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Some Q&A's about the Big Apple Con

Big Apple Convention — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:41:01 GMT

There have been big several questions going around about the Big Apple Convention. Here are some simple answers:

Q: Is there a comic convention in New York in October?
Y: Yes. The Big Apple Comic-Con is running on October 16-18 at Pier 94, 55th Street & 12th Ave.

Q: Who owns the Big Apple Convention?
A: Wizard World acquired Big Apple Con in 2009.

A: Is Mike Carbonaro still involved?
A: Yes

More detailed information will appear here, or go to http://www.bigapplecon.com

Captain Zorikh

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new alan moore book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Max — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:55:15 GMT

click it------------------------------------------------->http://www.comixology.com/sku/NOV083807/

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Dead Irons

Max — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:10:07 GMT

click---->http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18988

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New Watchmen Trailer

stu — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:57:51 GMT

Has anyone seen the new watchmen trailer in theaters? If so what movie were you going to see when you saw it? I have watched it online, but I really want to see it on the big screen.

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Dark Horse Presents #16

Max — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:08:00 GMT

This issue of Dark Horse Presents features Becky Cloonan of Vertigo's DEMO and AMERICAN VIRGIN. check out "I See The Devil In My Sleep"--------------------------------------------------->http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=16&storynum=4

for more on Becky Cloonan click here----------------------------------------------------> http://www.estrigious.com/becky/

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The Exiles sucks!!!!!!!!!!

Max — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:33:29 GMT

If you haven't heard of it the "New Exiles" is a comic that centers on alternate versions of the the X-men from different universes (remember age of Apocalypse? the "New Exiles" have Blink and Sabertooth form Age of) ripped from there home world and forced to fight to save the multi-verse....some how. It sounds cool huh? I thought so, I loved Age of and Days of Future's Past and all the others. I can tolerate crappy (maybe that's a little harsh) art but the Plot and writing is unbearable (That is really very kind, between you and me, it's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy beyond unbearable).
If I was Mr. Joe Q. editor-man I would never have let such a crappy book hit the market, but now it's out there, sucking away. How do you fix it? Make it a max book. simple. Kids buy crap, so that's what Marvel sell to them. Adults on the other hand, for the most part, have a higher slandered.

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Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe -Trailers

Max — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:06:03 GMT

Game looks cool (am hoping to rip out superman spine out some day) so here's some choice youtube stuff:

Storyline Trailer -------------------------------------->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuxQd1cXsQ

Finishing Moves Trailer--------------------------->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mj502htrA

Ed Boon Narrates fight mechanics demo------------->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJd_nGKSdgE

Super Moves and Pro Moves (HQ)--------------------------->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUzGHl2sKc8

Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe the comic book-------------------------------->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3mEcpKuV0

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Word Balloons 11/4/08

DevastatorJr — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:01:32 GMT

Word Balloons
November 4, 2008

1985 #6
Millar, Edwards
Marvel
Growing up with comic books is one of the quintessential experiences of the American childhood. For millions of young people, these dime-store morality plays are the first, clumsy, technicolor forays into the worlds of art, literature, mythology and philosophy – Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk. While boys and girls spend golden summers dreaming in the immensity of it, real life slowly encroaches, inch by inch until one day we wake up and…we’re grown ups. This is the final issue of the mini-series about a boy who loved comics so much his imagination literally brought them to life, written by Mark Millar and drawn in alternately photorealistic and cartoony styles by the versatile Tommy Lee Edwards. I highly recommend it for fans of Ray Bradbury or Harlan Ellison, and others who travel through similar twilight zones of nostalgia.

The Amazing Spider-Man #575
Kelly, Bachalo, Townsend, Mendoa
Marvel
Chris Bachelo’s fantastic manga style art is the star here, in this hyper-active gangster story featuring an all-new, suped up Hammerhead and the sinister Purple Man.

Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1
Ellis, Davis, Granov
Marvel
I’ve always been a little conflicted about Warren Ellis. I love his self-created projects, like The Authority and Planetary, but he often seems to stumble when working with traditional superheroes, as if trying to jam them into shapes he’s comfortable with, (a notable exception being the hilarious NextWave series.) Here he treads familiar ground with a tale of alternate worlds and alternate X-Men. Fan-favorite Alan Davis does his usual, tidy job, and newcomer Adi Granov is fantastic. But aside from the art, enjoyment of this book relies almost entirely on your familiarity with current X-Men continuity. I’d say it’s for fans only. Great bonus in this issue, a sneak peak inside the creative process - a copy of Warren Ellis' script!

The Incredible Hercules #122
Pak, Van Lente, Henry, Espin
Marvel
Greek god Hercules and boy-genius Amadeus Cho are mixed up in some sort of wacky arranged marriage family feud between deadly Amazon warriors and fearsome Atlantean mermaids. Greg Pak made a big splash with last year’s World War Hulk storyline, (back when this book was titled The Incredible ‘Hulk’,) but this is turning into the roadtrip that never ends. If something doesn’t happen soon, I’m probably going to drop it.

Hellboy: In The Chapel of Moloch
Mike Mignola
Dark Horse
Nobody does creepy humor like Mike Mignola. This one-shot follows Hellboy to Southern Portugal to investigate the odd behavior of a painter working in a mysterious chapel with roots that go back to the Crusades. I love the little historical footnotes he uses, I wonder how much of that stuff is true.

That's it for this week.

Excelsior!

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Word Balloons

DevastatorJr — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:18:14 GMT

Hi kids!

Today I start a brand new weekly feature, Word Balloons, in which I review the previous weeks comics, every Tuesday right before Wednesday, and we all know what day Wednesday is.

So without furthur ado, let's jump right into it...

Word Balloons
October 28 2008

Stephen King’s Dark Tower: Treachery #2
David, Furth, Lee, Isanove
Marvel
Peter David and Robin Furth return for their third series of Dark Tower prequels, rendered in moody impressionism by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. I’m a fan of the Dark Tower series, so for me, this is wonderful stuff. This issue introduces Cort’s daughter, Aileen, and a look at the Order of Lady Oriza.

Stephen King’s The Stand: Captain Trips
Aguirre-Sacasa, Perkins, Martin
Marvel
Somewhat less essential for Stephen King completists, this adaptation is a pretty straight-forward re-telling of the novel The Stand. I like the art, which has a nice retro, adventure comic strip look to it.

Uncanny X-Men # 503
Fraction, Brubaker, Land, Ponsor
Marvel
I’ve been reading the X-Men since the Dawn of Nerf, so I’ve seen phases come and go. So far I like this one, it’s called Manifest Destiny. The X-Men have decided to grow up, become responsible Gay adults and move to San Francisco. It suits them. The mutant allegory can be used on many different levels, and Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker use it to great effect, mixing cop-drama action with 30-something angst. I know some people don’t care for Greg Land’s art but I can’t imagine why, his gauzy photo-realism lends a sense of maturity and gravity to the X-Men that works really well with the new direction. This issue Pixie faces down her fears, and introducing the deadly Chimera.

The Guardians of the Galaxy #6
Abnett, Lanning, Pelletier, Magyar, Guru
Marvel
Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning spin cosmic space epics, like Legion Lost and Annihilation. This one has Rocket Racoon and Groot!

The Amazing Spider-Man # 573
Slott, Romita Jr., Janson, White
Marvel
I’ve never thought John Romita Jr. was the best artist for Spider-Man – he’s too BLOCKY. But I have to say I did enjoy the New Ways to Die storyline. Spider-Man vs. Norman Osborn and the Thunderbolts is knock-down, drag-out fun.

Hulk #7
Loeb, Adams, Cho
Marvel
Okay, I confess, I bought this strictly for the art. Art Adams. Frank Cho. Sexy babes smashing into each other with big weapons. ‘Nuff Said.

Captain Britain And M13 #6
Cornell, Kirk, Delperdang, Reber
Marvel
Sure, Captain Britain is a cipher, but the supporting cast is interesting. Super-speedster Spitfire is a secret vampire, The Black Knight looks really cool in a leather jacket and Faiza Hussain is a religious Muslim trying to reconcile her strict familial homelife with the fact she’s been chosen as the wielder of the legendary sword Excalibur. This issue guest – stars Blade the vampire hunter. Uh-oh…

Daredevil #112
Brubaker, Lark, Gaudiano, Hollingsworth
Marvel
It’s a crying shame the movie was such a stinker, because Daredevil the comic has consistently been one of the best books out there of any kind for years. This Lady Bullseye storyline is better than it sounds, and I love supporting character Dakota North. Please don’t kill her!

Secret Invasion #7
Bendis, Yu, Morales, Martin
Marvel
The Secret Invasion Crossover chugs along. Do we know who the Skrulls are yet? Does anybody still care?

Superman: New Krypton #1
Johns, Robinson, Gates, Woods, Frank, Guedes, Sibal, Magalhaes
DC
When last we saw Superman at the end of Action Comics #870, he had defeated the megalomaniacal, planet-stealing Brainiac and rescued Metropolis along with the shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor, but not without a cost, his adoptive human father, Jonathan Kent was killed in the conflict. If this all sounds familiar to you, it could be because it’s been a part of Superman lore for the past fifty years. But the retelling by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank has been enchanting. It’s a perfect example of DC doing what it’s best at, straight-forward superhero adventure stories with tight plotting and crisp art. Gary Frank’s Superman is a glowing tribute to Christopher Reeves, while Geoff Johns supplies real drama with his terrifying version of Brainiac. This one-shot special serves as an introduction to the upcoming New Krypton storyline, which picks up where Brainiac left off and will run through Action Comics, Superman and Supergirl. With Kandor now free and on located on Earth, a city full of Kryptonians means a city full of Supermen. I can’t wait for this!

Final Crisis #4
Morrison, Jones, Pacheco, Merino
DC
This is grim, apocalyptic stuff from Scottish writer Grant Morrison, as Darkseid and the nasty forces of Apokolips step on daisies, mangle baby ducks and generally bring da evil to your town. J.G. Jones art is stunning as usual, but the pairing seems a bit awkward, as if neither of their hearts are truly in it anymore, and we’re only 4 issues in, this series is supposed to run 7… I attended a highly psychedelic lecture by Morrison this summer at the Jacob Javitz Center at the New York Comic-Con where he was a guest of honor. He is a founding Vertigo writer and one of comics true weird minds.

Green Lantern #35
Johns, Reis, Albert
DC
I got my skeptical old high school Marvel Zombie buddy to start reading this book, and he loves it. I wasn’t so thrilled with Hal and Sinestro mouthing off to the Guardians like they were little blue nobody’s this issue, but that was a minor misstep.

Green Lantern Corps #29
Tomasi, Gleason, Geraci, Buchman
DC
Fill-in artist Patrick Gleason does a fine job here, I just wish he was a little more imaginative with the aliens, though that may not be his fault. This issue we learn the origin and mechanics of the Star Sapphires. I’m not sure which Green Lantern book is my favorite, but I like them both. There’s nothing ground-breaking going on in either of them, just solid superhero stuff that’s fun and not too heavy. One of the things both books get right is the spirit of freedom and endless possibility of the Green Lantern concept, even if that potential is never quite fulfilled, you’ll tune in to find out what’s next…

Hellboy: The Crooked Man #3
Mignola, Corben
Dark Horse
And so comes to a close this creepy little tale of backwoods hoodoo written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and illustrated by Metal Hurlant legend Richard Corben. Hellboy finds himself out in the Ozarks and decides to help hapless bumpkin Tom, who foolishly made a deal with local bogie the Crooked Man years ago. Some of the Hellboy offshoots are better than others, this one was great. It’s actually scary!

Okay, see you next Tuesday!

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FREE Watchmen 'motion comic' episode download on iTunes!!!

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:37:34 GMT

A murder takes place in New York City.
"The Comedian", a former costumed crime fighter, was thrown out the window of a skyscraper.
This event triggers an investigation that rounds up many of the Comedian's former superhero allies,
who are now banned from carrying out any acts of "justice".
Chapter 1 is the first in a 12-chapter saga that examins the nature of modern vigilantism, crime,
and the decay of many norms in society. WATCHMEN is considered an instant classic,
and a standard-bearer in the world of comics and graphic novels.

DOWNLOAD this 25min episode on iTunes FOR FREE!!!
Just type in "watchmen" at the iTunes shop, and you're ready to go.

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Favorite Artist?

DevastatorJr — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:37:23 GMT

Who are your favorite comic artists? What do you like about them? What do you consider their best work?

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Sacramento comic creators make it to TOP 10 in Worldwide Competition!

ECV Press — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:41:29 GMT

Hi, all. This is Ben Schwartz, a Sacramento comic store owner and small press comic publisher with ECV Press. I am also a co-writer with Hai-Na-Nu Saulque on our new project Hank Houston. We entered a worldwide competition to find the best new comic for Platinum Studios to produce and we have made it to the TOP 10.

From this point forward the winner will be determined by your votes. We need your support and help to spread the word! Please take a look at our website where you will find, concept sketches, alien designs, pin-ups, daily webcomics and a link to give us your vote! Give us a vote and tell your friends.

www.hankhouston.com

Thank you in advance for all of your support and help in taking Hank Houston to the TOP!

Ben Schwartz

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Comics that should have been

Max — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:08:31 GMT

1)The Invaders in the Year 2000- The super soldier serum was stolen by Nazis giving rise to a new form of warfare. I see Kitty Pride as main character with Frank Castle and Wade Wilson for supporting character under the command of the master of magnetism him self. Nick Ferry is President.
2) Domino and Shader Star:They are still out there, no one uses them but they are. This is just a waste of badass.
3) The music of Erich Zaan by H.P. Lovecraft

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Comic book artist Michael Turner dies at 37

AtlantaHoopla — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:59:55 GMT

So young, so tragic...

Fri Jul 4, 6:40 PM ET / Associated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37.
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Turner died June 27 at a Santa Monica hospital of complications related to cancer, said Vince Hernandez, editor in chief of Aspen MLT, the Santa Monica publishing company Turner founded in 2003. Turner had battled bone cancer for eight years.

Through his company, Turner created online comic adaptations for the NBC series "Heroes" and published his own titles, including the best-selling "Fathom," a deep-sea story about a female superhero.

He also drew covers for large projects such as DC Comics' "Justice League" and Marvel's "Civil War" and was a regular cover artist for "Superman/Batman" and "The Flash."

"He was definitely one of the most popular and influential comic-book artists working right now," said Andrew Farago, curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum. "He was very, very much in demand as a cover artist on high-profile projects."

Ryan Liebowitz, general manager of the Golden Apple Comics store in Los Angeles, said Turner's name was synonymous with special-edition covers that often became collectibles. The milestone 500th issue of "Uncanny X-Men," due out next week, will feature a special-edition cover by Turner.

Turner was also known for drawing female comic book characters that evoked both innocence and sex appeal and exuded energy.

In 1994, the budding artist was hired by Century City-based Top Cow Productions after an editor saw his work at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego.

At Top Cow, Turner co-created "Witchblade," a comic about a voluptuous female detective who fights evil after discovering a mystical glove. The comic went on to make Top Cow's name and set the standard for Turner's future work.

TAKEN FROM THIS ARTICLE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_en_tv/obit_comic_artist

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST:

http://www.aspencomics.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Turner_(comics)

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Clive Barker / Midnight Meat Train

AtlantaHoopla — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:33:40 GMT

Anyone know what's going on with him? Jeeeeeez he doesn't seem to be aging well...

I guess I just haven't seen any photos or reels of him since I crushed so hard on him in the 80's that I wished I was a gay man living in England. Heh! So why does he now look like Armand Assante and sound like Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnA03Qq-KN8

Seriously - has he been sick or something?

On a side note... I wish they would either just go ahead and release the damn movie NOW or wait until Halloween...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Meat_Train

He still kinda' makes me wish I was a gay man, but I don't think I could afford to live in L.A.

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Secret Invasion/Final Crisis - Summer Crossover Season

DevastatorJr — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:07:45 GMT

A lot of people dread the big summer crossovers, but to me, they're just a fact of comics life, they happen every year, some better ("Fall of the Mutants"), some worse ("Onslaught").
What do you guys think of this years crossovers?

At Marvel, the shapeshifting alien Skrulls have infiltrated the ranks of Marvel's superheroes, and have sprung an ambush in "Secret Invasion" Who's a skrull? Who isn't? Haha, unless they're some surprises, I think I figured it out already. Anybody have any predictions? I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

Over at DC, Grant Morrison is at the helm of what is purported to be the "Final Crisis". I'm not sure at all yet what this is about, other than that Darkseid and the New Gods figure heavily. The first issue left me underwhelmed, but the sketchbook was incredible. I hope the rest of the series lives up to it...

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Comics canceled before there time and what you would...

Caine — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:27:50 GMT

...do to fix them if you were given the chance.

Of course, I could write an entire article focused on The Ultraverse, but I wont because I may be the only fan-boy who misses it.

I think that DC'S The Power Company written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Tom Grummet had lots of potential and should be on the stands for us to buy today. If nothing else, I'm surprised that the characters aren't mentioned more since they have such practical applications for dramatic content

What I would do:
If I were to re-write it I would spend a lot less time setting up the characters, explaining the rolls of the members in the "firm" based Power Company and get to more drama and action. I would use the book as a back door "showcase" title to write stories about the fans favorite characters, both heroes and villains, who don't have their own book.

What I would not do:
Have a contest to let the fans pick who the next member of the Power Company would be.

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HI

Rianna — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:39:15 GMT

This is the first of my entries on this site, So here it goes, My name is Rianna Vilaire, I am an indie comic artist based out of Glendale, AZ with an issue to be self published later this year. I am looking for networking and tips, suggestions and moral support from other indie artists... So...check out my stuff, My Company is Teabag Comics, and the comic I am producing is "Sobear (pronounced sober), A Teddybears journey through Life in a bottle" I also do commission work, singular art pieces, and splash pages. See http://teabagcomics.deviantart.com

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Bernie Wrightson, Gene Ha, Richard Dreyfus, Jason Mews, Ninja Turtles Guys, more at June Big Apple Con!

Big Apple Convention — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:06:30 GMT

The Big Apple Convention Summer Sizzler just keeps getting hotter!

Richard Dreyfus, Oscar-winning actor, star of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws American Graffitti, The Goodbye Girl, What About Bob, Mr. Hollands Opus, and many, many more, will be a guest of honor at the June 7-8 Big Apple Convention.

But that's not all! Jason Mews (Jay of the Jay and Silent Bob series of movies) and Johnny Brennan, creator of the Jerky Boys and the voice of Mort Goldman from “The Family Guy.” So, who among you wants to so see a Q&A panel with these two guys? Snd in your comments to thebigapplecon@yahoo.com

Our Star Trek roster (previously consisting only of McDowell from “Star Trek: Generations”) has been increased by the lovely addition of Chase Masterson, who played Leeta in “Star Trek: Deep Space 9.”

David Zen Mansley, the voice of Agent Bishop and Darius Dunn on the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles TV cartoon, has been with us the past two conventions and rejoins us. This time he heads up a Turtles contingent that will include Wayne Grayson, the voice of Michaelangelo as well as Joey from Yu-Gi-Oh, last seen at Big Apple in 2005, and Adrian, character designer for the TV cartoon who also has his own rock band. There is a possibility of even more Turtles-connected folks appearing, so stay tuned.

Dark Shadows fans will be pleased to know that Kathryn Leigh Scott, who played Maggie Evans, will be with us. She also adds to our Star Trek lineup, thanks to her role as Nuria in “Start Trek: The Next Generation.”

Other returning guests include Jasmin St. Claire, model, actress, pro wrestler, and host of the DVDzine “Metal's Darkside,” and Monique Dupree, singer and actress known as the first African-American scream queen.

We are building our list of programming and panel discussions now, so lert us know what you want to see. A panel about Friday the 13th? Jason vs,. Mike Meyers? Heroes on the half-shell? Star Trek? Let us know by sending a message to thebigapplecon@yahoo.com

Got Dice?
NerdNYC.com and the Gotham Gaming Guild will be hosting the biggest day of gaming at the Big Apple Con yet! With over a dozen different games scheduled so far, Sunday June 7 will be jam-packed with more role-playing and boardgame action than you can throw a double zero on a percentile die at! With no modifiers!

Film Festival News!
After the success of the films screened at last year's National Expo, Big Apple has gone out and found some new and exciting independent films , many of which will seen on the big screen right here for the very first time. The films are:

Features
Drawn by Pain (Saturday)
Methodic (Saturday)
Tomb Raider: Ascension (Fan film; Sunday)

Shorts
A Short Film About Jedi
Back Issues
I Want to be Famous (Saturday)
Pirates Vs. Ninjas (Sunday)

The complete film schedule is not set yet, so check the website in the coming weeks to find the final screening times and latesst additions, and check it right now to find out more about these films.

Costumes, anyone?
I saw a lot of wonderful costumes at I-Con and NY Comic Con, and I would love to see them all at Captain Zorikh's Costume Contest. The contest at the National Expo was the largest and most spectacular ever, and easily overflowed the space in which it was taking place. This time we have a much bigger space in which to hold our contest, and we are working on certain categories in which to reward our contestants.

So those of you who like to dress up, start planning now!

You can see pictures of past costume contestants at http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/thebigapplecon/ and http://ww.myspace.com/bigapplenyc

Volunteers Needed!
As you can see we've got a heck of a show coming up, but we can't get it done all alone. We need folks who can help us spread the word through flyering and other promotional activities and we will need lots of folks to help us pull off this convention on June 7-8. If you think you have what it takes to volunteer to help us, send us an e-mail at bacvolunteers@yahoo.com. Your service will grant you admission to the convention as well as invites to occasional movie screenings and other great bonuses...and our undying gratitude!

Join the Big Apple Movie Club to tell us what you think. It's Free!
That's it for now. I'm off to the Chiller Theater Convention this weekend, so I'm not going to get a chance to see the new Iron Man movie. But if any of you folks do, why not go to the Big Apple c Convention's Movie Club (http://www.bigapplemovieclub.com/), register for the forum, and start telling us what you thought of it? It's the newest interactive community website from the Big Apple, and it is one that will be powered by YOUR participation. New York has some of the smartest filmgoers in the world, especially when it comes to films based on comic book characters, so let's hear what you have to say!

And feel free to befriend us, join us, etc at the social networking site of your choice to get the latest news, discussion, pictures, and info about the Big Apple Convention:

MySpace http://ww.myspace.com/bigapplenyc
Yahoo Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bigapplecon/
Going http://www.going.com/bigapplecon
Tribe http://tribes.tribe.net/bigapplecon
MSN Group http://groups.msn.com/BigAppleCon

And of course, you can contact me anytime at thebigapplecon@yahoo.com

Captain Zorikh
http://www.bigapplecon.com
http://www.captainzorikh.com
http://bigapplemedia.blogspot.com/

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New and new!!!

Melissa — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:48:10 GMT

Hey there. I'm new to the neighborhood and I've also started a Tribe specifically for the Witchblade comic. (http://tribes.tribe.net/7ff1685f-cead-4b28-9812-49ec1048c4ca?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B7ff1685f-cead-4b28-9812-49ec1048c4ca%5D)

I've been reading comics for about 13 years now, thanks to my hubby who has been reading them his whole life. Witchblade is the one that won me over so there is a special place in my heart for that particular book. :-)

I lean toward bad ass chicks who beat people up, so Fathom, Tomb Raider etc. are my bag.

So, yeah... that's all about me. :-)

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On Point: The 1950s Comic-Book Scare

DevastatorJr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:13:25 GMT

Check it out --

The 1950s Comic-Book Scare
Aired: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11-12PM ET
www.onpointradio.org/shows/2...main.asp

By guest host Jane Clayson.

Before Elvis jolted the tranquilized '50s, shocking parents and preachers throughout the land, there were comic books. Years before they rocked to "Hound Dog," kids ogled the lurid pages of "Chamber of Chills," "Tomb of Terror" and "My Secret Affair."

Comics were a booming business -- millions of copies sold every week -- but they scared the daylights out of McCarthy-era America. Soon there were comic-book burnings, Senate hearings, and a censorship crackdown.

This hour, On Point: the great comic-book scare of the '50s...

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WANTED

JeanPowers — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:15:38 GMT

Are we excited about this adaptation.

I was hoping they would have cast Eminem as lead assassin.

If you look back at the series it was a spitting imagine of Marshal Mathers.

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Malcolm McDowell at Big Apple Convention NYC 7-8!

Big Apple Convention — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:29:02 GMT

Malcolm McDowell at Big Apple Convention NYC 7-8

Malcolm McDowell, who has been in everything from “A Clockwork Orange” to “If...” to “Tank Girl” to ”Superman: The Animated Series” to “The Princess of Thieves” to “Star Trek: Generations” to “Heroes” to “Doomsday,” will be at the Big Apple Convention June 7-8 at the Penn Plaza Pavilion in New York City.

He will be joining Ice-T, Coco, Doug Jones, Tony Moran, Katherine Leigh Scott, David Zen Mansley, and the Friday the 13th Part 3 reunion as the star-studded lineup of celebrities continues to grow.

Be sure to check the website http://www.bigapplecon.com for more details, http://www.myspace.com/bigapplenyc for the latest updates and pictures, and join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bigapplecon/ for discussion and more pictures

Captain Zorikh

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women in the fridge???!!!???

joelreed415 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:49:20 GMT

has anyone heard of this...???...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Refrigerators

http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/

i'm a big fan of los bros & don't read much in the superhero world besides batman trade papaerbacks...child of dreams, dark harvest, etc...

anyway, what does the rest of the world think about this???

j

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Graphic Novel Coilaboration in Austin, TX

ezraeden — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:42:06 GMT

Hello.

I am looking for collaborators in the Austin, TX.

I am a writer looking to create a graphic novel from scratch. I cannot draw. So I'm looking for a comic book artist who is interested in collaborating with me to develop a graphic novel about an lesbian action hero named
"ezra | eden" and her lover. I am also would be interested in developing the back story for the characters with other writers. Please contact me if interested.

Summary:
I'd like to create a graphic novel.
I need a comic book artist.
I need writers.

Unfortanetly I am unable to offer any compensation for your work. In other ways I can't pay you so I am hoping that you'd be willimg to collaborate out the kindness of your heart for the love of art.

Thanks.

I live in Austin TX 78752

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Top 23 Comic Book Storylines from ‘The Age of Freedom’: Part 1

chycho — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:31:00 GMT

I just wrote this article (part 1) and posted it on my blog

I just wrote this article (part 1) and posted it on my blog

thought some here would like…

best

chycho
www.chycho.com

ps. I’m cross posting this on a couple of other tribes as well … would love to hear what people think

Top 23 Comic Book Storylines from ‘The Age of Freedom’: Part 1
http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1378

To help better understand the choices made in The List, below is a brief introduction to the world of Comic Books.

The Beginning:

One of the most important contributions the United States of America has made to modern civilization is the creation and the popularization of the comic book genre. It is widely accepted that the present form of the comic book, in which word balloons are used, began in New York in 1896 with ‘The Yellow Kid’. This simple comic about a “snaggle-toothed child with a goofy grin” was the genesis of what has become a multi billion-dollar sector of commerce known as the Comic Book Industry.

In the early years free artistic expression was encouraged, resulting in growth and prospering. Initially it was humor, horror, mystery, adventure, and science fiction stories that dominated the medium, nurturing the imagination of millions of people around the world. Entrepreneurial artists with creative minds who wanted to share their perspective on reality formed small companies producing some of the greatest visual and literary works of the 20th century. Unfortunately however, the conservative minds that dominated the political spectrum of the United States at the time regarded most of the content morally unacceptable. As a result the Comics Code Authority (CCA) was created in 1954 to censor undesirable elements from the American conscience.

Creatures such as vampires, werewolves and zombies and words such as ‘crime’, ‘horror’ and ‘terror’ were forbidden to appear in print. The result of the suppression of this freedom of expression was the termination of some of the greatest stories ever told.

One of the worst tragedies occurred when EC comics, which was one of the most imaginative companies to have emerged from the American empire, was forced to only concentrate on its humor magazine, ‘Mad’, and cancelled all of its crime, horror, satire, military and science fiction comics. This lost opportunity for creating an extensive library of materials based on these forbidden genres is unimaginable. As Diane Di Prima once stated, “The only war that matters is the war against the imagination”, and the restrictions in intellectual and social development imposed by the CCA was a devastating blow for humanity.

With the censorship of comics that delved into the deeper and darker side of human nature, Superhero comics flourished. Certain underground comics that refused to abide by the CCA obtained a cult following, however, in general, it was the companies that abided with the government regulators, hence giving them a wider distribution, that gained in popularity.

The Rebellion:

For the next few decades after 1954 there were minor skirmishes between artists and the CCA. Over time these confrontations resulted in the softening of some restrictions, such as the ban on referring to homosexuality in 1989. This allowed the first mainstream character to be to be outed in 1992 with ‘Northstar’ from the ‘Alpha Flight’ series. This event was heralded as a major breakthrough and embraced by comic book enthusiasts, but it was condemned by certain religious and conservative organizations.

The independent comic book companies however were ahead of their time and were more innovative then the large corporations that self-censored their artists to maintain their good standing with the government regulators. Before Northstar was outed, Kitchen Sink Enterprises had already introduced gay characters in 1980 with the first issue of ‘Gay Comix’. After Northstar’s minor claim to fame and the cancellation of the series in 1994, it was the independent comic book companies that challenged the status quo. The same year that ‘Alpha Flight’ was cancelled, ‘Go-Go Boy’ was released through select comic book retailers as the first openly gay, lesbian and transgender monthly superhero comic book dealing with such important issues as AIDS, gay-bashing, personal identity and family, as well as evil corporations that wanted to rule the world.

Even though during the 1980’s and 90’s the mainstream companies maintained their dominance of the industry, Alternative Comics gained in popularity. This forced the large corporations to take an aggressive stance staving off the coming onslaught from the independent creators while trying to retain their market share. Marvel Comics tried to reduce exposure of comic fans to the independent publishers by flooding the market, hence retail shelf space, with poorly developed stories and shallow characters. In 1994, they even went as far as acquiring Heroes World distributors to exclusively distribute their comics. This started what is referred to as the “exclusivity wars”, the end result of which was that most distributors went out of business by 1997, and 90% of the Direct Market share went to Diamond Comic Distributors. This futile attempt to stifle creative evolution also almost bankrupted Marvel Comics.

The Triumph:

During this time of strife, many of the top artists in the industry broke away from the major companies and formed co-ops in which they published their books under umbrella-corporations. The main benefit obtained from these alliances was that artists were able to retain the rights and the creative development for their characters. Once creative confines were removed, the caliber of comics drastically improved, shifting the mindset of readers into demanding more intellectually changeling material. As a result there was an explosion of creativity reminiscent of the early years before the CCA’s censorship. This era is referred to as the beginning of the Modern Age of Comics, and was the setting for the real life Corporate Comic Wars.

During this period, amidst this unsuitability, some of the most successful comic books in history were developed. The emergence of these Alternative Comics was a rebirth for the industry the impact of which can still be felt today. It is as a direct result of the commoditization of the Worlds created through these comics that the film and television, textile and toy, and the gaming industries have prospered to the extent that they have. Licensing agreements with publishers and creators have produced what is now one of the major business growth sectors within the United States.

The Implications:

During the 2006 Comic-Con, Deepak Chopra made the following statement about comic books:

"Comics engage both your left brain, because they are linguistically structured and there's language, and at the same time they engage your right brain because of the images. In fact, ... I’m sure ... brain waves would show coherence between the right and left brains, which is the prelude to creativity.

“Art has a function because it not only reflects what’s happening in the collective psyche and collective consciousness, but it also in many ways mirrors of the evolution of our collective consciousness. If you track the evolution of these comics… from the 1930s right up to this moment, you’ll see that they actually mirror human evolution and particularly, the evolution of human consciousness.”

By finally reducing the constraints set by the CCA from the development process of comic books, we have been ushered into a new era of imagination brought about by unrestrained creativity. The effects of this newfound freedom are still in its infancy, which means that we must continue to nurture its growth, providing a medium for artists to create without government censorship.

At a time when conservatives minds are trying to tightened their stranglehold on the American conscience, it has become crucial for us to remember what has been accomplished up to this point, and the long hard battle that has been waged to gain these freedom. For our society to flourish, government and corporate censorship must be removed in all its forms.

The List:

The period known as the Model Age of Comics is probably the most important era since the dawn of the Comic Book Industry. The shakeup that occurred in the 1980’s and 90’s resulted in a surge of creativity that tested the boundaries set by our society. I have dubbed this period ‘The Age of Freedom’ since it gave birth to Alternative Comics and marks the beginning of the dismantling of the CCA and the censorship of human thought from comic books. Below are 8 out of the top 23 of the most important comic book storylines from this period. Some were a brilliant desperate attempts by the major companies to retain market share, others a mastery of imagination and freedom of expression. In no particular order the list is as follows:

1. Cerebus: This series was started in 1977 by Dave Sim and ended in 2004. It is one continuous tale, spanning 300 issues and 6,000 pages, making it the longest running storyline in comic book history. With Cerebus, Sim demonstrated that an independent creator could obtain a core fan base and grow to be a formidable force in the industry. This inspired a whole generation of artists to create and distribute their own comics. As for what this comic is about, you could say it’s about everything: from morality to brutality, from sorcery to spiritually, from drunken debauchery to strategic warfare: Cerebus is an epic that has it all.

2. Love and Rockets: The first issue of this collection was released in 1981 making it one of the first self-published comics from the “alternative comics revolution of the 1980s”. L&R is not about a specific story line, but an assortment of intricate characters, primarily chicano, that interact and grow over time from the late 70’s to the present.

3. Frank Miller’s Batman: Miller has produced two of the most important comics in history. First is ‘The Dark Knight Returns’, a fictional tale set 20 years in the future where Batman is forced out of retirement to deal with a crime ridden Gotham. This series reintroduced a darker Batman to a whole new generation of comic fans and helped usher in a new era of tougher and grittier superheroes. The second book is ‘Year One’. This time Miller recounted the origin of Batman in the same humanistic form as before. This storyline turned out to be just as popular as the DKR and galvanized Batman’s fan base created a year earlier. Miller was able to use the recognition he obtained from this work, and his work with ‘Daredevil’, to kick off his independent carrier which introduced the now classic ‘Sin City’ published through Dark Horse Comics.

4. Lobo: The Last Czarnian: Lobo is one of the most controversial characters in comic book history and this is the series that kicked it off. Before this four part mini-series, Lobo was a secondary character introduced in ‘Omega Men’ and maintained in the DC universe. The Last Czarnian was a quirky tale of a bounty hunter bound by honor to carry out a mission which involved his fourth-grade teacher, a murderous gang of groupies, a vengeful truck driving Elvis look alike, ruthless paramilitary grannies, a pan-galactic demolition dance company, a planetary S.W.A.T. team, a Spelling Bee to the death, and a few secondary themes to boot. In 1990 it was surprising to see a major company like DC comics release a book which was based on pure violence and sadistically masochistic humor, which explains why it was completely sold out in the first few days. As if this wasn’t enough, DC comics followed the success of this series with Lobo being hired by a drunken Eastern Bunny to kill a “cross-dressing” sweatshop running evil Santa Clause, in the ‘Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special’.

DC’s final act of defiance through Lobo occurred with the release of ‘Infanticide’, a carnage ridden tale in which the bastard children of Lobo try to kill their father. As a reviewer noted, “if you enjoy dark, twisted humour and love those B-rated Brian Yuzna gore fests, this book should be right up your alley.”

5. Death of superman: The initial reaction from the comic book community to the ‘Doomsday’ storyline was lukewarm at best, however by the time the final battle took place the North American populace was in a frenzy. The mainstream media disseminated the news about the demise of Superman and people desperate to get their copy began to rush into comic book stores, to find out that there were no copies to be found. At the time this storyline was released, Superman fans were in decline and most comic book stores had not predicated the demand from the general populace. Regular customers who had pre-ordered their copy were selling their books to people on the streets for outrageous amounts. Rumors were circulating that the bagged issue of Superman #75 was selling for as high $200 on the day of its release. The importance of this series was not that Superman was dead, because everyone in the Industry knew that he would be revamped, it was the fact that the story generated so much interest. It proved to fans, artists, and companies that there was a huge market yet untapped. Considering that right now hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to create movies based on comic books, we can assume that the Industry was able to capitalize on this market.

6. Batman: Bane and Venom: One of the most important sagas in the DC universe began with Batman becoming a drug addict in Legends of the Dark Knight #16-20. This story introduced the drug Venom, a “strength-enhancing super-steroid” which was later used by Bane to break Batman's back in the ‘Knightfall’ epic. The result of this saga sent the Batman books into a tale spin with guest appearences by almost every major Batman villain and the introduction of Jean-Paul Valley as the new Batman, who later gained his own series with ‘Azrael’. This was DC’s way of shaking up the Batman universe in the same manner as ‘Death of Superman’, and resulted in two other mega-sagas in ‘Knightquest’ and ‘KnightsEnd’. The success of this storyline was compatible to the death of Robin in ‘Death in the Family’, a series where, for the first time in history, fans decided the outcome to a story by casting their votes for a possible ending.

7. Watchman: This series by Alan Moore, the creator of ‘V for Vendetta’, ‘From Hell’, and numerous other books, is considered by many to be the greatest comic book ever created. Moore accomplished more for the Industry, from 1986 to 87 in twelve issues, then had ever been done by any artist in the past. He and Dave Gibbons created a science fiction story that was regarded as a literary masterpiece and awarded the prestigious Hugo Award in 1988. The only graphic novel to ever receive this praise. The story “is set in 1985, in an alternative history United States where costumed adventurers are real and the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.” In this not-so-fictional reality we are introduced to super heroes without super powers and serious personal issues. It is a masterpiece and if I was to have provided a ranking to this list based on a must read criteria then ‘The Watchman’ would be sitting near the top.

8. Spawn: Todd McFarlane, the creator of Spawn, gained fame within the Industry through his work with Spiderman. McFarlane worked on numerous projects for both Marvel and DC comics before venturing off to form Image Comics in 1992 with six other “high-profile illustrators”. Spawn, a netherworld character, was at best a cross between ‘Batman’ and ‘Spiderman’ and at worst a blatant rip-off. It is not because of the story that Spawn has become one of the most important comics from this period; it is because of what McFarlane was able to accomplish with the book. In the early 1990’s, I recall seeing an interview in which McFarlane was asked what he wanted to do with his art, and his reply was (paraphrasing) ‘I want to develop a unique style, and make millions of dollars’, and this is exactly what he did. By creating a character which pushed the boundaries of what was morally acceptable by the regulators he proved that by creating something beyond the constraints set by government censors, he could fill a gap within the industry. McFarlane set an example for other artists who wanted to break away from their shackles by showing them that monetary success was attainable outside of the corporate structure.

to be continued ...

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GREEN LAMA GETS REBORN AT AC COMICS THIS MARCH!!

Danny — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:49:14 GMT

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***

Writer/Artist James Ritchey III teams with premiere independent publisher AC Comics (Femforce) to bring a modern take on an old standard. The Green Lama debuted in December of 1940 as the brainchild of author Ken Crossen, with his emerald visage being drawn by the likes of legendary Mac Raboy, then gone on to star in his own radio serial, and eventually was resurrected by Bill Black’s AC Comics.

The Lama’s 'second coming' is well at hand, as James Ritchey, III (working in concert the Crossen Estate and AC Comics) is set to bring this classic character into a brave new world. Rising from the ashes of a Third World War--called 'The Neutronic Exchange" by Spin-Doctors for a corrupt, never-ending Presidency--a young Jethro Dumont finds himself discovering a long buried piece of his soul--and dons a fresh variation of the jade cowl, cloak and mantle.

Fans of the Vertigo-esque fare, and those who have a library filled with the likes of Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, & Frank Miller--or even Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny, will find this initial two-issue graphic novella--the start of a dynamic new series--a treat. Mixing Ritchey’s iconic, classic art style with an 'out there', post-modern story, it’s the perfect blend of something old and something new.

Bill Black says of the series:

“The GREEN LAMA lives once more in a darkly contemporary twist on the
AC Comics universe. This is a new, more 'character-driven' and
refreshingly inventive 're-imagining' of one of the most enduring
super-heroes of the Golden Age--as writer/artist James Ritchey
revitalizes Pulp, Comics and Science Fiction great Kendall Foster
Crossen's legendary MAN OF STRENGTH for the 21st Century.

World War III has come and gone--demons run amok in the streets, half
of humanity, lost. Can an unsuspecting college student, Jethro "Jet"
Dumont II, who has only now come to realize that he is THE GREEN LAMA
REBORN, bring back order, justice, and sanity--and heal the soul of a
wounded world? Worst of all--can he do it in time to prevent the
enslavement and destruction of rhe rest of humanity, by The GREEN
LAMA'S oldest and most deadly nemesis?

Four years in the making, this "Elseworlds"-meets-"Vertigo" style riff
on the classic Golden Age hero takes place in a reality apart from the
usual AC dimension. Guest-starring a very different type of
FEMFORCE--including Ms. Victory, Synn, Nightveil and She-Cat as you've
NEVER seen them before--as well as GOLDEN LAD, and a 'puzzle' of
cameos by classic Prize and Spark Publications' heroes and heroines on
par with Finnegan's Wake! Thirty-three pages of never-before-published
story and art--and the birth of a great new series!!”

The book is set for a street date of March 5th, 2008 (in Diamond’s PREVIEWS for March) but those that cannot wait until then can get a special limited run collector's edition right now:

http://accomics.anonwebhost.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ACS&Product_Code=GL1&Category_Code=O

THE GREEN LAMA’S rebirth is not limited to the comic pages. The internet has been invaded by disciples of the Lama:

http://www.myspace.com/greenlamalives

Where you can listen to a selection of the old 1940s radio show, and see the latest news counting down to the arrival of The Green Lama:

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=106817606&Mytoken=6545D5F5-4CD1-442E-85A1748B431C336211163232

Facebook has similarly been claimed:

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=106817606&Mytoken=6545D5F5-4CD1-442E-85A1748B431C336211163232

And there is even an early internet teaser trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGj1kaNNusY

Similar videos are appearing on Daily Motion, Google Videos, iFilm, etc…

Join writer/artist James Ritchey, III and inker Loki Dolza, in the birth (or is it rebirth?) of a strange new world filled with familiar--and not so familiar--faces. Available now at AC Comics for a limited time, and then in stores everywhere March 5th 2008! Be the first to witness a revolution!

Those interested in interviews or articles please don’t hesitate to contact for more information.

OM MANI PADME HUM ----

*** END TRANSMISSION ***

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Second screening for Oakland filmmaker

yahn soon — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:10:21 GMT

Hi,
I'm an Oakland filmmaker that had a film that premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival and is now playing again in San Francisco.

It's called "Compound Eye" and it centers around an East Bay cartoonist who draws a controversial comic strip depicting the World Trade Center rebuilt as an IHOP with two stacks of pancakes rising high into the sky, and how it affects his roommate who is trying to quietly run a pirate radio station out of his basement. The movie stars Fausto Caceres (from the radio show, Shirley and Spinoza) and Jesse Reklaw (the cartoon, "Slow Wave"), and uses their real lives and weaves them into a fictional story.

Go to www.compoundeyemovie.com for info and a trailer.

It screens at the Climate Theater in San Francisco (the corner of 9th and Folsom)
http://www.climatetheater.com

Sunday, Nov. 11 @ 7pm

The show is only $5, and they serve beer and wine as well.
Please support local filmmaking!

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artist wanted

cruzzin — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:50:28 GMT

I’m a writer seeking a Seattle-ish based comic artist/illustrator to collaborate with on a graphic novel.

It’s a supernatural/horror/thriller rock-opera joint.

Please message me with your reply, as I’ve posted this in a bunch of tribes.

Thanks.

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A new Digital Draw-Off site has been born

Caine — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:58:58 GMT

Attention:
Like to draw?
Why not compete?
@Sketchers Strife we host weekly Draw-Offs

Featuring the web’s simplest image upload procedure, tutorials, drawing videos, A shout box for the members and more. Come and check us out, we’re not your average digital draw-off…
http://sketchstrife.wikidot.com/

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World Premiere of movie based on Cartoonist Jesse Reklaw

yahn soon — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:51:17 GMT

Hi,
I have a film making its world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It's called "Compound Eye" and it centers around an East Bay cartoonist who draws a controversial comic strip depicting the World Trade Center rebuilt as an IHOP with two stacks of pancakes rising high into the sky, and how it affects his roommate who is trying to quietly run a pirate radio station out of his basement. The movie stars Fausto Caceres (from the radio show, Shirley and Spinoza) and Jesse Reklaw (the cartoon, "Slow Wave"), and uses their real lives and weaves them into a fictional story.

Go to www.compoundeyemovie.com for info and a trailer.

The screenings are:
Sunday, Oct. 7 at 5:30pm at the CineArts@Sequoia theater in Mill Valley
Sat. Oct. 13 at 2:45pm at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

Tickets can be purchased at www.mvff.com (search "Compound Eye")
Please support local filmmaking!

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THOR!

ZaeM the Great and Powerful — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:23:51 GMT

I just got to read the first three issues of Thor.

man. Its so sweet.

classic story, told in the Mighty Marvel Manner (It really is that old school)

In issue three, Tony Stark shows up to get Thor to sign up for registration; and man, does he put Iron Man down. He gives him reprieve, but you know its not over. Thor has family business to attend to, but when he's done, you know he'll be back to settle scores with Iron Man, both for his underhanded abuse of their friendship resulting in the violation of Thor's very being, and the betrayal and subsequent death of Captain America, Thor's favorite Mortal like, ever.

Who else is reading this?

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World War Hulk

DevastatorJr — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:48:09 GMT

...is just about the best superhero story, (including Planet Hulk) I've read in last ten years. The writer Grek Pak did a wonderful job building the whole thing up through the months before the Hulk's return and really gives you a feel for the loss the Hulk feels, after finally finding a place where he not only fits in, but is loved and appreciated for what he is, then seeing it all torn away from him. He's pissed!

Are you guys reading this?

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Favorite Stories?

DevastatorJr — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:52:45 GMT

What's your favorite comics story? I've got a million of 'em! But I'll start off with just two, very different kinds of comics --

First, I really love the "A Game Of You" story-arc from Sandman(#32). Barbie's in a coma, and has to travel through the fairytale world of her subconcious in order to save herself from a parasytic entity called The Cuckoo.

One of my favorite superhero stories is from the Claremont/Silvestri period of Uncanny X-Men, (Beginning # 225) the "Tell Them In Sparta: Fall of the Mutants" story. It featured what I think is my favorite X-Men lineup, ( Wolverine, Colossus, Havok, Rogue, Dazzler, Longshot, and Psylocke lead by rockin' cool mohawked storm -- I just wish it was Nightcrawler instead of Longshot.) in a battle to save reality from some sort of interdimensional demon. They're fighting vikings and robots, flight by flight up a skyscraper in Dallas. it's awesome!

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Favorite Writers?

DevastatorJr — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:14:18 GMT

Ok, now, who are your favorite writers of comics out there?

I really liked the early Vertigo stuff -- Neil Gaiman's Sandman and Garth Ennis on Hellblazer and Preacher. But two series that I don't think got as much attention as they deserved were Pete Milligan's Shade The Changing Man and Jamie Delano's Animal Man, which for my money, was even better than Grant Morrison's run, which is really saying something.

Milligan's X-Force/X-Statix was great while it lasted, but I knew nothing so strange and wonderful could last long at Marvel, as with Morrison's New X-Men, which for my money, is some of his strongest work.

I think Grant Morrison works best in short bursts -- he always starts out so strong and mind-blowing, but peters out at the end, like with Invisibles, The Filth, Doom Patrol, etc.

Warren Ellis is problematic for me. Sometimes I feel like the characterization isn't there, all of his characters, whether a 10-year-old girl or a 80-year-old Grandma, all talk like Spider-Jerusalem. Consequently, I tend to like his big action type books like The Authority or Planetary, or funny stuff like Next Wave.

The wave of Brit writers in American mainstream comics was just about the last great creative boost in comics, at least that I can think of.

Who are you guys into?

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The Original Universe zine

jeffboman — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:36:35 GMT

(Since this is related to comicbooks, posting here fit)

INFORMATION (FAQ) ABOUT THE ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

I figured I’d share some Q&A on a new venture:

Q: So what is The Original Universe?

A: It’s close to the works produced by Dr. Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas in the first incarnation of ALTER EGO, and the zines that Len Wein and Marv Wolfman contributed to in their early lives -- except that I only compare in kind, not in quality! I don’t think that big of myself.

A fanzine has a much smaller financial requirements from its membership -even no cost. In fact, the Usual could require nothing more than a regular Letter of Comment [LOC] (I’ll explain both of these later in this missive).

Q: Where’s “The Original Universe” name come from?

A: A few years ago DC Comics used this name to promote some of their product, to separate it from Elseworlds stories.

I found the name ironic; the original universe at DC was really the original multiverse pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths. DC now has another multiverse after 52, but the damage has been done to many characters as different writers tried to tack on more origin ideas. It also lead to calling characters ‘radioactive’ when too much messing around made them untouchable, as well as the dreaded ‘retcon’ (retroactive continuity) word, when everything about the characters was changed yet again for new continuity. A prime example: The Legion of Superheroes now in its fifth history rewrite - although there are seeming originals in the present day at the moment.

Many of us in this zine were readers before Crisis, so we know where everything came from. Parts of this zine will hopefully celebrate that past.

Q: Who are you?

A: In 1990 I originated COMICOPIA, a comicbook APA. This I contributed to for 100 issues, more than 16 years. I began writing for APAs 6 months earlier, and at one time was a member of 4 of them.

I’m a 4-time winner of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) [so far; it’s 2007 when I write this]. As of June 30th I added 1st-time Script Frenzy winner to my resume. I got a BfA in Cinema: Animation Option in May 1990, so it’s about time I used it! :)

I’ve had 13 letters published in comics to date, and so far have 5 tabletop roleplaying game publishing credits (as of July 2007), 4 of them in super-hero games. At least 2 more will come out this year.

As you can read, I have a lot of know-how here... not to mention collecting comics for more than 26 years!

Q: Just what is “the Usual”?

A: This is a tradition with zines, in ways similar to Minac. It takes several forms:

i. Letters of comment (LOCs). My fellow APA-folks will be familiar with this. They are like MCs, only shorter. Often they are about 2-3 pages of text before the font size is reduced. They can be comments on the zine itself, comments replying to other LOCs... they tend to share the vibrancy of MCs like that.

Even if you contribute other things to the zine, you’re encouraged to still LOC for this reason.

ii. Cover art / illustrations

There’s a zine tradition called “fillos”: small illustrations to go as fill between long blocks of text.

Likewise, I hope contributors can provide artwork for covers. Some such artists have gone on to wider exposure and awards.

iii.articles

One zine I’m a part of prints several pieces by others. Some are reprints from FAPA (the now-legendary F/SF APA that’s been around for over 50 years so far); some are columns from his mom on the incredible travels she’s gone on worldwide... and one deals with the life of a man as he went through WW 2 as a soldier.

The Original Universe deals with comicbooks, so pieces will most likely cover that. Some of them may be original fiction, from me or others; I print them up at no additional cost to readers (if from others, obviously), but please be mindful the length isn’t too great (4 pages max).

Some of it can just have a link to comics as thin as the fact all who write for it / read it are comic fans. I’m not going to push for anything more strict than that -- and since we all are fans anyway, that will not come into question. I hope for more comicbook content, but if I’m the sole provider for that, it’s fine.

iii. Letters of Comment (LOCs)

As I said, these can be similar to the MCs we APA folks are accustomed to.

LOCs as e-mail are fine. I send my LOCs to my 2 other zines that way. You don’t have to worry about formatting; that’s my deal.

iv. zine exchanges

This is another longtime tradition for zines: trading your zine for mine.

Q: Is this an electronic zine?

A: No. I’ve already spoken at length over the years on how I have a dislike for electronic-only zines. There’s an archive of electronic zines at efanzines.com , and I may well store zines after the fact there, but the originals will indeed be printed and mailed first.

Q: Are there rules for flame wars?

A: Nothing official, just a simple guideline: I read everything before I print it. If it’s just there to start a fight, I leave it out. In general we’re mature enough not to pick fights anyway, so I likely won’t even need to use this guideline.

Q: Is there a subscription fee?

A: Not an enforced one. There is a voluntary one (another form of “the Usual”), but it isn’t a necessity. It’s not a huge dent: $3 US per sample issue, $12 for a year. I’m staying with a bi-monthly schedule.

Would I like people to subscribe? Of course! Any subscription funds will go straight to paying for photocopies and mailing.

Q: Are there MinAc rules? (Minimum Activity. An APA term)

A: Yes and no. Yes, because you have to contribute the Usual every 2 issues or you drop out. No, because subscribers still receive issues until their subscriptions run out (if they’re subscribed). I’ll let you know an issue before, so you’ll have approximately 2 months to re-subscribe. You just don’t get feedback unless you LOC as well.

There are no concepts like Member or Waiting lists. If you contribute non-flames, I print you.

Q: How long in pagecount will this be?

A: Well what I’d love is a 32-page zine, but the ones I’ve seen at that length are 15-20 years old. I’ll be starting at 12 pages. More will just be gravy, but 32 will be the maximum for now. I just received one in early May that was 46 pages, but for me that’s just crazy.

(I just realized: it may be shorter for financial and content reasons.)

Q: When will this all start?

A: The mail-out date for issue 1 will be July 16th. It might be a few days later because of schedule logistics, but I’ll make a huge try.

I hope you all join in! Contact: theoriginaluniverse(at)gmail(dot)com

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Galactus is Coming!

DevastatorJr — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:39:54 GMT

YMB's crack investigative team has unearthed the long rumored, but never confirmed, collaboration from 1983 between Marvel's Chairman Emeritus Stan Lee and religious comic tract creator Jack Chick.

Long out of print and now only infrequently stumbled upon in the odd truck stop bathroom (as all good religious witnessing tracts should be) YMB is now able to present to you "Galactus is Coming!"

http://www.yourmomsbasement.com/archives/2006/11/galactus_is_com.html

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Rise and Fall of the Shiar Empire

ZaeM the Great and Powerful — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:34:41 GMT

in the past twelve issues of Uncanny X-Men, from the aftermath of Decimation until now; the seminal X title has been running one single arc, and boy was the climax and conclusion a doozy.

Before I start spilling the spoilers, did anybody else enjoy this as much as I did?

I mean, I was skeptical at first, but the conclusion won me over. You gotta love those underhyped surprises!

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D.C.

hughmanatee — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:49:05 GMT

D.C. will always sucker me in with their events-- even 'Zero Hour' was alright by me. The one-day event 'World War Three' that spanned 5 books was a bummer. I understand that it was to act as a quick 'fill in the blanks' to explain oneYearLater changes (Aquaman, Nightwing and so on) but it left me feeling suckered and insulted.

does anyone else think D.C. is heading into some major backlash? --They've got Richard Donner working on Action Comics with Geoff Johns who just happened into comics while working with the old man, suddenly he's got the keys to the castle and full-on Dan Jurgens treatment (I love the guy, especially Green Lantern but do we need a Booster Gold ongoing?)
Brad Metzler on JLA has put together the best first run of any 'flagship' title I can remember (albeit one which must be read at once to appreciate)
52 was so shockingly successful that they're continuing down the weekly road with no break between titles (52 to Countdown) and they are raising the price fifty-cents.
52 also had Greg Rucka and Grant Morrison 'Working Together' which confounds me but it worked out well.

I could go on but my point is that I feel D.C. has raised the bar for comics and done much in the past 2 years to constantly raise it-- but by the end of 'Countdown' how many titles will we be flooded with? How many more events that "Change everything forever until everything changes forever again" Will they be able to maintain the level of quality when spreading out so thin? Dan Didio says that over the next year all DCU books will be in real time; or at least in the same timeline (maybe possible if you kill Nightwing?)

Maybe D.C. in all of its looking ahead should consider that the bigshot writers from television, the N.Y.Times Bestseller list and movies may tire of this fad and leave them with
countless dangling plots and bad ideas that seemed like good ones coming from an ex-writer for the O.C. or Sex in the City-- whichever in hell it was.
When the next big event is forced upon us to fix continuity or just to retcon for a new writer's ideas I hope they look to the guy in line at the convention who lives and breathes this stuff or to Gail fuckin' Simone who generally kicks ass.

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Black Canary is going to die.

hughmanatee — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:03:31 GMT

I'm always trying to guess what DC is going to do next; trying to pin down the motives for some of the things they do.

I think they may kill Black Canary:

1."Anomolies" from other earths will be killed in Countdown

2. For deaths in Countdown to have more weight than C-listers offer, some A-list must fall.

3. DC has put Black Canary on a veritable fast-track to prominence with JLA; a miniseries and now getting back with Ollie.

4. Green Arrow has already died recently so it's not he, in fact it could be the death of Black Canary that raises Green Arrow to a level of popularity he's not enjoyed in some time. . . all of his positive changes of the past year (He claims were for Dinah) for nothing-- imagine the possibilities for Batman-esque rage, "crossing the line", paranoia etc. that makes some DC characters so popular. I would not put it past the writers to use a year's worth of character development on Black Canary and then kill her to simply propel Green Arrow into different territory

5. Sin. She would be a very interesting and dangerous character if her "Mother-figure" was taken away. A true angst-filled villain and shoe-in for taking the name Black Canary when JSA relaunches in 2010.

6. Green Lantern. He and Ollie haven't had much to go on a road trip about in some time; GL and BC are teammates(BC the 'Chairperson' of JLA) so the whole league will be 'Rocked' by her death especially Hal who will likely back Ollie no matter what. GL will surely be in the spotlight with JLA, and the Sinestro Corps. ordeal-- Remember if something happens to OA then where will the imprisoned Superboy-PRIME(Also an Anomoly) be held? Could he be held?

Throughout the history of literature female characters have been used to further the stories of the men they orbit. I am not a huge fan of this and much is owed to Gail Simone et al for moving many of DC's female leads into leading roles; however I don't put it past Dini, Didio and the others at DC not to use BC in this fasion.

A major character has got to die, if you don't want to kill any of your big guns then promote some new BLOOD to those ranks and "Off with their heads"

Hopefully I'm wrong because I love BC more and more and can't wait for the mini.

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Artistic Collaboration?

DevastatorJr — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:35:34 GMT

Hi guys,

I'm working on producing some comics and was wondering if anyone out there knows anyone with a very specific skill-set I could collaborate with. I'm looking for a Writer who also enjoys creating with Photoshop, Illustrator or Flash.

Basically, I want to do a comic "The Marvel Way" -- I have a general plot, characters, theme, but I need a writer to help flesh out the details and provide snazzy dialogue. I'll do the main art in pen and ink, then my collaborator will embellish and lay it out digitally.

I've been trying to do it all myself, but it's just an uphill battle, and hey, two heads are better than one. I live in NYC, so preferably this person is on the East Coast, but in this new digital wonderland, location may not be a factor.

So, come on guys, do me a favor and get the word out!

Excelsior!

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Earth X

DevastatorJr — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:01:50 GMT

Whenever a friend of mine and I are talking Marvel Universe, we inevitably refer to Earth X as sort of the bible of the Marvel Universe, even though technically, it's supposed to be sort of Elseworlds story and not the true future.

I think it's more useful as a guide to the past, particularly the whole point about the Earth being an Celestial Egg, and that destroying such eggs is the true purpose of Galactus. I think that's brilliant.

There are a lot of other really cool points Earth-X clarifys, what do you guys think?

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Unbreakable DVD Extras

AtlantaHoopla — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:09:45 GMT

oh man - i SO freaking love this movie and last night i decided to watch all the extras on the DVD.

there is the now trademark extra from director Shyamalan - a video clip (yes - actual "video") from when he was a kid & dreaming of being a director one day and it's hilarious. heh!

and normal deleted scenes but he does a mini-intro for each one and explains why most of them were cut. nice.

the 2 coolest things? about a 15-minute featurette and about a 20-minute "Comic books and Superheros" thing with lots of great input from Will Eisner, Denny O´Neil, Frank Miller, and several people i'd never heard of.

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tank girl returneth...

Fri, 25 May 2007 07:23:00 GMT

...minus jamie hewlett. haven't seen it yet, but cautiously optimistic?

http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/tankgirl.shtml

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Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

AtlantaHoopla — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:22:49 GMT

I thought this looked goofy cool:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_of_Horror

watch the trailer at the website if you're interested:
http://www.xenonpictures.com/FDHOH/trailer.html

they're showing this at the drive-in here in Atlanta. WOOT!

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What's with all this weasel stuff?

DevastatorJr — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:12:29 GMT

This used to be a cool tribe until Doc Weasel started spamming it up!

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Countdown

hughmanatee — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:42:09 GMT

What? Who died?!?

I can't believe the buildup over the death in this issue. I really thought they were going to put Nightwing down for good.

This issue has some major character inconsistencies that are difficult to overlook and I'm trying real hard to leave out anything spoilerish but the red hood and the person he is chasing are written way out of charater.

Huge liberties are taken, but I've had a crush on Mary Marvel since that 'Super Buddies' stuff in JLA so I'll stay on this book.

Anyone with me on this Red Hood issue?

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Hawthorne High School Comic Convention

Big Apple Convention — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:52:10 GMT

The Hawthorne High School Comic Convention
arrives this Saturday with many new comic creators
added to the guest list!

The Hawthorne High School Comic Convention arrives this Saturday May
12th from 10am â€“ 4pm. With a guest line up all but the biggest comic
conventions would be envious of, the school looks forward to its
greatest convention ever.

Here are some of the most recent additions to the guest list:

Mike Oeming (Powers, Cross Bronx)
Mark Texiera (Black Panther)
Ivan Brandon (NYC Mech, Cross Bronx)
Andy MacDonald (NYC Mech)
Rags Morales (Identity Crisis)
Tom Raney (Civil War, Uncanny X Men)
Rich Buckler Sr. (almost every character at DC & Marvel!!!)
Dennis Calero (X Factor)
Bob Smith (Batman)
Mercy Van Vlack (Richie Rich, Evolution Comics)
Ken Gale (Creepy, Good Guys, Nuff Said)
Chris Moreno (Sidekick, WW Hulk: Frontline)
M. Sean McManus
Rob Granito
Louis Small Jr. (Vamparella)
Bob Hardin (Sgt. Rock)
Buddy Scalera (7 Days to Fame)

This is in addition to the amazing guests we already booked:

Gene Colan (Dracula, Daredevil, Batman)
Jim Salicrup (Editor Papercutz, Marvel)
Danny Fingeroth (Editor Marvel, Write Now)
Mark Schultz (Cadillacâ€™s & Dinosaurs, Prince Valiant)
Joe Sinnott (Fantastic Four, Spiderman)
Ian Dorian (painter, penciller, sculptor)
Guy Dorian (painter, penciller)
Scott Roberts (Pattycake, Nickelodeon, Prince Valiant)
Tania Del Rio (Sabrina)
Joe Giella (Tent.) (Batman, Green Lantern, Flash and Americaâ€™s
sweetheart Mary Worth)
Rudy Nebres (Vamperilla, Creepy, Eerie)
Doug Baron (penciller, Kubert School teacher)
Tommy Castillo (Batman, Toe Tags, duCret School teacher)
Paulo Rivera (painter Marvel)
Daniel Reed (Retro Dead)
Mark Romanowski (painter, duCret School instuctor)
Mark Sparacio (painter, Miss Liberty)
John Workman (Heavy Metal, letterer extraordinary!)
Bob Wiacek (inker Marvel, DC)
Paul Banono (penciller)
Dave DeVries (painter, creator of Monster Engine)
Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art
Students from the Joe Kubert School
Melissa Goldberg (independent creator)
Caitlyn Flynn (independent creator)

The guests are not the only activity at the convention. Ken Gale will
be moderating a panel at 3pm featuring comic creators from every era of
comics. The panel will include comics great Gene Colan and be held in
Room 111.

We will have our yearly auction featuring original artwork, books and
prints from some of the attending artists and items generously donated
by Fantagraphics Books (a limited edition signed book by Neil Gaiman)
and Eva Ink Publishing (items from Arthur Suydam and Michael Golden).
Winnerâ€™s names will be drawn at 2:30 pm at the auction booth. You must
be present at the time of the drawing to win!

Here is the schedule of art lessons being offered at the show. Art
supplies will be supplied by the school, except for painting supplies
(you must bring your own).

ART LESSONS held in Room 122:

10:30am ANATOMY taught by Kubert School instructor Ian Dorian

11:30am CREATING COMICS FROM A â€“ Z taught by editors Danny Fingeroth
(Write Now and Marvel) and Jim Salicrup (Papercutz, Marvel and Topps)

12:30 pm DRAWING MANGA taught by Sabrina the Teenage Witch artist Tania
Del Rio

1:30pm PAINTING COMIC ART taught by duCret School instructor Mark
Romanowski

There are a few dealer tables still available.

Here is all the info you will need to get to the convention:

Hawthorne High School Comic Convention
Saturday May 12th, 2007
10am â€“ 4 pm
Hawthorne High School
160 Parmelee Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506

Admission is only $3!

If youâ€™re driving MAPQUEST is great for directions. You can get to
convention from NYC by taking NJ Transit from Penn Station, just a
30-minute ride from midtown.

Wonderful food is available within walking distance in Hawthorne and
with so much going on plan to stay for the day.

This will be a very special day for the school and students, for the
comic creators and for you the fans. For more information, or dealer
tables contact Allan Rosenberg at: alllal@aol.com.

Our web page is at the Big Apple Conventions website: bigapplecon.com.

We send our get well wishes to our best friend Irwin Hasen!!!!!!!!!!

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batman665--before theDamianB.S.

hughmanatee — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:00:21 GMT

posted in another tribe but I wanna see whio replies

the truth behind what happened in 52-- the story of what bruce went through in the cave in isolation. . . what happened?

It's revealed in 665 but I dont trust Morrison, I know he had a direct hand in this as he writes both Batman and 52 but I dislike the direction he's going in.

Anyone else feel the same way or am I alone?

I think Bats is better left alone and not broken down. Morrison is going into the Joe Cool shit and that is ridiculous. . . or maybe I'm wrong. . . . .

D.C.U. has gotten so clean that Bats should just find his place and stay== stop sending him into space and elsewhere he belongs in gotham. If JLA needs Tactical info, course of action etc. that's one thing but c'mon. He's my fav character but dont stretch it . . . I love and hate Grant Morrison's run.
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The Spirit

AtlantaHoopla — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:33:27 GMT

Move movie buzz...

"...At the New York Comic-Con on February 24, 2007, director/writer Frank Miller and producer Michael Uslan will present a panel for The Spirit..."

found on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_%28film%29

who do you think would be the best as P'Gell?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%27Gell

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Comic book hero Captain America dies

AtlantaHoopla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:01:39 GMT

(from the Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_en_ot/captain_america;_ylt=Au19Lwudids27kpyjAKI5x3MWM0F

"The Fifth Color - Next Issue… SOMEONE DIES!"
(from blog.newsarama.com)
http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/02/07/the-fifth-color-this-issue-someone-dies/

my favorite comment, "...Captain America is replaced with peanut butter Captain Crunch. Yum..." heh!

2009 Captain America movie buzz
http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3218673

http://movies.ign.com/objects/034/034020.html

http://www.themovieinsider.com/m2596/captain-america/

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Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home"

teekay — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:00:13 GMT

The NYT bestseller list don't lie... "Fun Home" is the best read I've had in a long, long time. Love her narrative and would love to read her in just prose. Incredibly absorbing yet unselfconscious and unforced. This is the writer/illustrator of Dykes to Watch out For. Outstanding graphic memoir! Just muh two cents.

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MOVIE: The Punisher 2

AtlantaHoopla — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:25:20 GMT

Looks like my boyfriend Thomas Jane will be coming back for more later on this year:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450314/

with Jonathan Hensleigh writing & directing again:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378144/

the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punisher_2

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Let's celebrate!

ZaeM the Great and Powerful — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:35:45 GMT

This the first time in weeks when I've come to this site and the first three links in this tribe HAVN"T been pornographic weasel pics.

let's celebrate by talking about comics!

How about Silent War? anybody reading that?

While I was a bit off-put by the continuity error in issue #1 (the entire FF is together as a team, during the final sages of Cival war) I find the art to be exemlpary, and the story looks like its going somewhere. I looked through issue two at the shop, but unfortunatly, with my finances as they are at the moment, I'm letting my box fill up for the time being, and I havn't read it. anybody else

or is there something else good out there someone wants to talk about?

let's talk about comics. remember that?

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Who Would Win?

lokifreign — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:20:29 GMT

I'm in a place, mentally and physically, where this is actually more important to me, right now, than "how will humanity achieve it's greatest potential?" or "how do I, myself, enlighten and bless the whole of humanity?" :

"Who the fuck would win in a fight?":

1on1:

1: Grendel vs Rorshach

1a: Grendel vs Wolverine

1b: Grendel 1 vs Grendel 2

2: Aquaman v Namor

3: Batman v Hellboy (what? think it through! ignore that they'd team up at the end and focus on who would be thoroughly kicking who's ass at the team-up moment)

4: Silver Surfer v Doc Manhattan (I didn't say these would be easy)

5: Aku v Darkseid (take away the verbiage and the trappings and you're left with instrumentality versus element. It's a cosmic question.)

5a: similar but with different weights: Aku v Apocalypse

5b: Batman v SJack

Group:

1: Classic New X-men v Exstatix

2: All-Stars v JLA

3: JLA v BPRD

4: Young Avengers v Sienkiewicz's New Mutants

5: Classic Avengers v New Avengers

Related Question:
"Who's Hotter?"

1: Black Canary or Mockingbird?

2: Black Queen or White Queen?

3: Black Orchid or the Looker?

4: Monet or Siren?

Post your answers, then post your pair-ups. Together, we will make this life meaningful.

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First Batch of Artists for Big Apple Con June 23-24 Confirmed!

Big Apple Convention — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:02:02 GMT

Hey, folks, we've got the first batch of artists confirmed for the Big Apple Convention June 23-24! In no particular order, they are...

Mitchell Breitweiser
Michael Lark
James Rodriguez
Irwin Hasen
Khary Randolph
Rudy Nebres
Guy Dorian
Ian Dorian
Tommy Castillo
Melvin Yaglan
Mark Sparacio
Ray Felix
Mark Mazz
Ed Tranquino
Mike Mazerko

...And you can be sure we will be adding to that list soon!

Captain Zorikh
http://www.bigapplecon.com
http://www.captainzorikh.com

Be sure to join the group of your choice for the latest updates, discussion, and pictures from the Big Apple Convention:

Tribe:
http://tribes.tribe.net/bigapplecon
Yahoo:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bigapplecon/
MSN:
http://groups.msn.com/BigAppleCon/
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/bigapplenyc

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Atlanta Comics Expo - April 21st & 22nd

AtlantaHoopla — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:15:24 GMT

HOT OFF THE WIRE:

Atlanta Comics Expo is rapidly approaching! Let us know that you will be joining us at Atlanta Hyatt Regency on April 21-22, 2007! Also, for the most updated information please be sure to check our myspace blogs. And, we want to remind you that you can avoid the registration line by purchasing your memberships and booking your hotel rooms today! We look forward to seeing you there!

Here's the MySpace profile they're talking about:
http://www.myspace.com/atlantacomicsexpo

and the main website:
http://www.atlantacomicsexpo.org/

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ComicSpace.com

AtlantaHoopla — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:26:40 GMT

Just came across this today:

http://www.comicspace.com/

"...ComicSpace is a social networking site for comic fans and creators. It's kind of like MySpace, but for comic enthusiasts...."

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the losers

lolacarr — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:03:00 GMT

i received the entire series as an xmas gift from a few very good pals and have made it through one so far. it's your usual conspiracy fare -- i'm enjoying it.

anyone else read these?

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"Need More Love"

teekay — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:36:41 GMT

An unsolicited plug: Aline Kominsky-Crumb's new graphic memoir, "Need More Love," is really enjoyable! Picked it up a couple of weeks ago. Great photos, strips of hers and Robert's I hadn't seen before... fun pics of the interior of their home in France, interesting dirt on her family background (Aline's), as well as a generous amount of material on what she's up to now.

I've always liked Aline's prose and would love to meet her -- a fascinating person with great honesty and -- cliche, I know -- *verve*. Her art is primitive and wouldn't have been my taste if I hadn't been exposed to it in her and R's duets (see Dirty Laundry, etc). Anyhoo, I find her hilarious and the book is good eye candy.

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Mister X

AtlantaHoopla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:51:05 GMT

scroll down towards the bottom - THAT mister X:
http://homepage.mac.com/evilsickboy//love/covers.html

anyone ever read the collection? anyone currently have it?

i've never heard of the character before and love the covers - a friend of mine in Germany was telling me about them & now i want to read them!!!

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OMG! You killed Cap!

Sasch — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:01:55 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/03/07/captain.america/index.html

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Big Apple Convention Tribe!

Big Apple Convention — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:49:41 GMT

ANNOUNCING BIG APPLE CONVENTION TRIBE

The longest-running comic boock/sci-fi/fantasy/horror/pop culture convention in New York now has its own Tribe! The Big Apple Convention invites you to join this tribe and share pictures and discussion. Updates on the coming conventions will be posted there. Feel free to comment on your experience at the convention and let us know what you would like to see there!

Captain Zorikh
http://www.captainzorikh.com
http://www.bigapplecon.com

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PR: UNSCREWED! Update! Auctions to benefit exploited comic creators

Danny — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:25:34 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --

Auctions to benefit exploited creators

UNSCREWED!, the organization created by comics creators, fans, and retailers to combat illegal and unethical practices by a would-be publisher, today announced a benefit auction to provide relief to the artists and writers exploited by that company. Since its inception in January, UNSCREWED! has grown quickly, amassing support from top name talents in the comic book industry, as well as many who are just begining their careers. Full reports of all Unscrewed! activities can be found at the website: http://www.unscrewedcomic.com

The group was formed in early January of this year in response to the publisher's unethical business practices. After one writer's story was brought to light by an online journalist covering the comics business, several other creators came forward with shockingly similar stories of uncompensated work and threats of both physical violence and legal prosecution. UNSCREWED! grew out of a desire to assist the injured parties and to hold the publisher accountable.

While UNSCREWED! was forming, comics writer Mark Waid stepped forward to personally finance legal action against the publisher. Tom Stillwell, writer-publisher of Spinner Rack Comics' HONOR BRIGADE and comics fan Matt "Doc" Martin provided research and supporting evidence, with the result that two court judgments have recently been awarded to artists who filed suit.

With legal redress firmly underway, UNSCREWED! has turned its attention to the first of their relief efforts, the UNSCREWED! Auctions, with a starting line-up of 17 items available via eBay, including one-of-a-kind and rare items from the top names in comics. The first wave of auction items can be seen at http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZzapow21

UNSCREWED! media representative Danny Donovan had this to say about the auctions taking place: "It is just amazing to see our community standing strong in the face of something like this. For the longest time we've been thought of as a closed off, insular industry, but with UNSCREWED! we're proving that we're a community. When one person is wronged by the actions of an unscrupulous individual and [that individual] is left unchecked, they are able to do it again to someone else. By taking a stand we place the power back into the hands of those who create."

The first series of UNSCREWED! Auctions includes original art by acclaimed cartoonist Scott Shaw! of his characters from Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew; individual headshots of Captain Carrot, Fastback, Little Cheese, Pig Iron, Rubber Duck, Yankee Poodle, American Eagle, and Alley-Kat-Abra. At the New York Comic-Con last weekend, DC Comics announced a new three-issue miniseries, CAPTAIN CARROT: THE FINAL ARC, to be drawn by Shaw! from a script by Bongo Comics' Bill Morrison. Donovan explains, "before DC releases their brand new epic mini series, you can own a piece of history, drawn and signed by the artist, Scott Shaw! And if that’s not enough you can also own a piece of PRE-history," referring to a headshot of beloved animated icon Fred Flintstone, a character that has been a major part of Shaw's career over the last three decades. Starting bids for each portrait are set at $25.

Famed writer Marv Wolfman (Teen Titans; Crisis of the Infinite Earths; creator of Blade) has contributed autographed full comic scripts from his current series, NIGHTWING, issues #125-127, along with the published corresponding issues (with art by Dan Jurgens) also signed by Wolfman. Bidding on this one of a kind piece of comic book memorabilia begins at $20.

A page of original art from Tom Bedland’s popular and critically acclaimed, award winning comic, “TRUE STORY, SWEAR TO GOD” has been donated by the author. This piece is from the original self published version of the currently being published by IMAGE COMICS. Complete with autograph by prolific artist/writer Tom Beland, the bidding on this stunning piece of art begins at $200.

Kurt Busiek has donated an extremely rare deluxe hardcover edition of his award-winning series MARVELS, which launched artist Alex Ross to super-stardom. It is an artist’s proof and not available anywhere else but UNSCREWED! Signed by both Busiek and Ross, the book features a second autograph by Busiek with a special message for UNSCREWED! Bidding starts at $80.

Busiek has also donated what Donovan describes as "a must have for any fan of super-heroes," a very rare boxed two-volume hardcover edition of the JLA/AVENGERS crossover. Volume One contains the complete mini-series with introductions by Stan Lee and the late Julie Schwartz, along with character and creator biographies, while Volume Two is a compendium featuring George Pérez's 21 pages pf pencils from the aborted 1983 crossover; the initial plot for the current mini-series and every character, place, and incident used in the mini-series carefully annotated by Pérez and Busiek. As with the MARVELS auction, this item comes signed by writer Kurt Busiek along with a very special message to the supporters of UNSCREWED! Bidding begins at $85.

Artist Jamal Igle, of FIRESTORM and NEW WARRIORS fame, has donated a signed piece of original art from MARVEL ADVENTURES: SPIDER-MAN #14. Fully penciled and inked, Bidding starts at: $50. "This piece is a must have for webheads, and a great way to kick off the countdown to Spider-man 3!" remarks Donovan.

As new items are added to the auction list, notices will be sent to the media and posted on the UNSCREWED! website.

In addition to the auctions, UNSCREWED! has begun a second relief effort, the Unscrewed! Anthology, with stories and art from some of the best and brightest artists and writers in the field. Legendary X-MEN artist PAUL SMITH contributes a special two page story which joins a host of stories collected in one volume, with proceeds going to help creators in need.

For the full story and mission statement of UNSCREWED! please visit their website at http://www.unscrewedcomic.com. The website will be bringing webcomics online in the coming weeks. Parties interested in contributing work to the site please visit the UNSCREWED! website for submission guidelines.

Donovan closes out with these remarks: "As always I want to thank our gracious contributors and supporters in this important movement. The outpouring of submissions, one-of-a-kind items, and overall support is very much appreciated. Fan, Creator, Retailer alike, we thank you for that."

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old UGs

lokifreign — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:49:59 GMT

I've been reverently carrying them around for a long time. I've realized I won't sell them because I don't believe that many people understand how historic they are (they ARE they ARE TOO - S Clay Wilson is a morpohogenic nexus of future thought - you mark my words, the money of tomorrow will be called "essclay wilsons" instead of "dollars")

Anybody else ever studied the grim and perverted late sixties? It's not all 'Freak Brothers'. Most of it would still be considered pretty heavy today; in the sixties they were sold just like drugs - you had to go to some dude's house and sneak around with the shit. Nifty little reminder of what the USA has actually been historically versus the USA we're instructed about during childhood.

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friend selling part of his collection

padrhaig — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:03:52 GMT

i have a friend who is getting ready to move and wants to part with some of his collection. These are mostly chaos comics, lady death and chastity. Some are signed by the creators etc. Would anyone be interested in these?

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New York Comic Con 2K7

memeseed — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:51:25 GMT

Who is planning to go to this years event? News on the guests? events?

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iron man movie

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:13:04 GMT

i just read that gwyneth paltrow is signed on to play pepper potts in the iron man movie.

sounds good to me.

and the animated iron man dvd is due out on the 23rd.

also good.

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MOVIE: Hellboy 2 and director Guillermo del Toro

AtlantaHoopla — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:05:29 GMT

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army - scheduled for release in 2008:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411477/

(excerpt from that link) "...Peter Jackson approached Guillermo del Toro to direct Halo (2008), and even though del Toro considered it, he turned the offer down so he could direct this sequel..."

Director Guillermo del Toro is an amazingly interesting guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868219/

I stole this link from another tribe - it's about a 45 minute audio interview w/ del Toro and Terry Gross of NPR concerning (mostly) his academy award nominated film currently in theaters, Pan's Labyrinth and what inspires him from his childhood / upbringing. At around 41:00 he talks briefly about Hellboy 2 but throughout the clip, he speaks of monsters, creatures, fairy tales and the like:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7000935

If you haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth yet - there might be some *slight* spoilers in this audio clip, but I'm pretty sure you could summize most of it from movie posters and previews / trailers. I wish I had listened to this interview before I saw the film to get a better idea of his inspiration and childhood background. I'm VERY excited for this to come out on DVD so I can listen to the director's commentary track.

After listening to this, I have decided that Guillermo del Toro is a true comic book geek! heh!

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Eternals Variant issue #6 of 7 MISPRINT!

ZaeM the Great and Powerful — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:36:13 GMT

hey. I wanted to gather some info and see if what I have is really rare, or only a bit rare. In recent years, MARVEL's quality assurance has been less than great. I've gotten comics with torn pages, fouled inking and general misprinting problems of all kinds, like torn staples and what not. but now I have something different. I was wondering how many people had a copy like mine.

Neil Gaimen's Eternals relaunch is up to issue #6 of Seven. I have a regular copy I left in my box at the store, and I broughtthe variant home to read. Inside, the fist and last eight pages are repeated. ie: eight pages were printed twice and bound around the entire comics, so that it reads: first eight pages, first eight pages, middle of the story, last eight pages, last eight pages...

Now, its already a variant, but how many variants, and how many standard covers contain this mistake? a few? Many? none?

I'd love to hear from anybody who got issue six.

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Just For the Heck of it, comic book Rockin'!

ukeapocalypse — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:11:34 GMT

My friends and I did a show at San Francisco's coolest comic store, Isotope. www.isotopecomics.com

Here's the fallout. :) http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2007/01/uke-till-you-puke.html

I came out of there with a dawg chokin' muthaload of comics as gifts! Whee!
I got the hardbound "Lost Girls" box. Most all of the Ultimates stuff I didn't have yet, some "Top Ten", a few JLA things... awsome!

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Annihilation: the new face of space in the Marvel U

ZaeM the Great and Powerful — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:54:41 GMT

So who's been following this? The Four issue mini runs are coming to a close with surprising twists.

The death toll is mounting: Gabriel Airwalker, Terrax, Morg, Super Skrull, Forgotten One, Quasar... the list keeps growing! Meanwhile, Silver Surfer is Restored! Herald to Galactus again, with his iron will repaired by his master. Thanos is back in the Sadle, and he's having conversations with two new cosmic gods; Tenebrous & Aegis; while someone tries to write in a "cool"backstory for Thanos'tinkerbell friend (oh god, please, please PLEASE KILL IT!)

With all this as just the ramp up... what will be next?

Annihilus has supped on the power cosmic, empowered his Cosmic Control rod With Quasar's life essence and takien the Quantum Bands for himself! though Super Skrull managed to Destroy the Harvester of sorrows as his final act; that doesn't mean that the Annihilation wave is done for by any stretch of the imagination!

more excitment is still waiting in the 6 issue bonanza!

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The Complete Peanuts

AtlantaHoopla — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:48:34 GMT

a friend just sent me this link - very cool:

http://fantagraphics.com/peanuts/peanuts.html#cpea05

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Civil War: The new Face of the MU

ZaeM the Great and Powerful — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:43:58 GMT

Is it just me, or is this looking really promising?

point one: there's very little tie in/cross over crap. Certainly far less than the recent Crisis in a neighboring universe. This series/event consists of four main titles: Civil War; Civil War: Front LInes; Civil War: X-men, & Civil War: Young Avengers/ Runaways. there are tie ins, but if they're not in the core titles (like New Avengers) the tie ins are kept to a minimum (as in the instance of the single She Hulk tie in) So Its not impossible to follow.

more points to follow... the lunch whistle just blew... but please feel free to chime in; I havn't even mentioned what makes it good yet!

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Farewell to a master

lokifreign — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:04:38 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/comic.death.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Dave Cockrum has died. He went out in Supes PJs, under a Batman blanket.

There can be little doubt that the world would be ever-so-slightly different if Marvel comics had never broken away from the pack, whatever you may think of their politics. Dave Cockrum was a huge part of their early and continued success.

The drunken old foreign man that is my soul raises its ethereal glass, and bitches "these young people they have doing the work today lack grace, economy, archetypal purity - we'll never see the likes of a Cockrum again. Dammit, I didn't necessarily care for everything he squeezed out, I'm not a liar; but he was a great, and I bid his incorporeal form to farewell with the greatest respect.

Damn the suits."

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sexy new comic strips

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:16:35 GMT

We are looking for several graphic artists and writers to join us in collaborating comic strip projects that we are launching soon. We wish to create several series and publish them on our website come4play.com.

We are looking for several graphic artists and writers to join us in collaborating comic strip projects that we are launching soon. We wish to create several series and publish them on our website come4play.com.

In our universe, our heroes and heroines fight for all persuasions, Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender. Therefore, we obviously want our heroes and or heroines to also represent the diversity of human sexuality.

Since the site is age restricted, contributing graphic artists and writers will have almost complete artistic freedom to express this hot and sexy battle between good and evil.

Writers and graphic artists should be prepared with a pilot strip. Your Pilot Strip submission should come complete a title for your series, synopsis of the character, complete with description(s) that include details about who they are as a super hero and how they live in their secret identity, as well as what cause(s) they fight for and whom the fight against.
Stay tuned for more information and details regarding these projects.

The Staff…
come4play );-)~

info@come4play.com

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Hero

jmathew — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:42:47 GMT

Here's a little tribute I created honoring all the heroes I grew up reading about:

http://www.spinningblade.com/video/hero.html

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I Like To Watch…Tribe

DevastatorJr — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:32:49 GMT

Go on, admit it chickens, you like to watch...television that is. “I Like To Watch” is a tribe for anything and everything related to the grand ol' boob tube.

So join this new Tribe, it’s the cat’s pajamas!
http://tribes.tribe.net/iliketowatch

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something so silly....

kimyang13 — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:15:35 GMT

it's, well... silly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVdgmkc-xJA

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keen podcast...

kimyang13 — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:22:12 GMT

http://www.ifanboy.com/podcast.html

these guys are lotsa fun to listen to...

kim

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GhettoMan

AtlantaHoopla — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:47:32 GMT

Git chore hands off dis cape... my mee-maw made this cape, FOOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrc-UXDsT8

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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes

ninjafari — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:49:04 GMT

Deepak Chopra and Grant Morrison explore the social subconscious.

Thursday at the San Diego Comic-Con brought an intriguing collaboration. Grant Morrison and Deepak Chopra, having met for the first time the previous night, had a discussion about the role superheroes play in the social fabric.

A superhero is "symbolic expression of the social subconscious," according to Chopra. "The superhero is a mythological being" who exists "beyond outerspace and innerspace, creating a new idea of being."

Even deconstructing superheroes, a '90s movement fronted by the likes of Morrison, "comes from fear," according to the comics writer. "People are scared to be hopeful." And though writers and society pummeled Superman, he persevered and the core character survived for the new era of comics just now emerging.

Chopra suggested that the seven spiritual laws could mirror the seven chakras. "A Chakra is a junction point between consciousness and reality," Chopra explained before leading the audience through all seven.

"First chakra - Stability. Infinite centered awareness and dynamism.
Second chakra - Transformation. An absolute allegiance to transformation. Willingness not to have a permanent identity
Third - Power. Not in the sense of muscle, but in intention.
Fourth -- Love and compassion. Nothing better it is integrated with the rest of the Chakras.
Fifth - Creativity. Always creative solutions.
Sixth - Intuition.
Seventh - Transcendence."

The seven chakras can also be linked to the idea of seven gods, a theme that clearly parallels the seven main characters of the JLA.

"Look at the JLA," Morrison said. "They all map on the chakras. Batman is a human being of ultimate power [and intention.] Flash is communication. Superman is about giving selflessly He represents the sun. He is that thing that loves us unconditionally."

He added later that "Batman is like Christ harrowing Hell, because only he can withstand it. He endures everything for us. Batman is a character who was almost brought to the brink of his destruction," but who persevered. Batman is our shadow and "we have to look at the shadow and integrate the shadow [into our consciousness]."

And "yeah," Morrison admitted, Seven soldiers is an allegory to seven gods. "Mr. Miracle is the transcendent character," the seventh Chakra.

Superheroes are our new mythology. They are not so different from the Greek Gods, who were not as deeply seeded in religion as some may think. But what is mythology on a deeper level?

As Deepak Chopra asserts, a mythology "must address the collective consciousness in a certain archetypal way. It must offer an idealist vision to aspire [towards]." He added that, "a good story should never end and good guys should never win."

"There are six plots that people retell," Morrison said. "These stories are told again and again."

Myth is related to the word mother. As Chopra called it, "the womb of creation." Myth is not just hokey stories that explain why the sun rises and falls. That's a very simplistic view. To put it poetically, myths are where "we express our deepest longing and aspirations of collective being." Myth is a social experience beyond genetic codes or organized religions.

"The human story is about a quest, falling down, but getting up again," Chopra said. "Death and rebirth. It's about redeeming yourself and then redeeming others."

Our existence is still young in the eyes of the universe. "In many ways," Chopra said, "we are reaching puberty. There's a lot of curiosity, mistakes, risk-taking. But it is an exciting time." One full of possibilities, though there are certain to be some growing pains.

Chopra proposed that our current destructive nature may not mean the end of human existence. In fact, it could be part of the natural order of evolution. "The are no fossil records of the evolutionary transition between lizard and bird." It happened, but we have no true proof, just as we cannot find the missing link between ape and man. Chopra suggested that it is possible a species can experience a "creative quantum leap."

Think of a caterpillar. "A caterpillar consumes more than it needs to eat until it reaches a point where its body begins to decay and die. Imaginal cells cluster. The send communications to each other. The caterpillar is imagining a new entity. [The imaginal cells] use the dying carcass of the caterpillar to feed. A dormant gene awakens and the dying caterpillar becomes a butterfly, a completely new creature."

Now consider that "cloning, tinkering with the intelligence of the universe," are "ideas that existed in ancient mythologies." Yesterday's mythologies are today's science.

So think of our modern myths. Think of the superhero. "Look at destruction of environment," Morrison said. Look at what has become of our world and our society. "We are the imaginal cells."

Chopra put it plainly. "Superheroes may be a prelude to an actual leap in our evolution," as our social conscious has the knowledge of the possibility of flight and other incredible, superhuman feats.

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lookin' for some good manga or other stuff...

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:15:39 GMT

Can anyone recommend any halfway decent comics to read? It seems impossible these days to find a good story...Also, recommendations for manga?

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By 2040, Superman = God

AtlantaHoopla — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:36:14 GMT

http://www.johnath.com/~david/etc/superman.html

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Religion of Comic Book Characters

AtlantaHoopla — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:43:36 GMT

apologies if this has been posted before.

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html

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Your Super Powers

AtlantaHoopla — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:45:51 GMT

If you could have any super power you wanted - or combination of several - what would it be?

what would the rules be?

how would you make the super power work? would you have to energize up by eating something special, sleeping for 15 hours straight before hand, or meditating, etc...?

would using your super power zap your health in any way or drain certain 'normal' abilities for a period of time?

how would you hide your super power? i mean - it's not like you could just let everyone know you had it, right? the guys in black vans would be after you all the time.

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Secret Wars Re-enactment society

AtlantaHoopla — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:58:12 GMT

ok... ummm... what version of windows are you running?

ha! ha! ha!

oh how i do love my geeky brethren

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YveSHqhOkdo

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Superfriends meets Office Space

AtlantaHoopla — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:45:33 GMT

maybe not the best - but cute:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2665580

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Infinite crisis...

AlexBanchitta — Mon, 29 May 2006 07:20:24 GMT

Okay... i mean... wow... I can't believe no one has even spoke of this.... so in advance this is going to be a long rant and yes with plenty of spoilers, so if you haven't read this "earth shattering series!" consider yourself lucky and for the love of all that is holy keep as far away from it as possible.

I don't even know where to begin, I guess first off it's worth mentioning I've only been reading comics for about three years and a half., so I'm not some long time fan who is shocked that character x from some obscure series dies and as a result I feel this series is bad simply because of that. It's bad for a wholeeeee lot of reasons, if only it was because of something like that then maybe I could sleep at night and not be typing about something that in all reality doesn't matter, especially considering the fact I read one maybe two dc book's a month now.

Anyway, DC for the past year or more has been getting us "ready" for this CRAZY ULTIMATE CRISIS!!!!! and after emptying my wallet just so I can buy "possible countdown just buy this one shot" and "yea it's coming soon countdown but first buy these four mini series" and "yea here it comes this is going to be wild and you better have read at least two hundred dollars or more worth of DC crap and even gone back and bought crisis on infinite earths.. countdown" I must say that the idea that DC is PROUD of creating possibly the worst comic event in history blows my mind. I mean, for starters... call me crazy but... uhmm.. well if you've been apparently planning something for more than a year you'd think you would... you know keep the amount of inkers and pencillers per book under six... but that's just me.

And... again this is just me... but well, if you're suppose to uhmmm... be "changing the face of comics" than maybe... just maybe you'd want the new face of comics to be oh I don't know READER FRIENDLY that might be good for the face of comics, because comics have so many readers and comics stores aren't struggling to stay open or anything...

Now DC did something "smart" with infinite crisis, see DC felt that the characters that were established as good and benevolent in the 80's should, after a period of time become "misunderstood" and kill a plethora of unimportant heroes, especially if the character changes from "let's save the world and cherish humanity" to "fuck it I'll kill the whole world... to make it better... fuck it I'm just angry but somehow my intentions are good!" now mind you it's understandable though that these characters change in a span of two issues or so, because that's a long period of time in the comic world (possibly minutes in some cases).

Another fantastic idea of course is this new "edgy" vibe DC is giving off now. Exploding psycho pirates, alexander luthor being murder in graphic detail by joker in a dark alley and of course the original superman being beaten to death in a bloody mess by superboy prime (that's logical since he wasn't even a fraction of that strength in crisis on infinite earths) is all a "great" idea. But DC is catering to the fans after all and I'm sure all the fans wanted the original superman to be beaten to death in a anti climatic fashion, because I know I sure did.

And my personal favorite of the entire series... THE STORYTELLING! Yes, good job from the editors, I mean panels that overlap for no reason, two pages spreads that make you reread pages since you read them in the wrong order and important action scenes that try to piece any sense to the mayhem that is going on should of course be small and off to the side because we need a ton of room for superman looking "bad ass" but it all doesn't matter because it looks COOOL! I mean it worked for image right?! It's not as if we're all trying very very hard to forget that time in comic history and forgive ourselves for buying the cool hologram cover of spawn eating a baby or anything right?

I also am a big fan of how things happen so quickly that you barely know what's going on. "hey superman is attacking superboy prime... oh they went into a sun... I think... oh they are on a planet now and punching... i sure like punching... and there those green rocks are that hurt superman, i bet he won't like that... oh superboy prime is punching more... oh the green lanterns are there now and they are in space or something... well i do like space... so it makes senses" and my personal favorite moment "oh crap superboy prime is beating up a bunch of titans and killing them... oh... the flash hit him.. i think.. yea he did it's on the next page, now all the flashes are running fast and doing something weird... oh crap they're gone! oh wow there's barry allen! wait... they are all gone now into the speed force... uhmmm... okay? I mean the flashes combine in a matter of seconds realized they all need to sacrifice themselves to stop this great force that killed a bunch of c string characters, i mean they have super thinking so they figure that all out by watching him fight for thirty seconds or so..."

The only thing that really gets me to sleep at night is knowing that this is just the start of something great, DC felt the need to mention at the end of infinite crisis they are hard at work producing more gems of this quality and haven't taken anytime at all to take a breather. Because like infinite crisis the boys at DC don't take anytime to pace themselves, whether that pacing be in writing or storyteller DC wants nothing to do with it! They have 52 issues of comics to make per week and that may be tough since the same amount of writers on are on the book per week and a whole ton of new creative ongoing series to make (like CHECKMATE and the new COOL YOUNG TEEN Blue Beetle) so DC is just going a mile minute baby! And nothing, not the fans, not the critics, not self-respect will stand in their way!

::hits head against computer screen::

::passes out from major blood lose::

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Batwoman Comes Out!

AtlantaHoopla — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:46:37 GMT

http://www.dccomics.com/news/?nw=5864

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/06/01/batwoman.uncloseted.ap/index.html

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Want to team up with you if you have reservation for San Diego Con hotel?

Village_Rachel — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:09:11 GMT

I'm looking to share a hotel room at San Diego Con with another fan or professoinal couple.
Me and my fiancee Henry couldn't get a reservation on the first day when convention rates both opened and closed within a few hours... but did notice that it only is another $20 or so per night to turn a double into a quad.

Please consider sharing with us... we'll pay *more* than the extra $20 a night to help off-set sharing the bathroom.

Will be in San Diego late on Tuesday July 18th through mid-day on Monday July 24th. Let me know a little bit about yourself and I will do the same. Then we can talk on the phone and make arrangments. Likewise if you live in the area and can spare a sofa-bed.

-Rachel
www.bestfriendsproductions.com

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What are your wants?

HORxUS — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:00:55 GMT

I have many comics that are in NM condition and have been kept in protective covers with cardboard backing. I am looking to sell any/all of them. Here is just a short list of what I have...there are plenty more and in addition, I have a variety of trading cards including near complete sets of "Sandman" & "Julie Bell".

Hellblazer- X-Men- Wolverine- ~of these titles,there are more #s than listed below to fill the gaps~&more titles~

~HELLBLAZER~ (1990-1991)
#26 #30 #32 #36 #37 #38 #41 #42 #43
~WOLVERINE~ (1988-1990)
#1 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 *1st Sabretooth*
#35 #36 #49
~X-MEN~
Classic X-Men (1986-1990)
#1 #7 #8 #9 #10
#11 #28 #29 #30
#31 #32 #33 #34
THE UNCANNY X-MEN (1982)(1988-1990)
#162 #232 #236 #237 #238
#239 #244 #245 #246 #247
#248 #249 #250 #251 #252
#253 #254 #255 #256 #265
#266 #267 #268 #269 #279
THE DARK PHEONIX SAGA (1989)
#35 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40 #41
INFERNO (1988)
#240 #241 #242 #243

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Al's Comics Saved! Reopens Feb. 8

russellh — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:24:25 GMT

Wow.

The whole community came out to support Al in various ways, and he's now secured the old Victorian store front at 1803 Market St @ Octavia Blvd. That's the old Limelight Bookstore. Al says that only one family has owned the building, so they're all SF natives (Al was a kid on the Haight in the 1960s) and it was built in 1906.

He's gonna be closed at his Guerrero shop for a few days while he moves over, but plans on being open this Sat. The new store opens Feb. 8th

Phone and em are the same thought ATT/SBC won't get the phone up until later next week.

Al's endebted to his friends and community. He's really appreciated all the support.

Stop by and check out the new place. New things coming down the pike too, b/c Al has more space to grow.

See you there next week.

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Shipping This Week and next Week: March 22, 29 2006

JeanPowers — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:45:34 GMT

Shipping This Week: March 22, 2006

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS

FEB060002 MARVEL PREVIEWS APRIL 2006 PI
FEB060005 PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVI #4 PI
FEB060001 PREVIEWS VOL XVI #4 PI
FEB060003 PREVIEWS VOL XVI CONSUMER ORDER FORM #4 PI

DARK HORSE

NOV050046 13TH SON WORSE THING WAITING #4 (OF 4) $2.99
DEC058406 CURIOUS GEORGE FIGURE GACHA CAPSULE (O/A) PI
DEC058105 DISNEY PIXAR FIGURE COLL GACHA CAPSULE PI
FEB060111 POKEMON BUILDABLE FIGURES GACHA CAPSULE PI

DC COMICS

JAN060353 AMERICAN WAY #2 (OF 8) $2.99
JAN060276 BATMAN #651 $2.50
JAN060338 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #19 $2.25
JAN060279 CATWOMAN #53 $2.50
SEP050336 GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH POSTER $7.99
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Anyone going to Wizard World Los Angeles?

adam — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:21:01 GMT

We're gonna throw a party....

posted in comic book geeks - 1 reply

The OMAC Project TPB

FAUST — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:54:30 GMT

Just bought this at Barnes & Noble a couple of days ago. BRILLIANT!!!

I have to say, that I'm so in love with DC these days, I feel like I'm cheating on them if I read a Marvel title.

I highly recommend you go pick this volume up. Damn tasty.

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Shipping This Week and Next

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posted in comic book geeks - 0 replies

would like to open a comic book shop

ASTRObotic — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:30:52 GMT

anyone have any tips?
know how much money i would need to start one up?

posted in comic book geeks - 10 replies

several comic covers

DJ_JOE_INC — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:10:53 GMT

here is a link to a page with several comic covers form the 60's/70's and 80s

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/4633/comicart.html

posted in comic book geeks - 0 replies

WANTED

lolacarr — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:04:09 GMT

a friend just a lent a trade copy of this to me and all i can say is, it was freakin' awesome... nuclear condoms and giving the world the big fuck you. if only he had iced his lame girlfriend, too.

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