WW Chicago: a Convention, a remembrance and a couple of signatures.

Wizard world Chicago was this past weekend and as always we had a great time,
three days of enjoyment from the world of comics.



Everyone that went with me each had a special moment at the convention, either was meeting one of their favorite creators or getting a awesome sketch by someone famous or even getting a great deal on merchandise.

Before any of that i would like to say something on a sad note,
The convention was saddened on Saturday when the news was announce on the passing of Michael Turner (Aspen founder & Comic Artist),
Michael Turner (age 37) died on Friday night after an 8 year battle with cancer.



I have met Michael Turner several times at past conventions and he was a great person, he was never too tired to say hello or to give a sketch,
he was a wonderful human being and will be missed by his many fans and friends.

This year we were a smaller group that previous years, with some of our friends not being able to either have time go or afford to make it, and one who decided to go to Disney world instead
(your loss, Louie).


My girlfriend Elaine and I Stood in line most of the weekend to get autographs from some of my all-time favorite creators like Brian Michael Bendis, C B Cebulski and Skottie Young.



I was able to get Greg Rucka's (Queen & Country, Checkmate) autograph



and David Petersen's autographs (both on the book and on the figurines of Mouse Guard)



My Brother Tony was able to complete some of his Comic book runs like fantastic four and Exiles



My sister Nancy was around getting anyone and everyone to sketch in her sketchbook with the grand prize being a sketch of Runaways' Molly punching Wolverine by Humberto Ramos



Not to mention all the books I bought and the Awesome Spider-man and batman figures i got .



Overall this was a fantastic weekend a little sad to see a great artist pass away before his time,
but we will continue to enjoy his work and the work of many others to come.
Next year Wizard World Chicago will be in August 6-9, 2009
hope to see many more people there.

Wizard World Chicago. . . .Here I Come.

For those who don't know I'm a Huge Comic Fanboy,
("fanboy is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession." according to wikipedia.)
and every year since 1997, Wizard Entertainment has been hosts to four annual comic book conventions in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Texas.

I have been going since '99 or 2000 and Every year I look more and more forward to it and with most of my friends now reading comics, it has become a big group outing that everyone enjoys.

This year the Convention is in June (june 26-29) instead of late July or early August like previous years, this was done to keep up with having to be so close in dates with San Diego Comic-Con.

The Guest list looks to be very promising with many creators coming for the first time or back again after many years away.

Wizard world Chicago 2008

Guest of Honor

Warren Ellis (Thunderbolts, Astonishing X-men, etc)


Celebrities

Missy Peregrym (Actress – “reaper” Stick it”)

George “The Animal” Steele

Iron Sheik

Honky Tonk Man


Special Guests

Brian Michael Bendis (New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Powers, ult. Spiderman and Secret Invasion)

Alex Ross (Justice, Avengers/Invaders, Earth X, Kingdom Come)


Comic Creators

Mike Choi – X-men artist

Tony Daniel – Batman artist

Shane Davis – Superman/Batman artist

Adi Granov – Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas artist

Geoff Johns – Green Lantern, Action Comics writer

Alex Maleev – Daredevil: End of Days artist

Marc Silvestri – X-men: Messiah Complex artist, Top Cow Founder

Gail Simone – Bird of Prey, Wonder Woman writer

Arthur Suydam – Marvel Zombies cover artist

Brian Azzarello – 100 bullets, Batman: Gotham Knights writer

Art Baltazar – tiny titans artist

Joe Benitez – Batman, JLA artist

Alan Burnett – Batman: Gotham Knights writer

Mitch Breitweiser – Captain America: The Chosen artist

Jim Calafiore – Gotham: Underground artist

J Scott Campbell – Spider-man artist

C.B. Cebulski – The Loners, Marvel Fairy Tales writer

Olivier Coipel – Thor artist

David Finch – New Avengers artist

Brian J.L.Glass – Mice Templar writer

Greg Horn – Cover artist

Aaron Lopresti – Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel artist

David Mack – Kabuki artist/writer

Sean Mckeever – Teen Titans writer

Angel Medina – Spider-man Artist

Mike Norton – Green Arrow/Black Canary artist

Mike Perkins - Captain America artist

Humberto Ramos – Uncanny X-men, Runaways artist

Brian Reed – Avengers: Illuminati, Ms Marvel writer

Greg Rucka – Queen & Country, Whiteout, Batman Writer

Billy Tan – Uncanny X-Men Artist

Bruce Timm – Batman: the Animated Series creator

Ethan Van Sciver – Green Lantern artist

Freddie Williams II – Flash, Robin artist

And Many More...

The creators that I most look forward to seeing/meeting are Brian Bendis, Greg Rucka, Humberto ramos and Alex Maleev.

I Can't Wait For the Con to get here and if you go this year,
look for me I will be the one with a huge stack of books in my arms
and a huge smile on my face.

Summer Movies are Here!!!

With Iron Man releasing today (May 02), it is the first movie to kickoff the Summer Blockbuster Movie Season.
There a lot of movies coming out this summer and this just the list is the ones that my friends and I are really looking forward to...

hope you are excited about these movies as I am.



For the Month of May.

MAY 02, 2009

IRON MAN





MAY 09, 2008

SPEED RACER





MAY 16, 2008

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN





MAY 22,2008

NDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL





For the month of June:

JUNE 06,2008

YOU DON'T MESS WITH ZOHAN





JUNE 13

INCREDIBLE HULK & M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN'S THE HAPPENING




JUNE 27, 2008


WALL-E & WANTED




For the month of July:

JULY 02, 2008

HANCOCK



JULY 11, 2008

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY





JULY 18, 2008

THE DARK KNIGHT





JULY 25, 2008

X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (X-FILES 2)



and many more....

I can't wait for these movies especially The Dark Knight and The Incredible Hulk and Hellboy 2,

what are you looking forward to???

At Last...A Blast From our Past.

There has been a lot of DVDs coming out of shows from the past and present,
there is one TV show that has been missing from our shelves,
but the wait is almost over.

Now if you were a kid back in the early 90's ( or a teenager like me ),
then you grew up on Animaniacs , Pinky and the Brain and Hysteria!.

but before any these shows became part of our lives , there was Tiny Toons Adventures.




Tiny toons premiered on September 14, 1990 and ran for 3 seasons with a total number of 98 episodes (plus 2 specials), now with Animaniacs and Pinky and the brain already out on DVD the question was when if ever was tiny toons ever going to come out on DVD?.

Well the wait is over, on July 29, 2008 is the release date for TINY TOON ADVENTURES : season 1 part 1 (35 episodes from the 1st season on 4 DVD)



Now join me on July 29, 2008 as I and many others will be reliving our past and laughing our summer away.

Also, Check out the trailer for the DVD Release.

Finally . . . .Coming out on DVD.

This is a list of T.V shows on DVD that are coming out
within the next couple of months that I can't wait to own,
I'm especially looking forward to My Boys : season 1
and Birds of Prey : complete season

(there will be another blog with a huge announcement of a T.V show later on this week)

*this is a list of DVD's that I'm looking forward to buying, if you want to check it out for yourself, go to TV Shows on DVD website.


IN APRIL/MAY:

04/22
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Season 2




05/06
CROSSING JORDAN: Season 1




IN JUNE:

06/10
THE BOONDOCKS: Season 2




FANTASTIC FOUR - WORLD GREATEST HEROES: Season 1




MY BOYS: Season 1




06/24
FUTURAMA - THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS




IN JULY

07/01
MAD MEN: Season 1




07/15
BIRDS OF PREY: COMPLETE SERIES





07/29
FREAKAZOID!: Season 1




ROBOT CHICKEN: Star Wars




WITCHBLADE (LIVE ACTION): Complete Series

Turn off the lights . . . . for Earth's sake.

Please join in the Movement that is Earth Hour 2008.

In 2007 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour. If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney CBD during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year.

This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all of the world. As a result, at 8pm March 29, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tel Aviv will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.

The most important thing to do on 03/29/2008 is turn off your lights between 8pm and 9pm.

with this little gesture, we can make a big difference on our planet.

Check out EarthHour.org and also check out My EarthHour profile page, hopefully you can join in this Wonderful cause and don't forget to turn off the lights.