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Monday, August 11, 2008

Samuel L. Jackson on Nick Fury!
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d'oh
Topic: Comic Cons

On Nick Fury!

As Reported From The Floor Of The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!

The Spirit panel at Comic Con heated up when Samuel L Jackson took the stage!

Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a variation on one of his trademark phrases (the one that's probably behind all the panel tent cards saying this year: Please remember there are children under 18 in the audience!), Jackson talked about his collection of action figures.

Action figures, that is, of characters he's portrayed. The first was his character in Jurassic Park. He keeps them in his office and likes to position them in different fighting positions.

A fan asked about his Nick Fury action figure. Jackson explained that "Nick Fury doesn't have an action figure yet."

He went on to explain to the delight of the crowd, "You know, when I was growing up, Nick Fury was a white man. It's nice that he's evolved into something I can relate to."

Based on the crowd reaction, I'd have to say, look for a Nick Fury -Samuel L Jackson action figure coming soon!

Tina!

(Note from Michael: See the Comic Book Cover below for the Nick Fury I grew up with!)

BTW, We also 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!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again for more photos and stories from the Comic Con!

Michael

Click here to see our SDCC COMIC CON listings for sale!

That's Frank Miller hugging Samuel L Jackson at the Lionsgate Panel while Gabriel Macht looks on. This occured at the 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!

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The 'Ultimate Nick Fury' in the 'Ultimate Universe' of Marvel Comics was based on Samuel L Jackson, so it's only right that Samuel portrayed him at the Special Ending of the Iron Man Film that was out in May 2008! What you didn't stay till after the Iron Man Film credits were through running??? Shame on you for leaving early !!!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several Pop Culture conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you!

Thank YOU for being one of our

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 11:15 AM PDT

Updated: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:32 AM PDT

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Comic Con: The Day the Earth Stood Still !
Mood:

caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

Comic Con: The Day the Earth Stood Still!

As Reported From The Floor Of The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!

"Klaatu barada nikto."

A bearded Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) introduced the beautiful Jennifer Connelly (The Rocketeer), Director Scott Derrickson, and Producer Erwin Staff to a capacity Comic Con Hall H Crowd for The Day The Earth Stood Still panel.

Director Derrickson told an interesting story of how as a film student he was treated to a dinner meeting with his idol Robert Wise, director of the original 1951 movie. Wise advised Derrickson to make his first film in the genre he loved: horror. He took his idol's advice and made the critically acclaimed The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Erwin Scott explained how he was first inspired to remake The Day The Earth Stood Still while making another movie years earlier with Reeves - Speed. Erwin was waiting in a studio exec's office to pitch him a new movie idea. On the wall behind the desk was a poster for the original movie. When the exec finally arrived for the meeting, Erwin said forget what I was going to talk to you about, let's talk about a remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. The exec was interested, but as luck would have it in Hollywood, was out of a job two weeks later and Erwin's idea was put on hold.

The film's been "re-magined" to address today's issues. The Cold War, crucial to the original, is over, and the environment and man's relationship to the earth and each other takes precedent in the remake explained Derrickson. As a result, the look and feel of the movie as evidenced by Klaatu's spacesuit, the spaceship, and the aliens, is more "biological" than "industrial" look of the original.

Internet rumors notwithstanding, fans will be happy to know that Gort is in the remake. So surely, someone will be saying, "Klaatu barada nikto!"

We even have an official The Day The Earth Stood Still T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase. Check it out by clicking here!

Tina!

BTW, We also 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!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again for more photos and stories from the Comic Con!

Michael

Seated left to right at the Special Program for the upcoming film 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' are Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, and director Scott Derrickson. They were at the 2008 SDCC Comic Con International CCI !

Click here to see our SCI-FI and Sword & Sorcery listings for sale!

Here's a close up of the two major stars, Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly which will have to satisfy you until 12-12-08 when the film comes out!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several Pop Culture conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you!

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 8:06 AM PDT

Updated: Monday, August 11, 2008 8:22 AM PDT

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Elvira Was At The SDCC 2008 Comic Con International CCI !
Mood:

d'oh
Topic: Comic Cons

Elvira, Queen of Halloween,

Was At The 2008 Comic Con International!

As Reported From The Floor Of The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!

The 2008 San Diego Comic Con International has so much going on that it is much like Disneyland... You can't see it All in one day or even all four days!

Between time on the exhibit hall floors, the programs, the film screenings, the anime showings, time spent in line to get in, etc., there just isn't time to stand in line for autographs anymore for us!

So unfortunately, I was just able to snap photos of Elvira near the end of Saturday as she was three quarters of the way through a four hour autograph session. And there still was a large line of fans waiting to see her!

Seriously! Because Elvira, (Cassandra Petersen), is sooo popular with her fans that I just had the time between attending programs to shoot a few pics from the side.

Note for all of you that intend on coming to next year's Comic Con.... I heard this from several attendees, in that there was so much to attend this year, that many persons had problems with conflicting scheduled programs they wanted to see!

Plus with all the promotions also scheduled on the floor of the exhibit hall, you'd have to clone yourself to do everything you'd want to be at!

Anyway, it was great to 'see' Elvira again, even from a short distance. She is another 'class act' at the Comic Con. If you are a fan, be sure to check the 'Events Guide' for her autograph session and hi-lite it in your schedule so as not to miss her!

BTW, We also 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!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again for more photos and stories from the Comic Con!

Michael

That's Elvira, (Cassandra Petersen), three-quarters of the way through her four hour autograph session at the 2008 SDCC Comic Con International! If you are a fan and have never seen her or received her autoraph... be sure to check out her limited signing schedule at this Comic Con!

For those of you interested in Comic Con promotional items... Just click on the photo to see all of the currently listed Comic Con promo items we brought back to list in our eBay Store! If you know of something that isn't listed... email us, we may have more that has been listed yet! Sorry, Michael is keeping his 'Elvira' autographed photo from years ago... it takes a lot of time to stand in line for a new one, LOL!

Click here to see our HoRRoR & MoNSTer listings for sale!

Elvira was one of several Hollywood Stars that were signing 'Under the Sails Pavilion' at the 2008 SDCC Comic Con International CCI... so be sure to check out our blog for more blog posts on who else was there!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several Pop Culture conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you!

Thank YOU for being one of our

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 11:46 AM PDT

Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:52 AM PDT

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Wendy Pini & ElfQuest At 2008 Comic Con International
Mood:

caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

Wendy Pini & ElfQuest Panel...

At The 2008 Comic Con International!

One program that caught my eye as a 'possible' program to attend at the recent Comic Con was the Wendy Pini / Elfquest Program that was held on Sunday July 27th. The following was the program note:

1:30-2:30 30 Years of Pointed Ears: Elfquest— Join Comic-Con special guest Wendy Pini (Elfquest, Masque of the Red Death), Richard Pini (CEO Warp Graphics) and Rawson Thurber (director/writer/producer) for a visual presentation celebrating Wendy's pioneering career as writer/artist, plus—of course!—the upcoming Elfquest movie! Q&A for sure! Room 2

Unfortunately this program coincided with another one that Tina wanted to attend, and I also was unable to attend this program. So sorry, no program notes, just the one pic at the top right from the panel.

There was just so much to see at this year's con!

However we did pick up a few copies of the ElfQuest 1st prints by WaRP Graphics at the Con and have just finished listing those for sale last night in our eBay Store for those that need to fill any gaps in the early ElfQuest saga. Just click on the photo below to see those listed issues:

BTW, We also 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!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again for more photos and more complete stories of other panels / programs from the Comic Con!

Michael

Click here to see our ELFQUEST listings for sale!

Above is part of the ElfQuest Panel at the Comic Con International. Wendy Pini is seated at the left, with Greg Rucka third from the left.

For those of you interested in ElfQuest comic magazines... Just click on the photo to see all of the currently listed issues we brought back from the Con to list in our eBay Store!

Click here to see our current Red Sonja Comics and Magazines Listings!

Yes, that would be a color photo of Wendy Pini as 'Red Sonja' at the 1970 New York Comic Con! Picture courtesy of the Alan Light collection! Wendy had interest in this genre of fiction for years before starting ElfQuest in 1978!

For all of our currently listed Red Sonja comics and Magazines listings just click on the photo above!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several Pop Culture conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you!

Thank YOU for being one of our

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 6:32 AM PDT

Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:01 PM PDT

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

She Wasn't Savage...!
Mood:

a-ok
Topic: Comic Cons

She Wasn't "Savage"...

She Was "Sensational"!

As Reported From The Floor Of The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!

We met her at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con International in full costume...

And she wasn't the 'Savage She-Hulk' from the comic book title of the 1970's, but instead was the 'Sensational She-Hulk' from the 1990's!

Just like the Marvel Comics' She-Hulk as seen below from her #1 issue from the 1990's!

Well... actually I'm blogging about BelleChere, a 25 year old professional costumer from New Hampshire who walked the floors of the Comic Con on Saturday as the 'Sensational' She-Hulk!

I told her we had a blog, and that we were definitely going to publish her pic soon. She gave me her business card... She has a Portfolio Web Site online, and also a MySpace Page.

Her MySpace page is: http://www.myspace.com/delpharia

Our thanks to BelleChere for posing for our camera and with Michael, as She-Hulk and Wonder Woman are his two favorite female superheroes!

BTW, We also 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!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again for more photos and stories from the Comic Con!

Michael

BelleChere, a professional costumer, as She-Hulk at the 2008 SDCC Comic Con International! She is dedicated to her craft: it took her approximately 5 hours to apply the body paint! She is also wearing a wig, and you should read her blog about the problems she had that day being 'She-Hulk'. You'd never know, as she was very professional and polite for these photos! Please note: these photos were taken at 5:45 PM and she was still looking sensational after being at the Con for all those hours!

BTW, in case you see other photos elsewhere that make you think you've seen her as 'someone else', for the 2008 SDCC Comic Con she was: 'Anna Mercury' on Thursday, 'Spider-Woman' on Friday, 'She-Hulk' on Saturday, and the 'Black Cat' on Sunday! You should definitely check out her Portfolio, MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/delpharia, and her blog posts! What a Class Act she is!

Click here to see our MARVEL SUPERHEROES listings for sale!

BelleChere as She-Hulk with Michael 'Under the Sails Pavilion' as he couldn't resist getting a photo with her! Michael's personal thanks to BelleChere for the opportunity!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several Pop Culture conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store just for you!

Thank YOU for being one of our

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 11:55 AM PDT

Updated: Saturday, August 9, 2008 12:07 PM PDT

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