Michael D Hamersky On Comics Is Remembering That... The Beatles Invaded the USA on February 7th of 1964... AND American Comic Books Soon After! ---------------   Photos - (Top Photo:)  My Little Margie #54 with a cover date of November of 1964.  What makes this a hard comic book to find in any condition is besides having The Beatles on the front cover... This is the LAST issue in the series that had started cover dated in July of 1954! (At the Top Right: First 4 photos) Laugh Comics #166 cover dated January of 1965 with Betty & Veronica day dreaming of... The Beatles?! And NOT Archie??? Strange Tales #130 cover dated from March of 1965 with The Thing and The Human Torch with... Beatle Wigs????  One of my favorite 'Beatle Covers' in Comic Books History! Girls' Romances #109 cover dated June of 1965 from DC Comics.   (Below photo: 1 photo)  February 7th of 1964... The Beatles arrive at Kennedy Airport!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3587 -  Yes, I'm posting this a little early, as the 48th Anniversary of the Beatles arriving at the Kennedy Airport in New York isn't until February 7th of 2012!

However, I didn't want to miss remembering the arrival of the Beatles in 1964 to America (USA) as it totally affected American Comics starting in 1964!

For those of you that don't know the background... The Beatles left the United Kingdom on February 7th of 1964, where an estimated four thousand fans had gathered at Heathrow Airport to see them off. According to reports at the time, the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" had sold 2.6 million copies (45s),  in the US over the previous two weeks before their fligtht, but the rock band group members were still nervous about how they would be received at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.

The crowd at JFK was estimated at about three thousand people. The Beatles performed their first live US television performance two days later on The Ed Sullivan Show.  Which was watched by approximately 74 million viewers at the time.   That was over 40 percent of the American population in 1964!  So yes, there were a lot of newly minted Beatles fans!   And several millions of fans have been born since then.  Many of whom would love to have copies of The Beatles memorabilia if they knew they existed!

So for those of you that are Beatles fans or comic book fans that enjoy reading and possibly reselling the comic afterwards... You might want to take a look for these comic books, because the 50th Anniversary isn't that far away from now, and prices will tend to increase between now and then!

The comic books that are being presented here are just a few of the comic book that The Beatles were featured on the front cover!

Plus they appeared on several comic book titles from the different comic book publishers that were in existence during that time period.  Including Archie Comics, Charlton Comics, DC Comics and Marvel Comics to name a few that are represented here!

The earliest one that I am showing here is the one from Charlton Comics, cover dated November of 1964.  While not the first to feature The Beatles on the front cover, it is one of the harder ones to find, as it was also the last comic book in the 'My Little Margie' comic book series.

I haven't seen a complete list to date with all of The Beatles comic book covers, or those that made references to them in the inside comic book pages, but I'm sure someone has a near complete list by now!

Should you know of one, feel free to post that link at my Facebook Fan Page, as seen in this link, Michael D Hamersky On Comics!

And yes, it does seem several years that this occured in my lifetime.  I was up in Alaska at the time, at the Naval Air Station on Kodiak Island.  News of all this 'Beatles' invading was a little slow in arriving to us, as we had one TV station on the island!  But when the 'English Invasion' came... Kodiak Island was engulfed in another 'Tidal Wave' similiar to the Good Friday Earthquake / Tidal Wave of 1964!

So, for those of you that are interested in Beatles memorabilia... Don't forget the comics!  And to help you find those that The Beatles are included in or on... Here's a link to a special photo album I've set up:  'Comic Books Meet The Beatles', where I'll be posting more comic book covers, as well as including those that I used this morning!

~Michael D Hamersky

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,587 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 link!  We currently have over 2,678 '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:  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(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it... You can find it under 'The Big Top of Comics', at ComicBooksCircus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' shown to the left. I'm 1 of 14 contributors to that book!

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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

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents 'My Take On': Weird Tiki-Comics #1 / Tucker's Tikis #1 Published by Tucker Toons of Milwaukie, Oregon!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3586 -  I mentioned that I've gotten a little behind in review blogging publications that have either been given to me at comic cons this past year or those that have mailed in for that purpose.

So today I want to bring to your attention a publication that is a 'flip' publication, in that it is two publications as one, but 'flipped' that you can read either one first, back to back.  The front cover to the publication(s) is shown at the above right of this blog post.

I already review blogged the other publication that came in at the same time from Keith, in blog #3533 on his "Keith Tucker's Strange Alien Tales #1".

This publication addressed Keith's fascination with tikis, after living in Hawaii for many years!  And no, I didn't have to research that, as it was in the inside cover of 'Weird Tiki-Comics'!

Here's what else was on the inside front cover: "Weird Tiki Comics started out as a fun art cover idea, drawn in the EC tradion with a tiki culture, Mars Attacks twist. As I worked on the piece, a story began to manifest.  Incorporating my love of science fiction and tiki art, I was inspired to create a comic book series that I could have a lot fun doing.  My story begs the question, could ancient alien visitors to Earth be the basis for Polynesian tiki legends?".

So yes, what you see on the front cover is exactly what you get on the inside pages!  A fun read and one that cut off way too soon, to have to flip the comic around and start from the other side to read the next comic.  And yes, this first story is 'to be continued'!

The flip side was "Tucker's Tikis".  Which turned out to be a series of single page pin-ups!  While Keith has a good eye and artist's touch for drawing women in hula skirts... I would have liked to see the other sci-fi story arc finished in one issue.  So what this combined two story publication was, is a 'teaser' of sorts!

Here's what Keith writes on the inside front cover of "Tucker's Tikis", titleing the inside front cover 'Hula Girls And Tiki Gods':  "Twenty years of living and creating art in Hawaii has driven me to reflect on 'Polynesian Pop Culture'.  Also known as 'Tiki Culture', that first came to the USA in the 1930s, and it is a unique offshoot inspired in part by the 'Tiki' carvings of Polynesia and the South Sea Islands. The Tiki Road Apof Pularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s with TV shows like 'Hawaiian Eye' and the entrance of Hawaii as the 50th state.  Tiki bars and restaurants have sprung up all over America and the globe.  And now even 'Hawaii 5-0' has returned to the airwaves and is the most watched TV show in the USA.  Proving once again that the lure of the tropics is still with us."

Quite honestly, if I didn't have an interest in EC homage comic book covers, and had read this flip side first... I would have been more than happy with Keith's sketchbook publication which is what Tucker's Tikis really is, in published format.  His art style is one that I enjoy, and his illustrating women in South Pacific garb is fabulous! 

I quite understand that when a comics creator self-publishes their work, that they have to do what they can to make it 'commercial' enough to sell.  So combining both of these features into one publication gets both the tikis / girls / sci-fi aspects all covered.  

So I for one would look forward to a 2nd issue of both, either as a 'flip comic' or stand alone comics.

My comic book grade for this flip publication is a VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/N,) a 9.0 on a comic book grading scale of 10.0 being highest.

You can see more of Keith Tucker's works at:

KeithTuckerCartoonist.com/sketchbook - Where you can purchase the above reviewed comic or others that Keith has published.  His comics are only found here for sale, as your LCBS will not be able to get them from their distributor.

TuckerToons.com

TuckerTikis.Blogspot.com

and WhatNowToons.com

I don't see any Facebook Fan Pages for his works at this time.

My thanks to Keith for sending me a copy of the above publicaiton for review purposes!   That's now two of his works that I found interesting enough to review blog here!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics! 

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,586 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 link!  We currently have over 2,676 '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:  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(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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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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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Mentions That Several Of His Favorite Websites That He Uses Each Day Are ... Blacking Out Or Otherwise Protesting For 24 Hours on January 18th of 2012 In Protest of SOPA & PIPA --------------- Photos - (Top Photo:)  Blackout image posted at my Hamersky On Comics Facebook Fan Page. At The Column To The Right: 3 photos:  What Wikipedia, Google, and Amazon are presenting at their home pages today .

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3585 -  Yesterday I stated I would be back to posting more review blogs on comics and graphic novels that have been given to me at conventions or mailed in to me for that purpose.

However, I saw this morning several references to the 'blackout' that many websites are presenting on their home pages for approx 24 hours.

Usually being non-political in this Blog and on my Facebook Fan Page, I normally wouldn't more than possibly mention it, and not blog about it.

Yet, I realize that most of my 3,584 archived blog posts have links to websites that may be participating today in this one day strike / blackout.

Thus those links won't serve up to this Blog's readers what I had intended for them to follow up on.  Imagine if that was an everyday occurence!

Or worse yet, what if the sites I linked to were taken down by the authorities for whatever reasons?!

I showed just three of my most used websites during each day:  Wikipedia, Google, and Amazon. Without those, what free flow of information would we have?  

Here's a few links on what others are doing today regarding the blackout / strike on SOPA & PIPA:

C|NET, Wikipedia, Google, Turn Facebook Black with In The Spotlight.

Again, I'm not being 'politcal' today... I just see that what is being presented is something that would affect this blogging venue of mine.  So please read the links and decide for yourself what you want to do and or say about it at your webpages...

~Michael D Hamersky

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,585 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 link!  We currently have over 2,675 '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:  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(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it... You can find it under 'The Big Top of Comics', at ComicBooksCircus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' shown to the left. I'm 1 of 14 contributors to that book!

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents 'My Take On': The Stone Legacy Issues #1 - 3:  A Comic Book Series Created & Written By Gavin Andazola - From Walk Alone Entertainment -  As Seen At The 2011 Long Beach Comic Con (LBCC)!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3584 -  It's been a little while since I review blogged a comic book or comic book series... That's due to the fact that other topics have come up for blogs since the beginning of the year, and the fact that I have a dear elderly relative that I have been helping recover from two surgeries in December, and who is now temporarily located in a rehab / SNIF in the Los Angeles area that I have been responsible for getting back to living at home. 

That aside, I want to get back into the mode of bringing to your attention comic books / graphic novels / TPBs that I have been given for possible review in this blog. So here's to my first review blog for 2012!

One comic book series that really made an impression on me at the recent 2011 Long Beach Comic Con was 'The Stone Legacy'.  That is because the creator / writer of the series, Gavin Andazola, presented me with a 'total package' for possible review that was the best I've seen yet in several years of doing this review blogging feature!

You can see in the photos in the header of this blog, the plastic display case that showed the name of the intellectual property (IP), which held one each of the three comics so far that have been printed, along with a characters illos album called 'The Stone Legacy Sketchbook', and trading cards for the series.   No matter what the contents of the comics held, I know that any reviewer that has been in the 'business' for a good while would recognize that the creator of this IP had great faith in it enough to make a special presentation package!   A package that was worthy of showing to potential investors to make a film out of this comic book series!

So before I start with a review of the IP, I bet you are wondering what is 'The Stone Legacy', and who besides Gavin is behind this series?

Here are those involved in the series:

CREATORS:
- Created by/written by: Gavin Andazola
- Edited by: Jay So
- Illustrated by:  Harsho Chattoraj
- Color by: Bo Setiaji

The Stone Legacy is defined in this promotional literature:  "Decades ago, The General reigned terror over the city of Mt. Clare. Then a mysterious heor called the Guardian appeared to stop him... they both vanished without a trace.  Years later they have resurfaced.

Enter Jacob Stone, a typical teenager, who will discover that his family holds a secret.  It's a family legacy that will connect him to The General and The Guardian.  He will unocver a destiny that will change his world forever."

Okay, with the above promo, you definitely get the gist of what the series will start off as...

The storyline continues and does deliver what the promotional writeup promises. The dialogue flows well with the storyline throughout all three issues that have been printed so far.

The artwork is in a style that takes a little getting used to, but is consistent in its presentation.  The coloring meshes well, and brings out the artwork.  I'm glad that the creator went with the inside pages being printed in color, as several indy comics elect to be published in black & white. I'm not a 'color snob', but the use of colors adds greatly to the presentation. 

The lettering's font appears to be a little different than what I am used to reading in a comic book, but the larger size helps to read it easier.  I definitely like 'The Stone Legacy' logo / comic book series title used at the top of each of the three covers.  The 'o' in 'Stone' really stands out.  If this was on the newstands or in a LCBS, each comic issue would stand out nicely, except for issue #2 that has the title / logo at the bottom of the front cover.

What is really nice for retailer purposes is that in issues #2 & 3 is that there is a 'recap page' where the 'splash page' would normally be in a floppy comic book format.  For someone that would be coming into this series for the first time with either issue #2 or 3, that is very helpful!

At the end of issue #3 I found that the storyline is 'To Be Continued'... 

That's because 'The Inheritance' storyline is halfway through at that point, and the final three issues are in production.  After that, there are plans in the works to put together a 'Stone Legacy' spin-off before returning to this title for the seventh issue and beyond.

My comic book grade for the series thus far is a VERY FINE PLUS (VF+) 8.5 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.  What the series promises is delivered in the first three issues.  It is a series that shows additional promise, and with the creator helming the direction the series is going, it should deliver 'The Inheritance' storyline to a satisfying conclusion.

There is a Facebook Fan Page for The Stone Legacy that I suggest you 'Like' to follow this series and become interactive with the creator and others that are following the progress of the series.

You can purchase these issues via The Stone Legacy website, which is presented very well with a Flash intro / and individual web pages which takes the place of 'The Stone Legacy Sketchbook' that I was given.

My thanks to Gavin Andaloza for bringing this series of his to my attention at the Long Beach Comic Con, and I'm looking forward to the conclusion of the first story arc!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics! 

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!  We currently have over 2,674 '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:  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(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!

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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Mentions That... The 1956 Martin Luther King Jr. Comic Book Inspires A New Global Generation! An Update On My Yearly Blog On Celebrating the Life of Martin Luther King Jr. In Comic Books!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3583 -  Each year at this time I mention the fact that Martin Luther KIng Jr. has been featured in a few comic books since the first one was printed in 1956.  This year I'm following up on the comic book shown at the top right that was published in 1956 by The Fellowship of Reconciliation. To my knowledge that is the oldest comic book with MLK on the cover.

As I've stated before... That comic book had an English printing of 250,000 copies, and a Spanish version of 125,000 copies. They were used for teaching tools about the civil rights movement during the 1950s.

Imagine my surprise when I found the following information when looking to blog about Martin Luther King Jr. today:  "Dalia Ziada, the director of AIC’s North African Bureau, was responsible for translating and editing the Arabic version of “The Montgomery Story,” eventually distributing 2,000 copies throughout the Middle East".

In another article I found further info on Dalia Ziada, who is pictured to the left:  "One of the key leaders in that Egyptian blogging community is Dalia Ziada, the Cairo-based North Africa Director for the American Islamic Congress. She was profiled in international media in the spring of 2009 in articles in both Time magazine and the History News Network for her efforts to help develop a democratic voice in her region".

It appears that these translated comics were printed and distributed before and during the 'Arab Spring' of 2011.   So this 1950s comic book is seeing renewed life globally! 

Here is the link to the first article cited: Martin Luther King, Egypt, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Plus the link to the other earlier article: Can a Comic Book About MLK Change the Middle East (At Least a Little)?.

I'm pleased to see that comic books are once again being used to teach & motivate. No matter how old the material... New uses and readership can be found for the comic book format.

BTW, here is a link to where you can read this 1956 comic book in the English version.  It's about time you read this once out-of-print comic book, especially today, the holiday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics! 

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!  We currently have over 2,672 '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:  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(s) that was mentioned here today...!  If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!

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