'My Take' On: Super Siblings #2 From Banshee Comics!     Above Photo: Creator of Super Siblings, Patrick Scullin at the 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con!  At The Top Left: The Front Cover to Super Siblings #2 from Banshee Comics! At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3142:

Yes, this was another publication given to me at the recent 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con in Artists Alley for possible review in this blog!  As You can tell from earlier posts, I met a lot of comics creators in the Artists Alley!

So what's this comic book about?  Well, on the back of the comic book itself is the promo blurb as follows:

"Super Siblings is a dynamic, light-hearted and sometimes off-the-wall story of sibling rivalry.  Like every "tween-aged" brother and sister, Conrad and Courtney Clark often don't get along.  They like to argue, bicker and blame one another for common occurences at home.

Although their childhood may sound typical, the Clark children turn it up a notch with the use of super powers. What's more, not only rivals at home, they have unwittingly become archenemies in public.  Conrad a.k.a. Scout, uses his powers for good. Courtney a.k.a. Banshee, uses her powers for bad.  Hidden in plain sight their secret identities remain intact, and they never suspect one another."

And as for this issue #2 in particular:

"Super Siblings #2: Join the Super Siblings as they take on the Elementary Science Fair."

Front Cover:  The front cover shows enough to entice a casual browser into picking it up to thumb through.

Inside Front Cover:  Is blank...(blank?)...Yes, blank!

Splash Page: Not used as a 'splash page'. Starts right in with the storyline for this issue.

The Rest of the Pages: The story continues on to the final page that ends at page number 12. This is a full and complete story with NO 'to be continued' ending.

Inside Back Cover:  Blank (Again!).

Back Cover:  The 'Sales Pitch' - Want more? Sign up at supersiblings.com and get a FREE comic strip sent to your email address each week! 

So, as far as I could tell from this comic book, it could be considered a type of 'promotional comic' for the web comic strip.  And No, that's not bad, as that is probably how the creator is monetizing his efforts.

So would I sign up after reading this comic book?

I did, and here's why.  Although the comic book is presented in more of a 'promotional' format, the storyline was an interesting read to me.  It's probably because of the characters, who are very well written!

Plus to see a complete story in just 12 pages...How often do I see that anymore?  Not that often, trust me!

This is a pretty good 'intro' for a new reader to enter this universe.

It's just that the 'packaging' of this publication could have been a little more 'polished' when printed in the 'comic book' presentation. 

I would grade this Issue #2 as a 'Very Fine' (VF) 8.0 out of the 10.0 Grading Scale. The grade is for the 'total package' in this comic book format, not anything found on the web site.

Talking about the web site...there are actually several to choose from:

The Super Sibling Facebook Fan Page

SuperSiblingsComics.com

and the publisher's site: BansheeComics.com !   

My thanks to Patrick Scullin, for submitting this comic book version of his web comic for possible review!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,140 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different genres of comics and graphic novels, including Funnybooks and Super-hero Comics at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       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:     Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!         ------------------- 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   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that!   The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.   NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Spotlight On... Iron Man 2's Natalina Maggio!  As Seen At Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con!     Top: Natalina Maggio Appears In Iron Man 2 As One of the Featured Models at Tony Stark's Birthday Party!   Above: Natalina Maggio shows the Iron Man Bobblehead to Michael D Hamersky at Her Booth at Wizard World!  At The Top Left: Just One of the Many Film Posters Issued World-Wide for the Iron Man 2 Film! At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3141:

With the success of the Iron Man 2 Film still going strong, I wanted to 'Spotlight' another actress who was in this film...

That would be Natalina Maggio as pictured above!

Tina and I met her during the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con back on April 18th.

Natalina saw my shirt's embroidered 'Comic Book Collectors Blog.com' title and mentioned that she would be appearing in the then upcoming Iron Man 2 Film!  That's the reason for the Iron Man Bobblehead figure at her booth!

However, Natalina is already an accomplished actress, before her role in this Iron Man 2 Film came out on May 7th!

Indeed, she was on another show, 'Heroes', that Tina and I also watch.  She was a cheerleader on two episodes in 2009, as seen to the left.  The episodes' titles were: Chapter One's: 'Orientation' and 'Jump, Push, Fall'.

There is a long list of credits for Natalina at IMDb.com, as seen by clicking that link.

Here's just a few excerpts of her other accomplishments so far, as seen at Talent LA Casting, as her career just started in 2004:

How Natalina's career started out: "A natural entertainer, she made her television debut in 2004 when she lent her distinctive, childlike voice to two episodes of the hit Japanese cartoon series Gunparade March. That breakthrough role paved the way for a number of other exciting opportunities, and Natalina Maggio was soon invited to provide voice-over narration for programs on the Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon".

"Natalina Maggio finally stepped in front of the camera the following year in 2005 when she found work as a featured background performer in a number of hit shows including The O.C., One on One, Las Vegas, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, What I Like About You, Living with Fran, and Hot Properties."

"Natalina Maggio made her big-screen debut in 2008 in Tic, a pulse-pounding action film about a pair of small-time London criminals who travel to Los Angeles. The movie -- which starred bankable British actors Lennie James and Treva Etienne -- gave Natalina Maggio one of her most substantial roles to date."

"Finally Natalina Maggio screen tested for Iron Man 2 this year and was chosen to be one of the featured models at Tony Stark's birthday party."

All this so far and she is only 28 years old!

I'm looking forward to seeing and her in more roles in the future.  Hopefully some more comic book movies so I can blog about her here again!  Until then, you can see what she is doing next at her web site NatalinaMaggio.com, as I don't see a Facebook Fan Page for her as of yet...

Talking about comic book movies, don't forget to take a look at my review blog on Iron Man 2 here!

And from a Woman's POV, take a look at Tina's review blog here!

My thanks to Natalina for taking the time to talk with us and pose for this blog at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

UPDATE:  February 2nd of 2011!  Here is just the latest feature on Natalina... This one in 'Sharp' - Canada's Magazine for Men!

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different titles of Marvel Superhero comics, inclusing of course Iron Man, Spider-man, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, The Mighty Thor, and much more at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       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:     Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!         ------------------- 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   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.             ------- NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

LOST: “What They Died For” Or what I call it, 'Ben: Back with a Vengeance'!  By Tina LoSasso       Top:The LOST Supper. For a television show that has inspired endless theories, blogs, books, podcasts and college courses, we could use Dan Brown to decifer it all!   Bottom: Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus) delights the San Diego Comic Con 2009 crowd with a ironic reading of the "script" for the LOST finale - "Heroes"-style!  At The Top Left: Tina with Sterling Beaumon who played "Young Ben" on ABC's LOST! As Seen at the 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic-Con! At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3140:

Today I'm pleased to have as guest blogger, my wife, Tina LoSasso, who mixes in a little bit of a comic convention we were at in April with the latest episode of 'LOST':

LOST: “What They Died For” or what I call it, Ben: Back with a Vengeance!

[SPOILER ALERT: If you’re not caught up through “What They Died For” what in the world are you waiting for? The show’s over on Sunday. Stop reading this, go watch, then come back!]

Wow, did 'Darlton' ever win me back after last week’s indulgent and mythology-fest that was ‘Across the Sea’!

How? With the emotional storyline – and the righteous return of the villain we LOVE to hate: Benjamin Linus! 

(For the uninitiated think: Simon Cowell on American Idol. Like Simon, Ben has the best lines. Just as the AI crowd waits to hear what Simons says, LOSTIES can’t wait to see what Ben will say and do- read who he’ll kill next.)

Until now Ben’s been weak and ineffectual all season – begging for forgiveness, lost and aimless.  Yes, he’s been getting beat up pretty regularly – and who doesn’t enjoy a good Ben face-smashing– but please, it’s like his core has been hollowed out. No Ben bark, no bite, and no evil intrigues has made for some pretty boring episodes. Weak and fearful is NOT the evil Ben we love to hate.

So, I shouted with glee (which we taped – wouldn’t Michael Emerson be dynamite as the new school principal or rival choir director?) as Ben finally exacted his revenge for Alex’s death by shooting Charles Whitmore. “He doesn’t get to save his daughter.” Most chilling Ben line ever.

I got a big kick out the writers bow to LOSTIES who want answers. While Ben following notLocke through the jungle, Ben asks one of fandoms more wacky questions: if you can turn yourself into Smoke whenever you want, why do you walk around? (Answer: I like to feel connected to the ground; it reminds me of when I had a body.)

Long before he was evil-Ben, Benjamin Linus was just a gawky young kid with a psychologically abusive Dad who drank too much Dharma beer. Playing that young boy was the wonderful Sterling Beaumon.

Michael and I had the pleasure of meeting Sterling and his Mom at Anaheim Comic Con in April. What a delightful and gracious young man!  He seemed to really enjoy his time on LOST and take the intensity of the fan base in stride.

Since being shot by Sayid, Sterling has launched a music career. You can check out some songs from his latest, ‘Step Back to Reality’ here: myspace.com/SterlingBeaumonMusic

Sterling will be watching Sunday night just like the rest of us wondering how it will all end.  And, end it will. After ‘What They Died For’ I feel a little less anxious about whether I’ll like the ending. It’s an emotional show. That’s what pulled us in at the beginning – all those flashbacks got us invested in the characters. The producers – and some of the cast – have said that the finale will give us an emotionally satisfying ending.

What more can we ask for?  How about something to fill the void? LOST has already left its mark on television inspiring new shows with complex storylines, ensemble casts and even time travel – think: Heroes and Flash Forward. Why, even the creator of Desperate Housewives successfully rebooted the show by fast forwarding it several years. What we’ll look for is what we’ve loved about LOST: intelligent writing that surprises and intrigues us, complex characters we care about, well-placed humor, and beautiful, dramatic visuals.

LOST – we’ll be as sad as Hurley at the bottom of a jar of peanut butter without you!

My thanks to Tina LoSasso for guest blogging today!

PLUS Special Thanks to Sterling Beaumon, and Mrs. Beaumon who spent time with us at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con talking about LOST, and the other shows that Sterling has been on, and will be soon enough, but not spoilers here!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,137 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different genres of comics, magazines, and graphic novels, including HoRRoR, Sci-Fi, and MoNSTer Comics at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       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:     Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!         ------------------- 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   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

'My Take' On: Pink Power #1 From H.C.M.P.     Above Photos: Top Pic- (l-r) Zen, Jamilyn Parks, and Lindsey Zimmerman at the 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con! Lower Pic (l-r) Zen and Michael D Hamersky with a Thumbs Up for the Colorized Version!  At The Top Left: The Front Cover to the Colorized Pink Power #1 Comic Book! At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3139:

Yes, this was another publication given to me at the recent 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con in Artists Alley for possible review in this blog!

Actually, it's a 'colorized' version of a publication that I already blogged about as a 'Featurette' back on January 2nd of 2010. Click here for that column seen at the bottom right of that blog post.

So what's this comic book about? Well...I'd like to copy and paste some background material here, but nowhere on any of the pages on the multiple websites do I see any promo copy on this series!  Seriously!  And yes, I do realize that one of their websites is 'Under Construction', but still...This project has been online since at least mid 2009, so there should be some promo copy out there for this!

And in the 'Featurette' section of the earlier blog mentioned above, I did mention a little on what the comic was about...

So what's 'My Take' on this new colorized version of the previously published B&W comic book?

Front Cover:  The front cover shows a good crowd scene with enough poses to interest a casual browser at a LCBS.

Inside Front Cover:  I noticed at the bottom of the page is where the 'true' title of this publication is: 'Pink Power: Magic Panties #1, which is NOT what it shows on the front cover. Done on purpose?  After all it is kind of a 'reprint' with colorization and a some new text, as far as I could tell.

Splash Page: Not used as a 'splash page'. Starts right in with the storyline.

The Rest of the Pages: You know...for this comic book version, the color that has been added has made this a NEW story even though I had read it before!  And NO, I'm NOT a 'color' snob, but this colorization was done right! Kudos to the colorist, Chris Hall!

Plus, for an origin story, this is a pretty good set up.  And of course...It's "to be continued"! 

I did look online and saw the first page of issue #2, but not much else has been previewed yet...

Until then, you can check the following listed websites to order the first issue, and to be interactive with the creators on both Facebook and on DeviantArt.

Here's the websites (or at least as many that I could find):

Pink Power HCMP on Facebook

hCMP on DeviantArt

PinkPowerOnline

Hcmp Blog on Blogspot

And there is more, but those are the individual creators web pages, so I won't be posting those links here. 

My thanks to Zen, for submitting this new colorized version of the comic for possible review!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,137 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different genres of comics and graphic novels, including Underground and Super-hero Comics at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"          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:     Make It So Marketing PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that! For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL!   My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!         ------------------- 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   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.