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Monday, October 14, 2013
My Take On: The Schanes Brothers Story - From Swap Meets to Pacific Comics
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Cons
                                        
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The Schanes Brothers - From Swap Meets to Pacific Comics!

 
At the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest, Saturday October 5th!
 
 
TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3971 -     Earlier this month, at the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest... William (Bill) and Steve Schanes presented a panel on their history in the comic book industry.
 
The panel was written up in the Comic Fest paperwork as follows:
 
12:30pm – 1:30pm: The Schanes Brothers’ Story: From Swap Meets to Pacific Comics- Hear from Bill and Steve Schanes about their careers in comics, beginning with how they haunted swap meets and used book stories to purchase used comics by the lot; through the opening of Pacific Comics, San Diego’s first comic book stories; through the “other” Pacific Comics, an early independent publisher that flourished from 1981-1984 as an alternative to DC and Marvel. Panelists: Bill Schanes, Steve Schanes Room: Crescent.
 
My youngest son, Vinnie, and I attended this informative panel, where I learned info on the brothers I didn't know!
 
At the right are three photos that I took during the presentation.
 
There were many topics covered on the brothers from being teenagers to the present.
 
I have a few videos of this panel at my YouTube Channel, which I encourage you to check out!  I'm uploading them as this blog is being written!
 
My thanks to Bill & Steve Schanes for sharing their history in comics.  It was a great panel!
  
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This Panel took place at the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest in Mission Valley! 
 
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Steve Schanes (left) and William (Bill) Schanes on the right during the panel!
 
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Steve Schanes was presented with a Planet El Cortez award at the end of the panel!
 
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Steve Schanes stands with ex-employee Paul Tallerday at the end of the panel!
 
Note: You can see more photos from this event at this Special Photo Album on my Facebook Fan Page!
 

  

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,971 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!     

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, October 14, 2013 8:07 AM PDT
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Friday, October 11, 2013
October 19th... At Frank & Son... The Art of Robert Aragon! Trading Cards!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons
                                        
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 Robert Aragon Is Appearing...
October 19th at Frank & Son!
 
 TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3970 -     Facebook Friend Robert Aragon brought this upcoming event to my attention!  I've posted about him before, (see this link). 
 
Robert and others involved will be at Frank & Son in Walnut, California, on October 19th for the release of 'The Art of Robert Aragon Trading Cards'!
 
Here is the link to the particulars of the event.   Again, this event runs on Saturday, October 19th.  The signing runs from 1 pm to 5 pm. Check the list of celebrities who will be there!
  
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NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,970 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!     

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: Friday, October 11, 2013 6:19 AM PDT
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
At The 2013 San Diego Comic Fest... Barry Ira Geller!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Book History
                                        
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Barry Ira Geller
At The 2013 San Diego Comic Fest!
 
  
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3969 -     I'm posting this blog this morning after seeing Barry Ira Geller at the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest.  Photo of Barry in the Dealers Room is shown above.

Barry also had a panel on Saturday, October 5th, which conflicted with another panel I wanted to see, so I missed Barry's.

However, after talking with him at the Dealers Room, I wanted to bring to your attention, his web site and what he is doing.

First, let me show you what his panel was about:

10:00am – 11:00am: Working with Jack Kirby, Larger than life: How Jack became my Design General and our work became the Real story behind the film Argo – Barry Ira Geller- Barry Ira Geller talks about the events that were made into the movie Argo, which won the best picture Oscar of 2012. Barry worked with Jack Kirby on designs for a science-fiction theme park based on Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light and wrote a screenplay based on the novel. The theme park didn’t get built and the movie didn’t get made, but Jack’s designs and Barry’s script were used by the CIA as the cover story to free U.S. hostages from Iran in 1980. Barry will tell us what really happened then, including things were weren’t accurate or fully described in Argo. Panelist: Barry Ira Geller Room: Garden 1.

Like I said, I missed this panel... But have read the web site that Barry is working on.  Plus I recently viewed the film, Argo, on a DVD rental.

Here is the link to LordOfLight.com, which I believe you will be fascinated with!

Plus here is a link to the San Diego Comic Fest page on Barry's appearance!

My thanks to Barry for sharing his time with me at the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,969 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!     

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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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:20 AM PDT
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
My Take On: Scott Shaw! Talks About and Draws Scenes from His Career
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Book History
                                        
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Scott Shaw! Talks About and Draws Scenes from His Career!

 
At the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest, Sunday October 6th!
 
 
TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3968 -     This past Sunday, at the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest... Scott Shaw! and Roger Freedman presented a panel titled:  'Scott Shaw! Talks About and Draws Scenes from His Career' from 1:45 to 2:45 in the Garden Room 1.
 
My youngest son, Vinnie, and I attended this informative and fun program!
 
At the right are four photos that I took during the presentation.
 
Roger Freedman, a long time Scott Shaw! friend, moderated the program, asking Scott about certain time periods of his life.
 
Scott would answer and draw a scene from that time period that Roger asked about.
 
 
My thanks to Scott & Roger for such a lively discussion and presentation!  I learned a lot more about Scott that I didn't know about!
  
 
~Michael
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Scott Shaw!, (at the left), and Roger Freedman (at the right), start the program!  Scott is drawing 'The Turd'.  See the video about this escapade! 
 
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Scott finishes drawing Captain Carrot, a series he illustrated for DC Comics!
 
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Scott finishing Radioactive Man, a series for Bongo Comics!
 
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Scott takes a question from an audience member, while drawing Captain Rochester!
 
Note: You can see more photos from this event at this Special Photo Album on my Facebook Fan Page!
 

  

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,968 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!     

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: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 6:41 AM PDT
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Monday, October 7, 2013
Back From The... 2013 San Diego Comic Fest!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Cons
                                        
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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Says That He Is Back From The...
 
2013 San Diego Comic Fest!
 
  
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3967 -     I'm posting this blog this morning to post the links to special pages from the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest!

My youngest son and I spent the full three days & two nights at the 2nd year of this new comic con, and came away tired & happy!

The last panel that we saw was the 'Feedback' panel, where audience members told the Comic Fest's organizers what they liked, didn't like, and what they would like to see for the next year.

One of the main 'Likes' was the programming.  I gotta agree with that!  We spent a lot of time in panels, and could have just set through panels all day on Sunday, they were that good!

Anyways, I want to post the links that I think you should see, whether or not you attended the 2013 San Diego Comic Fest.

They are:

Friday photos taken by Vinnie & me

Saturday photos Part 1

Saturday photos Part 2

Sunday photos

Videos to be uploaded to my YouTube Channel as time permits

I also uploaded individual photos from the panels, Dealers Room, Artist Alley, Draco Tavern, etc., at the Facebook Fan Page as the events were happening.  Here is that link.

As for my thoughts for the 2nd Annual San Diego Comic Fest:

Parking - Great prices for parking... Only $4 for the day!  Can't hardly beat that price!

Registration - Easy access to the Ascot Room to pick up your badges, whether all 3 days or single days.  Good job to the volunteers that handled that necessary function!

Artist Alley - This event moved this year to where the Art Show had been the first year.  Really good choice in moving it there!   Even more Artists were there during the 3 day event.  Congrats to Beata for handling this function!

Draco Tavern -  Outstanding decorations, and very reasonably priced food!  We ate there all 3 days!   Plus thanks to Will Lund and his troupe who performed 4 times a day from Larry Niven's book, the Draco Tavern!  Congrats to Wendy All for setting this up!

Dealers Room - Lots of good deals, with several returning dealers from the first year!

Programming - Already mentioned, but man, this was a good block of programming, and for all three days!

Masked Ball - We didn't stay for it all, but there was a good attendance at this, and everyone there seemed to be having fun!

Parties - Good parties at the Pool, and at Draco Tavern!

Now this comic convention is what was really good about the early days of the San Diego Comic Con!

I won't give this convention a comic book grade like I normally do after attending a comic con, as I'm on the organizing committee, but I gotta admit... I had a lot of fun!  And so did my youngest son, Vinnie!

The San Diego Comic Fest's third year will be at the same location, but later in October, on the 17th thru 19th.  Be sure to block out those dates on your 2014 calendar!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,967 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!     

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 8:11 AM PDT
Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013 9:19 AM PDT
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