Our very own Clay N. Ferno interviews Colin Solan of Boston Comic-Con fame for DigBoston.com, as we prepare for the big show this weekend!




It’s finally here! Convention season has begun for fans of comics and pop culture. The growth of Boston Comic Con over the last five years has turned our fair metropolis into the host of one of the biggest shows in the country. The spaces keep getting bigger, the roster gets more impressive and local fans have something to look forward to all year without shelling out the traveling expense of the San Diego or New York conventions. We speak this week with Colin Solan, Public Relations for Boston Comic Con 2012!

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Peter Bagge (HATE, Strange Tales: The Incorrigible Hulk) is going to be at Boston Comic Con this weekend! ... Strap on the experimental augmented reality goggles to relive the major events in your life and see just how twisted your past self can get in Peter's new book Reset! ... What if you kicked it like King Kong and could reach into buildings with your giant hand? Here's the companion book to the Matt Kindt's 3 Story graphic novel in 3 Story: The Secret Story of the Giant Man, reprinting the globetrotting tales from Dark Horse Presents. ... Sixty years from now there is no oil after a new American Civil War, and New San Diego is being protected by Navy Seal descendants, The Marksmen. Can they defend the city against the Lone Star rangers? Find out in the collected Marksmen trade paperback from Image Comics. Come to the LeaguePodcast Comic Con After Party — Saturday at McGreevys, 6pm!

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The League of Ordinary Gentlemen hosts the Third Annual Boston Comic Con After-Party at McGreevy’s VIP room (right across the street from the Hynes) on

Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 6:00pm until 10:00pm!

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Costumes encouraged!
Giveaways! Comic book movies! Conversation! Fun!

McGreevys Boston
911 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02115

                                                                             

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What do you get when you have the creator of Kick Ass, Mark Millar, and the artist of the Watchmen, Dave Gibbons, working on a book together? A mysterious looking couple of dudes with a yellow logo on the cover, that's what! Don't miss Secret Service #1. ...Kevin Smith wrote a screenplay for The Bionic Man reboot in the 90s that never saw the light of day so Dynamite adapted this for a successful comic! Marvel writer Paul Tobin brings female counterpart and ex-girlfriend of Steve Austin, Jaime Sommers, to life in The Bionic Woman #1 spinoff this week. ...Grins were from ear to ear at Hub Comics over the weekend as collectors and fans met with classic G.I.Joe writer and Wolverine scribe Larry Hama. What happens when Cobra Commander faces the Blue Ninjas in G.I.Joe - A Real American Hero #177? ... Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

Psssst... guess what's coming up next weekend? NO! Not your chance to win a trip to Sonar Festival in Barcelona (*sigh*) even BETTER! COMIC CON. And Clay's got a
PREVIEW: EARTH PRIME TIME: BOSTON COMIC CON 2012 PREVIEW: TYLER JAMES OF COMIXTRIBE

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Happy Easter from the Gentlemen, as Josh and Dursin relate their adventures from PAX East.  Plus, gamers vs. comic fans, DC's prices, and... breakfast!



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We're doing an artist and fanboy edition for you starving comic fans out there this week! First up is Dursin's favorite artist Terry Moore with another instructional book, How to Draw - Beautiful. Step by step instructions to go from drawing stick figures to Toulouse-Lautrec dancing girls in weeks! ... If you can draw a box, you are halfway to drawing a robot in disguise! That's right, friends, IDW publishes a definitive guide to drawing Transformers in How To Draw Transformers - Prime. We wish we had this book as a kid! ... Wrapping up this segment showcases one of the most dynamic artists in the business Humberto Ramos (Amazing Spider-Man). Humberto and Sam Humphries drop Fanboys vs. Zombies #1 for just a buck! Save your money for art supplies! ... Supportive words and pictures this week from LeaguePodcast.com!

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For Dursin's birthday, all 4 Gents are here to discuss the new Ultimate Spider-Man show, The Avengers animated series and Ray Park's real voice.  Plus, the funky-looking cursive G!


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"Spoon!" you say? You've got that right, as The Tick turns #100, local New England Comics character teams up with Robert (The Walking Dead) Kirkman's Invincible in an absurdist superhero romp through The City facing Chairface Chippendale! ... The man who killed Superman teams up with the dude who penned Batman knocking out the Green Lantern in 'one punch' to bring us a new team on Superman in issue #7. Dan Jurgens and Keith Giffen bring new blood to the New 52 take on the last son of Krypton. ... If you are too cool for another steampunk vampire/zombie comic (or as Jaush says, "Vamp-ombies" then the League wishes Consumption on your offspring! Just kidding, but seriously, if you are into that sort of thing, check out The New Deadwardians #1 from Vertigo. ... LeaguePodcast.com has inspected and endorsed these periodicals!

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IT'S WEDNESDAY, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: #COMICS DAY! IN THIS WEEK'S EARTH PRIME TIME COLUMN, AN INTERVIEW WITH JAY PISCOPO, WHO'S REBIRTHING LEGENDARY GOLDEN AGE HERO CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT IN DEC 2012.

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Josh and Dursin go one-on-one for The Walking Dead finale, Doctor Who, Hunger Games and why Michael Bay is an idiot, which could take the whole hour.  Plus, this awesomeness:




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My niece Macie's favorite comic in the known universe goes away so that Aw Yeah Franco & Art Baltazar can work on the new Superman Family Adventures book! Pick up the final issue of Tiny Titans with the littles this weekend to enjoy some quality superhero bonding! ... We haven't gone all soft and family-friendly, Dad will enjoy the heist story in Supercrooks #1 from Mark Millar and Lenil Yu. ... Before lightsabers was The Dawn of The Jedi! Two young students feel a disturbance in the Force, a calm before the storm that will engulf their planet and change the galaxy forever! Use the cash, dude. And pick up Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi #2 this week! ... Midi-chlorian counts this week courtesy of LeaguePodcast.com.

It's #comics day kiddies, and you know what that means! A group of the baddest DC villains is plotting to annihilate the Justice League. But hark! You can save them by reading Clay's comic column and then watching the movie... EARTH PRIME TIME: JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM.

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