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Comics from the Year 2000! I continued to collect comics very casually, picking up a comic here and there between 97' to around 2002. Nothing really caught my attention that much. Around 2003 I went to my first comic con in Chicago and it was energetic! Burst with the culture of artists. The usual companies were set up like Marvel and DC but also some new companies like Top Cow and Cross-Gen. Filmmakers and Video game creators, I even met Stan Winston! The whole experience was an awesome and amazing experience, it renewed my interest in comics.  So I started collecting again and met some other collectors at a new job I had recently started and we would talk a bit about them. Particularly a comic named House of M this became my new Infinity Gauntlet . The story involved mainly the Avengers and the X-Men but effected the whole of the Marvel world. Scarlett Witch who is crazy like a fox alters reality recreating it to favor mutant-kind with her father Magneto as the King of...

A Bit More About Silver Surfer          I continued to read Silver Surfer well after Infinity Gauntlet. Two issues stand out as my favorite. One occurred during Infinity Gauntlet, Silver Surfer and Thanos fight against each other in a seperate realm where the are outfitted like knights with swords and horses. Not only is it drawn well but the battle between the two is quite epic!             The next Silver Surfer comic that I liked a lot was of Silver Surfer fighting himself! Some where along the line Silver Surfer finds himself in the underworld along with Captain Marvel. There he and Captain Marvel fight dead warriors that claim to be people he killed once leading Galactus to their planets. As they fight they see a tent of the commander of the dead legion and Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel fight their way to it. Upon entering Silver Surfer discovers the shadow version of him...

The Comic that got me Hooked! Part: 2 That Summer I got a job selling candy door to door. It was easy and it was something I could earn a lot of cash doing (by a lot I mean $15 to $20 a day, that's a lot for a 13 year old!). When I would return to Standale I would take what would become my usual walk to the comic store and stock up on comics. I was collecting Silver Surfer with the intent of learning why my heroes were scattered over one of the covers dead. The next time I went to the comic shop I was determined to collect more of the comics leading up to the a fore mentioned comic and collect what I had missed after (the first time I saw this story arc was during the Winter). After gathering up the comics I had known a little more of the story. The Antagonist was a classic villain to the hero Silver Surfer known as Thanos. He had acquired the Infinity Gems through some means and united them into gauntlet that gave him the power of a God. Some of you reading this will know ...

The Comic that got me Hooked!             We would go over to my Grandparents house for most holidays and like kids do they either bring toys, books, drawing stuff or some kind of video game to pass the time. During this time this is a chance for Mothers & Fathers and Aunts & Uncles to catch up and talk, meanwhile this is an opportunity for cousins to see each other and have fun or make some trouble (we did both). One particular gathering my cousin and I took a walk I remember the sun had set early so it may have been Thanksgiving or Christmas. We had walked about a mile and half to a 7-11 convenience store. Typically we would stop into places like this and browse the magazine rack, my cousin being a couple years older would tend to look at the latest issues of Popular Science or Popular Mechanics and I would go to the comics. Truthfully we would go through all the magazines picking up on the latest trends or entert...

Exploring the Comic World!      I lived in Grandvill e , Mi. whic h is the west side of Michigan at an apartment complex named Wimbel don (they had a tennis court). I lived there between the grades of 3rd through 7th. During this time is when I got my fir st comic and casually collected G.I. Joe, not because they were comics but because it was G.I. Joe! and I faithfully watched the cartoon and collected the figures through out my youth.  On the n orth east corner of 44th and Wilson was a D &W supermarket or Food Library if you 're Skwisgaar Skwigelf. This was the place I had collected my G.I. Joe comics, but then we moved. We moved further east on 44th st. into the school district of Kelloggsville (Yes, I thought it had something to do with cereal too! ) in Wyoming. We lived in an apartment complex called Wyoming Green ( pretty original ) an d again on the northeast corner of 44th st . and this time Clyde Park Ave. there was a convenience store ...

My First Comic! I wanted to post a blog today to help get my motivation flowing. I st ruggled t oday w ith a P hotoshop tutorial that I couldn't figure out so it's best for me to step away. I figured I would have to go home and take a picture of the cover to show everyone but alas I found the cover o nline so I can simply post it. To me it's seems pretty obscure. I bought the comic in 8 6' 87'? for .60 cents when I was at the mall with my Mom. I reme mber it clearly we would often visit what was the n named the Eastbrook Mall and she would tour the different clothing stores with me in tow . I would struggle to find something to occupy my time and would often slip awa y to the book store or the novelty shop located near by. On this particular day vendors had collectable items on display in the center hall of the mall between stor es. You know the type people selling Coins, Toys, random collectable objects and also Comics. I was eyeing some thing s when I no...

CoolCatM new Blog! Hello everyone CoolCatM here some of you may know me from BlogTV, YouTube or Deviant Art. I will attempt to write a blog now. Hopefully your comments will help perpetuate and motivate me to pursue some of my goals with the little time I have available.  I like media. Comics, Movies, Music, Books, Video Games you name it I like it... for the most part. I spread my time out to cover each of these but I feel like I never have enough... but really do any of us? I have a story that is supposed to be six chapters and I have been working on it for three, obviously not diligently or it would have been done by now. Also I have a new ArtPrize picture (if you don't know what this is Google it) that I have been working on and off on for about a year. So you know, the picture needs to be a priority however it feels like it's become work, probably because there is an expectation that I have to have it done by a certain time but that due date has always been a ways off...