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  The biggest day for America’s Comic Book Industry is the first Saturday in May.  Since its inception FREE COMIC BOOK DAY has been an unqualified success.  Publishers designate certain titles to be offered free of charge to the general public in a nationwide promotion.  And the lines at specialty comics retailers around the country […]

They’re at Heroes Convention! The first weekend in June was the annual Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC.  2013 year marks the 31st anniversary for this fabulous regional show sponsored by Shelton Drum’s Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find comics store. I attended along with co-producer Patrick Michael Strange and director/cameraman Alvin Jones. A delightful time was […]

Patrick Michael Strange and I traveled to Virginia Beach over the weekend of May 10th to attend Blood on the Beach III.   I’ve been to conventions for comic books, Star Trek, science fiction and anime but this was my very first horror oriented show.   I had a great time! Among the many celebrities […]

  The biggest day for the comics industry was last month.  The highly anticipated annual FREE COMIC BOOK DAY event, as usual, didn’t disappoint.   FANTASTIC FORUM was in it up to our necks this year as we sponsored events and made the rounds to comic book retailers in the Washington, DC metro area. Producer/host […]

  The weekend of April 20 marked the first annual Awesome Con DC!   The event was organized by conventioneer, Ben Penrod, in response to the absence of a major comic convention in DC.  Ben is also the mastermind behind the popular Annapolis Comic Con as well as the Southern Maryland Comic Con and he […]

Last month, Patrick Michael Strange and I visited the mid-town Manhattan offices of Valiant Entertainment.  As you may know, Valiant Comics re-launched late last year after a successful run in the mid-nineties prior to being bought out by video gaming company, Acclaim. To say that Patrick is a huge fan of the comics line would […]

  Valiant Comics is back!  The indy publisher that debuted in the late 1980’s and featured such titles as X-O Manowar, Doctor Solar Man of the Atom and Turok Dinosaur Hunter relaunched its line in the spring of 2012.  Patrick Michael Strange caught up with Valiant publisher, Fred Pierce, at The Baltimore Comic Con. We’ve […]

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, […]