But Fat Momma Is Only Scheduled For Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th, 2009...

So See Her Early Before She Packs Up, (Like She Is Doing In The Photo Above), And Takes The Rest Of Her Donuts Home With Her!

  Fat Momma... a.k.a. Nell Wilson, who was a Big Star on 'Stan Lee's Who Wants To Be A Superhero?' TV Show series will be at this year's NYCC!  

According to the Con's web site, her signing hours would be at Table 8 in the signings area from: 

Friday  1:00 pm- 7:00pm  and  Saturday 11:00am - 7:00pm

...but Please Double Check when you arrive at the con, as con schedules are subject to change! The table is at the back of the hall, near the Food Court area.

Also please note:  Fat Momma and most others at the Con pay their own way to attend these type of cons. Thus the reason for her and others to charge a fee for signing and / or have their own items for signing to sell to you.  It is up to you whether or not you feel the celebrity's charge for signatures is worth it to you or not...!

For more info on Fat Momma, you might want to check out her web site at:  www.fatmomma.tv

While you are there at Table 8, you might recognize another con attendee, Lou Ferrigno  a.k.a. The Incredible Hulk from the hit TV Series at Table 7!

His con schedule for signing is:

Friday  1:00 pm- 7:00pm  and  Saturday 11:00am - 7:00pm PLUS Sunday 11:00am - 5:00pm

Again, please note con schedules are subject to change!

Fat Momma (Nell Wilson) and also Lou Ferrigno are just two of several exhibitors / stars / creators that will be at this upcoming con. I've already blogged about the following that will also be attending the NYCC:

Nathan Fox Signing at NYCC!

Michael R Hudson - ReelArt Studios - Doc Savage Statue!

Steve Scott

William Katt (Greatest American Hero TV Star & Comics Publisher)

Mark Texeira 

Dave Simons Will Be At The NYCC 2009!

NOTE: If You have time after the NYCC, check out this special exhibit:  "It All Started Here" In White Plains, NY!

Robert Hewitt Wolfe At The Write Environment Live!   Time and Place Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009 Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm Location: The Writer Store Street: 2040 Westwood Blvd, Westwood, CA

A Special Interview With This Writer / Executive Producer of Such Shows As:

Star Trek: DS9, The 4400, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, and The Dresden Files!

  Jeffrey Berman sent us an announcement about this upcoming show...  Which is actually a live interview with Robert Hewitt Wolfe, who was the Writer/Executive producer of several successful TV series, including Star Trek; Deep Space Nine, Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, The 4400 and The Dresden Files!

Long time Blog readers of ours will know of our love of The 4400 series, of which we have blogged about several times before, (click here). 

An Invitation To Check Out The Progress Of This  Graphic Novel Online!

  Jon Ascher is a Portland, Oregon based illustrator and graphic designer...  His latest creative work was brought to my attention by Jess Jinkies, who sent me the links to both his web site and his 'Making of the Neil GN' video.  I viewed the pages shown on his web site and viewed the video...  and am sharing both with our blog readers to view! 

The video at the above right of this blog post shows Jon verbally portraying what he is painting in his graphic novel that is in progress.  The video is a little long with some gaps in the filming, but you will get what is he attempting to convey in his artwork by watching it. You will also get part of the theme of the book via the video, but you should read Jon's notes on his web site.

Our blog readers can view the pages he has up at his web site for FREE by going to  www.jonascher.com right now!

I want to thank Jess Jinkies for bringing this project to my attention. The work is not yet completed which is why there is a good looking interior page shown at the top left instead of the cover...

By Thomas Cochrane and Alan Tanner!

  Thomas Cochrane sent me the link to his online serialized graphic novel.  Along with Alan Tanner, the artist for this project, Thomas is weaving a story that has several elements that I enjoy in books and on TV.

First off, Thomas Cochrane is a Scottish artist and writer.  "The Fat Man" is his first graphic novel.  Thematic inspiration for this GN he says comes from "such diverse sources of 'TinTin', 'The Avengers', and a fascination with the concept of time travel".

Alan Tanner is a veteran illustrator and designer. He has worked on covers for 'Time Out' and the infamous 'Oz Magazine'. He has also created many illustrations for the 'Radio Times'. Additionally he has worked for CBS and Island for several record covers.

This graphic novel has a new chapter presented every month. The 9th chapter's splash page is presented at the top of this blog post to get an immediate idea of the artwork. I  believe that it is not the 'final' version of that page.  As of this blog post the online story had not reached that chapter as of yet...

So what is the story about? Well, I'll just print what the writer says about it:

"The story centres on the mysterious 'Tegel Project', responsible for the death of millions, which threatens the very core of civilisation. Betrayed by MI5, the Fat Man finds himself caught between the blazing guns of would-be assassins and the blood-red lips of silent movie star Louise Brooks.

Unable to trust anyone and faced with a series of unpalatable choices, he careers madly along the arch of time on the seemingly impossible mission of keeping himself and his lover alive..."

I am told that "The Fat Man" is a charity project with sponsorship, which is why our blog readers can view it online for Free.  Additionally, "The more eyes on the web site, the more the charity can raise," Thomas explained in his message to me.

The graphic novel is presented in a format that uses the 'My eBook' reader. It is interesting that as you 'turn' the pages, you hear the sound of pages turning.  I did find the page turner mechanism a little hard to use, but that is the software's fault, not of the writer/artist team.

There is a 'promo movie video' for this graphic novel, as well as several 'wallpapers' for your computer's desktop at the web site should this serialized project grab your interest!

The serialized online graphic novel and the wallpapers can be viewed at:

www.the-fat-man.co.uk

After viewing the graphic novel, and you find yourself interested in knowing more about this work, you are welcome to join The Fat Man group if you are a Facebook member at:

www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21043026251&ref=mf