Nicholas P. Myers

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Handsome and Talented:

Nicholas P. Myers

http://twitter.com/NicholasPMyers

http://www.comicspace.com/floatingislandpress/

http://www.comicspace.com/anacomics/

http://anacomics.deviantart.com/

http://www.anacomics.com/
http://anacomics.blogspot.com/

I've been self publishing my own comics for over ten years.

I'm married with two beautiful little girls and they are very awesome

 to let me have time to continue my little dream

of becoming a successful comic book creator.

I formed my recent company. ANA Comics,

 with two other individuals,

 Anthony Hary from Minnesota and

Adrian Wilkins from Washington DC.

These are two individuals who share the same drive and passion

 in comics as I do and they also share my understanding of the

importance of our family during all of our efforts.

The REASON we are doing what we do is because of our family.

I graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design

 and have always lived in West Michigan.

The books that I've published are

Oasis:Omnibus

 and Harijan

 I'm now working on a webcomic by the name of

 The Precarious Adventures of Newton Von Brisby.

I've also participated in numerous publishing efforts

with short story collections with other local writers.

Here's the main link for our ANA Comics website:

http://www.anacomics.com/

Here's the direct link to my two webcomics that are running now.

TPANVB and reprinting in digital format, Oasis: Omnibus:

http://www.anacomics.com/webcomics.

And here is some art for you:

Thanks a million for this!!!

Thank you Nick. What a treat.

That is quite a collection of work. Come back soon.

 You're always welcome at CCU.

A.N.A. Comics – 2010 Swimsuit Issue

Benefitting Breast Cancer Research

Details (at bottom of home page).

Attention Artists!! A.N.A. Comics is putting together

a Swimsuit Issue to benefit Breast Cancer Research

scheduled to print in October of 2010.

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Comic Book Covers We Forgot

CLASSIC COVERS

They need love. Look 'em up won't you.

The Mighty Thor

Marvel: Vol. 1, No. 455, early Dec, 1992

FRENZ-OLLIFFE-MILGROM

A very nice cover. ODIN AMOK! I'll say. Odin looks nuts but he

has the hammer. Don't you love Thor's helmet/mask.

I wonder how long that lasted. It's really a dude named Eric.

Editors note to see THOR #441. I'll have to look that one up.

Interior art by Wyman/Milgrom is just as good.

Green Lantern

DC: Vol. 16, No. 104, May, 1978

Mike Grell

Another good one. It looks like a Marvel cover to me. 

I like the color in the word balloons. Who died?

"ITTY" GL's little alien pal. Itty doesn't bother to

come out of the grave until the very last panel in the book.

This comic has a silly story that brings forth Airwave 2

a 16 year old hero wannabe with a silly costume.

Airwave 2 does see action but he doesn't really help

 in this issue anyway. It's a set up for us to buy the next issue.

An effective cover did work. I picked up the issue. 

 What if?

Marvel: Vol. 1, No. 11, Oct., 1978

Kirby/Sinnoit

C'mon it's Kirby (writer/artist/editor) "nuff said".

Stan Lee as Mr. Fantastic

Sol Brodsky asThe Human Torch

Jack Kirby as The Thing

Flo Steinberg as The Invissble Girl

A Kirby cover followed by 46 pages of Kirby art.

What more can I say? It's a Kirby-a-rama.

Much fun was had in this "What If" a title that usually delivered.

We'll go now and bring back a normal comic review next Sunday.

Please don't leave in a snit.

The Twisted Tantrums of

The Purple Snit

Blackthorne Publishing Inc: No. 1, Oct, 1986

Kelley/Dennis

A fun well done cover. This Indy was well printed inside and out.

B &W book featuring this guy in an OK story.

I found the BPI's forthcoming comic book ads interesting:

LAFFIN' GAS

ALIEN DUCKLINGS

REVOLVING DOORS

COLD BLOODED CHAMELEON COMMANDOS

I'll have to find those.

I must say when I pulled this mag out I was surprised to find

a little dude named "WIT".

Small world. Big teeth.

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Tokka

The New Year Can Start Now.

CCU Presents:

TOKKA

http://tokkas-sketch.blogspot.com/

http://www.bekeen.de/

http://twitter.com/tokka79
http://twitter.com/bekeen_design

BEKEEN DESIGN and DEVELOPMENT

Hi, my name is T.R.Mayer aka Tokka (multiple personalities *sigh*)

 and I'm a freelancer :) A little bit about me:

I was discovered on 17.03.1979 in a chocolate

bonbon 50% Irish and 50% German in Berlin, Germany.

I started with the first cavepaintings

as I was able to hold a pencil.

After many years with various jobs,

 I decided to become a freelance artist to sell

my creative vein to other people.

Since then, I cheerfully create graphics, illustration and websites.

In my spare time I like to read webcomics

and look at digital art by other artists.

By the way I get my inspiration from movies and music.

They help stimulate me to paint something

 or get ideas for some new stuff.

Meanwhile, I compose and write songs

for small projects and work on small flash games.

                                           Cheers and all the best

                                           ur Tokka

CCU can't wait for you to return with more great artwork.

Wow. What a way to start the year off.

Be sure to check out all of Tokka's links.

Tell us what you think. Join the fun. Promote your work.

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Captain America: Alive and well in 1984

Hello. Hello. It's Sunday again and I STEVERINO

have returned from the Big Box with an old friend.

Good ol'

CAPTAIN AMERICA

Vol 1, No. 296, August, 1984

"Things Fall Apart"

Writer:J.M. DeMatteis  Penciler:Paul Neary 

Inker:Sam DeLarosa  Colorist:Bob Sharen  Letterer:Diana Albers

This book is obviously part (2nd) of a storyline that once again pits

Cap and his current side-kick (Nomad) against the Red Skull

and his current band of no-goodniks

(daughter Synthia known as Mother Superior

and her Sisters of Sin, and Baron Zemo) In a battle designed

to kill Captain America by making him old, weak and crazy

before the fight. The crazy part seemed to work best on Nomad.

By this point we've seen the Falcon doped

and taken in by the sisters as Wasp and Starfox discover

a vanished Berine Rosenthal (Caps chick)

and set off to assemble the Avengers.

We don't see the latter two again this issue.

After a bout with the robot of Caps missing buddy Arnie

Cap and Nomad (brought here in the previous issue)

set out to find the Skull and Zemo. 

They find the aged corps of Skulls right-hand man Horst. 

Our two heroes now realize how much Cap has aged himself.

They press on and come upon a

Berlin style lounge full of Arnie look-a-likes

and Mother Superior singing away until Nomad realizes what's

 been eating away at him. Posing as Scarlet (in issues 287-88)

Mother S brain washed him with a kiss or two.

Nomad has been dosing Caps drinks with a chemical

that reversed the effects of the

Super-Soldier Serum that made him Captain America.

"I'm the one who made you old!!" Nomad passes out.

He'll always be a side-kick.

A now old Captain sees his buddy Arnie on stage and

can't get to him right away. Arnie's mind pops as Cap reaches him.

Mother Superior appears and takes on a weak Captain America.

 

Cap is beat about the head and face

but decides to reason with her. Why not. 

She does not buy it. The Skull has raised her well.

Mother shows her cards, displays the captives and stabs

Captain America in the back as he looks on in horror.

More drugs. Cap is down.

Is it Zemo time yet?

It is indeed. Who is that boney looking dude behind him?

In the end we see Zemo and friend show up to finish

the job. It doesn't look good for the good guys.

I think they get out of this one. That fight was 26 years ago.

This Android did like the comic and will try

real hard to pull issue 297 out of The Big Box.

The issue had a good story, a sweet cover and great art.

I do wish they made Cap look as old as advertised

and Nomad (for some reason) annoyed me at first but 

by the end of the mag I liked how he balanced out Captain America.

Good stuff. I hope I pull one just as good next Sunday.

See ya.

Is he a made up hero?

Is he a real live Superhero?

I think he's both.

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Ryan Carpentier: Illustrator

CCU has got talent. New Talent.

Ryan Carpentier:
Illustrator/Cartoonist

http://www.ryancarpentier.com/

http://www.ryancarpentier.blogspot.com/

http://alienanddog.blogspot.com/

http://www.comicspace.com/ryancarp

http://volumeone.org/magazine/category/1.html

ryanjcarpentier@gmail.com

 Ryan Carpentier recently graduated from the

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

 with an illustration major. His style is very cartoony

and he always attempts

to add humor to his imagery when possible.

His work has been published in magazines around the northern Wisconsin area and displayed at local businesses. Images of Ryan's work can be viewed at his website http://www.ryancarpentier.com/.

After spending a year and half as an illustrator with

 Volume One magazine, which covers

Wisconsin culture and entertainment,

he is now looking to get his work out for larger audiences.

http://volumeone.org/magazine/category/1.html

With a desire to create a funny comic strip,

Ryan has been developing the cartoon known as "Alien and Dog."

Always a sci-fi fan (Trekkie alert) and especially a lover of canines

(his dog Penny is always a source of material for his cartoons),

he decided to merge the two affections into a cartoon

that puts a different spin on the old 'owner and his pet' story.

ALIEN and DOG

With the cartoon strip still in it's infancy,

Ryan definitely loves drawing "Alien and Dog"

and can't wait to continue with the two wacky characters

on his blog at

http://alienanddog.blogspot.com/!

Thanks Ryan.

We're gonna keep an eye out for those two

 and your illustrations. CCU hopes you'll come back

and show off Alien and Dog as it progresses.

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STEVERINO Goes Green

Steve-o here back this week to bring you

the tale of the new Green Lantern of space sector 2814.

GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN

Book 1 of 6, Dec 1989

Published by DC Comics

"The Sign"  (I guess that's this chapters title.

It shows up on the last page along with the credits)

 Written by: Jim Owsley/M.D.Bright    Inks: Romeo Tanghal

lettering: Al DeGuzman

Yawn. This is said to be essential reading and

THE series to read about GL in Post-Crisis continuity.

OK, but a whole book showing Hal Jordan's dad Lt. Martin H. Jordan

crash and die in front of his two sons (Jack) and a woman I assume

is his wife as well as his Ferris Aircraft co-workers

 and then follows Hal while he self-destructs?

Chapter one of six shows us 23 pages of a story that could have

taken five or six pages to tell.

This is the best page in the book.

It features a dying Abin Sur, the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814

only we are not told his full name or why he crashed.

I can deal with that but the cool red alien passing

the ring and lantern on gets two pages.Two.

I think the above page is supposed to be the show stopper.

It's not. Like the story it's dull and not well done.

This happened alot in the Eighties.

You see. He almost gives a complete summary

of this comic in three panels. Chapter one of six did

do its job. I do want to read on and see where

Emerald Dawn goes from here.

Hopefully, up.

And now back to the fun.

 How about a fan made GL video?

How about an Emerald Dawn action figure?

 

Ring?

Cookie?

OK. I'll move on.

If I do pull books two thru six out of

The Big Box I'll probably read them too.

How else will I know what happens?

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