#book expo 2017

[kinbari14]

A new Black Butler anime was just announced at the Crunchyroll panel at Anime Expo today. Announcing for a 2024 release produced by Cloverworks. Who is excited?! (Oh, btw it's a continuation after the Book of Atlantic, which premiered in theaters back in 2017)

[just-a-ghost00]

About yours truthfully 👻

Names you can call me by : Ghost / Wolfie Date of birth : 28.10.1996 ♏ | year of the 🐀 Nationality : French

Facts :

I have two younger sisters, no pets and when I don't have free time, I'm teaching cutiepatooties everything they should know to access further education.

I started taking interests in tarot around 2017 if I remember correctly. I had always been drawn to it but a certain "relationship" lead me to tarot readings.

Aside tarot, my hobbies are : drawing, painting, reading, writing, baking, travelling, collecting useless stuff "just in case".

In terms of musical tastes, I listen to various genres. Metal and rock remain my favorite and the genres I always go back to no matter what.

My first ever concert was of some random French artist I saw with my parents as I child, during the Summer at L'Armada (a convention about boats and sailing that was held by the Seine). My most recent concert was at Japan Expo where I discovered an artist named UK.

Some places/countries I've traveled to : Paris, Germany (Dortmund, München) and Austria (Salzburg), Wales, Roma.

Countries I'd like to go to : Japan, South Korea, Australia, Egypt, Greece

A list of thing I can't live without : coffee, chocolate, music.

A list of things I never thought I'd do but did : travel to Roma, feature in some random guy's song, become a teacher, write an unpublished "book" with my highschool best friend, be a tarot reader.

A list of things I dream of doing : learning how to dance, speaking fluent Japanese and Korean, helping in building a school or a shelter, being influent enough to raise awareness about certain causes dear to my heart, creating something meaningful whether it be a book, a song or a humanitarian organization.

[spawn-universe]

Comic book creator Todd McFarlane talks Spawn reboot, working with Ozzy and competing with the giants

Credit Calgary herald

Todd McFarlane has not forgotten the vow he made to Calgary back in 2017.

At the time, the comic book artist, producer and toy entrepreneur was a guest at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo and was asked about the long-gestating reboot of Spawn, which had spent years in developmental purgatory. He told the audience at the Stampede Corral that the film would hold its premiere in Calgary if he gets it “off the ground.

Fast-forward six years later McFarlane says the film is back on track. A-list writers Scott Silver, who co-wrote the 2019 hit Joker, and Malcolm Spellman, who created the Disney+ superhero series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, are currently working on the screenplay. Jamie Foxx has long been attached to play the lead role, a superhero/antihero that McFarlane first created at the age of 16 in his parents’ basement near Crowchild and 24th Avenue N.W.

The 1992 comic book debut, which came out on McFarlane’s Image Comics, sold more than 1.7 million copies and the Spawn series holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running, creator-owned, superhero comic book title. There was a 1997 live-action film with Michael Jae White, which grossed more than $100 million, and an Emmy-winning animated series that ran on HBO from 1997 to 1999. The reboot has been in the works in one form or another for years.

“On the movie front, hopefully – fingers crossed – by the middle of this year we should be making a big announcement that we found our studio, we made our deal and potentially, as part of that deal, they’ve given us our production start date,” says McFarlane. “Really, all fans care about is ‘When can I go see it?’ But at least I’ve got to be able to say ‘This year. We’ve got the money, we’ve got the backing and we’ve even got a start date.'

When it does come out, McFarlane still wants to hold one of the premieres in his hometown.

“Let me tell you right now, if I possibly can, I’m putting it into the contract,” McFarlane says. “It might be the dealbreaker. And I get two premiere spots. I live in Phoenix, I think the Phoenix people will come out in droves because they did the first time we did Spawn. I think they will come out in droves and have a good time in Calgary. That’s it. There it is: If you don’t give me that, then I pull this entire deal. I’m going to see if I can negotiate that.”

McFarlane was back in Calgary this week visiting family. On Sunday, hundreds of fans showed up at Video Game Trader in Lake Bonavista for an autograph session. In 1981, the William Aberhart High School grad left Calgary at the age of 18 on a baseball scholarship to Eastern Washington University, where he studied art and design. Within a few weeks of graduation, he got his first comic book job for Marvel. He would go on to illustrate for both Marvel and DC, drawing for Batman: Year 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and co-creating the Spider-Man villain/anti-hero Venom.

But he is arguably still best known for creating Spawn and for co-founding Image Comics in 1992, which also became home to Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore’s Walking Dead comic-book series. In 1994, he revolutionized the toy industry with the realistic action figures he created for McFarlane Toys. In 1999, he won an Emmy for the animated Spawn series and earned a Grammy nod for directing Pearl Jam’s animated video for Do The Evolution. The following year, he won a Grammy for directing the video for Korn’s Freak on a Leash.

Late last year, he returned to the medium to direct the video for Ozzy Osbourne’s Patient Number Nine, which resulted in a lengthy feature in Rolling Stone magazine about McFarlane’s work in music videos.

“The request came from (Ozzy’s wife) Sharon Osbourne,” McFarlane says. “I knew her from the past. We had done some stuff with toys and comic books with her and had always done well. In the pre-preparation for shooting, I was dealing mostly with the record label and Sharon. I’m sure she showed everything to Ozzy to get the sign-off. The day of the shoot, that dude was a pro. It’s one thing I’ve always been super impressed with for all the music videos I’ve been involved with. When you say ‘Action,’ all of them are performers. They know what to do when they are on stage. This switch goes on and they just do it. At that point when we shot it, I think it was about a week before his back surgery. He just had pretty extensive back surgery and was living in severe pain. You could see he was in pain and his mobility was limited and all that. So he paced himself, which is what a smart person would do. But when I said ‘Action,’ he turned into the 25, 30-year-old Ozzy.”

On top of the promising developments in the Spawn reboot, McFarlane has continued to find success in both the comic book and toy worlds. He credits the relatively small group of people he works with for the company’s David-versus-Goliath success.

“I’ve got a good core of people,” he says. “We’re scrappy. We’re the Bad News Bears of our industry.”

In 2021, Spawn beat out behemoths DC Comics and Marvel to become the No. 1 selling comic book. That same year, his Spawn spinoff titles – Scorched, Gunslinger Spawn and King Spawn – broke sales records. Last year, the crossover Batman Spawn title became a bestseller.

McFarlane Toys’ beat out Fortune 500 companies such as Hasbro and Mattel with the bestselling action-figure line of 2021. The company is currently licensed to create figures for Black Adam, Shazam, The Flash and Batman movies for the DC Multiverse, James Cameron’s Avatar, Dune and even Ted Lasso.

“Their size is their blessing and their curse,” says McFarlane about the giant corporations he competes with. “I could say the same thing about my smallness: it’s my blessing and my curse. Here’s the blessing: I can move quick, I can move fast. Here’s their curse: They are so big and bloated, they can’t move fast. If I see an opening, I can see that opening way faster than they can get into it. I’m not trying to compete, let’s say on the toy front, directly with what the giants are doing. I’m not trying to slay the giants, that’s not the victory. The victory is saying: Where have they left the gap?”

[dylanndr]

2023 Year in Review

Without writing a whole book about it, 2023 was an extremely difficult year for me. Started the year with one type of debilitating pain, traded it for another, and landed myself in physical therapy for four months due to an injury to my drawing arm. So, while I don’t always put together a Year in Review post, I wanted to do one this year to prove to myself that I did manage to accomplish some things despite the onslaught of physical problems:

• 12 comics for 12 issues of OUT FRONT Magazine • approx 180 postcards sent to p8rons • 5 new sticker designs • several art shows at Spectra Art Space including Spooky Art, TDOR popup, and Tiny Art • a new Feeping Creatures micro zine, and a zine of my adventures at a metal show in Japan • participated in a panel discussion for an Estonian queer film festival for their showing of the queer comics documentary No Straight Lines • speaking of No Straight Lines, when I was originally interviewed back in 2017(?) I had NO CLUE it would be shown on PBS, but in fact it streamed there for several months • made a soft return to comic shows; while I’m still not inclined to travel much, Denver Zine Fest, DeCAF, Queer Author Expo, and First Friday at Danny the Comic Shop all saw my (masked) face [and you can now get my comics and zines at Danny the Comic Shop, so swing by and support ‘em!]

In the end, that’s not too shabby for a year in which I was physically out of commission for a good 6 months and could barely work. I’m in a better place pain-wise, if not fully back to where I was before. Hopefully 2024 will see continued improvements, and a lot more art!

[madisonrooney]

I hope this isn't too personal or anything but what kind of relationship do you have with Dove? Do you have her phone number and actually talk to her or is it more of a fan level relationship? I'm not trying to be mean or anything I'm just a new follower and don't know a whole lot

we're married /j

no youre totally fine!! it is a fan relationship but like to the extent that she knows who i am, remembers me, remembers details about me, etc. and ive met her many times over the last 8 years

ill put it in under read more for the people that have already heard these stories hundreds of times lol

i first met her at d23 expo 2015 when i was cosplaying as maddie. was absolutely sobbing when i met her and she started to tear up herself. she called me honey and sweetheart and rocked me back and forth while i hugged her still bawling lol

my first liv and maddie taping was about 2 months later and when i reminded her who i was (she didnt know right away but i get that since i wasnt wearing glasses or a ponytail) she jumped out of her chair hugged me and said HI SWEETY and wouldnt let me go even when jordan fisher started talking to me lol (he recognized me too) she told me my cosplay made her whole weekend.

we had some more great interactions at the next few live tapings. at the last one with a meet and greet, she said "i know you!!" right when she saw me. i mentioned my mom coming to the following taping (which sadly never happened bc it was cancelled) and she was like "ive never met your mom!!" and the fact that she was aware of that and saw it as something important warmed my heart.

about a year passed without seeing her but i saw her again at the 2017 rdmas which was the first time she said "i love you" to me without me saying it first. this was around when she really started to remember me without me having to reintroduce myself.

the rise of the isle of the lost book launch was the following month and she said she loved that im always at these events. 2 months later was d23 again and she said "hi love!! how are you!?" when i got my descendants 2 cd signed by her.

one of my favorite interactions was 2 weeks after that at the stage door of mamma mia at the hollywood bowl. right upon seeing me she said "hi baby!!," hugged me, and asked how id been in the last two weeks since we'd seen each other. at the time, i didnt know when id see her again so i took a moment to remind her how much she means to me and she said "you are an angel in my life."

a random meet and greet came up a few months later for her hair extension line where i was once again greeted with an immediate "hi baby!!" and hug. when i walked away and waved goodbye she shouted "i love you!!"

another favorite was at a panel for agents of shield the following year that happened in nyc when i just so happened to be there for spring break. as she walked in the room while they were playing a clip, she quietly said hi to people and gasped upon seeing me, gave me the usual "hi baby!" and stopped on her way to the stage to give me a hug. after the panel, she said goodbye to everyone, saying "i love you, i love you, i love YOU" and hugged me again saying "thank you for being here as always"

8 months later was the first preview of clueless the musical which i went back to nyc specifically for. this was another all time fav interaction. her face lit up when she saw me in the stage door crowd. when she was done meeting other fans, i once again got hi baby, "so good to see you," and her telling me she saw me in the audience + proving she meant it by telling me where i was (so she def saw me drooling over her for 2 and a half hours...but she probably expected that from me). i met thomas that night as well and my mom was with me too and she said "hey babe, they approve of you! and theyve been around longer than you have!"

about half a year later was disney channel fan fest where i once again got a hi baby when i was next in line plus a cute little dance over to me that lead into hug when i walked up.

that was my last interaction pre-covid and the only ones ive had since (save for her 2021 concert where we did interact but im not certain she knew it was "me" bc we didnt like talk and i was wearing a mask) have been at the cameron boyce foundation gala where ofc shes still sweet to me but naturally shes not as excited or talkative given that were mourning someone. but last year, she said "hi babe!" and gave me a hug. i didnt get to talk to her much then but this year i wanted her to know that even tho i wasnt able to show it for a while bc of quarantine that im still supporting her every step of the way and she brushed my arm sweetly and thanked me. she blew my friend and i kisses when she left and told us she loved us.

worth noting tho that the only social media interactions weve had have been her liking a handful of my comments on instagram and tiktok, and i cant even be sure that she knows the comments shes liking are from "me." i have too much social anxiety to be on stan twitter, so we dont communicate over social media at all or anything. but she knows me on a face to face basis and knows ive been there from the beginning and have gone to lengths to see her in her biggest moments.

[nerdsworld]

Mission Impossible:Dead Reckoning Part I | Review 🖋️

⛔⛔⛔ Possible Spoilers ⛔⛔⛔

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Early Screening

Saturday

07.08.2023

Guest Writer

C.Armstrong 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

Note of Gratitude:

This is our movie reviewer's last submission and I would like to thank him for sharing his thoughts with all of us throughout the years.

Covering Comic Conventions:

4th Annual Khem Comic Book Festival 4/2018

5th Annual Urban Action Showcase & Expo 9/24/2018

Star War's 501st in Brooklyn Spring 2017

Black Label Comic Con June 2021

Corwin Armstrong will be kicking off his own content,podcast/blogging and bringing his creative thoughts to the masses.

KhemFest Anime Festival 2018 🎭

On Location:Black Label Comicon

Working exclusively for Black Label Comicon 👍🏾

You can check his Black Label Comicon video interviews,with comic creators from that event at http://www.blacklabelcomicon.com 🦸🏾‍♂️🧛🏾‍♂️🥷🏾

Contact Corwin Armstrong on his Facebook page for information REGARDING photographs and videos from this event.

*Nerd's World DOES NOT HAVE or RECEIVED Any Photos or Videos Regarding This Convention!!*

Corwin Armstrong was volunteering directly with Black Label Comic Con,please contact Founder Eric Cooper for inquiries!

00.10 seconds

C.Armstrong interviewing Black Label Comiccon Creators for Eric Cooper,Owner and Founder.

Thank you,

July 26,2023

Founder/Editor-in-Chief Nerd's World NYC 👾

L.George

[feliciagarrivan]

Isabelle Wenzel

Isabelle Wenzel (b. 1982, Germany) studied to be a photographer/artist, but is also a trained acrobat. Usually, she sets her own body before the camera. Within the seconds that the self-timer allows her, she assumes an impossible position and continues to hold it until the camera has clicked.

The central focus of the photographs of Isabelle Wenzel is the body as a physical form, rather than people themselves. By making a photograph, she freezes a pose in time as it were, and in doing so draws attention to the sculptural qualities of the body. In order to achieve a certain image, the manoeuvres need to be carried out repeatedly. In this way, Wenzel does her own little experimental performance in front of the camera, which captures it for us in ‘frozen’ form as a photograph.

Artist statement:

I stretched forward. Felt sensations of heaviness. Was overwhelmed by choice. Got lost. Stumbled. Failed. Started again. I’m a space in the landscape. A geological formation. A botanical shape. An island of isolation.  A thinking body. Look at me in slow motion. Look at me frozen in time.

Isabelle Wenzel

Curriculum Vitae

 

Born 1982 in Wuppertal, Deutschland

Lives and works in Wuppertal

 

Education

2008-2010 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, (NL)

2005-2008 Fachhochschule, Bielefeld, (DE)

 

Residencies / Nominations / Grants

2021 Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn, DE

2016 Individuelle Projektförderung, Kunststiftung NRW, DE

2013 Jahresstipendium, Mondriaan Stiftung, Niederlande, NL

2011 Startstipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving, Bouwkunst, Amsterdam NL

2011 European Photo Exhibition Award - Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg DE

2010 Virtual Zoom, Fotografie Stipendium, Virtual Museum Zuidas, Amsterdam NL

2007 Des Prix-Leica, Fachhochschule Bielefeld, DE

Collections

Albert Heijn Kunststichting, NL

ENECO Kunstcollectie, NL

SBK Kunstuitleen & Galerie, Amsterdam, NL

Kunstcollectie Ymere, Amsterdam, NL

FOAM/ Photographie Museum/ Amsterdam/ NL

VU MC Sammlung/ Amsterdam/ NL

 

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Automatia, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL

2021 Isabelle Wenzel, Video installations, Expo Bart, Nijmegen NL

2020 Counting till 10 – Solo – Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL

2017 ‘Unernstes unterfangen’, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL

2016 London Art Fair, Solo, Galerie Bart, London, UK

2015 Scotiabank CONTACT Fotografie Festival, Isabelle Wenzel, Metro Hall Toronto, CA

2013 Isabelle Wenzel, what the body knows, 44 Gallery, Brugge, BE

2013 10 Seconds, Isabelle Wenzel, Rene Hauser Gallery, Zürich, CH

2013 I'D Like To Double Your Entendre, Warte für Kunst, Kassel, DE

2012 Solo, Isabelle Wenzel, Ku Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, CN

2010 Building Images, Kunst Kapel, Amsterdam, Virtueel Museum Zuidas, Amsterdam NL

 

Selected group exhibitions

2022 Numero Berlin – All Collection Vol. II Jonathan Vincent Baron and Isabelle Wenzel, Berlin DE

2022 Approche - Galerie Bart, Paris, FR

2022 Von draußen nach drinnen, Sparkasse Wuppertal, DE

2021 Unseen Amsterdam Galerie Bart, NL

2021 B/U/ILD, Neuer Kunstverein Wuppertal, De

2020 Out and about, public exhibition during Covid19, Wuppertal, DE

2019 Emergent, Platform for contemporary art, Veurne, BE

2019 Pick Me – We Like Art at Collectie DE.GROEN, Arnhem, NL

2019 – Naak Of Bloot, Museum Jan Cunen, Oos, NL

2018 – Loch – Galerie – Let’s Pretent You Don’t Know Me, Anne Huijnen, Michel und Isabelle Wenzel, Wuppertal, DE

2018 – A Balancing Act – Kunsthal Amersfoort, NL

2018 – Paradise – performance at Schauspielhaus Wuppertal, DE

Selected Works

Automatia

Book

Interviews with Isabelle

https://www.lampoonmagazine.com/article/2022/03/31/isabelle-wenzel/

Youtube Section

[brookston]

Holidays 7.9

Holidays

Arbor Day (Cambodia)

ASB Community Action Day

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2024 ( website )

Call of the Horizon Day

Carnation Day (a.k.a. Clove Gilliflower)

Chicken Days begin (Nebraska)

Day of the Employees of the Diplomatic Service (Azerbaijan)

Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Utah)

Donkey Kong Day

Family Day (Ukraine)

Fashion Day

Festival of Grand Unified Theories

Flag Day (Chile)

14th Amendment Anniversary Day

Goat Mother’s Day

Intern Appreciation Day

International Small Arms Destruction Day

Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival begins (Turkey)

Mars

Mint Day (French Republic)

Muffler Appreciation Day

National Camel Toad Hunting Day (Secular Church of the SubGenius)

National Culture Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Lesbian Visibility (Chile)

National Dimples Day

National Lavender Day

National No Bra Day

National Student’s Day (India)

Paper Napkin Day

Rock Around the Clock Day

Shiman Rokusen-nichi (Day of 46,000; Tokyo, Japan)

Special Recreation Day

State Rebellion Day (São Paulo, Brazil)

Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Day (Ohio)

White Ensign Anniversary Day (UK)

Wimbledon Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Omelette Day

National Chicken Day

National Sugar Cookie Day

World Pakora Day

Independence & Related Days

Argentina (from Spain, 1816)

Constitution Day (Australia, Palau)

Constitutionalist Revolution Day (São Paulo, Brazil)

Kebec (f.k.a. Alaurentia; Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Louisiana (Readmitted to the Union; 1868)

Luxe (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Nunavut Day (Canada)

South Carolina (Readmitted to the Union; 1868)

South Sudan (from Sudan, 2011)

2nd Tuesday in July

Alpenfest begins (Gaylord, Missouri) [2nd Tuesday thru Saturday]

Carnival Tuesday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Tuesday]

Cow Appreciation Day [2nd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 9 (2nd Week of July)

Panathenaea [Honoring Athena] (thru 7.14) [Every 4 Years]

Festivals Beginning July 9, 2024

Halifax Jazz Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) [thru 7.14]

Kansas Wheat Festival (Wellington, Kansas) [thru 7.13]

Michigan Livestock Expo (Coldwater, Michigan) [thru 7.13]

Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk (Vitebsk, Belarus) [thru 7.15]

VALAVALA (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 7.11]

Feast Days

Agilulfus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Amandina of Schakkebroek (Christian; A Martyr of Southern Hunan)

Barbara Cartland (Writerism)

Basil Wolverton (Artology)

Caprotinia (Old Roman Female Slave Festival)

Charlotte the Penguin (Muppetism)

St. Clotilde (Positivist; Saint)

Cyril and Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

David Hockney (Artology)

Day of Remembrance for Ann the Deep Minded (a.k.a. Audh; American Asatru)

Day of Unn the Wise Person (a.k.a. Day of Remembrance for Ann the Deep Minded; Pagan)

Dharma Day (Buddhist) [Full Moon, 8th Lunar Month]

Ekādaśī Tithi (Self-Purification Festival; Hindism, Vaishnavism) [11th Lunar Day]

Ephrem of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Everilda (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Chinese Martyrs (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Dionysus and Rhea (Pagan; Everyday Wicca)

Feast of the Martyrs of Gorkum (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Christian)

Feast of Translation of Nicolas (Christian; Confessor)

Goddess Boann (Celtic Book of Days)

Gregorio Grassi (Christian; A Martyr of Shanxi)

Invent a Word Day (Pastafarian)

James Ormsbee Chapin (Artology)

John Fisher (Christian; Martyr)

Marija Petković (Christian; Blessed)

Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá'í)

Martyrs of Gorkum (Christian; Martyrs)

Martyrs of Orange (Christian; Martyrs)

Mary Hermina Grivot (Christian; Saint)

Mervyn Peake (Artology)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 4 (Shamanism)

Mojo Nixon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Murphy Anderson (Artology)

Nicholas Peck and His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Our Lady of Itatí (Christian)

Our Lady of Peace, Octave of the Visitation (Christian)

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Christian; Saint)

Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Christian; Saint)

Rusty (Muppetism)

Sabinus (Christian; Martyr)

Saturnino Herrán (Artology)

Solstitium VI (Pagan)

Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (Anglican commemoration)

Thomas More (Christian; Martyr)

Veronica Giuliani (Christian; Saint)

William Turner Dannat (Artology)

Zeno (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [26 of 53]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

American Pie (Film; 1999)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Film; 2004)

Barbie (Film; 2023)

The Bears and Bees (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Black Widow (Film: 2021)

Blowin’ in the Wind, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Blue, by LeAnn Rimes (Album; 1996)

Crow Crazy (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1945)

Despicable Me (Animated Film; 2010)

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Film; 2010)

The Golden Compass (a.k.a. Northern Lights), by Philip Pullman (Nove; 1995) [His Dark Materials #1]

Heavenly Puss (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)

Love and Curses (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Loving You (Elvis Presley Film; 1957)

The Office (UK TV Series; 2001)

The Oil Can Mystery (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (Film; 1975)

Pink Elephants, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Film; 2003)

Pluto’s Purchase (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Predators (Film; 2010)

The Queen Was in the Parlor (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Riding Giants (Documentary Film; 2004)

Rocky Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

Rookie of the Year (Film; 1993)

The Saint on TV, by Fleming Lee (Short Stories; 1968) [Saint #39]

Tall Timber (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

This Is a Life? (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

Tron (Film; 1982)

William Tell (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

Winnebago Man (Documentary Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Augustin, Gottfried, Veronika (Austria)

Leticija, Marija, Veronika (Croatia)

Drahoslava (Czech Republic)

Sostrata (Denmark)

Aive, Aivi (Estonia)

Ilta, Jade, Jasmiina, Jasmin, Nanna (Finland)

Amandine, Hermine, Iphigénie, Marianne (France)

Hannes, Hermine, Veronika (Germany)

Pagratios (Greece)

Lukrécia (Hungary)

Letizia (Italy)

Asne, Tusnelda, Zaiga (Latvia)

Algirdas, Algirdė, Leonardas, Veronika (Lithuania)

Gøran, Jøran, Ørjan (Norway)

Anatolia, Heloiza, Hieronim, Lucja, Łucja, Ludwika, Lukrecja, Mikołaj, Patrycjusz, Weronika, Wszebąd, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)

Lujza (Slovakia)

Verónica (Spain)

Götilda , Jörgen, Örjan (Sweden)

Averil, Avery, Junior, Misty (USA)

Amandine (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 191 of 2024; 175 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 4 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 2 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 11 Red; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 26 June 2024

Moon: 14%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Clotilde]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 20 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 19 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.23)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.9

Holidays

Arbor Day (Cambodia)

ASB Community Action Day

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2024 ( website )

Call of the Horizon Day

Carnation Day (a.k.a. Clove Gilliflower)

Chicken Days begin (Nebraska)

Day of the Employees of the Diplomatic Service (Azerbaijan)

Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Utah)

Donkey Kong Day

Family Day (Ukraine)

Fashion Day

Festival of Grand Unified Theories

Flag Day (Chile)

14th Amendment Anniversary Day

Goat Mother’s Day

Intern Appreciation Day

International Small Arms Destruction Day

Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival begins (Turkey)

Mars

Mint Day (French Republic)

Muffler Appreciation Day

National Camel Toad Hunting Day (Secular Church of the SubGenius)

National Culture Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Lesbian Visibility (Chile)

National Dimples Day

National Lavender Day

National No Bra Day

National Student’s Day (India)

Paper Napkin Day

Rock Around the Clock Day

Shiman Rokusen-nichi (Day of 46,000; Tokyo, Japan)

Special Recreation Day

State Rebellion Day (São Paulo, Brazil)

Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Day (Ohio)

White Ensign Anniversary Day (UK)

Wimbledon Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Omelette Day

National Chicken Day

National Sugar Cookie Day

World Pakora Day

Independence & Related Days

Argentina (from Spain, 1816)

Constitution Day (Australia, Palau)

Constitutionalist Revolution Day (São Paulo, Brazil)

Kebec (f.k.a. Alaurentia; Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Louisiana (Readmitted to the Union; 1868)

Luxe (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Nunavut Day (Canada)

South Carolina (Readmitted to the Union; 1868)

South Sudan (from Sudan, 2011)

2nd Tuesday in July

Alpenfest begins (Gaylord, Missouri) [2nd Tuesday thru Saturday]

Carnival Tuesday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Tuesday]

Cow Appreciation Day [2nd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 9 (2nd Week of July)

Panathenaea [Honoring Athena] (thru 7.14) [Every 4 Years]

Festivals Beginning July 9, 2024

Halifax Jazz Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) [thru 7.14]

Kansas Wheat Festival (Wellington, Kansas) [thru 7.13]

Michigan Livestock Expo (Coldwater, Michigan) [thru 7.13]

Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk (Vitebsk, Belarus) [thru 7.15]

VALAVALA (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 7.11]

Feast Days

Agilulfus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Amandina of Schakkebroek (Christian; A Martyr of Southern Hunan)

Barbara Cartland (Writerism)

Basil Wolverton (Artology)

Caprotinia (Old Roman Female Slave Festival)

Charlotte the Penguin (Muppetism)

St. Clotilde (Positivist; Saint)

Cyril and Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

David Hockney (Artology)

Day of Remembrance for Ann the Deep Minded (a.k.a. Audh; American Asatru)

Day of Unn the Wise Person (a.k.a. Day of Remembrance for Ann the Deep Minded; Pagan)

Dharma Day (Buddhist) [Full Moon, 8th Lunar Month]

Ekādaśī Tithi (Self-Purification Festival; Hindism, Vaishnavism) [11th Lunar Day]

Ephrem of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Everilda (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Chinese Martyrs (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Dionysus and Rhea (Pagan; Everyday Wicca)

Feast of the Martyrs of Gorkum (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Christian)

Feast of Translation of Nicolas (Christian; Confessor)

Goddess Boann (Celtic Book of Days)

Gregorio Grassi (Christian; A Martyr of Shanxi)

Invent a Word Day (Pastafarian)

James Ormsbee Chapin (Artology)

John Fisher (Christian; Martyr)

Marija Petković (Christian; Blessed)

Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá'í)

Martyrs of Gorkum (Christian; Martyrs)

Martyrs of Orange (Christian; Martyrs)

Mary Hermina Grivot (Christian; Saint)

Mervyn Peake (Artology)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 4 (Shamanism)

Mojo Nixon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Murphy Anderson (Artology)

Nicholas Peck and His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Our Lady of Itatí (Christian)

Our Lady of Peace, Octave of the Visitation (Christian)

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Christian; Saint)

Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Christian; Saint)

Rusty (Muppetism)

Sabinus (Christian; Martyr)

Saturnino Herrán (Artology)

Solstitium VI (Pagan)

Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (Anglican commemoration)

Thomas More (Christian; Martyr)

Veronica Giuliani (Christian; Saint)

William Turner Dannat (Artology)

Zeno (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [26 of 53]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

American Pie (Film; 1999)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Film; 2004)

Barbie (Film; 2023)

The Bears and Bees (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Black Widow (Film: 2021)

Blowin’ in the Wind, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Blue, by LeAnn Rimes (Album; 1996)

Crow Crazy (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1945)

Despicable Me (Animated Film; 2010)

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Film; 2010)

The Golden Compass (a.k.a. Northern Lights), by Philip Pullman (Nove; 1995) [His Dark Materials #1]

Heavenly Puss (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)

Love and Curses (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Loving You (Elvis Presley Film; 1957)

The Office (UK TV Series; 2001)

The Oil Can Mystery (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (Film; 1975)

Pink Elephants, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Film; 2003)

Pluto’s Purchase (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Predators (Film; 2010)

The Queen Was in the Parlor (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Riding Giants (Documentary Film; 2004)

Rocky Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

Rookie of the Year (Film; 1993)

The Saint on TV, by Fleming Lee (Short Stories; 1968) [Saint #39]

Tall Timber (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

This Is a Life? (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

Tron (Film; 1982)

William Tell (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

Winnebago Man (Documentary Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Augustin, Gottfried, Veronika (Austria)

Leticija, Marija, Veronika (Croatia)

Drahoslava (Czech Republic)

Sostrata (Denmark)

Aive, Aivi (Estonia)

Ilta, Jade, Jasmiina, Jasmin, Nanna (Finland)

Amandine, Hermine, Iphigénie, Marianne (France)

Hannes, Hermine, Veronika (Germany)

Pagratios (Greece)

Lukrécia (Hungary)

Letizia (Italy)

Asne, Tusnelda, Zaiga (Latvia)

Algirdas, Algirdė, Leonardas, Veronika (Lithuania)

Gøran, Jøran, Ørjan (Norway)

Anatolia, Heloiza, Hieronim, Lucja, Łucja, Ludwika, Lukrecja, Mikołaj, Patrycjusz, Weronika, Wszebąd, Zenon, Zenona (Poland)

Lujza (Slovakia)

Verónica (Spain)

Götilda , Jörgen, Örjan (Sweden)

Averil, Avery, Junior, Misty (USA)

Amandine (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 191 of 2024; 175 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 4 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 2 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 11 Red; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 26 June 2024

Moon: 14%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Clotilde]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 20 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 19 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.23)

[theultimatefan]

Tomei, Tudyk, Trejo, Swallow Among Additions to FAN EXPO Philadelphia In Next Wave of Celebrities

Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Wrestler) and fan favorites Alan Tudyk (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, “Firefly”), Danny Trejo (Machete, The Book of Boba Fett), Emily Swallow (“The Mandalorian,” “Supernatural”) and Jeff Ward (“One Piece,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) are among the additions to the growing celebrity lineup at FAN EXPO Philadelphia, set for May 3-5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Joonas Suotamo (Star Wars) and Diana Lee Inosanto (“Ahsoka”) round out the newcomers to the roster.

Marisa Tomei blasted onto the scene with her Academy Award winning performance as “Mona Lisa Vito” opposite Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny. After the Best Supporting Actress win, she went on to roles in Chaplin, Untamed Heart and the Paper, later appearing on Broadway before earning two more Oscar nominations, the third for The Wrestler. She also had a recurring role in the hit series “Empire” and appeared as “Aunt May” in three Spider-Man blockbusters.

Alan Tudyk gained fans’ attention when he starred as wise-cracking "Hoban 'Wash' Washburne" in "Firefly" and Serenity, and later grabbed the “Star Wars” fandom with his portrayal of “K-2SO” in Rogue One. He also appeared in Wreck it Ralph and 42 and has lent his voice to characters in hits like “American Dad,” “Harley Quinn,” “Transformers: Earthspeak” and “Star vs. the Forces of Evil.”

Danny Trejo has developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth battle drug addictions, from acting to producing, and now on to restaurant ventures, Trejo’s name, face, and achievements are well recognized in Hollywood and beyond. He has starred in dozens of films including Desperado, Heat, the From Dusk Till Dawn series, Con Air, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, the Spy Kids movies, Machete and many more.

With her portrayal of “The Armorer” in “The Mandalorian” in the hit Netflix series “The Mandalorian,” Emily Swallow added another role to her growing resume. She also appeared as “Kim Fischer,” a regular on “The Mentalist” and as “Amara / The Darkness” in the 11th season of “Supernatural.” She also voiced the role of “Lisa Tepes” in the animated Netflix fantasy action series “Castlevania.”

Jeff Ward played “Deke Shaw” as a regular on “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” from 2017-2020, and most recently appeared in the first season of the Netflix adventure/comedy “One Piece.” Fans will also recognize him from his work in “Brand New Cherry Flavor” and the TV movie Manson’s Lost Girls, where he gave an appropriately creepy performance as the cult leader.

Joonas Suotamo has assumed the mantle of the iconic role of “Chewbacca” in numerous iterations of the Star Wars saga since first appearing as the Wookiee in Episode VII – The Force Awakens in 2015. The Finnish actor also stepped out of the familiar character to appear in four episodes of the Disney series “Willow.”

Diana Lee Inosanto appears as “Morgan Elsbeth” in the Star Wars “Ahsoka” production on Disney+, opposite Rosario Dawson, David Tennant and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She originated that role in an episode of “Mandalorian” in 2020 after appearing in dozens of movies and shows as a stunt person and a variety of other entertainment jobs.

They join a lineup that already includes headliners Mario Lopez (“Saved by the Bell,” “Access Hollywood”), Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, “Gilmore Girls”), Felicia Day (“The Guild,” “Dragon Age: Redemption”), Ben McKenzie (“Gotham,” “The O.C.”), Holly Marie Combs (“Charmed,” “Picket Fences”), Adam Savage (“MythBusters,” “Unchained Reaction”), Michelle Hurd (“Star Trek: Picard,” “Law & Order: SVU”), Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon, The Mummy) and Jason Lee (“My Name is Earl,” The Incredibles).

Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, Ultimate Fan and VIP Packages for FAN EXPO Philadelphia are available now. Advance pricing is available until April 18. More guest news will be released in the following weeks, including line-up reveals for additional headline celebrities, comic creator guests, voice actors and cosplayers.

Philadelphia is the eighth event on the 2024 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

[felipeandletizia]

Felipe and Letizia retrospective: January 26th

2004: Inaugurated the First International Congress about Victims of Terrorism at the San Pablo Ceu University in Boadilla del Monte

2005: Meeting concerning the “Expo Internacional Zaragoza 2008: Agua y Desarrollo Sostenible” & Concert ‘Visiones de Quijotes’ during the inauguration of the ‘Year of the Book’.

2006: Prince Felipe visited Honduras. (1, 2, 3)

2012: Audiences at la Zarzuela

2014: Visited Honduras to attend the investiture of new president Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado

2016: Audiences at la Zarzuela

2017: Diplomatic Corps Gala.

2021: Meeting of the Strategic Council of the Project “Women and Engineering” & Audiences at la Zarzuela

2022: Celebrations of the 5th Centenary of the foundation of the city of San Juan Bautista in Puerto Rico; Inauguration of the new President of  Honduras, Xiomara Castro & Work meeting with members of the National Council of the AECC

F&L Through the Years: 903/??

[thereasonsimbroke]

Suicide Squad ISEKAI: Worlds Collide

In Ep. 572, Millennial Mike and I discuss the discovery of the unique One Ring MTG card, the Anime Expo announcement of Suicide Squad: ISEKAI, Henry Cavill’s final season of The Witcher, and more! Full Topics:

The unique One Ring Magic: The Gathering card, graded as a 9, could become the most expensive Magic card ever, attracting offers of over $2M and potentially impacting the value of Collector Booster packs.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, starring Harrison Ford and directed by James Mangold, earned $60 million in North America, received mixed reviews, and is projected to earn $140 million worldwide.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' poor box office performance raises concerns for the franchise's future, with delayed releases and a possible Transformers crossover as a last attempt to revive both franchises.

Henry Cavill returns as Geralt of Rivia for his final appearance in The Witcher on Netflix, with the third season divided into two parts and remaining popular on Netflix's daily TV rankings.

Netflix's live-action series adaptation of One Piece will feature the original Japanese anime voice cast to maintain the essence of the beloved franchise.

Naruto's original anime is making a comeback with four new episodes celebrating its 20th Anniversary.

Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio announced the production of "Suicide Squad ISEKAI," an anime series based on DC characters, combining the worlds of ISEKAI and the Suicide Squad.

Warner Bros. Pictures plans a potential Dune trilogy, with the third film potentially based on the Dune: Messiah book.

A fire broke out at Warner Bros. Studios lot, swiftly contained with no injuries reported.

The Flash, under James Gunn's watch, is underperforming at the box office, projected to reach only $300 million, making it a financial disappointment for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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[dannycardfan824]

GLENN FABRY PREACHER #56 AUTOGRAPHED COMIC BOOK ACQUIRED IN PERSON AT ICE INTERNATIONAL COMIC EXPO 2017 IN BIRMINGHAM

[tablejust]

Kingdom fully committed

KINGDOM FULLY COMMITTED MOVIE

VERSE 1: ALL THAT I AM, AND ALL THAT I HOPE TO BE ALL OF MY DESIRES, AND ALL OF MY. Kee, Donald Lawrence, Dietrich Haddon or Bebe & Cece Winans would probably love to help Kingdom get reintroduced to the music world. Lyrics Kingdom - Fully Committed Thank you for visiting. Babyface, JayZ, Sean Combs (Puff Daddy), some of those producers, even John P. They can reach the masses and especially our African American youth who love Rap music. Please tell the songwriter and the choir leader that they MUST get together again and tour our nation for God. “Serious” is available on ITunes and on Amazon for about $10.00. At Central Motorhomes in Lisburn, we are passionate and fully committed to two things motorhomes and delivering unrivalled levels of customer service. Just learned from this blog about the first album/project. The track “It’s You” is my very favorite. Monitoring the application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the United Kingdom is central in ensuring that European Union citizens and businesses can fully benefit from it. Wheaton Academy is deeply committed to this mission and believes it is best understood and demonstrated through a Biblical understanding of Kingdom. I carry all the songs and worship tracks in my soul. Both parties have committed to ensuring a robust level playing field by maintaining high levels of protection in areas such as environmental protection. My brother made a CD for me and put the song files on my smartphone for me during my visit home to Cincinnati, OH, May, 2017. I bought the album on cassette tape many years ago. This choir and their music are anointed of God! ThE “Serious” album is powerful praise and worship. Kingdom Builders are a group of fully committed individuals and families who prayerfully commit to give, over and above their tithes, to global missions. Well you guys know what to do if you have any information on them. I really have no idea where they were from and names of any of the members because I can’t find either of my tapes. It definitely sounds dated, but you can find it on YouTube and it is still a beautiful song! After their second album “Serious” was released they fell off the scene and then CRICKETS! We never heard from Kingdom again. golf clash profile picture sabritas pedro marcos noriega music agency manchester shiftkey assessment answers. avarampoo side effects is joelle carter related to president jimmy carter reinhold schmieding book reptile expo california 2021.

KINGDOM FULLY COMMITTED MOVIE

Kingdom’s first project had an incredible song called “Fully Committed” that I still love today. the hangover video google drive paraguay traditional clothing. Kingdom was a choir that released two albums in the early 90’s “Amazing” and then their sophomore project “Serious.” I had both albums at the time on tape and now for the life of me I can’t find either of them. Well it wasn’t really that unexpected! (lol) Picking up where we left off in our never ending quest to “Cricketville” we were just about to discover what happened to the last Gospel group when another group popped up unexpectedly on the journey.

[leah-jeffries]

There are very few things that I plan far in advance and look forward to all year long (besides Christmas and Chinese New Year, that is) and one of them is Book Expo/BookCon. A convention completely dedicated to the love and appreciation of books? Surrounded by publishers, authors, and books? I love it. It’s pretty much the place I would want to be 365 days a year. I believe that earlier last year, ReedPop and Book Expo made an announcement that their selection process for bloggers would be narrowed down so that publishers could better concentrate on forging relationships with industry professionals like booksellers and librarians. I know that this announcement put a lot of potential attendees off (that and a huge sum of $300 to attend) which is understandable. I was concerned that because BookCon was being hyped up and beefed up with lots of high-profile guests that BookExpo would be lackluster.

Neither of us decided to attend Wednesday because there was a lot to do before we would go on Thursday. And to be honest, I think we needed to prepare ourselves for what was about to go down go down during Book Expo. For the most part, we wanted to spend our time on the show floor since that’s where a lot of the fun is for the both of us. So in the early morn of June 1st, we got up at 4:30 and were on a train by 5:30AM to make it over so we could pick up our badges since we didn’t do it the night before. It was also our aim to score tickets to Cora Carmack, Leigh Bardugo, and Maggie Stiefvater. While we were waiting in line, we made a few friends and saw some old ones, which I think is what is so great about being in the book world – you can easily align your interests and create friendships around books. It’s something we all have in common. Unfortunately, it seemed that with the Avid Reader Pass Program and others who seemed to be there since 3/4AM, Leigh Bardugo tickets were long gone. I’d been disappointed because I was dying to get my hands on THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS sampler which, yes I know – why am I so fussy over a sampler? Well, even as a sampler, it’s beautiful. Plus, I’d read that she might be giving our her SIX OF CROWS playing cards which is probably one of my biggest searches for.

We obviously navigated our way through the show floor since the layout was different than other years and grabbed all the totes (my one goal was to score the SHE PERSISTED tote from Penguin Random House in support of Chelsea Clinton that weekend) before going over to Maggie’s signing area. I have to say that I haven’t read any of her previous books. I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews about both her SHIVER and RAVEN CYCLE series and I just don’t like delving into books that are really volatile. But ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS seemed so interesting and we had a ticket for it, so why not? After that, we just roamed the show floor to see what all the booths had to offer and we both had the consensus that Book Expo was very low key and relaxing for the most part. I know that so many were discouraged from coming, but it made the experience for those that did more pleasurable. Yeah, there were a lot of people, but we had no major mishaps.

By the end of the day, the pair of us got most of the books we wanted (with Kristen’s wonderful schedule and timing skills) and we were pretty exhausted by the time we got back home. I was determined to be selective about the books I brought home because when we first attended the convention, I made the mistake of grabbing anything and having no room for most of the things I didn’t care for – so I wasn’t as tired as Kristen was (whom had gotten a lot of books she wanted).

The highlights of Thursday were meeting Cora Carmack and Leigh Bardugo (I know! I got to meet her!). I was delighted to see a finished copy of Cora Carmack’s ROAR which I had the opportunity to read as an ARC. It is a beautiful, beautiful book in my opinion and definitely has a unique and fresh take on fantasy stories. I will be posting my review soon for it so be on the lookout! Plus, she was such a delightful person to talk to and just overall lovely (pretty much all the authors we met were lovely).

So by happenstance, I got to meet Leigh in the Autographing Area and my goodness, her hair color was gorgeous. I’ve met very few people who could pull off the dark gray/silver look and my gosh, can that woman pull it off. She was surrounded by her Macmillan team and they were all rather kind. I was not there to get THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS because Fiercereads was promoting Grishaverse in the Crystal Palace for most of the convention so they had copies there for the taking! I had read that her book had won the Teen Choice Book Award and had wanted to congratulate her on that. Leigh Barduo never ceases to impress me with her humility and surprise over these sorts of achievements. I did bring my French SIX OF CROWS in the hopes that she would sign it (which she obviously did because she’s just so dang kind).

Day one of Book Expo was a success to say in the least. We had decided to approach Friday with less of a plan, but we definitely had our list of things we wanted, but didn’t necessarily NEED if we couldn’t get them. Fortunately, the ones we wanted (WARCROSS and BEASTS MADE OF NIGHT), we received previously. In terms of ticketed authors, we wanted to aim for Colleen Hoover and Marissa Meyer. I knew that if we didn’t get Marissa Meyer, it wasn’t a huge ordeal since it was a sampler and RENEGADES will be out within a few months. Nevertheless, I would have loved to say hello to Marissa once more. We managed to snag Colleen Hoover and Neil Patrick Harris (which we later gave away because it was later in the day and we just couldn’t fathom staying much longer after little sleep and 12K steps) so it was another day to the show floor for us! What I really loved was watching the interaction between attendees and the exhibitors – particularly the contrast between the smaller and big five publishers. It’s obviously a stark difference, but at the same time – it’s nice to think about how the big five were small once and look where they are now.

As every book dragon does, we snagged the books that we’d been hoping to get on our list (though, not the end of the world if we didn’t) and the biggest (and most competitive) event of the day was Leigh Bardugo’s WARBRINGER from Random House. We were rather guilty of hovering around the pillars near Penguin Random House, but the one good thing about Book Expo was that the attendees seemed to get along much better and there was very little hostility, if any at all. Somehow, against all odds, those who wanted WARBRINGER banded together to create a pretty calm and collective line. There were people in line, wonderful people, who understood the fairness of who had been there the longest and wanted to keep order. In this line, I saw some really great compassion and organization spring out from nearly everyone. Once the signing started, it went by quickly and everyone seemed relatively happy. We were rather happy to be part of such a collective group that showed that type of maturity. I imagine that if Book Expo hadn’t decided to screen its attendees this year, it would have been a different story.

When Friday and Book Expo came to a close, I was sad, but excited because BookCon would be starting the next day. Out of my bounty from Book Expo, I think I was really looking forward to:

Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughen (Bloomsbury)

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo (Random House)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Harlequin)

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (Macmillan)

Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Hachette)

The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones (Hachette)

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada (Simon & Schuster)

 Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast (Simon & Schuster)

And had we not gotten them before the convention:

Warcross by Marie Lu (Penguin)

Beast Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi (Penguin)

To be honest, there were a lot of books and that meant a lot of blurs, but nevertheless, everyone seemed to find something they really wanted at Book Expo.

One regret I do have is being unable to start relationships with publishers. I love going to these things because it means meeting the writers who have built such wonderful words, but in hindsight, I lose the opportunity to meet with the professional book pushers themselves. I really admire them for all that they do for their authors (include surviving BookCon) and know that I should really set some time aside to talk with them and just stay in touch. I, myself, am somewhat socially awkward at times and never want to bother professionals when they’re actually working, but it’s always nice to see that they’re open to chatting with people if they wish to do so.

Book Expo…to say in the least, was just so…chill? Sure, there were times where anxieties were heightened and patience was on edge, but overall, there’s nothing stopping me from wanting to attend next year. It seemed like there was a lot of more space and walking space which was nice. I do feel like the shift in where the booths usually were threw me off and therefore, I seemed to visit them less than I would have liked (this was more so about HarperCollins…they just seemed so far away from everyone else!). My experience with ReedPop events have always been good and I love that they host them at the Jacob Javits Center (which is a BEAUTIFUL location).

So I’d have to say that Book Expo 2017…you were a success. Let’s make 2018 a good one, too!

[rtbookreviews]

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