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FANTASTIC FORUM recently traveled to Annapolis, Maryland for the Annapolis Comic Con – Halloween Edition! Our friends at Awesome Cons run this show along with the Southern Maryland Comic Con and the upcoming Awesome Convention in Washington, DC in April 2013. Awesome Cons knows what they’re doing so it’s always a good time. I was […]

Back from New York this week after a long weekend at the New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javitz Center. In only seven years this con has grown to be second only to San Diego’s Comic Con International. Co-host/producer Patrick Michael Strange and I burned the candle at both ends so much so that […]

FANTASTIC FORUM was in attendance at this weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con! The 13th Annual show featured special guest Stan Lee, The 25th Annual Harvey Awards, a Costume Contest, panels galore and more fun and excitement than you can shake a stick at! Among the many guests were actor Phil Lamarr, DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio, […]

I was in attendance at last weekend’s Baltimore Grand Prix. Geppi’s Entertainment Museum at Camden Station was a base for the event which enjoyed its second annual running. I had a blast hanging out in the VIP with Baltimore Bachelorette Gina Geppi and her dad, Diamond Distribution’s Steve Geppi. Another old friend that I ran […]

Our stalwart panel and crew were back on location last Thursday. Jeff Weaver and the staff at Victory Comics in Falls Church, VA were gracious enough to welcome FANTASTIC FORUM back. Utilizing AIM’s mobile production van made everything easy. Which isn’t to say that there weren’t any challenges. But the crew didn’t suffer any techincal […]

I was surprised and delighted to receive a Facebook friend request from Lou Scheimer. For those of you who may not know who he is Mr. Scheimer is a co-founder of Filmation Studios. Filmation is one of the greatest animation houses ever. They produced such notable cartoons as He Man, Fat Albert and the Cosby […]

For anyone in the area who couldn’t make it to San Diego this weekend, The Southern Maryland Comic Con;was Saturday before last in Waldorf, Maryland.  This one-day con packed quite a punch!  There were some great artists in attendance including Steve Conley, Greg LaRocque, Matt Slay, J.K. Woodward, Louis Small Jr., Carolyn Belefski, Dan Nokes and Chris […]

On Friday, co-host Billie Rae Bates and I visited Geppi’s Entertainment Museum where we met Steve Geppi.  Steve is one of the most influential men in the comics industry through his position as president of Diamond Comics Distributors.  Diamond has cornered the distribution market and if you are a publisher who wants their books to […]

My lovely wife and I enjoyed a matinee performance of THE HISTORY OF INVULNERABILITY at Theater J in the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center. Written by David Bar Katz and directed by Shirley Serotsky, who is also Theater J’s Director of Literary and Public Programming, the play tells the story of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel.  […]

I spent the weekend in beautiful Charlotte, NC at the Heroes Convention. While this was my first time attending this wonderful show it certainly won’t be my last! In addition to speaking with the likes of Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, Paul Levitz, Louise Simonson and Ivan Reis I enjoyed the pleasure of getting convention founder, […]