COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON! We are just ONE week away from Comic-Con 2024, July 25-28 (with Preview Night July 24) at the San Diego Convention Center. My Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! presentation will take place at the event on Thursday, July 25th at 12:00 PM (Noon!) in Room 9! It's called "DC Comics in... Continue Reading →
COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON! We are THREE weeks (Happy 4th of July!) away from Comic-Con 2024, July 25-28 (with Preview Night July 24) at the San Diego Convention Center, and—as I mentioned last week—a Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! presentation will take place at the event on Thursday, July 25th (time and room number TBA).... Continue Reading →
I had a great time on Tuesday night at my third annual appearance (it shall soon be declared an official holiday) with the fine folk at the SDCC Unofficial Blog. Special thanks to Kerry, James, and Erin for their insightful questions and nodding sagely as I went off on tangent after tangent, largely ignoring said... Continue Reading →
Hey, what are you doing next Tuesday night? Want to join me on YouTube? I’ll be the SDConCast Special Guest at 6:30 PM on May 14th. This is my third annual appearance on their show, hosted by the fine folks at the SDCC Unofficial Blog. We’ll be discussing what I’ve been up to (HINT: Tales... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! returns to WonderCon with the world premiere of Episode 7: MARVEL MONSTER MADNESS! This brand new episode travels back to the late 1950s to explore the giant monster characters created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (with help from Larry Lieber, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck), in... Continue Reading →
DRAGOOM! THE BLIP! GOOM! LO-KARR! MONSTRO! GOOGAM! ORRGO! ROMMBU! TIM B00 BA! ZZUTAK! And the immortal FIN FANG FOOM! These are names that strike fear deep in the heart of us mere mortals! Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! returns to WonderCon in just a few short weeks with the world premiere of Episode 7:... Continue Reading →
DRAGOOM! THE BLIP! GOOM! LO-KARR! MONSTRO! GOOGAM! ORRGO! ROMMBU! TIM B00 BA! ZZUTAK! And the immortal FIN FANG FOOM — "The Most Fearful Menace of Them All!" These are names that strike fear deep into the heart of us mere mortals! Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! returns to WonderCon in just a few short... Continue Reading →
When we last visited our intrepid Spinner Rack hero (that’s me), he promised his WonderCon 2023 panel recreation for Tales From My Spinner Rack! #030. If it pleases the court, I hereby submit into evidence this graphic to prove it: Yep. That’s what he said. Your honor, I rest my case. Well, life has intervened... Continue Reading →
When I was writing my 20+ part opus, “My Life in Comics,” on this here blog thingie, I often mentioned the name Fae Desmond, who was my boss at Comic-Con for all 21 years I was an employee. A news release was sent out yesterday, and—I’m happy to say, actually covered on the comics websites,... Continue Reading →
I had a nice Comic-Con. That’s all. The end. No, I did. The week started early for me with a trip downtown on Monday (7/16) to have dinner with a friend, followed by another dinner on Tuesday (7/17) with yet another out-of-town friend (yes, I do have friends), after badge pick-up. Since I had a... Continue Reading →
That's right ... it's 2:00 AM and the bar is closing down, so here's your final reminder about my Comic-Con 2023 panel, Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! on Friday, July 21 at 2:00 PM in Room 29AB! I hope you'll find the time to join me for this fun panel that will feature a... Continue Reading →
Here’s the final installment of my look back—almost 15 years!—at the Comic-Con publications I edited and designed. These had a print-run of 250,000 copies and were distributed to both the Comic-Con mailing list and to comic shops in the U.S. via Diamond Comics Distributors … all for the amazing price of zero, zilch, nothing; in... Continue Reading →
Where you'll find me this week: It's Comic-Con time, people! Get with the program! I have no idea what to expect this year, but I know I'm going, and I know I'll be stomping around downtown most of this week, most of that stomping at the San Diego Convention Center. If you know me and... Continue Reading →
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for … the Comic-Con 2023 Schedule is now LIVE! And It's also the moment I’VE been waiting for: I can now officially announce the day, time, and room number for my Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! panel at Comic-Con 2023! As you can see from the graphic below,... Continue Reading →
We’re back with our third look at Comic-Con publications that I edited and designed from almost 15 years ago. The writing is on the wall with this installment, as more and more editions of the printed magazines go to PDF format and are presented online only. This post covers Comic-Con Magazine #s 4 through 8,... Continue Reading →
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