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Sunday, August 2, 2009
LOST Fandom's Last Hurrah at Comic Con!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

 

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Above is Michael with Jo Garfein, a.k.a. JOpinionated, who blogs about television shows, as seen @ the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International!

   

LOST Fandom's Last Hurrah at Comic Con!

Trivia Game Was Attended By Hundreds of Fans 

@ The 2009 San Diego Comic Con International!

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They Played The LOST Trivia Game along with hundreds of other Fans in line for the Last LOST Panel Program! Andy Dockery and Tina LoSasso are in front, with Jo Garfein (JOpinionated),  and also Anil from the ODI, who is one of the Top LOST Bloggers in that LOST Community of Fans!

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been!  

I wouldn't have missed it for the world - the final LOST panel at San Diego Comic Con.  Michael had other plans - he really wanted to see the Chuck panel in Ballroom 20. Traitor! I talked him out of it and, in the end, he was glad I did.

I told him, you can't miss camping out with everyone beforehand.  This year was the wildest ever. The fans were out in force. The overnighters were rewarded with a Friday night visit from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cruse - cool!

The Dharma Initiative was well represented on the lawn outside Hall H.  Now, that had to be the most comfortable costume at Comic Con!

Seen among the crowd queued up for Hall H Saturday morning were these familiar LOST characters:

Naomi - equipped with walkie, that gal was a ringer - Michael was convinced she was the actual actress!

Jack - suitably stubbly with shirt and tie

The Orchid - yes, a young woman dressed up with vines and donkey wheel to represent the station

The Island - a friend of the Orchid dressed up in a gown with various show references attached including an airplane hanging from her hat!

But, my favorite sight was the two Hurleys dressed in Dharma jumpsuits. (See bottom photo.)  I had the pleasure of seeing them meet as one Hurley saw the other and raced (as much as a Hurley can race!) to meet the other. 

The look of pure delight in recognizing each other was hilarious. Later, one of the Hurleys got to ask Jorge Garcia (the real Hurley) a question during the panel Q & A and thanked him for giving someone like him a role model on TV.

The party got started when Jo of JoOpinionated (one of the top LOST bloggers) ran a trivia contest. 

Anil of The ODI (another awesome LOST blogger) helped her grab the crowd's attention and hand out the prizes.  It was great to finally meet Jo and to see Anil again - he gave us one of his T-shirts at last year's Con.

Jo really had the crowd stumped on this one:  Name three people who knew Locke was paralyzed before he came to the island.  (Three people who crashed on the island, that is.) Yeah, yeah, Rose...who else? It's a toughie!

I had a ball checking out all the fans in line.  Even as late as 8:30 am, people just kept pouring in - obviously these folks weren't so concerned about getting good seats!

Considering how packed in we were, this was a mellow crowd.  I attribute it to the Dharma influence and sadness that this was indeed our last LOST panel camp-out.

Thanks to our new line buddies from Tennessee, Andy and Fara Dockery for saving us great spots in line!


 Click Here to see 'Our Reviews posted at eBay! ~ Tina LoSasso (Guest Blogger)

 

 

Addendum from Michael:  My Facebook Friend Jo Garfein is better known as JOpinionated.  She blogs about television at:  http://www.jopinionated.com

Anil is also well known in the LOST Community, and can be found blogging at:   http://www.the-odi.blogspot.com 

BTW, unless we are on site all day and night during a three day or longer comic con... we do blog daily on comic book creators, comic book reviews, and pop culture news and events!  Check out our daily blog posts, new listings of comics, graphic novels, Comic Con exclusives and more pop culture items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!!  

~ Michael 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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CONVENTION TIP:  Always have Your Camera with you at the Con.  Even when arriving early in the wee hours of the morning just to get in line!  Tina had dragged me to the line for Hall H at 5AM for the last LOST TV Show Program that didn't start until 11AM that same morning!  So I thought I was seeing double when I saw Hurley & Naomi and then Hurley again also waiting in line for the same Lost Program at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con International! 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 4:16 AM PDT
Updated: Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:24 AM PDT
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
If YOU Missed Seeing Jeff Balke @ SDCC...
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Comic Book Artists

 

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Jeff Balke's Flier For His Upcoming Appearance @ the 2009 Chicago Comic Con Is Shown Above!

   

If YOU Missed Seeing Jeff Balke

@ The 2009 San Diego Comic Con International...

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Jeff Balke taking a moment to relieve the stress from sketch coloring all week @ the 2009 SDCC!

Then YOU could have a Second Chance to see him... This time at the Chicago Comic Con!  

Earlier before this year's SDCC I blogged about Jeff Balke being one of the creators I would recommend seeing at that Con.

Well, due to the overcrowding at the con's program halls, I didn't get to see him until Sunday near late in the day.  By that time Jeff was swamped with commissions to do, but he took a moment to greet me and also pose for my camera for a few shots.

The funniest one is published above, as he was taking those few moments to release the tension / stress from sketch coloring all day!  If you haven't seen what Jeff does to a black & white variant cover, you have got to check out his process! 

If you are near Chicago, Illinois next week, stop in and seem at Artists Alley and tell him Michael sent You!  Most of the details about his table are shown in the flier above, but here are additional details about this comic book convention: 

Chicago Comic-Con
August 6-9, 2009

LOCATION
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center

HOURS
Thursday - 4pm - 8pm (Preview Night)
Friday - 10am - 7pm
Saturday - 10am - 7pm
Sunday - 10am - 5pm

Here's additional info straight from Jeff himself! 

"I will be at Artist Alley Table #3722. Stop by sometime over the weekend of Aug 6-9 for the Foot Soldiers Exclusive Print (limited to 30) and much more...

I'll have available...
- Chicago Comic Con Exclusive Foot Soldiers Print (LMTD. to 30)
- Prints
- Comics (I've worked on)

I'll also be creating...
- Sketch Colorings (bring your comic book sketch cover(s) OR find some at the con and I'll Sketch Color them right on the spot)
- Sketch Prints (Blackest Night and a Zombie Print)

A RAFFLE:
I'll be raffling off a Captain America page I colored in the Sketch Coloring style. This is the FIRST of its kind EVER!! Tickets are $5
(Winner will be picked on Sunday between 1-2. IF you are not going to be at the show on Sunday, NO PROBLEM. I will ship it FREE to you if your are the winner)

So dont miss out! I hope to see you there."

Jeff!

Seriously folks, if you are going to the Chicago Comic Con, you should stop and see what he is doing to comic books at his table!  And yes, that process is rated PG!  LOL!

AND If YOU didn't make it to the SDCC and now can't make it to the CCC, then you could always check out Jeff's web site at: jbalkesart.com 

BTW, unless we are on site all day and night during a three day or longer comic con... we do blog daily on comic book creators, comic book reviews, and pop culture news and events!  Plus you can check out our new listings of comics, graphic novels, Comic Con exclusives and more pop culture items for sale in our online store @ MakeItSoMarketing.com

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!!  

~ Michael 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

Click Here to see 'Our Reviews posted at eBay! 

Note: If you are working or breaking into the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

   

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CONVENTION TIP:  Don't worry about getting the perfect picture when you spot costumed attendees at the comic convention.  Especially on the busiest days of the Con!  Otherwise you'll have less chances to take any photos!  Below is a great Robin the Girl Wonder costumed attendee that I saw walking the aisles at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con International!

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 4:26 AM PDT
Updated: Saturday, August 1, 2009 4:39 AM PDT
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Not ONE... But TWO Greatest American Heroes!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Cons

 

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Above is Michael with William Katt, THE First Greatest American Hero @ the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International!

   

Not One.. BUT Two

Greatest American Heroes 

@ The 2009 San Diego Comic Con International!

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My Thanks to Alan Pedini, the Second Greatest American Hero found at the SDCC, for posing for this photo at the Catastrophic Comics Booth @ the Comic Con. Plus, Thanks Alan for joining my Facebook Network of Friends!

It wasn't ALL work at this year's San Diego Comic Con International!  

There were also opportunities to get my photo taken with several persons I have missed having a photo taken with during the years!

After the 2008 SDCCI I blogged about seeing the Greatest American Hero Panel.  I was fortunate enough to see William Katt, Connie Selleca, and Robert Culp at that special program.

However, with the crunch of persons wanting to talk with those three stars after the panel was over, there was no way to get a photo!  Plus you should see the lines for autographs for stars at the autograph tables at this Comic Con!

Thus when I saw that William was going to be at his own Catastrophic Comics Booth at the 2009 SDCC this year, I circled the day and time that he would be there. 

Yes, One Day only, and just a Few Hours at that!   BTW, for those of you that are not aware of how hard it is to meet someone who is on a limited appearance basis at the SDCC,  it is doubly tough when you have to leave a full to capacity program Hall H or Ballroom 20 to do so.  Trust me folks, You aren't getting back in easily into those rooms to see the next programs!  So if you have a 'must see', like I did with William, you must realize that something else has to give for you to be able to make it.  Too many newbies to this SDCCI don't realize how overcrowded and expansive this Con is!

Well, it appeared that  I wasn't the first one there in line to meet William.  So while I was waiting I talked with Chris Folino who was managing the booth, and who turned me on to Catastrophic Comics' other main title, 'Sparks'.  So I'll be sharing my thoughts after reading that series and blogging my review here.

Just before my turn came to meet William, up comes a second Greatest American Hero (GAH), this one in costume!  My thanks to new Facebook Friend, Alan Pedini, for standing long enough to pose for a couple of pics before moving on to where he was needed next!

Talking about next... well my turn was finally next to get my photo taken with William!  Thanks Tina for taking two great pics of me and William! 

I've already blogged about a couple of the GAH comic book issues here in my Blog, but also picked up another one while I was there.  So I'm looking forward to reading that issue also! 

The only disappointment while I was there at the booth was not seeing Marci Beaucoux, blogger for the GAH!  She recently was hurt in a car accident and is recovering nicely, but not up for the long trip and 5 days at Comic Con.  Maybe next time Marci?!

If you are interested in what William Katt and Catastrophic Comics are doing next and what other comic conventions they may be attending, check them out at:   http://www.catastrophiccomics.com

BTW, unless we are on site all day and night during a three day or longer comic con... we do blog daily on comic book creators, comic book reviews, and pop culture news and events!  Check out our daily blog posts, new listings of comics, graphic novels, Comic Con exclusives and more pop culture items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!!  

~ Michael  (and Tina)

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

Click Here to see 'Our Reviews posted at eBay! 

Note: If you breaking into or work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

   

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CONVENTION TIP:  If you are going to stand in long lines for programs all day at a comic convention, be sure that you look for other costumed attendees that are doing the same thing!  Becuase you never know where you are going to find them!    Below are two STAR TREK Fans standing in line for the LOST TV SHOW program at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con International held at the Convention Center in San Diego, California.

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 4:54 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:24 AM PDT
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tripwire Magazine Takes a Literary Approach to Comics Culture
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

 

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Editor-In-Chief Joel Meadows holds up the 2009 Tripwire Annual for all to see!

 

Report On The Tripwire Panel

From The 2009 San Diego Comic Con International!

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Room 3 on Thursday Morning July 23rd 2009 @ the SDCCI where we watched and listened at the Tripwire Panel.  From left to right are:  Kody Chamberlain, Andy Grossberg, Joel Meadows, and Rick Johnston!

If the late William F. Buckley had been a fan of comics, I imagine he'd have sounded a lot like Andy Grossberg, the U.S. Editor of Tripwire Magazine. Andy led Tripwire's panel at San Diego Comic Con (Thursday, July 23) and what a far-reaching philosophical discussion it was.

The conversation between Andy, Editor-in-Chief Joel Meadows, Kody Chamberlain and Rick Johnston ranged from the future of comics in a digital age to the evolutionary efficacy of monotheism. (I kid you not!)

These dudes take their comics seriously!

Andy gave us the first report on Jeb Loeb's address to the CBAG on Wednesday where Loeb discussed how Hollywood is accepting comics as a genre not just a medium. 

Some interesting tidbits:

-- "30 Days of Night" started out as a comic for a Hollywood pitch meeting for a movie. It came out as a comic then a movie five years later.

-- The director of "Road to Perdition" didn't know it was a comic (graphic novel).


Where will comics be at the 70th SDCC (30 years from now)?

-- The consensus was that they'll be the same but with a different delivery system, like web comics and a Kindle-like reader in full color.

-- Kody Chamberlain is convinced that people will embrace the web comics technology as soon as e-paper has a higher resolution than print.

-- Comics publishers and creators will rely on viral marketing over traditional.

Tripwire the magazine is every bit as interesting a read as you'd expect from such a erudite bunch of comics enthusiasts.  Look for a detailed review by Michael of Tripwire's 2009 Annual in an upcoming blog.

Until then you can check out their current and past issues at their web site:  http://www.tripwire-magazine.com

Click Here to see 'Our Reviews posted at eBay! ~ Tina LoSasso (Guest Blogger)

 

Addendum by Michael:  Unless we are on site all day and night during a three day or longer comic con... we will be blogging daily on comic book creators, comic book reviews, and / or pop culture news and events!  Plus You can check out our new listings of comics, graphic novels, Comic Con exclusives and more pop culture items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store

And yes, I will be blogging my review of the 2009 Tripwire Annual that Joel Meadows is holding in a future blog.  Still reading it at the time of this posting.  Not enough time to read its massive amount of pages in just a few sittings.  Especially since I have a deadline to meet on a writing assignment for an upcoming book!  Thanks Tina for 'guest blogging' again today so I can continue working on the book chapter!

AND Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!!  

~ Michael D Hamersky

 

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

Click Here to see 'Our Reviews posted at eBay! 

Note: If you breaking into or work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail hard copy printed publications to us for review, please send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

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CONVENTION TIP:  Always have Your Camera with you at the Con.  Even when arriving early in the wee hours of the morning just to get in line!  Tina had dragged me to the line for Hall H at 5AM for the last LOST TV Show Program that didn't start until 11AM that same morning!  So I thought I was seeing double when I saw Hurley & Naomi and then Hurley again also waiting in line for the same Lost Program at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con International! 

Click Here to see 'My World at eBay!

NETWORKING NOTE: If you are a Facebook member and want to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.

 

 


Posted by makeitsomarketing at 5:31 AM PDT
Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:02 PM PDT
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Jason Kruse Shows Comic-Con Attendees....
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Comic Cons

 

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Above is Jason Kruse @ the San Diego Comic-Con During His 'How-To' Program!

   

JASON KRUSE

Shows The 2009 San Diego Comic Con International Attendees How To Draw His Characters!

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Jason's 'How-To' Program at Room 18 @ SDCC was a good one to watch.  As this room had a good set up for Jason to draw and attendees to see the characters come into being. Above is just a sample of what the Big Screen presented of Jason's work!

At this year's San Diego Comic Con International there was a series of 'How-To' programs in Room 18 in lieu of a different series that was retired!

The Art Auction was the series that was retired at the Con.  It was replaced by this 'How-To' series of programs which were presented by many of the same artists that would create works before your eyes at the Art Auction.

There were actually artists AND writers presenting in this series this year.  Besides Jason there were other top notch creators at this series, including Adam Huges, Arthur Sudyam, and Charles Vess among others!

I would have taken in more of these programs, but the room itself is tucked at the end of the Mezzanine Floor on the second level. Beside the long lines for other programs, this room is tough to get to unless you are looking for additional food options... Plus knowing that the room's seating arrangements were extremely limited, I would have to get there early for seating.

However I did want to definitely see what I could of this program by Jason.  That's because Jason was recently nominated for two Harvey Awards!  One as 'Best Artist' and the other nomination for 'Best Graphic Album'!

The room was a little on the small side, but it was an intimate enough of a setting that you felt right at home watching Jason sketch away and get caught up in his enthusiasm...

For those of you that are interested in how artists work, this was a good example of how one does it.  I would recommend you taking in at least one of these more insightful programs if you are attending the SDCC in 2010! 

Jason also had a table in Artists Alley, of which I may blog more of later.  In the meantime you can check out more of his work at: http://www.jasonkruse.com

BTW, unless we are on site all day and night during a three day or longer comic con... we do blog daily on comic book creators, comic book reviews, and pop culture news and events!  Check out our daily blog posts, new listings of comics, graphic novels, Comic Con exclusives and more pop culture items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!!  

~ Michael  (and Tina)

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

Click Here to see 'Our Reviews posted at eBay! 

Note: If you breaking into or work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

   
     

 

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CONVENTION TIP:  If you are going to stand in long lines for programs all day at a comic convention, be sure that in between to 'Have Sum Fun' by posing with other costumed attendees or paid booth characters at the Con.  Looking back at those Con photos, you'll be glad you did!    Below is Tina with the rest of the Ghost Busters at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con International held at the Convention Center in San Diego, California.

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 4:12 AM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:38 AM PDT
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