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State of Black SciFi 2012: Why I love Black Heroic Fantasy

2012-01-22T22:31:00.000-08:00

Day 2

   I hope the above title helps, since I do love more than one genre in this field.
   Imaro created by Charles R. Saunder is the perfect prototype of Sword and Soul.
   Before discovering this hero from an alternate Africa, I had to settle for stories
   by Robert E. Howard, who created Conan, the Barbarian. Years ago, I made my
   own Sword and Soul character and sold him in an limited edition book at comic book
   conventions. The element of Man vs. Beast with just his own dominate will to survive
    no matter what, attracted me to this genre. Plus, the sheer idea of Black Heroic/
    Fantasy/ Fiction, fascinates me. I think people today would refer to this as
"The Alpha Male Syndrome."

Personally, I feel blessed that I was able to jump start the visuals for
    a Sword and Soul character called " Changa", which is written by
    Milton Davis as a novel entitled " Changa's Safari."

    Another favorite genre of mine would be Mystical Fantasy, hence my love
    for Marvel Comics- Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts. Strange's origin
    seem bibical in nature, a damage person who witnesses a far greater evil than
    he ever could be, rises despict the hindrance of the lack of knowledge. His training
    is metaphyical, studying herbs, and reading arcane scrolls of occult secrets that
    only a chosen one would do. Even, The Fighting and Grappling Arts was included
to honed his body. As a homage, I had to make my own hero or heroine that
     would represent all of this and yet be unique in their own way. Thus, Little Miss
     Strange was born.

   And yes, there was always a love for any fantasy genre, I remember
      the book stores that I used to visit with classic Conan painted covers
      or Doc Savage painted covers.

      All storytelling in this realm of imagination is Heroic, Exotic and can go
      beyond to include morality, or whatever the writer/artist feels like projecting
      to his targeted audience.

       But my first experience in this field was comics, then fantasy books
       while learning my Fine Art skills. Most fans will remember that this
       was something of a private appreciation since one did not wanted to
        be considered a " Nerd."

   In fact, I give Steve Urkel five minutes to last in New York City.

   Two minutes to drink his Gatorade and get ready.

       Three minutes to start running out of town in those Pro Ked Rejects
        of his, because the riff raff that's chasing him don't appreciate
        where he is coming from.

        Good clean fun but keep it to yourself, because this stuff is not
        practical as aspiring to be a Doctor, Lawyer or whatever polite social-ital
        job etiquette this place dictates on to its unsuspecting public.

   Everybody knows there was life before “The Matrix." Films like the
         first “Alien” movie and the second " Alien" movie was even better.
        The idea that Ripley hadto face her fears and overcome them in such
         a grand fashion is certainly worthy of the mantle of being called… “

Super-Hero”.

       Let’s not forget “The Terminator”… what a cool storyline.
    A robotfrom the future coming back in time to prevent the interference
        of man in a world taken over by machines. Meanwhile, Kyle Reese, the soldier
        who loved Sarah Connors was dropping some heavy science on her.

Time travel was always a favorite sci- fi subject of mine.

           I'm curious to see if actor Idris Elba as Captain Jenek in the upcoming
           Sci- Fi/ Horror flick " Prometheus" will survive the whole picture.
           You know how Blacks are treated in this genre, first you see them
           and get to like the character then they die a horrible death.

   I was pleasantly surprise that Boris Kodjoe who played Luther West
           in Resident Evil 4 : Afterlife, lived to see the next day and will be
           back in Resident Evil 5 : Retribution alongside Michelle Rodriguez
           and Colin Salmon. Now, that's good news!!

   Once again, Hollywood doesn't feel that a leading Black Actor can
           carry a leading role in these films, but that will change... just look at what
           Wesley Snipes did for Comic Book movies by playing Blade the Vampire Hunter.
   If not for Wesley's hardcore portrayal of The Daywalker none of the other
           main stream super hero pictures would have been made. You must take the
           source material seriously otherwise please don't put this up on the big screen.

To me, its cool to be a fan of any genre and support it. My range is quite broad
            and growing... I've even include Pulp Heroes in the mix, now that's an territory
            uncharted for Black Heroes but thanks once again to Charles R. Saunders, we
            have a novel called Damballa.

            More of this 1930's type of Mystery Man adventures is coming in the future
            and there is a growing cult following dedicated to hard-boiled detectives stories
            written by People of Color featuring Black Heroes.

              All I am saying is there is a broad pallette of things to choose from.

In the near future, I want to see all of the above grow in a Collective Fandom
              despite the conspiracy to undermine our efforts to show Heroes that look like
             us. Even a true story like Red Tails featuring The Tuskegee Airman is being
             nitpicked regardless of a good opening box office weekend.

             But this is about us and we will praise it, because it is made and show us
             with pride.


               Winston Blakely, Artist/Writer-- Fine Arts/Comic Book artist, having a career spanning 20 years, whose achievements have included working for Valiant Comics and Rich Buckler's Visage Studios. He is also the creator of Little Miss Strange, the world's first black alien sorceress and the all- genre anthology entitled - Immortal Fantasy. Both graphic albums are available at Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and other online book store outlets. Visit him: http://blakelyworks.blogspot.com/ or http://blakelyworkstudio.weebly.com/

    Here is a quick link to Day 1 of this Online Black History Month Event:

     http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2010448%3ABlogPost%3A337052&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post

       Once you check that out go and see what the other members
      of this Online Black History Month Event have got to say...
      Below is the list of creative people.

   L. M. Davis, Author--began her love affair with fantasy in the second grade. Her first novel, Interlopers: A Shifters Novel, was released in 2010, and the follow-up Posers: A Shifters Novel will be released this spring. For more information visit her blog http://shiftersseries.wordpress.com/ or her website www.shiftersnovelseries.com.

Milton Davis, Author – Milton Davis is owner/publisher of MVmedia, LLC . As an author he specializes in science fiction and fantasy and is the author of Meji Book One, Meji Book Two and Changa’s Safari. Visit him: www.mvmediaatl.com and www.wagadu.ning.com.

Margaret Fieland, Author-- lives and writes in the suburbs west of Boston, MA
with her partner and five dogs. She is one of the Poetic Muselings. Their poetry anthology, Lifelines http://tinyurl.com/LifelinesPoetry/ is available from Amazon.com Her book, "Relocated," will be available from MuseItUp Publishing in July, 2012. The Angry Little Boy," will be published by 4RV publishing in early 2013. You may visit her website, http://www.margaretfieland.com.

Valjeanne Jeffers, Author -- is an editor and the author of the SF/fantasy novels: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend and Immortal III: Stealer of Souls. Her fourth and fifth novels: Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds and The Switch: Clockwork will be released this spring. Visit her at: http://valjeanne.wordpress.com and http://qandvaffordableediting.blogspot.com/

Thaddeus Howze, Author-- is a veteran of the Information Technology and Communications industry with over twenty-six years of experience. His expertise is in re-engineering IT environments using process-oriented management techniques. In English, that means he studies the needs of his clients and configures their offices to optimize the use of information technology in their environment. Visit him: http://ebonstorm.wordpress.com or http://ebonstorm.weebly.com

Alicia McCalla, Author—writes for both young adults and adults with her brand of multicultural science fiction, urban fantasy, and futurism. Her debut novel, Breaking Free will be available February 1, 2012. The Breaking Free theme song created by Asante McCalla is available for immediate download on itunes and Amazon. Visit her at: www.aliciamccalla.com

Carole McDonnell, Author--She writes Christian, speculative fiction, and multicultural stories. Her first novel is Wind Follower. Her short fiction has appeared in many anthologies and have been collected in an ebook, Spirit Fruit: Collected Speculative Fiction. Visit Carole: http://carolemcdonnell.blogspot.com/ or http://writersofcolorblogtour.blogspot.com/

Balogun Ojetade, Author—of the bestselling “Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within” (non-fiction), “Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman” (Steampunk) and the feature film, “A Single Link”. Visit him: http://chroniclesofharriet.wordpress.com/

Rasheedah Phillips, Author--is the creator of The AfroFuturist Affair in Philly. She plans to debut her first spec/sci-fic novel Recurrence Plot in Spring 2012. You may catch her ruminating from time to time on her blog, AstroMythoLosophy.com.

Nicole Sconiers, Author-is also a screenwriter living in the sunny jungle of L.A. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, and she recently published Escape from Beckyville: Tales of Race, Hair and Rage. Visit her: http://nicolesconiers.com/index.html

Jarvis Sheffield, M.Ed. is owner & operator of TheDigitalBrothers.com, BlackScienceFictionSociety.com & BlackCommunityEntertainment.com. Visit him: http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2stjwb1h216fd

New Pulp Heroes

2011-11-07T06:00:00.000-08:00

             Yes, New Pulp Heroes are coming... The first image, is of a cover for an
              introductory portfolio to The Midnight Phantom, a Harlem Avenger
              who becomes an urban legend in the 1930's. Dulce de Ojo or Eye Candy
              the illustrated magazine, will be presenting this to you in a few months.

   After that you will have to wait for the official collection of this mystery
               man to appear, sometime in 2013.... Author Jemir Johnson me tells that there
               will be about seven stories in this graphic album.
               The second script is what I'm working on now... Half way done and it's
               coming along great.... Two Fisted Action is all I can say.

Blazing a path, that will lead the way for all of us to follow is Charles R.
                Saunders' novel - Damballa. Of course, another mysterious brother does
                his crime busting in the 1930's, as well. I've read a small portion of this
                book and highly recommend it. Looks like this New Pulp genre is
                getting off to a great start.

                   Check out this link...

                    http://www.amazon.com/Damballa-Charles-Saunders/dp/1613420129/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1B4GTQ7HKJG2Z&colid=23Y0ECDHERWNI

Dulce de Ojo- Eye Candy The Ilustrated Magazine

2011-10-30T22:22:00.000-07:00

          It's time for a little fun... and that's what Eye Candy the Magazine
           is here to do. Making it's premiere Oct.29, this publication will
           raise some eyebrows in the Indy publishing world. Full of all
          kinds of styles and genre, from humor to sci- fi and getting in
           your face with cool stuff.
            Check out the free preview and see for yourself or get the
            full printed copy or e-book version of this new title.
   I wish to thank artist/publisher Preston Shuttlesworth
             for including me in the first issue.

Here's the link...

http://eyecandytheillustratedmagazine.com/

Jello Pudding Pops- A Children's Book

2011-10-18T22:48:00.000-07:00

        I'm sure that everyone knows that product.
          Author Donna Matthews has hired me to illustrate
          her Window Sill Children Book Series. Been busy
          working on it, and hence my lack of blogging.
          But I digress, This book is up at amazon.com
          as a kindle download, for now. I'm proud to
          be the Official Artist for the whole series,
          which I find quite interesting and fun to do.

             Here's the link for you to check it out...

http://www.amazon.com/Jello-Pudding-Windowsill-Childrens-ebook/dp/B005TYWV2C/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319002011&sr=1-2

      Next week... a new anthology book coming your way,
      just in time for Halloween.

Bronx Heroes Comic Con 3

2011-05-04T21:04:00.000-07:00

Time	Saturday, May 7 · 11:30am - 6:00pm

Location	The Bronx Museum of Art 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street Bronx, New York 10456 The Bronx

	This is a FREE CONVENTION... You Don't pay to get in - See You There.

More Info	Directions: D OR B TRAINS to the 167 STREET/GRAND CONCOURSE STATION. Exit at rear of station, walk south along Grand Concourse two blocks. PLEASE NOTE: D Train stops all times except rush hours peak direction (6:15 am - 9 am to Manhattan, 4 pm - 6:45 pm from Manhattan). Take B Train at 145 St. to 167th St. / Grand Concourse. 4 TRAIN to the 161 STREET/YANKEE STADIUM STATION. Walk east three blocks to the Grand Concourse, then, walk north four blocks along Grand Concourse to 165th St.

Griots is coming !!- A Sword and Soul Anthology

2011-03-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

   Get ready for Griots, coming this summer. A unique anthology filled
     with African inspired stories and illustrated by a grand array of
     Artists. Interestingly, enough…Milton Davis’ Changa leads the
       way in this ground breaking project. A prequel story tells of his
      early days before he set sail in Changa’s Safari. And to book end this
      publication is a short story featuring Imaro by award winning author,
      Charles R. Saunders. All in all, a must read… and this is only the
      beginning.
      Long Live Sword and Soul!!

Changa’s Safari - It's finally here!!- ( A Novel by Milton J. Davis )

2011-02-06T21:40:00.000-08:00

                     Now here’s a treat that is highly recommended.
         Changa’s Safari is like reading a movie on paper.

                     Full of adventure and action. I’m still in the first
                     novella of the book… and it is thrilling.
                     Regardless of the fact that I did the painted
                     cover and the interiors, it is a well written
                      tome.
        Grab a copy and Let the Safari Begin!

http://www.amazon.com/Changas-Safari-Milton-Davis/dp/0980084210/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297041436&sr=1-1

Edgar Arista and Greenpoint Gallery

2010-12-19T23:09:00.000-08:00

This was part of a mural that took up half a wall.

surreal, mystical and amazing all at the same time.

another one of Edgar's cityscape.


This piece was in the hallway to the exhibit...wow!

                                Here's a unique show that was at the
                                      Greenpoint Gallery, located at
                                     390 Mcguiness Blvd in Brooklyn.


EgarArista's The New Millennium
                                    - 300 pieces mural was too large for
                                    me to capture it's glory. So, I
                            settle for smaller paintings to
                                    showcase on this blog.
                                    Egar's art is dramatic and detailed,
                                   with hints of Salvador Dali and
                                    M.C. Escher. Two of my favorites
                                    Fine Arts visionaries.

                                    I certainly enjoy his gallery
                                    showing and was thinking
                                   of working with Edgar in the future.



                          Here's his site....

                                       http://www.edgartista.com/

Wowio presents Little Miss Strange Graphic Novel

2010-12-09T08:51:00.000-08:00

                                Wowio.com is presenting the first graphic novel of Little Miss Strange as a download. Little Miss Strange was originally printed by Millennium Publishing in the late 1990's as a B&W 32 page comic. Here is the story as a full and complete graphic novel, expanding on the mythos of the character and her world. There is a 16 page preview, so you can get the feel of the book. for $1.99
and the fact that it can be read on iphone, ipod another electronic readers, this is a pretty good deal.

       Here's the link... click on it or copy and paste.

        http://wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=226907

The Art Social Networking Party

2010-11-21T15:50:00.000-08:00

Jay Glow stands in front of her painted handbags.

that robot had too much fumes!!

Jay Glow, Joel and Jennifer enjoying themselves.

mysterious lady by cypha

                                 Reconstruct Art seems to bring out artists
                                 from all boroughs.
                                 This gathering turned out to be meeting
                                 and making new friends. All of us wanted
                                 to express ourselves and seek an outlet.
                               When you have a creative spirit, you're bound
                                 to meet kindred souls.

                                  I certainly enjoyed myself and the people
                                     that was there.
                                   Music and food wasn't bad either.
                                   Of course, I was there for the art.
                                  I think this collective spirit will continue.

Warm Reception for Strange Worlds/Inspiration Art Exhibition

2010-10-16T02:44:00.000-07:00

My friend Nicole really loves art.

Excellent piece that was in the studio above my exhibition.

Brother Joyner speaks on establishing more exhibitions.

Admirers give their interpretations of this painting.

Nicole Bowen loves this piece.

Another wonderful sample of art.
Thursday Oct.14 was the night, that people came out to show their support for my Fine Arts show...
and it was most welcome. Everyone loved the paintings that was on display and I greatly appreciate it.
Of course, the exhibition will be up for viewing for a whole month, until Oct.31.

A good friend named Nicole Bowen came by to show her support and re-connected with me...since she is the live action model for my comic book character- Little Miss Strange.

I was busy talking to interesting people and taking pictures of other artist's work.

I felt a great surge of peace and creativity and hope this event will lead to many
more exhibitions and even greater prosperity. So if you are a Black Sci- Fi member
who lives in NYC, get on the E train to Sutphin Blvd./ Archer Ave and walk 2 blocks to...
147- 12 Archer Ave in Jamaica, Queens and check out my show.

Strange Worlds/ Inspiration Art Exhibition- Updated Promo!!

2010-09-19T17:39:00.000-07:00

Updated flyer... Opening Reception is Oct.14

                   I’ve been working on this for a long time.
                                        Thanks to my good friend Bob Mcneil,
                                        I was able to get this Fine Arts Show.
                                       Reconstruct Art is a non- profit organization
                  that got this project off the ground. And they
                                     were kind enough to make me the headliner
                  to start a beginning of new monthly art
               exhibitions at the Purpose Lounge in
                                      Jamaica, Queens.

                                      I wish to thank Brothers Lawrence
                                     Joyner and Darryl Hell for giving me
                                     an opportunity to re- enter the world
                     of Fine Arts and beyond.

Honoring Matt Baker

2010-07-25T18:29:00.000-07:00

                   Clarence Matthew Baker is the first known
                   African- American Artist to work in the comic
                   industry. He was active as early as 1930- 40’s
                    – The Golden Age of Comic Books. Baker
                    was educated at Cooper Union in New York
                    City and was later hired by the Iger Studio.
                    This was one of the 1940’s ‘ packagers’ who
                    provided comics on demand for publishers,
                    just entering the new medium.

                      Best known for the character- Phantom Lady,
                      published at tha time by Fox Comics. He
                      redesigned her costume into the one that
                      most comic fans know now.
                      Although, Baker specialized in Good Girl Art,
                      he was no stranger to other genres. For example-
                      Sci Fi adventures, Western tales, Jungle stories,
                      Romance comics, he did it all.
                     His work appeared in the early 1950’s issues
   of Strange Tales and Tales to Astonish.

                      Sadly, he died in 1959, before he even reached
                      the age of forty. Can you imagine what he could
                      have done, if he had live in the 1960’s and beyond.
Just picture it… his version of the original X-men,
                      Avengers, or whatever the assignment was.
                      Personally, I would like to have seen his version
                      of Storm from the X- Men. It’s good to know
                      he did do some interesting ground work on
                     opening the doors for future African- American
                      Comic Artists.

2010 Harlem Book Festival -Saturday Reading in the Courtyard

2010-07-18T21:23:00.000-07:00

     Now this was a very special and exciting literary event at the
     Schomburg Center...
     during the Harlem Book Festival. Located at W.135th st. and 515
     Malcolm Blvd. It took place in the Courtyard of the library which
     is downstairs, among a spacious area of flowers , nature and
     good fresh air.

     I had the pleasure of watching my good friend, Bob Mcneil
     host this show. Brother Mcneil , made it an open forum
     just so that I could talk about my graphic novels and stuff.
     Thank you, kind sir…
     But I want you to see the list below and you will see why so many
     people gathered on this warm summer day….to hear the magic
      of the spoken word…

    Saturday, July 17th, 2010 READINGS IN THE COURTYARD

of the Schomburg Center

Hosted by Bob McNeil

Peniel Joseph: Dark Days, Bright Nights:

Black Power to Barack Obama 12:00p

Bernice McFadden: Glorious 12:20p

Wes Moore: The Other Wes Moore 12:40p

Queen Afua: Overcoming an Angry Vagina 1:00p

Supa Nova Slom: The Remedy 1:20p

Zelda Lockhart Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle 1:40p

Tova Baker: Lady B. Moore 2:00p

Carol Taylor: The Ex Chronicles: A Novel 2:20p

Marlen Suyapa Bodden: The Wedding Gift 2:40p

Stefhen F.D. Bryan: Black Passenger Yellow Cabs 3:00p

Julia Butler: Being Single Is Not A Disease 3:20p

April Walker: More Than One Way to Skin A Dog 3:40p

Daymond John: The Brand Within 4:00p

Armond White: Keep Moving: The Michael Jackson Chronicles 4:20p

Terry McMillan: Getting to Happy 4:30p

Sonia Sanchez: Morning Haiku 5:15p

You know the crowd went wild, when Terry Mcmillan
and the legendary poetess Sonia Sanchez showed up… It
was a great day… indeed.

    Later.

Vigilance 3

2010-07-06T00:57:00.000-07:00

Coming at ya!- HotV3… This series is getting red hot.
Writer,Jemir Johnson pumps up the action as we are half-way
done with this saga. Plus, there’s a trailer to go with this.
Imagine That! It's the featured trailer for now. Vigilance is Hot!!

   All your info below…

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3767

http://comicbooktrailers.com/

DarkWorld Now Lives!!!

2010-06-28T23:07:00.000-07:00

      Yes, the vampire comic is done and ready to go at indyplanet.com

       It was a wild ride but worth it…. The book looks great.

         Plus, another interview for you to check out… Would you
          believe a Swedish Horror website? My Space.com is full
          of interesting characters, like Monsterdiggare, that’s the
         name of the guy that runs the site.

           Final DarkWorld Cover above and the place to go
            get it below and the latest interview as well.

           http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3794

http://www.monsterdiggare.se/winston_blakely__freelance_arti.htm

It started at Yoshinoya

2010-06-10T21:51:00.000-07:00

                  Yes, good people, even in a popular New York City fast food Japanese restaurant,
            magic can happen. As a freelance artist you will always be promoting yourself
          and your work… regardless of the surroundings, hence this audio interview.

            Alan Abbadessa is a writer who I met at the Bronx Heroes Comic
            Con last month. He runs a site called Allthehappycreatures.com.
         We struck up a conversation about him doing a podcast or interview
             with yours truly as a feature.

             Being in a shameless, self promotion mood, I had a great conversation
             with Alan at Yoshinoya, about my upcoming projects and other cool stuff.
            And now, I present to you my very first… You Tube audio/ video. Check it
            out and watch out for another special treat coming your way, real soon.

             Here’s the link to Alan’s site and my interview.

             http://allthehappycreatures.com/

Listen here:

Vigilance 2

2010-05-24T00:26:00.000-07:00

Dropping by for a quick hello as work awaits and surprises soon to revealed are put in place. In the meantime Vigilance, the all ages super hero tale, I worked on seems to be doing quite well so I'm hitting you a second time. But don't worry. These are the kind of hits that'll put a smile on your face. Talk to ya' soon.

Reflections on 9th annual ECBACC Show 2010

2010-05-17T00:22:00.000-07:00

This is my second trip to Philadelphia to participate in the annual show
of the East Cost Black Age of Comics Convention. It was even better than the
first time. Jemir Johnson who is the publisher of Creative Elamentz
Studios, was there in full force getting the word out on Vigilance number
one and two. William L. Massey was thumbing through and showing
    off a copy of my new anthology book – Immortal Fantasy, thanks. Will
just printed his second novel called Legacy of the Panther. It’s a interesting
quest tale with a richly detailed story and characters that will attract fantasy lovers.
Look for it at www.2ndtimeonline.net
Alex Simmons, writer for Archie Comics and Founder of Kidscomicscom.org and Gary Camp of Creative One Comics both admire a Lucius Hammer comic produced by RavenHammerComics.com. Eric Battle of Marvel and DC Comics
fame, shows his love of comics between talking to fans. One true pleasure was to meet,
Samuel Joyner who does editorial cartoons and spot illustration ads for various local
Philadelphia newspapers, stopped by Creative Elamentz Studio’s table to hand out examples of his work and praise all the upcoming, young and talented artists.

Robert Garrett and Patrick David of Xmoor Studios shows love to all fans, including
   myself. Brother Yumy Odom,ECBACC Founder in the groove while announcing
   the various activities being held during the show. Naturally, this convention was full of activities and seminars on Comic Book Stories,interactive reading, writing,drawing and spelling games and as always positive images and imagery for people of color.

2 Legends…gone.

2010-05-10T17:22:00.000-07:00

Sad but true, the elegant Lena Horne has passed away.

    I recently did a introduction to an upcoming project where she
    is the inspiration to a exotic fortune teller character who brings the reader
     into the world of a mystery man who fights crime in 1930’s Harlem.
     The first page is shown here without dialog or captions.

     Next, the master of fantasy art is gone as well…Frank Frazetta.

      All of Frazetta’s work influence me from an early age with his
      classic and first painting of Conan the barbarian.

       When I do illustrations for novels, I go right to my Frazetta
        books for reference.

          Changa’s Safari a novel by Milton J. Davis which will come
          out later, during this summer, has 3 interior
           black and white line art pieces which was influence and
            inspired by Frazetta. Below is the second illustration
            for the above mentioned book.


            It’s good to know that we have the quality of these two
            legends to cherish forever.

Vigilance

2010-05-03T00:06:00.000-07:00

Greetings, All. Life has been good and I'm still humbled that of late I've had the privilege and honor of having my name attached to project after project I was proud to work on. One of those projects was written by my buddy and all around good guy Jemir Johnson. Vigilance is a six issue mini series that I provided the colors for and - as of issue 2 - much of the art. Hope you enjoy the set up and preview. If you like what you see there's a link at the bottom you can follow for more information. Be well, One and All and Two and some (a little "artistic humor" there). Stay tuned, more goodies coming.

A Force that will destroy the Universe ... will be Mankind’s only hope.

Terrell Jacobs is a lawyer with a tragic past and powerful secret not even he knows about. Tiyana Chandellor is a journalist following a story that will make her career … or take her life. Lorenzo Williams is a hustler with enemies out to destroy him … if the secret he shares with Terrell doesn’t first. Congressman Spencer Walls dazzles Saberwolf with a winning smile ... and rules with an iron fist. What turn of events will connect these four and how does the fate of the world hang in the balance? From Jemir Johnson and Creative Elamentz comes a full color, six issue, mini-series blending super hero action, thriller suspense and cosmic intrigue to tell an epic tale of absolute power, corruption, sacrifice … and hope.
http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3584&osCsid=5bml7qlg8tekad54u6faunh9e2

Bronx Comic Con Poster 2010

2010-04-25T21:57:00.000-07:00

Take a gander at this beauty. Glad I had the privilege to color this poster.
The time is drawing near for this to be seen on May 1 in all its glory.
Hopefully a good time will be had by all and we get to make new friends
and promote what we love to do.

Bronx Heroes Comic Con 2010

2010-04-11T23:44:00.000-07:00

I just want to drop a quick line about the 2nd Annnual Bronx Heroes Comic Con
at Hostos College. Since I don’t frequent comic conventions like
I used to, this is one I most definitely will show up for. I consider
this a warm up show for me… been pretty busy with freelance
gigs. Most of the line up of artists and writers are from the
classic days of comics and comic strips like Danny Fingeroth,
Larry Hama and Irvin Hasan. Take a look at the poster announcement.

Also check out the sketch layout poster for the show by Carl Cee Kay Kent.
I have been given the assignment of coloring this extravaganza.

I’m very proud of what my fellow comic artists- Ray Felix,
Ed Mouzon and Gary Camp have achieve by organizing this
Event. And it’s free, too. Ahhh- don’t get no better than that.

I’m dropping the latest Ditkomania cover here too, since I finally
got a chance to do the cover. And it does feel good to have that
honor. Thanks, Rob!

This was a tribute based on Ditko’s sci- fi art at DC comics and
other companies.

Immortal Fantasy

2010-03-01T00:58:00.000-08:00

It’s here, the all new anthology book called Immortal Fantasy. A labor of
Love and a treat for the eyes. Done in glorious graytones to enhance the
experience of this tome. Starring Kotas the Dragon, The Shape Shifting
DragonLord in 2 amazing adventures and Pozitron the techno-cosmic
warrior. Plus, these other features Blood and Scapegoats, based on the
infamous horror story of the West Memphis 3, A Junkie’s Delight,
a classic tribute to EC comics, The Secret Wonderland of D.H.Fudley,
a twisted and Humorous tale inspired by the Twilight Zone.
And a bonus Sword and Sorcery hero- The White Raven.

Introduction by Charles R. Saunder, acclaimed award winning
Author of Imaro, Dossouye, The Quest for Cush, The Trail
Of Bohu and the long awaited - Imaro 4 – The Naama War.

The Cimmerian did a cool posting on my book as well.
You can check it out below…

http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=11256#more-11256

Want a copy of Immortal Fantasy… go here and get it…

https://www.createspace.com/3413513

So… Get Ready!- Prepare to enter the world
of Immortal Fantasy. Enjoy!

Inteview with Charles R.Saunders

2010-02-22T20:59:00.000-08:00

Here’s a quick note, Charles Saunders just did an interview with me
For my new book and upcoming projects.

Just go to his site… and go to blog… look for my name…
Winston Blakely and get to reading, I think you will enjoy it.

http://www.charlessaunderswriter.com/

This image is from my new anthology book, I will tell more
about it in my next blog.

Later.

Milton Davis – Meji, Changa and beyond

2010-02-03T02:12:00.000-08:00

Brother Milton gets another shout out at the Robert E. Howard fan site.

This is so cool, since its getting close to me doing the painting of his
Novella – Changa’s Safari.

Feel free to check out the goodies and the info about his books
and upcoming projects.

Enjoy!

http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=१०८६८

Pozitron

2010-01-11T11:06:00.000-08:00

Whew ! – I finally got the Happy Holiday dust off me and ready to blog
again. Been busy doing freelance gigs as usual but I wanted show and
share this project. Next month, hopefully I will be launching a new
anthology book featuring all my creator owned characters.
One of them is Pozitron, who was influenced by the Pulp writer
E.E. “ Doc “ Smith, creator of the Lensman series of novels.

Other inspirations include Marvel Comics/ Artists/ Writers/ Creators-
Jack “ King “ Kirby and Jim Starlin.

I will be giving snippets of my book as a tease, just to let you know
what’s its all about.

Pozitron is the adventure of one lone warrior against a race of demons
Know as “ The Aganza .”

Take a peep.

The Cimmerian

2009-11-26T04:49:00.000-08:00

The worlds of Milton Davis is the latest blog posted up on the Robert E. Howard
influenced site called “The Cimmerian.”

Please follow the link and enjoy learning about the fantastic books written by
Mr. Davis, I’m sure you will find it a pretty interesting subject… And I’m
very proud to be the artist associated with his Sword and Soul project, “Changa Safari.”

Happy Thanksgiving !

http://www.thecimmerian.com/

Grits and Gravy

2009-11-09T19:38:00.000-08:00

I’m sure that some of your might know about this book. I just heard about
it from Milton Davis, my collaborator on Changa’s Safari. 3 illustrations
I have shown here in previous blogs.

Grits and Gravy is a Mature Audience book like Heavy Metal, that
features art by brothers who have worked for Marvel, DC Comics
Valiant Comics, etc.

From checking out their site, I noticed that they sold out of the
first issue.

Here’s where they are… go and see for yourself, it’s something else.

http://www।gritzandgravymag.com/

Ditkomania 75

2009-10-20T00:37:00.000-07:00

Its always a pleasure to see Ditkomania in my mailbox. This issue was quite
big in page count, about 44 pages. A lot of Ditko art from 1975 with interesting articles. Here are a few Illustrations that I did for certain sections of the fanzine.

I’ve been a fan of Ditko for years and I’m influenced by him but I don’t
necessary draw like him. Using Ditko as a template for storytelling along
with Alex Toth and Gray Morrow ain’t a bad idea.

One day, I just might use Billy Graham as a storytelling inspiration.
His Luke Cage, Hero for Hired is the best…and his work in Vampirella/
Creepy was also excellent.

Later.

Creative One Zone

2009-09-24T10:04:00.000-07:00

I’ve been pretty busy working on projects that will be shown here, first.

Until then, check out this blog from some of my friends from

Creative One Zone…

It looks nice to me and I think you will enjoy it, too.

Fine Arts is still a big thing for me… so you know I’m
Loving it.

http://creativeonezone.blogspot.com/

Later

W

Changa 3

2009-08-27T22:27:00.000-07:00

Well, here’s the latest Changa illustration. Now, I’m gearing up for the
painted cover of this novel.

I’ve been busy designing book covers for clients and stuff like
that. But this is a proud moment for me, in terms that I get
to visual a magnificent sword and soul adventure by Milton
Davis.

You will here more about him in future blogs… He’s a man
with a mission to bring quality stories and art to people.

Later.

Fanged Fate

2009-08-04T01:54:00.000-07:00

Yes, That’s the name of the company that will be bringing you this
creature feature tale.

Darkworld Now is full of characters and things that I’ve never
heard of before…but I had to bring it to life in my art.

The writer, Jesse Adams Kahler has created a unique experience
in storytelling.

There is a mystery and a wonderment about this bizarre
adventure. While drawing it, I kept thinking what’s going
to happen next.

I will keep you updated on this book, its still in production, I’m
doing the back cover and the lettering very soon.

See you in a little bit.

Changa 2

2009-07-29T00:09:00.000-07:00

Here’s the second piece for the Changa novel. I really enjoyed
doing this.

It’s always exciting to do something that you really want to do.

I have one more in this series… and then I get to do a
painted cover.

Thanks for checking out my art.

Talk to you soon.

DarkWorld Now

2009-07-26T20:43:00.000-07:00

Just sharing, I’m flat coloring this piece,now. This is a project
that I will talk more about in a little while. I will show it in
full color soon.
For now…

This is just a tease.

Enjoy !

Changa

2009-07-07T06:44:00.000-07:00

Sword and Sorcery is one of my favorite genres to read and to draw. Unfortunately, there are very few black characters in this medium. Enter, Milton Davis, a brilliant writer with enormous energy and vision. Milton has created a hero that I feel is tailor- made
for me to explore with my talents. Changa, is a series of novellas that I will be illustrating for him. I present to you the first finished piece to accompanied Changa’s soon to be published adventures in literary form.

There will be two more illustrations and a painted cover that I will show to you in
in time. It would be most interesting to see a graphic novel come forth from this as well.

But for now, this is what’s rocking my world…artistically speaking.

Ditkomania# 73- Dr.Strange Issue

2009-06-19T01:26:00.000-07:00

Here’s my latest contribution to this cool fanzine dedicated to the appreciation
of Steve Ditko, one of Comicdom’s all time great story tellers and artist.

I did my quick sketchy version of Dr. Strange, with a brief synopsis of
His origin and what the good doctor means to me as comic reader
and artist. And yes, this issue is for sale. Contact Rob Imes at
robimes@yahoo.com… subscriptions are available!!

Read on, Dear Reader…

Dr.Strange – Master of the Mystic Arts

His name is Doctor Stephen Strange, and he is one of Marvel Comics most
unique, mysterious and classic characters. A talented and gifted surgeon at first,
blinded and absorbed by greed and the love of money. This path leads
the good doctor to a great tragedy- the loss of his hands.

When, Stephen Strange finds out that he can no longer thrive in his
lucrative medical practice, he becomes frustrated and drifts, eventually to become
a vagrant wanderer. During this time period, he hears of a man who can
help him, he is called “The Ancient One.”

And now the real and true journey begins. Strange finds this being of wonder
which leads to his anxious petition to return to his former hollow life, yet
he is denied. Seeking to return to civilization defeated, Stephen discovers
a greater evil than he ever was…Baron Mordo

A brief encounter ensues between Strange and Mordo, leaving the startled
surgeon handicap in an unseen manner by a spell of The Baron.

Searching his inner self, Stephen realizes that the only way to stop Baron
Mordo from completing his mad plans is to learn the mystic arts for
himself.

He presents himself as a someone who has second thoughts
about the teachings of the mystic arts, it is revealed later, that Mordo’s
plans were already know to The Ancient One.

This whole incident was about Strange becoming a better man
who, stands for something worth more than money.

And he proves his mettle, battling numerous foes to protect this earth,
villains like the dream demon- Nightmare, Tiboro, The Tyrant of the
Six Dimension …and horrors like Beyond the Purple Veil, The Devil’s
Disciple and the ultimate test of courage in mystical combat against the
Dreaded Dormammu.

I have always enjoyed Dr. Strange’s exciting tales. They inspired me
to create my own characters, as a homage to him. His origin
is biblical in nature, The evil who becomes good and is
devoted to his personal crusade to protect all mankind.
Things that good bump in the night are afraid of the
good doctor, who is on the job. Because after all…
he is the Sorcerer Supreme.

http://www.ditko-fever.com/dmreturns.html

Totally Independent Book Show part two

2009-06-14T22:32:00.000-07:00

I have a few pictures from Saturday’s book show that I would like to share
with you. This was downtown Brooklyn located at Fulton St.and South Portland Ave.
Please, read my previous blog for more information.
First up, Nephrii Amenii is holding up the mini- poster advertising the
Event.

She is an excellent and cool person and to be congratulated on her
entrepreneurship in setting up this affair. A wonderful day of good
family fun with plenty of colorful books to look from an assorted
list of genres.

Next, a poet named John and his children showing off my graphic novel-
Little Miss Strange.

Jemir Johnson, author of Five Shots- a gritty urban detective
graphic novel beams with joy while presenting his book
to the public.

Brother Mike, who hand makes bath salts, bath oils,
and soap checks a cool pamphlet.

There was also and Africa- type caravan selling some excellent
art behind the street fair.

I certainly enjoyed myself and made some new friends and
isn’t that what its all about.

Totally Independent Book Show part 1

2009-06-09T20:40:00.000-07:00

It is time to give praise to those brave people who are self-published and are
pushing their work on the streets. Hence, This short promo about this event
coming this Saturday on June 13.

They will have everything from books on Africa to Graphic Novels about
The ‘hood.

And I will be there with my Little Miss Strange books and other stuff.

Fulton/ South Portland is the spot.

Take the C train to Fulton Street.

Starts at 10 am and ends at 5 pm.

Sounds like a comic convention, don’t it… but its not.

They got children books, African Folk Tales, Love Stories,
you name it, they got it.

So, if you live in the NYC area , drop by and browse the tables.

I’m going to see if I can take a few shots at the show.

Talk to you, soon.

ECBACC Show- Part 2

2009-05-31T18:08:00.000-07:00

Back to the show… while wandering around I stumbled
upon an exciting seminar.

Mshindo is an artist that I’ve heard of before… but I have never
seen such heights in artistry as in his newest project with
Actor Wesley Snipes.

It’s called Zulu Mech 1- The Saga of A Spiritual Cybernetic
Organism.

There was a preview of it at one of the seminars… truly
a wonder to behold.

Wesley Snipes introduces this fantastic animation, dressed
in glorious African attire with the spirit of a classic
storyteller.

Of course, everyone at ECBACC was awe strucked.

Mshindo was kind enough to even demonstrate how he colors
this enormous presentation.

But this adventure doesn’t end here, There was a major presentation
at the Jacob Javitts Center during the Book Expo America which
was this weekend. If you made that show, I’m sure you enjoyed
what you saw.

ECBACC Show- The cool one Part 1

2009-05-18T01:55:00.000-07:00

I love the spirit of this show. People of color coming together
to project fantastic and powerful black images of us to our children ,
family and friends.

I certainly felt at home in this surrounding, since I didn’t have a
table this year, it was cool to mingle and network with the
different brothers and sisters that were there.

Reggie Byers had an all- family approach to his Kidz of
The King concept. This was an Christian cartoon that
was featured in one of the seminars, that I attended.

Other invited guests included Prof. William H. Foster III,
long time comic book collector and researcher.
Jerry Craft, creator of the Mama’s Boyz comic strip.
Mshindo, artist for the Amara Entertainment character
Purge. Of course, main stream professionals were
there as well, like Jamal Igle and Rob Stull,both
who have worked DC Comics and other major
companies.

And check this out… Kevin Grevioux, the brother
who plays the werewolf from the Underworld
films was there, too.

Now, this is hot… more in a bit.

Pulp Heroes are Fun part 2

2009-05-11T02:34:00.000-07:00

Last time, I gave you sneak peak at a character called The Midknight Phantom.

Let’s go one step further and explore this adventure. Seeing as how I’m a
big fan of Pulp Heroes, Author -Jemir Johnson of Creative Elementz Comics
offered me an assignment to draw his propose book based on The Midknight Phantom.

It seem like a perfect fit for me, since we worked on a short Midknight
Phantom idea previously.

Originally, Midknight appeared in a story with 6 illustrations
and interior cover. I enjoyed working on that assignment, so much
that I asked Jemir, if he could ever consider doing a graphic
book of short stories of this fantastic Harlem Pulp Hero.

My prayers were answered. Jemir came up with a complete
set of tales for the 1930’s walking whisper.

Here’s an excerpt from an promotional blurb about the
character.

When Moonlight took hold unseen corners spread – the corrupt grew bold and preyed on the weak. Through this dangerous maze one warrior cut a path.

Walking Whisper.
Ghost to all.
He did not exist.

His Justice was swift and brutal. The shadows were his to command. His gun was an unflinching predator of the wicked when victims cried to the night.

Pulp Heroes Are Fun part 1

2009-05-01T04:30:00.000-07:00

My love for Pulp Heroes started by watching classic movie serials on television.
The character was called “ The Masked Marvel.” I didn’t know who he was but he
had a cool mask and was two- fisted enough to satisfy my interest in high
adventure. And yes, he used a gun but it was the fight scenes that
grabbed me. Man, it was like watching a ” Tales to Suspense” comic
in which Captain America was a back up feature story drawn
by Jack Kirby, come to life.

Of course, this started my interest in the slouch hat wearing avenger known
as “ The Shadow.” Twin automatics blazing with that chilling laugh,
seems like he was someone you should pay attention to.

Most heroes that were detectives stimulated my imagination and while
we are on the subject don’t forget that “ Batman “ fits into that
category as well. In fact, he was based on pulp heroes.

The full page illustration is a peep of a pulp hero that I am working on.
He is cut from he same cloth as the characters who were mentioned above.

BTW, Midknight Phantom is his name. He works mainly in 1930’s
Harlem… more about him next time…

Custom Commissions

2009-03-30T02:55:00.000-07:00

Yes, it’s shameless self-promotion time.
Feast your eyes on the art here and ask yourself “Can he draw
my favorite character for me? Yep!- I sure can, in fact all
of the artwork here are commissions pieces that you can
buy directly from me. Classic Steve Ditko characters
are a favorite of mine to do…hence, The Question versus
Rorcharch piece. Actually this was done for the fanzine
“Ditkomania” which is published by Rob Imes
and will be in an upcoming issue. Here’s an excerpt
from a letter that Michael Aushenker a frequent
contributor to Ditkomania said about my work.

"I loved Winston Blakely's TIGER-MAN spot illustrations so hell, yeah,
he's definitely my first choice to do the Question/Rorschach beatdown.
I didn't realize he'd be up for it. Consider him my first choice to
illustrate any of my columns, I can tell he's a fun artist. In his
hands, I think the Question/Rorschach will be such a great visual hook for
this column. Please tell him, next time you write him, that I loved his
take on TIGER-MAN, probably better than Ernie Colon's original
version!"

Thanks, Michael, I really appreciate your comment on my artwork.
Yes, Tiger-Man will also be in a future issue of Ditkomania. I did a series of
characters that Ditko illustrated when he worked for Atlas Comics in the 70’s
Along with Tiger-Man, I did The Destructor, NightShade…all of them
Atlas Comics heroes.
All of these illustrations are only $50 dollars a piece.

I also did a Dr.Strange that I will show in a future blog. This too, will
be featured in Ditkomania.

Of course, I’ve done a variety of art besides, comics
including Fine Arts, Graphic Arts, You can see that stuff
at…
http://serendipityartsales.net/blakely1.html

For more information on Ditkomania… go here…
http://www.ditko-fever.com/dmreturns.html

If you’re interested in other characters, and my commission
prices, just contact me at pozitron45@yahoo.com

Imaro

2009-03-24T13:19:00.000-07:00

Imaro is a black fantasy novel written by Charles R. Saunders, and was originally published by Daw Books in 1981. It was probably the first foray into the sword and sorcery arena by a black author. The novel was a carefully chosen collection of six short stories (Mawanzo, Turkhana Knives, The Place of Stones, Slaves of the Giant Kings, Horror in the Black Hills, and The City of Madness) which were originally published in Dark Fantasy a fanzine published by Canadian comic book artist Gene Day during the 1970's. According to this citation on the website Science Fiction Citations the term Dark Fantasy may have come into regular use because of Gene Day's fanzine.

In 2006 a small publishing company named Night Shade Books made a deal with Saunders to publish an updated edition of Imaro. This new edition excludes The Slaves of the Giant-Kings novella which Saunders felt held too many parallels to the present day Rwandan Genocide.A new story, The Afua, replaces it.

I have the pleasure of meeting Brother Saunders through the site called BlackScienceFictionSociety.com. In fact, I even did a sketch of
Imaro that I visualized during his adventure in the first novel entitled “The Place of Stones.”

Saunders epic character is quite the read, I’m involved in finishing
the second novel “ The Quest for Cush ” right now.

I highly recommend it for all lovers of Sword and Sorcery and
High Adventure. Just type Charles Saunders’ name in at
amazon.com and get your copy.

Winston Blakely
Author/Artist of Little Miss Strange available at amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Strange-Winston-Blakely/dp/1435708784/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237926269&sr=8-2

And check out this link, too….

http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/

Strange Origins

2009-03-18T14:50:00.000-07:00

We’re back on Little Miss Strange. After posting a picture of Nicole Bowen who
is the live action model for my character Scorpia, I decided to explore the origin
of this grand adventure. The costume was made before Nicole even had a chance
to put it on.

Guess what! - It was originally made for another person but that individual got
Silly on me. She was going to be paid to wear the outfit but still refused to do it,
Regardless of the fact that she agree to do it…3 to 4 months in advance.
She never return my calls and there was a big show at the Madison Square Garden coming up and the table was already accounted for… what a mess, this was.

Then came the day of the comic convention, a fan suggested a model that he knew
that was a dancer. By all means, bring her here…perhaps something can be salvaged
from this affair.

Enter Nicole Bowen, shy, sexy, feminine… at first the group of artists that I
worked with thought… hmmmm… maybe, I don’t know. But we were glad
to give her a chance.

But as soon as she put that costume on… she became the character.
Nicole even showed me that she had a sense of humor that was
like Bugs Bunny and she displayed the sultry voice of Betty Boop…
that makes a certain part of your anatomy jump to attention!
Ahhh- don’t you just love it when a plan comes together.

And fans thought that I design the comic based on her facial features, it
was amazing. Needless to say, this help sold books and so the day
ended on a perfect note.

Of course, I took pictures and brought them into Photoshop to create
a world for Scorpia, for an example check the previous blog

I wish to thank Nicole for all her help and for being such a gracious lady.

That’s all folks!

Winston Blakely
Author/Artist of Little Miss Strange available at amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Strange-Winston-Blakely/dp/1435708784/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237414039&sr=8-2

Bronx Heroes Comic Convention at Hostos College

2009-03-15T20:45:00.000-07:00

Saturday March 14,2009 was a nice day for a con. The crisp but clean winter air
was still lingering in the atmosphere yet it was a beautiful, bright and sunny day.
Enter Hostos Community College and its Comic Con which was free
to all the public.

First and foremost any venture first attempted will received some trepidation.
But fortunately for Hosto Community College its premiere Comic Book
Show came out smelling like a bouquet of roses. Dubbed Bronx Heroes
Comic Con for obvious reasons.
It had all the classic elements of a featured comic convention.

Great fun for family and friends of all ages.

Now an interesting point is that it did have some people who worked
or have worked for the major comic companies. Names like Alex
Simmons, creator of Blackjack and Mark Mazz both have dabble
in the creative waters of DC Comics. Go google their names to
get more information, if you like.

Of course, the spirit of the independent comic publisher was highly
seen at this affair. Which was a sigh of relief for all concerned.

Take for example, Creative Elementz studio, who I have the pleasure
of collaborating with on such upcoming projects as Viligilence,
and a fond favorite of mine- The 1930’s Harlem pulp character known
as The Midknight Phantom.

When the time comes, I will put up a few images of the nocturnal
two-fisted adventurer.

Now, there is a gallery exhibition from some of these same
Artists, for more info on that go to this link…

http://www.longwoodarts.org/

Back to the show, all vendors were strutting their stuff with cool
looking banners and nice indy comics, posters, etc.

Cupojava studios and Creative One Comics are the brains
behind this melding of inspiration, hopes and dreams. Because,
art is one of the highest expressions of Man and among people
Of color, an outlet for escaping some extremely difficult environment
circumstances. This was an blessed event.

With the help of Director of Longwoods Art Gallery Juanita Lanzo
and her assistants Vanessa Gonzalez and Kim a grand day was achieved.

Oh, and that Turkey Club Sandich I had from the Cafeteria wasn’t
Bad either…

Winston Blakely
Author/Artist.
Little Miss Strange available at Amazon.com Please click on the link below.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Strange-Winston-Blakely/dp/1435708784/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237191072&sr=8-2

Forgetful Comic Shop Owners…Really?

2009-03-12T00:30:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had your Comic Shop owner put your order on hold.

No? Well, I have and let me tell you I wish I never did. These guys want to
sell books regardless of pre- orders and you being a steady and patience
customer.

Here’s one tale of woe. I kindly ask the shop owner to hold a book for
me, until next week. Lo and behold, when next week arrives the book
is not in the pull box and no one knows where the book is. They then
proceed to make you think that you didn’t even ask for the book to be
put aside for you. Of course, they sold the book but don’t want to admit
it.

This Jedi mind trick is quite popular in the older Mom and Pop
Shops which not to embarrass the guilty I won’t mentioned their
name or names.

To make matters worse these demented SOBS try to get you to
pay for books that you didn’t order. Their logical reasoning
is- “ Hey, don’t go home empty handed.”

After the smoke clears and your head is hurting from this
confusion… You wish you didn’t like comic books so much.

Here’s another classic tidbit from a comic shop owner… I go to pickup
the book and find that he sold it and he tells me that I was not
missing much, that particular issue was slow.

Who gives a flying f&%k if that comic issue was slow!!!

Just let it be there when I get there.

Going postal on these bastards won’t help, So please, use multiple
comic shops in your pursuit of reading material.

It’s the only way to keep your sanity and not pay high prices
for back issues.

These misadventures will continue and most definitely will become
stranger than fiction.

Winston Blakely
Author/Artist.
Little Miss Strange: available at Amazon.com. click on the link.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Strange-Winston-Blakely/dp/1435708784/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236843255&sr=1-2

And check this other link to see more of my art…

http://serendipityartsales.net/blakely1.html

Talk to you soon…

Scorpia

2009-03-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

Today, we have a few words from Scorpia…

I've been viewing your earth very carefully... and I see you have a
Black President in the USA. Hmmm, very interesting but I also
see that by him being in office some folks have taken advantage
of this historical event.

I've never heard of Obama soap, razor blades or chocolate chip
cookies but some of the so called street vendors are selling
this ridiculous stuff.

I bet you don't get a receipt for this foolishness, its a cash
and carry deal.

But I am here to pimp my creator's blog today... Yep, he
wants you stop your Obama spending just for a moment to
check out his blog and purchase his graphic novel featuring
me... Little Miss Strange.

Now,once your done with that you can help the earth's
economy by going to Amazon.com and getting a copy
of my First Adventure...

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Strange-Winston-Blakely/dp/1435708784/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236584664&sr=1-2

And because your so nice... I give you pretty picture of me to look at.

I will be speaking with you soon....

You heard her, get on that graphic novel deal, you won’t be sorry.

Want to meet a Sexy Lady?

2009-03-07T17:54:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I'm not a Sexy Lady but I do know one.

Hi, I'm Winston Blakely. I like to draw, I like to blog, I like to talk.

But I'm sure you don't care about that. You want to meet a Sexy Lady.

Meet my friend, Scorpia--or Little Miss Strange as her friends & foes call her.
She's a black alien sorceress who is also a time traveler. I'm the writer and
artist charged chronicling her adventures for others to enjoy.

I don't want you to think that I'm just here to sell my wares and my discount gigolo services.

I will also be doing TV show, Movie and Dvd reviews, American comic history tidbits, random
musing and character profiles.

So I will be here often... Hope you will drop by, kick back and enjoy the ride.

See you in the funny pages and at the discount gigolo conventions!

Winston Blakely
Author/Artist.
Little Miss Strange: available at Amazon.com... Just click on the magic link.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Strange-Winston-Blakely/dp/1435708784/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236583213&sr=1-2