Saturday was a special day at my local comic book shop, Acme Comics in Longwood, Florida. They had a party celebrating their 30th Anniversary, with food, face painting and appearances by comic book writer Chuck Dixon and artist Sergio Cariello. And the store had a big sale, which I wasn't able to take advantage of because of my limited budget, except for the 20% off of my new comics I bought. That's double the 10% discount store subscribers usually receive, and that was much appreciated, especially with the one special oversized issue I bought.
From last week:
Superman #700 (DC)
This week:
Action Comics #890 (DC)
Invincible #73 (Image)
I got to meet Chuch and Sergio briefly. Sergio signed my copy of Lone Ranger #3, and Chuck signed the first issues of Robin, the first Tim Drake Robin mini-series, and of Iron Ghost, the six issue mini-series he collaborated with Sergio on. I asked Chuck how the project came about. He said that he had an idea for a Shadow type character in a degenerate society, and Nazi Germany was an easy choice. And he wanted the main character's secret identity to remain a secret until the final issue. He had also wanted to work with Sergio on a project, and so that's how it came about. Chuck also said that he has more Iron Ghost stories he would like to tell in the future with Sergio.
Iron Ghost has been collected in a trade paperback, available from Desperado Publishing, http://www.desparadopublishing.com.
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