[Press] Comics Fighting Cancer!

As some of you might know, I lost my brother Brian to cancer in 2002, so this is a cause close to my heart.  I have been asked to do a review of this when it comes out, and I will be honored to do so.

Comics Fighting Cancer is a new way to donate to fight cancer! All Profits will go towards The National Foundation for Cancer Research. What makes this project unique is the fact that our comic is completely donor funded. Every page of this comic was paid for by people wanting to create a change and find a cure for cancer. We hope you will join us in the fight against cancer.

How can you help?

You can help by buying our Comics Fighting Cancer products and spreading the word about this project. The number one thing is that we need people to get involved in this project. With more people talking about this project, we increase our chances of success.

Where can I purchase Comics Fighting Cancer products?

These products will be available in multiple retail outlets across the United States. These locations will be announced on our website. You may also purchase these products on our website and various outlets online. We will have both physical and digital copies available for sell of RIP #1.
Brief Summary Of RIP No.01

Two years ago he lost everything that he had ever loved. The vampires took her from him and he wants her back. It is their unusual appetite and uncontrollable cravings that set them apart from the ones that they hunt, but to the humans, they look somewhat normal. He knows better. With the help of high tech friend Chet and the curiously flawless and sexy Anaya, RIP will not stop until he gets his wife back, along with all of the missing. However, after RIP finds out that local doctors and scientists have become a few of the many that were taken, he begins to fear for the purity of the entire human race. With the motivation and power to kill any vampire that stands in his way, and the knowledge of exactly how to do it, RIP becomes an unstoppable force that not even the many faces of immortality can match.

More Information is available on our website

www.BlackSnakeStudios.com

Chicago Comic-Con 2009 Day 3 and Wrap up

I slept in very late for me on Sunday, and didn’t make it to the con until about 1pm.  That game me about an hour to shop until the DC Sunday Conversation panel at 2

On the way to the panel, I ment “Pants” from the Comic Geek Speak podcast, my favorite Comic Book podcast; in line for the same panel.  It was really great to meet him, since I was able to let him know what I great enjoyment I get from their show.

After the panel, it was back for some last second shopping before the con closed.

In wrap up, I was asked on the Comic Geek Speak forums if it was worth the trip out to the con.  This is what I had to say

I would say yes and no. Yes in the fact that I really needed a little time away (long story), and the fact that I got to see Perez again and let him know he is still my favorite. As well as meeting the other creators that I got to meet.

No in the fact that I was more dissapointed on the lack of the DC and Marvel (Boom, Dark Horse, etc…) booths than I thought. Having all those tv, movie, and wrestling people kind of brought things down for me, since most of them were charging so much for autographs, photos, etc…

Overall it was a great time for me. I don’t have a local shop, but when I do get to go to one its always rushed and I don’t really get to spend the time that I want too. Being able to take all the time that I wanted to look at whatever I wanted too was really great and has really energized my enthusiasm for comics more than it has in a long time.

From a comics industry standpoint, it also gave me first hand knowledge on how we have heard on some of the podcasts on how Marvel is flooding the market with stuff. I can’t tell you how many $5 trade boxes i went through that were full of scores and scores of Marvel stuff, I would say 95% of it. Some of it was only a few months old. Today I was even able to pick up the first three Brand New day hardcovers for $5 a piece. I haven’t read Marvel for years, and I was able to get a lot of stuff that I have wondered about this weekend.

That is it for this con.  Coming soon, COMIC BOOK REVIEWS!

Chicago Comic-Con 2009 Day 2

I had a great day yesterday, things were packed by the time I got down to the con.  I started out the day in Artist Alley to see what I could see.  Weaving through the crowd, I come across Phil Hester and bought a page from Green Arrow #31, page 7 specifically, and got it signed by him and Ande Parks for a really great price of $25!

I also got two great prints by Jason Metcalf for $5 each

The Robin: Search for a Hero Trade (for half price) signed by the artist Freddie Williams II

and last, but certainly not least, got a copy of Legion of Three Worlds #4 signed by George Perez, and also got a picture of him.  I showed him that picture of him 13 years ago, and he really got a kick out of it!

Over all a great day!  Enjoy the rest of my pics from yesterday:

Chicago Comic-Con 2009 Day 0

Long lay over at the airport wore me out and I ended up getting into town right at the time preview night started.

By the time I got to the hotel and got ready, it was about 5:30, so I high tailed it to the convention center.

It is about a mile (through skyways and the parking garage) to get there from my hotel, so the old out of shape feet were already hurting by the time I got there.

When I got there, I just pretty much walked around aimlessly in a daze just taking in the amount of dealers that were there already.  Several dealers were already selling things pretty cheap.  $5 trades!!!  I ended up with $87 dollars with stuff for just $20!  Well anyway, I need to start getting around, the con has already started and I need to get ready.  Enjoy some pics

The most pivotal Legion of Super-Heroes issue EVER!!

Well at least it was to me.

I give you Legion of Super-Heroes V2 #312

Now why is this such a pivotal issue to me??  Because my name is printed on the last page of the letters column!  Check out the middle section.

My hometown is misspelled, but that is still pretty cool!!

Now here comes the freaky part, if you read the text:

Chris Mosby of Neosha, Mo suggests that we use our second text page for a separate case history of each Legionnaire. We’re considering that, Chris, but we may also simply compile them all into a special issue next summer!

Now this issue was published in 1984, but Who’s Who didn’t come out till 1985, and Who’s Who of the LSH didn’t come out till 1988.

So the question is, was Who’s Who my idea??

Back from vacation..

and I found myself locked out of my own blog.  Not sure what happened, but had to reinstall everything and restore the database to get things working again.

I know that bluehost had an complete outage while I was gone, so it makes we wonder if they had somekind of hack that was the cause of it.

I should be writing reviews…

but instead I’m waiting around to see how much trouble I am in for doing my job at work.

Don’t get me wrong, I am glad I have a job.? However, when you get in trouble for doing your job so well it makes others look bad, it kind of takes the fun out of it.

Look for more news and reviews when the shitstorm blows over.

The word for today is: meh

Internet back up?

Looks like my earlier post got some attention from Comcast. ? I actually got a call at work (they must have googled my number)? from them offering help on the situation.? I had just checked one of my servers at home and it was now up and accessible.

I wasn’t sure about the cable, so the comcast lady gave me her direct line in case its not up later.

That was very odd, but at least i have Internet again.

What the hell happened to this blog!?!?!

Well that is definitely a good question, and one I will try to answer.? ? I have always wanted to make this blog a comic book news and reviews site, have things timely, and from a different perspective than the other comic book blogs out there.? I thought it would be easy to do with the wealth of information that was out there.

I was wrong.

There are are at least thousands of comic book blogs out there, some good and some bad, but more than I ever could have imagined.? I tried to keep up, but with the book, work, a personal life, my utter lack of a local comic shop, it is just impossible to keep up with some of the die hard bloggers that are out there.? Especially the ones that have worked out a way to do this for a living.? I was so overwhelmed with it all that I just stopped working on this blog at all, and I hated that.

So I am going to stop trying to keep up with everyone else and just do my thing, as I want to do it.? ? I am going to make a concerted effort to at least post something every day, be it a comic review, a comment about something, a rant about things that bother me, or how really worthless that Bing.com is as a search engine.

The bottom line is that I have the urge to write, and I have to start somewhere.

Microsoft MVP again(?)

Well April 1st came and went and I never did receive an official e-mail stating I was re-awarded the MVP award this time around.? On the other hand I was not on a list I saw of people that were not re-awarded either, so I have kind of kept quiet about it up to this point.? An e-mail and phone to my lead has had no response yet.

Today however, I got an e-mail stating that my MVP Award Kit has been shipped, so I guess they want me around for another year.

This will make my fourth consecutive MVP award (unless there was a mistake some where), and once again I am honored to be part of such a talented group.

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