I’ve never been big on westerns.  At least, not until the past few years.  To me, a western was always cattle rustling tales of gunslingers.  You know, the good guy in white with fringe hunting down the bad guy wearing black, and fringe.  Either chewing on a weed or a hand rolled cigarette.  Boring.  Never cared for that.  See, I never hated all westerns, I just never understood them.  I looked at them from the wrong angle.  My first western, that I can remember, save for the Terror of Tiny Town – the all midget western with them riding on Shetland ponies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030845/ ), was… well, I don’t know.  See, my uncle to me to see Smokey and the Bandit when I was about 7 or 8.  He said it was Smokey and the Bandit, but it was some western.  I don’t know the name, or remember what it was about, but in the end, the two heroes were hanged from a bell tower.  The first western I ever saw, and knew, was The Long Riders.  Action packed and violent, very violent.  I loved it.  About 8 or 9, watching it when I technically shouldn’t have been.  Beautiful.  Even still, I stayed away from them.  Not fully understanding the concept.  But the thing is, there’s nothing to understand.  A western is just like any other story, just set in a different period of time, and that brings along with it a certain type of character and conflicts. 

So, what movie snapped me out of my western tunnel vision?  Tombstone.  Yep, the Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer classic.  I could continue on naming everyone else in the movie, including Billy Bob Thornton, but I won’t.  What made Tombstone so special?  Well, have you seen it?  Kidding, of course you have.  But, really – I just liked it.  Something about the way it was done, and the characters.  It made everything click with me.  Did I say Tombstone?  I meant Maverick with Mel Gibson, before he was crazy.  Nah, kidding again, it was Tombstone. 

Since then, I’ve seen more movies.  I still haven’t seen Unforgiven, yet.  Get off my back, I’ll get to it.  I just watched Dog Soldiers the other day after owning it for 5 years, and buying a second copy, steelbook edition, about 2 months ago.  Anyway, I’ve seen 3:10 to Yuma, Appaloosa, The Wild Bunch, and others.  I want to watch The Quick and Dead one day.  Come on, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Russell Crowe (before he stopped being crazy), Leonardo DiCaprio, and Lance Henricksen.  I’ve been missing out. 

Anyway, the point of all this is, one of my personal goals is to write one of every genre.  That includes a western.  Well, believe it or not I’ve got my western in mind.  Actually, I’ve had it in mind for a while.  Hell, I might have already talked about it here.  I want to do a Crow movie but do a western one.  My story is tight.  I’ve been keeping it in my head for many years, and I’d love to put it out there.  I’m not going to go into details, though I already may have in previous posts, but it would be sweet.  It’s about a railroad tycoon wanting to build on Indian land.  He tries to drive out the Indians, but a gunslinger friend of theirs gathers some other gunfighters to stand with them and drive out the unwanted forces.  The tycoon decides that the only way he can get the land is to kill the gunfighter.  Without him, the Indians won’t be able to get help from anyone else.  They attack in the middle of the night and kill him and his wife and daughter.  A year later he is brought back by the crow for revenge.  He learns that they wiped out the entire Indian tribe except for one person.  He sets out for revenge after that.  There are a lot of subplots and other things, but that’s the gist of it.  Would love to do it one day.  One day…  Oh well. 

Until then.

“I’m ya huckleberry.”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

Sorry for no post last week, had a lot going on.  As you’ve seen, Chapter 12 of Unwanted Heroes was posted last Monday.  Hope you enjoyed it.  I started writing the first chapter of the second story arc.  I didn’t plan to start working on any of it.  I just had an idea for how I wanted it to start.  The idea turned into dialogue and a narrative.  Next thing you know, I had to write it.  It’s good.  A nice way to start off the new book.  Let me say now, though, the second story will not be posted on the site.  You will have to buy it, but it’ll include the first one, Bury My Mask, and any other UH stories that I write between now and then.  I know, I’m getting ahead of myself. 

So, what else has been going on?  Just working hard.  As a reminder, remember to stop by www.Raptorface.com every once in a while and check out some of the randomness of three geeks.  You never know when you’ll see a movie review, an exposition of classic Star Trek, a comic geek rant, or a review of Japanese masturbatory devices.  Yeah, it’s weird and funny.  We need to get back to doing podcasts.  Those are fun. 

So, bad news.  Revelations 23 isn’t going to be out this month.  I know, I’m just as sad as you guys are.  But, the reason it’s not going to be ready this month is because wOlly is taking his time and trying to make it perfect.  I commend him on that.  If it takes another month, then I’m cool with that.  There’s a lot riding on the first book, a lot of pressure, and we want it to be perfect.  In the meantime, I’m going to start working on book 2.  It’s a little late to talk about it now, but wOlly had an art show in Charlotte, NC this past weekend titled The Lost Art Form of Artistic Artistry.  His work is going to be on display at the Art House until August 20^th.   If you live in the area or are passing through, you should definitely check it out. 

While we are on the subject of things being delayed.  Cadeloria By Night is going to be moving a little slower than anticipated.  We’re holding off on the full book while Nick works on some other projects.  We will instead start off with some mini books, of sorts, that will focus on the characters.  The books will be about 5 or 6 pages.  More of an introduction to these people.  The first book will be about Draek, the central character of the series.  I’ll start on this soon as well.  Soon being in the next week or two.  By the way, if you haven’t checked out Nick’s work you can do so here:  http://valenteillustrations.webs.com/ & http://njvalente.deviantart.com/#

Well, thanks for your time today.  Enjoy the rest of your week, and please, try the fish. 

“It’s like that, now.”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

Well, I finished writing Cadeloria By Night.  And I have, too.  Yep yep yep yep yep.  I have to say, the first issue turned out alright.  It’s coming in at around 26 pages, but I’m good with that.  See, I was having a problem doing full breakdowns, something that, up until Revelations 23, I hadn’t done in years.  So I tried a little something to manage it better.  I drew what started as 9 rectangles on a piece of paper, to represent the remaining pages, and then wrote short sentences next to them about what I wanted to happen on each page.  Obviously, I ran over on pages, but that was okay, cause working it out from my head to paper helped me to focus and not overload a page with panels, or underload (is that a word?  I’m using it anyway.) a page.  The characters aren’t fully developed in the issue, of course cause it’s a first issue, but they are fleshed out enough to intrigue and captivate the reader. 

Anyway, switching gears here.  The San Diego Comic Con was this past weekend.   Way to let me down Scott.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t be there this year – and honestly I probably won’t make it next year.  So, the big news, at least for me was the Avengers movie cast… kinda.  Let’s explore, shall we? 

First off, the new Hulk, or should I say new Banner.  The Ang Lee Hulk film was good.  I’m an old Hulk fan, followed the John Byrne run into the definitive Peter David run and have peeked in periodically after his departure.  I liked the Ang Lee movie, but it tried too hard to remove the suspension of disbelief factor and the movie was mired in realistic science.  I realize that if the madder Hulk gets, and the stronger he gets, his mass must increase, therefore a bigger Hulk.  But that matters to me any more than why a billionaire playboy is getting his ass kicked every night by mentally deranged creeps, instead of getting his ass kissed (literally) every night my sexually deranged chicks.  I DON’T CARE!  I just accept it for what it is.   I enjoyed Hulk and recommend it for viewing.  Is it my Hulk?  Not really, but I thought it was well done.  Didn’t care for the gamma dogs, though; but it was a good fight scene.  Now, the Edward Norton Incredible Hulk I really liked.  Excellent cast, special effects were great.  I liked the little touches in the story and development.  I liked where they were heading, with the Leader and all.  I mean, did anyone catch, what I saw a foreshadowing, when Betty was talking to him in the truck about controlling the Hulk, and Banner’s smile at the end of the movie?  Maybe Banner-Hulk in the next film, had there been one.  *heavy sigh*  Now, all praise aside, there were things missing that should have been in the movie or a director’s cut, which sadly we will probably never see.  I think these missing elements would explain a lot and help solidify the story.  Overall, well done. 

So, now we have Mark Ruffalo.  I don’t know much about him, but what little I’ve seen he was good in.  He did a great job in Zodiac, as well as Shutter Island.  I think he’ll do well, but I hate to see the franchise go through another new story and actor.  That would be the death of the Hulk, and we’ve already seen that made-for-tv movie.  Personally, I like the one with Daredevil.  As for the rest of the casting, I’m fairly satisfied.  I like what I know about the Thor movie, especially the director, Kenneth Branagh.  Not to mention that Destroyer’s in it, and the Infinity Gauntlet.  It’s got my spider-sense tingling.  The Cap movie is to new to really comment on, but I’ll say that I feel very strong about the cast and director.  I even like the production art of the costume.

And, the last bit of Avengers news was the inclusion of Hawkeye in the movie.  Anybody that knows me knows I have a strong affinity for Clint Barton.  Clint could kick Oliver Queen’s ass any day.  Ah said it!  I’ll save my 50 reasons why I love Hawkeye till next post, but suffice to say, that lot of news made my day. 

Wow, this week came in kinda long.  Remember Unwanted Heroes Chapter XII next week. 

“You will be the one escaping.”

“I can’t move.”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

BTW, Con Air came on cable again this past Sunday.

For the past two weeks, Con Air had been coming on cable on Sunday.  Now, I like Con Air.  It’s not the best movie in the world I’ll admit it, but I dig it.  Great cast.  You can’t deny that.  I know all of the characters names, Billy Bedlam, Cyrus the Virus, Diamond Dog, The Marietta Mangler, Johnny 23, Pinball…  This Sunday, though, it didn’t come on.  Suddenly, I felt a little empty.  Weird.  Speaking of movies…

The other day I watched 2012 for the first time.  Wow, was that awful.  By a weird quirk of fate, if you can call it fate, a new “friend” named Flix watched it too.  I would give a scathing review, but I’ll let Flix do that.  He’ll be posting regular reviews of movies on RaptorFace.  Did I mention that Flix is a black guy that currently lives in 1970’s?  All will be explained in the first post.  Stay tuned. 

What next?  Chapter XI of Unwanted Heroes is now online.  I hope everyone’s starting to see the story coming together.  Setting up a subplot and rounding out the world a little bit more.  We’ll meet some more interesting people as things go on, and let me tell you now, things are going to get rough.  And before this first story arc is complete, several characters will die.  I’m not saying anything more than that. 

Sad as it is, that’s about all that I have to say this week.  Things have been rather slow.  Still working on Cadeloria By Night.  Don’t really know what’s taking me so long on that.  I think it’s the feel of a fantasy story that’s holding me up.  I’m not used to writing that genre, so I’m scared that I’m not doing it right.  The last thing I want is to Twilight the genre.  You know, where you make up your own rules in a place that already has clearly defined rules, and then say “Well, this is my version.”  Yeah… no.  That’s like me asking you if you want spaghetti, then bringing you a bowl of Ramen noodles and saying: “This is Jerale style spaghetti.”  No, it’s not cock-a-doodie spaghetti!  And those aren’t cock-a-doodie vampires or werewolves, Mrs. Woman!

Whoa, were am I?  I kinda blacked out for a minute there.  “Meanwhile, back at the wrench.”    Cadeloria.  I’ll finish it this week, Nick, not matter what. 

Ok, to wrap things up here.  I’ve been reading the DC Universe novel Last Sons, featuring Superman, Martian Manhunter, and Lobo, and written by Alan Grant.  I’ve been a fan of Alan Grant for a long time, and no one writes Lobo quite like him.  I’m not really feeling the book.  It’s a little slow, and I’m not getting that fully immersed feeling that I normally get while reading.  I keep finding myself reading a book.  Kinda like that feeling you get in the movie theater when for a moment you disengage from the movie and remember that you’re in a theater.  Well, I’m getting that a lot with this book.  The Lobo parts are excellent, but I’m just not feeling the rest.  This is surprising to me as a fan of Alan Grant’s work.  I had previously listened to the audio book of Batman: The Stone King based on the novel he wrote.  I enjoyed the Stone King, but this one…  Maybe it will redeem itself in the end. 

Bring the check, I’m done.  Be back next week where I’ll start things off with “Well, I finished writing Cadeloria By Night.” 

“Help, the last of the Mohicans is burnin’!”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net 

PS. Enough with the Russian spam already.

In the song Can’t Tell Me Nothing, Kanye West said: “I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven.  When I woke I spent that on a necklace.”  I had a dream the other night – about zombies.  I was lying in bed while a movie called Bikini Frankenstein played on Skinemax.  I wasn’t watching it, not that you could watch a movie called Bikini Frankenstein.  The sound was just bouncing around in my subconscious.  When that went off, I was about ¾’s asleep when Panic Room came on.  I like Panic Room.  Being a big David Fincher fan, how could I not?  Plus, I dig Jody Foster, Forrest Whitaker, and Jared Leto.  Where was I?  Oh, yeah… zombies.  It was weird.  I was scared, but at the same time a little excited to see what was going on and what was going to happen.  The bad thing is that my dream was fighting against me.  It was like my brain was trying to kill me.  Yeah, it’s weird. 

I can’t go into details, cause as time’s gone on, I’ve forgotten a lot of it.  The part I really remember is that when I realized that zombies were attacking, I tried to go back to my house, just a few doors down from where I was, and lock myself in.  Suddenly, I couldn’t find my house.  I walked a block and a half, and couldn’t find my house.  The zombies were coming, but I couldn’t find my house.  I ended up going back to the store where everyone else was.  The store had no protection and the people inside… I don’t remember anything about them, but I thought they were jerks.  I ended up hiding in some kind of upstairs crawl space.  The weirdest thing about the whole dream, was that I was looking down on myself the whole time.  I guess the moral of the story is, drowsiness, T & A movies, and David Fincher don’t mix. 

Moving on.  Again, Baltimore ComicCon on August 28^th & 29^th.  http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com/   Stop by and see Antwon, grab some of his new art prints, and get a copy of the first issue of Revelations 23.  I’ll be there on Saturday as well, so you can get some insight about the story and future issues, and have it signed by both of us.  Walt Simonson is going to be at the con.  The creator of Beta Ray Bill himself.  I have to get him to sign my Thor with BRB and my BRB mini bust.  SWEET!  Walt Simonson was to Thor what Peter David was to Hulk.  Love his work. 

As for me this week.  Still working on the norm.  Hope you enjoyed Unwanted Heroes Chapter X.  The next chapter will be posted on Monday.  In semi-related news, stop by RaptorFace (www.RaptorFace.com) on Friday and check out my article The God Complex.   You know, you should have that place bookmarked and be visiting it on a regular basis anyway.  Chris, James and I always have something interesting or even stupid to say.  James just wrote a piece on the game Split Second, and Chris is currently finishing an article on the joys of wearing ladies underwear.  Don’t ask. 

Ok, I’m done for the day.  See you on Monday for Chapter XI.  And remember…

“Fire. Bad.”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

Let me say, it’s been a pretty hectic two weeks.  I’ve been able to stay on top of Unwanted Heroes, but unfortunately regular blog posts have fallen behind.  Doesn’t seem like there’s enough time in the day.  I may just cut regular blogging to updates and important stuff.  Oh, and random crazy thoughts.  I always have to post random crazy thoughts. 

So, what have I been working on?  Well on top of keeping Unwanted Heroes up to date, I’ve been putting a lot of mental energy into the second issue of Revelations 23, and a new fantasy comic book called Cadeloria By Night.  Cadeloria By Night is going to be a very interesting and different story.  I’ve been putting a lot of thought and detail into the world and the characters, and have a basic plot outline for the first 4-5 issues.  I’ll be about halfway through the first issue by week’s end.  I’ll post the full script for the first issue once it’s complete. 

Unfortunately, things with Revelations 23 have been delayed a bit.  Just by a week or two.  We’re still looking at the completed book being ready before the end of the month, and will be available at both the Roanoke Valley Comic Con in October, and the Baltimore Comic Con August 28^th & 29^th.  It looks to be a pretty big con, with a scheduled appearance by Todd McFarlane among many others.  You can check out more info on the Baltimore Con here: http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com/.  For anyone planning to attend, you can find my partner Antwon (wOlly) and I under Rebel Star Studios, of course.    wOlly will be there both days, selling his art, and giving you the lowdown on Revelations 23.  He’ll probably be hard at work on the second issue at that time. 

You know what, I’m tired and my brain feels deflated.  I actually can’t write anymore and can’t think of anything to say.  See you next week. 

“The mind wobbles.”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

Aw man!  I hung out with a friend over the weekend and watched some of Bonnaroo, in between the UFC fight.  Great time.  I don’t know what I have to do to go next year, but I’m going.  We watched Jay Z’s performance, which was similar to his BP III concert.  Even still, I wish I was there.  Kings of Leon sounded incredible live.  The line-up at Bonnaroo is always great.  I was hoping to win tickets at the HeroesCon, but *sigh* no such luck.  Next year.  Next year. 

So, the other day I was thinking about what comic book I’d want to write and make something from it.  For some reason, Marc Silvestri’s CyberForce came to mind.  Well, WildC.A.T.s came to mind first, and as much as I love Jim Lee, that book has had it.  It’s been lifted, redone, and restarted more times than an aging Hollywood actress.  Yes, Sharon Stone, I’m talking about you.  WildC.A.T.s hasn’t seen a good storyline since Alan Moore’s run, which btw, was incredible.  After all, it is Alan Moore.  Peter David (But I Digress).  CyberForce – well, I’m not going to say they have potential, but they could be made to work.  See, the problem you run into when creating a brand new universe is you only have the heroes and villains that you first create.  Most people read comics that have a long established history and years to create and develop heroes and villains.  If you go back and look at the early days, they’re not so great.  So, how do you create a brand new world with new heroes and already have established villains.  Well, unless that’s the basis of your series, you can’t.  If things are just now starting to pop up, then you find yourself running your only villain into the ground very quickly.  What can you do?  “What can you do?”  “Yes, what can you do.”  Not much.  Unless you have an event that suddenly makes more people with powers/abilities, you’re stuck.  Bottom line, don’t do it.  So, what does all this have to do with CyberForce?  Everything.  Much like the Superman movies, they ran the book into the ground with the same tired villains all the time.  You need something more.  You need something in your world that is already built in.  It doesn’t need to be big, just something to open the rest of the world up and keep your characters from becoming static. 

So, what would I do with CyberForce?  Well, first off, I’d remodel them.  All of them.  Make them better, different.  Give them something else to fight.  Nothing makes a hero stronger than having to team up with your enemy after years of fighting and realize that they were kinda the good guy all along.  Now, would I do that, maybe not.  But it gives a new spin and dynamic on things.  My major change would be to Stryker.  Who the fuck needs three arms on one side of their body?  RANT.  I’m so sick of seeing people, creatures with multiple arms without having the pectoral muscles to support them or allow them to move.  You can’t just have arms sprouting out of nowhere.  There’s a systems of muscles that have to support them.  No, those extra arms are out.  I’d redevelop their characters, and try to distant them from appearing so X-Men like.  Not completely do away with their past, but twist it a little.  Give it a new Star Trek approach, or as James always tells me, “Don’t be afraid to blow up Vulcan.”  I think taking them from their world and dumping them in new surroundings would be a good start.  It doesn’t have to be permanent, but it gives them a chance to grow, and for their world to change enough o that when they come back, if they come back, they got new avenues to explore.  Trust me on this, I could make this book a hell of a lot of fun. 

So, until Marc gives me the go ahead, I’ll sit here and think about the greatness they could be.  After that, I think I’d head over to Marvel and put She-Hulk (I love Shulkie) and Ms. Marvel into a book together.  I’d give it the comedic, action coolness of a Christopher Priest Black Panther, while at the same time providing a fair amount of fanboy cheesecake.  Mmmm, cheesecake.  *drool*  What about DC and the others?  I’ll have to think on it. 

“Killian, I’ll be back.” 

“Only in a rerun.”    

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

Well, the HeroesCon is over now.  Whew!  It was fun, and kinda exciting.  I want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth and said hi.  I want to give extra thanks to those who stopped by and supported us with a purchase, whether it was Unwanted Heroes, or any of wOlly’s or Marcus’ art prints, or Jeremy’s sketches.  I had such a great time meeting everyone there.  Hopefully, I’ve found most of you and either added you as Facebook friends, or sent you e-mails.  Have to stay in touch.  Dan, with Geek Savant, send me an e-mail.  I have to see that Green Arrow picture when it’s done.  Giggity!  So, where to begin with all the coolness?  Well, I want to acknowledge my partner wOlly, and also Marcus who is doing the colors for Revelations 23.  I can’t begin to express how happy I am to have a dedicated artist who is anxious and excited about working on a project.  For those of you that missed out on the table to our right, Nick Valente, make sure you look him up on Deviant Art.  The guy does really good work.  Thanks for the Rogue picture, Nick.  I should’ve got them both from you.  Scott Blair on the end of our row, beautiful pin-up art.  I wish I had more money.  Directly across from us was Jeremy Massie who did The Deadbeat with Alterna Comics. 

There were so many people that I wanted to meet, but just didn’t get a chance.  Luckily, Tabitha went around and gathered names and got signatures for me.  I got my Infinity Gauntlet and my Gilgamesh II’s signed by Jim Starlin, as well as my Cosmic Odyssey signed by Starlin and Mignola.  Thanks, Tab.   You were invaluable this weekend.  I think it’s great that everyone there was so open and receptive.  Very few egos present.  Mike Mignola was extremely nice and personable, as was Jim Amash, Brian Bolland, and Alex Saviuk.  I got a chance to meet Mike McKone, and reconnect with people like Steve Epting who I knew from a comic book store I used to work at years ago.  Unfortunately, Tabitha informed me that everything I’d heard about Rob Liefeld was true.  He really is a nice guy.  Damn.  Now I feel bad about all the mean things I said about him.  “Bad llama.”  I also want to say thanks to John Hairston Jr. who did the Nightcrawler painting for me.  Thanks, again, dude.  For those interested, take a quick trip over to www.comicrelated.com and check out the podcast interview they did with wOlly and I about our books.  Comic Related is exactly what it says: all things comics.  They have interviews, reviews, con reports… “Anything you want to keep cool, Tommy.”  Thanks to Sean “Cheeks” Galloway, for stopping by the booth and give us some much welcomed moral support.  And all you Black Dynamite fans should take a look at www.Worldofhurtonline.com and read the web comic.  You gotta love 1970’s blaxploitation.  It was also nice to meet Carlton Hargo with Creative Loafing-Comic Proportions.  A man who pulls no punches when it comes to comic book reviews.  Please be kind.  Please be kind. 

You know, the one thing I love about comic cons, in particularly the HeroesCon, is that I’m surrounded by my kind.  Geeks, freaks, and nerds.  Now, some of them aren’t exactly my kindred spirits, but for the most part they are.  When I can get into an argument on the finer points of JJ Abrams, and why the new Star Trek was good for both Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike, with a guy with a brain-slug from Futurama on his head, then I feel I’m in my element.  BTW, you’re wrong and I’m right. 

If I have a chance this weekend, I’ll try and upload pics of the prints I got at the Con.  My apologies if I missed acknowledging anyone, but my brain is a bit rattled from coming off a 4 day high, and being tossed back into the sobering reality of my day job.  Let me just put out an overall “Thank you” to everyone.  I honestly can’t wait to do it all again next year. 

Time to go, I’m trying to fry an ostrich. 

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

“What time is it?!”

Any other time when posed with that question I would scream: “It’s adventure time, with Finn and Jake!”  Then I’d sit down and laugh while they saved Lumpy Space Princess from something pretty silly.  Or, I might launch into: Me and Silent Bob patterned our wholes lives after Morris Day and Jerome!  I’m a smooth pimp who loves the pussy, and tubby here is my black man-servant!  What?” 

But, this time it’s all about the Heroes Con 2010.  Yep, it’s on.  Three days of super fanboy geek-dom.  And, as it’s been this entire year, they’ve announced more people at the last minute.  So we’ve now got appearances from Bernie Wrightson who drew the Spider-man graphic novel Hooky, Batman: The Cult, and Punisher: POV, among many others.  The guy’s a gothic art master.  Draws creatures that look like they stepped straight out of John Carpenter’s The Thing.  Joe Jusko is going to be there.  Before Alex Ross was the king of comic book painting, there was Joe Jusko.  I’ve always been a fan of his, from his She-Hulk muscle beach poster, to his Marvel Masterpiece card set.  And, the storyline master, Jim Starlin.  If you don’t know him, you’ve 48 hours to learn.  Creator of Dreadstar.  He brought new life to Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel.  He created one of the coolest Marvel villains ever, Thanos.  Jim Starlin is responsible for such masterpieces as The Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel (the first Marvel graphic novel), Cosmic Odyssey, Infinity Gauntlet, and Gilgamesh II.  Very exciting times. 

Well, as you may have noticed, Unwanted Heroes Chapter VIII was posted on Monday.  There’s a lot going on with the story, and we’ve just scratched the surface.  As the Con goes, everything is printed and ready to be bought.  In addition to the Bury My Mask At Washington Square story, I’ll also have a printed collection of Chapters I – VII. 

For all of you attending, you can find Antwon (Rebel Star studios) and I at Booth #159.  We are at the corner booth diagonally opposite from the entrance.  And, if the floor plan stays the same, we’ll be diagonal from Rob Liefeld and J. Scott Campbell.  Now, as you may remember from last year, I said I’d try to post pics each day and give a little update.  Well, I’m going to try again this year.  Last year there was a problem finding a decent Wi-Fi signal.  I have his thing about paying for Wi-Fi in certain places when Burger King and McDonalds has it for free, but I digress. 

It’s going to be a good time.  If you can come, you should.  I’m done for now.  Gotta finish getting things ready so I can get on the road tomorrow. 

“Chili Sauce!” 

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

Wow!  So, I keep talking about the Heroes Con getting bigger each week, and now we have a wrestler making an appearance on Saturday, June 5^th.  Mick Foley, aka Cactus Jack, aka Mankind, will be at the con signing autographs and body slamming people.  Oddly enough, he charges the same price for both.  Weird.  As if that weren’t enough, Jim Cheung, Joe Linsnser and Jim Mahfood are going to be there now.  I’ve been a Jim Cheung fan for quite awhile.  His pencil style is so expressive while at the same time having a detailed simplicity. I find it hard to describe, but I like it.  Joe Linsner…  Cry for Dawn.  That’s all I have to say.  Mahfood, huh?  Mahfood had done a Generation X special, way back when that book existed and had his own book through Oni Press called Grrl Scouts.  Wasn’t initially impressed with the Gen X, but I liked Grrl Scouts and his style.  I look forward to meeting him.  So, I keep talking about all the big famous people that are going to be there, but screw them, just come and see me, then you can go see them.  *sigh* Fine, see them first, but you better come by and see me.  I’ll make you a deal.  At our table we will have a special line holder.  So, when you’re waiting for 30 minutes to get your copy of Danger Girl #1 holo-foil with the lenticular insert signed by J. Scott Campbell, and the guy at the front of the line is debating Abby Chase’s breast size, you can tag our line holder who will hold your place while you come over to our table and check us out.  It’s a win-win for us all. 

In related news, as you should be aware, Chapter VII is now online.  Hope you all enjoyed it.  I’m putting the finishing touches on a collected version of Unwanted Heroes, Chapter I-VII, for the Con to go along with Bury My Mask At Washington Square.  Bury is very action packed, and has some serious dramatic moments in it.  I don’t want to say you’re missing out by not reading it, but – you’re missing out by not reading it.  Keeping things short for the next few weeks as all the final touches are being placed on things.  I’m starting to get very excited about everything.  Hard to keep it all contained.  If there still wasn’t so much to do, I think I’d burst.  I’ll probably need Oompa Loompas to roll me around at the con. 

What else?  Um… I don’t know.  There’s so much going on around me right now.  I feel like I’m on one of those spinning things at the fair.  I just need to find something to focus on, otherwise I’ll get sick and refund everywhere.  One thing at a time.  Ok, gotta get back to work. 

“Everyone here just calls me Vicky.”

JeraleC

Mindseyechronicles@comcast.net

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