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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3523: I've been so busy reading comics and graphic novels that were given to me at the 2011 Comic-Con International San Diego, and other events I've been to, that I have neglected to finish reading the 2011 Comic-Con International San Diego 2011 Souvenir Book. Well... I remedied that this weekend, and realized that it was a book that I wanted to blog about, as there were several milestones featured in it. I've already mentioned the 50th Anniversary of Comics Fandom, and blogged about it in blog #3468 with photos. In addition, I posted many of the photos not used in that blog at a special photo album at my Michael D Hamersky On Comics Facebook Fan Page. The special feature on the same 50th Anniversary in this Souvenir Book is worth the time and effort to read it, even if you haven't been in Comics Fandom for 50 years! It is that good of an article! I've also mentioned the 50th Anniversary of Fantastic Four #1 at blog #3483. In the feature article in this souvenir book, Mark Alexander presents a really nice story on "Stan Lee & Jack Kirby: The Wonder Years". Even though I lived during those years, it was great to revisit it from Mark's POV. Plus the art submitted by others to complement the article was very sharp in presentation style! The 'Golden Age of Fanzines' feature is a gold mine of info and pics about those early days! Definitely worth reading to catch up on past history if you are new to comics! There wasn't an internet back then! 50 Years of 'Spy vs. Spy', which was a feature in MAD Magazine that I always enjoyed! Sheesh! 50 Years now! Peter Kuper does a fine job in covering this! '1986: The Year Comics Grew Up' - which although is NOT one of my favorite periods, (too much grim n gritty since then for my tastes), it still is a watershed year and covered very well by Mark Lucas. Other feature articles are presented in this special souvenir book, including: '25th Anniversary of Dark Horse Comics', '25th Anniversary of SLG Publishing', '20th Anniversary of the CBLDF', and '20th Anniversary of Bone', but I'm just commenting on the features that were of major interest to myself here in this review. Returning features inlcuded seeing the 2011 Will Eisner Award Nominees, the 2010 Will Eisner Award Winners, Will Eisner Hall of Fame, the Inkpot Awards, and remembering those in the comics industry or fans of that have passed on since the last souvenir book. My comic book grade for this year's Souvenir Book is a NEAR MINT (NM) 9.4 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale. My only semi-negative thought is that the 50th Anniversary of the Fantastic Four #1 would have been a more logical choice for the front cover due to the significance of that issue, instead of the JLA... But then again, it is the Editor's choice for cover feature placement. Once again, this is a Comic-Con Souvenir Book that those interested in comics should not be without! My thanks to those that were instrumental in publishing this, Gary Sassaman, Jackie Estrada, Fae Desmond, David Glanzer, and others. If YOU didn't attend this year... I do have extra copies of the 2011 Souvenir Book listed for sale in my online local comic book shop! ~Michael D Hamersky On Comics!
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