Con Runs February 6th Thru 8th, 2009!

  Congrats to Mark! And that is great news for Texeira fans that are able to make it to this Con!  

It was only yesterday that I blogged that William Katt, (of The Greatest American Hero TV Show fame), was attending this same upcoming NYCC, and NOW here is ANOTHER good reason for this Con to be added on YOUR schedule!

Many of our blog readers already know Mark Texeira as a fine art painter and "sequential storyteller supreme".  But did you know that Mark is also a local New Yorker?  So Mark must be happy to be taking part in the Big Apple's supreme celebration of comics and being honored this way!

For those that don't know of Mark's many comics works... he is known for his artwork on the "Ghost Rider," "Moon Knight," "Black Panther," and many more!  Mark, who also is known as 'Tex', has a "knack of bringing the reality, mood and feel to any story he tackles".

Besides his comic book works, his fine art style has also graced numerous album covers, magazine covers, paperback books, movie tie-ins, and on gaming merchandise.

Those clients that published those works include companies such as Def Jam Records, Marvel Entertainment, Dynamite, Harris, DC... and others.   Besides Mark's brush bringing life to others' owned characters such as Vampirella, Conan, and Batman, he also has his creator-owned character Pscythe that has been published.

While you are at the Con, perhaps you can ask him or Renee Witterstaetter at their booth, about upcoming projects in the works. Those projects on Texeira include "Creator Chronicles: Mark Texeira" from Eva Ink and Woodcrest Productions, which is a comprehensive interview with Tex as well as a painting tutorial; AND "Tex: The Art of Mark Texeira--The Artist's Great Escape," a retrospective art book from Vanguard Production.  In addition, Eva Ink plans to publish a sketchbook of Texeira material later this year.

For those able to make this Con, Mark Texeira will be available in the Artist's Alley all days of the NYCC. There is also a signing at Manhattan's Illustration House also planned.  Additionally there is a  Vanguard Productions panel at the convention spotlighting Mark Texeira and also Michael Golden. Check your con program schedule for time and place!

For those that may be able to make this con, here are the details for the New York Comic Con:

February 27th - March 1st, 2009!

 I have noticed that my archived blog posts on Barbara Luna... (per my blog's stats), have been seeing a lot of traffic this past week. Well that is probably because BarBara Luna will be at a few Cons early this year and her fans are looking for more about that! I haven't blogged about her upcoming appearances yet so far this year, so am updating that right now!

I first blogged about Barbara in August 2008, and added a few more photos and bits of information about her that I hadn't known or put together.  You can Click here to view our list of archived blog posts on Barbara Luna to see those updates!

Barbara is currently scheduled to attend the following cons so far this year:

Wonder Con in San Francisco Feb 27th - March 1st 2009

Hollywood Collectors Show in Chicago March 21-22, 2009

2nd Naruto Star Trek Show in Fort Lauderdale Mar 27-29th, 2009 

For those that may be able to attend the first convention listed, here are the details for the WonderCon:

Where:  Moscone Center South, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA

When:  Friday thru Sunday, Feb 27th - March 1st 2009

Onsite Cost for Attendees (At The Door):

For all of you able to make this Con... Have Sum Fun!

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we also have an ongoing online '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! 

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again for more!  BTW, besides blogging, we have over 479 Reviews that Tina and I have placed in our eBay Reviews Section. Just click here to see our latest reviews!

~ Michael and Tina

        

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February 7th & 8th, 2009!

 I had the pleasure of attending the 'Greatest American Hero' (GAH) Program... at the 2008 Comic Con International in San Diego, (see photo at left from the SDCC).  Thus I want to point out another opportunity for fans of the show to see more about what William Katt and those at Catastrophic Comics are doing with the GAH comic book!

William and his co-star from the TV Show, Robert Culp, are scheduled to be at the upcoming 2009 NYCC on February 7th & 8th.

At the point that I saw this program in San Diego there was just some production work done that could be shown at that Con. I blogged about seeing the program and you can Click here to view that archived blog post!

Now there is an Ashcan Comic of the GAH that you can view at:

http://www.catastrophiccomics.com/ 

For those of you that are on Facebook, you can find out more about GAH at the upcoming con by joining the Facebook group created by Marci Beaucoux at:

www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=0&gid=43810818087#/group.php?gid=43810818087

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I for one would have liked to attend this con, but our schedule otherwise doesn't permit it...

For those that may be able to make this con, here are the details for the New York Comic Con:

New York Comic Con Show
February 6 - 8, 2009
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York, NY

Friday, February 6

10:00am - 1:00pm (Professional Hours) 1:00pm - 7:00pm (Consumer Hours)

Saturday, February 7

10:00am - 7:00pm

Sunday, February 8

10:00am - 5:00pm

Current Cost for Attendees (Consumers/'Fans'):

We'll See Tonight With The Two-Hour Episode!

  At the top left of this blog post is the scene from the Lost TV Show episode where the Atlas Comics comic book... was shown along with the knife that the young John Locke chose instead of the comic book! The comic book's cover is shown to the left of this starting paragraph for better detail.  

The comic book was used as a prop in the 05-08-08 episode. Sharp eyed viewers saw this comic and immediately started searching for it online.

Several discussion boards mentioned the comic and inquired what significance it had to the storyline. As a matter of fact a couple of those boards linked to our blog posts, even though we aren't a 'Lost' TV Show specific blog.

We had blogged about it a few times that week, as we could see that without the hand and the knife obscuring the comic book cover, you get a better idea of how an island could be moved!

Plus we posted a photo of Steve Ditko below the comic book, because it was this very issue of Mystery Tales #40 that Steve Ditko had his first artwork for Atlas Comics published! Atlas was the pre-cursor to what we know as Marvel Comics today!  The story on how an island could be moved, plus the additional stories in the comic book were listed in that same blog post... (Click here to see that blog post.)

Tina has been wishing that January 21st would come sooner, as the 'Lost' TV Show is still in her Top 3 Favorite TV Shows!  As for myself, even with the starts and stops and strike, I am still interested in the series, especially when they include comic book memorabilia as 'Easter Eggs'!