Today is the one year anniversary of ComicsBlend.com! I want to thank all the friends, fans and followers who have supported and shared my dream. I’ve met legendary comic book creators, some of the biggest writers and artists working today and some major movie stars this year but it’s all about fellow fans.
I owe my success to you for embracing my blog. I love that connection at a con or in the shop when you meet a fellow fan who shares you passion.
A big thanks to my Mom and Dad for buying my first comic book and for always believing in me.
Thank to you for your support and shares. I hope you will keep enjoying ComicsBlend.com.
Wolverine cosplay at Jet City Comic Show 2011, photo by ComicsBlend.com
The Jet City Comic Show returns for its third year this Saturday, September 22, 2012 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall.
“We’re proud of the fan feedback that we received last year and feel we’ve put together an even better show this year,” says co-founder James Taylor.
“Jet City Comics Show is a fan friendly event, a chance for attendees to have fun, be entertained, browse through comics and discover some fantastic artists and writers.”
Secret Avengers artist Gabriel Hardman, Chris Roberson (writer: iZombie and Cinderella) and Dave Roman (creator: Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity) are featured comic book creators.
Secret Avengers #22 interior art courtesy Marvel.com
The Northwest is a hotbed and home of many comic book creators. The show will feature local writers and artists, including:
Brom – World Renowned Fantasy Artist
Amy Brown – Fantasy & Fairy Artist
Matthew Clark – Ghost Rider, Spider-Man
Colleen Coover – Bandette, Gingerbread Girl
Emi Lenox – Emitown
Michel Gagné – Renowned Animator, Creator of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Natalie Nourigat – Between Gears, My Boyfriend is a Monster: Wrapped Up in You
Paul Tobin – Bandette, Marvel Adventures
“Jet City Comic Con….It’s about comics.” says artist Matthew Clark. “The fans are great I love these types of shows. I want to help this show out and I plan to be here every year if they’ll have me. I have fun here and that’s what makes it awesome”
Spidey or Venom cosplay at Jet City Comic Show 2011, photo by ComicsBlend.com
Jet City will feature two costume contests, a Steampunk contest organized by SteamCon. The other will be a traditional superhero / scifi costume contest run by the D20 Girls Project who aim’s to promote women in gaming and comics.
The comic book community always gives back. The show will also be working with local charitable organization Ronald McDonald House.
If you love comics but have never attended a show then this is a perfect one to try out. Jet City Comics Show takes place this Saturday, September 22, 2012 from 10 am to 6 pm at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 299 Mercer St., Seattle, WA. For more information visit www.jetcitycomicshow.com.
Tickets can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets or at any of the following retailers (a great way to support your local comic shop!)
The first 200 at the doors will receive a free print by special guest Gabriel Hardman.
Hanging with the creative mad men of cinesauraus.com!
I met the director and star of YouTube sensation “We’re NASA and We Know It.” The video from this Seattle celebrates the men and women behind of Mars hopes and dreams and parodies LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It.”
David and Steve Hudson of cinesauraus.com are actors, editors and special effects gurus of this hilarious spoof. They tell me they are working on a new project now and have a video appearing in this weekend’s Celebrate Seattle event starring NASA’s real Mohawk guy and Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols!
Great comic book shops, creators and cons plus all the computer and space geeks and these creatives – got to love Seattle!
Thanks to Geekwire for making my day! I needed this! I have a former Boeing buddy whose new employer in Seattle helped make part of the Curiosity.
One of my all-time favorites is coming to back to Emerald City Comicon. Back in 2008 my sketch request was Nightcrawler and I had a ton of X-Force issues autographed. At the 2012 Fan Expo Vancouver I got an awesome Black Bolt sketch from Mike.
Emerald City Comicon announced that Tim Sale and Michael Avon Oeming are returning to the 2013 event. Dave Johnson, Ethan Van Scriver, Ray Fawkes and Dan Panoshian join the growing line-up or guests. Sir Patrick Stewart and Billy Dee Williams (Freakin’ Lando! I exclaimed when I first saw this) are also coming to Seattle for Emerald City Comicon March 1-3, 2013 and tickets are on sale now.
UPDATE: PNB is offering ComicsBlend fans a 10 percent discount to this event. Here’s the link. See you there?
image courtesy pnb.org
Original Story: Star Trek, NASA and Ballet? Only in Seattle – I love this geeky cool town I proudly call home!
Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) and Curiosity Mars rover flight director Bobak Ferdowski aka “Mohawk Guy” are special guests at a futuristic space extravaganza with dance, music, video and song.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra takes the spotlight with dancers, video flashbacks, and special guest appearances for a double anniversary salute to PNB, the Seattle World’s Fair, and NASA’s race to outer space.
This one-of-a-kind performance includes:
PNB Orchestra performances of Silvestre’s Back to the Future, Holst’s Saturn & Jupiter, Dvorak’s Song to the Moon & selections from Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite
Apollo pas de deux and Circus Polka starring Artistic Director Peter Boal as the Ringmaster
Astronaut Cady Coleman
NASA’s Mars Curiosity landing film
Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols, introduced by June Lockhart of Lost in Space
Curiosity Mars rover flight director Bobak Ferdowsi (aka “Mohawk Guy”)
Video histories of Pacific Northwest Ballet and the building of the Seattle World’s Fair
Angry Birds at the Seattle Center
I’ll be there celebrating the past, present and future and cheering for science fiction, fact and this unique culture combination! To learn more and for tickets visit pnb.org.
Some Seattle creative minds created this salute to Bobak and the Mars Curiosity team and here’s the link to see it.
“We’re NASA and We Know It” is a video from a Seattle crew that celebrates the men and women behinds of Mars hopes and dreams and parodies LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It.”
David and Steve Hudson of cinesauraus.com are actors, editors and special effects gurus of this hilarious spoof.
Great comic book shops, creators and cons plus all the computer and space geeks and these creatives – got to love Seattle!
Thanks to Geekwire for making my day! I needed this! I have a former Boeing buddy whose new employer in Seattle helped make part of the Curiosity.
Time is running on Fox keeping the movie rights to Daredevil. Director Joe Carnahan has released his “sizzle reel” showing the 1970’s vibe his take on the The Man Without Fear would have been. This reel is reportedly how Carnahan sold his Serpico style pitch to the studio. The reel combines art from Frank Miller’s acclaimed Born Again storyline with music and footage from 1970’s movies like Superfly and The Warriors and the 2005 Daredevil movie starring Ben Affleck. This film would have been set in 1974 in a very violent Hell’s Kitchen. Can you dig it?
Groovy man?
Daredevil #17 courtesy Marvel.com
Given the current success of the Mark Waid’s more upbeat reboot of Daredevil, I’m not sure if the gritty version would work if the film rights do to back to Marvel. I still dream of Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist solo movies followed by a big team up. Kind of a street level Avengers.
Daredevil featuring the art of Mike Allred is out this week in comic book shops!
