Happy Valentine’s Day!

by on February 14, 2014 at 9:35 am
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Kisses from Paris, France… 

Love from Paris

Paris… a city full of love and romance… doesn’t this just make you think of Valentine’s Day? Well, Randie thinks so. Her idea of a romantic get-away is a week or two in the City of Light. This is the Stravinsky Fountain next to the George Pompidou Center. It’s pretty zany. I like zany. Notice the spiral on the right.

So Happy Valentine’s Day, Squiddies! May your chocolate highs be extraordinary and your valentines be many! (Consider ME and Randie your valentines, won’t you?)

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Art-O-Rama Mama in Steampunk!

by on February 11, 2014 at 1:18 pm
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eofo-photoOur Very Own Empress of Oldtown did an Art-o-Rama Mama… she made her own Steampunk outfit for the First Annual SV Comic Con… don’t she look great!? Paul got in on the action there, too… Do you recognize Abby, on the left? Look at the week in toon where Rollicker’s window got smashed.

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SVCC Success!

by on February 10, 2014 at 9:14 am
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It was an amazing first! The first ever Salinas Valley Comic Con!

Despite a steady rain, comic fans from all over the Monterey Peninsula, in costume or appropriate comic fan attire, came out to see what it was all about. Stormtroopers, Anime heroes and heroines, the Back to The Future time machine and crowds of comic hungry fans packed The Steinbeck Center on February 7th… It was the place to be for comic-ers on both sides of the table.

The Squid Row table was swarmed! The Cartoon-a-tron was in full action… Harold was doling out hugs and at one point, had some “Imperial entanglements.”

So thanks to all of you who were able to attend… You witnessed something special… The birth of a new Con… And hopefully you had as much fun as Harold & I did!

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Salinas Comic Con hours away…

by on February 7, 2014 at 1:56 pm
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SVCC logo OFFICIALSteinbeck loved comic books… he read them all the time… couldn’t get enough of ’em… 

Okay-NOT true. BUT The Steinbeck Center in Salinas loves comic books and all things comic… From “The Grapes of Wrath to the Wrath of Kahn” will be one of the panel discussions tonight. The Time Machine from Back to the Future is parked inside the Center…  AND Squid Row will be tabling in the Artist’s Alley… 

So come out tonight from 4pm to 9pm and enjoy the fun. Harold can’t wait.

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Cartoon-a-tron ready for SVCC

by on January 31, 2014 at 10:06 am
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Hi Ho, Squiddies… 

cartoon-a-tron 5000

Just a reminder that NEXT Friday is the Firstest ever Salinas Valley Comic Con at the National Steinbeck Center. Come participate from 4-9pm and enjoy tables of cartoony-type people, events, panels and other such tooney happenings. See the events page for more details or visit Steinbeck.org. And if you are a Back to the Future fan, you WON’T be disappointed. The Squid Row table will be sporting the Cartoon-a-tron where if you feed it a 5 bucks, it will spit out a cartoon for you! If you put in multiple 5 dollar bills… you don’t know WHAT you might get! The machine gets a little crazy at times…

Also at my table, you will be able to pick up copies of the latest Art-o-Rama and meet this issue’s guest artist AnaMarie Morales (and a former guest artist, Chris Dreyer)… They will have their own tables selling their own groovy wares.

In any case… Drop in on the Salinas Art Walk going on at the same time-ish (5-8 or 9pm)… stores, music, restaurants… Patria is now open in Old Town and is a rather classy restaurant and wine bar.

February 7th is  going to be rather eventful … so mark your calendar and don’t miss!

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