created.  Again... This is a 'free' meetup to attend, AND Milano Coffee Co has great coffee and eats! 

Till then...Have Some Fun!  Oh, and don't forget to check out the rest of the pics that weren't shown here at the blog, in the special photo album just for THIS July 2011 meet-up!     

~Michael D Hamersky

(And yes... for those keen-eyed individuals out there reading / viewing this blog post... Last night I was once again wearing one ofthe Navy Blue colored polo shirts with the 'ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com' name on them!  I needed new shirts for the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego, and the darker color is what I chose to buy.  So I'll be wearing the Navy Blue colored shirts for the most part from now on at comic cons / sci-fi cons / etc., and using the indigo colored shirts for more 'everyday' wear, should you run into me around conventions or meetups like this one!)

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