Deadpool.
Author Estevan Vega.
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
Artist Agnes Garbowska.
Frozen’s Elsa the Snow Queen.
Green Goblin.
Brando Eaton (Cabin Fever 3).
The woodcarvings of Christopher Letarte.
Wonder Woman.
Merida from Brave.
The Green Hornet’s Black Beauty.
She-Hulk.
J & S Collectibles.
Gotham City residents.
Artist Mark Morales.
Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
This past weekend Hartford experienced the debut of Hartford Comic Con at the XL Center. There were long lines before the doors opened at 10 a.m. From what I saw, this convention will be coming back to Connecticut.
Batman, Poison Ivy and Donatello.
Michael Massee of The Amazing Spider-man
Artist Brett E. Swanson.
The crowds at Hartford Comic Con.
Chronic and Bluntman
Brighton Sharbino and Kyla Kenedy of The Walking Dead.
Michael Myers
Beaker
Spider-man
Disney Princesses
Maleficent and Anakin Skywalker.
Woodcarver Christopher Letarte.
Katrina Law of Arrow and Spartacus.
An Umbrella corporation soldier.
Ghost Rider.
Jim Dyer of Fenham Publishing.
Marvel superheroes.
There will be a few more entries with pictures coming in the next few days.
The bookstore, Books & Boos was involved with the Jaycees Fourth Annual Spring Fair on Sunday, May 18. Normally, this event is held on a Saturday, but the organizers decided to move it to the rain date this year since the weather wasn’t looking too good for May 17. Click here for the previous article about this event. Click here for pictures from the 2012 Spring Fair when I, Jason Harris of Jason Harris Promotions, organized a vendor spot for the New England Horror Writers organization (NEHW).
Click here to see pictures on the Books & Boos’ website from this event.
Author Dale T. Phillips also posted pictures from the event on his website. You can find them here.
The first Rock Comic Expo happened yesterday at the Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire. The Expo was created by J. Moulton. It ran from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It was a day of people in cosplay and talking with authors and artists.
Author Rob Watts with the Iron Patriot.
Emily and Jeremy Drouin of Eplis Comic.
Author Stacey Longo
Author Dale T. Phillips holding his book, Crooked Paths.
Author Rob Watts holding his latest book, Left-Hand Path.
Crystalia Amaquelin of Marvel’s The Inhumans.
Authors Rob Watts and Dale T. Phillips
Author Stacey Longo talking with an expo attendee.
Authors Vlad Vaslyn and Dale T. Phillips behind the New England Horror Writers table.
Moulton plans to make the comic expo a two-day event next year. He is also involved with Vermont Comic Con, which debuts in October.
I have been to many craft fairs as a patron and as a vendor. I use to set-up events at craft fairs and open air markets for the New England Horror Writers (NEHW) organization. These events were very successful for the NEHW so I have continued setting-up events like these for my bookstore, Books & Boos, which I co-own with my wife. Along with these shows, I also set-up events such as conventions and comic book shows for the bookstore. You can find out about these Books & Boos’ events here.
At the 41st Annual Craft Fair held at the Keefe Technical School in Framingham, MA. yesterday, there were the usual jewelry sellers, dog stuff, and handmade wooden bird houses. There was one unusual seller at this craft fair. The vendor was Frankenstein Medical School, which is owned and operated by Jerry Stiles. He sells finger hooks, coffin-shaped keepsake boxes, and interesting magnets.
Jerry Stiles
Coffin-Shaped Keepsake Box
Magnets
One of Stiles’ magnets.
Finger hooks.
Stiles has a site on Esty, you can check it out here.
The Books and Boos banner at Queen City Kamikaze.
From left to right: Dale T. Phillips, Stacey Longo, T.T. Zuma, and Mark Wholley behind the Books and Boos tables.
Authors Gordon Bean and Stacey Longo on the Horror in the Movies panel.
Authors Dale T. Phillips, Stacey Longo, and Vlad Vaslyn on the Where Authors Get Their Ideas panel.
Authors Gordon Bean and Dale T. Phillips talking with a visitor to the Books and Boos table.
Author Stacey Longo with the Joker.
The Anthocon table at Queen City Kamikaze.
The DeLorean.
Aaron Ashmore of Smallvile.
Characters from DC Comics.
From right to left: Draco and Lucius Malfoy of Harry Potter.
A Victoria Secret Angel.
Orko from He-man and the Masters of the Universe.
The crowds at Super Megafest.
Bronson Pinchot of Perfect Stangers.
Spider-man.
Rogue of The X-men.
Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Ron Jeremy of One-Eyed Monster.
The Emperor, Joker, and Batman.
Tom Felton of Harry Potter.
Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz.
Superman and Supergirl.
Eliza Dusku of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (center).
Spider-man.
Robert Remus a.k.a. Sgt. Slaughter.
The Tin Man and Dorothy.
Vonn Ray, professional cosplayer.
The Evil Witch.
Steampunk Batman.
Barbie Jean Blank a.k.a. Kelly Kelly with a fan.
A Jason Voorhees’ candy dish.
Batgirl and Green Arrow.
I Dream of Jeannie actors Bill Daily and Barbara Eden.
Christopher Lloyd.
Darth Maul.
Jack Sparrow and companion.
Ernie Hudson.
Vic Mignogna of Fullmetal Alchemist.
Author and NEHW member Erin Thorne.
Books on the Shock Totem table.
Authors Jack Haringa and Bracken MacLeod on the Writer’s Studio panel.
The Fat Foot Films booth.
Authors Stacey Longo, Erin Thorne, and Tracy Carbone at the New England Horror Writer booth.
The Shock Totem team K. Allen Wood (editor-in-chief), Robert Duperre (writer), and Jessie Young (artist).
The Fat Foot Films 2014 calendar.
Scott Wilson of The Walking Dead.
Jimmy Duval of Donnie Darko.
Another Rock & Shock has come and gone, the 10th one to be exact. It was another good one with even more vendors this year. The one thing that was lacking was attendees in costume. There just wasn’t a lot of people in costume. Here are pictures from the event.
Lew Temple from The Walking Dead.
From right to left: authors Robert Duperre, Kurt Newton, and Stacey Longo at the Sideshow Press and Shock Totem tables.
Dark Man and Elvira.
Robert Patrick from Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Author Joe Knetter at the Writer’s Studio panel.
The Morbid Vision Films table.
Sharknado director Andrew C. Ferrante.
Actor Joey Kern (Cabin Fever).
Musician and actor Dee Snider.
Author K. Allen Wood and artist Jessie Young behind the Shock Totem table.
Actor Jason Mewes (Clerks).
Items on the Morbid Vision Films table.
TL Smokeshop.
Jennifer Jostyn (The Brothers McMullen).
Actor Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead) with two fans.
Author Gordon Bean holding his book, Dawn of Broken Glass, at the New England Horror Writers booth.
Authors Scott Goudsward, Joe Knetter, Jack Ketchum, Jack Haringa, and Bracken MacLeod on the Writer’s Studio panel.
Actor Jordan Ladd (Cabin Fever).
Actors Gunnar Hanson, Tony Moran, Robert Englund, and Kane Hodder on the 40 Years of Our Worst Nightmares panel.
Actor Brian O’Halloran (Clerks 2).
Items on the TL Smokeshop table.
Books on the Sideshow Press table.
The 10th anniversary of Rock & Shock seems to have been the year for booksellers having a presence at the convention. In previous years, there were only Shock Totem, Sideshow Press, and the New England Horror Writers at the event. Only the NEHW has been consistently representing its members there year after year for more than five years.
This year saw the NEHW joined by the returning representatives of Sideshow Press and Shock Totem, who both haven’t been at the convention in a couple years. The new booksellers at the event were Fenham Publishing and Living Dead Press. Click here to read a previous article on Fenham Publishing. There were also two authors, Jack Ketchum and Joe Knetter, in the celebrity area of Rock and Shock selling their books.
The New England Horror Writers (NEHW). Photo by Jason Harris.
Sideshow Press. Photo by Jason Harris.
Shock Totem. Photo by Jason Harris.
Living Dead Press. Photo by Jason Harris.
Fenham Publishing. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Jack Ketchum. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Joe Knetter. Photo by Jason Harris.
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