Mood: caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons
"Don't You Dare Miss Model Leah Samonte.... LIVE As 'Lava' .... And Pick Up a Copy of Lava #1" That was what the promotional flyer read, as it was passed out while we stood in line outside the Convention Center! My sons and I were waiting to enter the 1997 San Diego Comic Con ten years ago this summer, and were anxiously waiting to get inside to see all there was! Leah Samonte was there to greet all those who entered the 'Independents' Section of the Con, (actually the Small Press area), and of course I had to have my sons get their picture taken with the model.... Dads do that you know !! Naturally at their young ages they were a bit embarassed to have their photo take with a great lookin' gal, but every year at the Con they were put up to it! I told them one day they would look back and be glad they had pics like that of good looking women with them! The name of the comic that Leah Samonte was promoting was LAVA #1 which was from the publisher 'CrossBreed Press'.In the early to mid 1990's 'Good Girl' and 'Bad Girl' art in comics was the latest 'Hot' Fad, and there were plenty of models that had comics books based on their adventures. Most of the comics sales were sold based on the 'hot' photo covers or exagerated artwork inside. This comic book on 'Lava' had art by Ruben Gerard, and was written by Max Espinoza. The boys and I had a great time during that 1997 SDCC, and this is just one of the memories we have. Tina and I have several 'Bad Girl' and 'Good Girl' comics listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store for sale! Thanks for reading this comic book blog post!
Michael | Andrew and Mike with 'Lava'! She definitely was 'Hot Stuff' !!! Lava's own (one and only) comic book from 1997 !
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