Wondercon 2009 is comming...

In honor of Wondercon 2009 coming to town I thought I'd post some cool comic book images from some of my favorite artist, like Steve Ditko' Mysterio to the left. I have not been to a comic convention in 10 years and I'm going to this one to recruit artists for my company, so it should prove to be very interesting. I heard that it has changed drastically since the 90's. I'm looking forward to it.


See if you can guess the names of the artists who created the artwork below?

OK, so how did you do? Could you name all the artists? You get an official "noprize" if you could. Maybe I'll post a legend someday. In the meantime, to keep your spirits up, I think Captain Kirk needs a hug...

Until we meet again, farewell.


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A Legend Passes

If you were born in the 1960's and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area then the chances are that, when you were a child, every Saturday night at 11pm you and your siblings sat in a dark room in front of an old fashioned television set and watched Creature Features with Bob Wilkins.

It was something we all talked about on the school yard playground and one of those things everyone did together and shared. During his tenure as a "Horror Show Host", Mr. Wilkins shared his dry wit and uncanny taste for low budget horror with all of us.

For any of you, like me, who ended up entering the entertainment industry Mr. Wilkins was the first to really expose us to science fiction and horror before Star Wars was released.

In a yellow rocking chair, with a big cheap cigar and by the light of a waxy skull candle, every Saturday he entertained us, exposed us to some true classic horror and science fiction, some really bad movies, and sometimes movies that scared us half to death (remember Night of the Living Dead?).

I will always look back on those days with fondness, and I thank Mr. Wilkins for his contributions to helping local film makers have a venue and entertaining me.

On January 7, 2009, Mr. Bob Wilkins passed away from complications due to Alzheimer's disease.

Thank you sir for all you have done, and may you rest in peace.

WATCH HORROR FILMS; KEEP AMERICA STRONG!

Creature Features with Bob Wilkins
by realitychecktv

Welcome!

To all those who have somehow found this blog, I heartily welcome you! This is my place to talk about all the nerdy things I love and waste time on each day (when I'm not traveling the world in search of the finest material known to man and blindly stumbling into edgi adventures). I will be posting art here and anything else I find of interest.

I'll start off with an interesting bit of video from 1904. I just discovered this video on a very interesting blog called The Pompomist.

I find it fascinating to look through this window back in time to 104 years ago. The street scenes actually do not look that out of the ordinary until you take into account all the vehicles are either horse drawn carriages or a steam train on an elevated platform.

LONDON, 1904




Next, here are a couple of pieces of old artwork that still make me laugh...













The comic book page I did when I was in High School...back in the early 1950's.

Now, a bit of real artwork from one of the great masters, John Buscema:

No one could wield a brush like Big John Buscema. I remember getting the "How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way" book as a kid and I could never pronounce his name. I finally asked Stan Lee at a comic convention one year, and he told me you gotta call him "Big John Beuseema". He was one of the greats.

Also, anyone remember Bob Wilkins?

If you grew up in the Bay Area you do. Here is a bit of history for you...



Finally, what nerd post would be complete without a Star Trek reference:

Shatner is obviously choking on his own extraordinary talent.



Beam me up Lysistrata...