For you comic book fans near the East Hanover, New Jersey area, comics creator Mark Texeira will be making a special appearance at the SuperMega Show this Saturday and Sunday, December 6th and 7th!

Besides being there in person, Mark will be unveiling some new stocking-stuffer art prints to help Santa out, as well! There will be six new prints for the occasion, some with room for penciled remarks. Perfect for that someone special on your holiday shopping list who is a fan of Mark!

For those that need an introduction to Mark's works.... Mark is known for his interior artwork on “Ghost Rider” and “MoonKnight,” and his covers on “Red Sonja,” “Vampirella,” “Ghost Rider,” “Conan” and more.  

Special note to those Texeira artwork fans:  Mark will also be taking a limited number of commissions to be done at the show!

Tex will be available both days of SuperMega in the Artist Alley, along with writer Renee Witterstaetter, whose recent books include “Excess: The Art of Michael Golden”, which I have blogged about before. 

Other comic books professionals appearing at this two day convention include Tommy Castillo,  Ethan Van Sciver, Murphy Anderson, Billy Tan, Jeff Shultz, Neil Vokes, Joe Staton, Ian Dorian, Greg LaRocque, Herb Trimpe, and Fred Hembeck!

And for you fans of TV Shows... You'll be missing the following stars if you don't go:  Tracy Scoggins of Babylon 5 - Lois & Clark - Dynasty, Larry Storch of F Troop, Vanessa Angel, Claudia Christian, Joyce Dewitt and Priscilla Barnes and Richard Kline of Three's Company, Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island, Gil Gerard and Erin Grey of Buck Rogers, and more!

For more info including the hours of the show, please see the con's web site at supermegashow.com !

For those of you that are new to our blog today and can't make it to this con, we also have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention'  here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store! 

News has arrived that Forrest J Ackerman, who on November 24th celebrated his 92nd birthday, passed away 11:58 PM on December 4th, 2008.

I just recently blogged about his 92nd birthday, (click here), and the fact that he was recently featured on the cover of 'Rue Morgue' Magazine Issue #83 (click here). 

Forry, who just recently celebrated the 50th Anniversary of his  role in getting James Warren's magazine 'Famous Monsters Of Filmland' started in 1958, (click here), had kept busy, and indeed even had a Facebook account.

His works will live on for generations, and will continue to be appreciated.  My thanks for his contributions during his lifetime....

For you comic book fans near the East Hanover, New Jersey area, comics creator Mark Texeira will be making a special appearance at the SuperMega Show this Saturday and Sunday, December 6th and 7th!

Besides being there in person, Mark will be unveiling some new stocking-stuffer art prints to help Santa out, as well! There will be six new prints for the occasion, some with room for penciled remarks. Perfect for that someone special on your holiday shopping list who is a fan of Mark!

For those that need an introduction to Mark's works.... Mark is known for his interior artwork on “Ghost Rider” and “MoonKnight,” and his covers on “Red Sonja,” “Vampirella,” “Ghost Rider,” “Conan” and more.  

Special note to those Texeira artwork fans:  Mark will also be taking a limited number of commissions to be done at the show!

Tex will be available both days of SuperMega in the Artist Alley, along with writer Renee Witterstaetter, whose recent books include “Excess: The Art of Michael Golden”, which I have blogged about before. 

Other comic books professionals appearing at this two day convention include Tommy Castillo,  Ethan Van Sciver, Murphy Anderson, Billy Tan, Jeff Shultz, Neil Vokes, Joe Staton, Ian Dorian, Greg LaRocque, Herb Trimpe, Fred Hembeck, and more!

For more info including the hours of the show, please see the con's web site at supermegashow.com !

For those of you that are new to our blog today and can't make it to this con, we also have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention'  here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store! 

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... Get your attention, keep you interested in the storyline, and have good art that complements the time period or genre of the graphic novel.

This graphic novel did just that for me!

Which was surprising, because my most recent review of Orson Scott Card's work was 'Ultimate Iron Man', which defintely did nothing for me, and actually turned me off reading the rest of that series....

(That was basically because I grew up with the original Iron Man of the 1960's by Stan Lee, and this updated storyline in an alternate timeline / Ultimates Universe just didn't get my interest. But then again I wasn't the target market for this Ultimate Iron Man series...)

However this graphic novel by Orson Scott Card, Roland Bernard Brown, Renato Arlem, Miguel Montenegro, and others, is far, far different than the first book I reviewed !

From the get go the story brought in interesting characters, the artwork was very good for the time period, and the script had a story to tell that was fascinating!

The writing, the artwork, and the compilation of the comics into one book with a good cover would make it worth the $19.99 that is the cover price of this book.

Comics, graphic novels, and picture books don't all have to be about super-heroes. And contrary to what some may think... I do read and enjoy many genres of comics!  Maybe I enjoy running comic con photos of super-heroines, (like Wonder Woman), a bit much in our blog here on eBay (LOL)... but I do blog on other genres like this one!

This volume was so good, that I want to continue reading the series!

Now THAT's a recommendation!

Speaking of which, Tina and I have 450+ reviews that can be seen by clicking this link, including reviews on DVDs, graphic novels, comic book compilations, and more....