Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Gay Penguins a Menace to Society

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 21, 2006
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You can't make this stuff up...Persecution of the Penguin Bookby Claire Kirch, PW Daily -- 11/21/2006Movies about penguins might be box-office gold (March of the Penguins; Happy Feet), but controversy has been dogging a picture book about penguins, published in June 2005 by Simon & Schuster. And Tango Makes Three, written by professor of psychiatry Justin Richardson and playwright Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole, is the story of two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo, who hatch and raise a penguin chick. The tale is based on an actual event that occurred at that zoo in 1998.Although Tango…

On The Shelves: 11/22/06

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 21, 2006
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Reading is fundamental. Don't waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! My weekly sporadic, ill-informed look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 11/22/06 follows. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com] PICK OF THE WEEK Casanova #6ADHOUSE BOOKS Project Romantic HC Sgn, $60.00 Haven't had a chance to read my copy yet, but I did check out Debbie Huey's adorable…

Random Top 5: Most Anticipated

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 20, 2006
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The reorganizing of the apartment continues, but the comics bookshelf is complete, with every graphic novel and comic book-related book I own now in one place. Some had been stashed away in longboxes, but now that they're all breathing freely, I've noticed there are several I've yet to get around to reading yet.As soon as I'm finished reading The Prestige, the five I'm most anticipating getting to next are:5) Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics and Their Fans, by Jeffrey A. Brown4) Outlaws, Rebels, Freethinkers & Pirates, by Bob Levin3) Project: Romantic, by Various2) Goodbye, Chunky Rice, by Craig Thompson1) Will Eisner's…

Belated Halloween Happiness

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 18, 2006
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Bumperboy is one the reasons I could never give up comics completely! Debbie Huey rocks.

Call me muy lame-o!

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 16, 2006
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So, I'm in Boston with a free night, an expense account and my first appointment tomorrow not until 10am and a mere three blocks away from my hotel and I...1) Walked 5 blocks over to Faneuil Hall and had dinner at a divey Mexican restaurant I could afford on my own;2) Rushed back to my room to catch Grey's Anatomy.I am a disgrace to the sales profession!Earlier in the day, I got lost several times while navigating via Hertz' NeverLost GPS, which tends to not work well when it can't pick up its signal, like when you're underground, or say,…

Life of a Salesman and other stuff

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 15, 2006
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Heading up to Boston tomorrow (8am flight!) for five meetings in two days, pitching the two magazines that really attracted me to the position in the first place. (There's five I sell for altogether, but three of them are pretty well established and don't have as much new ground to break.) Two existing clients, one newish client (my first sale) and two brand-spanking new ones. If I can pull some solid business from at least two of them for 2007, it will be a successful trip, worth the stress and inconvenience being away from home during the week causes.Did I…

The Prestige, Comics, Life, etc.

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 14, 2006
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** No, I haven't seen Heroes yet, though not for lack of interest. Probably end up getting the Season One DVD and watching it when I retire, along with the many other movies and TV shows I've missed over the past couple of years. I did see The Prestige, though, and loved it. (Bought the novel, which I just started reading, mistakenly thinking it was by the Christopher Priest from comics.) Christopher Nolan is up there with M. Night Shyamalan and David Fincher as one of my favorite directors, and Christian Bale solidified his standing as my favorite Batman/Bruce Wayne.…