Andy Wood

Laughed so hard, I almost needed plastic shorts.

Green Lantern Corps #36 – To get a glimpse of Sinestro and Daughter dearest, yikes!  I am pretty sure that this book is going to be part of a pretty good story.

Secret Warriors #4 – The jury is still out on this one, but for me.  Any chance to have a good story with Nick Fury, I am a sucker for it.  All and all, this book has had a pretty good start, but last issue was a little slow for me.

Just a small sample of what I am looking forward to this week.

Last night Geoff and I went to see the Wolverine movie.  This was a good flick, humor, action, cameos up the Wahoo.

I have been buying and reading comics since I was about 14, loved the Uncanny X-men and yes Wolverine was the one that I was usually pulling for. (it was a toss between wolverine and colossus sometimes)

I remember reading somewhere that a Marvel executive said that from Iron Man and going forward, that the movie will be more of the “Ultimate” time-line that the classic as there was many liberties taken in the “origin”.  (from what I remember anyways)

Don’t get me wrong, I liked it, but would this movie be the movie that makes me run out and get a Blu Ray player?  I think the 2009 block buster is going to be Star Trek and yes, this movie would be the one that gets me to buy a Blu Ray player.

Attendance was up a whopping 40% from last Free Comic Book Day.  The most popular comic this year for us came from Boom Comics: Cars with a close runner up for Sonic.

I was so darn busy, that I didn’t have time or didn’t think about snapping pictures of Matt Maxwell who is a local writer.  Matt has one published book on the shelf; Strangeways: Murder Moon a Thrice weekly graphic novel on the web Strangeways: The Thirsty and another book on the way.  It was great to have Matt here, he was extremely approachable and knows his stuff.

Ciro’s Pizza had their presence as well.  They donated large pizza’ as part of the Free Comic Book Day celebration.  If you donated a canned good or bought something at the store during the vent, you got a free slice of pizza.

It was a great success and I want to thank all of those repeat customer and pass welcome to the new faces.

Okay.. just a couple of quick pictures.

Batman and Hulk cookies…. yum

Superman logo shield

And a yummy chocolate Superman Shield cake.

Matt Maxwell posted a little something about his new book and also mentioned that he will be at GamersCircle Comics for Free Comic Book day.

Strangeways: Murder Moon -

Seth Collins, a bitter Civil War veteran, is drawn to the small Western town of Silver Branch by a letter from his estranged sister. But as his coach approaches the town, it is attacked by a giant wolf that slaughters the other passengers, leaving only him and the driver, Webster, alive. When they reach the town, they learn that this is not the first time the mysterious wolf has struck. With the town on the verge of a panic or a riot, the sheriff is intent on maintaining peace, regardless of the price…

thanks Matt for the plug

There were 121,798 insider voters in the 2009 contest, of which we got 3rd place!

We can only hope for a higher slot next year.

Today I found out that we were mentioned in Tom Rupp’s column in the telegraph.

Speaking of blogs, I also read a blog from Andy Wood called, “Just Talking Smack.” He is the owner of GamersCircle Comics in Folsom located by Big 5 and Pizza Guys. On Saturday May 2, he is participating in the annual Free Comic Book Day. Anyone who comes in will get a free comic book. They are also collecting canned goods for the Twin Lakes Food Bank, if you remember to bring some.

thanks Tom for the mention!

This is one of our banners and just as soon as I get the go ahead from the land lord, there will be a couple other pictures to share. (gotta take them first)