Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On...   Celebrating 20 Fabulous Years 1995 -2015 Alternate Reality Comics!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4036 -    Back on December 30th of 2010, I blogged about seeing Alternate Reality Comics in Las Vegas, Nevada. (See this link for Blog #3312.) 

I was in Las Vegas for a holiday, but as usual, I checked out a few comic book stores in the area.

While there I met the co-owner of Alternate Reality Comics, Ralph Mathieu. He was kind enough to show us around his LCBS.  It was a great visit! 

Now, back to the present!   Would you believe... That during the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International... Ralph stopped me and said hello on the massive exhibit floor?! 

During our quick five minute meetup, he mentioned that his LCBS was celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year! 

In fact, he pulled out a promo comic book that he had published honoring that fact of hitting 20 years in business.  The photo of that comic book is shown above.

Ralph gave me that copy, and I have just finished reading it last night.

Here's my thoughts on the promo comic book: 

Of course the front cover is a homage to the Fantastic Four #1 issue from 1961.  The Fantastic Four were my favorite comic book series to collect during the 1960s, and I have picked up many comics that have used that famous cover as a homage.

The character in green with Red Vines is Epstein, the Ska Lizard, who is "The World's Most Beloved Comic Book & Entertainment Store Mascot!".  This promo comic book is "...Published for the first time anywhere! A blatant attempt to cash in on comic sentimentality!".

I had seen Epstein during my visit to the comic book shop in Las Vegas.  This promotional comic book gave the 'Origin' of Epstein.  The first character you meet on the splash page is 'Cosmic Vyne', who looks a lot like 'Galactus', (LOL).  The rest of the story is the true origin and how Epstein got to Earth. Transforming a comic book shop in Las Vegas into 'Alternate Reality Comics'!

Not bad at all!   Cute parody!   And on the inside back cover page, a 'Who's Who' page for Epstein.  With a history of the LCBS.  You see, back in 1987 Steve Marino started 'Dungeon Comics'. P.J. Wahlquist managed the shop from 1987 to 1994.  The ownership changed to Blake Phillips shortly after the shop started.

It wasn't until 1995 that Ralph Mathieu purchased the shop and changed the name to 'Alternate Reality Comics'.  That is what the shop is still named, 20 years afterwards!

The back cover had the only 'ad' in the comic book.  All that you need to find the shop in Las Vegas, with address, store hours, online web site, photo of the store owners, (including Katherine Keller),and their own Facebook Fan Page!

This is a pretty good promotional comic book in my opinion!  It hits on all eight cylinders!

Definitely rates a Near Mint (NM) 9.4 out of a 10.0 comic book grading guide in my estimation!

My thanks to Ralph for bringing this to my attention at the 2015 Comic-Con International.  And Congrats on owning the LCBS for the past 20 years!  Let you hang in there for 20 more should you like to do so!!

~ 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!

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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!     

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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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On...   The 2015 Ant-Man Film!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4035 -    I am back from viewing the 2015 Ant-Man film!

I've waited to see this ever since it was announced at the 2006 San Diego Comic Con International.

Man, that sure seems a long time ago!  As the 2015 San Diego Comic Con just ended less than a couple of weeks ago...

I've waited with baited breath to see this film, as I am a fan of the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym. 

I missed the 'Man in the Ant Hill' story in Tales To Astonish #29 back in January of 1962.  I started after Hank Pym came back in a superhero outfit as Ant-Man.  That series started in issue #35 of Tales To Astonish.   He remained as Ant-Man until issue #49 when he became Giant-Man.

I still followed Hank Pyam and Janet Van Dyne (as the Wasp!) until they were replaced by the Sub-Mariner in issue #70 in August of 1965.  

So you see, I know Ant-Man / Giant-Man.   I followed the adventures of Hank Pym for years after that.  I didn't much like what Marvel writers did to him... 

There was a much later story where Scott Lang became Ant-Man.  That was just okay for me.  It was nice to see 'Ant-Man' again, but it just wasn't the same for me.

So I kept seeing updates on the Ant-Man film.   Then finally, years later... There were commercials on TV about the Ant-Man film that was coming. 

The commercials looked kind of good.  But still... I wasn't for sure.

Hank Pym was there in the commercials... But as a much older man.  But then again, I've aged a bit since 1962 myself.

Well today I had time to take in the film.  I went to the earliest showing, and it wasn't crowded.

After twenty minutes of upcoming movie previews... the Film started.

There was my Ant-Man!  Old film of a small person could be seen.  Ant-Man!

Okay, good start for me...

Then the story kicked in.  Turned out that my interest in the film grew & grew... I was impressed with the story line.  I really was impressed with Hank Pym's role in the film.  This screenplay was well written!  Which was surprising after the years of development in the script.  See the Wikipedia entry for the film's background.  Please Note:  Spoiler Alert on the Wikipedia entry.  It basically tells all about the film as well as the development of the film.

I enjoyed how Yellowjacket was included in the film.  Hank Pym had become Yellowjacket in an Avengers story many years ago.  Nice touch!

It was good to see Hope Van Dyne in the film.  She was the daughter of Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne.  Plus her interacting with Scott Lang was good to see as well.

So as you can see from the above... I really enjoyed seeing this film!  Enough to give it a Near Mint (NM) 9.4 out of a 10.0 comic book grade.

You can safely take your non-comics friends to see this film.  The script is very well written, and the casting of the characters was excellent.  It was not over the top like the Avengers 2 film was.

My thanks to all that were involved with this film.  It was worth going to the movies to see this film!

~ Michael

P.S.  There are over 2,400 Ant-Man stories.  Click here to see where you can find them.   

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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On...   The Souvenir Program Book Of The 2015 Comic-Con International

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4034 -    I've mentioned already that I attended all four days of the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International in this Blog. (As seen at blog #4031.)

I also mentioned that the Comic-Con gave away a souvenir book, an events guide and a quick guide.

This blog will review the 'Souvenir' book only.

I had seen the cover artwork at the San Diego Public Library, when I went to see the 'Art of Comic-Con International' exhibit.  (As seen in this blog post, #4029.)

I immediately put the book away to read after the end of the Comic-Con, as the events guide and the quick guide were the items I needed to navigate the convention itself.

 Now that I have read the book, I'm ready to review blog it here.

First of all, the cover... The reason The Spirit is on the cover is because 2015 is the 75th Annniversary of this character.  The Spirit was first published by Will Eisner in 1940.   Will passed away a few years ago, (in 2005), so Michael Cho was chosen to do the cover.  I was always impressed when seeing see Will at Comic-Con over the years.  Which is why I chose to read some of 'Spirit' reprints.   For those of you that like 'The Spirit', the cover should be enough to warrant picking up a copy for your collection.

Skipping a couple of pages on the inside... You would come to the Contents page.  The titles of the articles are presented along with the page numbers where they could be found on the inside.

The next important page, (after skipping a few ad pages), is the credits page.  There are a lot of people that worked on this souvenir book, as well as the Comic-Con.  They all seem to be listed on this credits page.

Then the President's Message is shown as well as the 'Welcome to Comic-Con' write up by David Glanzer. It is good to read this as you want to know what is being touted for the 2015 Comic-Con.

The first section is the '2015 Special Guests' section.  Starting on page 7 and running through page 23 with a few ad pages inbetween.  I saw several of these 'special guests' at the Comic-Con, and will be blogging about them in the near future.  In the meantime you could check out the photo albums I took of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday events. I did miss seeing Stan Lee at his panel, as the line was too long for the hall, and a lot of people were turned away and could not get in.

The next section was 'The Craft of Comics', where seven top professionals talk aboout how they edit, write, draw, color, letter, and design comics.  The pages are kind of 'heavy' reading, and run from page 27 through 41.

Next I'm going to talk about articles that were of interest to me while reading this book.  That would not include all the articles...

Pages 44 thru 48 was on '100 Years of King Features Syndicate', by Brian Walker.  This was a well researched article. I found it to be a worthwhile read.

Pages 50 thru 54 was on the 'Birth of The Spirit' by Paul Levitz.  Also a very good article on the origin of this character.  A must read!

Pages 60 thru 64 was 'Will Eisner, The Spirit and Me' by Denis Kitchen.  Denis reprinted many of The Spirit original stories.  In this article he talks about first meeting Will, and what became of that meeting.  I had read this account before in a prior magazine, but it is of interest to those that would like to know more about that friendship.

Oh, and there are several pages of artwork submitted by outside artists, ranging from locals in the San Diego area, to outside of the USA.  Good interpretations for the most part.  Each article would have a few pieces of artwork shown after the article.

Pages 76 thru 78 was 'Confessions of a Robin and Catwoman (and Occasional Joker) Editor - by Jordan B Gorfinkel, as told to A.J. Frost.   Yes a short article on these Batman characters. 

I'm skipping a few articles and getting down to pages 124 - 127. "Like a Bolt of Lightning: SHAZAM! The History of the Original Captain Marvel.  To me in the 1960s,  'Captain Marvel' was the character in 'Marvel Super-Heroes' comic book.  I didn't know about this original Captain Marvel published by Fawcett Comics.  You see, the Fawcett character ceased being published in 1953, the year after I was born.  I didn't see any of those comics until I became a comic book dealer.  The only other Captain Marvel I knew about was published by M.F. Enterprises from 1966-67.  So this article by Mark Lucas could be of interest to you also.

Pages 130 thru 134 is an excellent article titled 'The Interrupted History Behind Captain Marvel's 75th Anniversary', by RT.C. Harvey.   Very good.  You get this book, be sure to check it out!

Pages 148 thru 150 had 'Oh, the Inhumanity!, about the 50th Anniversary of the Inhumans.  As the Fantastic Four was my favorite comic book series growing up, I was involved with the Inhumans from the get go.  Charles Novinskie does a good job remembering the Inhumans in this article.

Pages 160 thru 165 is 'Steranko and the Origin of S.H.I.E.L.D. by Douglas Wolk.  I remember not liking the fact that this series kicked out by Torch series in the Strange Tales comic book back in 1965.  But with artwork by Jack Kirby, I couldn't help but continue to buy the series.  I always thought that Jim Steranko added a lot ot this series.  This article tells quite a bit about the history of the series, and the value of Steranko to taking the series to a higher point.  For those of you that love Steranko art, page 164 has his inking to Jack Kirby tryout pages for this series.  Not to be missed!

Pages 172 thru 176 has '50 Years of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.' by Michael Uslan and Robert Klein.  Those two were 14 years of age when Tower Comics started those comic books.  I remember back in 1965 that Tower had poor distribution in Kodiak Island, Alaska where I was living on the Navy base, and poor distribution in South San Diego / Imperial Beach where I was living in 1969.  Tower printed comics from 1965 to 1969.  This is a good article by these two.  Be sure to read it!

Pages 178 thru 179 had 'Wally Wood: The Road to T.H.U.N.D.E.R. by J David Spurlock.  A good simple one page article on Wally.

The rest of the pages were on more newer comics, and comics companies. 

Then came the Will Eisner Awards nominations for 2015 & the recipients for the 2014 Awards.  Good reading for those interested in the 'Oscars' of comics.

The final pages, 'In Memoriam', Remembering Those We Lost In The Last Year', was a column I read in each year's souvenir book.  As I don't see all those named as passing within the year.   It is good that there are those remember each of these folks with an article and a photo of those that passed on...

Whew!  That's it!  Another Souvenir Book read and semi-reviewed here in my blog.

For those of you that didn not have a chance to pick one up at Comic-Con, I have several that I will be listing for sale at my online comic book shop, ComicBooksCircus.com.  Check it out for the 2015 Book, as well as previous years.

~ 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 Presents His Take On...   Fogel's Underground Price & Grading Guide Volume 1, 2015-16

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4033 -    I've mentioned already that I attended all four days of the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International in this Blog.

Well, besides attending panels, I also hit the exhibit floor several times, and on Saturday I ran into Dan Fogle at his booth. He mentioned to me about the new edition of his Underground Price & Grading Guide, and that it was being published in two volumes this time, as there was so much data to print.

So I walked away with a copy of his Guide.  I've already mentioned his supplement edition that was previously published in blog #3148 back on May 28th of 2010.  That was a while back!

So, as you can tell by the previous archived blog, I have interest in this topic... Underground Comix (UGC).  Not that I had that many when I was younger, but over the years I have picked up and sold a few collections that contained UGCs.  So I have picked up info rather 'piece-meal' on UGCs over the years.

So this newest edition of the Undergound Price & Grading Guide should be what I was looking for... So it is the first item I've read from all the items I picked up at Comic-Con.  Here is 'My Take' on the Guide:

First, the price section.  The pages all have a normal sized font, which makes it easier to read, at least for older guys like me!  There are two columns on each page, so there are a lot of listings on each page.  At the top section there are four examples of UGCs shown for Good, Fine & Near Mint Minus grades.  Each title is listed first, then with the name of the publisher.  Then the issue numbers along with date of publication.  Many UGCs have been reprinted over the years, so each one of those printings are listed and shown with prices for the three listed grades.

I found this price guide to very informative and comprehensive, from A to Z. I liked the layout, the normal sized font, and the listings shown. 

The Grading section started on page 29 and went through page 48.  There were more than three grades shown, as well as example of a UGC in that grade. Pretty detailed, along with a 'checklist' for each grade. The examples were shown only in black and white though.  Still the photos were pretty detailed...

Okay, so much for the Price & Grading sections of this guide. So what else was there to make this book so thtick?

Well, there were several articles! . 

The ones that I enjoyed reading about were as follows:

Page 9 - The Preface by Dan -  Good to read for a first time buyer of this Guide.

Page 12 - Dana 'Ma' Crumb - good story by John Orlando, Jill Orlando & Dan Fogel.

Page 18  - Spain Rodriguez - Feature Film In The Works by Dan Fogel.  Good update on this film.

Page 21 - Underground Market Report - Several reports by UGC dealers.  Always good to know what is going on in the back issue sales!

Page 23 - Slab This!  Good interview on why there aren't that many high grade UGCs out there!

Page 25 - CGC - How The Company Has Grown And How It Works - Good article on the topic.

Pages 49 thru 64 - The first color section in this Guide.  Full page presentations of the UGC creators chosen and some of their works.  I enjoyed seeing these pages!

Pages 272 - 273 - Photos by Bob White of a 1985 gathering of UGC creators at Hi De Comics.

Pages 278 - 280 - Richard 'Grass' Green - Black King of Underground Comix - This was a neat article on Richard.  I had known about his above ground comics career, but this article about his UGC experiences was pretty neat!

Pages 286 - 287 - Underground Rock  and Roll Comics Revolutionaries - article by Jay Allen Sanford.  Good two page history of Revolutionaryh Comics.

Pages 305 - 308  - Origins and Influence of Zap Comix - by Robert Beerbohm - I've sat through a few panels with Bob discussing his knowledge of comics & comix, And enjoyed them!  This was a good article on the topic.

Miscellaneous pages, both in b&w and in color, on dealers selling their wares.  Interesting to see the names of those still in the business after all these years!  Plus a lot of new names who are now selling UGCs.

All in all, I believe that Dan has another 'hit' on his hands with this Volume 1.  I can't wait for Volume 2 to be printed!

Oh... My comix grade for this Volume?   I give it a Near Mint (NM) 9.4 out of a 10.0 grading scale.

If you don't see Dan at a comic convention near you... Here is the link to where you can buy it from via the mail..

My thanks to Dan for letting me know of his latest publication!

~ 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 Mentions That The Highlight of the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International For Him Was a Showing of...   Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's "Fantastic Four"!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4032 -    Yesterday I blogged about 'My Take On the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International'.  There I mentioned that the 'Highlight' of the convention for me was the showing of a documentary I had interest in back in 2013.

That was the time that the doucumentary was being funded by an Indiegogo fund raiser.  My Facebook Friend Carl Ciarfalio, who had played The Thing in Roger Corman's Fantastic Four film, brought the fundraiser to my attention.

I blogged about it, (blog #3876), and posted about on my Facebook Fan and personal pages as well.

The fundraiser ended June 20th of 2013, and there had been some followup on the production.  You see, the promoters of this fund raiser had needed to raise $60k to do this project right, and ended up with just $6k via the fundraiser. 

So it has been slow going since then...

However, I also 'Liked' the Facebook Fan Page for 'Doomed!', and saw there that they would be showing the documentary film at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International.

I hoofed it down to the Hyatt from the convention center on Friday late afternoon and waited for the showing...

There were several of us there for the showing, and all that came were amazed at well how the documentary was put together. I could tell that by the expressions and the comments made during the film's showing. 

The film was well edited, and told the story on how the film was made, what promotions had been done, and how the 1994 film ended up NOT being shown in theaters.  

The persons in the film told their side of the story, and I was amazed at how the bits and pieces fit together so well.  

You see, I had met several of the actors at the 1993 San Diego Comic Con International when they did the promotion there.  I also purchased my copy of 'Film Threat' where the Fantastic Four were the cover story to that issue of the magazine.   I also obtained b&w photos of the actors and had them signed as well.

I also later picked up a copy of the movie poster for the film at the Los Angeles Sci-Fi & Comic Show.  It currently hangs in my home office on the wall.   .

A few years back I met several of the actors of the film at the 2011 Wizard World Anaheim, (blog #3405), and became friends with Carl.  He contributed a prize to one of the Black Fridays I held in recent years. 

So as you can see by the above mentions, and others that I haven't linked to in this blog... I was really excited to view the documentary at the San Diego Comic Con!   I was not disappointed and it became the 'Highlight' of my Comic-Con experience so far on Friday.  Nothing else compared to it during the next two days of the Comic-Con.

I want to mention that the DVDs of the film are not ready for distribution yet, you can go to the 'Doomed!' Facebook Fan Page to keep up to date on that. 

I also want to thank Marty Langford, and Mark Sikes for their time on Friday after the film's showing.  It was great meeting you guys in person!  Plus it was great to see Kat Green, who played Alicia Masters in the film, as well that night!  

 ~Michael D Hamersky

Addendum:  For my ratings comparison between the actors in the 1994 FF film and the 2005 FF film, see this 2007 blog of mine.

Also, see this blog link, for a scan of the FF film poster I mentioned above.

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!     

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. 

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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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