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July 10, 2013 By Brian 4 Comments

Mondo’s SDCC exclusives: Drew Struzan’s Dark Tower and Martin Ansin’s Conan

It’s times like these that living on the east coast really kind of blows. Check out these two posters that Mondo will have available at next month’s San Diego Comic Con. As a movie poster fan and collector, it doesn’t get much better than the story behind this Dark Tower poster by Drew Struzan. If you […]

Filed Under: Art and Photography Tagged With: Conan, Mondo, Movie Posters, Stephen King

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July 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Listen up! I’m on this week’s Nerd Lunch Podcast!

CT, Pax, and Jeeg were kind enough to invite me back to the Nerd Lunch podcast. This time around, we erased elements from the history of pop culture. What did we choose to erase? Tune in here…

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Mondo

July 8, 2013 By Brian 12 Comments

Report from last weekend’s Toy & Collectible Show at the Timonium Fairgrounds

Early on Saturday morning, I made the trek to Maryland to visit the Dave Hart Shows, Toy and Collectible Show. Apparently, this show comes around twice a year, but this was the first time I had ever been — it won’t be the last! The show was held in the 4-H building at the Timonium […]

Filed Under: Shows & Events, Toys Tagged With: Batman, Hulk, James Bond, Predator, Superman

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July 8, 2013 By 21 Comments

This week’s assignment from the League: Hake’s shopping spree (redux)

It’s been a slow summer, and the heat seems to have taken its toll on a lot of us, but this week’s League challenge should get the ol’ blogging adrenaline going again. Hake’s Americana and Collectibles has, once again, generously offered to sponsor this week’s topic for the League… – Go on a fictional shopping spree at Hake’s current auction […]

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July 1, 2013 By 2 Comments

The League has spoken: Summer Vacation

Last week, the League of Extraordinary Bloggers was asked to write about Summer Vacation, and at least one response was about the John Candy classic, “The Great Outdoors.” Give these a click… Stunt Zombies Pop Rewind Diary of a Dorkette The Nerd Nook Travelling Pics 3B’s Toy Hive Shezcrafti Cool & Collected Team Hellions Be sure to visit all […]

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