What’s not to love about free comicbooks?

Hey folks, It’s the monday after Free Comicbook and I have to say, this year the shop wasn’t as packed as it normally is. Got several Free Comicbooks including some leftovers which I’m happy to give away to those who missed out. But anyway just a brief history. Established in 2002, Free Comicbook Day was started [...]

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Say it out loud, I’m black and I’m proud!

Hey folks, with this being the last day of Black history month, I thought I’d close it with talking about two of my favorite people in the film and TV industry, Dwayne McDuffie and Bruce W. Smith. Dwayne McDuffie, is an African American comicbook and screenwriter. He’s written a number of comics for Marvel, DC comics and Archie comics and has written [...]

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Everybody Hates Comicbooks

Hey folks! It’s monday… If anybody asks about the title of this post I’m going with a Everybody hates Chris theme here. I love that show! Anyway, this weekend I attended the Vegas Valley Comicbook Festival which is also part of the Vegas Valley Book Festival. The festival runs for 3 days, this year the [...]

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Losin’ you

Hey folks, Not my usual self today and here’s why, Last night, I got a message that somebody posted a comment on the wall of one of my Facebook friends. I immediately went to check and found out Animation screenwriter, Earl Kress had passed the day before after losing his struggle with live cancer(the very same disease [...]

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Next week on Pen & Paper…

Hey folks, If anyone asks about the title of this post it’s based on a trademark some TV shows do prior to showing a preview of an episode airing the next week. Example: “Next time on the Family Crews…” Previews like this are not only entertaining to watch but it also gives viewers a look [...]

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Free Comicbook day review

Hi y’all… Yep, it’s Wednesday again. Anyway without further delay here’s my review for Free Comicbook day 2011. Got to the shop I usually go to after they opened and so far a total of 15 people showed up. Had a wide variety of free comics from Archie to The Simpsons. Got a few copies, grabbed lunch [...]

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End of the road…

“End of the road, nothin’ to do and no hope of things gettin’ better… sounds like Saturday night at my house.” – Eeyore, Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The search for Christopher Robin. This was one of the my favorite quotes growing up, I don’t know why but there was something about it I liked. It’s still one [...]

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Back to the grind… it ain’t over till it’s over!

It’s Wednesday again… funny story, Wednesday used to be one of my favorite days of the week, why? well one reason is back during the time when my oldest sister worked at Jamba Juice in late 1999, early 2000 Wednesdays were her day off so I got to sleep in! typically during the week I’d have to get [...]

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Comic-Con part 2

Well folks it’s that time of the week again… Wednesday! and also part 2 of my Comic-Con adventure. Sunday was… in a nutshell a rough ride at first while trying to find a parking space I missed the panel for Smallville. it put a damper on my day but I got over it(well not completely [...]

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Comic-Con Part 1

I apologize for not posting yesterday,  had an upset stomach that got the better of me. I know that seems to happen to me a few times but my stomach can be sensitive despite having a pretty strong immune system. But enough of that, now to get back on track. Last weekend was my very first time at [...]

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