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Marvel Announces NYCC 2010 Signing Schedule
October 8, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con, Top Stories
New York Comic Con is almost here and we know you're going to be spending a lot of time at the Marvel Booth (#1843). And why wouldn't you be? You'll have the chance to meet the legendary Stan Lee your favorite superstar Marvel creators like Joe Quesada, Jeph Loeb and Brian Michael Bendis and so many more!
Marvel always brings the best talent and the biggest announcements to New York and this year is no different. So clear those calendars True Believers because Marvel plans on keeping you busy! Between the star-studded appearances in the Marvel booth and the Earth-shattering announcements at all the Marvel panels, you won't have time for anything else!
Source: Marvel.com
NYCC 2010 Unveils Artist Alley
July 29, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Anime, Comic Books, Convention News, Gaming, Horror, Manga, Movies, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Video Games, Webcomics
Press Release:
New York Comic Con's Newly Added Artists Include J. Scott Campbell, Tom DeFalco, Steve Scott, Mark Morales, among many others …
Norwalk, CT, July 29, 2010: New York Comic Con (NYCC) has announced the preliminary line up of artists who will be appearing in Artist Alley this year. More than 300 guests have already signed up and show officials note that the list will continue to grow as the annual pop culture convention gets closer. This compares with 250 artists who appeared in Artist Alley last year. NYCC, which will be co-located with the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) in 2010, will take place October 8 – 10 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. Among the artists who have joined the top headliners in Artist Alley include: J. Scott Campbell, Jimmy Cheung, Chris Claremont, Geof Darrow, Tom DeFalco, Leo Leibelman, Mark Morales, Steve Scott, and Leinil Francis Yu.
"This is an awesome Artist Alley and it's only going to get better," notes Lance Fensterman, Vice President for ReedPOP and Show Manager for both NYCC and NYAF. "It certainly underscores how popular the venue is, and how much the fans want to see and talk to these incredible artists. Artist Alley is an unparalleled opportunity since it offers a unique chance to get up close to some of the best artists working today. We are incredibly pleased to be able to facilitate this kind of 'up close' communication and interaction. Across the board, this is going to be New York Comic Con's best year ever!"
For more information about the complete line up of artists participating in Artist Alley please go to their website. As noted, the 2010 New York Comic Con be co-located with the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) and will occupy the entire Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. Tickets for NYCC and NYAF may be purchased at www.nycomiccon.com. Other information about the shows, as well as news about ReedPOP, which also organizes Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), is available at Lance Fensterman's blog, www.mediumatlarge.net.
J. SCOTT CAMPBELL: J. Scott Campbell is a renowned illustrator and a world famous comic book artist with over a decade and a half in the business. Best known for his landmark series Danger Girl, where he served as both creator and artist, Scott has also created a huge fan-base over the years from his work on such titles as Gen 13, Spider-Man, Wildsiderz and most recently his very first pin-up calendar FairyTale Fantasies, featuring his very recognizable, sexy and playful girly art. An all around talent, Campbell has also dabbled in the fields of film design, video games, toys, animation, commercial art, and self publishing. His current projects include upcoming interiors on Spider-Man in addition to many high profile covers for Marvel Comics.
JIM CHEUNG: Originally hailing from the UK, Jim now resides in Florida, pencilling exclusively for Marvel Comics. He is currently working on a new Young Avengers project with Allan Heinberg as well as providing covers for the Secret Warriors series. His past projects for Marvel have included Iron Man, X-Force, Uncanny X-Men, Illuminati and New Avengers, and he is responsible for co-creating the Young Avengers and Scion for Crossgen Comics.
CHRIS CLAREMONT: Writer Chris Claremont's stories have achieved best-seller status, won numerous awards, and are trend-setters for the industry. Although best known for his work on Marvel Comic's X-Men series, he has written other seminal characters such as Batman and Superman; originated several creator-owned series; is published throughout the world in many different languages; authored nine novels; and has had his first video game premier in Spring 2006. In total, Chris has sold approximately 500,000,000 comics, world wide. Chris is also known for his progressive treatment of women in a genre that oftentimes relies on stereotype. Active, intelligent, courageous women characters such as Jean Grey, Kitty Pryde, and Storm have made Chris's X-Men as popular with women readers as men. The Summer of 2000 saw the release of the feature film, X-Men, based largely on material created by Chris. The sequel, X-2, contains characters and key story elements from Chris's best-selling graphic novel, God Loves, Man Kills. X-Men: The Last Stand, released in May 2006, is grounded in the Dark Phoenix saga. The forthcoming second Wolverine movie is based largely on the graphic novel, Wolverine, by Chris and Frank Miller. Current projects include the on-going Marvel series X-Men Forever, the one-shot X-Women, drawn by renowned Italian artist Milo Manara, and several exciting, soon-to-be announced prose projects.
GEOF DARROW: Geof Darrow was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and studied drawing at the Chicago Acadamy of Fine Arts and Hanna-Barbera School of Frustration. He has lived and worked in four countries: U.S.A., France, Japan, and California. His credits include the comics work HardBpiled, Big Guy (with Frank Miller) and Shaolin Cowboy (with his split personality The Chubby Johnson). He has done concept work with film directors Wachoswki Brothers, Ridley Scott, and JJ Abrams amongst others. He has met President Frederick Mitterand of France and has never met either Bush Presidents. He continues to work in comics, film, animal husbandry, and never intends to meet either Bush' or maverick media vampire Sarah Palin.
TOM DEFALCO: A former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics with over thirty books currently in print, Tom DeFalco has written comic books, graphic novels, short stories, prose novels and books like Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide and Comic Creators on Fantastic Four. He was also a major contributor to The Marvel Encyclopedia and The Marvel Chronology. DeFalco has recently worked on Star Wars: The Clone Wars for Titan Comics, The Man From RIVERDALE for Archie Comics, Flash Gordon for Ardden Entertainment, The Flying Fool for Moonstone Books and, of course, The Spectacular Spider-Girl for Marvel Comics. He is currently writing a new Thunderstrike limited series with co-creator Ron Frenz.
LEO LEIBELMAN: Leo Leibelman went to the HS of Music and Art and took a How to Draw Comic Books class under Carlos Infantino. Those classes paid off because a few years later in 1994 he began working for Marvel Comics on Savage Sword of Conan. From there, Leo worked for Acclaim Comics on Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Majick: the Gathering and Topps on Hercules. Leo eventually moved to the Great White North and found himself in the film industry while still keeping his hand in the comics business. Besides comics and film, Leo has painted covers for romance novels and has illustrated for educational CD roms. Currently, Leo is working on films and TV shows full time and has produced some covers for magazines like Heavy Metal.
MARK MORALES: A graduate of New York's famed School of Visual Arts, Mark Morales is a longtime comics veteran. Over the course of his 15 year career, he has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics and various others, mostly as an inker. Through the years, Mark has worked on such titles as Uncanny X-men, Secret Invasion, Justice League, New Avengers, Thor, Daredevil and many others. Currently he is hard at work on 'Siege' from Marvel Comics.
STEVE SCOTT: Comic artist Steve Scott's work recently graced the X-Men Forever series with writer Chris Claremont as well as a current Green Lantern special project at DC Comics. He is also the only artist tapped by DC Comics to do any work relating to Batman Forever, depicting the now legendary turn of Heath Ledger as The Joker. Steve's work has also often been seen on the television show Smallville and in other special projects for DC Comics. He began his comics career at Malibu Comics and enjoyed immediate success but continued to lead a dual life as firefighter by day and artist by night– for more than sixteen years, in fact! After 9/11, Steve was selected among the few to contribute to DC Comics' The Worlds Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember. Recent and current projects at Marvel Comics, and DC Comics include working with industry legends Louise Simonson and Chris Claremont on the titles Magik and Exiles, the Marvel Adventures line featuring Fantastic Four, Avengers, and the Hulk, work on She-Hulk, and a Kyle XY one shot for Disney/ABC with writer Jeff Parker.
LENIEL FRANCIS YU: Leinil Yu's first interest in Comics was sparked by a copy of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way when he was 11. It was later reinforced by positive responses from talent scouts from Wildstorn/Homage and Darkhorse, published fan art in Wizard Magazine and first professional work on Entity Comics' Aster. The major break was Whilce Portacio's tutelage where the training landed him his first mainstream comics gig: Wolverine in 1997. After a lengthy run, he later took on the Uncanny X-men, X-men, Highroads, Superman: Birthright, Silent Dragon, Ult, Hulk/Wolverine, New Avengers, Marvel's 2008 Epic: Secret Invasion, and a series of projects with writer Mark Millar, Ultimate Avengers and their creator-owned project: Superior. He lives in Manila, Philippines.
ABOUT REEDPOP: ReedPOP is a boutique group within Reed Exhibitions which is exclusively devoted to organizing events, launching and acquiring new shows, and partnering with premium brands in the pop culture arena. ReedPOP is dedicated to producing celebrations of popular culture throughout the world that transcend ordinary events by providing unique access and dynamic personal experiences for consumers and fans. The ReedPOP portfolio includes: New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East & West, Star Wars Celebration V, New York Anime Festival (NYAF), and UFC Fan Expo. The staff at ReedPOP is a fan based group of professionals producing shows for other fans, thus making them uniquely qualified to service those with whom they share a common passion. ReedPOP is focused on bringing its expertise and knowledge to world communities in North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
Marvel Announces SDCC 2010 Panel Schedule
July 16, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Anime, California, Collectibles, Comic Books, Comic-Con International, Convention News, Gaming, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Top Stories
Marvel has released their panel schedule for Comic-Con International: San Diego. They will be live blogging all their panels for everyone following along at home. For the full details, go here.
Thursday, July 22
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Pacific, Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way
Welcome to the House of Ideas, where the doors have never been more open to new talent than today! Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski is joined by special guests Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos & more to talk about what it takes to make yours Marvel as a profession, from writer to artist to editor and more! Do you have what it takes? Come find out!! Room 6DE
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Pacific, Mondo Marvel
It's the panel about all things Marvel! We've got the top talent on hand to talk about all of your favorite heroes and villains as well as make a few surprise announcements! Panelists include everyone from Jeph Loeb (HULK), Brian Michael Bendis (AVENGERS), Marvel's Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (THE THANOS IMPERATIVE), Jim McCann (HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD) Senior Editor Mark Paniccia and more as they take on all questions! Room 6DE
5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Pacific, What's Next – Welcome to the Digital House of Ideas
Get the inside scoop on the all-new, all-improved, all-awesome Marvel.com, Marvel Digital Comics, Marvel Motion Comics and so much more! With the launch of the groundbreaking Marvel Comics app in the iTunes App Store, this has been a historic year for the Digital House of Ideas. Now, find out what's next! Meet fellow fans of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited and find out which of the hundreds of completed series in the service everyone's talking about. Plus, get caught up on Marvel.com's free streaming animated shows, how to "Create Your Own Comic" and "Super Hero," original video productions, the Marvel Audience Network including our very own social network and so much more. Join members of the Marvel Digital Media Group for all the digital dynamite! Room 6DC
Friday, July 23
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pacific, X-Men
Following SECOND COMING, Marvel's merry mutants are unable to catch a quick breather. As CURSE OF THE MUTANTS begins, there's no telling what the vampires have in store for the X-Men…or is there? You've got questions & these people have answers! Vice President, Executive Editor Axel Alonso is joined by a host of creators to lay out what's going on with the X-Men. Panelists include Matt Fraction (UNCANNY X-MEN), Victor Gischler (X-MEN), Marjorie Liu (DARK WOLVERINE), Daniel Way (DEADPOOL), Editor Nick Lowe and more for this all-new, all-DEADLY panel! Room 6DE
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Pacific, Marvel Video Games
"Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions," "Super Hero Squad Online," "Marvel vs. Capcom 3," "Thor" and more. Join us for exclusive trailers, surprise reveals, and Q & A with the game creators as well as the Marvel writers working on the next wave of Marvel Games from some of the industries top publishers. Room 6DE
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Pacific, Marvel Animation
Hosted by an all-star cast of Marvel Animation talent, and featuring a special guest of legendary proportions, this interactive game-show panel will get you more than excited about Marvel's new and continuing animated series. Here's your chance to snag some sweet Marvel merchandise! Come be a part of the action, with all new seasons of "The Super Hero Squad Show" and "Iron Man Armored Adventures" as well as Marvel Knights, Marvel Anime, and other upcoming Marvel Animation properties! Room 6BCF
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pacific, "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds"
The wait is over! After a decade of demand, Capcom delivers with "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds"! Learn all you need to know about the characters, levels, storyline, fight moves and combos from Producer, Ryota Niitsuma and Special Advisor Seth Killian of Capcom, along with TQ Jefferson, Director of Games at Marvel Entertainment and Frank Tieri, writer for Marvel Comics. Then show off your fighting game skills as we pull audience members for some spontaneous challenge matches to win exclusive MVC3 prizes! Followed by a Q&A session. Room 24ABC
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Pacific, "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions"
Four Spider-Man worlds collide at San Diego Comic-Con in Activision's "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions." For the first time, creative talent from all four Spider-Man universes featured in the game (Amazing, Noir, 2099 and a to-be-revealed universe) come together to discuss all of the aspects that go into creating a dynamic and explosive videogame experience from four unique settings. Get an insider's look at the creative thinking and collaborative effort between comic books and videogames with Spider-Man legend Stan Lee, acclaimed Marvel writer Dan Slott (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN), familiar Spider-Man voiceover talent from the game and members from Marvel and game developer Beenox, as they dive into the rich lore of past and present Spider-Man, discuss bringing Spider-Man to life in four distinct ways and unveil new content and gameplay from the upcoming game. Room 5AB
5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Pacific, Heroic Age – The Avengers
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE! Heeding the call, Earth's Greatest have assembled once for the most anticipated comic's event in a decade! With Steve Rogers back leading the charge – what kind of threats can his teams expect to face? Find out here as the creators behind your favorite Marvel heroes answer your questions and let you in on what happens next! Join Editor In Chief and CCO, Joe Quesada, Marvel's Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski, Brian Michael Bendis (AVENGERS), Matt Fraction (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN), Jim McCann (HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD) and more as they shed some light on the HEROIC AGE! Room 6BCF
Join the liveblog here.
8:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Pacific, Iron Man Anime Screening
Witness the dawn of Marvel Anime as we WORLD PREMIERE the highly anticipated, full-length, pilot episode of Iron Man! In addition to the screening, we will be featuring an exclusive first look at upcoming designs, produced by the world-renowned Japanese animation studio, Madhouse–whose notable films (to name a few) include hits such as: "Ninja Scroll" and "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time." Room 6DE
Saturday, July 24
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pacific, Marvel Comics Writers Unite!
The third in Comic-Con's series of "Year of the Writer/Comics Writers Unite!" panels focuses on Marvel Comics and includes Comic-Con special guests Brian Michael Bendis (AVENGERS, NEW AVENGERS, ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN), Matt Fraction (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN, THOR) and Chris Claremont (X-MEN FOREVER, X-WOMEN) in a discussion with writer Mark Waid (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN). Room 6DE
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Pacific, Cup O' Joe
This is it, Mighty Marvel fans- the no-holds-barred, anything goes, full of surprises panel you wait all year for, and it's here! Marvel's Editor-in-Chief and CCO, Joe Quesada, takes on all questions, shocks the audience with jaw-dropping announcements, and keeps you guessing with surprise guests. You never know who will show up, but you better be here, because this is the panel that everyone will be talking about! Room 6BCF
1 p.m. – 2 p.m., Hasbro Marvel Toys
Jerry Jivoin and Julien Lee (Hasbro Marketing) and Joshua Lamb, Dave Vonner and Dwight Stall (Hasbro Design) present the latest toys from the Iron Man, Spider-Man, Marvel Universe and Super Hero Squad toy lines for 2010. Also, get a sneak peek at the 2011 lines! Includes Q&A time.
Room 25ABC
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Pacific, Marvel Animation: Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Enter the Avengers Mansion and become a part of the team! Celebrity voice talent will introduce you to top-secret Avengers files, including never before seen footage, imagery, and the WORLD PREMIERE of two full-length episodes from the all-new "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" animated series premiering on Disney XD this fall! The road to the Avengers starts here! Room 6DE
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Pacific, Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios presents "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger." Join Producer Kevin Feige and special guests as they give you an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hall H
Sunday, July 25
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pacific, "Super Hero Squad Online"
Join The Amazing Society–aka the "Super Hero Squad Online" development team–as they discuss what it's like to be working with Marvel Entertainment to create a family-friendly MMO that will appeal to Marvel fans old and young alike. Come along to see some amazing gameplay footage, get an exclusive first look at some unique features of "SHSO," and get up close and personal with the developers of the first Marvel MMO for all ages! Room 7AB
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pacific, Sideshow Toys
The Sideshow Collectibles Design and Development Team present an in-depth look at some of Sideshow's most popular product lines and licenses, including Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Marvel Comics, The Lord of the Rings and many more, offering insight into the design process, sneak peeks of upcoming products, a Q&A session and giveaways.
Room 32AB
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific, The Women of Marvel
One of the most talked about panels from last year is back! Forget Storm & She-Hulk; meet the real Ms. Marvels of the comic world! Join women from every discipline in the creative process at Marvel to hear what it's like working as a woman in comics today and how you can join them. Say goodbye to the so-called "Boy's Club," these ladies are busting down the four-color ceiling! Guests include Marjorie Liu (BLACK WIDOW), Kathryn Immonen (HERALDS), Christina Strain (SHADOWLAND) and more! Room 7AB
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Pacific, Spider-Man
The hunt has begun and the moment in time that everyone's been clamoring about is almost here! How much more can everyone's favorite web-slinger take? You've got questions & these people have answers! Join Dan Slott (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN), Marvel's Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Assistant Editor Tom Brennan as they talk about what's on the horizon for Peter Parker and just what is Origin of the Species? There's only one way to find out True Believers – come on over and find out! Room 6A
NYC – X-Men Forever Signing
May 14, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Chris Claremont signs at Jim Hanley's Universe in New York City on Wednesday, June 2!
I think it goes without saying that writer Chris Claremont is one of the most significant comic creators of his or any generation – indeed, his groundbreaking decades-long work with the X-books in the Marvel Universe have had a profound influence on not just superhero comics, but on pop culture itself! It is our great honor to announce that Chris Claremont will be returning to Jim Hanley's Universe in New York City to sign on Wednesday, June 2 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm!
June 2 marks the release of Giant-Size X-Men Forever #1, Claremont's continued exploration of his X-Men Forever mythos!
Jim Hanley's Universe, 4 West 33rd St, New York, NY
(opposite The Empire State Building)
(212) 268-7088
UK – X-Men Forever Signing
May 11, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, England, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Chris Claremont signs on Thursday 20 May 6:00 – 7:00pm
Forbidden Planet London Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR
Comic legend CHRIS CLAREMONT will be signing X-MEN: FOREVER Vol. 1 and 2 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 20th May 6 – 7pm.
Something big has surfaced in South America – an enemy the battered X-Men will have to face head-on! Kitty, Jean Gray, Beast, Nightcrawler and Rogue join S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury on an investigation into mysterious occurrences deep in the jungle. While investigating a familiar enemy, Fury recalls a mission from his past, when he served with an old friend, a Canadian soldier named Logan.
During his 17 years as X-Men writer, Chris Claremont wrote or co-wrote many classic X-Men stories, such as "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past." The second X-Men film was loosely based on his X-Men graphic novel God Loves, Man Kills. Claremont created numerous important X-Men characters, including Rogue, Psylocke, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Mystique, Lady Mastermind, Emma Frost, Sabretooth, Multiple Man, Captain Britain, Mister Sinister, and Gambit.
NYC – MoCCA Comics Writing Series
February 18, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
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CLAREMONT, O'NEIL AND DeFALCO MASTER WRITING CLASSES
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA is proud to announce the spring offerings from its Education Department. Organized and headed by Senior Vice-President of Education, DANNY FINGEROTH, the season's initial offering will be:
3 sessions, TUESDAYS, March 16 & 23; April 13, 6:30-8:30 pm
March 16: CHRIS CLAREMONT
March 23: TOM DeFALCO
April 13: DENNIS O'NEIL
Series Cost: $100 | $90 for MoCCA members
Individual sessions: $40 | $35 for MoCCA members
CHRIS CLAREMONT, TOM DeFALCO, and DENNIS O'NEIL will each hold a master class session in comics writing. These three extraordinarily accomplished writers have written some of the highest profile and most acclaimed comics of all time, with bodies of work that have played significant parts in defining the modern versions of The X-Men (Claremont), Spider-Man (DeFalco), and Batman (O'Neil). Each of them will condense the most important things they know about writing into highly-concentrated (and entertaining!) lecture form. This is a rare opportunity to hear these top names in the field speak about what makes for great comics writing.
CHRIS CLAREMONT has encountered more success than most writers ever dream of. Best known for his work on Marvel Comics' X-Men, he has written other seminal characters such as Batman and Superman, originated several creator-owned series, is published throughout the world in many languages, and has authored nine novels. His unbroken 17-year run on Uncanny X-Men is the stuff of industry legend. The story arc "Dark Phoenix," with its radical treatment of its central character, paved the way for the reinterpretation of superhero mythos. Current projects include the ongoing Marvel series X-Men Forever, X-Women, drawn by renowned Italian artist Milo Manara, the young adult novel Wild Blood, a contemporary urban dark fantasy, and the screen play Hunter's Moon.
TOM DeFALCO, a former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics with over thirty books currently in print, has written comic books, graphic novels, short stories, prose novels and books like Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide and Comic Creators on Fantastic Four. He was also a major contributor to The Marvel Encyclopedia and The Marvel Chronology. DeFalco has recently worked on Star Wars: The Clone Wars for Titan Comics, The Man From RIVERDALE for Archie Comics, Flash Gordon for Ardden Entertainment, The Flying Fool for Moonstone Books, The Super Seven for Stan Lee Comics and, of course, Amazing Spider-Girl for Marvel Comics.
DENNIS O'NEIL is an award-winning comics writer and editor (best known for his landmark work on characters such as Batman and Green Lantern), and an educator at institutions including New York University and The School of Visual Arts. He has also been a journalist, critic, television writer, best-selling novelist (novelizations of The Dark Knight film and the epic Batman: Knightfall comics storyline, and the original novel Green Lantern: Hero's Quest), and has published dozens of short stories. He lives in Nyack, N.Y. with his wife, Marifran.
And starting in April, MoCCA Education will present two more incredible courses:
Instructors: R. SIKORYAK AND KRIOTA WILLBERG
4 sessions, Mondays April 19 & 26, May 3 & 10.
Instructor: DANNY FINGEROTH
4 sessions, Tuesdays April 20 & 27, May 4 & 11
Details on these two courses will be announced soon.
For more information and to register, call 212-254-3511 or go to www.moccany.org.
Press Contact: Ellen Abramowitz | email@example.com
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts education organization dedicated to the preservation, study and display of all forms of comic and cartoon art. The museum promotes greater understanding and appreciation of the artistic, cultural and historical significance of comic and cartoon art through a variety of events, exhibitions, and educational programs. The museum is located at 594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince Streets) in New York City. MoCCA is open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm. Suggested donation to the museum is $5 but free for MoCCA Members as well as for children 12 and under (when accompanied by a paying adult). For more information about the museum and MoCCA events, exhibitions and programs, visit the museum's Website (www.moccany.org).
Mike Carbo's New York Comic Book Marketplace (February 2010)
December 2, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Horror, New York, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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|Mike Carbo's New York Comic Book Marketplace
|Convention Website
|Start Date
|About This Convention:
|NYC's Longest-Running and Greatest One-Day Show Returns Saturday, February 27, 2010, from 11am to 7pm, at Penn Plaza Pavilion, 401 7th Ave at 33rd St, New York City
Please call 1-800-723-5572 for more details and visit www.nycbm.com
Sponsored in Part By Forbidden Planet New York
Comments from our June 2009 Show:
"Fantastic new room! Beautiful set-up. Wonder Woman #1 Sale! San Diego-like buys! New York needs more shows like this!
"Was mobbed all day! Great space! Thumbs UP!!"
"I always enjoy the Big Apple shows – the fans are great and the guests are fantastic!"
"It was a great show! Barely had time to sit it was so busy!"
"It was extremely well organized, crowd was enthusiastic! Can't wait for the next one!"
"All capital letters… PHENOMENAL!"
"Great fun seeing the fans! What a turnout! We're coming back!"
"Rivals April 5th 1987, Fred Greenberg's 1-day! This brought back that fantastic memory!"
"This is the best Big Apple Con ever! The location, the people, the celebrity guests, the bargains… it couldn't be any better!!!"
|Convention Guests
|Gene Colan, Billy Tucci, Mike Golden, Irwin Hasen, Jim Starlin, J H Williams III, Mark Texiera, Herb Trimpe, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Claremont, Sean Chen, Larry Hama, Rudy Nebres, Dick Ayers, Rodney Ramos, Steve Manion, Dan Slott, Guy Dorian, Ian Dorian, Scott Roberts, Renee Witterstaetter, Janet Jackson, Stu Suchet, John Cebollaro, Jorge Gonzalez, Cliff Chiang, and many more.
Also on hand will be actor David Roya, famous for his role as Bernard Posner in the cult classic film "Billy Jack."
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|Penn Plaza Pavilion
|Venue Address
|401 7th Ave at 33rd St, New York City
United States
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- Comic Books
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VA Comicon Salutes GI Joe at This Weekend's Show
November 19, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Top Stories, Virginia
Press Release:
The VA Comicon Hits Richmond, VA THIS weekend!
For the first time in over 25 years, there will be a 2-day comic book show in Virginia, and what a show it is! With seven creators who have worked on GI JOE, including Larry Hama, Chuck Dixon, Michael Golden, Robert Atkins and more, the VA Comicon is THE place to be for GI JOE fans! Featuring an exclusive 1 hour Q and A panel with Hama, Dixon, Atkins and others, this one isn't to be missed!
Other guests include Chris Claremont, Mike McKone, Jim Calafiore, James Kuhoric, Billy Tucci, Budd Root, Reilly Brown, Randy Green, Alex Saviuk and DOZENS more! Also featuring a special lecture by Mile High Comics owner Chuck Rozanski about Mr. Edgar Church, the original owner of the most famous comic book collection ever discovered!
With a costume Contest on Sunday, participation by the Rebel Legion, and the 501st, Hourly doorprizes and more, the VA Comicon is truly a premiere comic book event…all this right before Thanksgiving weekend! Additional exhibitors are CGC grading company, Regal Cinemas, BRICK WEEKLY, Crusade Fine Arts, Tsunami Studios and more, why not join us! As a special bonus, we are giving away for FREE 750 copies of the VA COMICON exclusive Witchblade #132 with cover by guest Randy Green! Cool!
FREE for children 12 and under, FREE with a Military ID, FREE with a Student ID, and FREE if you come in Full Costume! Members of the Press are FREE, and there will be a FREE pod-cast area setup with FREE Wi-Fi! Also, there will be a FREE bowling party across the street in the sci-fi themed Sunset Lanes!
VIP tickets are only $9.95 for the entire weekend, and allow you to get in 30 minutes early each day! More information is at the newly updated website http://www.vacomicon.com! Check us out!
The VA Comicon is on Saturday November 21 from 12-7pm and Sunday November 22 from 10A-4pm.
It is located at the Crowne Plaza West at:
6531 West Broad St
Richmond, VA 23230
Advanced tickets are available online at our website, and allow you to get in 30 minutes early both days. Check us out at http://www.vacomicon.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
Brett Carreras
Promoter of the VA Comicon in Richmond, VA
Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic Premiere at MarvelFest NYC 2009
October 21, 2009 by Brian Pate
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Hey Marvelites, if you're in the New York area be sure to mark October 28 down on your calendar as a historic day for the future of comics as we host the world premiere of the ASTONISHING X-MEN Motion Comic at Union Square.
The festivities begin at 4 PM ET at Forbidden Planet (www.fpnyc.com) where you'll get a chance to meet and get autographs from comic book greats such as Neal Adams (UNCANNY X-MEN), Chris Claremont (UNCANNY X-MEN, X-MEN FOREVER) and Dan Slott (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN).
Then be sure to march down to Union Square by 6 PM ET to get ready for the world premiere of the ASTONISHING X-MEN Motion Comic and Marvel Costume Contest!Dress up as your favorite Marvel character (Aunt May costumes are TOTALLY in vogue this year) and be in the running for some great prizes including the chance to be featured in a Marvel comic! All Marvel Costume Contest participants will receive an exclusive Nick Fury action figure (while supplies last) and more goodies!
Remember, originality and faithfulness to the characters count so be sure to crack open some comics for inspiration.
The contest starts at 5:30 PM ET at Union Square so be sure your cape is pressed, your spandex fits just right and your Wolverine claws are good to go! Join us for a great night of fantastic costumes and comics!
If you can't make it to the event be sure to get the ASTONISHING X-MEN Motion Comic on iTunes. It debuts the same day as MarvelFest NYC 2009, Wednesday, October 28!
For the Astonishing X-Men Marvel Motion Comics Costume Contest Official Rules, visit Marvel.com.
Nashville Comic and Horror Festival This Weekend
October 14, 2009 by Brian Pate
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Press Release:
Oct 17-18
The Nashville Comic and Horror Festival
Tn state fairgrounds
Oct 17-18
Admission only $10 – save $2 with 3 canned good donation to the rescue mission
Over 70 guests:
Brian O'Halloran (Clerks and Clerks2)
Glenn Shadix (The voice of the mayor in Nightmare Before Christmas)
Dick Warlock (Mike Myers in Halloween 2)
Dawn of the Dead Zombie Reunion
Chris Claremont, Gary Friedrich, Jay Leisten – Comic Book Superstars
and lots more
VIP still open and the next 30 VIPs receive a free Zombieland hat and full size poster
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Theo van Gogh's polemic prose
In the private moments behind his typewriter, a vicious aspect of Theo van Gogh's personality surfaced. As an interviewer, he was well-mannered and a good listener (and a chain smoker). He was of the opinion that 'good interviewers pull a vacuum of loneliness into which interviewees shed a glimpse of their unhappiness'. As for his movies, he was a real actors' director, stimulating and cooperative. Such was not his attitude as a columnist. He attacked in a ruthless manner the slightest bit of hypocrisy that he sensed in a person.
This piece contains a translated sample of Van Gogh's quotes, taken from his columns. I hope it shows that he is a better writer than would appear from the few isolated English quotes that are currently around on the internet. It is true that his insults could be vicious. It was a typical low blow, for example - taking Dutch war history in account - to accuse appeasing Jewish Dutch politicians of collaborating with the immigrant Muslim community. A bad boy, indeed. And a pretty darn good columnist too. I hope that, reading these quotes, the adolescent joy will come across of saying the unspeakable and crossing that line of good taste.
What is often overlooked is that Theo van Gogh's best polemic writings contained a grain of truth. As any good caricaturist, Van Gogh was a penetrating observer. He captured the fleeting but telling expression and then magnified it by a factor of twenty.
I should mention that Van Gogh was writing here about a respected TV-interviewer of quality programs. He was a far from obvious target and while reading these lines, many must have shaken their heads in disagreement. But the core of truth in Van Gogh's caricature gradually dawned on me, until it finally hit home years later. This was on the occasion that De Jong publicly humiliated, on a live TV-show, soccer player Patrick Kluivert, who had long been the scape goat of the nation. Indeed, quite a display of totalitarian thinking… I haste to say though, that De Jong is a fine professional, belonging to the top ten percent of Dutch TV-interviewers. It is just that besides his talent he might have a certain weakness, which made him an interesting target for Van Gogh.
Van Gogh often used the stylistic mannerism of feigning reverence or pity, only to strike back twice as hard in the next sentence.
Throughout his career he had his favorite targets, whom he kept attacking if an occasion arose or if he was bored. He was quite happy to quote from his own pieces. Perhaps because he had to excell himself each time, the caricatures could evolve into the bizarre:
Van Gogh mostly attacked well respected public figures and spared the ones who were already under attack by the intelligentsia. He especially despised the 'salon socialists' , whose pity with the poor and with immigrants he felt was gratuitous.
In these debates, the Second World War was an ever-present system of reference. As a moral touchstone, and also by providing a handy jargon for polemic prose. Because of their connotations, words like collaboration, transportation, etc. were hard to resist. Van Gogh saw no problem in using these analogies. However, he mocked others for unjustly using the war in debates:
The assassination of Fortuyn
During the rise of the charismatic populist politician Pim Fortuyn (1948 – 2002), the element of playfulness, however venomous it had always been, got to the background. Something urgent was at stake and polemic became an even grimmer matter - more than just a means of stirring things up. It was probably hard for van Gogh to keep believing that he was still only the 'village idiot'.
Van Gogh chose sides with Fortuyn, as probably the only of the opinion leaders who did so. Two months before the assassination of Fortuyn, Van Gogh had written:
The day after the assassination of Fortuyn he wrote a column in which he congratulated the ones he thought were to blame:
A few months later, he wrote a long piece that was an analysis of the political circumstances that had led to the murder - entitled: Good riddance. There is a new seriousness in the way he makes his accusations here, permeated by a sense of loss.
In the article, Van Gogh mentioned his telephone conversations with 'the divine bald one' (Van Gogh had liked to address Fortuyn with the words 'Oh beloved Leader') and sighed how he would have loved to see the republican, as Prime Minister, shake hands with the Queen, who reputedly hated him.
Hirsi Ali and the Islam
Van Gogh befriended Ayaan Hirsi Ali and supported her cause of denouncing Islam as backward:
Although he had scoffed religious individuals and communities before, notably Christians and Jews, he was especially hard on the Islam in the later years of his career. The phones must have rung off the hook at the so-called 'anti-discrimination desks'. However, from one cynical perspective, being attacked by Van Gogh could be seen as a sign of integration: being challenged is a less cruel treatment than being ignored. Still, a lot of proud Muslims probably did not feel it that way when reading Van Gogh:
He ridiculed the policy of appeasement of the mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen.
In the summer of 2004, he directed Hirsi Ali's anti-Islam film Submission. It was aired about two months before he was murdered.
In a collection of his columns, published in 2003, he had written in the preface:
Three years before his death, in a non-polemic, melancholic column, Van Gogh had written about the ideal woman. In a puzzling, seemingly isolated sentence, it read:
march 2007
The quotes in this article are my own translations, taken from columns that Van Gogh published in various media, among which his own website theovangogh.nl (Dutch) and the free newspaper Metro. They were later republished in two collections of columns, called De gezonde roker (The healthy smoker) and Allah weet het beter (Allah knows best). See the appendix for


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Daily Mail: It was hailed as proof of alien life, a mummified visitor from another planet. Ten years after the remains of a six-inch 'space alien' were first discovered, they have been confirmed as 'human' by Stanford scientists in a new documentary film Sirius. Since the remains of the small humanoid - known as the 'Atacama Humanoid' and nicknamed Ata - were discovered in Chile's Atacama Desert 10 years ago there has been much speculation about its origins. Theories have included that the bones were those of an aborted fetus, or a monkey, or even an alien that had crash-landed on earth. In the weeks leading up to Monday's premier of Sirius, UFO enthusiasts had grown increasingly excited that the film could announce a major breakthrough in the search for extra-terrestrial life forms. Experts say the small skeleton certainly bears many of the hallmarks of what we have come to believe aliens look like, in particular a large head overshadowing a small body....read more>>>... Opinion: It's like us alright ... WE contain the same DNA as this humanoid ... alien DNA has been spliced into our human DNA. This story serves as a cover up. Instead of announcing an alien creature, they announce it has human DNA.... without disclosing the existence of our own genetically tampered DNA matching this alien's DNA ...
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Is this really human? DNA tests on six-inch skeleton of 'alien-looking' creature with over-sized head prove it was actually human claim scientists in new documentary
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Enjoy Jazz - International Festival für Jazz
|Country and Region
|Germany — Baden-Wurttemberg
|Type of Festival
|Location of Festival
|Heidelberg and Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg; and Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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ENJOY JAZZ GmbH
|Festival Description
Enjoy Jazz Festival features an international line-up of stellar artists in the cities of Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. The Festival takes place over a six week period in multiple locations in each city. The venues include clubs, churches, concert halls, cultural centres, and in the Mannheim and Heidelberg castles. Since 1999, the Enjoy Jazz Festival's program has brought together regional and international jazz artists as well as up-and-coming musicians.
For information about the Enjoy Jazz Festival in Ludwigshafen click on http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/9021.html.
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|October 2- November 16, 2013
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Participating artists 2013:
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- Tim Lefebvre
- Eric Schaefer
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- E.S.T. Symphony Projects
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- Sänger Konstantin Gropper
- Marius Neset
- Thomas Siffling
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A West Haven family of seven has lost their home to a fire just four days before Christmas.
The blaze started Friday in the garage of the home near 3600 West and 4150 South. Neighbors told KUTV that they heard a loud boom before the flames took over the entire house at about 9:30 p.m.
About 25 firefighters from four jurisdictions — Weber Fire District, Ogden, Roy and Riverdale — descended on the fully engulfed home, but "it was a big fire," said Weber Fire Marshal Ted Black.
"Because of the normal things we have in the garage [which act as accelerants], the fire spread quickly," Black said.
The family members were out for dinner when the fire started. KUTV reports that multiple animals live inside the house, and it was unknown how many got out.
After several hours of fighting the fire — including two to three hours of putting out hot spots — the home was a complete loss. In addition to the contents of the house, the family also lost two cars and a trailer.
Black estimated the damage at $600,000.
"It's a sad thing to lose your home [just] before Christmas," Black said.
But they are not without support. The local bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell Zesiger, was on scene almost as soon as firefighters were to help the family.
The fire's cause remains under investigation. Black noted that due to the extensive damage, the cause may prove difficult to determine.
Because the lots in the neighborhood are large, firefighters were never concerned that the fire would spread to another house.
The fire flared again from the smoldering remains Saturday morning, and firefighters returned to douse it. Black said they would keep a fire engine on scene through the morning to ensure it stays out.
Paul Cowley, his wife, four children and a son-in-law lived in the home and are all right, though the loss has been hard on them, said Cowley's sister-in-law Kellie Cowley.
"The ward, the neighborhood and the community stake [have been] supportive and helpful and rallied around them," Kellie Cowley said.
The Zesiger household's phones have been ringing off the hook all day Saturday with people wanting to help, said the bishop's wife, Misty Zesiger.
Misty Zesiger said that people can donate to the family through The Paul Cowley Family account at America First Credit Union.
Salt Lake Tribune reporter Kimball Bennion contributed to this story.
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Sandwiched between the releases of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Tony Scott's muscular take on Quentin Tarantino's first script fuelled the early '90s infatuation with the video-store clerk turned ultraviolent auteur. Influenced by Badlands and Bonnie And Clyde, it's the crime thriller as wish fulfilment, as Christian Slater's comic-book shop assistant hooks up with Patricia Arquette's doting hooker and goes on the run with a stolen case of coke.
Cracking cameos from Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini enhance the typically profane, bloody action, while Scott's burnished visuals and snappy editing ensure a lean, compelling caper right up to the bullet-strewn, breath-blagging conclusion.


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"This textbook on basic computability theory is at the upper-undergraduate level."--Zentralblatt MATH 2012-1243-03057 "Enderton (U. of California, Los Angeles) has written a clear, focused, and surprisingly literate textbook - it is a rare mathematician who is this adept with words - describing the history and theory of recursion theory that will be ideal for one-semester advanced courses in mathematics and computer science. After the concepts and theories are introduced, the equivalence of computable partial function and recursive partial function are demonstrated, in part through proofs of the unsolvability of the halting problem and of the enumeration theorem. Other chapters describe the properties of recursively enumerable sets, the link between computability theory and Gödel's incompleteness theorem, relative computability and degrees of unsolvability, and polynomial time computability. Appendices are included on Mathspeak, countability, and decadic notation."--SciTechBookNews "Computability is concerned with the question of what computers can do in principle. Since Enderton directly contributed to the very areas that this book covers (computability and computational complexity), he is able to provide a concise and comprehensive firsthand view on the subject. As a scholar in the field, as well as in the history of logic, he frequently includes historical passages when presenting new concepts in the book.. This is a beautifully written and beautifully printed book.... The book fits perfectly as a textbook, covering standard material for one- or two-semester courses in computability or recursion theory. It is also an excellent study guide and reference for students and researchers in related areas. It is a lovely, short book that contains great ideas."--Computing Reviews
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Computability Theory: An Introduction to Recursion Theory, provides a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to contemporary computability theory, techniques, and results. The basic concepts and techniques of computability theory are placed in their historical, philosophical and logical context. This presentation is characterized by an unusual breadth of coverage and the inclusion of advanced topics not to be found elsewhere in the literature at this level. The text includes both the standard material for a first course in computability and more advanced looks at degree structures, forcing, priority methods, and determinacy. The final chapter explores a variety of computability applications to mathematics and science. Computability Theory is an invaluable text, reference, and guide to the direction of current research in the field. Nowhere else will you find the techniques and results of this beautiful and basic subject brought alive in such an approachable way.
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I mean the "best" thing Garrosh has ever done was kill a Warlord who slaughtered women and children. Wow /golfclap. I mean it isn't like such a thing wasn't unconscionable under Thrall's reign or anything, and that Garrosh's "ME SMASH!" style leadership isn't responsible for the atrocity in the first place or anything. Every other thing he has done is to push the Horde closer to all out war with the Alliance which is incredibly stupid, lore wise, considering all the enemies that besiege Azeroth.
If Blizz want to make it Alliance vs Horde they need to make it believable and NOT have all these out side forces that previously united the two in a common cause. The current Alliance vs Horde is only believable in that both factions have retarded warmongering leaders who are begging for assassination (Which Vol'jin threatened to do).
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For the first time ever, Michael and I are actually planning to get up early on Friday morning and head to Wal-Mart to shop. (I'm not planning to shower, so if you see me, don't judge my hair!)
With the economy tight, we are working every coupon, every sale, every two-for-one deal we can find.
We saw the scanned in Black Friday Wal-Mart circular online, and it seems like it's worth our while to get up early and check things out — video games from $7 to $25, two board games for $9, and IPod Touch for $195, festive holiday pajamas for $3. (Check out Rana Cash's Atlanta Bargain Hunter blog for more deals. Here are more Black Friday deals.)
I'm paranoid that these deals will be the best of the season. I want to buy what's on our list there if it's on sale and then after that I will feel comfortable buying other places for prices that seem good.
It's tough for parents to head out super early with kids in the house – either mom goes alone (which is no fun) or you have to find a babysitter. What babysitter is showing up at 5 in the morning? We are lucky this year because Michael's brother is visiting so we can just slip out and still have an adult sleeping in the house.
For us the tight economy makes us want to participate in Black Friday deals, but according to a recent AJC story by Nedra Rhone that's not true for everyone.:
"Consumer participation in Black Friday has declined slightly but steadily over the past four years, from 26 percent in 2005 to 20 percent in 2008, according to a holiday poll from Consumer Reports National Research Center. Part of that decrease can be attributed to the economy, but also to an increase in consumer savvy, experts say. Shoppers know they no longer have to battle crowds to get the same deals they can get online or later in the season".
"In the hope of boosting overall holiday sales, some retailers have opted to offer shoppers the same blowout bargains weeks in advance of Black Friday."
I've been shopping and I know some stores are running some good sales (a la Justice – 40 percent off of everything!), but I don't feel like I've seen the best deals on toys yet.
So how are you working it? Do you feel like you have to participate in Black Friday to get the best deals? Are the Black Friday deals still good enough to get you out of bed? Are you finding enough good deals without waking up early? Where are you finding the best deals? Are you shopping online to avoid crowds?
(Check in tomorrow for a blog with links to family activities for the holiday and weekend. I've got link after link of holiday crafts and games to keep the little ones busy while you cook!! Also have links to movie listings and events outside the home good for kids. I may go ahead and post it later today. The crafts are really cute!)
November 25th, 2009
9:08 am
…don't think I would have put the line about not showering out there in a public forum – you must really be a skank!
November 25th, 2009
9:08 am
…is that fish I smell?
November 25th, 2009
9:12 am
If you are going to Walmart and are planning on arriving at 5am you are in for a BIG surprise if you think you will be able to find those items you mention. The line begins forming at about 1am, so unless nobody else wants those items (yeah, right) then by 5am you will be SOOL. Just a little heads-up since you say you have never been up for one of these Black Friday sales!
November 25th, 2009
9:18 am
Don't camp out unless you have to…
You don't have to wait in the freezing cold at 3 a.m. to score great deals this year. Many "door-buster" specials will be available online Friday morning and in many cases on Thanksgiving, says Dan de Grandpre, the CEO of Dealnews.
"It's as good as Black Friday, and the competition to get (the deals) is far less," he says. There's no grabbing, pushing or trampling involved.
If you're really worried about an item running out, you can shop online in your pajamas at 12:01 a.m. on Turkey Day at many retailers — and then go back to bed.
Of course, some door-busters will be found only in the stores. If your heart is set on one, you'd better join the 3 a.m. line. Some stores, such as Best Buy, hand out first-in-line vouchers, so those folks are guaranteed to snag the hottest deals.
To avoid the stampedes of years past, Wal-Mart will open its stores overnight on Thanksgiving, though some deals won't be available until early Friday morning.
November 25th, 2009
9:19 am
No Black Friday for me, even though I live 4 miles from the Mall of GA. I have been in crowds for the past 7 weeks of travel and relish staying home.
I saw that Kohl's is opening at 4:00 a.m.? WHAT?
To me, nothing is worth the hassle of the crowds this Friday. We are not going all out with gifts this year. I KNOW there are lots of folks who love the madness, as it gets them in the spirit!
Theresa…watch out at Wal Mart…remembering the trampling thing last year? Is that why you are not showering…maybe folks will keep their distance…just teasing you!
I do love a bargain and I will say that I enjoyed the BOGO offers at a leisurely pace on Monday and Publix. I spent $149.00 and saved $100.00 ( my total was $249.00) with the BOGOs, sale items and my $20 worth of coupons. If we need anything today, I will send my husband as he loves the energy of the crowds!
Happy Thanksgiving all!
November 25th, 2009
9:35 am
Theresa…did we ever get after pictures of your kitchen??
November 25th, 2009
9:39 am
I really hate the trend of stores opening earlier to try to get more sales. Some of the larger Wal-Mart stores will be open beginning at 6:00PM on Thanksgiving Day. That is enough reason for me NOT to go there. The employees deserve to be able to spend the entire day with their families. Everyone knows that if you work in retail you will work constantly until New Year's so there is no reason to take Thanksgiving Day away from the employees.
Okay, I am off my soap box now. Previously I have gone to the Black Friday sales. My sisters and I enjoyed getting up early and after a couple of hours having breakfast before heading home. Every Black Friday circular I read had a disclaimer showing a minimum of 3 or 5 of the really popular items per store. So, it is not worth it for me. I have found killer deals the past week so I won't venture out this year. I found great deals at Toys R Us and Best Buy so I have already grabbed my big ticket items already.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! If you are traveling, I pray you have a safe journey.
November 25th, 2009
10:17 am
I will be perusing the circulars to see if WalMart (this is the ONLY time I'm considering going there), Target or Toys R Us has anything we're getting our kids for Christmas that is on such an incredible sale it's worth it. My hubby and youngest are traveling to see family over the holiday, so I can drop my oldest off with my MIL early if I decide I must go. Two years ago I did the 7 AM doorbuster at Toys R Us, and it WAS NOT crowded. It was actually really pleasant. We were getting the whole Thomas Train set and table for our child, and they had buy one train get one free between 7 and 9 AM -it was worth it since they cost around $14 -$20 a piece. I'm really hoping what I need will be on a good sale there and not WalMart.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 25th, 2009
10:23 am
We always do BF doorbusters, but never Wal-Mart. Lower prices sometimes show up sporadically after the big hurrah, but it's our opportunity to knock out most of our shopping in one morning. Plus, it's an adrenaline rush for us. =)
November 25th, 2009
10:30 am
We did Black Friday once — just for the cultural experience :-) I've found that the savings are often just as solid if you do some judicious shopping on-line. Otherwise, there is NO WAY I'm going to be crawling around WalMart in the wee hours of the morning. There are the hard-cores that get there the night before and camp out in their little campers in the parking lot, taking turns with their family standing on line. Who can (or would want to) compete with that? The other poster was right — the line is around the building by the time the doors open. We got there an hour early, and waiting 20 minutes just to get in the door.
Sorry, but that's not my idea of a good time. If you like feeling like cattle being led to the slaughter — have at it! :-)
November 25th, 2009
10:38 am
Many retailers are trying to get shoppers to come in before the BF rush. Toys R Us has the deal of the day during the two weeks prior to BF and they have had excellent deals. I got a Nintendo DS bundle, which included the console, a new game (and not one of the older games) plus the starter kit (carrying case, 3 styluses, and 4 game cases, plus a screen protector) for $135. This week, the bundle is $154 which is still a good deal. The game console itself is usually $129 so that was a great deal. I also got one of the remote control trucks (the big one) for $24.99 because the deal of the day was $25 off any remote control car. Best Buy had the DJ Hero bundle set for $109 so I picked that up too.
November 25th, 2009
10:51 am
Watch out for WalMart. The stores will be open Thanksgiving evening without closing prior to the Black Friday rush. They're allowing folks to actually camp out in the store next to the items that will be on sale.
Like if they have 4 of the 50″ TVs for $600, you can camp out next to it until the sale takes effect at 5 the next morning. There will be folks camped out ALL OVER THE STORE.
November 25th, 2009
10:57 am
…that by the time one begins to smell herself that others have been smelling her for days!
November 25th, 2009
11:08 am
Another reason why I avoid the crowds is because I LIVED the crowds during the 7 years I worked at Wal Mart from a 16 year old until I started teaching.
Is it just me or does anyone else cringe at the messes folks make and how no one cleans up after themselves in the discount stores? I love to shop at Ross. I have been told that the one here in Gwinnett at Discover Mills has the highest sales store in the chain ( by other employees at several Ross stores). To me, that store is a MESS! I have been to Ross stores across the country that are neat and clean.
One quick question…just wondering…have those who love the hype of Black Friday ever worked retail during the holidays? I still have flashbacks ( when I am in a messy store) that stick with me from 30 years ago…working at Wal Mart and cleaning up…then, we closed at midnight and were often there until 2:00 a.m. tidying up messes!
November 25th, 2009
11:11 am
"either mom goes alone (which is no fun)" HUH? I LOVE going shopping alone. My (ex) used to keep the kids on BF while my SIL and I got up at 3AM to hit the stores. I loved that!!!!
I love BF sales, but I just got a huge bill (school tuition)that I need paid by 12/7 SO! I will be looking carefully at what I can really spend. I have already picked up some things here and there.
Actually with the kids gone for Christmas (Dad's turn), I am thinking about doing my shopping on 12/26. I should be able to get up early and shop — alone — and get some good deals. Even my folks will get their gift from me and the kids after Christmas. We are going to do the full get up in the morning sha-bang with the kids after they get back from their visit.
November 25th, 2009
11:31 am
…"I LOVE going shopping alone. My (ex) used to keep the kids on BF while my SIL and I got up at 3AM to hit the stores. I loved that!!!!
That is not exactly shopping ALONE!
November 25th, 2009
11:33 am
I would try the online route for the things that are on sale. Check out E-bates for even bigger savings and cash back. I love the shop 'til you drop thing and love Christmas shopping, but the crowds and rudeness of Black Friday depress me. I am happy to wait until later. I have usually been able to find the same deals (or very close) in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
If you do go, good luck and be careful! I look forward to a report on your experience.
November 25th, 2009
11:58 am
I no longer shop on Black Friday because of all the craziness. It used to be fun, but now people are just plain rude. I usually try to get most of my shopping (at least for the hard to get items) before Thanksgiving. My son wanted many of the "top 10″ toys this season. I've already bought his entire list, and the gifts of all the children on my list. Christmas shouldn't be a hassle or headache.
November 25th, 2009
12:12 pm
I'll be camping out for my laptop and 46″ LED TV, as well as the extra 8 flyers because I am entitled to 10 and i'll be selling the rest from anywhere from $10-50 a piece, So my time outside will be spent making money from the lazy people who didn't want to camp out in the cold :) I win!
November 25th, 2009
12:13 pm
I shop alone now. I shopped with SIL back then.
I do love shopping alone.
November 25th, 2009
12:13 pm
Unless your a Gay Man or Female, I pretty much would rather leave you at home or in electronics than shop with you.
November 25th, 2009
12:20 pm
I dont think its worth camping out in the freezing cold and dealing with stampedes of crazy shoppers to save a measly $20 to $100 dollars. I'd rather pay more or shop online. not worth the trouble. Plus the doobusters always run out – its a marketing ploy.
November 25th, 2009
12:39 pm
Please, people. Remember the real reason for Christmas. It's not about material stuff. Whose marketing ploy are we really following?
November 25th, 2009
12:53 pm
Faith remember that there is the secular and theological sides to the Christmas holiday. I see no reason why you should not enjoy both.
November 25th, 2009
1:25 pm
Yes, let's remember the real reason for Christmas: to encourage the Christians and other religions to get along in the Roman Empire! Huzzah!
November 25th, 2009
1:26 pm
I'm with FCM on shopping alone. I can tolerate shopping with the hubby or with one of my two sisters. But I prefer to go myself, at my own pace, zooming through the stores. I find my MIL, SIL and my other sister are too slow for me. They want it to be a social event, and I am NOT a social shopper. My husband gets that, though, and he shops pretty much the same way – so that works. Last year since we had an infant, I actually did a lot of shopping alone on Friday nights (son was in bed and hubby was working on stuff at the house) in the weeks before BF; stores were running pre-BF sales. Then, we did minimal shopping on the "big" day.
And no, MJG, I have not worked retail during the holidays. Technically, I did – but not really. I worked at a small music store (as in musical instruments and sheet music) in high school, and our busy season was Aug-Sept, not Nov-Dec. That store was pretty dead on BF.
November 25th, 2009
1:28 pm
I'm all about Black Monday — shopping online during lunch break. If you check out the Monday deals on Amazon, etc — I doubt you'll end up paying much more than Wal-mart's Friday deal. Think about it — at best, you get up, fight crowds, spend an exhausting day to save maybe $100 (likely less, or even worse, you go through all that and the things you want sell out before you grab them). Or you can enjoy a day off with your kids. If the weather's nice, hit a park instead of a mall, take a picnic of Thanksgiving leftovers, relax and have fun.
November 25th, 2009
1:45 pm
There is no way I would even think about it. I hate all the rush. A couple years ago I was going fishing on "Black Friday" and needed some tackle. I forgot it was "black friday" and when I pulled into walmart and saw the crowd, I just turned around and went to a bar instead.
I go to a book store about a week before christmas and buy everyone a book. Then I go to a small jewelry store and buy my wife some shiney rocks that i see as a complete waste of money, but she likes them.
Done in an hour.
November 25th, 2009
1:59 pm
@ Christina…no I do not think a music store COULD get as messy as the TOY department at Wal Mart…hahah! I have never worked at one, so I do not know!
I remember going down an entire toy aisle to straighten, then after working through the next aisle glancing back and seeing the aisle looking like someone pointed a giant leaf blower at everything, with toys all over the aisle and in the floor.
I also remember standing in the check out aisle ( for hours) checking out customers who were in a frantic rush for hours….this when cashiers actually knew how to make change
( without looking at the register) and count it back if the total was $42.76 and someone gave you $50.01.
November 25th, 2009
2:11 pm
MJG I worked for the Disney Store for 5 years among other places in retail on my resume. I worked BF with no complaint and thrilled with the fast pace of the day, but when I worked retail my favorite was to work Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve shoppers are the most peaceful shoppers ever.
November 25th, 2009
2:27 pm
I'm not taking a shower tomorrow morning either That doesn't make anyone a skank, dumbo. It's called showering the night before…
November 25th, 2009
2:29 pm
Wow…I ran this by my son ( who worked retail) and his memories and mine are nothing to do with peace….LOL!
I guess the more upscale stores might be pleasant…I have no experience in that arena~
November 25th, 2009
2:36 pm
Theresa I went to Walmart on Black Friday last year, if you get there an hour early before the store opens trust me you will get everything you want except the big ticket items, so I suggest do go, you may not get the IPOD Touch. Looks for deals not it online.
November 25th, 2009
2:50 pm
The answer is no, I will pay more to avoid the crowds and madness. "Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers." – Barack Obama.
November 25th, 2009
3:11 pm
@ The American People: Did you see the photos of the White House State Dinner? If you can get over tossing your cookies because they show Pelosi…there is a photo of Obama and the Honoree toasting the promising (growing?) relationship with India. Now if OUR economy is to get better when jobless rates go down, why are we promoting the relationship with India, which has seen many of our (better paying) jobs migrate or their people come here?
Not sure about Black Friday, what kind of sales do they have to counter act the economy being down and people being broke. If you have $0 to spend than no sale encourages you to buy.
November 25th, 2009
4:29 pm
…a woman decides to go shopping the next day so she says I will shower the night before so I won't have to shower in the morning. Then, she and her husband/boyfriend/girlfriend decide to get amorous before going to sleep, but after going to bed and after taking said shower. Then, upon completion of the playtime she falls asleep. She gets up the next morning and goes out without showering – tell me what you would call that!? Maybe not skanky, but definitely not cleanliness personified!
November 25th, 2009
4:51 pm
Not just no, but hell no! None of that Black Friday shopping is worth it for me.
November 25th, 2009
6:53 pm
Lose sleep to shop. NO! Making employees work on Thanksgiving and making them get up at 4 AM on Friday is asinine. I will not shop on Thanksgiving or at dawn. Maybe that's why they call it "Black Friday," since the money-grubbers opne befroe sunlight.
November 25th, 2009
7:29 pm
andrea nice thought but no matter what time stores open the employees dont get the day off….and most walmarts are open 24/7 closed only on christmas…and walmart is gonna be very different this year..each item will be monitored by an employee so if there are several things you want its better to go with friends and each go to one section…there are also great online discounts and will be also on monday…i think monday is supposed to be the 'black friday' of online shopping…i am personally not doing any shopping because i have to work…i dont do that 5 am thing anyway…no way..never have never will…i know people who absolutely love it even if they dont get what they want…its just fun for them…
November 26th, 2009
11:30 pm
We shopped online today. My mom got pjs for all five of her grandkids, 6 pairs of socks and three (or four) t-shirts for about $42. And, it'll all be mailed right to her doorstep in a week. Gotta love the internet!
There is nothing that I (or my kids) need badly enough for me to get out in the traffic and the people to fight for a deal. Sorry. Just not me.
November 27th, 2009
2:13 am
No way is it worth it to wake up early or fight the crowds for the deals. The same, or better, deals can be found online all day tomorrow and even through Monday. Use a coupon site like http://GoPromoCodes.com to save even more.
November 27th, 2009
1:35 pm
Lori has bought EVERYTHING on her son's Christmas list?
Seriously spoiling that kid and turning him into a brat!


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Anthony's Birth Story
As soon as I found out that I was pregnant with my first child, I started preparing for his arrival. I did everything that an expectant mother can do to ensure the safe delivery of her baby: faithfully going to each doctor's appointment, eating the right foods, reading all the books and visiting websites. I even watched TLC's "A Baby Story" every day. I dreamed of the day that my son would come into this world. Never, even in my wildest dreams, did I imagine it would happen in the way that it did.
I worked part-time up until my 34th week of pregnancy, at which point I decided I could no longer stay on my ridiculously swollen feet all day. From that point on, I planned on cleaning the house, buying baby clothes, and getting in a few last weeks of rest in preparation for my son's homecoming.
I spent that first week at home packing and repacking my bag for the hospital. I wanted to be as prepared as possible for the moment when it would be time to deliver my baby boy. Little did I know that nothing I did could prepare me for what was about to happen.
The following Friday evening, June 28, 2002, I went swimming with my mother. It was then that I realized that I couldn't remember the last time I'd felt the baby move that day. I told my mom that I couldn't feel him. She guessed that he might just be asleep and said I should lay down for a while and wait for him to wake up. I did just that, but somehow ended up falling asleep within the hour.
The next morning I woke up with a start and looked at the clock. It was 8:00 a.m. Usually the baby would be doing flip-flops between the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 am. I felt nothing. I got up and had my OB/GYN paged. I had the sinking feeling that something was terribly wrong with my baby. Within seconds he returned my call and asked that I meet him immediately at the hospital. My heart sank as I detected the urgency in my obstetrician's voice. I felt an almost smothering sense of doom as I began to fear that my son might already have passed away in my stomach.
Fifteen minutes later, my mother, grandmother, and I arrived at the hospital. It happened to be one of the busiest days the Labor & Delivery floor had ever had. I had to sit and wait for the staff to find a place to put me on the monitor. As I sat, the world around me seemed to become silent and motionless as I strained to feel even a slight nudge from my son.
After what seemed like an eternity, they had me on a stretcher in the hallway so that they could put me on a fetal monitor to find a heartbeat. My heart seemed to stop while the nurse tried to locate a heartbeat on the fetal monitor. Finally, I breathed a sigh of temporary relief as I heard the faint beats of my baby's heart. "He's alive!" I said to my mother as she stood by my bed with a reassuring look. She ran to tell my grandmother, who was holding her breath out in the waiting room.
The nurse told me that the heartbeat was not as strong as they would like it to be and that I would have to go to radiology for a sonogram to make sure that he was okay. We waited a few hours for the technician to bring us into the ultrasound room. As I lay there watching the screen, the nurse tried to awaken my son several times. He wouldn't budge. She sent us back upstairs while the radiologist studied the test results of the sonogram.
The nurse who was taking care of me said she was just waiting to be given the "okay" so that I could go home. I felt so relieved.
The phone at her desk rang and she turned her back to take the call. She hung up and broke the news to us. "I'm sorry, you will not be going home today. Your doctor is on his way up. You will be having a C-section in less than five minutes. Please put on this gown…"
I immediately began to cry. I had never imagined that this would be my son's birthday. I kept saying, "He's not ready to come out yet! He's too little!" Before I knew it they had me on a gurney and were inserting an IV and catheter while explaining the anesthesia procedure to me and getting my release signature. My doctor came in and said it was time to go. He wanted the baby out as soon as possible.
I was wheeled into a sterile room while physicians, anesthesiologists, neo-natal nurses, and assistants buzzed around me getting ready for the emergency surgery. The woman tried three times to get the needle in my spine correctly. They called in another doctor to do it. The numbness took affect as they strapped my arms to the table. They began the surgery and within minutes, my son was brought into the world. It was 4:54 p.m. on June 29, 2002, and he was five weeks early. At six pounds, five ounces and nineteen inches long, he was a healthy size.
They got him breathing, showed him to me briefly and then whisked him away to the NICU for further observation. His APGARs were six and nine, so I thought he was okay. I waited all night to see him. I accepted no pain medication because I did not want to fall asleep. I wanted to see my baby. I was very excited.
I found out the next morning that there was more to the story than I knew. When I went to see him, he had tubes everywhere. He was suspected of having a virus. They told me that there was nothing they could do to fight the virus, and that he had a 50/50 chance of making it.
I lost my mind that day… I thought I would never even get the chance to hold him. As I lay in my hospital bed, unable to walk because of the C-section I could hear other mothers and their healthy babies in the rooms next to mine. I was very resentful and jealous of their happiness. I couldn't help it; my baby was dying and no one could help him.
The next day at midnight they informed me that my baby's condition was too critical for that hospital's Intensive Care Unit. I signed the papers for the transport team to take my son to Joe DiMaggio's Children Hospital. They wheeled his incubator into my room that night before they left so that I could see him one more time. I cried silently, each tear pulling painfully at the incision in my stomach. I feared I would never lay my eyes on my sweetly sleeping boy again.
My son, Anthony, spent the next two weeks in hospital. After several blood transfusions and quite a few ups and downs, he got better. I was finally able to take him into my arms. I saw him open his eyes for the first time. I knew then and there that I would spend the rest of my life loving him. I prayed every day for him to heal.
We finally got to take him home. Somehow I knew that he was here to stay.
As I write my son's story he is peacefully sleeping in his crib beside me. He is now two months old and well on his way to a full recovery. He is a beautiful, strong, happy, ten-pound baby. He has won my heart and changed my life in ways that I cannot find the words to describe. I thank God for him every day.


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Their Own Private India – Idaho Style
Photography: Rachel Robertson
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—Guru Amar Das
After a series of prayers led by his mother, Gurmeet Singh was left alone to survey the colorful garb spread before him. Each item he would put on for the upcoming Anand Karaj had meaning. Each task he would undertake preceding the "blissful union" with Dev Mukh Kaur Khalsa would be deliberate.
There was the uchkin, a cream-colored robe with a gold embroidered collar, and a red silk scarf representing the blessing of Dev's father. A gold-plumed red turban, looped with pearls, rested beside the sword, this a gift from his father, who had accepted it from his father's grandfather, who was gifted with the bejeweled weapon by an Indian king.
After taking it all in, he slipped on the robe and tied the turban in anticipation of the ceremony, which would be in keeping with the ancient tradition of the Sikh religion.
Out of sight of his room at the Inn at Ellsworth Estate—but just across the way at Hailey's rodeo grounds—Gurmeet's pajama-clad sisters carefully dressed a quarter horse named Dudley, draping him in lavish tinsel, fringe, and velvet. Soon, the horse would be presented to Gurmeet to ride forth into marriage.
Dev and her mother, sisters, and friends were in another room at the inn, making their own preparations for the morning ceremony. As part of the tradition, Dev had elaborate henna designs applied to her hands and feet. She would soon adorn herself in a red silk brocade lehnga a variation on the traditional sari.
Indians consider a wedding the most important occasion in a family. Details are required in the planning that are so minute that it takes more than the best of wedding planners. Instead, mothers and grandmothers, uncles and nephews are called upon, as many of the traditions are oral.
As the time drew near, Gurmeet was not nervous. He knew he had listened well in the months before, as his relatives schooled him in the rites to be followed to complete this chapter in his decade-long relationship with Dev.
Apparently, though, someone had left out one important detail.
"I was getting ready to walk out the door and I was like, 'where are my flipping shoes?'" Gurmeet recounted recently, the memory obviously still agitating him. "Then somebody asked me, 'how much would you pay for them?'"
It was then that he realized that Dev's mischievous sisters had swiped the fancy slippers, as tradition dictated. So—with a fistful of cash—he went to them to barter for their return.
Dev and Gurmeet met over a torn pair of pants while attending a boarding school in Dehra Dun, India, when he was 17 and she was 16. For weeks, Gurmeet had been awakened before dawn by the glint from a sword being used in the practice of a martial art known as Gutka on a rooftop adjacent to his dorm room.
He cursed the stranger, vowing to find out who was behind the nuisance.
When he noticed the freckle-faced brunette with a clean slice up the back of her pant leg and a matching cut in her skin, he was intrigued.
Inquiries were made, and Dev innocently identified herself as the solitary tormenter from the roof. >>>
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