Fantastic Forum

> I had the good fortune to participate in a podcast over the weekend. My friend, Troy Allen, invited me to sit in for The Menagerie of Kick-Assery. And it was quite an experience. Along with Nik Henderson, Gene Green and Derek Scarzella we discussed the summer of movies 2011. Outside of a brief appearance […]

> One of the things I enjoy most about producing FANTASTIC FORUM is the interviews. When I first got started I was terrified about conducting them. I’d been out of the game for a long time. I’d given up reading comics for about ten years. The talent I’d known was essentially all bronze age. I […]

> For the past two weeks I’ve been furiously editing season three. Up until now I’ve worked with the very talented Production Specialist, Bryan Lyles, on editing the show. Bryan has also been the primary director for studio taping of the discussion portion of the program at DCTV in Washington, DC. As the producer of […]

> This has been a hectic weekend! On Saturday yours truly made the trek to Wizard World Philadelphia. This multi-media convention boasted such stars as Bruce Campbell, Billy Dee Williams, Adam West, Burt Ward, Richard Roundtree, Peter Jurasik and a host of others. And there were comic artists galore among the likes of which were […]

> I was honored to be a recipient of two Awards of Excellence at the 2011 DCTV Viewer’s Choice Awards Ceremony on Saturday. I had not submitted Fantastic Forum for consideration in this year’s awards and so I was pleasantly surprised to hear my name called for several contributions. As a community media producer I […]

> Today we went boldly where none of us has been before. Production of season three of FANTASTIC FORUM launched at DCTV’s Brooks Mansion headquarters in the Brookland section of Northeast Washington, DC. After months of pre-production preparation the season began in earnest. With some new panelists, new members of the production team and old […]

> Sherin and I visited comic book shops across the area during today’s Free Comic Book Day event. Our first stop was in College Park, Maryland, at Big Planet Comics. My friend, Harry Cee, invited me as he was planning on being in the house with fellow cosplayers Wendell Smith and Iggy Tissera. I met […]

> Today, Devon and I visited the fabulous Geppi’s Entertainment Museum. Located in historic Camden Station adjacent to the home of the Baltimore Orioles baseball club the museum is the brainchild of Stephen A. Geppi. Everything in the museum comes from Mr. Geppi’s personal collection of comics and collectible memorabelia. The collection is astounding. We […]

> I was in the 1st Grade. There was a sweet shop down the block from the apartment building where we lived in Bloomfield, New Jersey. One afternoon my mother and I went there. I was enthralled by the spinner rack of comic books and begged her for the giant sized issue of Batman. In […]

>I delivered on a promise this week. Following the tragic death of our friend, Martin Bosworth, I offered to organize his appearances into a DVD set for his mother. Last year that was a stretch for me technically. But I’ve spent some time honing my skills and learning about the capabilities of the Final Cut […]