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Tonight in Comics…

Thursday, at 1:39 by
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Real quick post! Wanted to share about two events happening in Petaluma and San Francisco TONIGHT! In Petaluma, author Joe Hill (of Locke & Key fame) is going to be at Copperfield Books, discussing his new book, “NOS4R2″ In San Francisco, Four Color Friend Alexis Fajardo will be at the Cartoon Art Museum celebrating the release of his new graphic novel, “Kid Beowulf and the Rise of El Cid,” along with the opening of his exhibit as part of the museum’s… Read More »

Free Comic Book Day 2013!

Saturday, at 5:44 by
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It’s Comic Book Christmas! Today is Free Comic Book Day, the annual tradition of the comic book where, every first Saturday in May, publishers offer free comic books to readers in the hope of enticing them into checking out the rest of their books. The Complete List of Free Comics This year marks the 11th year the industry has done this event and it has grown immensely since then. Over the past few years, Marvel and DC have been using FCBD as… Read More »

Mr. Reece Goes to Comic-Con

Tuesday, at 3:44 by
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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” John Lennon said that. He might not have ever attended Comic-Con, but Mr. Lennon may as well have been describing my time in San Diego when he said it. Every amazing thing that happened, happened without plans. But more on that later. San Diego Comic-Con 2011 was a whirlwind of comic-related insanity. On the outer edges of it, Hollywood peddled its wares. Shows like The Big Bang Theory,… Read More »

Twas the Night Before Comic-Con

Monday, at 11:01 by

Cover mash up courtesy of superherouniverse.com Technically, its the night BEFORE the “Night Before Comic-Con”, but it IS the “Night Before Trevor Leaves for San Diego because He is NOT Doing That Drive in One Day.” Comic-Con starts Thursday for most folks, but for a select few who were fortunate enough to get the tickets for it, Wednesday night is the official kick-off with the highly coveted PREVIEW NIGHT, which is the only day where walking around the convention floor… Read More »

Peter Parker RIP

Saturday, at 3:01 by
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Peter Benjamin Parker, Ultimate Spider-Man, has died after succumbing to injuries at the hands of the Norman Osborn and a gunshot wound from protecting Captain Steve Rogers of the Ultimates. He is survived by his aunt, May Parker, his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, his roommates and friends, Johnny Storm (publicly known as the Human Torch), Bobby Drake (the mutant Iceman) and Gwen Stacy, daughter of deceased police officer George Stacy. He is preceded in death by his father and mother,… Read More »

WonderCon (A week later)

Saturday, at 4:37 by

There is usually a tide of excitement that follows a convention. Events are announced, creators are wheeled out. You remember why you read comics. This past WonderCon (April 1 – 3rd) seemed to be devoid of some of that. Both DC and Marvel (in its first WonderCon in years) were seeing the launch of their event books mere weeks after the convention, so the news was already out about those, with possibly the most exciting thing being DC’s Retro-Active, a… Read More »

WonderCon Tour

Wednesday, at 9:15 by

Hello faithful readers. The WonderCon write-up will be coming tomorrow, but until then, please enjoy this video I did for the Sonoma State STAR, the other publication that I write for at Sonoma State University, where I am currently finishing my studies. Enjoy and I will see you tomorrow!

Planet of the Alternative Press Expos

Thursday, at 8:23 by

It seems that October is a great time to like independent comics. October 4th was 24 Hour Comic Book Day, which is explained here. And now, we’ve just had APE (Alternative Press Expo) this past weekend in San Francisco. It’s fitting that APE is a part of Comic-Con International, as the convention is reminiscent of “Artist’s Alley.” For those who have never been down the “Alley,” I’ll give you a little taste. “Artist Alley” is simply a long parade of… Read More »

A Different Kinda “Twilight”

Friday, at 12:59 by

Just a quick post for this one, since I’ve already posted one thing today. It started out with just trying to find out what was going on with the current Dr. Fate, the last character to be written by the late, great Steve Gerber. But, as always, Wikipedia has a way of taking over the flow of the mind. One link leads to several and I was led to an article that I had forgotten existed. It is about the… Read More »

24 Hour Comics

Thursday, at 4:41 by

Quick post here. This past weekend was 24 Hour Comics Day. Here is the long and short of this exciting event: 24 Hour Comic Book Day was started by cartoonist and comic book theorist, Scott McCloud and artist Steve Bissette all the way back in 1990. The two of them, as the legend goes, decided that they were going to challenge themselves by putting together  complete (that is at least penciled and inked) 24 page comic books in 24 hours.… Read More »