Yes Virginia, lightning does strike twice

So, back in the ‘80s I was something of a letterhack. I wrote a bunch of letters to numerous publications (both in, and outside of comics). Lately, not so much though. That recently changed when I had a letter published in Amazing Spider-Girl #20 (I mentioned that here).

Well, recently I had not one, but two (yes two) more letters published in Amazing Spider-Man #569 Well, the really cool part of this letter is that it nets me a personal reply from Spidey-Editor, Stephen Wacker.

Well, the up-shod of the whole event is that apparently I now have not only have to bring Wacker his coffee, but I apparently owe him lunch as well.

Ain’t life grand?

Today is Belkis day

A couple of days ago I mentioned the Novastar Studios calendar that I worked on for my good buddy James Rodriguez. As I mentioned at the time, the fantasy art calendar stars the very lovely Belkis. Well, Tommy (with his jaw on the floor, and his tongue dragging behind him) asked if Belkis was a real person. I replied that, yes she is, and I (much to my delight) have met her (and — unbelievable as it might sound — she actually talks to me).

Well, just to prove the first part of that statement, I am going to provide you all with some photographic evidence of the divine vision that is the always beautiful, Belkis.

I took these pictures of Belkis at the NY Comiccon this past year as she and James began their marketing push for the calendar and well, as you can see, they really didn’t have any trouble selling the calendars. (Hey, now that you’ve seen the actual Belkis, can you resist buying one?) So, once again I strongly urge you to contact James and purchase one for yourself. The calendar cost a mere $20.00 (which includes Shipping and Handling). So head over to James’ site and get a better look at the imagery on the calendar.

Oh yeah, just in case you need more Melkis images to convince you, keep scrolling, efendi!


Not sure, but I think she put this dress on backwards...

Hail Hail the Gang’s all here!

If you have been following me for the past couple of days, you’ll know that I have managed to acquire an entire set of McDonald’s Mini Star Wars Bobble-head figures. These toys are tied into the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars film. I haven’t seen the film as of yet (it is on my list).

For those of you who also haven¦t seen the film, here is something of a little preview.

Clone Wars, Take I



Clone Wars, Take II



Clone Wars, Take III

Wicket to the rescue!

Woo-Haa! I went back to the McD’s that I stopped at yesterday, and (very politely) asked the manager if he could find me Wicket, as I had apparently mis-counted my figures. Turns out that he was nice enough to dig through the ENTIRE box of figures to find me the last little guy.

I was so excited that I purchased a large fires as well.



So now I have a complete set of Star Wars Mini bobble-head characters. I’m so happy that I could become one with the Force!

May the Force be with us all!

Yesterday I told you all about the new Star Wars miniature bobble-heads that are available from McDonald’s via its new cross-promotion with the new Star Wars animated film (which I hope to see this weekend).

Well, until that happens, I can show you what the toys look like I’m going to post images of all 18 McDonald’s Mini Bobble Heads, along with the number they are in the McD set:

Anakin Skywalker (1)



Darth Vader (2)



Wicket (3)



Darn, it looks like I somehow mis-counted. I'm going to have to go back out and get this guy later.

Have no fear, I found a Wicket, and he is now with the rest of the fleet!)

C3PO (4)



Padme Amidala (5)



Stormtrooper (6)



Yoda (7)



R2D2 (8)



Han Solo (9)



Chewbacca (10)



Luke Skywalker (11)



Princess Leia (12)



Asajj Asajjentress (13)



Bobba Fett (14)



Ahsoka (15)



General Grievous (16)



Obi-Wan Kenobi (17)



Captain Rex (18)



That's it for today. More on this tomorrow.

A Long Time Ago...

You heard me kiddies, Star Wars is back in the Theaters, and this time with an actual story (if we are to believe what we are told). That’s right, this time it is all about the clones. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (an animated tale that takes place between episodes two and three) kicks off this week, and (the part that we like the best) it comes complete with a set of McDonald’s Happy Meal toys.

As soon as I finish making this post I’m going to run around the corner (yes, there really is a Micky D’s around the corner from my house) and I’m-a gonna get as many of the bobble headed little monsters that I can score (and it looks like there are 18 of the little buggers!).

* *UPDATE! * * UPDATE! * *

OK, I told you that I’d be back with a toy. Unfortunately, the nearest McD only had one toy (Padme Amidala). Well, fortunately, that isn’t the only McDonald’s in the area, so I will probably head out to check in on the others later on today.Be back in a bit!


* *UPDATE #2! * * UPDATE #2! * *

Just thought that you all should know that when I went out a second time to track down more Star Wars Bobble-heads, the second McDonald’s I hit had ALL of them, and sold me one of each of the ones I was missing.

Sweet!

2009 in Belkis

When talking about Next year, I like to start with the fact that I was able to assist in assembling a very cool calendar of fantasy art. Yep, I’m no artist (even though I do play one on TV), but I did help handle the editorial chores on one that is out now, and should be on display all of next year.

Earlier this year I had the unique pleasure to work with Fellow CAGer James Rodriguez. James, in addition to his stellar work on Quantum: Rock of ages with Philip Clark, James has begun publishing his own comic The Chronicles Of Sara. Still, as much as I want to to talk about those comics (and, trust me, I will), I’m more interested, right now, in discussing the NovaStar Studios Fantasy Illustrated Calendar, featuring Belkis. (Wow, that’s a mouthful!)

James, gathered together a bunch of other top-flight NY illustrators to produce a dynamite calendar for 2009. Each artist got to illustrate the always-lovely Belkis. As for my part, I not only wrote the bios for the various illustrators, but I provided James with moral support and a bit of production help early on in the process.

I was grateful to James for allowing me to assist him in this wonderful endeavor. So I want to take this opportunity to let you know that if you are in the market for a 2009 calendar (and right about now, who isn’t?) I strongly suggest that you contact James and purchase one for yourself. The calendar cost a mere $20.00 (which includes Shipping and Handling). So head over to James’ site and get a better look at the imagery on the calendar.