Michael D Hamersky On Comics Comments On...   The Taco Titan of Taco Bell and... Comic Books?! Glen Bell, Founder of Taco Bell, Which Has Promotional Comics Books Published by Marvel Comics!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3599 -  I just finished reading the book titled 'Taco Titan - The Glenn Bell Story' by Debra Lee Baldwin that was published in 1999, but the paperback edition was first published in 2002.

There's a few reasons why I chose to place this book in my 'to read stack'.  First, because Tina and I do frequent a Taco Bell in Vista, and that we used to visit 'Bell Gardens' in Valley Center.

As a matter of fact, it was at 'Bell Gardens' that I first learned about Glen Bell, who founded Taco Bell in 1962. 

However, I didnt' know that Glen had started a 'Bell's Hamburgers' place back in 1947, nor that he had started Taco-Tia in 1953, and 'El Taco' in 1957!  Glen was a true pioneer in the fast food industry, starting right after the McDonald Brothers did in the same region of Southern California.

The book, Taco Titan: The Glen Bell Story, starts with Glen's birth, his parents, and the places where he lived while a child.  However it was his start in the fast food industry that grabbed my attention, plus the "Glen's Recipes For Success" that really grabbed my attention.

I wish that I had had the opportunity to meet him at Bell Gardens, but he wasn't there the times we had driven up there to check out the farm, the produce stand, and take the miniature train ride around the farm. 

Glen died after this book was published, on January 16th of 2010, at age 86.

The book goes into the fact that Glen was a hard worker, a founder of fast food chains, and a friend to those that he helped guide to building their own chains; 'Del Taco' and 'Der Wienerschnitzel' to name a couple.

Glen also knew good marketing methods.  This was shown at all ot the Grand Openings of the early Taco Bells. He used searchlights, free sombreros, mariachis bands, etc.  Glen eventually worked himself out of the day to day operations of the business, and became a member of the Board of Directors, but was always looking for a new start-up venture.  

I'm sure he would have been pleased with the two sets of promo comics that Taco Bell has promoted recently, the first one in 2009, and the second one in 2011.  Here is the link to those promo comic books that were published in conjunction with Marvel Comics.  The 2009 set included the Avengers, Captain America, the Fantastic Four, and Thor.  The 2011 set included the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and the X-Men.

So, it was pretty cool to read this book, about the man who started several fast food chains, and built the 'Bell Gardens' in Valley Center that we enjoyed visiting, (it is closed now), among other ventures.  An added bonus was the fact that Taco Bell has promoted comic books twice now, via Marvel Comics!

My 'comic book grade' for the book is a NEAR MINT (NM) 9.4 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.  The book was well researched, presented in a very readable format, and had 'lessons' shown after each chapter, encapsulating pearls of wisdom from Glen himself.  Add to that the great photos during the decades, and an index... This is a good book to read!

And don't forget the comics from Taco Bell / Marvel Comics!

~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 3,599 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

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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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents...   A 'Report' From Poland On... The Current Status Of The Polish Comic Books Industry Thanks to Waldek Juszczyk, Kraina komiksu, and Others!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3598 -  I don't normally go into the fact here at this blog that my surname was originally 'Hamerski', which was 'Germanized' in 1866 when my earliest ancestors emigrated to the USA from 'West Prussia'.  I usually leave that to my Hamerski / Hamersky / Hammersky & Allied Families Newsletter Facebook Fan Page, (unabashed plug!).

However, I recently became Facebook Friends with Waldek Juszczyk of Poland, (pictured to the left), who is a comic book enthusiast, and I couldn't help but ask him about the state of the comic books industry in that country.

He deferred it to friends of his at Kraina komiksu, which has a Facebook Fan Page, as seen here.

Thanks to them, and Waldeck, I am able to reprint their 'report' on the 'status of the Polish Comic Books Industry' as seen from their viewpoint.  The 'report' is translated as best as possible into English by them, and it is the 'status' that I more interested in / concerned about, than the usage of English.

Here is the 'report', which I found to be blog worthy, and I believe you will too!

"Comic books publishers (comercial ones) avoid (with few exceptions) publishing work of polish comic book authors. There are undoubtedly few reasons. The major reason is fear, that it won't sell. But It's difficult to sell them, because knowledge about modern polish artists is not very common in society. No more than few hundreds are interested in this subject. It is not profitable for publisher, to commit to this business. Anyway, printing in 300 copies in fundamental way will have repercussion on price. I don't think that anyone (except real fans) in this country will pay 40/50 PLN, for a copy of Mei Wong album (she is talented polish underground artist), even if it will be most beautiful exclusive edition. It is linked with absolute lack of advertising. To be honest, no one writes about comics in Poland, only comic book pages and magazines. Publishers are absolutely no interested in it. Yes, I know - advertising costs, for example, on Wirtualna Polska will be surely very high. The truth is cruel. Without advertising there will be no selling.

We must move our asses, and go to the people with this topic/matter. To new, potential consumer. Literally - let's say with presentations/expositions/meetings in schools/ etc. What we have, is still referred to previous comicmaniacs. So, except reprints of "Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek" (famous series of Henryk Chmielewski) and "Kajko i Kokosz" (masterpiece of recently died author - Janusz Christa) albums, we can expect (especially new ones) not much comic books in near future. I wrote "not much", because something is of course published. Resolute problem is virtually lack of reprints (except, of course, mentioned before "Kajko i Kokosz" and "Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek", and foreign titles like "Asterix", or "Thorgal"). Someone, who, for example, will be suddenly interested in comics, simply will not buy many titles (same polish, like foreign authors work). Never.

Prices. In many cases are abstract. Comic books are much more expensive than in West - sometimes even two/three times more. With small (1000 - 2000 copies) edition, there is allegedly difficult to have it for cheapest price, but higher circulation are not in plans. Interesting thing is, that many titles have 15 - 20% discount even before sell started. .. Zins and comic books/albums are published directly by artists or small, niche publishers. Cool. For sure, but there is one "but", and it's serious one. Circulations are what they are, and will not be higher. Problem is the distribution. Last year we had bloom of Zins with its peak event - Comics Warsaw and MFKiG (Międzynarodowy Festiwal Komiksu i Gier - International Festival of Comics and Games). If someone didn't come and buy one copy at place or pre-ordered it, not long after event have no reason to contact with authors cause all of the copies were sold out. Major part of circulation was bought on festival or was distributed by artist among other artists. Well, so stop their tears if they cry , when nobody will recognize them... I think, it is worth to choose some internet bookstores like sklep.gildia.pl or incal.com.pl, and successively give them part of the published albums. It will not harm to remember about obligatory copy for Jagiellonian Library and National Library. Not only authors, but publishers as well, forget about it. Surely it will be cool to have something for next generations in this places. ~Comicland."

I have posted three comic book covers at the top of this blog post.

The first one, next to this blog's logo: "Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek ( eng. Tytus, Romek, and A'Tomek) is the longest-published and one of the most popular Polish comic book series, created by Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski (aka Papcio Chmiel) in 1957 and concluded in 2009. It centers around Romek and A'Tomek, two boy scouts, and Tytus de Zoo, a chimpanzee with the ability of human speech."  The rest of the article can be found at this link.

The second one is:  "Funky Koval is a 3-part Polish science fiction/detective story/political fiction genre comic book published in People's Republic of Poland in the 1980s. It gained a cult following and is still recognized as one of the best Polish comics."  The rest of the article can be found here.

The third one is: "Captain Kloss (Kapitan Kloss) is a fictional World War II secret agent appearing in the 18-episode 1967-1968 Polish television series Stawka większa niż życie (Direct Translation: More Than Life at Stake; DVD Movie Translation: Playing for High Stakes; Popular Translation: You Bet Your Life), following earlier live television theater plays. It was, and still is, widely popular in Poland."  Rest of article is found in this link.

For more background on Polish Comics... Please see this Wikipedia entry. .

In the private messages that Waldek sent to me, he pretty much verified several of the comments in that entry, without being asked.  So I would suspect that the rest of the wiki is pretty much correct.

My thanks again to Waldek Juszczyk for obtaining this information for me from Kraina komiksu, and obtaining the permission to print it here.  

Kraina komiksu has a Facebook Fan Page that you can look at and then 'Like' as well.

As a USA citizen whose Hamersk(i)y family originated from Poland, I found the above article that was sent to me to be a fascinating one, and of interest to me also as a comics fan, which is why this has been published here today!

~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 3,598 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 2,693 '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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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... He Wishes He Could Suggest You Celebrate 'Groundhog Day' With A Comic Book On / Or About Groundhog Day... But There Are Less Than A Dozen Comics With Groundhog Day Stories With 'Groundhog Day' Titles... And None With A Groundhog Day Comic Book Cover!*

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3597 -  *I was hoping to present a comic book cover with a 'Groundhog Day' reference on it here at today's blog post... But unfortunately of the nine (9) stories I found with reference to 'Groundhog Day', none of them were cover featured!

Indeed, I find it quite amazing that none of the 'Funnybooks' that have been published over the decades have ever done so!  Plus since the release of 'Groundhog Day' at the Big Screen in 1993, and then on DVD, you would think that someone would have 'tapped into' the topic...

But other than those nine stories... ranging from 1943 to 2007, I don't see any others at the Grand Comics DataBase, (GCD), that I use for a lot of reference material links.

Speaking of the GCD, here is the link to the reference page for 'Groundhog' stories, and here is the link to the reference page for 'Ground Hog' (two words).  For a total of nine stories only.

As for why Groundhog Day is celebrated, here is the Wikipedia link.

And yes... There is a reason that the 'Groundhog Day' DVD is pictured above!  That's because it is my wife's favorite film to watch over and over.  Would you believe that is the only one I've had to watch with her several times since we have been married for ten years?!  Well, other than the Christmas TV cartoon films of 'Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer', and 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas', that is!    And yes, I'm sure she would say I make her watch 'It's A Wonderful Life' each year, but I do have it in both the B&W and colorized versions for variety, LOL!

So... I want to say 'Happy Groundhog Day' to everyone... And hopefully someday, I'll be able to post a comic book cover celebrating (or parodying) 'Groundhog Day'! 

~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 3,596 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 2,692 '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 Is Sad To Mention The Passing Of: Alvaro Araújo Lourenço do Rio - Professionally Known As 'Al Rio' (19 May 1962 – 30 January 2012)

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3596 -  The news of Al Rio's passing came in to me via a message from Facebook Friend Jason Scholte, after I had closed down the home office operations yesterday morning.  I had a long day trip to Los Angeles and back, so this is the first time I'm back online at my laptop since then. 

In the meantime others have gone online to mention this sad news. I'm just going to mention Al's passing and a few links where you can see examples of his works.

I don't remember meeting Al Rio in person at any of the comic cons I've attended over the years. Which wouldn't be that unusual as I'm based in Southern California, and Al was a Brazilian artist. 

In addition, Al broke in to American Comics in the 1990s, and his work was published in comics that I didn't normally read.  Indeed, his “big break” came from succeeding J. Scott Campbell on Wildstorm’s Gen 13 series, which I also didn't read. 

However I was aware of his artwork, including his illustrations of Wonder Woman.  Matter of fact, it was only recently that the Marston Family Wonder Woman Museum devoted a wall to Al Rio's Wonder Woman artwork, as seen at the left.  (More on that story at this link.)

Al Rio's comic book credits can be seen at this link to the Grand Comics DataBase (GCD).  Al had contributed artwork to Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Chaos Comics, Crossgen, Image Comics, Zenescope Entertainment, Malibu Comics, and Vertigo, among others during his career.

Hundreds of photos / scans / etc. of Al's artwork can be found at this Google link.  You will notice that Al is best known for his 'good girl' and 'erotic' artwork.

His collaborator, David Campiti, had just started a KickStarter fund raiser a few days ago to publish a print format for their 'Exposure: Volume One' project, which you can see at this link.  I'm understanding that any funds collected above the fund raiser's goal would be donated to Al Rio’s family.

There is a Wikipedia entry for Al Rio, as seen at this link.

There is also an Al Rio Art page at this link.

As I was proofing this blog post, I found another link that I wanted to share with you, that of Al Rio's final interview, that was conducted on January 27th at SANA, a pop culture festival in Brazil. Via this link. .

Al is survived by his three children: Rene, Adrielle, and Isabel, and his wife Zilda.   His funeral is being held today, Wednesday, February 1st, at Cemitério São João Batista, in Fortaleza, Brazil.

My condolences to his family and friends...

~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 3,596 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 2,689 '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 Points Out That... The 'Final Journey' Xena Con Took Place This Past Weekend In Burbank, California... And, No He Didn't Attend That One... But He Did Attend The First Year's Hercules AND Xena Con in San Diego, California.  Back On November 2nd of 1997!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3595 -  Yesterday I noticed on Norma Xenawannabe's Facebook profile page, that she was uploading photos from the 14th Annual Xena Con that was held in Burbank, California this past weekend.

I of course clicked the 'Like' on her photo album, and a few photos also.  After doing so, I then took a look at a couple of search engines for links on this latest, and supposed to be 'Final' Xena Con.

The actual event can be seen at this link, as it was hosted by Creation Entertainment.

Which was the same company that hosted the 1997 Hercules and Xena Con that I attended in San Diego, California at the Golden Hall in Downtown San Diego.  

The convention I attended appears to have been the 3rd individual one that was held after Creation Entertainment obtained the license from MCA to hold conventions based on the Hercules / Xena TV shows that were running. 

The 1st one was held during January 11th & 12th of 1997 at the Burbank Hilton Convention Center, with good coverage via this article. 

The 2nd con appears to have been held on May 31st of 1997 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento.

You might be wondering... Didn't the Xena: Warrior Princess syndicated TV series a while back???

Yes, it did, way back in 2001, as seen here!  But many of the cast and guest stars on the show have attended Xena Cons over the years, and there were several guests at the 2012 con as well.

The photos presented at the top right of this blog show, (L-R), my two oldest sons at the front of the Golden Hall venue in San Diego with the date Nov 2 showing; myself under the sign showing that the Hercules and Xena Con only ran from 1 - 7 PM on that date, and yes I'm wearing a 'Xena' t-shirt; and then a photo with several 'Xenas' on stage. 

The final photo, (not mine), is a promotional shot of the four main characters of the two shows,  'Hercules:  The Legendary Journeys', and ' Xena: Warrior Princess'.  Unfortunately during the 1997 period I did not have a very good camera, thus most of the pics came out dark for this convention.  Plus at that time, I wasn't blogging, social networking, or using those photos for any other purpose other than having them for my own / family viewing.

Anyways, as stated in the header of this blog, I didn't attend this 14th Annual Xena Con, (no longer with the Hercules name listed first, or at all!).

Thus I suggest highly that you check out Norma Xenawannabe's photo album at her Facebook page.  Hopefully you'll be able to view it, as her 'privacy' setting should be set to 'public'.  The title of the album is '2012 Xena Con'.   My thanks to Norma, (shown at the right in the photo to the left), for sharing photos from this past weekend's con!

Again, I find it fascinating that this convention has lasted for 14 years, starting in 1997.  The show itself ran for 6 seasons with 134 total episodes, first aired from 1995 - 2001.  

As for 'Hercules:  The Legendary Journeys', where Xena started as a guest star for two episodes, that show ran for 6 seasons with 111 episodes and 5 TV pilot movies.  Hercules, (the show), ran from 1995 -1999.

Even though this year's con was called the 'Final Journey'... There appears to be a continuation for a 2013 Xena Con... And there is a Facebook Fan Page for it already.  Perhaps I might take that one in...?  If you are a Xena fan, and live out of the area... You might want to 'Like' that page and keep up with it, as well as check out the Xena Con page that Creation Entertainment presents.  Be sure to check the pricing of the event attendance as well as for the fact of all of the additional charges for autographs and photo ops, before you decide to attend...!

My Facebook Fan Page will have a special photo album for photos that I took during the 1997 convention, although I will have to 'Photoshop' them for uploading later.  Those will be seen at the '1997 Hercules And Xena Con' photo album, as time permits.

Another Facebook Fan Page, Xena OnCon, with the tag line:  "The number one place to be during the convention for all those fans who can't make it to Burbank!" can be found by clicking this link.

As one last link, there is a start already for a 20th Anniversary Con. Where?  Where else but in New Zealand, as can be seen at this link, 20TH XENA ANNIVERSARY Fan Convention, 6-7-8 February 2015. "The Ultimate Auckland Convention", which is not run by Creation Entertainment.  For those of you that don't know... Xena was filmed in New Zealand, so it fits that the area would have an anniversary con!

~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 3,595 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 2,689 '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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