Comic-Con 2011 Report - Part 2 by David L. $Money Train$ Watts - FuTurXTV, Funk Gumbo Radio & Www.thedarkroome

7/30/2019 Comic-Con 2011 Report - Part 2 by David L. $Money Train$ Watts - FuTurXTV, Funk Gumbo Radio & Www.thedar

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COMIC-CON 2011 REPORT

PART 2:By: David L. $Money Train$ Watts (journalist - FuTurXTV), Auggie Cavanagh (cameraman -

FuTurXTV),) & Brandon Bowlin (editor www.theadrkroome.com)

By David L. Watts, FuTurXTV, www.funkgumbo.com & www.thedarkroome.com

August 25, 2011

After I got over the shock ofDwayne McDuffies death and fully immersed myself in

Comic-Con 2011 I was pleasantly surprised at again how packed and stacked the

Convention Center was with many Con attendees, I met and got great interviews with

some new exhibitors and even witnessed a rare and special event at any Comic-Con

a surprise wedding proposal by two costumed attendees wearing detailed Halo gear

and weapons. What I liked about the dudes proposal was that his fiance was

convinced that she was just going to Comic-Con to support his Halo fan fantasy. Soafter the couple performed a mock battle in their Halo gear for attendees passing by, the

woman was beyond shocked when her boyfriend got down on one knee in the middle of

their performance and suddenly asked for her hand in marriage. And it was truly a

happy Comic-Con ending because the very stunned and elated woman removed her

halo helmet and loudly shouted yes. I even got to interview the couple and will be

posting that footage of the proposal soon. All I can say is that if you plan to successfully

propose at Comic-Con than you better go all out big and make it memorable. And you

also cleverly have a great and highly unique story to tell all your family and friends.

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And it cannot be stated enough that Comic-Con 2011 was leading up to one of the biggest Hollywood

blockbuster Comic Book/Sci Fi/Fantasy themed years with the upcoming release in 2012 of long awaited

and much hyped The Avengers, Amazing Spider-man reboot and The Dark Knight Rises which will be the

last installment in Chris Nolans and masterful Batman trilogy. Not to mention Hasbro s Battleship and

their revamped and more serious looking G.I. Joe: This new G.I. Joe is very ambitious and has added the

star power of The Rock and Bruce Willis. Another blockbuster coming out next summer is Ridley Scotts

Alien prequel Prometheus. But before the mega-Comic Book Summer 2012 hits there still were many

major new films being promoted heavily at Comic-Con 2011 that will be released in 2011 and early 2012

like Foxs Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Lionsgates Conan the Barbarian in 3D, Universals The Thing

remake, Paramounts Paranormal Activity 3, Summit Entertainments The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

Part 1, Walt Disneys The Muppets, Paramounts The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,

Sonys Underworld 4: Awakening, Lucasfilms Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3-D, Disneys

very expensive John Carter, Sonys Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Lionsgatess The Hunger Games.

Comic-Con 2011 was filled to brim with promotions hyping up a wide variety of major Hollywood films.



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Some of my favorite Comic-Con 2011 Exhibitors were eigoMANGA & Music Saves

Lives Booth. I would have to say that I had no idea that there was a Danity Kane

Graphic Novel when there is not even an active Danity Kane group. P-Diddys reality

show R&B group Danity Kane seems to be disbanded after their short rise of Pop

stardom. But at least they live on as Manga characters. I got to interview, Natashia

McCough, the writer behind the Danity Kane Graphic Novel. And Natashia told me that

Dawn Richards from Danity Kane is the brainchild or creator on the whole project. It

seems Dawn is a big Anime and Manga fan and wanted a new or alternative way to

reach out to the large Danity Kane fan base. And from what I could tell from looking

over the Danity Kane Graphic Novel is that it looks highly impressive. But if you are

following Dawns career than you will know she is no longer with Danity Kane and is

now in P-Diddys new group Dirty Money. Maybe later on Dawn will launch another

Manga inspired book about Dirty Money. I also got a candid interview with eigoMangas

CEO about the direction of his San Fran based independent comic book publishing

company. And I got to get the Comic-Con scoop on the non-profit Music Saves Lives.

Danity Kane Creator Dawn Richards Danity Kane writer Natashia McCough

San Francisco-based comic book publisher eigoMANGA released an official press release statementregarding their official release of Japanese manga-inspiredDanity Kane: Keeper of Life. The comic isavailable on the iPhone, iPad and at retailers nationwide.

(San Francisco, CA)May 11, 2011San Francisco based comic book publisher, eigoMANGA announces the

release of the comic book graphic novel Danity Kane: Keeper of Life. The graphic novel contains the complete

Danity Kane mini-series that was first released on February 2010. Danity Kane: Keeper of Life is currently

available at retail bookstores everywhere.

The graphic novel focuses on a nave yet powerful young girl who was sent from a distant planet to liberate herpeople. She must combat a secret war between her people and their oppressorsa war that is now being fought

on planet Earth.

Danity Kane: Keeper of Life was co-written by Natasha McGough and Austin Osueke with contributions from

recording artist, Dawn Richard. The graphic novel was illustrated by Korean comic book artist, Kim Ji-Min.



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In the Small Press Section on the very crowded convention floor I would have to say

FST Pulp booth was a lot of fun as well as Keith Knights booth. We filmed interviews

with FSTs Daniel G. Ringquist, Keith Knight, Lonnie Millsap and Ken Tanaka. Keithshould be noted for having his own very witty and introspective comic strip and blog

called the K-Chronicles, The Knight Life. I think this is the future of comic strip is to be

a hybrid of the cartoon and social media. So not only is a San Francisco based

cartoonist like Keith commenting on society in his artwork, but he can also directly

promote his life and new projects like his book called The Knight Life: Chivarly Aint

Dead, which is a collection of his weekly syndicated comic strip. Keith also said was in

an indie rock band in the mid to late 90s. I had to let Keith know as soon as he sends

those tracks from his defunct band we will be playing them on Funk Gumbo Radio.

Thats a definite promise.

"The Knight Life is undeniably the best new laugh- and thoughtprovoker on the comics page.

Not since Calvin and Hobbes has there been so novel an entertainment in the funnies." -

R.C.Harvey, The Comics Journal



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I also got to meet Keiths booth partner Ken Tanaka who is the author of the dark humor

and twisted inspired Everybody Dies: A Childrens Book for Grown Ups.

And I also met and interviewed Lonnie Millsap (Rollyhead Publishing) was also sharing

space with Keiths booth to sell his humorous book collection of single panel cartoons

called I Hate My Job and My Washcloth Stinks. You can easily buy them on Amazon.

I Hate My Job! is a book of cartoons meant to appeal to the teenage through adult

demographic. It fills an unusual niche in that the human characters in are predominantly

African American and all of the cartoons are single panel. Some people have stated that it is

reminiscent of the humor in Gary Larson's The Far Side. The cartoons are twisted,

nonsensical, silly, outrageous, and funny, funny, funny. Lonnie Millsap III was born in

Hollywood, California. His dad was a carpenter who now sculpts and builds houses. His

mother, Ruby, is a jazz dance instructor and choreographer. His first memory of drawing was

getting caught after drawing a huge crayon Batman on his living room carpet, but his number

one love has always been to draw cartoons that could make people laugh. His earliest

influences were Charles Schulz and Sergio Aragones. Later, his influences grew to include

Gary Panter, Matt Groening (Life in Hell), Charlie Callahan, and Gahan Wilson. In 2009 his

first book of cartoons called My Washcloth Stinks! was published to positive reviews, which

led to his current release. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California, and draws every day

... or so he says.Bio of Lonnie Millsap from www.lonniemillsap.com



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If one is a regular Comic-Con attendee like myself than you stop freaking out every time

you read the Comic-Con 2011 events guide and realize that many of the panels you

want to attend are pitted against each other as if the Comic-Con organizers studied your

Facebook page or blog and deliberately choose to mess up you up. So when I saw that

the Black Panel honoring Dwayne McDuffie was going up against my favorite Saturday

morning idols Sid and Marty Kaufman, than I have to have enough faith that this wont

happen at Comic-Con 2012. Thus I can catch the Sid and Marty panel next year. But if

one just hung out at Hall H on Sunday than they could see the panel for my favorite

Sci-Fi TV show BBC Americas Doctor Who. There were 6,000 Comic-Con attendees

packed into Hall H, which is usually saved for the biggest and most popular Comic-Con

panels. The panel showed a trailer of the upcoming Fall season of Doctor Who on BBC

America. What I love about Matt Smiths 11th

take or turn as Doctor Who is that he is far

more light-hearted, fun-spirited than David Tennant. Matt loves the role and to me is the

closest Doctor Who performance to rival my all time favorite Doctor Who Tom Baker.

(L-R) Karen Gillan (Amy Pond), Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and (middle photo) writer Toby Whithouse

(L-R) Karen Gillan (Amy Pond), Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Artuhr Darvill (Rory Williams)

I will start another report for my preview of Comic-Con 2012 soon. But until them youcan check out all our Comic-Con 2011 photos on our Funk Gumbo Radio Pinterest.com

Board that we are going to launch soon. Until then I really hope Comic-Con 2012 is as

exciting as this years and I still get to cover the worlds greatest multi-day media event.


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