Michael D Hamersky On Comics Is Mentioning That He Is Attending...   Winkie Con #50!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4011 -    I am taking a break on blogging about the 2014 Comic Con International today.  

That's because I am attending the 50th Annual Winkie Con tomorrow for the next three days.   Winkie Con?

Yes, Winkie Con, the Wizard of Oz convention produced by Oz Con International.

The past several years I've noticed mention of this annual convention, and even know a few who have attended it. It was being held up in Asilomar on the Monterey Penisula. Just too far for me to attend, without more of a comics background to it. 

Yes, there are several Oz comic books out there.  And more are being produced each year!  Here is the link to just a few that I have review blogged in the last seven years.

This year, (and next year!) Winkie Con is going to be located in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, at the Town and Country Resort.  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days it will be held. 

I purchased a three day ticket, but there are single days tickets available at the door.

On Monday I will be blogging about what I saw at this convention.

In the meantime, if you are in Southern California, you might want to check this event out for yourself!

Here is the Facebook fan page link.

Here is the Facebook event link.

Here is the web site link for Winkie Con.

Hope to see you there... If not join me back here next Monday for my review of Winkie Con 50!!

~Michael

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 4,000 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!     

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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 my blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to me for possible review, just contact me. 

 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 Pleased To Mention...   The 'Lost' Comics Documentary of 1978 - As Presented At the 2014 Comic-Con International by John Siuntres!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4010-    One of the panels / programs at Comic-Con International that I attended this year was the program titled:  "The Lost 1978 Comic Book Documentary" held on Thursday night.  This is what the program was supposed to be about:

John Siuntres (Word Balloon Comics Podcast host) and Mark Waid (Thrillbent Comics) present this rarely seen in the U.S. short film. In 1978 the Canadian TV Show Behind The Scene produced a 20-minute look at the comic book business featuring footage shot at the offices of DC and Marvel Comics. Narrated by comedian Jonathan Winters, the film stands as a time capsule look at how comics were made and marketed in the pre-digital world of the mid-20th century. You'll see footage and comments from Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Neal Adams, Julie Schwartz, Denny O'Neil, Jim Steranko, John Romita, and many more! The audience will get the chance to answer trivia questions about the footage they see and win prizes.

Well... The audience and I were captured by this documentary that was aired!  Seriously folks, this was a vintage documentary shot during 1978 and hasn't been shown elsewhere per John Siuntres.

Indeed there were a lot of questions asked after the program was shown.  There was a lot of interest in this documentary, and John is working on how to get this program shown elsewhere legally.

I for one was amazed to see early shots of Jim Steranko, and John Romita Jr., among those pictured in this documentary.  I have seen both of those mentioned recently at comic cons and it is "strange" to see how they looked in 1978.  This is truly an amazing documentary, and I wish John all the luck in getting the film ready for publication world wide!

~Michael

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over 4,000 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!     

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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 my blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to me for possible review, just contact me. 

 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 Pleased To Review TwoMorrow Publishing's...   Jack Kirby Collector #63!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4009 -    One of the activities I like to do each year at the Comic-Con International is to stop at the TwoMorrows booth!

I usually do that on Sunday, right after attending the Jack Kirby Tribute Annual Program hosted by Mark Evanier.  This year was the 20th Anniversary of Jack's passing.  Good tribute panel and there was a good selection of publications at the TwoMorrows booth this year.

One of the publications I chose to pick up was Jack Kirby Collector #63.  Yes, I have blogged on this publication a few times over the years, but it remains to be one of my favorite publications to pick up at Comic-Con each year!

This issue's theme was 'Marvel Universe'.  Which featured Mark Alexander's pivotal Lee/Kirby essay "A Universe A'Borning".

I have already read issue #58 titled "The Wonder Years" also by Mark Alexander, which really went into depth on the Lee / Kirby years.  See blog #3682 where I reviewed this publication.  

This issue #63 was more of an essay in format, but just as interesting reading at the earlier publication. The front cover to #63 was a double page spread. Really nice!

Mark mentioned that the essay had taken 5 months of hard work to create.  The photos / illustrations were very helpful in getting Mark's points across to the reader.  The 34 pages in this essay would be a good entry point to turn a friend into finding out about Jack Kirby.   I found this to be a highlight of issue #63.

Pages 37 - 47 was a section titled 'Mega Marvel Pencils', with the original artwork penciled by Jack Kirby with notes about each page presented.  Nice!

Page 48 was a one page update on the Jack Kirby Museum.

Pages 49 - 63 was a 2008 Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, presented at the Big Apple Con in New York City.  I have sat through 20 of these panels now, and find each one has something different to present on Jack.

Pages 64 - 66 was the Kirby Obscura section by Barry Forshaw. 

Pages 67 - 69 was Kirby Kinetics by Norris Burroughs.  Good tie-in with King Kong.

Pages 70 - 73 was a section by Shane Foley, titled "By Theire Enemies Shall Ye Know Them".  An interesting topic was covered.

Pages 74 - 81 was a section titled "Key Late Career Moments"84 - 85  from the early 1970s to 1994 when Jack passed. Some of these dates I didn't know what had happened.

Pages 82 - 83 was the section titled "Incidental Iconography" by Sean Kleefeld.  Interesting notes on Triton the Inhuman.

Pages 84 - 85  was on FF #110: The Lost Collage.  I kind of knew this story.

Pages 86 - 88 was a regular feature:  Kirby As A Genre.

Pages 89 - 90 was a new feature: Unearthed - The Lone Survivor.

Pages 91 - 92 was the letters page:  Collectors Comments.

Pages 93 - 95 was the house ad showing earlier Jack Kirby Collectors still available for sale.

Page 96 was the one page feature titled "Parting Shot".

Once again John Morrow and feature contributors assembled a fine publication!  This one was chock full of Marvel Universe items. Definitely a good buy at $10.95 cover price!   This is something that would be considered a good gift for a friend.  I highly recommend this issue!  It definitely covers "The Marvel Universe" which Stan Lee & Jack Kirby basically co-created!

~Michael

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 4,009 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!     

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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 my blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to me for possible review, just contact me. 

 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 Says...   Look Who's On The Blacklist...

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4008 -    I blogged the last few days on the 2014 Comic-Con International.  I actually have enough material gathered from that convention to post blogs on for a few more weeks!

However, today I'm posting about a TV show I've never seen... 'Blacklist', aired on Monday on NBC TV.

The reason I'm posting about this is a momento I received while eating at the Tinfish / Blacklist restaurant across the street from the San Diego Convention Center.

The restaurant had been changed to be a full building advertisement for the TV show.  The pricing was good for the fish dishes... I ate there twice during Comic-Con!

The TV show had a booth where they were shooting photos of the guests / diners.  I decided when there was a lull in the line to get in, to do it myself.  The above photo card is the result, with me as #59 - The Photo Bomber!

Now I'll have to watch the show for at least one episode when it returns for its second season!

Here is the Wikipedia entry link for the show. Not that it has anything to do with Comic-Con of old... But so many people attend Comic-Con nowadays that don't even pay attention to comic books!

(And NO... I didn't attend the Blacklist program held during Comic-Con!)

~Michael

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 4,008 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 my blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to me for possible review, just contact me. 

 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 Pleased To Mention Mark Todd's...   BEDLAM!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4007 -    I blogged earlier this week that I didn't have a full four day membership at the Comic-Con International.  Yeah, that's right, after attending every day of the Con since 1991 straight, I missed out on this year's convention due to the new lottery system of obtaining badges for each day.

So on Friday of con week I attended the Off Site Events that sprawled around the front and back of the San Diego Convention Center.  You can see photos from Friday at this link to my special Facebook Fan Page's photo album.

One of the events down to the East of the convention center was the Wonder Bread Building.  It was right across the street from where I used to work at, San Diego Rubber Company / Hoffmeyer Company.  That building where I worked is now part of the large parking lot for Petco Park.

The Wonder Bread Building was hosting the 2014 Art Expo, which was on both the bottom and second floors.  There I walked around for a while, and at one of the exhibit tables a publication jumped out at me!

That publication was titled 'BEDLAM', by Mark Todd. It was a 'mash-up'  of a Fantastic Four cover, one that I remember quite vividly.  Fantastic Four #98 from May of 1970, the month before I graduated from Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach.  Also, this was one of artist Jack Kirby's final issues in his 102 issue long run on the Fantastic Four.

Well, I just had to skim through this publication.  Wow!  Even more mashups inside!  The Amazing Spider-Man, Tales To Astonish, Avengers, Daredevil, Incredible Hulk, Eternals, and more Fantastic Four!  Issues that I had enjoyed when first picking them up on the newstands.  Sheesh!  All this in one publication!

Then I met the creator of this mash-up.  And we talked... and talked.  He explained he had picked up his first comic at a 7-11 in 1983, Iron Man #179, and he had started reading, bagging and collecting comics right then.  He also started some illustrations of the comics.  He couldn't move to New York to pursue comics, but instead became an artist in other genres, which is why he was at the Art Expo.

This 'Bedlam' was such a great publication that I purchased it before leaving his exhibit table!  You too can do so, by checking this link at his website.  There are more photos there of the interior pages as well, so you can see what you are buying before doing so.

I also took the time to videotape him, and I will be uploading the video at my YouTube channel. Here is the link to that, when it is uploaded.

My thanks to Mark for sharing his background on how he came to do this 'Bedlam' mash-up!

~Michael

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 4,007 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 my blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to me for possible review, just contact me. 

 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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