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Monday, March 29, 2010
William Brent Will Be In Artists Alley at the 2010 Wonder Con!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

 

William Brent Will Be In Artists Alley At:

The 2010 Wonder Con!

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Above: William Brent at the 2009 Wonder Con! 

To The Top Left: The WonderCon Logo!

To The Bottom Left:  William at His Table at the 2009 Wonder Con In San Francisco, California!

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE:


I've just become Facebook Friends with William Brent, who invited me to stop by his table at the upcoming 2010 Wonder Con in San Francisco...

He told me the following:

"I will be at Wonder Con next weekend at artists alley table AA57, displaying some of my newest art & selling prints of old & new illustrations."

I asked him what publications he would have at his table, as I saw a little of what he had in the above two published photos from the 2009 Wonder Con.  He said:

"No publications, but do still sell some of my Rock posters. I have a Max Rebo Band poster I did for Lucas that I always bring to the comic shows. I think that's behind me in my photos."

So I asked him a little about his background and what he was was doing now.  His reply:

"In the late 80's till around 2001, I worked for Bill Graham's Winterland Productions, designing posters, shirts, all manner of rock & roll & movie merchandising. I've done concept art & storyboarding for CGI animation projects, as well as texture mapping. A lot of different things. Right now I'm designing pin-up girls for Las Vegas Hotels & Casinos."  

I then saw this brief bio on his Facebook Wall also:

"I grew up in Los Angeles & started drawaing & painting at about 11 years old. Spent my early school days being a jock. Then came Rock & Roll High school."

"I've been doing R&R Posters,T-shirts, album covers, & CGI animation work for about 25 years now."

 

Thanks William for the quick replies to my questions!

For those of you that are interested in seeing William and the hundreds of others that will be exhibiting at the upcoming Wonder Con, here is the info that you would need:

FRIDAY, APR 2
12 Noon - 7 PM*

SATURDAY, APR 3
10 AM - 7 PM*

SUNDAY, APR 4
11 AM - 5 PM

*Additional programming hours on Friday and Saturday nights

MOSCONE CENTER SOUTH
747 Howard Street
San Francisco

Again, there are many other exhibitors there at this convention, as well as programming, but YOU are also invited to stop by William's table in Artists Alley @ AA57! 

My thanks to William Brent for asking me to stop by his table...  Although we aren't making it to this con, it's good to know where creators are setting up tables / booths at, so I can inform YOU about it here in my blog!

AND...My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now almost 3,100 total posts in number!!


~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Comic books that are sold at conventions like this one mentioned here today, can also be found at our own web site for sale at:

   http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 


 

 

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Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:

We also have an on-line exhibitor table at the virtual Facebook Comic Con (FBCC)! You can view the table and interact there by clicking this link

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, and other wall comments that we post every day!


 

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Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

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Updated: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:24 AM PDT
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
A Review Of the PONYO Film On DVD
Mood:  happy
Topic: Other Movie Genres

 

A Review Of the PONYO Film On DVD

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Above: The PONYO Film on DVD. 

To The Top Left: Photo of Vinnie - Today's Guest Blogger.

To The Bottom Left:  The Cover to August 2009 Comic-Con Edition Variant Cover of Animation Magazine!

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE:


Today we have a Guest Blogger, Vinnie, who is blogging his review on the 'PONYO' Film on DVD. Take it away, Vinnie!

Ponyo DVD

"Ponyo is a little goldfish who was found by a boy name Sosuke, age 5. When they become friends, she wants to become a human because it would be hard to be friends with a human, if you were a fish. Being the daughter of the King of the Ocean makes her different from any other goldfish; she has the magic of the sea at her use. Soon through their friendship, she gets determined  to become a human. Becoming a little girl, ponyo returns to Sosuke's home. With having a magical fish princess out on dry land, the earth becomes unbalanced, causing the moon to come closer to earth making the oceans incredibly high.

The parts I found interesting were the parts where it was making you think, as with in the beginning how Ponyo got caught in a jar while she was dodging other garbage and debris being shuffled up. And also the parts where it would make you dream, as with the water turning to fish, and with Ponyo becoming human.

There were hardly any parts that I disliked, except for when I felt there were too many things going on  at a time that you couldn't focus on everything, later causing confusion. If you could connect the dots on those parts though, you would understand it.

This is very much so a great movie with enough things going on to keep you entertained. It would be enjoyed by all ages, as most Disney movies are, but there was one part that was thrown in that was more adult appropriate. Overall, it was pretty good, and well done."

My thanks to Vinnie for watching the DVD with us, outlining the film, and then blogging about it!

For those of you that read the above review, I just wanted you to know that although we don't have the DVD for sale in our online store, we do have the Comic-Con Edition of the'Animation Magazine' as pictured to the top left of this blog.  Just click on the magazine to be taken to our store, where we have several copies of this issue for sale. 

Please Note:  Although the issue itself does Not have an article on Ponyo inside, the cover itself is suitable for framing as a momento of the film!

My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now almost 3,100 total posts in number!!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Cartoon comic books can be found for sale at our own web site at:

   http://www.comicbookscircus.com/


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already 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 possible review, send to:

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

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

 

   

 

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:

We also have an on-line exhibitor table at the virtual Facebook Comic Con (FBCC)! You can view the table and interact there by clicking this link

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, and other wall comments that we post every day!


 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

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Updated: Sunday, March 28, 2010 5:49 AM PDT
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Comic Book Industry Legend - Dick Giordano - Passed Away Today...
Mood:  sad
Topic: Comic Book Artists

 

Comic Book Industry Legend - Dick Giordano - Passed Away Today...

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Above: The Cover to Billy The Kid #15 from February of 1959 Featuring the Origin Of Billy the Kid - Art by Dick Giordano. 

To The Top Left: Photo of Dick Giordano circa 1995.

To The Bottom Left:  The Cover to Cheyenne Kid #17 From June of 1959 by Dick Giordano.

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE:


I was on earlier this morning, posting my Saturday blog and doing other online business before leaving to do some errands...

I've just signed back on a little while ago and was notified by a few of my Facebook Friends, including Stacey Aragon, and Allen Bellman among others, about the passing of Dick Giordano.

Allen stated on my Facebook Wall the following: "Michael, sad to say that Dick Giordano has passed away. Tho' we  met several times at cons we participated, he was a gentleman and above all, a great artist."

I appreciate those that contacted me about this, including others not mentioned here. 

As for myself, I wanted to go through my years worth of photos at comic cons to pick out one that would stand out for me for this blog post... but those unfortunately are only indexed by years, not by comics creators...

So I'll just post these thoughts first, and then a brief bio about Dick Giordano following my thoughts:

My first recollection of Dick's name was during the period of my reading western comics in the late 1950's.  I wasn't a 'Marvel Zombie' at that time, as "Marvel" itself was still in the 'MoNSTers' era at that time.  I was actually reading more genres and accumulating, not really 'collecting' comics then...

So the Cheyenne Kid, Billy the Kid, etc., were the comics that I would have first seen his work.  A couple of covers are represented at the top of this blog post as examples of his works from that 1959 period. 

When going to the GCD a few minutes ago, I found that Dick was listed as 'penciler' for 1,450 comics, and as 'inker' for 3,751 comics.  I am sure there were more that he was involved in the creative process on, but the GCD is a work in process (AND a good one too!)...

Dick went on to do more work at Charlton Comics, and then went to DC Comics, Atlas / Seaboard Comics, and Marvel Comics. I'm sure that others will center their thoughts on his later works including of course his Batman works.

I just wanted to briefly acknowledge the contributions that Dick Giordano made during his career in the comics industry, and how he helped create so many comics that I and others have enjoyed during his tenure at each of the companies mentioned above, and elsewhere.

Here is just a brief bio:

"Dick Giordano (born Richard Joseph Giordano on July 20, 1932[1] – March 27, 2010[2]) was an American comic book artist and editor best known for introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes, and serving as executive editor of then industry-leader DC Comics. As an inker, Giordano is well known for his pairings with penciler Neal Adams in a series of critically acclaimed comics featuring Batman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow."

And:  "Dick Giordano was born (1932) in New York City, in the borough of Manhattan. Beginning as a freelance artist at Charlton Comics in 1952, Giordano rose to editor-in-chief by 1965. He made his first mark in the industry with Charlton, overseeing the revamping of its few existing superheroes and having his artists and writers create new such characters for what he called the company's "Action Hero" line. (Many of these artists included new talent Giordano brought on board, featuring such names as Jim Aparo, Denny O'Neil, and Steve Skeates.)"

You can read more of his Wikipedia entry at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Giordano 

My condolences to his family and friends....  His works will long be remembered by his fans and future fans.


~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already 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 possible review, send to:

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

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

 

   

 

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:

We also have an on-line exhibitor table at the virtual Facebook Comic Con (FBCC)! You can view the table and interact there by clicking this link

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, and other wall comments that we post every day!


 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:22 PM PDT
Updated: Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:47 PM PDT
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Jeff Balke Will Be At The 2010 C2E2!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

 

Jeff Balke

Will Be At The 2010 C2E2!

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Above: Jeff Balke's Promo Poster For His Table At the 2010 C2E2 Convention. 

To The Top Left: The C2E2 Logo!

To The Bottom Left:  Jeff Balke Busy At His Table at the 2010 MegaCon!

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE:


I've been mentioning the comic cons schedule of Jeff Balke quite a bit here this year...

Well, that's because he is using Facebook the right way, IMO!  He has an 'event' for each one of his appearances, and ties 'his event' to the con's own web site for additional info.

PLUS: Jeff has been producing a 'flyer' for each of his appearances, as seen at the top right of this blog.  Plus he produces a good 'product' for those that stop in to see him at the conventions!

So it is a pleasure to once more blog about Jeff's next appearance here!

Start Time:  Friday, April 16, 2010 at 1:00pm
End Time:    Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 5:00pm
Location:    McCormick Place
Street:      2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
City/Town:   Chicago, IL

Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2)

"C2E2 is a convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. From a show floor packed with hundreds of exhibitors, to panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators, to screening rooms featuring sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either the big or small screen, C2E2 brings the best of popular culture to downtown Chicago!"
- quoted from the C2E2 website

When: April 16-18, 2010
Who: EVERYONE, even little ol me

I'm going to be signing in the Artist Alley (A232) all weekend! I'm going to have..
- Comics (the ones I've worked on)
- Prints (including 6 NEW prints)
- Sketch Colorings

And will be creating..
- Sketch Colorings (so dont forget to bring me your favorite comic book sketch covers and get them ONE OF A KIND Sketch Colored)
- COLOR COMMISSIONS!!!

And so that YOU can be interactive with Jeff and others that are commenting on his event page, here is the link to that page:

My thanks to Jeff Balke for sending me an 'invite' to attend this event via Facebook.  Although we can't go to this con, it's good to know where creators are setting up tables / booths at, so I can inform YOU about it here in my blog!

AND...My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now almost 3,100 total posts in number!!


~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Comic books that are the basis for sketch colored comics like the ones mentioned above, can be found at our own web site for sale at:

   http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already 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 possible review, send to:

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

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

 

   

 

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:

We also have an on-line exhibitor table at the virtual Facebook Comic Con (FBCC)! You can view the table and interact there by clicking this link

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, and other wall comments that we post every day!


 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

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Updated: Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:13 AM PDT
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Friday, March 26, 2010
THEY Will Be At MoCCA Art Fest 2010... Will YOU?!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

 

THEY

Will Be At MoCCA Art Fest 2010...

Will YOU?!

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 Above: The Poster for the 2010 MoCCA Art Festival. 

To The Top Left: The MoCCA Logo Design.

To The Bottom Left:  Just One of the Many Exhibitors That Will Be At the Festival: Trees And Hills Group!

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE:


One convention that I would like to attend sometime is the MoCCA Art Festival in New York City...

Well, it looks like we are going to miss it once more!

Because according to the 'invite' I received, the latest one is happening very soon. Here is just some of the 'invite':

Start Start Time: Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 11:00am
End Time: Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 6:00pm
Location: "The Lexington Avenue Armory"
Street: 68 Lexington Avenue (between 25th & 26th Street)
City/Town: New York, NY


Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA

MoCCA - ART FESTIVAL!

Saturday & Sunday April 10 & 11, 2010
68th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA is pleased to announce that the next MoCCA Art Festival will take place over April 10-11, 2010. The annual two-day event attracts thousands of comic art lovers and creators from around the globe to celebrate the world's most popular art form in the heart of New York City.

Since 2002 the MoCCA Festival offers a unique venue to experience comics, mini-comics, web comics, graphic novels, animation, posters, prints, original artwork, and more. Each year, the Festival invites dozens of established and emerging creators, scholars, and other experts to participate in two days of lecture/discussion panels on a variety of comics and cartoon topics. For 2010, the panels and programs are being organized by Brian Heater (The Daily Crosshatch) and Jeff Newelt (Pekar Project, SMITH, Heeb, Royal Flush).

MoCCA Fest 2010 will again take place at the historic 69th Regiment Armory at 68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY.

Here are just some of the exhibitors I've selected to mention here that will be there:

Trees and Hills Group - publishers of 'Seeds' that I recently reviewed (here), Pat Lewis, Brendan McGinley, LaLa Albert, Nathan Schreiber, Paige Pumphrey, Robert J Sodaro, Kim Deitch, James Kochalka, and Robert Sikoryak. PLUS just added to this blog post on April 4th: Miguel Guerra at table 26 1/2.

There is more info on this event at the 'Event Invite' page as seen at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=322413185266

My thanks to Ellen S. Abramowitz for sending me an 'invite' to attend this event via Facebook.  Again, although we can't go to this festival, I appreciate the 'heads up' so I can inform those of YOU around the NYC Metro area about it here in my blog!

AND...My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now almost 3,100 posts in number!!


~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Comic books and graphic novels like the ones that will be sold at the festival above, can be found at our own web site for sale at: 

 http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

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

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already 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 possible review, send to:

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

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

 

   

 

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:

We also have an on-line exhibitor table at the virtual Facebook Comic Con (FBCC)! You can view the table and interact there by clicking this link

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, and other wall comments that we post every day!


 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @

ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

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