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On The Last Boy On Earth!

Over the weekend we picked up another collection of Jack Kirby Comics including his 1970's series of Kamandi for DC Comics and The Eternals for Marvel Comics.

Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, was published from 1972 to 1978 by DC.

Kamandi himself was portayed as a young 'hero' in a Post-Apocalyptic future, which was set in a parallel Earth of the DC Universe's future.

It was set in a period after an event called "The Great Disaster". In that period humans are a persecuted minority in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals.

If that sounds familiar to you, then remember that an earlier 1968 movie 'Planet of the Apes'  also portrayed an animal-ruled world!

Indeed, the cover of Kamandi #1, showing a demolished Statue of Liberty, was posibly inspired by a similar scene in the 'Planet of the Apes' movie just before it ended!

However, if you were to think that Jack Kirby was 'aping' the movie, he actually had drawn a similiar theme in a comic book story in 'Alarming Tales' #1 back in September 1957.

In that comic book Jack drew a story entitled "The Last Enemy."

In that story, he has a man traveling in time to the year 2514, where he finds that humans are extinct! That time traveler finds that the world is ruled by tribes of intelligent tigers, dogs, and rats!

Jack's drawings of these intelligent animals are very much similar to his later drawings in Kamandi 15 years later!

This series was one of the last that Jack Kirby wrote and drew for DC Comics before returning to Marvel Comics. Some of my favorite artists of the Silver Age took over the book after Jack left to go back to Marvel Comics. Those included Chic Stone and Dick Ayers!

We have an ongoing Comic Con  and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Just click on the cover at the top right to see our current listings!

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Michael

We Want To Thank The

 160,000th

Visitor...

To Our Pop Culture And Comics Blog!

I just finished having breakfast with Tina, and headed down to the home office to continue listing, when I saw that our small niche pop culture and comics blog reached the 160,000th visitor while we were eating!

(That would be 160,000 visitors, NOT page views. There have been almost 286,000 page views of our 2,550+ archived blog posts per our stats counter. The eBay counter at the top left section says over 464,000 views, but that number is not verifiable.)

The blog visitor came in at 6:46 AM PST from the Madrid area of Spain, and viewed the "EUReKA TV Show Will Have a 3rd Season!" blog post that was from October 7th, 2007! That post was about the renewal of the TV Show and what we thought about the TV Series 2nd Season up to that point!

We want to thank that blogger from Europe as well as ALL of the others who have come to view our blog posts since we started keeping stats on July 15, 2006!

We actually started the Blog on June 7th 2006, when we came back home and blogged about viewing the X-Men III Film and deciding to list some X-Men comics! (eBay had just started the eBay Blogs so we were an early adopter of their format.)

Having bloggers like the 160,000th AND NOW YOU come in and view our blog posts always makes our day or evening!  Thanks again for visiting us!

For those of you new to us, we have an ongoing pop culture - comics convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Why

Tax Loopholes For eBay Sellers?

As previously blogged here, Tina and I have posted some 'reviews' in the eBay Reviews and Guides Section off and on for several months.

So this month I've been reading or re-reading books on blogging and eBay itself, as both Tina and I expand the scope of our operations on this, my 10th Anniversary on the Web!

The book 'Tax Loopholes For eBay Sellers' was of course one that I wanted to check out again...

Here is my Review that was just posted in the eBay Reviews Section:

Although This Book Was Published In 2005...

...the information in this book is still timely for the most part! Who doesn't want to pay less tax and make more money?!

During eBay Live 2005 I took in one of the programs that Diane Kennedy, CPA, presented. I found her topic interesting, organized and aided by multiple visual aids.

This book was written the same way. Janelle Elms, an eBay University instructor was the co-author of this book, and I have listened to her on the eBay Radio shows several times before.

More than just a how-to book, this is presented as a 'why' to do what Diane and Janelle suggest you as an eBay owner to do.  Being in the accounting field myself, I found that the subjects presented in this book are well written, informative, and right on the money.

If you want to take your eBay business to the next levels, then you should either check out this book in your local library or buy one on eBay itself.

So this month I've been reading or re-reading books on blogging and eBay itself, as both Tina and I expand the scope of our operations on this, my 10th Anniversary on the Web! This book is a good foundation for YOUR eBay business. Check it out!

We have an ongoing Comic Con  and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Just click on the cover at the top right to see our current listings!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again!

Michael

The 'American Idol' Winner 

Plus The  American Idol  Finalists

On The Larry King Show 05-26-08

Part 2

The American Idol Finalists were once again featured on the hour long Larry King Show Monday May 26th, 2008 in the second hour of this special show. Here are some of the comments made during that airing:

Larry King asks - One of the problems of the show is thought to be that the contestants are forced to do vocal gymnastics. Is that true? Brook - That's not true. DC - This show helps find artists/performers who otherwise didn't have a chance in this industry.

Re: Song Choice: Carly - No one helps us on the song choices, they are not allowed to. DC said that no help is given to maintain the integrity of the show. Brooke said on the 'Theme Nights' a list of songs is provided to choose from.

Re: Mentors, Carly said that they found out as the audience found out... no advance notice.

Larry asked if there would be any 'Meet n' Greets' before the American Idol Tour Shows, Michael said 'Absoulutely!'.

Larry brought up that Tivo / DVR users missed out on the winner's announcement. They heard 'The Winner is David...' and then the Tivo /DVR cut off. David A still didn't know about that as of last night! So they definitely were cut off from the rest of the world during Idol days!

Re: David Hernandez as a stripper: Michael Johns said 'Larry, if I had a body like David's, I'd strip too! Larry laughing said, 'Michael you ought to on the road!'

Re: Ryan Seacres - Michael Johns said he called him 'One Take Seacrest' as Ryan comes in and does his thing without rehearsal for the most part. DC said that Ryan is a jack of all trades. Larry added 'the man is fixated. We love him BTW'.

Re: how much prep was done for audtioning. Tina suggested that a better question would be: David Cook went to Idol to support his brother and tried out on a whim. How do the other contestants feel about that?!

The Friday, May 23rd Larry King's 'American Idol' Finalist show has already been blogged about earlier. Check our archived blog posts for that first hour's info!

We have an ongoing Comic Con and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!Join us again won't you?!

Michael

The 'American Idol' Winner 

Plus The  American Idol  Finalists On Larry King Show 05-26-08

Part 1

The American Idol Finalists were once again featured on the hour long Larry King Show Monday May 26th, 2008 in Part 2 of this special show. Here are some of the comments made during that airing:

Michael Johns was still in Las Vegas even though he was announced to be in LA with the rest... When asked why Michael said 'because I'm taking a card dealing class to fall back on', (tongue in cheek). When asked again he quipped he was there for the sun but it had been overcast all weekend. You would think Larry's producers would have told him why...

Re: Monetary compensation - Carly 'yes we do get paid' from AFTRA and iTunes. Brooke said payment 'progresses as it goes on' shows wise.

Chickeze on why only one name - Got to be irritating hearing my name, Chickeze Eze.

Jason on why the hair - did it as a joke in high school. Would auction off a lock or two...

DC - re: Kimberly Caldwell - Can't get together yet, due to schedules.

DC & DA & Chickeze are only ones that are single. Rest of the Finalists are engaged or married.

Re: Odds of a guy winning vs girl - Brooke says 'guys have it easier because girls go crazy over guys'.

Jason on what he 'mouthed' - Don't Vote or Vote Vote? Upon multiple replays he can see how it does look like 'Don't Vote'.

Re: who picks the clothes? Carly - One stylist for the boys, and one for the girls. No one forced to wear certain things. However there is a budget.

What don't you like? Jason - indoors a lot, no windows, and it's sunny outside!

Why does DC wear an orange bracelet? A Tampa Bay girl has leukemia. She's 9 or 10 years old, had talked 5 minutes with her and her dad. Reminds him that 'The show is amazing, but not everything'.

Who would you most like to duet with, (living or dead?) - DC said Frank Sinatra. DA - David Cassidy. Syesha -Alicia Keys, Michael Johns - Annie Lennox.

Larry says 'Mormons win a lot of reality shows'. DA says 'Not THIS one!'.

Re: Simon's comments: Carly - He hurt my feelings, (re: clothes). Syesha - he helped me. DC - Looking back on it, he appreciates him.

Do the judges have influence over the voting? Brooke 'A Lot!'.

(To Be Continued... in upcoming blog post.)

The Friday, May 23rd Larry King's 'American Idol' Finalist show has already been blogged about.

We have an ongoing Comic Con and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!Join us again won't you?!

Michael