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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Vinnie's Take On: Mount Palomar Observatory
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3836 -    This morning we have another guest blog from my youngest son, Vinnie:

 

This previous February was half-priced museum month and although we got to catch a few museums, including the USS Midway (blog #3801), we didn't get to see the Hale telescope. However, yesterday, my dad, stepmother Tina, and I went to see it. Located on Palomar Mountain, the 200 inch telescope is quite a spectacle.

We had the chance to go on a tour, which they host at 11:00 AM and 1:30 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. The tour takes you inside the dome, into a place you don't get to see normally, unless on a tour. They have docents to show you around, provide information about the history of the telescope, and answer any questions you might have. The tour was very informative, even explaining how and why they made the mirror in the telescope with a honeycomb pattern, which was to reduce the weight of the glass.

Along with the tour, there is a museum dedicated to George Ellery Hale, the founder of all five telescopes on Palomar Mountain. There is the 200, 60, 48, and 24 inch telescopes which are all still used today, and an 18 inch telescope that was retired. For more information, please visit the Wikipedia page here for more info.

On the way up, we had a stop at a little group of shops; a general store, restaurant, and post office. The general store had a variety of items, my favorite being the music boxes, and the "do it yourself" music box kit. The restaurant, Mother's Kitchen, was a friendly place, but unfortunately, I don't have much to say about it because we had to leave nearly after entering so we could catch our tour. However, if you would like, you can visit their website at this link.

As for the pictures featured at the top of this blog post, the top left is a picture of the whole 12-story telescope dome, and I'm standing in front of it. The top right photo shows the telescope in the "parking position" as the docents called it, which is completely vertical. This helps to minimize pressure on the mirror inside the telescope, so it doesn't strain or crack. In the bottom right picture, you can see a docent explaining to our group how the telescope was used when it first started, and how it's used nowadays, which has changed vastly due to improved technologies. No longer do we need an astronomer sitting at the top of the telescope, as we can have a camera send the video straight to a viewing room. Also, just behind him is a window looking into a room. That room is the farthest you can go to see the telescope if you don't go on the tour. We took more photographs than shown here, and you can see them all at this special photo album at my dad's Facebook fan page.

The whole experience was very fun and informative. I've learned so much, not only about the telescope, but about the planets and other space features, which we able to see in the museum. I'd give the whole thing a comic book grade of Near Mint (NM), a 9.4 out of 10.0 grade scale. It was all thoroughly enjoyable, and a wonderful learning experience. If you live in the area, I would definitely recommend checking it out.   If you are visiting San Diego, be sure to add this one day excursion to your 'to do' list.  You can visit their website for more information, or for scheduling if you do choose to visit at this link.

~ Vinnie

 

NOTE FROM MICHAEL:  My thanks to Vinnie for blogging about yesterday's day trip to Mount Palomar Observatory, located in North San Diego County.

I remember when I was a kid that science, and then science fiction became a hobby for me.  Especially when I found that there were sci-fi comic books!   Reading those introduced me to stories adapted from Ray Bradbury's books, which led me to other sci-fi books!  But it was comic books that continued to be of more interest to me during those elementary and high school years.

Here's a few links to a few sci-fi titles that I enjoyed when I was a kid:

Tales to Astonish, Tales of Suspense, Strange Tales, and Journey into Mystery!

And yes, there's a lot more, but these were the 'Atlas' (Marvel) Comics ones that I enjoyed most!

Oh, and I do have several sci-fi comics listed for sale at my online comic book shop, ComicBooksCircus.com!

 ~ Michael

 

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,836 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 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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Thursday, April 18, 2013
My Take On: Keywords Pie & Analytics
Mood:  caffeinated
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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On... 
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3835 -    I received an e-mail overnight from a fellow blogger, who hasn't had much success in getting his blog 'out there' for others to read.  He asked me if I had any suggestions for him that he could use.

My first thought was to tell him not to worry about the numbers of his readership, as those numbers should grow with how active he blogs,  but being an accountant by trade, I too worry about numbers!

So I told him of a few of the tools that I use...

One of those is a 'Keywords Pie & Analytics' chart / program that is hosted online.  It shows the 'keywords' that I use over and over again.  The chart at the top right is the Pie as of this morning.  It is figured using 'keyword weight'.

What is 'keyword weight'?  Keyword weight shows the significance of the keyword mentioned on a page. Of course, there are a lot of factors that affect the keyword weight. Most search engines take into account the percentage of the keyword in the title and tags, and then calculate the percentage of the keyword in the text of the pag.  They also evaluate bold and italic tags, etc. when doing this process.

So as you can see by the chart above, I use several words in this blog over and over.  You can see that I blog about the word 'comic book' 15.7% of the time. Followed by 'comic book shop' 14.8% of the time.

Then the following keywords:

comic books   - 9.3%

collectors        - 9.3%

Comic Con      - 7.4%

Blog Posts      - 7.4%

Blog Post        - 7.4%

...and so forth, with 'Tv Shows' and 'comic con' coming in last at 1.9%.

So you would assume that online readers looking for those 'keywords' would more likely find my blog to readHowever, that info is usually what you have to pay for in a service.  So when you check for blog stats to use, be sure to see what sort of analytics are also provided.

I figured that the above info would make a good blog today, which is the reason why I am posting it here.

Any questions you may have on this topic... Feel free to email me! 

~ Michael

 

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,835 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 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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Thursday, March 7, 2013
My Take On: Men Into Space - The Book by John C Fredriksen
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Men Into Space
 
The Book On The TV Series (1959-60)
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3807 -    Today's blog is on the new book titled: 'Men Into Space', by John C. Fredriksen, from Bear Manor Media.

This book was sent to me by the author, as I have previously review blogged another of his books, 'Honey West', in a blog that I posted back on August 6th of 2009.

So what's this new book about?

Here's the promotional info:

MORE SCIENCE THAN FICTION Before Lost In Space, before Star Trek, and before Space 1999, American audiences were regaled by the weekly thrills, perils, and otherworldly exploits of Men Into Space, the first-ever "hard science" sci-fi program. Popular actor William Lundigan appeared as the redoubtable Colonel Edward McCauley, who grappled with many of the same problems that real astronauts encountered in their quest to reach the Moon a decade later. It was a somber departure from previous televised science fiction fare, aimed at juveniles, and served up the drama and excitement of space flight in realistic fashion. In 38 black-and-white episodes, McCauley endures lunar crashes, renegade satellites, runaway space stations, meteor strikes, and colliding tankers, in addition to memorable encounters with feuding scientists, balky subordinates, hostile cosmonauts, and space babes. All told, Men Into Space is a classic slice of 1950s Americana and exuberantly reflects the national obsession with astronautics of its day. It is a must for devotees of the heroic age of spaceflight and early science fiction television. This ground-breaking booklet examines the historical context of the series and its rise and fall, along with biographies of all major personalities involved with its production. Includes two appendices and footnotes; profusely illustrated.

Whew!   That seems a lot to cover, doesn't it?

Well, it does

First of all, I want to bring this point up...

I didn't watch this show when it first aired on CBS on Wednesday nights in 1959-60. My family only had one TV set, (a black & white), when my dad was stationed in Long Beach, California.  

We actually watched 'Wagon Train' on NBC from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and then switched to ABC at 8:30 PM to watch the 'Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet'!   So, no, I don't have any real memories of this one season TV series like the author has!

And, even though there was a comic book, Dell Four Color #1083, printed in March/May of 1960, (shown at the top left of this blog), I've never owned the comic book to read it!  So, I definitely don't have any nostalgic fondness for the TV series...

But, after reading the first few chapters in this new book... I had to stop to find if there was any uploads on the internet on this TV Series, as I wasn't going to stop and try to purchase a DVD set.   I found that there is a fellow that has uploaded all 38 episodes of the series at his YouTube Channel.  So I would suggest checking those uploads out first.

Just a quick note... I found it interesting that McCauley's wife was played in the pilot episode by none other than Angie Dickinson!  By the time the network picked up the series, she had committed to being in John Wayne's Rio Bravo film, and thus couldn't play the wife role in the rest of the series

Like I was saying though, this book is based on the TV Series, that you can read about at this link on WikipediaI found that John first wrote a 'Preface', then an intro titled 'Space Was New / The Future Was Now', and then individual chapters on the 'Cast and Crew'.  The cast and crew chapters totalled seven in number.   Then the section on 'Episodes' started on page 39 and ended on page 292.  Following that there were two Appendices:  Interview with Anastacia Lundigan, the daughter of William, and 'Men Into Space Merchandise.  With an 'About the Author' section, Endnotes, and Name Index.

This is a really well researched book in my opion. Why?

The first section, preface and introduction, showed that John really knew the topic that the TV show covered.  And that he had the opportunity to watch the show when it first aired.  The show stood the test of time for him, enough for him to write about it.

The second section, on the cast and crew, was in depth on several main characters & crew, plus the topic of the Convair Atlas rocket!

The third section had the episodes written out... In such detail that I thought that several were 'short stories', they were so good!

I've got to say that John's writing was contagious enough for me to stop reading and check the show out online!  That's how good this book was!

My grade for this book is a Near Mint Minus (NM-) 9.2 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale. Even if you haven't seen the TV series, this book would get you interested in checking it out, like me!

Here's the ordering info:

Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: BearManor Media (December 26, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593932316
ISBN-13: 978-1593932312
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.2 inches

If your LCBS or bookstore doesn't have it in stock... Then you can order it here online: Men Into Space .

My thanks to John C Fredriksen for sending me this book for possible review! 

~ Michael

 

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,807 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 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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Monday, July 23, 2012
My Take On: Famous Monsters Of Filmland #263
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Other Non Comics Works

                                        

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Presents His Take On:
 
Famous Monsters Of Filmland #263! 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3684 -   I saw Philip Kim, the Publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland, again, this time at the 2012 Comic-Con International: San Diego. I had last blogged about FMOF back at the 2009 Comic-Con, as seen in this link.

Philip brought to my attention the next issue of FMOF #263, which I picked up and finished reading after Comic-Con.  Although it is not a comic book... I wanted to share my thoughts of it with you.

First, here is what the publisher has a promo for the magazine:

"No studio has been more closely tied to Famous Monsters than Universal. In its storied history, the house that Carl Laemmle built gave birth to horror icons like Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, and Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man. In celebration of Universal's 100th birthday, FM will take a look back at the history and highlights of the dream factory that created the most iconic horror and Sci-Fi films of all time."

Plus:  "2012 is a year for celebration! This issue we take a journey through 100 years of Universal Pictures Sci-Fi and Horror. The house that Laemmle built has become the first name in horror. We're also celebrating 30 years of the monster classic THE THING. John Carpenter's 1982 masterpiece almost ended his career, but in the following decades it has become one of the most revered monster movies of the modern age. Featuring THE THING cover by Hollywood concept artist John Gallagher. Ships in August."

Well, let me tell you... That the Universal monsters are ones that I really like, and I have seen several of the Universal films that cover the monsters!  So this issue should be of interest to me!

Here's my take on the magazine:

Front Cover:  Exactly what the lower title says it is:  'Universal Pictures: A Century Of Screams. Featuring 30 Years Of The Thing!".  Nice front cover in that it portrays exactly what the title of the magazine is about.

Inside Front Cover:  Strange that the next issue, #264, is pictured here... But it is a nice cover of the 1st Family Of Horror... The Munsters!

Splash Page:  A 1931 letter from Universal Pictures President to Forrest J Ackerman, previous publisher and founder of this magazine.  Pretty interesting!

Checking on the Table of Contents Page:  There are 16 features in this magazine!  Quite a few!

The photos shown on the pages regarding the Universal Pictures films are pretty darn good!  So is the text that surrounds those photos.

I found that reading the features really brought me back to when I first viewed several of those films, making me want to see the flicks again!

The Thing film is one that I missed, but the feature on that film was pretty good also.

There were many pages in this magazine, (80), and I found this magazine to be a very interesting read...

This magazine is one that no film buff of monster films should be without!

My rating for this magazine?  A Near Mint Minus (NM-) 9.2 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.  Thanks to Philip Kim for this magazine preview!

You can find this item, along with other Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine at their web site, Famous Monsters of Filmland

Plus, don't miss 'Liking' the Facebook Fan Page for Famous Monsters of Filmland!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,684 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 2,760 '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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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Some Thoughts On Santa's Village!
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Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents Some Thoughts On:
 
Santa's Village
 
The First Franchised Theme Parks In The World!
   

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3669 - A while back I posted a link to the Santa's Village web site, (as seen here), at my Facebook Personal Page.

That's because it was December 26th of 2011, and I was busy celebrating the Holiday Season!

What got me to post the link to the web site, is that the last Santa's Village had closed back in 1998, and I wasn't aware that the web site was in existence!

Plus, it appears that the Santa's Villages (all 3 of them!) have been remembered by many others. So there is a web site, and a Facebook Fan Page as well now!

To the left is a photo of my little brother, Francis (aka Frank), and myself in 1959 at the Skyforest Santa's Village.

I remember the few times that my folks took us there, and I followed up with taking my children there in the 1980s and later, up till it closed in 1998.

This was actually a fun place to go to, but we usually only went during the Holidays Season.

Also, there is a Facebook Fan Page for Santa's Village that was located in Skyforest, California. Here is the link to that Fan Page!

Also, here is a link to the book "Santa's Village" that you can purchase. Please note that is on the history of the Dundee, Illinois location:  Santa's Village (Images of America: Illinois)!

In addition, although there aren't any Santa's Villages comic books... There are several Santa Claus stories in comics, as seen at this link!

And yes, I know that it isn't July (Christmas in July!), but I wanted to share the above with you via my Blog!

 

~ Michael D Hamersky


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,669 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 2,752 '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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