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Friday, March 6, 2009

RIFF Entry Deadline Is March 15th 2009!
Mood:

caffeinated
Topic: Other Movie Genres

The Riverside International Film Festival's Deadline For Submissions...

Is March 15th 2009!

Click Here to see our newly listed Comics, Graphic Novels, Books and other listings for sale!

That's because the Festival itself runs from April 17th to April 26th, 2009! The Festival will be held at the Regal Cinemas, Riverside Plaza, in Riverside, California.

Today is March 6th, 2009 and the big event of the Day is the 'Watchmen' Film's Opening. Of course Tina and myself will be going later on in the day for that!

However, that is also a reminder to me that I should blog about another Film happening that is being held in SoCal next month.

No, I'm not blogging again about the the Cut! Film Festival which will be taking place the weekend of March 14-15, 2009 at the historic Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave. at 14th Street, Santa Monica, California! (See here for all blog posts on that Festival.)

Today I'm blogging about The Riverside International Film Festival (RIFF), which is celebrating its' 7th Year!

I was sent a notice from the publicist as follows:

Calling all filmmakers! Submissions are now being accepted for the 7th Annual Riverside International Film Festival. The deadline for entries is March 15. Visit http://www.riversidefilmfest.org for more details. This exciting event begins April 17 with a dazzling opening night gala and goes through April 26 with a glitzy closing night gala. Screenings will be at the Regal Riverside Plaza Stadium Theaters at the Riverside Plaza. The address is 3535 Riverside Plaza Drive, Riverside, CA, 92506.

I took a look at what the previous year's entries were, and found one stop motion animated short film by Dustin Grella titled 'Glimpse'. A brief sample of that film is shown on the producer's web site at http://www.dustingrella.com for you to view. The photo below the Film Festival's logo in this blog post is a sample scene from that 'Glimpse' film. Of course this Film Festival is varied in the genres of films submitted for exhibition.

According to the publicist of the Festival and the web site, the RIFF "continues to grow in size, scope and stature as a prominent venue for top quality international cinema, showing films from around the world, including world premieres, features, shorts and documentaries".

Should you be in the film industry, you might want to check out RIFF's web site for entry details. Don't forget the deadline is nearing... March 15th, 2009!

As a Film viewer finding yourself in Southern California between the dates of April 17th - 26th, you might want to add this Film Festival to your calendar!

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we have an ongoing online 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention' here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts, and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store!

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!

~ Michael (and Tina)

Note From Make It So Marketing:

To the left is a photo of Michael at the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Convention International. Click that photo to see Tina and Michael's 'Our World' page!

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

We attend several Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale!

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Three More Comic Book Artists At Planet ComiCon 2009!
Mood:

spacey
Topic: Comic Cons

Mark Texeira, Joe Jusko and Michael Golden

Will Be At Planet ComiCon 2009!

The Con Runs March 28th - 29th, 2009

Renee Witterstaetter... Has Informed me that Mark Texeira, Joe Jusko and Michael Golden will be exhibiting at the Planet ComiCon in Kansas City later this month!

You can contact her prior to the Comic Con for sketch availability and pricing.

Michael Golden will only be doing sketches during show hours (as his take home list is full), while all the guys will be in attendance all days of the convention to sign and meet fans!

All three will be offering an array of prints and books featuring their works. Renee and the guys hope to see you there!

For More information contact: EvaInk@aol.com

So if you are in the Kansas City area or traveling there during this time period, be sure to check this Con out!

Here are the details for the Con:

Where: Overland Park International Trade Center @ 115th & Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas

When: Saturday, March 28, 2009 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday, March 29, 2009 10 AM to 4 PM

Cost:      Admission $15 for an Adult Weekend Pass
              $6 Ages 7 to 14 for a Child Weekend Pass
              Under 7 FREE

Special Note: Adult Advance tickets are available for $12 and Child's advance tickets are available for $5 at the "tickets" link and at some Kansas City area comic shops.

Come to the show on Saturday and return on Sunday for free!

For more up to date info and additional details including days and hours that the special guests will be there... look at the following web site: http://www.planetcomicon.com

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we also have an ongoing online 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention' here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts, and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store!

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!

~ Michael (and Tina)

Note From Make It So Marketing:

One of the Best things about attending conventions is that we get to see great guests, like Stan Lee who is seen to the left signing a couple of my comics from the 1990's! Click that photo to see 'Tina & Michael's World' of Pop Culture and Comics!

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

Thank You For Being One Of This Blog's

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If you are a Facebook member and want to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 5:17 AM PST

Updated: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:28 AM PDT

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Fred Hembeck Has...
Mood:

spacey
Topic: Comic Book Artists

Fred Hembeck...

Has A 'Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus' Out!

I have been a fan of Fred Hembeck's work... for quite a while, and only recently started to let some of my own personal collection of his works go up for sale.

One item that I don't have is the book that was released in May 2008, by Image Publishing. The book was released as "THE NEARLY COMPLETE ESSENTIAL HEMBECK ARCHIVES OMNIBUS".

Which would be darn near complete, because this Omnibus features 912, (yeah 912!), pages of material written and drawn by cartoonist Fred Hembeck. Not to say how long Fred has been at this, but the features included in this Omnibus were pulled from the past three decades!

The Omnibus itself is divided into seven sections:

Section One: "Little Freddy: Growing Up In The Silver Age of Comics". The 'origin story' of Fred Hembeck in 12 pages.

Section Two: Which would be one of my favorite sections! All seven of Fred's early eighties Fantaco books, 276 pages worth: HEMBECK: THE BEST OF DATELINE:@#$%; HEMBECK 1980; ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE BRIDE OF HEMBECK; THE HEMBECK FILES; BAH, HEMBECK; JIMMY OLSEN'S PAL, FRED HEMBECK, and DIAL H FOR HEMBECK. These have been long out of print magazines (OOP).

Section Three: A miscellaneous section that brings together all the Dateline:@#$% strips that were not printed in the Fantaco collections, plus later ones. Fred's work for other fanzines such as THE COMIC READER, COMICS SCENE and Fred's contributions to the once annual AMAZING HEROES SWIMSUIT SPECIAL, showing 124 pages of art!

Section Four: Contains 60 pages of material from Fred's years as a member of the comics apa, CAPA-alpha, back in the early eighties.

Section Five: Fifteen different strips are printed here, ranging from a single page all the way up to ten pages.

Section Six: Fred's work in the mid-nineties including Dateline:@#$%! This section has 210 pages collecting ALL the strips done during that period for THE COMICS BUYERS GUIDE, COMIC BOOK ARTIST, COMIC BOOK PROFILES and more.

Section Seven: This collection is of items Fred has drawn since the 1990's to today. Too numerous to list!

The Omnibus also has a Foreword by Stan 'The Man' Lee, plus an Introduction by Jim Salicrup, and last but not least... an Afterword by Al Gordon!

Besides the items that I am listing in our own eBay Featured Store, Fred is also currently listing, (as of this blog post publishing), several unique one-of-a-kind items from his own personal collection on eBay. Including this Omnibus with a special signature!

You can see those items being listed by Fred by clicking here!

If you have not seen Fred Hembeck's unique style of cartooning, you should check out a publication or two of his!

(Note: A complimentary copy for this mention / review was NOT provided by the author nor the publisher.)

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we also have an ongoing online 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention' ourselves here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts, and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store!

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!

~ Michael

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Michael first set up as a dealer at the 1972 San Diego's West Coast Comic Con. To the left is a photo of Michael, Howard & Tina at the Skirball February 2009. Click that photo to see 'Our Current World Of Pop Culture'!

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

Thank You For Being One Of This Blog's

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If you are a Facebook member and want to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.

Posted by makeitsomarketing at 4:07 AM PST

Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 5:31 PM PST

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

'Comics And The Impact On Film Today' Panel At Cut! Film Festival!
Mood:

caffeinated
Topic: Other Cons

Cut! Film Festival

Will Feature A Panel With Mike Grell, Mark Ryan, & Steve Niles!

CUT! Film Festival celebrates film and those who create them... As mentioned in an earlier blog post, I have been notified that LiquidSPACE in conjunction with Graykin Entertainment and GALS Charitable Foundation will be presenting CUT! Film Festival 2009! The festival is a benefit and celebration of cinema dedicated to the art and imagination that goes into the creation of film.

The festival will be taking place the weekend of March 14-15, 2009 at the historic Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave. at 14th Street, Santa Monica, California.

What is neat about this festival is that "from concept to pre-production, production and post, you’ll hear the back-story of how a concept became screenplay and how screenplay became film".

My main interest in this Festival is on an project that I blogged about before, Code Name: Zeus. (Click here for that blog post.)

However, there is also another special Panel being shown there that would be of interest to those interested in Comics and what are considered 'Comic Book Movies':

"COMICS AND THE IMPACT ON FILM TODAY Panel, showcasing the talents of legends in the comic world, MIKE GRELL, a 30+ year veteran of comics (The Green Arrow, The Warlord, Jon Sable) and winner of the prestigious INKPOT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMIC ART, partnered with MARK RYAN, who together have written a new graphic novel entitled, The Pilgrim, and fellow veteran of comics and film, 30 Days of Night, creator and writer, STEVE NILES, will discuss the evolution of comics in film today. This promises to be a fascinating topic of discussion."

There are several other projects that are presented at this festival, but lack of space in this blog format keeps me from mentioning them. I'll leave you to check out The Cut! Film Festival blog site at: http://www.cutfilmfestival.org.

I have been told that all the screenings and panels will be followed by a 'Meet and Greet Session' with the guests. So for those of you able to attend this Festival bring your camera and a sharpie and most of all, enjoy the weekend seeing as many programs and panels as you can!

Also, there is an important raffle going on prior to the Festival... check out this link for details: http://www.cutfilmfestival.org/raffle.html

Steven Niles, a Facebook Friend of mine, is known for his comic book work on 'The Nail' (Dark Horse), 'Bigfoot' (IDW), a Batman mini-series 'Gotham County Line' (DC Comics), '30 Days Of Night' which was optioned for a major motion picture release, among other works!

Mike Grell is most widely known for his 'Warlord' comic book series for DC Comics, his own creator owned 'Starslayer' and 'Jon Sable Freelance', and the Tarzan comic strip from 1981-1983.

Mark Ryan has worked in TV and Film for many years, probably best known for his voice work in the 'Transformers' Film as the robot 'Bumblebee'. His latest work 'The Pilgrim', is a graphic novel inspired by factual events occuring during WWII concerning modern psychic warfare research.

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again for more!

~ Michael

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

Thank You For Being One Of This Blog's

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Monday, March 2, 2009

Benefit Advance Screening of Watchmen, March 5th!
Mood:

cool
Topic: Comic Book Movies

Benefit Advance Screening of Watchmen, March 5th, 2009

Presented By MoCCA In NYCC!

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art... also known as MoCCA, is proudly presenting a benefit advance screening of the new 'Watchmen' Film on March 5th. The benefit also includes a VIP reception and a Watchmen Portraits book signing event.

The MoCCA spokesperson is saying that "this once-in-a-lifetime evening begins with a reception at MoCCA for The Art of Watchmen with a silent auction, continues with an advance screening of Watchmen at AMC 19th Street, and concludes with an author signing of Watchmen Portraits by Clay Enos".

If you are interested in attending: Tickets are $100, or just $75 for MoCCA members. All proceeds from this special event go to support MoCCA programming. Tickets may be purchased in person at MoCCA or by phone, 212-254-3511, Tues. – Sat., 12-5pm. or online at http://www.moccany.org With this event just a few days away you might want to check it out right now!

For those that can't make it to this special benefit on that night, but will be in the NYC area in the near future, there is additional news: "The benefit screening is in conjunction with MoCCA’s exhibit The Art of Watchmen. This exhibition looks at the many incarnations of the Watchmen universe: from Dave Gibbons' original character designs sketches, to the art from the acclaimed graphic novel published by DC Comics to the stills from the highly anticipated film by Zack Snyder. The Art of Watchmen is curated by Peter Sanderson and Ellen S. Abramowitz".

The special exhibit 'The Art Of The Watchmen' is running from March 6th thru May 2nd of 2009.

'Normal' MoCCA Hours (Not including the special benefit)
Hours: Tues. - Sat. 12:00 - 5:00pm,
Closed Sunday & Monday
Suggested Donation: $5.00
Members & Children under 12: Free

MoCCA is located at 594 Broadway, Suite 401 between Prince and Houston in New York, NY 10012

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we have an ongoing online 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention' ourselves here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts, and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store!

Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts!

~ Michael

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

To mail printed items to us for review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

Thank You For Being One Of This Blog's

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