The Comic Book Catacombs: Baltimore Comic-Con 2013!!

Friday, September 6, 2013

Baltimore Comic-Con 2013!!

I will be out flying from South Carolina to Maryland this evening to spend the weekend at the 2013 Baltimore Comic-Con. This will be my third consecutive visit to this fun show, and there's plenty of industry guests to get excited about: Neal Adams, Ken Bald, Brian Bolland, Sal Buscema, Jimmy Cheung, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Ramona Fradon, Ron Frenz, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Keith Giffen, Michael Golden, Adam Hughes, Mike Mignola, George Perez, Ivan Reis, Stan Sakai, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin, Herb Trimpe, and Bill Willingham just for starters. This year writer/director/actor Kevin Smith brings his AMC series," Comic Book Men" to Baltimore to film scenes for an upcoming episode too! Wish me luck in getting my small stack of classic back issues signed by those talented folks in attendance; although the fact that I sprung for the VIP admittance package might help out with that goal. See you next week with some fun details!

[L to R] Brian Bolland; Sal Buscema; Ramona Fradon

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How it all began ....

In 1933, publishers at Eastern Color Press, intent to make better use of their printing equipment (which frequently sat idle between jobs), came up with the idea of printing an 8-page comic section that could be folded down from the large broadsheet to a smaller 9-inch by 12-inch format. The result was the first modern comic book. Containing reprints of newspaper comic strips, this experimental comic book titled "Funnies On Parade" was given away for free. It proved so popular that the following year Eastern published "Famous Funnies" and took the bold step of selling the comic for ten cents through chain stores. The enterprise was a smashing success and Eastern began churning out numerous reprints on a monthly basis. Other publishers, eager to get in on the profits, jumped on the bandwagon and the comic book industry was born!