Michael D Hamersky On Comics Posts: Sharing Father's Day Via Comic Books! Comic Book Covers Featuring TV Show Dads!    This year I wanted to of course blog about Fathers Day with a comics related theme. Back in 2007, I blogged about my youngest son taking me to see the Fantastic Four 2 Film: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and in subsequent years I've blogged about other topics that were also comics related.  Hey, it's a comic book blog after all isn't it?! LOL. Today I wanted to present comic book covers from the Dell Four Color Comics series that really stand out to me as being representative of Fathers Day. The top photo is Dell FC #1285 from Feb/Apr of 1962. Copyright 1961 by Gomaico Productions, Inc. Based on the 1957-63 "Leave It to Beaver" TV series. That is an early memory for me about fathers. The column to the right are more TV show fathers that made an impression on me.   - - Photos: (topmost above) One of the most understanding fathers on a TV show was of course Ben Cartwright.  Even though he had three wives, he had been widowed twice before... The comic book cover is from Dell FC #1221 from Sept / Nov 1961. Copyright 1961 by National Broadcasting Company. The above photo is from Dell FC #1341 from Apr / Jun 1962. Copyright 1962 by Mayberry Corporation. Based on "The Andy Griffith Show" TV series. Andy Griffith was a heckuva of a TV dad, but Ron Howard, who is famous now in own right as an actor, director, and producer, has nothing but good to say of him. And yes, I know, TV Dads are hard to live up to... God knows I haven't always.  But these are good role models for fathers, even though they may be fictional ones.  Some may even call them sci-fi ones, as they must be living on a different planet to be such great dads!

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3440:

I would have to say that the above photos of comic book covers would 'say' what I am thinking about what Father's Day means to me...

I had to go back a ways for those comic book book covers, as today's comics don't really have any examples of Fathers that I'd like to present here.

The TV shows since the early to mid 1960s just haven't presented Fathers in 'good light', IMO. 

I know that I am divorced from my kids mother, so all is not 'rosy' in the 'real world'.  But I'd rather not present here the more 'grim n gritty' comics that present Fathers in a non-flattering way.  And as the main blogger for this Blog, that is my right to do so.

Talking about Fathers, the above photo is from last weekend, when my cousin came out to see his Uncle Francis, (my Dad), for the 1st time. Richard Francis, seen at the far right, had been 'lost' to us for decades, as his father, (my Dad's oldest brother), had died years ago, and his wife had gone back East and re-married.  Richard Francis' step-father had adopted him, and the rest of the family had lost contact with him after that.  It was only last year that my Dad's younger brother, Victor, had located him, and invited out to that year's family reunion.

Richard Francis decided to look up the rest of his biological father's family, including my dad, Francis, to see how the rest of the family were like, as he had not grown up with them around.  The above photo from left to right are: Francis Lewis, Michael D (me), Francis 'Frank', and Richard Francis.  I thought it was timely to present that pic in this blog today.  

And no, my sister, Carolyn Sue, was not able to make it down for the get gogether last weekend.  She is in Juneau, Alaska, which is just a little far aways to come down for everything!

Tomorrow, I'm taking my youngest son, Vinnie, with us to celebrate Fathers Day at my Dad's, where we'll have sandwiches, chips, and cake! Afterwards, Vinnie, Tina & I will be going to attend Semantink's Comic Savvy Meetup in the Mission Valley Area of San Diego, where like minded comics fans will meetup for coffee and conversation at the Milano Coffee House. A great way for us to end Father's Day, doncha think?!

Here's to all of you having a great Fathers Day with your father should he still be with you.  And if not, take a little time to think about him on this special day / weekend.

And a "Happy Father's Day to MY Dad"!

Best,

~Michael D Hamersky

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Reviews: The 2011 Green Lantern Film! From A Comic Book Fan's POV!      - Photos: (topmost above) Michael D Hamersky at the Theater's Lobby with the Green Lantern exhibit. (above left top) One of the film posters for the 2011 Green Lantern film.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3439:

Just got back in from an early afternoon matinee showing of the 2011 film... 'Green Lantern'!

So, I'm quickly blogging 'my take' on this film, as there won't be a follow-up blog from my wife, Tina, as she elected not to go to see this film...

With the opening scene I could see why Tina didn't want to go... Too much CGI at the beginning, and I was beginning to wonder myself about the direction that this film was going.

However, once the film's storyline was on Earth, the film picked up for me. 

First I must point out, yes I did read some of the early Green Lanterns with Hal Jordan as GL.  I liked the Gil Kane artwork.  However, as stated before in this blog, Marvel Comics came into being, and I was one of the early 'Marvel maniacs'. 

With my allowance as small as it was, I couldn't afford DCs, Marvels, ACGs, Gold Keys, etc., so I decided early on to 'collect' Marvels, thus not keeping up with Green Lantern from DC Comics. So No, I didn't keep up with Hal Jordan or all of the later Green Lanterns on Earth.

Yet, I found this film well paced, cutting back and forth cleanly between Earth scenes and planet Oa scenes.  Good editing!

Hal Jordan was portrayed pretty well in this film, and Carol Ferris was just a little differently written, probably due to having it occur in the 2010s and not the 1950's - 60's.

I enjoyed some of the updates, such as when Hal tried to get the ring to work with the Lantern, citing: "To Infinity and Beyond!", and something about the "Power of Greyskull". 

The fact that Hal Jordan wasn't cut out to be a 'Green Lantern' because he wasn't fearless, per Sinestro's spoken thoughts, was because of his humanity.

It was the humanity in this film, or rather the interactions of humans with other humans that made this film play better on the Big Screen for me.

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER - WARNING WARNING WARNIG! If you don't want to know more about the actual film scenes, then skip the following paragraphs until you reach the end of the SPOILER WARNINGS!

Yes, the CGI was done pretty well, but it was the opening scene of Parallax being found that would have turned my wife, Tina, right off from the beginning.  Indeed, as stated above, that is when I started wondering what I come into...

Yet the interactions between the human characters was done pretty well, IMO. The 'Space Opera' scenes were also okay, except for the part where Parallax was a cloud like space creature.  I was already disappointed in another universe on screen, Marvel's Universe, where Galactus was a 'space cloud'.  Yet I don't know the DC Universe's storyline of Parallax.  Possibly he was a 'cloud like creature'? 

Which brings to mind, that more than just comic book fans are expected to attend this comic book film.  Especially with a budget of $200 million dollar per some estimate.

So why isn't this film written / filmed / edited for a more general film going audience? Because you know, comic book fans from the Silver / Bronze / and Modern Ages of Comics are likely to not agree on the storyline / quality of this film! 

OKAY.... END OF SPOILER WARNING...

END OF SPOILERS WARNING!

I found that Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern did a fine job, even though the film was updated from its 1950's origins.  He carried the film for me.

Blake Lively as Carol Ferris portrayed a good 'boss role' / 'girlfriend at one time' role.  I liked the interaction between her and Hal / GL.

Peter Sarsgaard as Dr. Hector Hammond was just a little too 'cartoony' for a general film going audience, but I found the actor played the role well as it was probably written.

Mark Strong as Thaal Sinestro: this was a good role for Mark!

Angela Bassett as Dr. Amanda Waller:  Good performance in a small role, although I understand that the comic book character was not the same size in physical appearance...

Tim Robbins as U.S. senator Robert Hammond:  Yeah, a typical role that Tim Robbins plays... but he does them so well!

Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur:  I could really believe this role... of an alien crash landing on Earth.  Good job! 

Michael Clarke Duncan as the voice of Kilowog: I really like Michael's voice, as well as acting.  Too bad his character was a CGI character. I've enjoyed seeing and hearing him since 'The Green Mile' back in 1999.  And yeah, I also enjoyed seeing him as The Kingpin in 2003's Daredevil film from Marvel Comics! Even though 'The Kingpin' I grew up with during Romita Sr.'s years was a white guy.

So, as you can see from the above, I believe that the majority of the characters were well cast!

The storyline was pretty smooth in between cutting from Earth to space and back again.

My only disappointments were the very opening scene of the film, and the cartoony climax scene... Which it seems that comic book films can't get rid of, i.e. my same thought on the recent Thor film...!

Is this worth going to see on the Big Screen?

Well... I said at the beginning that I was a Hal Jordan / Green Lantern early reader. Yes, it's been 'updated' to reflect the 2000s... but other than the two scenes mentioned above... It was worth it to me to see at the Big Screen...

But NO, I didn't opt for the 3-D version!

I'm not for certain if a mainstream film going audience is going to find this a film that they are going to 'rave' about... The targeting of the film via trailers turned off my wife, and my youngest son, who will be with on Fathers Day, but opted to not see this film either this weekend.

The marketing of the film made it seem like a 'space opera' or 'cartoony sci-fifilm', which it wasn't.  I believe that this film is going to find it hard gaining traction with the non-comics film going public...!

My comic book grade for this comic book movie is a VERY FINE PLUS (VF+) 8.5 out of a possible 10.0 grading scale.  I had forgiven the film for the terrible beginning of the film, and was ready to give this a Very Fine / Near Mint grade (VF/NM) 9.0, but again here was a comic book movie at the end going with almost all CGI... Sheesh!  Which downgraded it to the VF+.   Thevery ending was good, when back on Earth, and yes, you gotta stay for the end of the BEGINNING of the credits.  A sequel, perhaps?

That's it for me on this one!  And again, NO review on this one from Tina, who will NOT be presenting her review on this film from a woman's POV!

~Michael D Hamersky

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents...  Vinnie's Take On: Stuff that DREAMS are made of The Mini-Comix     - Above: The Front Cover to 'Stuff that DREAMS are made of' mini-comix, by Jim Siergey!

(Vinnie) This blog post I'm writing is about a mini comic called "Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," written and illustrated by Jim Siergey.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

(Michael) Thanks, Vinnie!  

Back in Blog #3421 I blogged about the first of the two mini-comics that Jim Siergey sent in for possible review, as seen here, 'Nart Again'.

I thought that I should 'introduce' Vinnie to a mini-comic that he could blog on, as most of the publications he has blogged on so far have been more for 'mainstream' readers.

Since I enjoyed the earlier mini-comic and this one also, I felt that Jim's sense of humor was fun and not risque for Vinnie's age group, (pre-teen).

I give this minix-comix a VERY FINE / VERY FINE PLUS (VF/VF+) 8.25 out of a 10.0 possible comic book grading scale. The artwork & gags were fun & clean, even though it was titled a 'mini-comix' instead of a 'mini-comic'. 

Again, as stated before, 'anthology' comics like this one are harder to 'review blog', as the multiple stories may or may not 'hit on all 8 cylinders' for the reader / reviewer. It's a matter of 'taste', and anthologies with one page 'stories / art' are a little hader to review / grade.  Thus the difference in 'grading' this publication between Vinnie and myself. 

Also, as Vinnie showed above... The place to order this mini-comix is at the eCrater Store for Weird Muse.

~ Michael

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Reviews: The Guns of Shadow Valley Convention Preview Edition!      - - Photos: (topmost above) James Andrew Clark introducing me to 'The Guns of Shadow Valley: The Convention Preview Edition' at the 2011 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con. (above top) A closeup of the comic book preview edition.

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3437:

Here's another comic book that I was introduced to at the recent 2011 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con.  I met James Andrew Clark at 'The Guns of Shadow Valley' booth early in the morning.

James is one of three of the webcomic's creators, but I didn't meet the other two, David Wachter or Thomas Mauer.  However you can see more about all of them at this link.

I have repeatedly stated both here in this Blog, as well as at my own Facebook Fan Page, 'Michael D Hamersky On Comics', that webcomics creators should take the opportunity to 'monetize' their creations via print copies.

Here I found that this trio is doing exactly that!

What I found at the booth was besides a great looking banner, and a friendly booth exhibitor... Was a full color comic book convention preview edition!

Yes, it was a little 'odd-sized', but for a promotional piece that was okay.  It actually was better than okay, because at a convention venue, you would want to 'stand out' from all of the other products that could be found there! 

However, I wouldn't recommend printing a full comic book in that size format.

Here's what this intellectual property, (IP), is all about:

"Somewhere in the mysterious Shadow Valley lies a secret that could forever change the face of the frontier. To protect that secret, a posse of gunmen with special abilities must come together and defend against a tribe of ghostly warriors, an advancing army led by a deranged Colonel, and the perils of the valley itself.

The Guns of Shadow Valley is an exciting new Western adventure series from the creators of Scar Tissue. Set in the 1870s in the Oklahoma Territories, Guns is a tale of intrigue and adventure that puts a new spin on the Old West.

Book One, Chapter One began July 21, 2009. New pages go online every Tuesday."

Okay, the above is exactly what this 'convention preview edition' presents.  Plus an introduction on the inside front cover, and a prologue at the end of the story sampler.  With a couple of illustrations of main characters in the series. There is one page of character sketches, and then a 'commercial' in the same style of the interior pages for the printer of this promotional comic book.  The back cover of this comic appears to be used for some sort of additional promo, which I did not get at the booth, but I was cutting my time short as I was off to meet someone that morning, and was walking by the booth when the banner caught my eyes.

Back in March of 2010, I had decided that I would no long review blog webcomics or .pdfs of comics that were emailed to me... Mainly because I had been flooded with requests to read and hopefully review blog those formats of comics.

At that time I had decided to concentrate on hard copy comics, TPBs, and graphic novels, as when I am online or on my laptop, I need to be either networking, blogging, or listing comics for sale at my own online comic book shop.

Thus I was not aware of this project.  I am really glad to have seen this promotional convention preview edition in person, because it is darn good!

The concept is sound, the writing is captivating, and the artwork is comparable to some of the best westerns I have read.  The colors & letters totally flow with the tone of this storyline.  If the comic book is anything like this convention promo piece, then this is something I would want to read for sure, pardner!

For those of you looking for a good read in this genre... This is it!

I suggest you take a look at the web site for 'The Guns of Shadow Valley', and check it out further!

My comic book grade for this 'Convention Preview Edition' comic book is a NEAR MINT (NM) 9.4 out of a possible 10.0 grading scale.

As for obtaining a copy, I don't see a Facebook Fan Page for this series as of yet, so their web site would probably be the best bet to see how to obtain a copy of it, but then again, you could read the pages that are already online for now, until the hard copy is published.

My thanks again to James for introducing me to this IP.  I'm looking forward to a full sized comic book in the future.  BTW, a funny thing is... I'm Facebook Friends with both David Wachter & Thomas Mauer, but not James, and had not seen this concept before!

~Michael D Hamersky

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Reviews: The Comedy of HoRRoR #1 From Steve 'Moonball' Wyatt of MoonBall Comics!     - Photos: (above)The front cover to 'The Comedy of HoRRoR' #1 - from MoonBall Comics & Steve Wyatt(pictured to the top left at the 2011 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con).

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3436:

At the recent 2011 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con, I came across a familar face, that of Steve Wyatt, as seen to the left at his booth.

It took me a moment  to wonder why he looked 'out of place' there in the 'Artists Alley' of the Comic Con!

You see, for years I've only seen him at his booth at other comic cons as a comic book dealer... and I mean many different comic cons and shows when I say that!

So his booth was a little overpowering in presentation of all of the things that he was presenting at his booth.

Of course I saw the oversized banner proclaiming the 'BIG WOW!' Comic Fest, which I had recently heard of, but didn't know where it was... Turned out that it was the new new name for SuperCon in Northern California! He told me the story why it had a new name, but that is for a later blog or mention at my Facebook Fan Page.

What Steve wanted me to know for this Blog, was that the BIG WOW was coming soon, PLUS that he had a comic book that he would like me to read and possibly mention in this Blog and / or at my Facebook Fan Page.

I wasn't aware of his interest in writing and / or illustrating in comics. So in preparation for this blog, I researched what I could find on him, and came up with this bio on him:

"Collecting Comics since 1974, working in the comic industry since 1976, he has done everything you can do... except create comics (his passion). He sells comics, promotes comics, promotes comic show, appraises comics, finds comics...etc.

Having helped with a number of comics as an inker (his dream job), his 1st time credit was "Ms Fortune" from Image comics. He has worked (uncredited) on Tomb Raider, Star Trek and more. He created the sensational "Doomed Galaxy", 1st self published, and soon to be a new book from Image comics. He also created the smash hit "Santa, The Protector" and "The Comedy of Horror", both published by "Moonball Comics"."

Okay... So that's an updated history of Steve.

What's this comic book about?

It's a self-published comic book with three stories presented.  Each story is introduced by 'Uncle Storyteller', as seen on the front cover to the left.

The first story is 'Pigmy Queen', with additional stories titled 'The Hunter and the Hunted', and 'The Peace & Love Hippy Vampire'.

Words, pictures & cover by Steve Wyatt. Cover Colors by Steve Olifff, with letters by Mike Hampton.  This was copyrighted in 2009. The interior pages are in black & white.

The front cover scene, 'The Desert Zombie' is one of those 'gimicks' that comics used to use, where a scene / story is NOT in the comic book itself!  But Steve does write under the words 'The Desert Zombie' that "this cover has nothing to do with this comic, I jsut wanted to draw a zombie!".  Which I thought was kind of funny!

I didn't realize that Steve was born in 1964, even though I knew he was younger than me.  So the use of the 'Uncle Storyteller' is a mechanism that has been used before, most prominently in the EC Comics.  There have been other uses of this concept before, including in Marvel Comics' horror comics after the Comics Code Authority was relaxed in the 1970's.

So while some might think this is 'derivative', I found that it was a good mechanism to use a character to 'introduce' each story.  Yes, I found that the at least one of the stories was similar to ones I've read in the past, or maybe seen on TV, but I was able to enjoy it in a different style of artwork that is Steve's own.

The artwork was fine in black & white, and actually it was good that the vampire story wasn't presented in color, what with the blood being shown...

The nudity presented within the pages of this comic book prevent it from being a product for a 'general audience'.  So it isn't for young kids, or young adults, dpending on your own parental guidances.

I had a good time reading this comic book, and for a self-published anthology comic book with b&w pages, all with story & art by the same creator... It fared pretty well. As I've mentioned numerous times before here in this blog... Anthology Comics are the hardest to review.

Oh, and as for 'Moonball'... Steve writes: "Moonball", if anyone needs to know, is a dumb kids name from the 70's!"

My comic book grade for this one-shot comic book is a VERY FINE / VERY FINE PLUS (VF/VF+) 8.25 out of a possible 10.0 grading scale.

As for obtaining an issue... If you see him at a comic con, he should have it for sale at his booth if he is selling comics.

Or, you can try him at his eBay Store: Moonball's Magical Comic Calvacade!!

You can also contact him and check out more on the BIG WOW! at his Facebook Fan Page for that comic con. The last one just occured May 21-22 of 2011. And yes, it was originally founded as 'Super-Con' back in 1979 in Hayward, CA.

(NOTE: Next Year's show date will be May 19th & 20th, 2012.).

Thanks, Steve for introducing me to your work, I had fun reading it!

~Michael D Hamersky

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