Fantastic Forum

On July 14, I attended a Q&A at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC.  The speaker was Glen Weldon, NPR contributor and author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography. Glen enthralled the audience with his in depth knowledge of the history of the mighty Man of Steel.  This book required many hours of detailed and exhaustive […]

Our friends from Awesome Conventions put on yet another great show at the end of June.  The annual Annapolis Comic Con took place at the Roger “Pip” Moyer Recreation Center.  Some of the highlights included Press Play Entertainment’s Injustice: Gods Among Us tournament as well as panels on Doctor Who and How to Survive the […]

I recently had the pleasure of making an appearance on The Menagerie of Kick-Assery podcast series’, Growing Up Geek.  GUK individually focuses on one nerd and delves into their murky past to uncover the details of how they ended up as such a f**king geek.  It was my turn in the barrel. I confess that […]

Since this is a production blog, I think it appropriate to, from time to time, share some of the details of the ongoing grind of producing a television series.  I regularly write about location taping, event coverage,  publicity appearances and new stations carrying the show.  But it all has to do with FANTASTIC FORUM.  This […]

On the Tuesday following Heroes Convention I attended a fascinating discussion forum.  Visualizing Peace: Graphic Art and Social Change was held at Johns Hopkins’ prestigious Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.  The forum brought together artists, activists and conflict resolution practitioners to explore the ingenious methods in which graphic art and comic books have […]

Last weekend was the annual Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC. This 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 had by all. We caught up with […]

Patrick Michael Strange and I traveled to Virginia Beach last weekend 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 in attendance were Michael […]

  The biggest day for the comics industry was earlier this 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. […]

  This weekend 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 knows how to put […]

Last Monday, 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 […]