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TSA Bans Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Sphere Coke Bottles
Travelers from the two major Disney theme parks in California and Florida of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge will have to contend with a souvenir ban of the spherical "thermal detonator" Coke bottles, because of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it looks like a replica explosive The $5 Coke bottles are among over a 1,000 unique[...]
Stand Your Ground Laws Tested in Next Week's Immortal Hulk #9
Remember back in the good old days of the 1980s when there were no politics in the comic book previews we read each week on the internet? In next week's issue of Immortal Hulk, Bruce Banner is in trouble, having found himself at the wrong end of a shotgun in a trailer park in what[...]
ACS Ricky Martin
The media firestorm surrounding the murder would create a climate of fear, anger, and mistrust throughout the Miami, Florida, area for the next eight days Cunanan eventually committed suicide and his body was discovered on a house boat eight days later. The series also stars Penelope Cruz as Donatella Versace and singer Martin as Versace's partner, Antonio D'Amico[...]
The Weekly Static: Interviews E01: Ring Of Honor Wrestling's Jay Lethal
Lethal also has the distinct honor of having held both the World Television Championship and World Championship titles concurrently. RING OF HONOR / Oli Sandler Lethal was kind enough to take some time to speak with Bleeding Cool on a number of topics, including: how the wrestling industry has changed over the years; the role ROH plays[...]
Watch As Batman Robs A Dollar Store In Orange County
90 minutes later he showed up at a Dollar General on South Goldenrod Road and robbed that store too. The suspect is described as white or Hispanic, thin build, wearing a Batman mask and costume, blue jeans, carrying a backpack. Central Florida seems to be going through a mini-superheroic crime wave….   [...]
Rob Hunter Comes To Comic World, Florida, This Saturday
The thirty-three year old Florida comic store facing its end, Comic World, is still with us and fighting valiantly They still have a bunch of back rent to catch up on, but they are not down yet. Well, on Saturday, Rob Hunter coming out for a signing from 1pm to 4pm, alongside a sale starting tomorrow through to[...]
Florida Comics Experience Downsizes From Civic Center To A Comic Shop
Yet. The website for this year's third annual Florida Comics Experience, a one day comic con event, announced big changes for the show, taking place this weekend on August 8th The organisers wrote, At the end of last year, we began to work with the Eau Gallie Arts District (EGAD) to infuse some "culture" into our pop[...]
Comic Creators In Florida – What Are You Doing On Wednesday?
Patrick Potter owns the store Comic World, the oldest comic shop in Pinellas County, Florida, with his wife Currently running a big sale, he tells Bleeding Cool why, A few things happened that resulted in my falling behind on the store rent I've been fighting an illegal foreclosure as a result of mortgage fraud committed by[...]
Technical Difficulties Causes Frozen Screening To Heat Up
CinemaBlend.com reports that a screening of Disney's Frozen in Florida took a very non-family friendly turn when a clip from a pornographic film (or possible the extended trailer for Nymphomaniac as MoshNews.co.uk speculates) was used as "filler" to cover the technical difficulties the theater was having at the start of the film[...]
Social Networking Hits Article On Florida's Palmcon – And Its Writer (UPDATE)
I warn you now, no one comes out of this looking good. Allie Conti reported on local comic convention, Palmcon, a small but popular and growing con down in Palm Beach, Florida, for The Broward/Palm Beach New Times paper She came back with the headline "PalmCon Probably the Most Depressing Comic Book Convention in History" and continued; PalmCon[...]
A Comic Show – Bounce, Sex And Green Lantern
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8GvSmYcRPU[/youtube] Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop of Florida writes; Hey Fandom! It's me Aaron for A Comic Show's NEW COMICS NOW and I'm totally geeking out to Green Lantern #20! But I talk about other comics this week, I swear! First I tackle the Man of Action, Joe Casey, and review both his new book Bounce and[...]
Florida Comic Store Owner Arrested On Suspicion Of Dealing Illegal Substances
"The comic books now only make up about one-half percent of my business," Lewis said. The article also states; Legislation has also been proposed in Florida to ban the compound, but has not as of yet made to the Legislative branch for a vote. US federal law changed earlier this year, making all such substances illegal. [...]
FCBD 2012: Famous Faces & Funnies In West Melbourne, Florida
Well, Rebekah Isaacs, Jim Fern, Nelson Ortega, Joe Kuzma, Sebastian Piccione and Neil Jorge will be signing and sketching on Free Comic Book Day at Famous Faces & Funnies in West Melbourne, Florida, giving away ten free comics per person. And the shop will be continuing activities through the month, as Free Comic Book May, giving[...]
A Comic Store Owner Addresses Mark Waid
Phil Boyle of Coliseum Of Comics, Florida, writes for Bleeding Cool about Mark Waid's recently announced digital line of comics, and his comments about the print medium The visual to the right is from one Phil's employees. We have experienced a resurgence of interest in new and back issue comics of late There's ongoing excitement with[...]
A Comic Show – The Best Week In Comics Of The Year So Far
So this is a big week for the boys of A Comic Shop in Florida. A lot of Fear Itself and Fear Itself Home Front, and its similarity to Blackest Night, the new Herc, Uncanny X-Men Point One that's all Magneto trying to get better publicity, Spider-Man Annual without Chew branding, Brightest Day makes Aaron very[...]
Dead Gunman Inspired By V For Vendetta (UPDATE 3)
The Panama City News Herald reports that a man held a school board meeting in Florida at gunpoint and opened fire, after walking up to the podium and daubing a V symbol in a circle with spray paint on the wall That symbol will be familiar to many comic book readers and film goers as the[...]