Seems to be a convention with a TON of great guests, and you can find out more here:
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Archive for July, 2009As an aside, BOOM! Studios is publishing Farscape, a Sci-Fi series based on a hit television show, as well as The Muppet Show and Muppets’ Robin Hood (although those characters are now owned by Disney’s Muppets Studios). Many folks already realize that Tokyo Pop has created Manga novels about Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. Also, Boom Studios has a line of Farscape comic books out now. Presently, the JHC is partnering with Archaia Comics plans to release lines for Fraggle Rock, The Skrumps, and Mirrormask. To find out more, you can visit the Jim Henson Company podcast below: http://www.henson.com/podcast_content.php?content=64 http://www.henson.com/podcast/henson_podcast_059.mp3 http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22303 Hi, Gang! First, Sam Ray’s strip in the Business Section of the Commercial Appeal, “Business as Usual” is a great addition to their In Brief section. It’s a very funny strip and if you don’t get the paper, pick it up to read Sam’s latest greatest! The web address for The Commercial Appeal to get a subscription is www.gomemphis.com Also, I know many folks wish for their own website and just don’t know how to do it. Well the U of M offers Professional and Continuing Education courses, and here is what is described for Joomla! Content Management Systems: 901 678 6000 Joomla! Content Management System Learn to design and maintain your website or online community with Joomla!, the award winning content management system that’s FREE (www.joomla.org)! We’ll set up logins, sections, categories, articles, voting polls; email users from website; download & install templates; change module positions; add banners and more. Each student will have their own Joomla! Application to work with. No HTML skills needed; PC competency required. (This is an intense class…be ready to learn!) Open to high school students. Cost: $149 Instructor: Debra Turner Location: UofM Main Campus Course #: PTE0542s09 Schedule: Saturday, 8/1, 8 am – 4 pm, 1 session Got this email from Ken at Buckley’s restaurant here in Memphis- Word From the Grill…my wife made the newspaper! Hey Lin! I wanted to share this article that appeared in today’s Commercial Appeal. Many have asked what are all those people doing at the Buckley’s Lunchbox at NIGHT! They have been painting & partying! Here is the article: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jul/21/paint-party-p/ Here are some pics from the Go-Paint Parties- http://www.gogirlart.com/partypics.html Hope you enjoy! Ken
Go Paint parties are held about six times a month at Buckley’s Lunchbox, 919 S. Yates. Go to http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jul/21/paint-party-p/gogirlart.com to see a complete schedule and find out which picture will be painted on a particular night. Lisa Dick also leads private parties for six or more. You can call her at 834-6194 for more information. The classes are $40, which includes 2 1/2 hours of instruction and all art materials, and you leave the class with your completed canvas. And if you’d like a good steak, try Buckley’s when the kitchen is open! Great place to take a date. East Memphis Buckley’s Lunchbox Saw this on the CGS boards and was a bit stunned- [i]“Many may not know but Tales Of The TMNT writer Jake Black was diagnosed with cancer this past year and has been having a hard time keeping up with medical bills. In an effort to help him out with those bills, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird decided (at the assistance of Stephen Murphy) to collaborate on a print to sell at San Diego Comic Con with all the proceeds going to help pay for Jake’s medical bills. Kevin did pencils, Peter did the inks, and Steve Lavigne colored the whole thing.” “There are only 100 of them, each is signed by Peter Laird. This group of 100 is SDCC exclusive and will cost $25 each. All proceeds to benefit Jake. In addition, since Kevin is attending the con, people will have the chance to get Kevin to sign it as well. We will also be selling the “Mirage group jam” prints at SDCC, for $20/each, also benefiting Jake.”[/i] I haven’t been on myspace lately which is where I usually see blogs from Jake about what’s going on in his life. The last ones I read were months ago after he had become a new dad. Well, he had stopped doing blogs there and moved to his site- http://www.jakeblack.com/ to do what few blogs he feels like doing recently since going to the hospital for chemo. Jake just recently turned 30. His friends Rob and Michelle Brown have set up a blog to use as a fundraiser for Jake’s medical bills. They are training for an Adventure Race and are looking for sponsors (like a walk-a-thon). All the money they raise will go to his bills. Please check it out, and if you can donate do that, too, at- blackfamilyfund.blogspot.com I met Jake and his wife Michelle in Metropolis back in 2005, and have looked forward to running into them at shows and picking up new comics written by Jake. Nice folks, and they live in Utah- my old home. Best to Jake and his family, and I hope you are all doing well! Lin |
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