He's Coming Soon... The Cape! January 9th, 2011 On NBC       - Above Photo:  The Front Cover to the Exclusive San Diego Comic-Con Mini-Comic Book! If YOU Missed Getting One...Just Left Click the Cover to See Where You Can Get One! - At the Top Left: The Main Cast of the TV Show.  - At the Bottom Left: Summer Glau & David Lyons at the SDCC Program.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3299:

I attended the 'World Premiere' of 'The Cape' at the 2010 Comic-Con International: San Diego this past July.  It was previewed at a special panel on Friday, July 23rd, from 2:15 - 3:15.

The room attendants distributed severl of the above pictured 'SDCC Exclusive' mini comic book, an 8 page booklet, measuring approx 4 & 1/2" x 6 & 1/2" in size. That was to create additional 'buzz' about the the then upcoming mid-season replacement TV show in 2011.

Well... It's now December 9th of 2010, and the 'upcoming' mid-season replacement is scheduled to start airing soon!  Sunday, January 9th, a month from today, is the two hour premiere from 9 - 11 PM.

The 'normal' Monday night time slot for the show starts on Janury 17th.  The series has been picked up for 13 episodes.

Although the cast for the TV Show has several known actors, such as Summer Glau shown above left in the cast photo and a Comic-Con photo, the 'buzz' wasn't all that 'big' at the special comic-con program I attended...

It's been a few months since then, and I'm starting to see more 'buzz' online now. I'm also going to give this show a 'try' starting January 9th, and if there are more comic-book related stories to this new TV Show, I'll 'report' back here.  The mini-comic is supposed to be a 'preview' for the Graphic Novel... So we'll see!

You can find out more about this show like I did at: The Cape on NBC, Orwell Is Watching You, and the Wikipedia entry.

I personally enjoyed certain aspects of the Preview that was showed at Comic-Con...  But there was enough time between the July SDCC and the January Premiere to 'fix' the snags that were 'voiced' at this Comic-Con program.  We'll see...!

For those of YOU not fortunate enough to attend the 2010 SDCC, I have the above pictured SDCC mini-comic exclusive at my own online LCBS at ComicBooksCircus.com for  reasonable amount plus shipping until I run out!

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My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,295 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

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Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

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   ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

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'. Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"!  Click here to become a 'Fan' of the GC14M Facebook Fan Page!.     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, I would have liked to have sent you a Friend Request.  However,  I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages 'limit' already, so I have now added on a personal Facebook Fan Page of my own! Just click this link to be taken to 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics' where you can click the 'Like' button there! And Thanks!         ------------------- 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 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Comics Related Gifts For The Holidays - Part 2! Personal Recommendations For  Family, Friends & Even For Yourself!

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3298:

Back on December 3rd I blogged that...

Each year I 'Spotlight' comics related items that I have reviewed over the past year and want to point out once more for those of YOU that missed the invidual posts, and are looking for holidy gifts for family, friends, or even yourself!

This year I'm refining the process by separating the links into 'groupings'. Please Note: These are MY choices, as my wife, (Tina LoSasso), and my youngest son, (Vinnie), do not have their choices included in this listing.

Here As Promised on December 3rd is my addendum to the original post... And No, the three Action Comics #1 issues shown at the Newstand above, are NOT part of these selections! Did YOU spot them in the pic from 1938? Here's the ones from this year of 2010 and more affordable:

Action / Adventure:

Blog #3294  Michael's Take On: 8-9-3 The Graphic Novel!  NM

Blog #3259 My Take On: The Secret History - Books Ten and Eleven! VF/NM

Blog #3227  My 'Take' On: The Further Adventures of D.B. Cooper! NM

Blog #3179 My Take On: Yi Soon Shin - Warrior And Defender #2!

Blog #3127 My Take on Bella Donna

Blog #3126 My Take On The Enforcers Zero Issue -  The Director's Cut

Blog (March 8, 2010) Yi Shoo Shin #1

Blog (March 3, 2010) Elephantmen Vol 2: Fatal Diseases

Books on TV Shows:

Blog #3265  My Take On the New Book: Gotham City 14 Miles from Sequart!  NM

Blog #3262  My 'Take' On: Fraggle Rock Vol. 1 Collected Edition Hardcover VF/NM

'Coffee Table Books' - Outstanding Books for Any Home!

Blog #3207 My 'Take' On: The Best Of Simon And Kirby From Titan Books!  NM

Fanzines & Pro-Zines:

Blog #3220 My 'Take' On: Back Issue #42 From TwoMorrows Publishing! The Wild West Issue!  NM

Blog #3201   My 'Take' On Alter Ego #95 - Marie Severin And NOT Brand Echh!  NM

Blog #3148 My Take On: Fogel's Underground Comix Price Guide - The First Supplement   VF/NM

Blog #3125 Part 2 of My Take On Comic Fan! #6  

For Friends That Want to Self-Publish - Good Examples:

Blog #3246 My 'Take' On: HTown Issue #1 VF/NM        

Blog #3228  My 'Take' On: Crying Macho Man Issue No. 4 VF/NM

Blog #3225 My 'Take' On Shaloman...Via Issue #8 As Seen At The 2010 SDCC! VF/N

Blog (March 21st, 2010) Shelter - A Tree & Hills Anthology

Blog (March 1st, 2010) Walking Man Comics!

Fun Reads:

Blog #3252 Sonambulo In 'Mexican Stand-Off' As Found at the San Gabriel Valley Comic Book Festival! NM

Blog #3240 My 'Take' On The TPB: Sonambulo In Sleep Of The Just!  NM 

Blog #3251 My 'Take' On: War Of The Independents #1 - Debuting at the 2010 NYCC! VF/NM

Blog #3178  My Take On: I Am Stu Pitt! A Comic Strip Novel   NM

Blog #3131 My Take On The Adventures of Captain Rochester #1 & 2!

Blog (March 18th, 2010)  Seeds - An Antholgy of Comics About Food?!

Blog (February 17th, 2010) A Review of Strange Space Stories #1

Blog (January 4th, 2010) The Silver Comics Annual #1!

Graphic Novels for General Mainstream Audiences:

Blog #3216 My 'Take' On PUG - The Graphic Novel NM

HoRRoR / MoNSTer:

Blog #3275  My Take On: Bela Lugosi's TALES From the GRAVE! NM

Blog #3258 My Take On: Family Bones Volume 2 - Shawn Granger  VF/NM

Blog #3223 My 'Take' On: Strangler Bros. #1 - As Seen At the 2010 SDCC! VF/NM

Blog #3182  My Take On: Jeromy Cox's VAMPYRATES #1  VF/NM

Blog (March 17, 2010) A Review On Haven - The Upcoming Graphic Novel

Blog (March 10, 2010) Eye Popping 10th Issue of Satyr!

Blog (February 19th, 2010) It's Strangeways: Murder Moon!

The above selections are only from my review blogs from December 2010 to January of 2010.  I don't want to make it too hard for you to find these items, either at your LCBS, Bookstore, or online sources!

Plus... I wanted to update this list for those of you that are running into trouble finding something... Thus the 'Part 2' title at the top of this blog!

Note: For those creators that sent your publications in for review, and don't see them in the list above, please note that these are my personal selections for a more mainstream based audience. No slight intended on your publication!

This is my last update on this suggestion list, as it is already December 8th!

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My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,295 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this Blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app!  We currently have over 2,060 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet...I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

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   ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

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'. Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"!  Click here to become a 'Fan' of the GC14M Facebook Fan Page!.     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, I would have liked to have sent you a Friend Request.  However,  I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages 'limit' already, so I have now added on a personal Facebook Fan Page of my own! Just click this link to be taken to 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics' where you can click the 'Like' button there! And Thanks!         ------------------- 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 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

WAR! As Declared In Comic Books! A Look Back At The 1941 Era!   - Above Photo:  Young Allies #3 From Spring of 1942.  Timely (later Marvel) Comics. - At the Top Left: Captain America #13 from Spring of 1942. Also from Timely Comics. - At the Middle Left: Spy Smasher #8 from November of 1942. From Fawcett Comics. - At the Bottom Left: World's Finest Comics #8 from Winter of 1942. From DC / Superman Comics. - Below:  The Newspaper Front Page from the December 7th, 1941 edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin EXTRA says it all! - -

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3297:

Comic Books are an American pop culture creation. At times they have been used for promotional purposes to sell cars, or burgers, or to introduce a company itself to the general public.

Other times they have been printed to get a point across to the reading public, such as during the 'Cold War' when comics warning about the 'Red Menance' were seen.

Well, back in the 1941 era, many comic book covers had a call for patriotism because of what happened on this date back in 1941.

The front page of the newpaper shown at the top right from Honolulu, Hawaii says it all.  War!

And the comic books also went to war!

There are hundreds of comic books from that era that were published.  I've chosen just a handful to show here today. 

From Timely (now Marvel) Comics, Fawcett Comics, and DC / Superman Comics are comics cover dated from 1942 - 1943. Comics always seemed to be 'cover dated' a few months ahead since they were periodicals, and the publishers thought readers would want the newest comic magazines.  So they kept moving up the 'cover date' on the newstands!

I'm not old enough to remember that day.  My dad wasn't old enough to serve yet either.  However, 'war comics' were an early part of my growing up reading and then collecting comics. Possibly because I was a 'Navy Brat', and war comics were at the Navy Bases in relatively larger numbers in the barbershops and Navy Exchanges.

Not to glorify war, but the comic book covers shown at the top of this blog post helped to galvanize the younger readers, and also the servicemen to do what they could for the war effort.

A large readership of comics were servicemen in those days.  So it had to have been a good morale booster to see Captain America, Toro & Bucky, Superman and Batman, Spy Smasher, and others do what they could in the comics for the war effort.  Especially with the early days of the WWII looking so bleak for the Allies.

I just wanted to remember this day, now 69 years ago(!), via some of the comic book covers during that time period here today.

The sacrifices that our servicemen and servicewomen gave during that time period are the reasons why we are able to have the freedom that we still have today.

My thoughts go out to those that lost family or friends during that 'Day of Infamy', and in the days and years that followed until World War II ended... I may have not been there, but I still 'Remember Pearl Harbor' each year in this blog...

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A Special Ending Note from Michael:

As shown in today's blog, there's a lot of history that can be read in comics. 

Plus we are fortunate to still have with us several comics creators from that time period, including a Facebook Friend of mine, Allen Bellman, 'Who Was There' at Timely Comics during this time period, and who recently offered to illustrate a sketch for my 2nd Annual 'Black Friday Comics' Event on Facebook.  The Winner of the Grand Prize is to receive a fully illustrated sketch of Captain America belting a villain of the Prize Winner's choice. Similar to the one at the far right in the photo shown here.  I'll be sharing that here after it is finished. 

For those of YOU that didn't know about the Event, Mr. Bellman also does commissioned sketches.  You can contact him via his web site at: AllenBellman.com, which has just gone through a nice looking revision.

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My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,295 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this Blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app!  We currently have over 2,060 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet...I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

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   ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

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'. Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"!  Click here to become a 'Fan' of the GC14M Facebook Fan Page!.     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, I would have liked to have sent you a Friend Request.  However,  I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages 'limit' already, so I have now added on a personal Facebook Fan Page of my own! Just click this link to be taken to 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics' where you can click the 'Like' button there! And Thanks!         ------------------- 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 or 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 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Capitol Records Collectors Meet & Memories of Elvis 1976-77   - - Above Topmost Photo:  Elvis Presley As Seen In Concert November 1976 At the Anaheim Convention Center. - At the Above Top: The LA Times Review of the Concert, from December 2nd of 1976.  - At the Top Left: Michael D Hamersky Selling Out of His Ford Courier at the Capitol Records in 1977. - At the Middle Left: The Elvis Presley Film Festival As Seen at the Encore Theater in 1977. - At the Bottom Left: The Front Gate of Elvis' Bel Air Home in 1977.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3296:

Yesterday I started pulling boxes from my collections and recent purchases to start processing for selling on my own 'Local Comic Book Shop', (LCBS),  a.k.a. ComicBooksCircus.com.  For listing there either before or after our year end vacation at the end of this month.

In a box of my Elvis collectibles was a photo album that I hadn't seen in years.  Plus a photo of myself in 1977 at the Capitol Records Collectors Meet that I used to attend and sell at.  I immediately scanned it and placed at my new Facebook Fan Page at Hamersky.com. That's the photo at the top left of this post.

I used to get up really early and arrive at the Capitol Records Collector Meet when it was still dark!  Instead of setting up with tables, everyone basically sold out of the back of their car's trunk!  Since I had a mini-pickup, a Ford Courier with a shell on the back, I just opened it up and sold from the tailgate.

Once while up there in Hollywood, we took a drive afterwards, and wound up seeing the Elvis Film Festival being shown at the Encore Theater in the area, as seen in the 2nd photo from the top left of this blog.

Another time, we went to Bel-Air, where Elvis had his 'Hollywood' home.  Of course the gate was closed, but being the Elvis fan that I was, I had to stop and take a photo! (3rd pic from top left.)

Of course I also saw Elvis in concert several times, one of them being the November 1976 at the Anaheim Convention Center.  A photo from that concert is shown at the top right.  Plus the following article / review in the Los Angeles Times shortly afterwards.  (YOU can see the newspaper clipping and any of the photos posted at top in larger size, by simply left clicking the pictures.)

So what does the above have to do with comics?  Well... There are several comic book covers with Elvis on them.  Many of those were once part of my comics collection!

Years later there were more comic books published about Elvis, after his untimely death on August 16th of 1977. I've published a couple of the better ones at the bottom right of this post.

As a matter of fact, back in October of 2009, I blogged about that Elvis Presley Experience comic book series being re-formatted into a graphic novel presentation, as seen in this link.

So, here was an instance of my appreciation for Elvis, his records, and his comics all neatly intertwined with my major collecting 'bug', that of still collecting comics during the mid-1970's!

In summary, I currently don't have any Elvis related comic books listed in my ROCK N ROLL comics aisle at my store, but I do have a few Elvis items in that Elvis store aisle.  More to follow in the months to come, as I sort out what I'm keeping and what will be placed for sale!

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My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 3,295 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this Blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app!  We currently have over 2,050 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button!  And for those of YOU that haven't yet...I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

Note: Our online comic book shop carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items at the link seen below.  

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   ComicBooksCircus.com - It's Under The Big Top Of Comics! Click the Above Circus Tent to See Our Current Listings!

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'. Plus I have a chapter in a new book coming out in December of 2010, that is pictured above, "Gotham City 14 Miles"!  Click here to become a 'Fan' of the GC14M Facebook Fan Page!.     Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, I would have liked to have sent you a Friend Request.  However,  I have reached the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages 'limit' already, so I have now added on a personal Facebook Fan Page of my own! Just click this link to be taken to 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics' where you can click the 'Like' button there! And Thanks!         ------------------- 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 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Vinnie's 'Take' On:  "Sea Ghost #1" From Nemo Publishing Group!    --- Above Photo: The Sea Ghost #1 One-Shot Comic Book From Nemo Publishing Group! --- At the Top Left: A Custom Made Action Figure of The Sea Ghost NOT Yet In Production! --- At the Bottom Left: The Creator of The Sea Ghost and other works, Jay Piscopo!

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3295:

Vinnie is with us this weekend, and he asked what was new that had come in during the past two weeks. 

He saw the above comic book, and I explained that this was a 'one-shot' comic book on a character that was in a series of TPBs that Jay Piscopo was publishing.

Vinnie read the one-shot, and chose it to be his blog post for this weekend.  Thanks again, Vinnie!

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This blog post is a review featuring "My Take" on "The Sea Ghost #1", by Jay Piscopo.

Jay Piscopo was the writer and illustrator for all of this, except for a few pin-up posters at the end of the comic itself.

I have not read the "The Capt'n Eli" Trade Paper Backs, so that must be taken into account when you read this review.

My dad had received a package from Nemo Publishing, LLC. It contained "The Sea Ghost" and "The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli", and my dad will later do a review on Capt'n Eli, while I am doing this one. Well, enough of all the fluff; onto the review itself!

The Front Cover has an illustration of the Sea Ghost. It looks just like the average comic: illustration, title, publisher, issue number, and cost. He appears to have his eyes glowing, and a bright white light encircling him. I do not particularilly recall this scene in the story, however.

The Inside Front Cover has a "Table of Contents", (TOC). The TOC lists the story, a pin-up by Ramona Fradon, a message to the readers, a pin-up by Danny Kelly and Robert Caine Jeffcoat, and finally, a pin-up by Jay Piscopo. Beneath that is all the copyright information, so no need to explain any further.

The Interior Pages contain the story, "The Sea Ghost in the Machine", story and art by Jay Piscopo. I liked everything: the story was exciting, and easy to follow, and the art was just fantastic. It would be hard to explain, but to me it seemed realistic, yet cartoony at the same time.

This had me wanting to read the "Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli", so I could learn more about Sea Ghost, especially after I read the promotional information that was enclosed in the shipping package, but not shown here.

The promos stated his origin is in the above book. I will definitely have to ask my dad if I can read that trade paper back once he finishes reading it. After the story, there is a pin-up of the Sea Ghost, drawn by Ramona Fradon. I thought it was good, but just a little 'old school' for me. It seemed as though he was posing, like he was waiting for a camera to take a picture, rather than him in his "natural habitat" fighting enemies.

After that, there is a message to the readers. It was saying about who or what inspired Jay Piscopo to create this character, and for the fans of Capt'n Eli who wanted him to make this one-shot comic. Then, there is a pin-up by Danny Kelly and Robert Caine Jeffcoat. I liked it, as there was more going on, and it was exciting, but I'm just not too fond of the style of art. The next pin-up was done by Jay Piscopo. Wow. This one was great! It was definitely not dull, and I love this style of art. I also loved the interpretation of who I believe is Poseidon. I don't know what else I could say except for I love it, but I'm sure I already covered that. It's just awesome! Plus there is one more by Jay included on page 36!

The Inside Back Cover has an advertisement for the first two volumes of "The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli". The ad does make the series sound interesting.

The Back Cover has another style drawn of the Sea Ghost. In the message to the readers, Jay says it was his attempt at a Jack Kirby style of it. I like it, but personally, I like the one on the front cover more. But it is nice to have two different covers on the same comic book without paying for another separate variant cover issue!  

Overall, I really liked this one-shot comic book, "The Sea Ghost". It has great art, and a great story, and I really enjoyed it. I wish it wsn't a one-shot comic, and that Jay could make another Sea Ghost comic. 

I give this issue #1 a comic book grade, I would give it a Near Mint (NM), a 9.4 out of a 10.0 grading scale.

You should be able to find this comic book at your LCBS, as it is distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors. YOU can order it at YOUR LCBS by using  the UPC: 0 74470 26292 3 01 - Look for it in January PREVIEWS from Diamond Comics Distributors!

But if they don't have it, then you can see this comic and Jay's other works in progress at the following web site: Captneli.com

~Vinnie!

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Thanks Vinnie, for guest blogging here today, and giving us your thoughts on this publication from a tween's POV!  I'll share my thoughts on this comic book and / or the other work sent in by Jay in a future blog post!

Besides Thanking Vinnie for his blog contribution today... My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at the 3,295 total posts in number! I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

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