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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Blake Bell is a writer who resides in Toronto, Canada. His next book, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko will be on shelves in June of 2008. He has written a myriad of essays and introductions for Marvel and DC Comics, and his first book, "I Have To Live With This Guy!" was published by TwoMorrows in 2002. Prospective employers can EMAIL BLAKE about commissioning him for articles, essays, introductions, comic books, fiction and non-fiction work.
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Steve Ditko is one of the most famous comic-book artists in history. He has been working in comics for 55 years and has brought you characters diverse as Mr. A, Spider-Man, The Creeper, Captain Atom and Dr. Strange. Look it up...
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Blake Bell's
STEVE DITKO
BOOK
Events/Appearances Page
Updated
Sunday August 10, 2008
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Ordering Information
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Events/appearances list!
Saturday August 23, 2008
Toronto Comic Book Expo
2pm EST - Room 715B
Plus signing at my table on Sat/Sun
Sunday August 10, 2008
Talk Objectivism - Internet Radio
8pm EST
Major interview with Tom Spurgeon!
My plane ride to the San Diego Comic-Con consisted of answering 20+ questions from The Comics Reporter site run by Tom Spurgeon. Here's a link to the interview (published Sun Jul 27) that is as long and detailed as I've been a party to yet, so kudos to Tom.
CBC Radio appearance!
Canada's national network for television and radio had me on a radio show for a good 15 minutes discussing the book. If you click on this link, you'll start downloading the podcast as a mp3.
Comicmix Radio.com appearance!
Comicmix.com had me on their radio show right on the floor of the San Diego Comic-Con! Here's a link to the podcast, and I come in at the 5-minute mark and last to about 11:40!
San Diego Comic-Con Report!
My return to San Diego for the first time since 2003 to promote my book was a stunning success and a whirlwind thrill-ride of people, comics and cementing future projects! You can read the full report HERE!
A great week of radio appearances!
Last week, we made three really nice appearances on the Intranet Radio that you can now listen to:
Saturday July 5th - Pop Culture America
Sunday July 6th - Fanboy Radio.com
Friday July 11th - Amazing Spider-Cast
Podcast of Blake on Mr. Media.com!
On Wednesday July 2, we appeared on Bob Andelman's Mr. Media.com show, and he conducted a fabulous interview with many new points being raised. Here's the link to my appearance.
Podcast of Blake on Comic Book Talk Radio!
Thanks to Jason Miner for a great interview on Comic Book Talk Radio on Thursday June 26! Here's the link to my appearance.
Podcast of Blake on PlanetComicBookRadio.com!
We had a great time on Tuesday night with host Javier Hernandez, spending a whole hour talking Ditko, and here's the link to the podcast. Javier says people can also listen to it via iTunes once they subscribe to the show's iTunes account, so don't miss it!
Podcast of Blake on Inkstuds.com!
I appeared on Inkstuds.com on Thursday June 12, 2008 talking Steve Ditko with host Robin McConnell for an entire hour. Click here for the direct link to the full podcast.
Toronto book launch on Wed Jun 18th a smashing success!
We've secured the rights to show the In Search of Steve Ditko documentary that debuted last September on BBC Television, produced by U.K. television and radio personality, Jonathan Ross! The documentary will be the centerpiece for upcoming book events, and you can read all about the Toronto event HERE.
Toronto Event poster by The Beguiling (.jpg)
Facebook event page
Jim Hanley's Event on Sat Jun 7th and my MoCCA Blog!
Including pictures from Monday's debut of the book!
First entry - Fri Jun 6 at 10:37am
Second entry - Fri Jun 6 at 10:37pm
Third entry - Sat Jun 7 at 7:37am
Fourth entry - Mon Jun 9 at 10:37pm
Fifth entry - Sun Jun 15 at 10:37pm
Jim Hanley's Universe Event Poster (.jpg)
Jim Hanley's Universe Event Press Release - May 21 '08 (.pdf)
Fantagraphics MoCCA Press Release - Apr 22 '08 (.pdf)
All characters and articles inside are copyright of their respective owners. Thanks to Jon Lovstad for housing the site, courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.
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