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Monday, November 5, 2012
My Take On: The 2012 Long Beach Comic & Horror Con!
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2012 Long Beach Comic & Horror Con
 
That Ran November 3rd - 4th!
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3743 -   WoW!   That's the word from me about the 4th Annual Long Beach Comic & Horror Con that took place this past weekend, November 3rd & 4th, in the Long Beach Convention Center, in Long Beach, California!

This is the 4th multiple day show event for the convention, which started in 2009.  There have also been three one day Long Beach Comic Con Expos since then.  I've been lucky to be attend all of them so far!

So first, let me state the following:

Tina and I arrived at the Long Beach Convention Center a little after 9AM.  We were not able to park directly underneath the center, as we have usually been able to do in the past.  However, there was ample parking across the street, where we were directed to go to.  So the parking structure was okay, along with the fee for parking ($10.00).

The lines to get into the LBCHC were manageable, and the staff got them into the convention center floor pretty fast.

The convention floor was opened at 9:30 AM on Saturday for those that had registered early, and the floor was well attended.  I believe that the maximum amount of persons on the floor on Saturday was around 3PM.

The layout of the floor was pretty good, and having the 'Artists Alley' in the center, all together by tables, was pretty darn good!

Tina and I hit all of the tables in the 'Artists Alley' before and after the panels that we attended.

I will be posting videos from those panels at my YouTube Channel, Michael D Hamersky On Comics.

The panels that I attended were previously mentioned in blog #3739, which you can view at that link.

I found them to be very informative, and even Tina had interest in most of the ones we attended together!

The panels were held in rooms on the ground floor, while the exhibit hall was on the lower floor.  The panels Tina and I attended were not standing room only, and there were no lines outside the rooms before the next panel started.  Each room had an observer from the staff of the LBCHC, which was good to have.

We left the last couple of hours on Saturday to finish covering the exhibit floor.  We covered all of the areas that either of us was interested in, and even managed to pick up several packages of comics at dealers tables!

Oh, and I did want to point out, that in the top second right photo at the top of this blog, is myself along with Batton Lash.  Batton had a special panel at 1PM titled: 'Spotlight on Batton Lash', and he was kind enough to ask me to be on the panel with him, as the interviewer!  Which I enjoyed doing!  That was fun!

So here are the links to what I think you should take a look at:

Facebook Fan Page for the Long Beach Comic Con

Facebook Fan Page for Supernatural Law (Batton Lash's comic)

My YouTube Channel for videos from the Convention Michael D Hamersky on Comics

More LBCHC photos at my Facebook Fan Page for Michael D Hamersky On Comics

I understand that the 2013 Long Beach Comic & Horror Con will be on November 30th thru December 1st of 2013.   The one day Long Beach Comic Expo will take place in the Spring of 2013. I will be sure to mention both of these upcoming events in this Blog of mine.

My thanks to Martha Donato, Phil Lawrence, Mike Scigliano, and all the others who have continued to put on a great show at the Long Beach Convention Center for the 7th time!   This is definitely one comic con that I enjoy attending each time!  I urge YOU to take this in next year by attending either the one day Expo or the two day Con.

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,743 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!   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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Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:52 AM PST
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Friday, November 2, 2012
The 2012 So Cal Comic Con Takes Place on Sunday, November 18th!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Cons
                                        
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The 2012 So Cal Comic Con Takes Place On...
Sunday, November 18th!
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3742 -   That's correct!  It's only a little over two weeks away!

The 3rd Annual SoCal Comic Con... Being held once again in Oceanside, California!

My youngest son and I attended the 1st one back in 2010, and then he, Tina, and I set up a table at the 2nd one in 2011.

This year, I'll be coming back from vacation the day before, so I'll just be in attendance at this year's convention, for a few hours.

Here's the Facebook Fan Page link to the So Cal Comic Con.

There won't be any panels or programs at this one day convention.

Just tables filled with dealers and also artists selling their wares.

Where is it being held at? 

It will be at:  1938 Avenida del Oro, Oceanside, California 92056 -  At the QLN Conference Center.

Hours?  Sunday, November 18th, 10 am to 5 pm!

With Special Guest of Honor Marc Silvestri.

Dealers with all types of comic books will be present, from Golden Age comics up to today's Spider-Man comics.

Free gift bags for the 1st 100 people in line!

Several raffles throughout the day, including a very special grand prize from the Silver Age of Marvel Comics!

Oh... And here are more artists in the Artists Alley of this Con:

2012 Confirmed Artists

Eric Basaldua - Grimm Fairy Tales, Witchblade
Joe Benitez - Lady Mechanika, Wraithborn
Richard Friend - Batman the Dark Knight
Joel Gomez - Detective Comics, Batman
Sina Grace - Not My Bag, Li'l Depressed Boy
Mike McKone - FF4, Amazing Spider-Man
Marat Mychaels - Deadpool, Blindside
Joe Weems - Darkness


GAS STUDIOS:
Tone Rodriguez
Chris Moreno
Mark dos Santos
Tony Fleecs

I hope that I will see you there!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,742 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!   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!
---------------            
      
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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Updated: Sunday, November 4, 2012 2:00 PM PDT
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Comic Book Covers That I Want To Share With YOU To Get You In The Mood For Halloween 2012!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Book History
                                        
 
 
Comic Book Covers That I Want To Share With YOU To Get You In The Mood For Halloween 2012!
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3741 -   Hey there!  It's Halloween!

As I did last year at this time... I'm going to share with you silly / spooky / scary comic book covers from the past!

Here's the first one: Above Top Right Photo: The comic book that made me STOP READING comics... AND START COLLECTING comics!  Journey Into Mystery #72 cover dated September of 1961!  Outstanding comic book cover from Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers!  The inside cover story by Stan Lee wasn't so bad either!  This is when I realized that 'real people' were behind the scenes creating comic books!  There weren't any comic cons back then to see how comic books were produced!

Here's the rest of this year's selections:

 

Well... That's it for this year's selections!

Happy Halloween!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,741 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!   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!
---------------            
      
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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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7:39 AM PDT
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Monday, October 29, 2012
The 2012 Shel Dorf Award For Comics Blogger Of The Year Goes To...
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons
                                        
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The 2012 Shel Dorf Award For Comics Blogger Of The Year Goes To...
 
Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool!
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3740 -   That's correct!   The Shel Dorf Award for 'Comics Blogger of the Year' for 2012 goes to Rich Johnston, Founder and Head Writer at Bleeding Cool!

My congratulations to Rich!

And congrats to all of us who were nominated for the Shel Dorf Award in this category:

Comic Blogger of the Year
• Rich Johnston Bleeding Cool News
• Heidi MacDonald The Beat
• Henry Barajas
• L. Vincent Poupard Yahoo
• Decapitated Dan
• Michael Hamersky On Comics

I haven't seen a full list of the 2012 Shel Dorf Awards winners as of 8 AM this Monday morning when this blog goes to press...

So here's a link to the nominees and the winners for all of the categories, once they are posted!

The Shel Dorf Awards is presented at the Detroit Fanfare each year.  This is the 2nd year of the presentation for 'Comics Blogger of the Year'.

Here is my blog #3512 on the winner of the 2011 Shel Dorf Award for Comics Blogger of the Year, that you can read.

I appreciate those that nominated me for this category, and all those that voted for me in the voting process. It was an honor to be listed among the 'Top 6' in this category which covered the world of comics bloggers!.

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,740 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!   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!
---------------            
      
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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Friday, October 26, 2012
Programming Schedule for the 2012 Long Beach Comic & Horror Con
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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents A Link to:
 
The Programming Schedule For the 2012
Long Beach Comic & Horror Con!
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3739 -   It looks like the Comic Conventions Season is still going strong!

What used to be just a Summer Season is now almost all year long!

I just finished attending the San Diego Comic Fest last weekend, and now... The weekend of November 3rd & 4th is the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con, and then two weeks from then is the Southern California Comic Con!

Anyways... Here is the link to the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con's programming schedule!

What I found for me is that I will probably be in panels / programs all day Saturday, and then on the convention center floor on Sunday.   Why?

Here's what I will probably be attending on Saturday:

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
GRAPHIC HORROR - Room 104A

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
THE HARD COSTS OF COMIC
BOOK PRODUCTION - Room 102B

12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m.
MAKING A COMIC,
STEP-BY-STEP - Room 102B

1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m.
SPOTLIGHT ON BATTON LASH - Room 103AB

1:00 p.m.– 1:45 p.m.
I DON’T KNOW $#!+ ABOUT
COMICS … JESSE BLADE SNIDER - Room 102C

2:00 p.m.– 2:45 p.m.
GRIMM FAIRY TALES - Room 102B

3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m.
THE PROS AND CONS OF
KICKSTARTER FOR COMICS - Room 103AB

3:00 p.m.– 3:45 p.m.
WILLIAM STOUT - A LIFE OF
ADVENTURE - Room 102C

4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m.
MONSTERVERSE HORROR
COMICS: BELA LUGOSI
CRAVES FLESH AND BLOOD! - Room 102A

6:00 p.m.– 6:45 p.m.
RAW STUDIOS VIDEO SHORTS & Q&A - Room 104A

I only see one panel on Sunday as a 'possible', but it doesn't show who are the panelists:

12:00 p.m.– 12:45 p.m.
SUPER INDIE COMIC BOOK
CREATION  - Room 103AB

So... You know where I'll be on the weekend of November 3rd & 4th...

At the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con!

Here's the link to the Facebook Fan Page for the LBCHC!

See you there?!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,739 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!   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!
---------------            
      
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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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 8:29 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012 9:53 AM PDT
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