tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26953281806326055012023-11-16T05:29:30.238-08:00When Its Right Infront Of You...*NOMINATED FOR "BEST IRISH COMIC RELATED BLOG" 2012*WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-83676192784098338992014-02-25T12:05:00.000-08:002014-02-25T12:05:16.321-08:00Insprational comics from the Emerald Isle<strong>Hay Guy's!</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">Here's a little update that I did on some Irish creators and the books they have coming this year!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">Click the link below to see the news over at Malta Comic-Con! </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">And as always, Thanks for reading! :)</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.maltacomic-con.com/post/617/inspirational-comics-from-the-emerald-isle">http://www.maltacomic-con.com/post/617/inspirational-comics-from-the-emerald-isle</a><br />
WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-74089063753294466102014-02-23T12:50:00.001-08:002014-02-23T12:50:55.137-08:00{!!!** * THE LOUD WHISPER * **!!!}: SALVAGE<a href="http://anthonylukeoneill.blogspot.com/2014/02/salvage.html?spref=bl">{!!!** * THE LOUD WHISPER * **!!!}: SALVAGE</a>: Hi all Long time no posts huh? well heres why. For the past few months now iv been working away on Abandoned,s next big thing ,salva...WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-1726902684373152872014-02-20T14:15:00.000-08:002014-02-20T14:18:07.674-08:00The Lego Movie Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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movie isn’t something I initially wanted to go see, my boyfriend seen Superman
in the trailer and got overly excited so I knew at that moment we would end up
sitting in the uncomfortable seats at our local cinema.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b><br />
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passed and we finally decided to go see the movie and we invited a good friend
of ours along for the ride. When we were finally seated, I chomped away at my
popcorn without a hint of interest towards this film until about 5 minutes into
it. Straight away the audience is hit with a funny character named Emmet who
you immediately like and feel a little sorry for. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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of the rules without question. At the end of his work day he tries inviting
himself out with his fellow workers but that flops as nobody even notices him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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later Emmet meets this cool punk chic who seems to be searching for something
rather important but Emmet gets in the way and she later thinks that he is the
person she was looking for “The special”. Not knowing this means that he has to save the world from the evil "Mr Business" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmet who is very normal, boring and very” un-special”
goes along with this just in hopes that he might actually be important and of
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that moment the film unravels allot of crazy characters that each to their own
have very unique personalities, one in particular is Unikitty, and she’s a cute
Lego kitten with a unicorn horn. Unikitty is an upbeat positive kitty with a
bit of an anger problem… she’s quite adorable and a little scary! Another
character I really enjoyed was Batman! He’s awesome and stars in almost the
whole feature. Most of the funny moments in the Lego movie was Batman making an
idiot out of himself, he brings allot of giggles to the big screen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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the end, Emmet must prove to each character (Including B-man) and to himself
that he is the special and with this brings a lovely heart-warming story of
self being and importance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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was a part in the film that when it happened I was like “Oh no they shouldn’t
have done this” I felt I had been taking out of the film a little but when I
seen where they were going with it, it actually fit in perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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just end this review here and now with ‘It was a fantastic movie’ I got some laughs
out of it and I would definitely recommend bringing the whole family to see it.
It was fun! Especially seeing how happy it made my 27 year old boyfriend! His only recommendation is that Ryan Renolds should not see this film :D</span></span></span></b></div>
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</span>WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-45529159112726941672013-04-08T06:28:00.001-07:002013-04-08T06:34:58.019-07:00The Mind Palace By Luke J Halsall<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Luke J Halsall is a new
British Comic Book creator and Novelist. His work includes “The hoodie” series,
and his E-book “Survivor” which has been called an interesting and unpredictable
story. Luke’s first comic book “The mind palace” is a compilation of 4 short
stories, each featuring a different artist.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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is an amazing feeling for me. To complete my first comic book feels </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A tremendous achievement. Working with
all of these talented people<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: orange;">has been a joy and I can’t wait to see
what the world thinks of it.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The first story in the
comic “Tick Tock” is drawn by artist Sofi Hjalmarrson. This short is very interesting;
it’s poetic and straight to the point. The artist tells the story with great
detail, flow and beauty using a gorgeous cross-hatch art style giving this
piece a dark and moody feel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The second addition is
“The defender” by artist Rex Kennedy. The story starts with a teen talking to
his grandfather who is saying he sees his grandsons deceased father in the
stars from time to time, that he is a space ranger called the defender but the
teen reminds him that his dad died years ago in a car accident and walks away
thinking of his grandfather to be mad and hallucinating. It kicks off when the
boy confronts his mother about what his grandfather has been sprouting off
about his dad… which I won’t spoil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The third story “2.8” By
artist James Cocoran. This is a very well written zombie story which I really
enjoyed. It starts off with a couple of friends dressed up as zombies for a
live action zombie game, kind of like a zombie walk. The friends decide to
split up to find the starting point and plan on meeting up later. Luke spins a
nice web in this story finishing with a lovely twist making the reader want
more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The last but not least,
“Martian” by artist Jamie Wright. This short story is based around the time of
sending the mars rover onto mars so that we can learn more about the planet.
Using a live feed on their website the officials noticed something on the
screen and in a hurry disconnect the feed replacing it with images from moments
before to keep the public blind. Again, nice writing from Halsall and a great
little twist thrown in there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">You can find Luke online
</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">at: </span><a href="http://lukejameshalsall.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black;"><span style="color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Http://lukejameshalsall.<span style="color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black;">wordpress.com</span></span></span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Or catch him on Twitter
for a chat! @LJHalsall<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Cuttlefish is the pen name of a small press artist from
Tyneside. His work includes: Food for the dead, Giga, Trainee Space Chef and
many more. You can find him online at Http://cuttlefishcomics.blogspot.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Swedish artist currently residing in Scotland. She’s a striving hungry artist
in love with illustration and new to the comic book genre. She hopes to go
further in this medium.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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freelance artist from Carlisle Cumbria in the UK. Kennedy studied games designs
and multimedia graphics design at a BA Hons at the University of Cumbria and
may also be known as Abi the Xenomorph from the cosplay community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Watchmen artist and co-creator Dave Gibbons was interviewed on BBC Tv recently on a Documentry about Pop Art painting "WHAAM!" by Roy Lichtenstein which is showcasing at London's very own Tate art muesuem.</span><br />
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"CLiNT" magazine and some of you might remember my previous review on
"Abandoned Comics" Mike Lynch, Martin Greene and Anthony O'Neill's
"Nestor" comic book. Well in CLiNT 2.6 which came out on Valentines
Day, Abandoned Comics very own Mike Lynch and Anthony O'Neill released an
amazing 5 page fan comic strip on a real life superhero who calls himself
"Clint" due to Mark Millar and his magazines influence, which we
learned of in the magazines 2.1 issue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></span></div>
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this strip follows Clint on his journey to the Titan publishing building aka
(Millar tower) where he scaled the 11 story buliding to get a letter to Mark
millar in time for print but on the way he runs into trouble when seeing an
elderly man being harrassed and mugged in a dark alley way.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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so as soon as he learned of the masked vigilante Clint who is trained in MMA
and Parkour, Anthony's mind raced with the idea of bringing this real life
superhero back to its comic book routes and turning it into a strip. He then
got onto Abandoned comics writer Mike Lynch to take care of the specifics of
the sequentials.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></span></div>
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all of their main in-house projects on hold, going out on a limb and making the
Clint project their main priority. The masterminds behind the piece had
absolutely no idea that any of the work they had done would ever see the light
of day, but fortunately for them the good people at Titan Magazines recognised
the greatness in this very small but imaginative concept. The magazines editors
decided that it was such a good piece that they have challenged the rest of the
public to try and better Anthony and Mike's effort by sending in your very own
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illustrated by Anthony and well written by Mike. Its a delightful and uplifting
hero piece that presents great mood and it gives you everything you would
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can get a FREE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pdf download of the comic
strip on the Abandoned Comics website or visit the titans magazine website to
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Harley Quinn, but when I seen all of the changes to her character design and
her personality I shone away from the book after reading one issue. Over
Christmas I decided to stop judging it before given it a chance so after months
and months of putting it off, I finally got around to reading it.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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Shark, Deadshot, Voltaic and yo-yo who have all been recruited from prison to
do the governments dirty work for them.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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of the suicide squad with him being the team leader which really work’s, he’s a
great character and a vicious killer but that’s all we get to see so far, he’s
kept really secret.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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dull because they throw in so many different characters at first without giving
you the chance to get to know most of them but then the story takes a turn and
there is really nice twists thrown in, nothing too big but it’s what made the
story pick up for me.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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because they made her out to be a dumb-ass blonde who doesn’t fit on the team but
eventually after a couple of issues we get to see the true dangerous genius
that she is, come to life nearer to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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so many different artists on board, but I especially liked the heavy blacks by
the inker really appealing.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span><br />
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without giving the whole book away, but for all you who love action and gore
with a good story it’s worth the read. I actually quite enjoyed it nearer to
the end and I will be buying the next volume but I have to dock it a few marks
because they changed Harley way too much for the worst in my opinion and the
first couple of issues were slow.</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-7215305610977922382012-12-01T22:00:00.001-08:002012-12-01T22:00:36.792-08:00Awesome Trailer for a new Comic Book Coming in 2013<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cxcHxP1peeQ?fs=1" width="459"></iframe><br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;"><strong>This literally gave me chills! I'm very excited about this one :)</strong></span></em>WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-58980749864914265432012-11-24T11:53:00.000-08:002012-11-24T12:06:43.106-08:00Evanescence<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hay Guy's & Ladies!</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The "Clare Champion Newspaper" have published another poem of mine "Evanescence" in this week's paper. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is my second poetry publication now, I couldn't be happier! It's really giving me the boost of confidence I need to get off my ass and try write more and longer poems.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia;">I hope you like it because hopefully there will be more to come :)</span></strong><br />
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WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-33272407180104178892012-11-08T06:32:00.001-08:002012-11-08T06:32:08.328-08:00Interview with Writer/Artist Dean Fenech and a short Review of his Comic "Apocalypse Rocked"<strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>Review and Interview with Dean Fenech, Creator of Apocalypse Rocked</u></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Format: Running Series (Available both in print and digital format) - Issues #1 and #2.<br />Full Colour<br />Created By Dean Fenech<br />Cover Art by Dean Fenech<br />And Stefan Agius<br />Forward By Chris Le Galle<br />Rated: T+ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was kindly asked by the talented Mr. Dean Fenech to review his comic book "Apocalypse Rocked" and it was a great honor! </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Apocalypse Rocked was an intriguingly mad roller-coaster ride and a really different read. It has a very original story line that I have never seen before except for maybe in the movies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a story about a group of superhero rock stars in a post-apocalyptic world where a virus has hit Africa soon spreading out across the entire earth, leading to everywhere turning to chaos. There are women being raped and murdered in alleyways and peoples ears are bleeding from listening to what some people call music...Rap! The story slowly evolves from issue to issue but I found this was a great way to get to know the characters more. Issue two was great, I had a lot of fun reading it when Dean introduced the female rock lead singer "Erica Tonika" and her band "Sweet Toxin" because the dialogue got way funnier and more interesting due to her extremely cocky personality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During my reading of the first issue I noticed an homage to Jack Kirby's Captain America and his super soldier serum which really made me smile. That's something I really liked about this series, you can get to know the writer a little as each page goes by, I could see many influences from Guns n' roses, Kevin Smith, Batman and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I found the art really interesting because I got a manga feel from it, but it's actually Americanized comic book art. I felt that some of the panel work lacked in originality and the proportions and composition were a bit off, but overall the art was very eye catching and different and it complements the dialogue nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Being a Rocker myself who just so happens to also appreciate a good comic book, I have to give this series a 4/5 because it was relative and satisfying to my own personal taste.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Charlene: Hi Dean, I have read both issues of your comic book series which I enjoyed very much. How did you get involved in comic books?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dean: I've always drawn. My mum says I could draw a recognizable Superman when I was 2. But I got started with the old Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. Same with the Ninja turtles and all the 90s Marvel comic cartoon series too. So my passion for these characters started from TV and movies. Then I found out they came from comics and that's where the obsession began.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: What kind of books would we find on your bookshelf?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: A mix between graphic novels, academic books (mostly social studies related as I'm a Social Studies teacher and history books) and Autobiographies.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: With you being both writer and artist, how do you plan and structure your work load?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: I usually think of the story first, writing it mentally in my mind. Then when I've plugged up all the plot holes I write the script which is a fairly quick process as I love writing dialogue. Then I start character designing. Sometimes I know exactly how the character should look as I based him on someone, other times I have to work on them for a while. Then I draw the first drafts of the page layouts as very rough drawings. Then goes the pencil work and inking which I do by hand. I scan all the pages, color them with Photoshop and add the lettering.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: Can you tell us a bit about the origin of Apocalypse Rocked?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: A friend of mine, Stefan Agius (he colored my inks for the front cover) kept bugging me to go to a meeting with his friends that were organizing the first ever Comic book convention in Malta. So to shut him up I agreed to go to one meeting. They knew that if I met the organizers, I would have to agree to be part of it. I meet a bunch of like minded geeks (that's a compliment) that like everything I like (at the time I had a trailer of Kevin Smith's "Clerks" on my mobile just so I could show people what I bloody hell was talking about, and they loved Kevin Smith, which is instant cool points in my book). We instantly hit it off and I decided, then and there, that I was going to be part of the Malta Comic con. During this destined meeting they urged me to start my own comic. At the time I had the basic elements of "Apocalypse Rocked" in my head (rock stars that are super heroes in a post-Apocalyptic future) so I told them I would have the first issue ready for the comic con (which was held in October 09). I finished a black and white version of issue 1 about 4 hours before the comic con began. Everyone really liked it, they laughed in all the right places, wanted to buy it and was angry that it ended with "to be continued" as they wanted to know how it ended. This really encouraged me and made me think that I should actually sell it. So after the comic con, I spent a few months coloring it and finished on Easter 2010. Everyone loved it. So I started issue 2. After I finished issue two I decided to publish Issue 1 and 2 together as they felt like one story. The rest is history.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: There is a lot of conflict between artists these days over the Digital means of creating art as opposed to using the good old fashioned pencil. What made you choose the more modern Digital approach?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: As I have already mentioned I do all my pencil and ink work manually. I've tried inking with a tablet but it felt too "unnatural" to me so I went back to the traditional means. Coloring is a different story. I like the digital feel of digital coloring. I like how they complement each other (best seen in Jim Lee's work in my opinion). So I only color digitally. And coloring digitally saves more time (no waiting for paints to dry) and is less messy. It's just easier for me.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: I felt reading both issues, that you were influenced by some of the Rock and Roll legends such as Axl Rose and the madness that he portrays on stage, but can you tell us who your other major influences were during the process of making Apocalypse rocked?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: The first part of the story is basically a rock band's biography (before the twist) which was mainly influenced by the autobiographies and documentaries I read and watch about my favorite rock bands (especially Guns n Roses and their early years). The lead singer, Bronzer, for sure has some Axl in him but he is also influenced by many others such as Russell Brand, Jim Morrison and a bit of Freddie Mercury too. All the madness packed into one. Other influences for sure are TV and movies. There's a whole Batman reference (or tribute if you will) in the story too. The whole virus/post-apocalyptic feel was influenced by a New Zealand TV show called "The Tribe". It's set in a near-future in which all adults have been wiped out by a deadly virus, leaving the children of the world to fend for themselves. The show's focus is on an unnamed city inhabited by tribes of children and teenagers.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: Who is your favorite character from the story and why?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: Ah now this is a tricky one. My favorite is probably Dean Starr for obvious reasons. He is based on myself. That's why he is the narrator; he is my voice, my alter-ego. Maybe what I wish to be sometimes. That's why he gets all the best jokes. But all the characters have bits of me in them I guess. Or else they say things I wish I can say to people in real life. Erika Tonika is also a favorite of mine. She is my leading lady and is based on a few women I know (or knew) in real life. She's really going to come into her own in the next issue. There is going to be one particular scene that she's in, in Part 2, which is probably my best writing to date. It's a very personal and emotional scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>C: Looking back at the finalized piece of Apocalypse Rocked, is it what you imagined it to be from the beginning?</b> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: Oh very much so. There are certain pages I would change (some of the first few pages, I was still rusty. I was out of drawing comics for a while when I began AP). But as a whole I love how it came out and people who have seen and read the final product seem to agree with me too.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: Did you come across any obstacles during the making of Apocalypse Rocked?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: In the creative part no. I had a clear vision of what I wanted. I might have had some problems with some of the accents of certain characters (but I had friends that helped me with that). The real problems came afterwards with all the publishing issues (in fact I opted to self-publish), printing of the book, distribution, etc.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: Can you tell us anything about the third installment of the series?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">D: Part two is going to have the same format as Part one, as in it is going to have two chapters (or issues as I call them). The first issue (issue 3) is going to be about the guys' dual roles as rock stars and superheroes, further development of the "girls" and their relationships and the bad guys gaining power and scheming. There is also going to be more deaths within the group. For issue 4... let's just say it's going to be "civil war" (a Guns n Roses AND comic pun... a double whammy)</span> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: If you could have any super power or be any superhero who or what would it be?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: Batman that can turn invisible and fly... time travel would be cool too. In fact the next story I'm doing after Apocalypse Rocked is a time travel story called "The boy who saved Rock n Roll" (the Marty Mcfly style of time travel not the Hiro Nakamura - from Heroes - style of time travel).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C: Is there any advice you can give to struggling artists out there?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">D: Keep on practicing. If there is an area that you don't feel comfortable with, then practice until you can't anymore and then practice some more. Another suggestion is to show your work to people who aren't going to tell you how good you are but to people who will give you an honest, informed opinion and this goes for both drawing and writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thanks Dean for taking the time to do this interview!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dean is an Australian born Artist who immigrated to Malta in 1994 where in 2008 he graduated from the University of Malta with a B.A in Art and Social Studies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">To find out more about Dean or to check out Apocalypse Rocked for yourself, kindly give his</span> <span style="color: #999999;">website a look, at</span> <b><a href="http://www.deanfenech.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">www.Deanfenech.com</span></a></b></span>WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-11618246509656342012-11-03T11:43:00.000-07:002012-11-24T12:04:18.578-08:00Interview with Artist Anthony O'Neill<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><article><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have read both issues about 3 times each now. Mike Lynch and Martin Greene, the brains behind the book did exceptionally well, especially being Greene's first publication. Issue #2 offers us more clarity of the story and we really get to see who Nestor really is as a person and how he goes from pacifist to murderer in one night and how this effects him within.</span></article><article><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bTxqSRqJKNjje5vnZ_-48K2HRjiADtvZ0QTfhowSKYvQJXQFegJaUsyotHOz_O2fPFZZ3ojslNo0ECUBQtEN2aLs6xpIu7LNjpKcYWcYNHgVu9iifhRxVwCpVJxrpijqusLSyASm3g/s1600/Book+Nestor+issue+%232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bTxqSRqJKNjje5vnZ_-48K2HRjiADtvZ0QTfhowSKYvQJXQFegJaUsyotHOz_O2fPFZZ3ojslNo0ECUBQtEN2aLs6xpIu7LNjpKcYWcYNHgVu9iifhRxVwCpVJxrpijqusLSyASm3g/s200/Book+Nestor+issue+%232.jpg" width="146" /></span></a><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anthony O'Neill really brought darkness, mood and gore to this issue with his highly detailed illustrations, He has great flow and an amazing talent for telling a story through his art. While MC Callans art suited the first issue, I think the writer's chose well taking on O'Neill as the artist for issue #2. He can do horror unbelievably well without much effort and He really brings out the emotion in Nestor, Lusk and Sara. <br />
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You can now buy Nestor #1 and #2 in Ennis bookstore Ennis Co. Clare, Forbidden Planet Dublin and Hollywood Hits Kilrush for a very reasonable price of only 3.50<br />
Anthony O'Neill is a new up and coming Irish comic book illustrator. Originally from Dublin, Anthony is now a part time hard working Co. Clare based artist in which he mainly works for Ennis based writer's Mike Lynch and Martin Greene of the new comic firm aimed at mature readers; ABANDONED-COMICS.</span> <br />
<br /><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>C: Hi Anthony, thanks for taking the time to do this interview. I recently read both issues of Nestor, which by all means was fantastic! Can you tell us a bit about your issue?</strong>
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A: Hi Charlene thanks so much for having me, NESTOR is the new four star (as rated by SFX comic-heroes magazine) two part comic book written by Abandoned-comics; Mike Lynch and Martin Greene. The story is set in the fair city of Dublin, in the first issue which was illustrated masterfully by the great Paul MC Callan, Nestor the main character does his best to blend in with normal every day society. Nestor watches old movies, works in a grocery store and enjoys hanging out with his friend in his local bar. Then one night this all changes when the woman he loves is murdered in their home by a gang of Villainous Thugs. The tale progresses onto the second part which was illustrated by myself, in this part of the story Nestor seeks revenge and is forced to unleash a monster that he thought he had sealed away centuries ago, revealing himself as a vampire.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: How did you get involved in Nestor?</span></strong><br />
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A: Iv been drawing ever since the age that i could hold a pencil, and iv been reading comics and graphic novels for almost the same amount of time, thanks to this i have formed an almost unhealthy addiction to idly scribbling away whenever i should be doing something Else. One day i was sitting in work buried in a random sketch, when suddenly a girl came over to me and told me that two of her friends were putting a comic book together but needed an illustrator to come on board. Now i have to mention here that although i have been drawing my whole life iv never really had all that much faith in my own work, for whatever reason the dream of being a comic book illustrator just seemed insanely too far out of reach. I eventually met up with Mike Lynch and Martin Greene and it was like a match made in nerd heaven. Mike and Martin the ABANDONED-BROTHERS were so down to earth they were completely awesome, our mind sets were perfectly contrasted and yet so much alike, we began to work together immediately on a short story called "good boy" which was for a world war one anthology called wire and gas, when we wrapped that all up we had another meeting were the lads explained to me that they had a full story with a much larger scope, that they would like me to illustrate, needless to say i was more than happy to continue my work with them and i jumped at the chance of this was once in a lifetime dream come true, this was the beginning of NESTOR.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: You have been into comic books your whole life. Which comic book story or series inspired you most growing up? Was it this story that inspired you to become a comic book illustrator?</span></strong><br />
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A: As a young kid i loved Saturday morning cartoons i could never get enough, i loved the likes of he-man the thundercats, TMNT(it was actually TMHT back then) and Bruce Tim's batman but what really sparked my senses were Spiderman, Hulk, the x-men, iron man and the fantastic four marvel was my haven and i practically lived for those shows growing up. As the years went on i found myself copying the characters straight from the television, i used to make up my own costumes and stories and even creating my own heroes, but it wasn't until my uncle Paul came to me at the age of about 7 or 8 and explained to me about how these marvel characters that i adored so much from their respective TV shows, were actually recreations of something even bigger, that my sense's truly flared. My uncle gave me a book, it was a marvel annual with tons of the original number 1's in it. Since that day, thanks to Stan the man Jack Kirby Joe Simon and of course my uncle Paul (to whom i owe so much) i feel as though i haven't been able to close my eyes, i wanted everything, every single book i could find, and i wanted to draw it all. The one book that changed every fiber of my soul though, the one the made me say i NEED to be doing this as a living was; The ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. The ultimates was every fan boy's dream, a nostalgic homage to the great originals, yet still making the content of the story his own, and all done with the greatest team up of all time, Marks genius bled out of this story and tattooed itself permanently onto my subconscious and who better to draw such and intense epic than the mighty Bryan Hitch, these were not simply comic panels these were deeply orchestrated notes of music flowing from one scene to the next with perfect ease, the action, the drama, the detail my eyes were on fire and i knew then and there that i had to try this for myself.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: I have researched some of your art on your blog and I came across your "green Arrow" image, which displays a lot of foreshortening and perspective work, have you received any training or guidance regarding your illustration throughout the years?</span></strong><br />
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A: No unfortunately i have received no training what so ever, as i mentioned before i have an awful habit of scribbling when i should be paying attention, so even my academic education felt the consequences of my ignorance and i failed to progress onto college, this is a fact that i have always regretted and at the moment i am actually doing my best to remedy. Any knowledge i have regarding my foreshortening or perspective techniques all comes from books and web sites, I'm completely one hundred per cent self taught, but i have never regarded this as an admirable quality en fact its completely the contrary i always wondered how good my work could have been had i focused just that small bit more. Luckily though i have been blessed enough to have a large supportive group of family and friends who have always been there to help guide and push me along the way.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: Who do you aspire to be like?</span></strong><br />
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A: My aspirations as a comic book artist change all the time, growing up all i ever wanted was to be like Jack Kirby his art was like a drug to me i just couldn't get enough of it, his captain America was like sheer opium, over the years more equally awesome artists came on board like Lee Bermejo, Adi Granov, Simon Bianchi, Alex Ross and Steve MC Niven but the one name that shines like a mighty beacon of sequential greatness above all others for me is and will always be Bryan Hitch, Bryan draws with the heart of poet and the stroke of a composer every line is infused with love and care, and his sequential work is just completely unparalleled. In saying all of that though I hate to use the word influence because the word Influence gives the impression that I'm trying to imitate the masters that i love so much (and i could never do that) for me the most important thing VISUALLY has always been to achieve comprehension while still creating a unique visual style that is dynamic and instantly recognisable.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: If you could have any super power, what would it be?</span></strong><br />
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A: This is probably the simplest question for me to answer so far because this is something i think about every day. I actually happen to suffer from a very mild case of claustrophobia even if i spend too much time sitting on a compact bus or a train i can become extremely irritated and depressed. When i was young i remember watching Christopher reeve playing superman for the first time, i watched that final scene were he sours past the curvature of the earth into all that open endless space, he stares through the television set right into your eyes and with one simple smile your right there with him, for one simple moment all of the earths tangible gravity and all the shackles of the physical world fall away, but then suddenly... he passes out of view, leaving you behind, only to dream of that amazing impossibility. All my life i have been obsessed with the freedom of flight and if i could have only one power although i am choosing it for extremely selfish purposes, it would most definitely have to be flight.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: you have a favorite band or musician that you prefer to listen to when you are working on a project?</span></strong><br />
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A: That's such an interesting original questionDo . Yes i love to listen to music while i draw, my favourite band above any other is HIM, their front man ville valo is a complete and utter genius, his thought provoking lyrics bring you back to the great eighty's style of rock, but without getting so nostalgic as to sacrifice creativity, the whimsical melancholy of his vocals coupled with the talent of his incredible band are just so unique that they stand alone above any of the conformative styles you hear today, but sometimes HIM as insanely amazing as they all are, are sometimes just not the right tone to invoke that drive you might need to finish off a piece. I remember when i was doing a short story for UPROAR-COMICS Zombies-hi! Issue six Which was written again by the masterful Mike Lynch called "the hiest" there was a final scene were a group of thieves are locked into a bank vault with a horde of hungry zombies on the other side of the door, as i read Mike Lynch's script the feeling of claustrophobia overwhelmed me, but i also had this intense pulse of urgency, and i wanted to try and put all of this onto the page. So after a few flicks threw my CD collection i was blaring the likes of tool, rob zombie, Marilyn Manson and tons of other black metal tracks of the goth persuasion and id like to think it helped allot (maybe my neighbors weren't that happy but it got the job done in the end)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: Are you working on any projects at the moment?</span></strong><br />
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A:Right now i am working on two separate pieces, one is the second part of a story that was again done by the amazing Abandoned brothers Mike Lynch and Martin Greene called Salvage which is going to be absolutely insane, i cant tell you guys any more about it other than it is going to be amazingly diverse and grippingly appealing to anyone who grew up loving Ridley Scott. Second is something that i cooked up myself and Mike Lynch was fantastic enough to back me up on it with an excellent script, its mainly a promotional type piece but its also still sequential, i have high hopes for this but because of its small size and the unique nature of this story i have to play it pretty close to the chest so unfortunately again i cant say too much other than keep your ear to the ground and your eyes fixed on abandoned-comics website </span></article></span><article><a href="http://www.abandonedcomics.com/"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.abandonedcomics.com</span></a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.<br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>C: If you could pick any writer to collaborate with, who would it be?</strong></span>
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A: Right now i am having one hell of a time with Abandoned-comics writers Mike Lynch and Martin Greene and i would like to remain with this immensely fantastic team and do my part to help the world see how amazing they are for as long as they will have me, at the same time ever since i was a child i have wanted to work in the mainstream and obviously i would love this to be my nine to five so that every ounce of my time can be spent doing it, so if i ever was to get that big break and managed to be noticed by one of the colossal names of the mainstream i would have to say that i would hope that, that name would be Mark Millar.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: Your previous work with Abandoned Comics (Nestor) and Uproar Comics (Zombies Hi #6) show strong interests in horror, is this the genre you hope to stick with during your art career?</span></strong><br />
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A: You know although known for my contributions to the horror genre it was never actually my initial intention. My greatest comic book love regarding genre has always been for the hero story, I'm a huge fan of the true blue heroes such as superman, captain America and spiderman i love the idea of someone being so far beyond the average understanding of goodness and yet being so blind to how amazingly inspirational that actually is. Don't get me wrong iv had my fare share of the anti heroes too like punisher or spawn but for me growing up it always just seemed too easy, in regards to the story's enjoyment and depth to deal with a threat through murder, rather than finding an alternative route, I'm not saying I'm a pacifist or anything like that there is a place in comics for violent ends, but i just always felt that the feeling of inspiration and responsibility that you get from a hero, out ways that of a bullet any day. I'm loving doing the horror stuff and ill always enjoy drawing monsters, but i hope one day someone will throw my inner child a bone, and let me try my hand at drawing a character that could make someone Else feel, how i felt as a child, when i looked upon those pages; as if i could simply be more than someone who only cared for themselves.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">C: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?</span></strong><br />
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A:I was asked this question recently on another interview so ill cut a corner here and answer it the same as i did then: Iv never really been one to try and look too far ahead, i try to focus on the here and now and at the moment i am having the time of my life with Abandoned-comics, so Where do i see my self in 5 years time? Who knows but Where would i like to be in 5 years time? Doing exactly what I'm doing now. Thanks for having me and i hope i didn't ramble on too much take care true believers toodle pip :)<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">You can also find many pin-up pieces that he has done for the Irish comic book site </span></span><a href="http://www.irishcomicnews.com/tag/anthony-oneill/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.irishcomicnews.com/tag/anthony-oneill/</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">You may also find the Writer Mike Lynch of Nestor on Twitter @NestorComic<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">You can Vote for Nestor for Best Irish Indy Comic on</span></span><a href="http://www.irishcomicnews.com/2012/11/icn-awards-2012-voting-now-open/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">http://www.irishcomicnews.com/2012/11/icn-awards-2012-voting-now-open/</span></span></a><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;">
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Review and Interview By Charlene Bennett.</span></span></article><span style="color: #999999;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-17914400600200293792012-10-15T09:23:00.000-07:002012-10-15T18:01:40.862-07:00Irish Comic News Awards 2012<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Hay everyone! Hope y'all are doing well.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>As most of you all know by now the ICNAs (Irish Comic News Awards) are among us and the Irish creators are in need of your vote! Its a really simple step, you simply click the link below and vote for who YOU think is (The best artist, writer, comic book etc.) </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Everyone can vote for anyone they like amongst the (Irish) comic book industry but this year I will be supporting the Abandoned Comics crew because their new to the comic industry and in my opinion they are doing very well so far, And this year is special for them beacuse they released their very first comic book this year (<span style="color: red;">Nestor</span>) and if giving the chance, these guys have an amazing future a head of them.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>So here are my Recommended Votes:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: orange;">Anthony O' Neill</span> for best Indy Artist</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mike Lynch <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">and</span> Martin Greene</span> for best Indy writer </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Nestor</span> for best Indy Comic Book</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: lime;">Nestor</span> for best all round comic book</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Click the link below for your vote and thank you so much!</span></strong><br />
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Series (Available both in print and digital format) – Issue 1. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong><em>Created by Andre
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A digital copy of </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Northern Adventure Quarterly (NAQ) was kindly
sent onto us here at Wicked Comics for reviewing purposes buy its creator and
publisher Andre St-Amour. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know where to start with this comic, I seriously enjoyed it so much and I
cannot wait for issue #2! So I guess I’ll start by saying that it was truly an
amazing read. It’s very pleasing to the eye with the stylish illustration and
characters that are very inviting, fun and keep you laughing throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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debut issue there are three stories focusing on the adventures of The Guard, Miss
M and Zodiac, three unique superheroes each with their own tale to tell. In the
first story you have The Guard who is a very funny, witty character that has no
clue why his enemy, who he calls Lug Nuts, is attacking him. Lug nuts is like a
parrot in the sense that he repeats himself constantly, its monotonous but in a
very humorous way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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second story we have Miss M who is a feisty little superhero with an attitude
and she won’t let anybody get in the way of her saving the planet and the
creatures it inhabits. And then last but not least we have Zodiac who was my
personal favorite because he possesses the power of each zodiac sign and all of
their elements which is really bad-ass! He kind of reminded me of the Ben 10
cartoon the way he could call on a power and then poof! He is whatever sign he
chooses to call on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reading NAQ I got the same vibe derived from Stan Lee’s work in the golden age
of comics. It has the same innocence, corny superhero and villain theme where
the good guys always come out looking amazing even if they don’t really do
much! In this day and age it is somewhat refreshing to see some creators
incorporate old school elements and creating fun all ages comics. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the artwork and plush colouring very appealing and again reminiscent of “old-
style-comic-book”. I can also see a bit of Bruce Timm’s batman the animated
series in the art which is awesome! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my time reading the comic I could picture a parent reading this to their child
to introduce them to comic books, it’s the type of story that both adults and
kids can enjoy in equal measures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think that Andre St-Amour wrote, illustrated, edited and published this himself
is astounding! Especially when one factors in the high quality of the delivery.
He was born to make comic books and really knows how to lure in the reader with
his magnetic writing style that keeps you wanting more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with a penchant for superheroes and Saturday morning Cartoon lovers will
definitely get a kick out of this book. And if you have never read a comic,
this is a great way to start!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-75230692992505515722012-09-29T16:46:00.004-07:002012-11-03T12:06:08.178-07:00The Helix Comic Book<span style="color: navy; font-size: large;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>The Helix</b> is a self-published Irish comic book from two Dublin born debutant creators; <b>Ryan O'Conner</b> and <b>Naomi Bolger.</b> Set in California 2024, The Helix is about a group of teenage mutants (with the exception of Louise, the hyperactive cute 12 year old, with Telekinesis) all of which have their own unique powers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The story is introduced with the group enjoying a nice day in the park, eating ice-cream and having a laugh. The day is suddenly interrupted by a really loud BOOM! Worried the group nominate Kyle the one with the looks, panache, flight and healing powers to go and investigate. He reluctantly agrees and this is where all the madness kicks in. The mutants encounter another group of super villain terrorists called Atom. Esper and Hellstrike who are literally blowing up the park in a fight with a mysterious character called Trident. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I finished reading it last night, and considering it is the creators' first published work it makes for a very enjoyable read. The artwork perfectly compliments the writing and the book is funny and intelligently put together. Atom is a really cool witty and careless villainess who immediately became one of my favourite characters. The style of the comic book seems to combine elements of Pokemon and manga with a European twist. It oozes innocent charm but in so doing it never becomes childish and is likely to appeal to teens and adults alike. I found it a little rushed for a first issue but enjoyed the content enough to look forward to the next issue.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The book contains some concept art from Naomi and some interesting character illustrations done by friends of the creators. This is a nice touch and in my opinion is a good technique by self-publisher to get the interest rolling before the book hits the shelves. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you love independent and self-published comics, then<b> The Helix</b> definitely deserves a shot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">The Helix is available from Forbidden Planet; Dublin.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">For more info kindly go to</span> </span><a href="http://wwwfacebook.com/thehelixcomic"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://wwwfacebook.com/thehelixcomic</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Review by<b> Charlene Bennett</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Edited by<strong> Chris Le Galle</strong></span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Nestor issues #1 & #2 By Martin Greene and Writer Mike Lynch hit the shelves and online store Indy planet recently, Two fantastic issues with gorgeous illustration. Nestor is a Dublin City based comic book about a vampire who's seeking vengence for his girlfriend who he finds dead in their Dublin city home. Filled with hate and rage he sets out after the men who killed her only to find himself making more of a mess of things when he meets a girl named Sara. I cant give too much away because its a short story so I will leave it up to you to get the book and read it yourslves. I quite enjoyed both issues, I thought they were written very well and I think anyone who is into vampire's will really enjoy the version of vampire Martin has created.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>The next book I read was Mark Millar's graphic novel Superior.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Superior is about a 12 year old boy named Simon Pooni who lives a normal life reading comic books and watching his hero Superior on the big screens and he is the best on his basketball team, until one day he gets diagnosed with multible sclerosis and he ends up in a wheelchair and goes blind in one eye. Simon prays every night to have his old life back. One night he gets visited by a talking monkey named Ormon who grants Simon his wish but turns him into Superior! All Ormon has to say to Simon is "All will be explained in one week" so without giving away anything, alot of crazy, funny and sad things happen throughout the course of this book but millar brings you on a great journey and really makes you feel for the character's.</span> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Well in my last post I was talking about the release of Zombie's Hi #6 which came out the 20th of this month. ZH is also Irish made by a crew based in Derry Northern Ireland. This issue was featuring a surprise, something they never did in past issues so its worth seeking out. I read issue #6 a few days ago, Its brilliant, its coupled with a few short stories one being by the writer of Nestor Mike Lynch. All 3 stories are very well written and their really witty, funny and serious all rolled into one. There was a few different artists on bored like there always is in ZH and all of the art is amazing, there is so much talent that it's inspiring.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Last but not least was a really good graphic novel adapted from "The house of night series" By PC Cast and Kristen Cast called House of nght Legacy. It goes back a few books to were the main character Zoey Redbird first got marked and joined the House of Night school for Vampire fleglings. Zoey needs to learn about each of the elemental powers she possess's Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit before she can commit to her first ritual of the dark daughters. This book was really good, infact I enjoyed it so much I would love if they brought the whole series out in comic book form because I enjoyed the books but I found it was more entertaining with the illustration that compilmented it so well. But that's just my opinion. If your a House of Night fan then go get this book, you'll love it!</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia;">Well that's all for now I hope you enjoyed my rambling enough to want to read one of these stories and if you do then Happy reading! :) I would also love to know what your thoughts are on any of these stories or any other story you've read, I'm always on the lookout for new things to read. Until next time Excelsior!</span></strong><br />
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WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-64669810418198350752012-08-07T14:00:00.000-07:002012-08-07T14:04:35.422-07:00Zombies...<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I'm sooo Happy to say that Zombie's Hi Issue 6 featuring Artist Anthony "Amazeballs" O'Neill and Writer Mike Lynch's story (The Heist) hits the shelves on the 20th of August!! It is also an honour to say that I will be featured as a Zombie on the last page and Anthony done an amazing job at making me and the rest of the story look gory, gooey and zombilicious! Pencils by Anthony,and inks by Joe Cambell.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Keep an eye out for this one!! The Zombie Hi crew have done an amazing job with these books there not worth missing out on!!</strong></span>WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-87436336954698053182012-06-15T10:07:00.002-07:002012-06-15T17:47:30.814-07:00Well, Its been a while<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I havent been on this part of the oul blog ina while because honestly I have bearly read a thing in the past couple of months due to glasses and the part were I have none so....I have one book to tell u about which is an old book that came out in 1984 Its called "The wasp factory" By Iain Banks</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm actually just going to write the intro to the book which is on the back and let you guys see why I got interested straight away!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and I dont intend to ever again. </strong></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>It was just a stage I was going through.'</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well for me it was a very good and strange ride, I really couldnt tell where the author was going with this book which for me is good because I love mind boggling stories and, this was definitly one. I'm giving the book 9/10 and the reason I docked it one mark was because of the ending, Now it was good and very original and I also probably should have seen it coming but I kind of feel like it was lacking in some area. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway if any of you guys have read it and care to give your opinion that would be great and if you havent read it yet you should pick up a copy!</span></strong>WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-88241033212520198362012-05-01T15:03:00.000-07:002012-05-01T15:03:17.320-07:00America's Got powers comic-book<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Howdy! My most recent read was a really good ones so I thought I would share it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I read The very recently released comic book "America's got Powers" By Tv presenter Jonathan Ross and Marvel&DC artist Bryan Hitch.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Its a very original and gripping peice of work, the first page pulled me in, not only because B.H is an amazing illustrater but because jonathan ross is an excellent writer! I just read issue 1 of 6 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The 2nd issue will be released in May.</span></span><br />
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But just recently I read my first ever Edgar Allen Poe short story "The Black Cat" And I have to be totally honest, it made me realise just how bullshit most of the crap I read really is!! Edgar had an amazing way of writing and I really wish there was more modern writers out there that are similar to him. (If anyone knows of any plz let me know i would really appreciate it!)<br />
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The black cat was intense, shocking and creepy I loved it! I also read his poem "The Raven" Last night and fell in love with it he was so cool I can imagen Vincent Price reading that out it would be awsome :) <br />
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Anyways thats all I have for now, There's not much point in reviewing the story because Poe is so old most people know his stuff already!<br />
<br />WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-62172071609413373482012-02-15T04:07:00.001-08:002012-02-19T20:30:06.411-08:00irish comic news harley quinnHi peeps, Artist anthony o neill let me do a drawing for irish comic news ICN this week in his place, please check it out!<br />
Thanks a mill :)WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-66443293307133535242012-02-04T11:01:00.000-08:002012-02-04T11:01:54.983-08:00The Sirens Are CallingI have already told you about the beautiful sirens, and I have giving info on both "Union" and "Songs of the Sirens". <br />
Well I recently read the third book "Strange Fruit" and it was exellent! It was as just fun as and sexy as the others and it also brang a bit of magic into it and the last srory in it has a shocking ending!<br />
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I am a HUGE Harley Quinn fan so it could have just been shockin for me but it was a great ending although i was a bit upset coz i thought it was the last book but Yay guess what?<br />
There's another one! "Division" but I have to try get it some how because where I live is pretty much in the middle of nothing fun including a good book shop so I could be waitng weeks on the book! <br />
But anyway if Your a comic geek who loves the three-o then your in for a fab read and if your not then pick the books up anyway cause they will turn u into a fan and you will be cravin more!<br />
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I wasnt an Ivy fan at all until I got into the Gotham city sirens but I ended up fallin in love with the character she has such a tragic story yet sometimes its hard to feel sorry for her while other times you cant help it! And I think everybody loves catwoman You cant help it shes the perfect character to go up against the bat and pull on the owl heart strings! And Harley Quinn...Well shes a character Im sure alot of us can relate to when it comes to loving someone atleast once in our lives! Plus shes fun energetic, and psychotic! Shes deadly!!<br />
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Anyways enough babbling from me I hope to get the fourth and final book soon and il let everyone know how it went Byedy bye for now and happy reading :-)<br />
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<br />WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-77973900373611876562012-01-13T05:20:00.000-08:002012-02-05T11:42:08.937-08:00Alice, Madness Returns...<span style="color: red;"><strong>I Know this has nothing to do with a book (ina way) But for those of you that are into Alice in Wonderland You have to play the xbox game "Alice return to madness"! Its a great game you have to solve puzzles and try figure out the story as you go along and whats great and confusing is that in "The real world" Alice is actually ina nut house and her wonderland is falling apart and it may very well be her fault!!! But I cant say too much but REALLY It is worth the play!!!!</strong></span><br />
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<br />WerebearGirl (Charlene)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13955989246627876434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695328180632605501.post-86126535004495521882012-01-13T05:12:00.000-08:002012-01-13T05:12:29.012-08:00Cynthia Leitich Smith<br />
<strong><span style="color: blue;">I got the book "Blessed" By Cynthia Leitich Smith for christmas, I intend on reading it during the week but first for anyone who has ever read either of the books below, I really think u should read both before blessed, as it has two main characters from each come together. And for those of you who have not read either I really think you should pick tantalize up it is really worth the read, Smith tells the story of popular genres but in her own original way that is totally tantalizing!! I will be reviewing Blessed in the next week or so, So bye for now!! :-)</span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eternal By Cynthia L.Smith</td></tr>
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