Jacksonville Comic Book Conventions
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Books
Flashback: Bruce Campbell at University of Minnesota Bookstore (July 27, 2005)
My favorite time of the year is Halloween… so here’s a flashback of meeting horror icon Bruce Campbell at a book signing.
Registered Historical Facts: Looking out for Johnny Marr and Conjuring Morrissey
The Smiths and Morrissey is in the news and pop culture. Morrissey spotted in The Conjuring and Johnny Marr has a new live album called Look Out Live!
Book Report: Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor
I was on a recent comic book hunter at my local Ollie’s (my favorite store in Florida). I didn’t find what I was looking for, but while browsing through their music book section, I came across Sinéad O’Connor’s book Rememberings.
Registered Historical Facts: Slow Joy is Miserable Now, Morrissey death threats, and Mike Joyce to release his autobiography
In Morrissey/The Smiths news: Slow Joy releases “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now”, Morrissey’s life is threaten, and Mike Joyce releases his autobiography, The Drums.
How to remove price stickers on a comic books or magazines without damaging it
If you’re a thrift shopper or just enjoy going through clearance bins, you’ll often buy things that have non-removable price sticker on it. Usually I’ll just peel it off, but sometimes the stickers are impossible to remove without damaging the item.
Hefty Hi-Rise 32-qt bins are perfect for Graded Comics
These Hefty Hi-Rise 32-qt bins are perfect for Graded Comics. I’m somewhat starting a Slab collection, so I’m interested in a storage solution. I bought two of these Hefty bins from Walmart today ($9 each).
Dogs Are Everywhere
Dogs Are Everywhere: Dogpark, LustSickPuppy, Dogs In A Pile, Dog Man: The Musical
Remarkable Paper Move
The Remarkable company came out with the Remarkable Paper Move (RPM), which is a mini-RPP. The new device is 7.3 inches and can fit in your pocket. It has everything the RPP offers (including the Gallery 3 Color e-ink screen), but only smaller and portable. This very expensive pocket notepad is $500, comes bundled with a pen.
George Perez Gallery
Hello, this is a call to other George Perez fans, who might be able to help me out. As you know, my old webhost, TypePad is closing its door on September 30, 2025, and I’m temporarily moving George Perez-related material to wheartm.com (WordPress). If you can point me in a hosting solution (preferably free or very low cost), or you can donate storage - please email me.
Registered Historical Facts 2025
When I was moving, I couldn’t bring everything with me. So, I thought the easiest thing was to leave my CDs, DVDs, and books behind. I figure I had already ripped all my DVDs and CDs, and, you know, I could always rebuild. I just didn’t have the room to bring everything with me.
Turns out, leaving books and CDs behind was one of the biggest regrets of my life.
Sci-Fi: Alien Revival
Alien: Earth fxnetworks.com Alien: Earth is the exciting new Sci-Fi/Horror series from FX. I’ve...
DC Mobile Games
DC Worlds Collide dcworldscollidegame.com I love DC Comics and recently, it seems there are an...
T.Rex and Marvel Comics
Man-Wolf When writer David Anthony Kraft passed away in 2021, George Pérez remembers his friend...
We♥Comics!- Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) at Convention Center, CA (2025-07-24 to 27)
Comic-Con International: San Diego (aka SDCC) is the marquee US comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually at the San Diego Convention Center that focuses not only on comic books and science fiction/fantasy but encompassed a broad spectrum of pop culture and entertainment, including films, television shows, video games, interactive multimedia, and more.
Jax: August 8 to August 10, 2025
Jax: August 8 to August 10, 2025 -
Atmosphere and Cypress Hill, Emily Compagno, Girl Named Tom
Cancellation Television
Cancellation Television: The Sandman: Season 2 , Rick & Morty: Season 8
Book Report: DC Finest
Here is a rare book report for you. Amazon has reduced many of the physical-only DC Finest books, as part of their Father’s Day sale. In addition, if you buy two books, you save an additional 50% off the second book, resulting in about less than $20 per book. Retail price is $40, so this is a very good savings, considering that these titles were launched fairly recently.
RIP Dan Storper (Putumayo) and Peter David (The Incredible Hulk)
We have just heard that Dan Storper the founder, creator, and president of Putumayo World Music, has died. In non-music death news, American comic book writer Peter David has recently died at the age of 68. Anyone who have followed comic books, will not be that surprised by his passing.
Misfit Corner Comics at Beach Boulevard Flea Market
By now you all know my sad tale of losing about half my comic book collection when I moved to Jacksonville. I have sworn to never buy anything again… but you all knew that wasn’t going to last. I just have to be smart about what goes into my collection and what I can live without. One thing that I know I can’t get back into is collecting toys. Toys takes up so much space, valuable space that I don’t have.
Spectra 6
The next generation of e-ink is here, and it is called Spectra 6.
The original Spectra had only three pigments (red, black, white), but over the years, they evolved to Spectra 6, featuring six colors: red, yellow, blue, white, black, and green… and through those combinations can produce about 60,000 colors.
BCW Short Comic Book Bin
Vu asked me to do a write up on the new BCW short comic box I just bought. When we met up last week, we saw them for sale in a local comic shop and interested both of us. The price was a little hefty at $40 in the shop. On Amazon it was $30.
We♥Comics! – Planet Comicon Kansas City 2025 (March 21-23) recap – Part Two: The Cosplay
We’re back downtown at Bartle Hall and the Convention Center for Planet Comicon Kansas City...
We♥Comics!- Planet Comicon Kansas City 2025 (March 21-23) recap- Part One
Celebrating a full quarter century, Planet Comicon Kansas City celebrated their 26th year as the...
DC Comics Style Guide: A Disappointment
This is a rare book report for DC Comics Style Guide, a book that eventually came out in very late 2024 and early 2025. Originally scheduled for an August 2024 release, it was delayed a few times due a custom PMS metallic silver ink on the cover.
The Magic of Wandering Days
Nobody’s Empire by Stuart Murdoch. There are plenty of artists who cross genres into writing books—actors, directors, and musicians have all tried this form of creative expression. It doesn’t surprise me that musicians venture into the literary genre, especially singer-songwriters, who only have to trade their microphone for a pen to tell a story that sings. Stuart Murdoch, the singer-songwriter behind Belle and Sebastian, the Scottish indie-pop band that gained acclaim in the early ‘90s behind Murdoch’s witty lyrics and gorgeous melodies, seems perfectly suited to the task. Besides writing several albums that now span decades, Murdoch has published The Celestial Café, a collection of blog entries, poems, and lyrics, and written and directed a film, 2014’s God Help the Girl, about a lost and lonely young woman who starts a band with friends in Glasgow.
Crime Time: Born Again and Persuader
Crime Time: Born Again and Persuader - Daredevil: Born Again and Reacher: Season 3
Write About Love, and Music, and California
On a blustery, cold San Francisco night (cold for San Francisco, that is—a frigid 45 degrees), I walked to the end of a long line of well-dressed indie kids of all ages. We were queuing up on Valencia Street outside The Chapel music venue in San Francisco’s Mission District, the neighborhood that just happened to play a part in Nobody’s Empire, the debut novel by Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer and mastermind behind the twee-pop wonderband Belle and Sebastian. Fans of the band, which dug its deep, pop hooks and its wispy rhymes into the hearts of twee music lovers from 1996 on, also know it as the name of one of their songs and the album it’s on. The book tour promos played to its audience: It was marketed as a night of “readings, songs, live Q&A, and book signing,” and it featured informal chats with moderators and hosts Mike Schulman and Nommi Alouf, the latter of whom figures in the novel as the college radio station DJ who invites the main character on her radio show.
The Chinese Connection
I think by now you’ve all heard that Elon Musk is a liar and cheater. Last year, Musk boasts that he’s ranked top 20 players worldwide on Diablo IV, and that was already suspicious. I personally didn’t believe it, but I didn’t really care or questioned it because, I had stopped playing the game (because it sucks).
Crisis at 40
Last Friday (January 3, 2025) was the 40th anniversary of Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (January 3, 1985), as I have already previously written last year that this comic is important for several reasons. One, it introduced Charlton characters, two, it started the annual crossover for DC Comics, and three, personally for me, it started my journey in collecting comics.