Michael D Hamersky On Comics Suggesting Your Taking In...   The Friday, August 31st of 2012 Leo Carrillo Film Festival in Carlsbad, California!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3704 -   I previously posted that the 2012 Leo Carrillo Film Festival was starting on August 17th, (in blog #3696), with a Special Presentation:  Dinner & A Movie!  As seen in this flyer:  Dinner And A Movie.  Tickets were reserved for only 150 attendees, with a cost of only $30 each person.

Unfortunately, Tina and I had a week off in New Jersey / Philly area, and so we couldn't attend this fund raiser...

Then, the following Friday night, August 24th, was the start of the Film Festival, which runs for five consecutive Friday nights, as seen at this link:  Flyer for the 2012 Season.  The cost for each of these Friday nights is 'Free'!

For those of you that haven't attended any of the previous seven seasons... Here's the master link to my review blogs on what the film festival is like:   Master Link.

In addition, I've uploaded a video so you can see what to bring to these evening:  Leo Carrillo Film Festival video 2nd Night of the 2011 Festival.

Tina and I are expecting to attend this 8th Season on the 2nd night, as I have called in for reservations at 760-476-1042, which I suggest you do so also before Friday!

Friday night's film is from 1943 and titled 'Follow The Band'.  Here is the link to the IMDb page for the film.  Others appearing in the film besides Leo Carrillo are: Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes, Leon Errol, and Anne Rooney, among others.

While I'm posting links... Don't forget to 'Like' the Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park Facebook Fan Page!

Also, Leo Carrillo was 'Pancho' in the 'Cisco Kid' western TV show. I mention this because one of the half hour Cisco Kid episodes is shown before the featured film is shown.  Plus... Should we have any of those comics or other westerns comic books, they would be listed here for sale!

~ Michael

UPDATE:  10:38 AM Wednesday - Just had a call back from the Leo Carrillo Historic Park office.  This Friday is booked up and so is next Friday, September 7th!  There are a few reservations left for September 14th & September 21st... So make your reservations now!

NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On Comics:  My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,704 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!  We currently have over 2,770 'Followers'!  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 'Loca8' 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, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Remembers:   Jack Kirby On His Birthdate, August 28th And Mentions That Today Is... Read Comics In Public Day August 28th of 2012!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3703 -   Yesterday, I blogged about the 'Read Comics In public Day' event that I attended in the Claremont neighborhood of San Diego, California, on Saturday. (See blog #3702.)

The special day was started to take place on Jack Kirby's birthdate, which was on August 28th.  The 'Read Comics in Public' Day was started in 2010.

For those of you that don't know that much about Jack Kirby... Here is a link to the Wikipedia entry on Jack.  There is a lot of info and links to be found there, so I won't repeat them here. 

The web site for this special day has been re-directed to its Facebook fan page:   'Read Comics In Public'.  The group was started by Brian Heater and Sarah Morean back in 2010. 

I urge you to take a look at the above links, and see what is happening today, August 28th, in your area, so you too can celebrate the 'Read Comics in Public' Day, and celebrate Jack Kirby's birthday as well!

~ 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 3,703 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!  We currently have over 2,770 'Followers'!  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 'Loca8' 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, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On:   Read A Comic Book In Public Day At Claremont, San Diego, California!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3702 -   Yesterday, Vinnie and I attended the 3rd Annual 'Read Comics in Public Day' event that was held in the Claremont neighborhood of San Diego, California.

The middle photo above shows me reading a copy of 'The Comic Book History of Comics' by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, which I found to be fascinating!

The larger photo to the right shows those that had shown up early in the morning, outside of the Starbucks on Genessee and Balboa Avenue.

This local event was once again hosted by Chriss Cornish, who has been holding this since 2010 at the same location.

This event is just one of many events that was inspired by the main 'Read Comics In Public' group started by Brian Heater and Sarah Morean back in 2010.  I urge you to take a look at their link, and see what is happening tomorrow, August 28th in your area, so you too can celebrate the 'Read Comics in Public' Day!

Chriss Cornish elected to hold the San Diego event on this past Sunday.  The event page for the San Diego event is at:  Read Comics In Public Day - San Diego.

Chriss' main Facebook page has just been started at:  San Diego Reads Comics In Public, which I urge you to 'Like'!

Photos that Vinnie and I took of the couple of hours we attended the San Diego event can be seen at my Facebook Fan Page in the special photo album titled:  2012 Read Comics In Public Day.

(Vinnie and I would have stayed longer at this event, but I had a meeting of the San Diego Comic Fest to attend that ran during the later hours of this event.  I'll be posting on that later, either here, at my Facebook fan page, and / or the Facebook fan page for the San Diego Comic Fest.)

My thanks once again to Chriss Cornish, who held this 2012 event.  I urge you to 'Like' her Facebook fan page, and to check out whatever is being held in your area on Tuesday, August 28th!

~ 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 3,702 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!  We currently have over 2,770 'Followers'!  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 'Loca8' 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, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On:   The Comic Station At Haddon Heights, New Jersey!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3701 -   As stated in yesterday's blog... We are back from a Summer Vacation visiting Tina's family in South New Jersey!

While there we both took in a tour of a few LCBS (Local Comic Book Shops) in the area, plus the Philadelphia Comic-Con that took place on Sunday, August 19th at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Yesterday's blog, #3700, was the review blog on the Comic-Con.

Today's blog is a review blog on the first of the LCBS that we saw in South New Jersey.

That would be 'The Comic Station' at 615 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, NJ.

The top middle photo above is myself, at the front of the LCBS.

The third photo, (at the top right), are the co-owners of the LCBS, Mike and Scott Kaitz at the sales counter.

I found that the location of this LCBS was right across the street from the Haddon Heights Library, and also close to other main buildings in the town.  Indeed, 'The Comic Station' was centrally located on the two blocks that comprised the town!

The exterior of the LCBS was a little small, but when opening the door, I could see that it was a long rectangular size, and was deeper in depth than I expected!

I also found that the front of the shop had the current comics and a good selection of toys. Behind the sales counter to the left, was a door to another room with a lot of backstock of comics!  Tina picked up a couple of back issues of 'Fringe' that she had not yet read, while I talked with Scott about the LCBS.

Mike was in the far back of the shop, and stopped long enough to also talk with me.  Plus he posed for a couple of pics, that I'm sharing here and at the special photo album hosted at my Facebook Fan Page, 'Michael D Hamersky on Comics'.

I found that this was a well stocked LCBS, and that those of you near the Haddon Heights area of New Jersey should stop in and check this shop out!

My thanks to Scott & Mike for showing me around their LCBS during our trip to South New Jersey!

Here is the web site link for 'The Comic Station'.

Here is the link to their Facebook fan page for 'The Comic Station'.

Plus again, here is the link to the photos of this LCBS at my Facbook Fan Page that I shot during this part of our trip.

~ 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 3,701 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!  We currently have over 2,770 'Followers'!  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 'Loca8' 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, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On:   The August 19th of 2012 Philadelphia Comic-Con Held At The Ramada Philadelphia Airport in Essington, Pennsylvania

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3700 -   We are back from a Summer Vacation visiting Tina's family in South New Jersey!

While there we both took in a tour of a few LCBS (Local Comic Book Shops) in the area, plus the Philadelphia Comic-Con that took place on Sunday, August 19th at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Photo of Ramada is the 2nd from the left at the top of this blog post.)

First, I want to thank the promoter of the comic con, Derek Woywood, who is pictured at the top right photo of this blog post. (Thanks, Derek!)

Second, I want to mention 'my take' on this comic book show...

To tell the truth, I was kind of excited to be able to see Silver Age artist, Herb Trimpe, back on the East Coast.  He and Dan Nokes were the 'Special Guests' that were advertised for this comic book show, as seen in the flyer to the left...

However, Herb had car trouble the morning of the show, and was not able to attend... At least by the time we left at 12:45 PM... So instead we saw Dan Nokes sketching at his table, and also Paris Cullins, who stopped long enough to introduce himself and have photos taken with a few of his friends.  (Those photos and the rest can be seen at the special photo album hosted by my Facebook Fan Page, Michael D Hamersky On Comics.)

The show was 4500 square feet in size, and had many comics dealers along with the two comic book special guests.  We picked up a box size of comics that I hadn't seen out here on the West Coast for a while, and it has already arrived, so I'll be placing those up in my online comic book shop, ComicBooksCircus.com, pretty soon for sale.

I found this 'comic-con' to be more a comic book show, as we call them here on the West Coast, but still had plenty of time to check out all the dealers' tables in the 2 & 1/2 hours that we attended this show.

Additionally the entry fee was very reasonable!  Only $3 for admission, and a $1 off with the flyer in hand at the ticket table.

Plus, unlike several other 'comic cons' that I've attended in recent years... This is a true comic book show, not a 'pop culture' convention using the term 'comic con' in its name.

The next Philadelphia Comic-Con is scheduled for Sunday, November 18th, from 10 AM to 4 PM at the same location, in Essington, PA.

Here is the web site link for the Philadelphia Comic-Con.

I don't see a Facebook fan page for the Con...

According to its web site... This is 'Philadelphia's Longest Running Comic Convention'!

After attending this one... I can see why.  If you are in the Philly area, check it out!

~ 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 3,700 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!  We currently have over 2,770 'Followers'!  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 'Loca8' 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, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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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