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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Happy St. Patrick's Day Via Comic Books!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

                                        

Michael D Hamersky On Comics Wishes YOU:

A Happy St. Patrick's Day...

Via Comic Books! 

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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3367:

Of course today is St. Patrick's Day!  Which is why I titled this blog post, 'Happy St. Patrick's Day Via Comic Books!

I haven't found any comic book covers that actually feature St. Patrick... But I did find a few comic book covers that feature leprechauns... which I suppose is the next best thing?!

Leprechauns have been featured almost since comic book began, but aren't found on that many comic book covers that I've noticed...

St. Patrick's Day isn't as 'popular' on comic book covers as say... Easter, or Christmas, or the 4th of July, so finding comic book covers to share here was just a little harder than you would think!

Almost every blog that even mentions St. Patrick's Day includes the Dell Four Color #426 from September / October of 1952, that featured Porky Pig with a leprechaun, as seen at the top right!

The Dell Four Color #325 with Mickey Mouse and a leprechaun form April of 1951 isn't seen so much, when mentioning St. Patrick's Day. That one is the comic book cover seen at the top left.

The All-American Comics #70 from January / February with Green Lantern and a leprechaun, is included here, because I really enjoyed the cover artist's, (Paul Reinman), work in later years inking Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four, and then in his own pencils for ACG Comics.

Of course there are other comic book covers, including the HoRRoR 'Leprechaun' movie comic book series, but those are so 'different' from the comic book covers presented here today, that I'm going to 'ignore' them for this year...

I'm also 'saving' the other ones I've found for future St. Patrick's Day posts... As there really aren't all that many of them to share!

I'm dedicating this year's 'Happy St. Patrick's Day' blog post to my wife Tina LoSasso, who actually is more 'Irish' than 'Italian' even though her maiden name surname is 'Italian'!

Wishing ALL of YOU a 'Happy St. Patrick's Day', and don't forget to 'Wear the Green'!

~Michael D Hamersky, (who is Scottish / Not Irish from his mother's side, but is also wearing the green today!)


My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,367 total posts in number!  I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

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And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky

 

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item that was reviewed here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:  

http://www.ComicBooksCircus.com/ 

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NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail 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

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Updated: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:02 AM PDT
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Vinnie's Take On: Mortifera #3
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Books - New

                                        

Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents

Vinnie's Take On: 

Mortifera #3

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Above Photo: The Front Cover to Mortifera #3, where Catherine is fighting against undead knights.
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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3366:

(Vinnie) This weekend, I was with my dad, and I decided I wanted to write a blog. As I was looking through the box of publications to review, the comic book "Mortifera" caught my eye. The artwork, let alone the name, seemed as though they were medieval styled. This caught my eye because I had just finished this past week, building a medieval castle with 3 classmates for a project at school. The following is my review on the comic Mortifera.
 
So what's this comic about, once you get past the front cover? Here's the promotional information from the publisher, which I didn't see until after reading the comic book:
 
"Mortifera is the story of the demon hunter Catherine Gregor, her brother Ethan and the demon Durin. The three are in pursuit of the demon Kanisus, who is slowly bringing more of his kind back to earth.
The story follows the Mortifera, an order of knights who use occult methods to combat demons. Conversing with the dead and using demonic relics are common practice for the Mortifera.
A rival group known as the Exturminata also hunt demons, but stay within the ecclesiastical guidelines of dispatching the fallen ones.
Catherine, Ethan and Durin must wage war with the damned as well as combat earthly rivals to survive. The story begins in Ireland with the death of Elias Gregor, Catherine's father and leader of the Mortifera. Kanisus has murdered his old rival Elias. In doing so he also came into the possesion of vast quantity of demon's blood, which is necessary for Demonic resurrection.
In desperation Catherine summons Durin, a demon from the Dark Ages to aide in their quest to kill off Kanisus and his followers.
Thus begins their quest for revenge and salvation of Europe from another demonic invasion."
 
In this comic, I really enjoyed the setting, the artwork, and the storyline. I enjoyed reading and learning about the middle ages in school recently, and this was one of the very few comics with the theme of medieval times that I have seen. The artwork was in the middle on a style between cartoon-like and realistic. It was vibrantly colored, but still maintained enough doom and gloom to hold the title of the dark ages. The storyline was interesting, and not hard to follow. It was an interesting story, and each of the main characters had started to be developed fully by the end.
 
What I didn't like about this comic was the ending. Right after a massive onslaught and a big confrontation between the main characters and an evil villain, it ends with "to be continued". I get that they want readers to have that suspense to buy the next comic. However, did it really have to end right after that?
 
Overall, I did enjoy this comic, but I just wish they ended the story with an explanation as to why it just ended at that point. I give this comic book, Mortifera, a comic book grade of Very Fine Plus (VF+), an 8.5 out of a 10.0 grading scale.
 
~Vinnie! 
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(From Michael:)  The web site for this property is Mortifera.net, where you can purchase this comic book for $4.00 plus shipping. 

Here is the Facebook Fan Page for Mortifera Comics.

Note: Vinnie makes it to as many conventions with me as he can. He collects the 'Amazing Spider-Man' comic book series, but is open to read other titles from publishers that print titles that are age appropriate for him. 

He also has been attending 'behind the scenes' events, such as the one he blogged about ht here: Vinnie's Special 'Look at The Captain Rochester Party for the Artists' at the recent 2010 Comic-Con International: San Diego! He really had fun meeting and having dinner with Sergio Aragones, Bob Burden, Scott Shaw! and others there at this exclusive after hours Comic-Con Party in San Diego!

Also...If YOU liked Vinnie's guest review blog today, you may also enjoy reading Vinnie's other reviews on: ConDor XVIII - Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention,  Kleeman and Mike #1Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Vol 2 #2 of 3,  Fraggle Rock Vol 2 #1, Space Punks #2, Mouse Guard - The Black Axe #1 of 6Bear and Fox #2Space Punks #1The Daughters of Merlin #1Sea Ghost #1Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #4 (of 4)Clutch Cargo DVD, The All New Super Friends Hour Season 1 DVDThe Ultimate Underdog Collection Volume 1Planet HulkCoraline, Ponyo, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Sonic the Hedgehog TPB Vol 1, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, The Possum #1 comic book, Vinnie's Take on Berona's War: Field Guide, just to name a recent few! 

Thanks Vinnie, for guest blogging here today!

~Michael D Hamersky


My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and the archived blog posts, now over 3,365 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 2,295 '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!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky 

Note: My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items.  Possibly even copies of the item that was reviewed here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:   ComicBooksCircus.com.

If it isn't available in my online 'Local Comic Book Shop, (LCBS), then you may be able find it in my Amazon affiliate link, as seen here:  Comics & Graphic Novels at Amazon!

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 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 Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!!  (Note:  I don't list my email address here, due to 'spambots' gathering it and 'spamming' me. 

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

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

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to have sent me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages in my network already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' for myself so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:36 AM PST
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Monday, March 14, 2011
The Upcoming 2011 Anime Conji - San Diego, CA - March 25-27th of 2011
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Other Cons

                                        

The 2nd Anime Conji 

A San Diego Anime Convention

Which Runs March 25th - 27th, 2011 

Part 1 - The Upcoming Con

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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3365:

I met Hector Reyes again at the recent ConDor XVIII which was held at the Town & Country Resort in the Mission Valley area of San Diego.

Hector mentioned to me that the 2nd Annual Anime Conji would be held at this same facility that ConDor was at... During the upcoming weekend of March 25th - 27th of 2011.

Funny thing is... That Tina & I actually 'semi-attended' the final hour of the 1st Anime Conji that was held at the Doubletree Hotel Club back on April 9th - 11th of 2010!

That's because I drove us to that Doubletree instead of the Doubletree Hotel at the North side of I-10 when I was driving us to meet my cousin and her husband who had flown in to San Diego for a different convention last April!

So I was totally surpised to find the 1st Anime Conji at 'her hotel'!  However it turned out that we were at the wrong Doubletree!

But while Tina and I were there looking for my cousin... I took a quick look at the convention.

That's because we were surprised at the large turnout for this con.  Because after all, wasn't it the 1st gathering for this con?!

I took a few photos, as shown above, and then drove to the correct Doubletree Hotel next!

So my youngest son and I are interested in attending probably two of the three days of this year's con...

So what's happening at this year's con?

Here's just a brief outline:

Come to the 2nd annual Anime Conji: Returns the Saga Continues! Three days of Art, Music and Cosplay celebrating Japanese Animation and Manga.

We will have everything you would find at your standard anime convention PLUS MORE!

Guest of Honor: Actor, producer, director and stuntman, Reuben Langdon
Dealer's Hall - More than double the size!
Artist Alley - Over 30 tables
Con Suite - Free Candy, no getting in a van required...
Panels - Now with prizes
Gaming - Tournaments through out the con
Karaoke - New for 2011
Viewing Rooms - Upgraded for 2011

Events:

Musical Guest of Honor: Steam Powered Giraffe
Cosplay Gatherings - 10+ and counting
Dances - Every night!
Fashion Show - Showcasing local fashion subcultures
Masquerade - 4 divisions to enter in
Model Building Contest - 3 categories
AMV Contest - More awards

EXCLUSIVE FOR ANIME CONJI!!!!

Mochi Maid Cafe
Fairytale Burlesque
Discounted Hotel Rooms
 

At the Door Rates:

$50.00 (full weekend badge)
$20.00 (Friday badge)
$30.00 (Saturday badge)
$20.00 (Sunday badge)

Discount rate information: http://www.animeconji.org/2011/registration

Here's the Facebook Event Page so YOU can check out the latest updates!

Here's the Facebook Fan Page so YOU can become a 'Fan' and be interactive with others!

Here's the web site for Anime Conji for even more info!

My own Facebook Fan Page will also be posting additional info in the days to come before the con starts!  I also plan on posting pics in a photo album there to share with others that aren't able to attend!

Again, My Thanks to Hector Reyes for bringing this to my attention!

If you and / or your friends have interest in Anime... And are close to the San Diego Metro Area... Here's YOUR chance to check out a fun anime con!

~Michael D Hamersky


My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and the archived blog posts, now over 3,363 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 2,309 '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!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky 

Note: My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items.  Possibly even copies of the item that was reviewed here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:   ComicBooksCircus.com 

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 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 Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!!  (Note:  I don't list my email address here, due to 'spambots' gathering it and 'spamming' me. 

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

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

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to have sent me a 'Friend Request'.
However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages in my network already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' for myself so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there. 
Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PST
Updated: Sunday, March 13, 2011 8:01 PM PST
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
The Upcoming 2011 Winkie Con
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Other Cons

                                        

Michael D Hamersky On Comics:

The Upcoming 2011 Winkie Con

Friday, July 8 at 3:30pm - July 10 at 1:00pm

Asilomar Conference Center
800 Asilomar Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA

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Above Photo: Michael D Hamersky with David Maxine at ConDor XVIII. David was holding a copy of the 2009 Winkie Con Program Book he edited and designed.
Top Left Photo: The 2011 Winkie Con will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of L. Frank Baum's "The Sea Fairies"!

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3364:

I'm sure several readers of this blog are wondering... "What is Winkie Con?".
 
Heck, I wasn't even aware of it, until running into David Maxine at the recent ConDor XVIII, where he had a dealer's booth!
I was referred to his booth by Eric Shanower, who I met at an earlier panel during the first day of the three day convention.
 
Eric Shanower, who is a freelance cartoonist, illustrator, and writer, has been writing "adaptations of L. Frank Baum's original Oz novels for Marvel Comics, illustrated by artist Skottie Young. The first, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was released in a hardcover collection on September 2, 2009. The follow-up, The Marvelous Land of Oz began in November 2009 as an 8 issue monthly comic series, while the third mini i.e. Ozma of Oz began in November 2010".
So when I stopped in at the booth, David and I talked about his 'Hungry Tiger Press' publications, which included quite a few OZ related items.
 
When I stated I had read several of the OZ books when I was a child, he mentioned the Winkie Con, which is now in its 47th year!
David presented me with a copy of his edited and designed program book for the 2009 Winkie Con, which I just finished reading.
I was impressed with the great layout of the program book and the fine illustrations that were included.  Plus being someone who enjoys reading history, I also read with interest the history of the Winkie Con.
Enough that I wanted to mention this upcoming convention!  
 
Plus the fact that I've recently reviewed blogged several comics based on the OZ books by L. Frank Baum, including: 'Woe Is Oz' by Ethan Tarshish & Kelly Brown, 'OZopolis' - Written by: Kirk Kushin and Illustrated by: Gonzalo Martinez, and ECB / Emerald City Blues #2 by Karl Altstaetter, just to name a few. 

Here is more on the upcoming event:

"Please keep in mind that the full-registration price for the weekend includes ALL con activities, your hotel room for two nights, six meals, coffee breaks, and all tips and gratuity. It's a GREAT deal! And a LOT of fun! Join us for the 47th annual Winkie Convention as we journey Under the Sea to celebrate all th...ings oceanic in and around L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz. This year’s programming chairman, David Maxine, invites you to come and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Baum’s underwater fairytale The Sea Fairies and the 80th anniversary of Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Pirates in Oz. What could be better than pirates and mermaids in Oz?


Our guests of honor will be Tommy Kovac, writer of the acclaimed new comic book series The Royal Historian of Oz, and Kirk Kushin, writer of the new comic book series Ozopolis. Oz writer and artist Eric Shanower will take you on a visual tour of the deep as we explore our theme of Oz Under the Sea. Other convention highlights include a terrific new documentary on Fred Stone, who played the Scarecrow in the 1903 Broadway Wizard of Oz musical, featuring rare film footage of Stone in action. You’ll see a presentation on W. W. Denslow's many rare and elegant book cover designs. You’ll discover the brand new phenomenon of making your own replica Ruby Slippers! This is becoming a very high-end art and the quality, detail, and research that go into these amazing shoes is not to be believed! On Saturday night you’ll be treated to a full evening of Ozzy song starring Joe Cascone and David Haines from the Toronto Civic Light Opera Company. This program will feature a hundred years of Oz music from stage, film, and pop music, and a few surprises, too! It will be a night to remember!

And don’t miss our traditional Winkie Costume Contest, Treasure Hunt, and Winkie Quiz—not to mention the fabulous Winkie Auction of rare Baum and Oz material!"


I've never been to a Winkie Con before, but this sure sounds like fun to me! For those of YOU that have a fondness for the OZ series of books by L. Frank Baum and others, (see this link for the books!), here are links that you should look at now to see if you can make this convention this year!

The Facebook Event Page for this event is: 2011 Winkie Con

I do not see a Facebook Fan Page for Winkie Con, although two Facebookers 'created' this upcoming event on facebook, (David Maxine & Peter Hanff).

The Winkie Newsletter Website can be found here.

The Hungry Tiger Talk blog post on the Winkie Con can be found here.

The History of the Winkies can be found here.

The above links appear to be just a few of the links that mention the upcoming Winkie Con this July.  Again, if YOU have a fondness or interest in the OZ boooks or film(s), now is the time to check this event out!

My thanks to Eric Shanower for mentioning the booth at the panel he was on at ConDor XVIII, and to David Maxine for taking the time to share this World of Oz with me!

~Michael D Hamersky


My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and the archived blog posts, now over 3,363 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 2,307 '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!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky 

Note: My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items.  Possibly even copies of the item that was reviewed here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:   ComicBooksCircus.com.

If it isn't available in my online 'Local Comic Book Shop, (LCBS), then you may be able find it in my Amazon affiliate link, as seen here:  Comics & Graphic Novels at Amazon!

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 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 Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!!  (Note:  I don't list my email address here, due to 'spambots' gathering it and 'spamming' me. 

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

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

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to have sent me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages in my network already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' for myself so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 6:13 AM PST
Updated: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:30 AM PST
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Friday, March 11, 2011
My Take On: Feeding Ground #1-4 of a 6 Issue Limited Series
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Books - New

                                        

Michael D Hamersky On Comics Reviews:

Feeding Ground

Issues #1-4 of 6 

From Archaia Entertainment!

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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3363:

I received issue #4 of a 6-part series that Archaia Entertainment is publishing. I've held off on blogging about this series until now for a couple of reasons.

Before I go into that... The following is what Archaia provides as the promo blurbs for the first four issues:

#1 - This new series is ripped right out of the real-life drama unfolding on the Mexico-Arizona border.  FEEDING GROUND speaks to a large and diverse audience no matter what your personal point of view on this issue is. In this factious story, a famine caused by Blackwell Industries drives Diego Busqueda, a noble "coyote", to lead a band of Mexican border crossers across the unforgiving Devil's Highway, a desert cursed with blistering days an deadly nights.  Back home, Diego's daughter Flaca discovers that something hungrier prowls the factory fields.  Stalked and persecuted, can the Busqueda family maintain their dreams of immigration or will the horrors of the desert tear them apart?  Also included is 24 pages of bonus content in Spanish!

#2 -  FEEDING GROUND, a horror tale set on the Mexico-Arizona border, launches an entirely new werewolf mythology!  A local enforcer, terrorizes the Busqueda family as their father Diego makes a solitary trek home through the horrors of the Devil's Highway.  Meanwhile, US Border Patrol Agents unearth a shocking discovery that threatens to reveal a secret buried in the desert for generations.  Also included as bonus content on the flip side of the book is the story in Spanish!

#3 - FEEDING GROUND launches an entirely new werewolf mythology, set on the Mexico-Arizona border!  A famine drives Diego Busqueda, a noble "coyote", to lead his family across the unforgiving Devil's Highway, a desert cursed with blistering days and deadly nights.  However, they are not alone among the desert sands.  An ancient evil that has plagued the region for generations has emerged from the shadows.  Pitting real-world border politics against a boldly re-imagined werewolf mythology, FEEDING GROUND questions the very nature of survival!  In this issue: Cursed with a dying bloodline, Alejandro Blackwells hunts for young Flaca as the Busquedas trek through the nasty Mexican border town of Altere -  a broken back door to America.  Included on the flip side is the issue in Spanish at no extra cost!

#4 -  FEEDING GROUND launches an entirely new werewolf mythology, set on the Mexico-Arizona border!  All forces collide in a battle that forever changes the Busqueda clan.  The family is divided over their daughter's uncertain future as Border Patrol agents and a ruthless pack converge on The Devil's Highway.  One of the Busquedas will not survive.  Pitting real-world politics against a boldly re-imagined werewolf mythology, FEEDING GROUND questions the very nature of survival.  Included on the flip slide is the issue in Spanish at no extra cost!

So what is 'My Take' on the first four issues of the six part series?

I mentioned at the beginning of this blog that there were two reasons I hadn't yet blogged about this series, although I have read all four issues published to date.

The first reason for holding off was the storyline.  This is a brand new series being printed in 'floppy comic book sized' format.  The way the storyline was being presented made it more of a candidate for a 'graphic novel' format right off the bat, IMO.  Plus even though the publisher's promos stated that no matter what the political persuasion the reader was, the storyline would speak to you.  However, as much as I don't like to interject my own personal political views in my blogs, I don't see anything 'noble' about a "coyote".

Secondly, I held off blogging about this series, because I couldn't follow exactly where this storyline was headed, due to what I considered the 'choppiness' of the storyline, only due to the installments of the six issue story arc in single issue comic book format.  That and waiting each month for the next installment didn't work for me as a reader...

In reading this series thus far, it wasn't until issue #4 that the pieces came together for me.  For a comic book limited series presentation that is too long, IMO.

It was the artwork that has kept me going reading this series, when each successive issue came in for possible review.  Very well illustrated and colored!

Additionally I really thought that the flip side approach for this comic book series was an innovative idea!  English on one side, Spanish on the other, for no additional cost!  Great idea!

Now that this series has 'come together' for me personally, both writing and illustrations, I'm looking forward to reading the last two issues of this series.  A good HoRRoR story is hard to find at this time.

As a side note... This is the first comic book that I have received of what I've been told is the next 'wave' in comics.  By that I mean that it's been 'zombies' for a few years now, with 'vampires' being a recent addition, due to 'Twilight'.  Now it is thought that 'werewolves' are the 'next thing' in comics. This kind of makes sense, although I'm hoping that werewolves don't proliferate as much as the zombies did!  For a while there it seemed that every other comic book given to me or sent in for possible review was another 'zombie' comic book.  Way too much for me as a reader of comics!    

Feeding Ground - #4 of 6  went on sale: February 23rd at your LCBS!

Written by: Swifty Lang, Art by Michael Lapinski, Lettering and Design by Chris Mangun, with Story by Lang, Lapinski, & Mangun.  Translation by Nathalia Ruiz Murray, and Edited by Paul Morrissey.

Review Rating for the four issues published so far as a series: 8.0 VERY FINE  (VF) out of a possible 10.0 Comic Book Grading scale.

Retail Price $3.95 Page count: 64 pages (32 English / 32 Spanish)

Format: saddle bound, 6.625" x 10.25", full color

Mature Readers (series contains Graphic Violence.)

Here is the link to Archaia so that YOU can purchase the back issues, if YOUR LCBS doesn't have them in stock at this time.

Here is the Facebook Fan Page for Archaia Entertainment, which I suggest YOU 'like' also to keep up with what this publisher is presenting next.


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Updated: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:28 AM PST
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