What's on my Pull List?: December 2010

My comic book pull list for the month of December.

December 02, 2010
Night of the Living Dead: Holiday Special (One-Shot) #1

December 08, 2010
The New Avengers Vol. 2 #7
Night of the Living Dead (Limited Series) #2 (of 5)
Widowmaker (Limited Series) #1 (of 4)

December 15, 2010
Iron Man: Legacy #9

December 22, 2010
Invincible #76
Invincible Iron Man #33
Secret Avengers #8

December 29, 2010
The Avengers Vol. 4 #8
S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 2 #5
Spider-Girl #2
Widowmaker (Limited Series) #2 (of 4)

Postponed
Fear Agent #31
The Walking Dead #80

Cancelled
Hawkeye & Mockingbird

Currently being pulled at Past Present Future in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Use Comic Shop Locator to find YOUR local comic shop or buy online at Things From Another World.

Very Fine or better,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

What's on my Pull List?: November 2010

My comic book pull list for the month of November.

November 03, 2010
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #6
Invincible #75
Iron Man: Legacy #8

November 10, 2010
The New Avengers Vol. 2 #6

November 17, 2010
The Avengers Vol. 4 #7
Spider-Girl #1

November 24, 2010
Invincible Iron Man #32
Secret Avengers #7
The Walking Dead #79

Postponed
Fear Agent #31
Night of the Living Dead (Limited Series) #2 (of 5)

Currently being pulled at Past Present Future in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Use Comic Shop Locator to find YOUR local comic shop or buy online at Things From Another World.

Turn the page, wash your hands,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

What's on my Pull List?: October 2010

My comic book pull list for the month of October.

October 06, 2010
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #5
Iron Man: Legacy #7
S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 2 #4

October 13 2010
Invincible Iron Man #31
The New Avengers Vol. 2 #5
The Walking Dead #78

October 20, 2010
Night of the Living Dead (Limited Series) #1 (of 5)

October 27, 2010
The Avengers Vol. 4 #6
Fear Agent #30
Secret Avengers #6

Cancelled
Atlas

Postponed
Invincible #75

Currently being pulled at Past Present Future in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Use Comic Shop Locator to find YOUR local comic shop or buy online at Things From Another World.

Stay geeky,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

What's On Your Pull List?

This evening I went down to Past Present Future for their 4th of July weekend sale. PPF is by far the best comic book store in Palm Beach County and I consider them my LCS. They've got a huge selection of back issues and a knowledgeable staff. It looks like they're workin' with the Supercon folks to bring more events to the area and the store.

While I was there I picked up,

Comics
The Avengers Vol. 3 #43-45,47,49, The Defenders Vol. 1 #115,127-129,141-142,144,146,149-151, Invincible #73, Invincible Iron Man Annual #1, Iron Man Vol. 2 #7-9, Iron Man: Bad Blood #1-4, Iron Man Vol. 3 #5-6,8,11,15-18,33-34,36,39,53-54,59-61, Secret Avengers #2 & #2 Deodato 50/50 variant, Thunderbolts #2,5,38,41,45,54,55

Graphic Novels
Essential: Avengers Vol. 5, Essential: Iron Man Vol. 2, Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four

Posters
Agents of Atlas, Young Avengers

So I finally signed up for the subscription service at PPF. I mainly buy comics online but it's a pain in the ass with new stuff since there's so many release dates to keep track of. So much easier to pick everything up at once every couple of weeks.

My current comic book pull list,

Atlas (Marvel)

The Avengers Vol. 4 (Marvel)

Fear Agent (Dark Horse)

Hawkeye & Mockingbird (Marvel)

Invincible (Image)

Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)

Iron Man: Legacy (Marvel)

Secret Avengers (Marvel)

S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 2 (Marvel)

The Walking Dead (Image)

Speaking of comics, I've gotten alot of work done on the project i've hinted at in previous posts. I'm in the process of drawing/publishing/writing a comic book, it's horror-related & should be more than one issue. Right now the rough draft of the story for the first issue is completed and i'm working on the characters and minor details. There will definately be more news on the blog as I get closer to finishing the book.

Om nom nom nom brains,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

Vacation, Had To Get Away

If you read this blog you'd know I was in Miami this weekend for Supercon. Had even more fun this year than I did at last year's Supercon.

Some notable guest experiences,

• Jim McCann - One of the nicest people i've met in the comic industry, a great rep for Marvel and answered all my ridiculous questions.
  
• Filip Sablik - Super friendly, does a great job of promoting Top Cow.
  
• Lloyd Kaufman - Quite possibly insane in the most wonderful way.
• John Wesley Shipp - Enjoyed talking to him at the VIP Party.
  
• Dana Snyder - Hilarious, super nice, his voices make you crack up instantly.

The only things I didn't enjoy about the weekend,

• The weather -  Way too hot inside and outside of the convention.
• Photography - Nearly all the pics I took turned out bad or I didn't take enough.
• Late Night - I think i've gotten too old for the anime crowd that pretty much is every late night event at the con.
• Scheduling - I should've gone on friday, the comic book VIP party was probally a blast.

Everything I brought to get signed (over 20 comics) was signed except for 1 comic because I couldn't find Alex Saviuk anywhere at the convention.

 

Saturday I got my signings done early, went to a awesome Troma Q&A w/ Lloyd Kaufman. Asked a bunch of nerdy Avengers questions at the Marvel Panel. Saw a couple Supercon Wrestling matches, Chun Li vs. Captain America was hilarious. Went to the media VIP party and hung out with celebrities, ended up at the same restaurant as the wrestlers afterwards. Wandered the hotel and ended up checking out some of the late night aspects of the convention. Around 1am it was like some sort of anime wild west where anything goes, lawlessness lol.

On sunday morning I did a bunch of shopping at the vendors area of the convention floor, I didn't find the early Walking Dead issues I wanted but found some gems. I now have every single original Avengers & Iron Man annual from the 60's to the 2000's.

I think this is the majority of what I picked up,

Books/Graphic Novels...
American Splendor: Another Dollar, The Darkness: Origins Vol. 1, The Darkness: Accursed Vol. 1, Direct Your Own Damn Movie! signed by Lloyd Kaufman, Essential The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1, Essential Man-Thing Vol. 1, Image Holiday Special 2005, Invincible Vol. 4: Head Of The Class, Invincible Vol. 10: Who's The Boss?, Wanted

Comics...
Adolescent Radioactive Blackbelt Hamsters In 3-D #1-4, The Avengers Vol. 1 Annual #1 (King-Size Special), The Avengers Vol. 4 #1, Citizen V and The V-Battalion #1-3, Critters #1-6, Dynamo 5 #1-4, Iron Man Vol. 1 Annual #1-2, Iron Man Legacy #2, Marvel Preview #2, Negative Burn Vol. 2 #1-17, Velocity Vol. 2 #1 PPF blank sketch cover, Velocity Vol. 2 #1 Tate's sketch cover

Movie Posters...
Battle Royale, Clerks., Kick-Ass, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre '74, Lucio Fulci's Zombie

and of course I got Dana Snyder to sketch Zombie Master Shake.

After the con got lost trying to find my bank in Miami, it's a huge city and very very confusing. Went to the Miccosukee casino and won a small jackpot and managed to leave the casino without losing it!

Checked out on monday, went to Hong Kong City for Dim Sum, stopped at Past Present Future and picked up my cat from the clinic (who is very happy to be home).

See y'all at Supercon 2011,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

Super Excited For Supercon!

Saturday and Sunday i'll be in Miami for Florida Supercon 2010! The largest Comic/Anime/Animation/Video Game/Fantasy/Sci-Fi convention in South Florida. Had a blast at Supercon last year and this time i'll be goin' VIP thanks to winning the ticket upgrade contest.

"All my bags are packed, i'm ready to go..."

Some of the stuff i'm getting signed while i'm there...

• The All-New Iron Manual #1 - Jay Leisten (Cover)
• Army of Darkness [Dynamite] Vol. 1 #12 Filip Sablik cover - Filip Sablik (Cover)
• Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1 - Clayton Henry (Pencils)
• Black Panther Vol. 4 #23 - Koi Turnbull (Pencils)
• The Defenders Vol. 1 #95 - Pat Broderick (Cover)
• The Golden Age of Marvel Comics Vol. 1 - Allen Bellman (Inks)
• Hawkeye Vol. 3 #2 - Paul Gulacy (Cover)
• Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 - Jim McCann (Writer)
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #211 - Alex Saviuk (Pencils, Cover)
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #331 - Ralph Cabrera (Cover)
• Iron Man Vol. 3 #24 - Don Hillsman II (Inks)
• Iron Man Vol. 3 #26 - Rob Hunter (Inks)
• Iron Man Vol. 3 #50 - Greg Horn (Cover)
• Iron Man Vol. 3 #73 - Joe Jusko (Cover)
• Iron Man: Legacy #1 - Fred Van Lente (Writer), Steve Kurth (Pencils)
• The Last Avengers Story #1 - Ariel Olivetti (Pencils, Inks, Colors, Cover)
• The Mighty Avengers #24 - Rafa Sandoval (Pencils), Khoi Pham (Cover)
• NFL SuperPro #1 - Jose Delbo (Pencils)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 2 #1 2nd printing variant - Dustin Weaver (Pencils, Inks)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Avatar Press] Special #1 - Brian Pulido (Writer)
• Thor: Man of War #1 - Clay Mann (Pencils)
• Toe Tags Featuring George A. Romero #1 - Tommy Castillo (Pencils)
• Young Avengers Special #1 - Bill Sienkiewicz (Pencils, Inks)

I'll be posting on Twitter during the convention so follow me @themikefavata.

Time to geek it up for the weekend,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

A Winner Is Me!

I woke up to find this e-mail in the ol' inbox,

Hi guys,

You are the winners of the upgrade to VIP status contest we just had

We randomly chose winners to give 6 upgrades to from all the current pre-registered tickets sold

If your name is on this list - your ticket(s) are being upgraded to VIP status for free!

3) Michael Favata (2 tickets)

V.I.P. benefits this year include:

(A) Laminated V.I.P. Badge

(B) Admission to the festival for the full weekend

(C) Fast access to celebrity autograph lines, no waiting in lines. You will be escorted to the front of the line with your VIP badge

(D) Entry to the Friday night Comic Book V.I.P. party, featuring a 2 hour open bar, comic book professionals, music, giveaways and more!

(E) Entry to the Saturday night Celebrity V.I.P party, featuring a 2 hour open bar, celebrity guests, music, giveaways and more!

(F) An exclusive FSC variant comic book. Specific variant to be announced shortly

(G) Florida Supercon Art Print

(H) FSC 2010 T-Shirt

(I) Early entrance to the show (30 minutes early)

Any questions, just lemme know. See you at the show!

Thanks,
mike

Tickets bought won and upgraded to VIP, hotel booked, cat scheduled for boarding... i'm ready for Supercon!

Expect a bunch of stuff to hit eBay for some extra $$ towards the ridiculous amount of comics/graphic novels & dvds i'll buy at the convention.

Super excited,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

For Her I Can Be... A Hero

The reason I haven't posted any comic strips or anything else lately is that i've been working on a painting. The new Tijuana Flats (awesome burritos!) in Palm Beach Gardens is having a contest where you paint a ceiling tile and they'll put it in the restaurant (winner gets cash & gift card). I've never painted before but entered anyways, and let me tell you painting is a way bigger pain in the ass than drawing is. I was going to do a collage of characters from George Romero's Dead trilogy but there would've been too many details to be seen on a ceiling. Ended up painting Sam Kieth's The Maxx (greatest comic book of all time).

The poster of The Maxx by Sam Kieth that inspired my painting.

Rough sketch using markers.

Colors filled in and edges smoothed out.

Finished painting with details and shading completed.

I was going to have the city scene in the background but everytime I tried to do it I thought it didn't look right. Ended up going with a simple black background. For my first time painting since probally elementary school, I don't think I did a bad job at all.

Dropped the painting off today and it should be on their ceiling soon. As far as I know the winner will be picked on Cinco de Mayo. Saw some of the other tiles, the one of Spider-Man fighting Venom whose holding a burrito and hot sauce was hilarious.

Going to enjoy the rest of my day off,

Michael "Mike" Favata

www.mikefavata.com

Do the Humpty Hump, Do the Humpty Hump

I went down to TATE'S on Saturday for their 17th Annual Tent Sale, of course it was just as awesome as the last one.

Of course I picked up a whole bunch of comics and a couple graphic novels...
The Agents #1-6
Avengers Classic #1-3
Avengers Next #1-4
The Avengers Vol. 1 Annual #6-9,11-16
Brit #1-6
Brit One-shot Vol. 1-3
Capes #1-3
Captain America: Red, White & Blue
Deadworld Vol. 3 #1-6
Defenders Vol. 3 #1-5
Essential: Godzilla
Essential: Iron Man Vol. 3
The Exterminators #1-30
Hawkeye Vol. 3 #1-8
Iron Man Vol. 1 Annual #4-7
Madman Adventures #1-3
Madman Comics #1-6
Madman/The Jam #1-2
Marvel Graphic Novel #16: The Alladin Effect
The Realm #4
The Secret Defenders #1-5
The Sentry #1-7

If you're ever in the Broward County area you should check out the store. One of the best selections of back issues in South Florida and tons of other cool stuff like toys, Japanese food, clothes, etc.

Now out of current boards,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

Burt Reynolds Vs. Dinosaur

Put another "comic" up, it's Burt Reynolds (from Smokey and the Bandit) fighting a Dinosaur, that pretty much sums it up.

The webcomic is a place for my silly doodles, this is not the comic project i've hinted at in previous posts.

Happy Easter Y'all,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

PSA: 2 Rabbits Need A Good Home

A friend of mine is moving sometime next month and needs to find new homes for two of her rabbits. she needs to find homes for them or someone who can foster or adopt them as soon as possible! also they can go to two different homes. they do not like each other much. also we will work with you have problems with transportation or anything like that.

i just talked to the owner and she would like to get rid of them as soon as april 4th! i am trying to work with her to keep them a bit longer or take them in my self but they need homes to find homes soon!"

E-Mail Jessica at fireyokai@netscape.net if you're interested in giving 1 or 2 rabbits a good home.

Thanks,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com

I Can Has Blog Post?

I don't know if anyone reads this but needless to say I haven't updated this blog in a very long time. I'm working on the website again and there should be some noticeable additions and changes soon.

Collection wise i've added a huge amount of graphic novels and i've got nearly every single issue (and all variant printings) of The Walking Dead. All I need now is the first printing of #2 and the first printing of issue #1 with the black warning label (i've got the first printing with the white warning label).

Of course I like putting a picture with the words so here's a comic strip I did recently. Hand drawn w/ pencil, Pilot Pen & Sharpie, then I scanned it and touched it up with an Image Editor.

Sure I haven't done anything lately with my comic book (that I still plan on doing) but hey at least I finished a comic strip.

I don't pee where I buy my coffee,
Michael "Mike" Favata
www.mikefavata.com