Big Apple Con Only One Week Away March 7, Kids’ Admission 2-for-1 After 2PM‏

Hey -I don’t even get a freebie out of this but I’m feeling generous!

Only One Week Away Until

MIKE CARBO’S BIG APPLE CON

Kids’ Admission 2 for 1 Starting 2 PM!

Saturday, March 7^th 10am~6pm Penn Plaza Pavilion, NYC

 In celebration of its 20th ANNIVERSARY, MIKE CARBONARO’s BIG APPLE CON, New York City‘s longest-running comic book/sci-fi/fantasy/horror/Cosplay convention, returns to PENN PLAZA PAVILION (401 7th Ave @ 33rd Street -opposite Madison Square Garden) on SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015 from 10am to 6pm. This amazing explosion of pop-culture will present hundreds of tables of vendors, top comics creators & celebrities, with panel discussions, a costume contest & more in one incredible day!

BIG APPLE CON proudly hosts a full “Artists Alley” of comic book, animation, & trading card creators, including: Rich Buckler (Deathlok, Fantastic Four), James O’Barr (The Crow), Mark Bode (Cobalt 60, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Mark Texeira (Ghost Rider, Black Panther), Joe Sinnott (Fantastic Four, Thor), Herb Trimpe (Incredible Hulk, Wolverine), Ramona Fradon (Super Friends, Aquaman), Larry Hama (G.I. Joe, Bucky O’Hare), Basil Gogos (Famous Monsters of Filmland), Billy Tucci (Shi, Sgt. Rock), Bob Rozakis (‘Mazing Man, Joker’s Daughter), Bill Plympton (the “King of Indie Animation”), Bob Camp (Ren & Stimpy, ThunderCats), Tom DeFalco (Thor, Spider-Girl),  Danny Fingeroth (Spider-Man, Daredevil),  Jim Salicrup (Avengers, Papercutz), Sean Chen (Iron Man, Valiant Comics), Jamal Igle (Molly Danger, Green Lantern), Rodney Ramos (Punisher War Journal, Transmetropolitan), Bob Wiacek (X-Men, Avengers), and Brian Kong (Upper Deck, MLB, NBA, NFL).

 The headlining media celebrity guests include: Pro Wrestlers “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, andBrimstone, Power Rangers Jason David Frank and Steve Cardenas, The Walking Dead’s Chris Harrelson, Moses Moseley and Theshay West, Paris Themmen (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Star Trek: Voyager), Playboy Playmate Cathy St. George, GinaMarie Zimmerman (Big Brother), Johnny Brennan (Jerky Boys, Family Guy), John Altamura (Toxic Avenger 2 & 3), Taimak (The Last Dragon), and Mike Zapic, Ming Chen & Robert Bruce from AMC’s Comic Book Men.

Captain Zorikh’s Costume Contest will once again bring the most amazing costumers and Cosplayers together! And at 7pm, the Captain will be hosting the NY SciFi & Fantasy Fire & Ice Official After-Party at Quinn’s NYC, 356 West 44th St!

DATE: Saturday, March 7th ~ 10am -6pm PLACE: Penn Plaza Pavilion ~ 401 7th Ave. @ 33rd St.

TICKETS: Advance $20 (adult), $10 (child 5-12, 2-for-1 after 2pm, 4 & under free!), More at the Door

TICKET PURCHASE & INFORMATION: www.nycbm.com

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bigappleconvention

May Ain’t That Far off!

You See, People: THIS Is WHY I Need To Make Money -Mykros, Photonik & l’Archer Blanc

I can only look, dream and weep!

WHY do I never get these books to review??!!  (I’m off to have a tantrum)

http://www.comicsplace.net/2013/11/05/les-supheros-sont-de-retour/

Les Sup’Héros sont de retour !

Une vague de nostalgie envahit les amateurs de super-héros, et l’envie de certains de redonner vie aux lectures de notre enfance sonne le rassemblement des Sup’Héros. Comme une évidence, la fin d’année 2013 va être marquée par un nombre incroyable d’initiatives isolées visant à remettre nos héros sur le devant de la scène. Voici en détail les différentes parutions à venir.

Delcourt nous propose de redécouvrir Mikros dans son intégralité et nous propose une première intégrale de 288 pages dans la collection Comics Fabric. Une réédition en noir & blanc avec une nouvelle couverture signée Jean-Yves Mitton. Son prix : 22,95€

Mikros Archives tome 1 est maintenant disponible chez Delcourt

Découvrez Mikros Archives tome 1

Delcourt toujours nous invite à découvrir un inédit : la rencontre entre Mikros & Photonik dans un album de 100 pages écrit et dessiné par Jean-Yves Mitton. Les couleurs sont signées Reed Man.

Mikros / Photonik sort le 20 Novembre chez Delcourt 

Découvrez Mikros / Photonik, de l’ombre à la lumière

Les éditions Black & White proposent deux intégrales Photonik de 600 pages avec l’intégralité des pages de Photonik parues dans Mustang et Spidey. Pour l’occasion, Ciro Tota a réalisé une nouvelle couverture. Ces intégrales sont limitées à 500 exemplaires. A noter que cette réédition est en N&B.

L’intégrale Photonik tome 1 sort fin Octobre chez Black & White
Découvrez Photonik – Intégrale tome 1

Découvert dans les pages du Journal de Mickey, l’Archer Blanc est une création de Jean-Yves Mitton et François Corteggiani.

Original Watts propose une intégrale de 144 pages de l’Archer Blanc en couleurs avec une couverture inédite de Thomas Frisano pour 59€

L’intégrale de l’Archer Blanc sort le 15 Novembre chez Original Watts

Découvrez l’Archer Blanc de Jean-Yves Mitton

Découvert dans les pages de Titans, Kronos de Jean-Yves aura droit à son intégrale chez Bleus & Originaux.

Kronos va faire l’objet d’un album de 138 pages, couverture souple, avec 8 pages en couleurs et le reste en N&B.

Sortie prévue en Novembre / Décembre 2013, pas plus d’info pour le moment.

Original Watts toujours nous propose un guide des Sup’Héros illustré par Jean-Yves Mitton, soit 46 fiches de personnages dont Mikros, Epsilon et j’en passe. Ca risque de faire un beau bouquin :

Sortie en Mars 2014

Organic Comix réalise un rêve de vieux fans en proposant dès le mois de décembre la suite de Demain les Monstres de Jean-Yves Mitton avec Demain… Mars, qui s’annonce galactique et érotique !

Découvrez Demain Mars
Découvrez Demain les Monstres
Découvrez les planches originales de Demain les Monstres !

Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek’s Mr Spock, dies at 83

 BBC NEWS

US actor Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr Spock in the cult sci-fi series Star Trek, has died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, his family has said.

His son, Adam, said he died of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Friday morning.
Nimoy had a long career as both an actor and director.

However he was best known for his portrayal of the half-human, half-Vulcan character in both the TV franchise and series of films.

Last year, the actor revealed he was suffering from chronic lung disease, despite stopping smoking more than 20 years ago.

It was reported earlier this week he had been taken to hospital on 19 February after suffering from chest pains.

He later tweeted: “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.”

He signed off with “LLAP” – a reference to his character’s famous catchphrase, “Live long and prosper”. It was to be his final tweet.

 

 

 

Tempus fugit

Mysterious Bright Spots Shine on Dwarf Planet Ceres -More Nuclear Attacks In Space?

Two interesting news reports.

 

An image of Ceres taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows that the brightest spot on the dwarf planet has a dimmer companion.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA 

 

 Mike Balls, AV Chronicle  26 February, 2015

In light of the reported dark green skies over Canada and Russia recently and the growing conspiracy theories not to mention the increasing number of UFO sightings and mystery drones spotted over France since last October this latest news has fuelled more speculation.

Professor Peter Sidebotham from the European Space Agency Deep Space Project told a recent news conference in Lucerne: “There can be little doubt that there have been recent nuclear explosions on the surface of Mars”  and at a hurried meeting of the Deep Space Project, Sidebotham told a reporter for CNN: “I think we have visitors to our solar system and they are not friendly”  (CNN News 23 January, 2015.

There is now a statement from Professor John Chance of the Lucerne Deep Observation Agency that similar explosions have been seen on other planetary bodies in the solar system including Ceres and that these explosions are clearly seen on NASA photographs. 

Both NASA and the European Space Agency have denied observing large artificial objects moving near to Mars.   Asked about the claims of the two scientists both agencies released replies worded exactly the same: “We cannot comment at this moment.”

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By Mike Wall | SPACE.com

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  SPACE.com/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA – Two photos of the dwarf planet Ceres taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2015, from a distance of about 52,000 miles (83,000 kilometers). 

NASA‘s Dawn spacecraft will have plenty of mysteries to investigate when it begins orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres next month, as the probe’s latest photos attest.

Dawn’s most recent images of Ceres, taken Feb. 12 at a distance of 52,000 miles (83,000 kilometers) away, show an abundance of craters on the dwarf planet, as well as numerous bright spots that have scientists baffled.

“As we slowly approach the stage, our eyes transfixed on Ceres and her planetary dance, we find she has beguiled us but left us none the wiser,” Dawn principal investigator Chris Russell of UCLA said in a statement. “We expected to be surprised; we did not expect to be this puzzled.”

The new photos, which have a resolution of 4.9 miles (7.8 km) per pixel, are the sharpest ever taken of Ceres, NASA officials said.

A large, flickering white spot was also visible in photos Dawn took of Ceres last month.

“We can confirm that it is something on Ceres that reflects more sunlight, but what that is remains a mystery,” Dawn mission director and chief engineer Marc Rayman, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, told Space.com via email at the time

Dawn could clear up the mystery soon. The probe is scheduled to enter orbit around the 590-mile-wide (950 km) Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, on the night of March 5. Dawn will start studying Ceres in earnest six weeks after that; the probe is scheduled to work its way down to its first science orbit on April 23.

The $466 million Dawn mission launched in September 2007 to study the asteroid belt’s two biggest denizens — the protoplanet Vesta, which is 330 miles (530 km) wide, and Ceres. Dawn orbited Vesta from July 2011 through September 2012, when it departed for Ceres.

Dawn’s observations of these two planetary building blocks should help scientists better understand the solar system’s early days, NASA officials said.

Dawn is scheduled to study Ceres from a variety of orbits through June 2016, when the probe’s mission will come to an end.

This is a The Green Skies promotion NOT reality

No. There Will Be No Black Tower Toy Figures!

Right. In November of last year I was contacted by a man who makes 54mm military figures for gamers.  He had quite a nice web site.

He told me that he realised even in poorer countries where there are comics you can find toys or action figures based on comic characters  I was told he had looked at UK comics -he had gone to comic shops (Forbidden Planet, Travelling Man and a couple others) but was shocked to find that unlike when he was younger there were no British comics and the staff basically told him “Dandy” and that was it.  So, he decided to go to local newsagents -they “always” had comics.  He found the Panini DC/Marvel reprints and “just loads of magazines with awful made in China cheap toys”.

Then he went to Thought Bubble, the comic event.  “Three different people told me I ought to contact you” ad he checked out the online store and blogs and got in touch.

He is quite right, toy and figure wise (particularly 54mm/1/32nd) UK comics have produced nothing.  Odd really but it probably comes from (1) no one contacting a company and (2) few people -even at the companies- have a knowledge of their own action heroes

Luckily, I had some rough rear, side and front design illoes I had put together for a toy company in the 1990s (nothing happened) and I sent these to him,  A couple of the BTCG books and that was it.  I saw the basic designed figures that are made before molding.  Heard from him in December and he was going to produce an initial ten figure set of BTCGs main characters. End of January I sent him a letter.  Then an email.  Now I hear back.

His bank “business advisor” who had been all for the project decided, just before he made the expensive molds, that he could no longer support the idea of funding the project.  The man apologised and said he would have sent the master figures to me but was so angry everything was dumped.  It seems he is also now moving to New Zealand to set up a business unrelated to gaming/toy figures.

I was disappointed but as we say in comics “It is not done and dusted until the cheque is cashed!” so was not heart-broken.  I thought it was interesting that the man reported: “The banks want to take your money from the business but will NOT back it!”   I’ve heard that so many times.

What I was **** off about was that my illoes were also thrown out.

So, any figure manufacturers out there get in touch.  I have the characters, blogs and outlets to publicise.  But not for free!

I Finally Got Him!

I Wish!!!

And I need to thank Subzero -ace German blogger- for helping me complete the whole run.  I think I have an idea for my next video!

Strip Magazine

We’re sorry for the ongoing and frustrating delays to I really wanted to rest today.  Anyhow, I get a couple of requests a month about STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine and just why I have no idea.  Wasn’t involved.  Wasn’t asked to be involved.  Request for a review copy (after each of the Press Releases I got from them) never got a response

meh

Anyway, from what I can find out there were three issues? That’s it.  No idea what happened.  No one tells me these things!

The other question is usually about Clint magazine and, no, same applies as per Strip but at I wrong in saying it has ceased publishing?

This is UK comics for you.  Try as you might no one wants to tell you anything.

So, no, I have no idea about either publication -send THEM an email and see if they reply!

In 1925 They Were Mankinds Last Great Hope….WTF Happened??

Welcome Brazil!