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NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 1

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 25, 2006
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I am exhausted.Before I say anything else, I want to get this one thing out of the way. During the Distribution panel this afternoon, a mouse ran into the room, right past where I was sitting, and off towards the stage. It looked like the moderator, ICv2's Milton Griep, noticed it, or noticed something, but no one else did. I'm just glad I didn't let out a little yelp when I saw it. Mice don't bother me like rats do, though.Welcome to NY!And another side note: Javits charges some ridiculous amount to use their WiFi network. Something like $24.95/hour. So…

NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 0

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 23, 2006
Post category:Media Personal
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So it all begins tomorrow... :-)Actually, it technically began about 3 hours ago as the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference for Professionals is today, a series of panels on the past, present and future of graphic novels. Something I would have loved to attend, but alas, taking off tomorrow from work is about as much as I can handle. [EDIT: Tom McLean's coverage at the link.]The next three days promise to be a whirlwind of activity, with tomorrow probably being the most relaxed; once I get there, at least. Over the next 19 hours, I have to print some updated business…

COMMENT: Dawson Ditches Speakeasy

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 22, 2006
Post category:Media Pop Culture
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After ending 2005 with a flurry of bad press, fledgling indie publisher, Speakeasy Comics, kicked off 2006 with the first of what was presumably going to be a string of big announcements which would reposition them as a player to be reckoned with in the industry: Rosario Dawson's Occult Crimes Taskforce (O.C.T.)"Rosario Dawson is an artist in the purest sense. She can act, sing, as well as write. She’s just an all around creative person. We are thrilled to collaborate with Rosario, David and Tony on this one of a kind project. The Rosario Dawson fans of the world are…

On the Shelves: 2/22/06

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 21, 2006
Post category:Media Pop Culture Reviews
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Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/22/06. 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 WEEKBluesman: Vol. 1ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC Lions Tigers & Bears TPB, $9.99 Lullaby Wisdom Seeker Vol 1 TPB (AA), $9.99LT&B piqued my interest when it first came out, but I never picked it up. Interesting to see that…

COMMENT: Valentino’s Black Emissary

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 17, 2006
Post category:Media Pop Culture Reviews
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Jim Valentino's latest project, Emissary, sounds like it could generate some interesting message board debates that would likely become a regular feature on Fanboy Rampage...if it lasts long enough.This May, Image’s Shadowline imprint releases a book that poses the question of how the real world we live in would react to an actual super-being. And what if he were black? Would he have been accepted, beloved by the world at large? Or would he have been feared, rejected, even hated? Would his near omnipotence cause governments to tremble or would they attempt to use him to advance their own agendas?…

COMMENT: $25 Pop Quiz

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 15, 2006
Post category:Pop Culture
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Shane (Near-Mint Heroes) Bailey threw out an interesting challenge this week: a $25 budget, this week's release list, and the question, "What would you buy?"Winnowing my already light-for-me list this week was harder than I thought it would be thanks to Essential Moon Knight's $16.99 cover price, and really drove home the stark reality of a marketplace whose average consumer is estimated to have a $20/week budget, $16 of which is allocated to Marvel/DC titles. Even factoring in the handy discount I get, I'd still be spending more than $25 on this week's intended pulls, never mind the sampling I…

On The Shelves: 2/15/06

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 14, 2006
Post category:Media Pop Culture
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Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/15/06. 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 WEEKEssential Moon Knight: Vol. 1ANTARCTIC PRESS Alice In Wonderland #1 (Of 4), $3.50Is Alice in Wonderland in the public domain? Because she seems to pop up in an awful lot of comic books. Certainly makes attracting attention…