The newest 30 Days of Night came out today and I can say I nearly fell off my treadmill (yes I read comics or novels when I work out, makes the time go by much faster). I have always been a Steve Niles fan girl (see previous link to his website), but one of the things I like about him (besides his no nonsense take on horror and none sparkly vampires) is he isn't afraid to take risks with his characters. Also see his series of Criminal Macabre, same thing, lots of ass kicking and violence.
My second pick this week is Rachel Rising (again see links below), I wasn't sure were this was going, I kept reading and hung on and this week paid off. For sure the best issue in the series so far. I am glad I stuck it out with this one.
The next series, is Game of Thrones, I am a HUGE fan of these novels, I think they are the best series of books I have ever read, and I always have a book or two on the go. The comics are wonderfully drawn and capture the spirit of the books. Note: I loved the tv series as well and look forward to season two in April!
The ongoing Walking Dead series was the fourth read on the treadmill today, I love this series (see previous posts about the comics vs the show). If you read the series ya know what I am talking about, if you have only see the AMC show... my god go read the comics!
I still have this weeks I, Vampire and Infestation 2 to read, but I had to get off the treadmill and make dinner and so on... will post about them later.
Happy reading!
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Supporting and Funding what you love
Recently, thanks to the power of Twitter, I discovered something called Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/)
One of my favorite pass times is reading comics, mostly horror comics but I read other types as well. One of my favorite comic authors is Steve Niles (http://www.steveniles.com/) you may know his name from 30 Days of Night, that was when I first discovered him, but he has done many books now and I was lucky enough to meet him a few years back at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo... I totally digress... anyway he tweeted about a project called Womanathology (http://www.facebook.com/#!/Womanthology ) and that it needed funding via Kickstarter.
I checked it out, and decided to support the project. As I have looked around the Kickstarter site there are A LOT of really cool looking projects on there in need of help. You always get something for helping (though that's not the reason for helping out). Have a look, there were quite a few other projects Id love to help fund, but sadly I need a new furnace and winter is cold in Canada.
I think it is cool that we can help fund what we love.
Comic picks for the month:
Walking Dead #88 http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/4173/The-Walking-Dead-88-MR-
Doc Macabre (all three) http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/1538/
Lady Mechanika (2 out so far) http://www.joebenitez.com/mechanika.htm
My favorite online comic book shop:
http://www.tfaw.com/
Or if you are in Calgary I shop at http://www.comickazi.com/ or http://www.another-dimension.com/
*I'm not affiliated with anything listed above, its all my humble opinion and if any of these sites mess you about its not my fault! I have had nothing but great experiences with them though... if you have a bad experience I take zero responsibility for mentioning them! (eep!)
One of my favorite pass times is reading comics, mostly horror comics but I read other types as well. One of my favorite comic authors is Steve Niles (http://www.steveniles.com/) you may know his name from 30 Days of Night, that was when I first discovered him, but he has done many books now and I was lucky enough to meet him a few years back at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo... I totally digress... anyway he tweeted about a project called Womanathology (http://www.facebook.com/#!/Womanthology ) and that it needed funding via Kickstarter.
I checked it out, and decided to support the project. As I have looked around the Kickstarter site there are A LOT of really cool looking projects on there in need of help. You always get something for helping (though that's not the reason for helping out). Have a look, there were quite a few other projects Id love to help fund, but sadly I need a new furnace and winter is cold in Canada.
I think it is cool that we can help fund what we love.
Comic picks for the month:
Walking Dead #88 http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/4173/The-Walking-Dead-88-MR-
Doc Macabre (all three) http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/1538/
Lady Mechanika (2 out so far) http://www.joebenitez.com/mechanika.htm
My favorite online comic book shop:
http://www.tfaw.com/
Or if you are in Calgary I shop at http://www.comickazi.com/ or http://www.another-dimension.com/
*I'm not affiliated with anything listed above, its all my humble opinion and if any of these sites mess you about its not my fault! I have had nothing but great experiences with them though... if you have a bad experience I take zero responsibility for mentioning them! (eep!)
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Calgary Comic-Con
... or otherwise know as The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (http://www.calgaryexpo.com/). This is something my sister and I have attended every year (except the first one, we missed that year damn-it).
We, as always, had a great time.
This was the first year, they opened up on Friday night. So off sister and I went to exchange our tickets (which I had pre-ordered back in October) for our passes. I had also booked us for a photo-op with William Shatner (I am a huge fan of his).
We got our passes and went in! We booked our photo-op and signing spot for The Shat and then wandered around a little (I was getting over the flu, so we kept it short).
We went and met Jonathan Frakes, who was so friendly and kind, we were able to chat with him for a while and he posed for a pic with me. I think his smile summarises him 100%.
Next we stopped by The Guild (http://www.watchtheguild.com/) area. I guess it is rare that they all come to one Con at the same time, so I was stoked to meet the whole cast and the very lovely Felicia Day. We got there as they were still setting up, but there was already a line up. Sandeep (who plays Zaboo) had created a cardboard sign, that listed the autograph fees. The handler shouted out :this is worth one in a million, Ill take bids!:... People were shouting things out, and I yelled :I will give you my sister!: SOLD yelled Sandeep. When we got to him, we laughed and joked about the comment (see his signed pic below for what he wrote), I told him she would be ready for pick up at 9. Later on as we left the con I tweeted Sandeep a thank you for joking with us. Well! He tweeted me back the next morning: I was waiting at 9pm! what happened. your word is your bond!: We spent the weekend joking back and forth.. very cool, super nice guy!
Meanwhile, I had been Tweeting Teddy and Ajay from Space (http://www.spacecast.com/) Sister and I had met Teddy the year before and he had posed with us for a picture, that Space later put up on their Facebook page (we were thrilled) Teddy was super nice. This year I had tweeted a little bit with them, and when I found out they were both going to there I told them I was happy they would be there. Friday night we tried to find them, but with no luck. Again, thanks to the power of twitter I was able to find out that they were there and would be there all weekend.
Kate Vernon and Micheal Hogan from BSG were there, and friendly and chatted with me. I called Micheal a Frakking Toaster, he took it well. He signed my photo FRAK EM ALL lol. Kate was very sweet and signed my photo :Bottoms up!:. If you have watched BSG, that make sense :)
My sister and I picked up some T-shirts made for the Con by William Shatner (pic to follow).
Saturday was the crazy day, and leads to my one and only complaint about the con. We went and picked up our passes Friday night thinking we would be able to walk in fairly quickly Sat and Sunday. This was not the case. Even though we had our passes we had to stand in a massive line up to get in. I am not sure what the advantage was for picking up these passes ahead of time, but it was a smidge annoying. Anyway! That day we had a lot to do. There was meeting Shatner, our photo with him, and the panels done with him (our mayor White Hatted him.).
I also met Christopher Judge from Stargate (also very nice) that day as well.
We stood in line for quite a while for Shatner, even though we had booked a signing time, and then of course you are shoved through quickly. I did make sure to mumble a few words to him and he did look at me but sadly it was rather anti-climatic. We also had our photo-op, which again is pretty rushed... I look rather shell shocked. They shove you towards your idol and yell out :LOOK HERE: then snap and off you go lol.. again I said a couple of things to him and off we went! We are wearing our shirts, that he designed in this pic.
My brother commented that I look like Shatner just told me :you suck: lol that's my brother. Sister had a little doll with her that her friend made her, it is Little Kirk, and very awesome. You can see him there.
Saturday we also finally met up with Teddy and Ajay. Wow what super nice guys, I was really impressed that when I told Ajay my friend name, he knew my last from tweeting. These guys are awesome. They told us to stop by their booth on Sunday, we said we would.
We got to watch a lot of the costume contest, wow some are amazing. There are a lot of pictures on the Expos Facebook page, check it out, they are amazing. (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=537532399#!/home.php?sk=group_14718621017&ap=1)
Sunday, had us going back for Summer Glau (sorry guys no pic) and Shopping. They have amazing artists and comic book authors there. A few years ago I met Steve Niles.. I nearly died lol. My bag was full and nearly too heavy when we left. DC Comics, also had a booth there to promoted their reboot, and were handing our free first additions of many of the comics, I loaded up!
To go back to Teddy and Ajay, their signing booth was that day, sadly I got stuck in the Summer Glau line and when I got there was too late and was turned away by their Handler. Ajay saw this, and that night Teddy sent me a message on twitter apologising... I mean really... WOW.. as I said such nice guys!
We had our Guild photo-op and was able to joke with Sandeep some more!
We went to the Jonathan Frakes panel (where he too was white-hatted) and then the Guild Panel which was funny. We left at the very end of the day, exhausted but totally happy.
Our little Con has become one of the best in Canada (I think), the organisers are awesome along with the staff. Cant wait for next year and see who they get! Its in April next (that is normally when it is).
Check it out!
We, as always, had a great time.
This was the first year, they opened up on Friday night. So off sister and I went to exchange our tickets (which I had pre-ordered back in October) for our passes. I had also booked us for a photo-op with William Shatner (I am a huge fan of his).
We got our passes and went in! We booked our photo-op and signing spot for The Shat and then wandered around a little (I was getting over the flu, so we kept it short).
We went and met Jonathan Frakes, who was so friendly and kind, we were able to chat with him for a while and he posed for a pic with me. I think his smile summarises him 100%.
Next we stopped by The Guild (http://www.watchtheguild.com/) area. I guess it is rare that they all come to one Con at the same time, so I was stoked to meet the whole cast and the very lovely Felicia Day. We got there as they were still setting up, but there was already a line up. Sandeep (who plays Zaboo) had created a cardboard sign, that listed the autograph fees. The handler shouted out :this is worth one in a million, Ill take bids!:... People were shouting things out, and I yelled :I will give you my sister!: SOLD yelled Sandeep. When we got to him, we laughed and joked about the comment (see his signed pic below for what he wrote), I told him she would be ready for pick up at 9. Later on as we left the con I tweeted Sandeep a thank you for joking with us. Well! He tweeted me back the next morning: I was waiting at 9pm! what happened. your word is your bond!: We spent the weekend joking back and forth.. very cool, super nice guy!
Meanwhile, I had been Tweeting Teddy and Ajay from Space (http://www.spacecast.com/) Sister and I had met Teddy the year before and he had posed with us for a picture, that Space later put up on their Facebook page (we were thrilled) Teddy was super nice. This year I had tweeted a little bit with them, and when I found out they were both going to there I told them I was happy they would be there. Friday night we tried to find them, but with no luck. Again, thanks to the power of twitter I was able to find out that they were there and would be there all weekend.
Kate Vernon and Micheal Hogan from BSG were there, and friendly and chatted with me. I called Micheal a Frakking Toaster, he took it well. He signed my photo FRAK EM ALL lol. Kate was very sweet and signed my photo :Bottoms up!:. If you have watched BSG, that make sense :)
My sister and I picked up some T-shirts made for the Con by William Shatner (pic to follow).
Saturday was the crazy day, and leads to my one and only complaint about the con. We went and picked up our passes Friday night thinking we would be able to walk in fairly quickly Sat and Sunday. This was not the case. Even though we had our passes we had to stand in a massive line up to get in. I am not sure what the advantage was for picking up these passes ahead of time, but it was a smidge annoying. Anyway! That day we had a lot to do. There was meeting Shatner, our photo with him, and the panels done with him (our mayor White Hatted him.).
I also met Christopher Judge from Stargate (also very nice) that day as well.
We stood in line for quite a while for Shatner, even though we had booked a signing time, and then of course you are shoved through quickly. I did make sure to mumble a few words to him and he did look at me but sadly it was rather anti-climatic. We also had our photo-op, which again is pretty rushed... I look rather shell shocked. They shove you towards your idol and yell out :LOOK HERE: then snap and off you go lol.. again I said a couple of things to him and off we went! We are wearing our shirts, that he designed in this pic.
My brother commented that I look like Shatner just told me :you suck: lol that's my brother. Sister had a little doll with her that her friend made her, it is Little Kirk, and very awesome. You can see him there.
Saturday we also finally met up with Teddy and Ajay. Wow what super nice guys, I was really impressed that when I told Ajay my friend name, he knew my last from tweeting. These guys are awesome. They told us to stop by their booth on Sunday, we said we would.
We got to watch a lot of the costume contest, wow some are amazing. There are a lot of pictures on the Expos Facebook page, check it out, they are amazing. (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=537532399#!/home.php?sk=group_14718621017&ap=1)
Sunday, had us going back for Summer Glau (sorry guys no pic) and Shopping. They have amazing artists and comic book authors there. A few years ago I met Steve Niles.. I nearly died lol. My bag was full and nearly too heavy when we left. DC Comics, also had a booth there to promoted their reboot, and were handing our free first additions of many of the comics, I loaded up!
To go back to Teddy and Ajay, their signing booth was that day, sadly I got stuck in the Summer Glau line and when I got there was too late and was turned away by their Handler. Ajay saw this, and that night Teddy sent me a message on twitter apologising... I mean really... WOW.. as I said such nice guys!
We had our Guild photo-op and was able to joke with Sandeep some more!
We went to the Jonathan Frakes panel (where he too was white-hatted) and then the Guild Panel which was funny. We left at the very end of the day, exhausted but totally happy.
Our little Con has become one of the best in Canada (I think), the organisers are awesome along with the staff. Cant wait for next year and see who they get! Its in April next (that is normally when it is).
Check it out!
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