Fantastic Forum

“A person who may not be a total comics enthusiast can still get something out of a visit to this museum.”

“I can talk to this car and it’ll say about eighty things in response to me with the original voices from the TV show. I can drop black water out of the back of this car just like an oil slick K.I.T.T. had, I have a rocket launcher in the back of the car I can actually fire a rocket out of the back like K.I.T.T. used to do. In the front I have a CO2 system set up so I can actually put fires out…”

“Prose can obscure and elucidate…I love television, I love film but I love books most of all.”

“If you’re a lady on the internet in a geek community sooner or later you’re going to get a rape threat. Sometimes you’re going to get lots of rape threats.”

“When you get to a convention and get to see and meet people that actually read the work…it’s just really fun!”

“Try to stay away from the term, ‘drone.’ Look for unmanned aerial vehicles. When you say drone it tends to conjure up images of devices that are weaponized. It has more of a negative connotation to it.”

“I think it’s going to be a huge experience that most people in the area have never had a chance to see.”

“…in the summer of 2012, which was dubbed ‘The Summer of Valiant’ the company marked its triumphant return to the marketplace thanks to a group of entrepreneurs and fans who seized an opportunity to revive the characters who never left their hearts.”

Milestones: African Americans in Comics, Pop Culture and Beyond runs through December 2014 at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

During a trip to San Francisco last week I had an opportunity to visit the Cartoon Art Museum. Established in 1984 it is one of the longest standing facilities dedicated to the genre.   And it is the only museum in the western US devoted to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon […]