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 Editors: Ed Dukeshire          Network Administration: Mike Imboden
          Mike Imboden                                  Ed Dukeshire
                                                        David Leblanc
                                                        Bobb Waller
 Special Thanks: Ryan Brewster     Anthony Palacio      Walter Tietjen
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       [-1-] The Bullpen ........................ Mike Imboden
       [-2-] The 25th Hour ...................... Mike Imboden
       [-3-] Comicunications .................... Ryan Brewster
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 The Bullpen
 By Mike Imboden


  Well, seeing as I _AM_ co-editor of this thing I guess it's only fair
  that I share in the duties and actually write one of these Bullpen
  pages, (wait, isn't that a Marvel term? Can I say that?).
 
  So what to talk about? I guess I should make it comics related since
  if I want to rant or ramble I have another forum to do that in. So
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  How about CBN since that's where all of us involved in this thing
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  Have you logged onto a CBN BBS yet? Do you even know how to access a
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  So anyway, here we have this wonderful FREE service and yet I know
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  The 25th Hour - by Mike Imboden
 
  I'm back from my little mini-vacation so I figured I'd share some of
  the highlights with you. I'm sorta cheating with this week's column
  since I normally just sit and write during the 25th hour of one of the
  days right before deadline. This time I have some notes and such.
 
  Friday 10:30pm: We're somewhere in-between Breezewood, Pa and
  Pittsburgh and I'm feeling sorta sick. If you've never been on the
  Pennsylvania turnpike I'll tell you that the service centers, (pumped
  up rest stops with gas stations and so forth), are anywhere from 20 to
  40 some odd miles apart. When one has an upset stomach this is NOT the
  place to be, trust me here.
 
  Saturday around 3am: I'm feeling better after visiting my friend John
  about three hours earlier. We're in Ohio now, about an hour and a half
  from Michigan. There is no one else on the Ohio turnpike and I start
  thinking that by listening to tapes I missed some radio announcement
  that the western half of Ohio has been blown to kingdom come.
 
  Saturday around 10am: ZZZzzzzzzZZzzzzzZzzzzzZZZZzzzzz
 
  Saturday Night: Somehow I get wrangled into grilling hamburgers. My
  grandfather, for some reason, wants me to use the charcoal that's
  already in the grill. I ask him how old it is but he doesn't know.
  They don't light. I go and buy some pizza.
 
  Sunday AM: We head into Ann Arbor, birthplace of some guy named Mike
  Imboden. The Wife and I decide to name our mini-van "Whitey" even
  though it currently looks for like a light cream color with a light
  layer of dust and dirt on it.
 
  Sunday night: Dinner at my uncle's place. We watch Die Hard on USA and
  laugh at the editing of all the BAD WORDS. Then we spend about three
  hours playing Donkey Kong Country. Those monkeys are too cool.
 
  Monday morning: Into Ann Arbor again. We eat lunch at this great place
  called the Mongolian Barbeque. The novelty is that you pile a bowl
  full of a meat of your choosing, (beef, chicken, lamb, etc) and all
  sorts of other stuff like veggies and different oils and then take it
  to this big grill-thing in the center of the restaurant where these
  guys stir fry it for you with these big wooden sticks. Very cool.
 
  Monday afternoon: I decide to look for some comic stores but we never
  find the street I saw one listed on in the phone book. We DO find a
  little store that has some comics, though. Too bad it's just a
  newsstand. Then we head for the mall and I finally get to visit a
  Warner Brothers store, (we don't have one close to us in the
  part of Maryland where I live), and I drop close to, well, let's say I
  spent too much money. Got some cool shirts, a hat and some other
  knick-knacks.
 
  Monday night: Back to Uncle's for dinner. We wind up watching The Lion
  King.
 
  Tuesday afternoon: We get ready to leave for home. I decide it's time
  to find my biological father, (my mom divorced him when I was a tot,
  and I hadn't seen or heard from him in over 15 years). He's not listed
  in the phone book and has an unlisted number. I'm almost ready to give
  up when I come up with a plan... I call the offices of the Ann Arbor
  News and prepare myself;
  "Hello, circulation."
  "Yes, this is Bob Bradley (not his real name). I haven't gotten any
  bills since I renewed a few months ago. Can you tell me what
  address you have for me on file? I think maybe when I renewed the
  address got entered wrong. My wife says it's my sloppy handwriting."
  "<chuckle> Sure Mr. Bradley. One second...."
  The lady on the other end comes back and reads me the address.
  "Hmmm, that's it alright. Maybe I'm not due for a bill yet. While you
  have my info handy, can you tell me what number I have listed? I got
  it changed a couple weeks ago after some kids started calling and
  leaving messages on the machine. I asked my wife to call and let you
  know but I don't know if she did."
  "Sure. It's 555-1212."
  "Great, that's it. Thanks a heap for your time. Try and get outside
  and enjoy the weather today, it's too nice to be inside."
 
  Well, that wasn't hard. NOW I have to get someone to call him.....
 
  Tuesday night: On the road again. As we leave the Ohio turnpike I ask
  the guy in the booth to hold an empty McDonalds bag while I root
  around for toll fare. I hand him his $3.50 and drive off, leaving him
  with the remains of a Happy Meal that The Son didn't finish.
 
  Wednesday about 4am: Back into Maryland. Along the PA turnpike there
  must have been over 200 hundred tractor trailers parked on the
  shoulders. This was a very odd sight. We pull into the driveway about
  5am. Now I know how Dorothy Gale felt. There is no placed like home.
  Even if the farm across the street just spread manure the day before
  and the air smells like the bathroom I visited my friend John in a few
  days earlier.
 
                           ******************
 
  Next week well get back into comics with a full blown report on
  Diamond's NEW Dynamics. Will Diamond buy Cap City? Will Cap City go
  exclusive with Image, Dark Horse or Acclaim? We'll find out soon
  enough I hope.
 
  Send your feedback, fan mail and flames to me at COMICBKNET@AOL.COM or
  by Fido netmail at 1:109/748 or on ComicBook Net at 23:403/0.
 
  Until then, I remain
 
M!ke
 
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 Comicunications
 by Ryan Brewster

                                               
                    
                        
                                           
                               
  ---------The Comic Book Net's Weekly Comics Journal---------- 
                       
Volume 1, Issue #18                                 Monday, May 29th, 1995
-----------------------<General Spoiler Warning>--------------------------

Capital Buys Friendly Frank's:
[Source: Paul Grant]

5/23/95 - Capital City Distribution, Inc. has acquired Friendly Frank's
Distribution, Inc.

Under the terms of the agreement, Capital will assume responsibility for all
FFD purchase orders and outstanding retailer orders. Capital will begin
servicing the accounts immediately.

Capital will also help liquidate over 1 million comics, graphic novels,
trading cards and related items in Friendly Frank's inventory. Capital's
customers will recieve a catalog with an upcoming Orderpak.


Ultraverse and MarvelVerse experience Cosmic Flux:
[Source: Malibu Comics]

5/20/95 - In an event dubbed Black September (the aftershock of the
UltraForce/Avengers crossover), all Ultraverse titles shipping in September
will be Infinity issues.

Black September: Infinity is the bookend to the storyline and the "first
look at the future of the new Ultraverse"... It will be written by Dan
Danko & Roland Mann and drawn by Steven Butler and MC Wyman.

Exiles: Infinity, to be written by Terry Kavanagh, will feature a turning
point in X-Men continuity as The Good Prof's brother, the Juggernaut, leads
a team of eXiled mutants into the Ultraverse.

Eden Blake and Lucasz will lose the Mantra identity, leaving a 100%-female
Mantra behind in Mantra: Infinity, by Mike W. Barr, Dave Roberts & Jim
Amash.

The Night Man will be transported to the MarvelVerse with no way home,
leaving his evil alternative in the Ultraverse in The Night Man: Infinity by
Steve Englehart and Dean Zachary.

Spider-Man teams up with Prime against the Spideyvillain, The Lizard, in
Prime: Infinity, by Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski and John Statema. The
comic will also feature Kevin's transformation into... Spider-Prime??!!

Adam Warlock shacks up in the Ultraverse for good, as Rune battle Annihilus
in the Negative Zone, in Rune: Infinity, by Len Kaminski and Kyle Hotz.

What universe clash would be complete without a Bad Girl(tm)?? Hank Kanalz,
Kevin Wes & Bob Almond will bring Siren: Infinity, as UltraForce bad girl
Siren is assigned to assassinate Iron Man.

Warren Ellis will write UltraForce: Infinity, with John Royle and Jeff
Whiting drawin' pictures for the issue that features the new Fantastic
UltraForce Four...??!!


Exit Enters Calibur:
[Source: Calibur Press]

5/25/95 - Exit, an award-winning self-published title from Britain, will
move to Calibur in September. The book will feature all new stories, and
will ship bi-monthly.


Angel Medina Follows Sharpe on Hulk:
[Source: Peter A David]

5/25/95 - Angel Medina will be taking over the art chores on The Incredible
Hulk after Liam Sharpe's last issue. Sharpe's last issue will ship next
month.


JBNM: The Novel?:
[Source: Various Postings on rec.arts.comics.misc]

5/27/95 - John Byrne is now supposedly considering writing a prose novel as
the next storyline of his Next Men superhero series. When I can get a
response directly from him, I'll follow up on this one...


WCG Comics Wins Xeric Grant:
[Source: Lead Balloons]

5/25/95 - The Xeric Foundation has awarded a grant to WCG Comics, in support
of its publication of the Adventure Strip Digest action-adventure comic
book series. The series features Rob Hanes, and is written & drawn by Randy
Reynaldo, who has been self-publishing since 1990.

Peter A. Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, founded the
Xeric Foundation for the purpose of assisting comic book creators with some
of the costs in self-publishing their work. Grants are awarded for up to
$5000.

Reynaldo will use most of the funds to generate awareness for the series
among readers & retailers.

ROB HANES is set in the modern day and follows the adventures of a private
investigator who works for Justice International, a private detective agency
with branch offices worldwide. The comic has been compared to such
properties as Indiana Jones, Bone, Jonny Quest, Wolff & Byrd, Tintin, Terry
& the Pirates and The Spirit.

More information about WCG Comics can be had by writing 3765 Motor Avenue,
Suite 1121, Los Angeles, CA 90034, calling 310-558-3611, or sending e-mail
to RREYNALDO@exec.csun.edu.


Superman is Reborn!:
[Source: Cinescape June '95]

5/20/95 - 17 years after the first Superman film, an article in the June
issue of Cinescape magazine announces that in the summer of '96, "you'll
believe once again that a man can fly".

The movie, currently under production under the producer Jon Peters, will
not follow the Braniac/Proposal-to-Lois plot proposed for the Superman: The
New Movie, which never got off the ground.

Jonathan Lemkin (Demolition Man, Under Siege 2: Devil's Advocate, Lethal
Weapon 4), the screenwriter for the film, mentioned that the comic book
scenario featureing the death and rebirth of Superman is a good "stepping-
off point" for Superman Reborn. The villain in the film will NOT, however,
be Doomsday, but the fate of the whole world should be at stake.


From: Kathy Pernisek <PERNISEK@EDINBORO.EDU>

Lois & Clark Breaks the Top 20!:
[Source: Kathy Pernisek/Reuters]

5/23/95 - Lois & Clark reached the 20th rank in Prime Time TV Programs for
the first time since its pilot episode last Sunday as it tied ABC's news
magazine 20/20.

The complete listing follows:

    NEW YORK (Reuter) - The top 20 prime time TV shows for the week of May 15,
as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Co.
     ABC had five of the top 10 and 11 of the top 20;
     CBS had none in the top 10 and 2 in the top 20;
     NBC had five in the top 10 and 8 in the top 20;
     Fox had two in the top 40.
     Each rating point represents an estimated 954,000 households, or 1% of the
nation's TV homes. The share is the percentage of households watching a program
of those households in which TV is being watched during the timeslot.
     Shown are rank/season rank, (x denotes one-time showing, program and
rating/share.

     1/2    E.R (NBC)                       23.4/37
     2/7    Friends (NBC)                   21.3/32
     3/1    Seinfeld (NBC)                  20.7/32
     4/x    (ABC Monday Night Movie)        20.4/31
     5/x    (NBC Monday Night Movies)       17.6/27
     6/x    (ABC Sunday Night Movie)        16.0/26
     7/4    Grace Under Fire (ABC)          15.3/24
     8/x    Home Improvement Special (ABC)  15.2/23
     9/11   Mad About You (NBC)             15.2/26
    10/8    NYPD Blue (ABC)                 14.9/24
    11/3    Home Improvement (ABC)          14.2/22
    12/14   Frasier (NBC)                   13.5/21
    12/x    Friends Special (NBC)           13.5/20
    14/43   Coach (ABC)                     13.4/21
    14/x    (NBC Sunday Night Movie)        13.4/22
    16/13   Ellen (ABC)                     13.2/21
    17/6    60 Minutes (CBS)                13.1/25
    18/28   PrimeTime Live (ABC)            12.9/22
    19/48   Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (CBS) 12.7/25
    20/16   20/20 (ABC)                     12.0/22
>>> 20/54   Lois & Clark                    12.0/21


Teri Hatcher featured in Starburst & Entertainment Weekly:
[Source: Starburst, Entertainment Weekly]

5/24/95 - In the May '95 issue of the UK Sci-Fi mag Starburst, Teri Hatcher,
the actress who plays Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of
Superman, was featured with a full page photo and a feature article.

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Teri graces the cover for the
Entertainment Weekly "TV's Winners & Losers" article. Lois & Clark recieves
a 2-page article, which basically relates how L&C sunk SeaQuest and includes
some quotes from Teri Hatcher, Dean Cain and Bob Singer.


Christopher Reeve Hospitalized:
[Source: Amy Roos]

5/28/95 - Christopher Reeve has been hospitalized in Alexandria, Virginia.
The actor who played Superman in four feature-length movies in the late-70's
early-80's reportedly fell off of his horse, and is in stable condition.
(I am ROTFLMAO as I write this! Read that sentence again...)



Baker Street Returns:
[Source: Calibur Press]

5/25/95 - Guy Davis will return to Baker Street this year, with a special
short in the 2nd anniversary issue of Negative Burn. A Baker Street one-
shot will be released later this year. Baker Street is the series
that catapulted him to fame, and he is currently the artist of the DC
Vertigo comic Sandman Mystery Theatre. He plans to develop a mini-series
for 1996 if the one-shot does well.


Tekno-Comix Gets Mysterious:
[Source: Cedrick Chan]

5/24/95 - BIG Entertainment, Tekno's Parent company, has acquired
controlling interest in Fedora Inc., the owner & publisher of Mystery Scene
Magazine. The magazine is one of the leading publications of the mystery
genre.

BIG and Tekno Comix plan to bring the magazine online in the near future.
The On-Line forum will feature first-run publications of original short
stories, reviews & columns and excerpts from upcoming mystery novels.


Prime and Spidey team up in September:
[Source: Hank Kanalz]

5/24/95 - Spider-Man and Prime will team up in September as part of the
Black September event. Kevin Green will be sent to the Marvel Universe,
where he will meet the famous web-slinger.


Spawn PowerCardz Card Game:
[Source: Calibur Press]

5/25/95 - The upcoming Spawn PowerCardz game, to be released in August, will
be a complete game in & of itself, but will also tie in to the PowerCardz so
that the complete playability will be over 480 cards. Many other universes
will be included in the card game, including Big Bang, AmeriComics, UN
Force, Stormquest and more.


Simonson and... Zeerus?
[Source: Cedric Chan]

5/26/95 - Walt Simonson (Thor, Star Slammers) has signed to draw two covers
for Tekno-Comix's Leanord Nimoy's Primortals, with other projects in
negotiation.


Renfield Cancelled/Released..?:
[Source: Calibur Press]

5/25/95 - The 4th and 5th issues of Renfield from Calibur Press have been
cancelled, citing scheduling problems. The two issues as well as the
unsolicited issue #6 will be released as a special graphic novel. The 160-
page, $7.95 graphic novel will collect issues 1-3 as well as the unpublished
4-6, and a gallery of artists interpreting Dracula and Renfield.


Kabuki Color Special:
[Source: Calibur Press]

5/25/95 - Kabuki, star of the popular Kabuki title, will be the focus of a
special full-color book featuring various artists' interperetations of
Kabuki.


Mantra #24 to Feature "Catfight of the Year":
[Source: Malibu Comics]

5/17/95 - Mantra and Topaz will meet in Mantra #24 in a story entitled "Doom
of the Duplicate Swords". The stand-alone issue will be written and drawn
by the regular creative team of Mike W. Barr, Dave Roberts and Jim Amash.
The issue will feature guest appearances by Prime and Ghoul, and will focus
on Topaz's quest for the Sword of Fangs.


Comic Stamps Debut:
[Source: Michael Kelly]

5/19/95 - Twenty 32 stamps featuring various comic strip designs will be
issued on Oct. 1st 1995 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the comic
strip. Characters featured are: The Yellow Kid, Krazy Kat (and Ignatz),
Barney Google (and Spark Plug), Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner, Katzenjammer Kids,
Rube Goldberg's inventions, Little Orphan Annie, Alley Oop, Terry and the
Pirates, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Toonerville folks, Popeye (Thimble
Theatre), Nancy, Prince Valiant, Bringing up Father, Gasoline Alley, Blondie,
Flash Gordon, and Brenda Star.

The sheet is labelled "Comic Strip Classics" and has a "bonus" sketch of
Dagwood at the top. The stamps will have a small amount of text on the back
of them before the gum is applied.


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Relayed by Matt High of Antarctic Press:
 
NEWS:  Capital City buys Friendly Frank's
From: Matthew High <antarc@texas.net>
Date: 24 May 1995 01:42:54 GMT
 
I haven't seen anyone break the news here yet, so I might as well.
The following message was posted to Compuserve by Paul Grant earlier
this afternoon.
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Madison, Wis.  --  Capital City Distribution, Inc., a leading
worldwide distributor of comic books, trading cards, games, videos,
and media and pop culture items, has acquired Friendly Frank's
Distribution, Inc. (FFD).  Capital will begin servicing the hundreds
of FFD accounts immediately.
 
Under the terms of the agreement, Capital will assume responsibility
for all FFD purchase orders and outstanding retailer orders.  It will
also assist in helping collect the company's accounts receivable.
 
FFD stockholders Frank and Carol Mangiaracina will remain in close
contact with retailers to maintain a smooth transition.  "In the short
run, retailers will be assured to receive all their books, including
DC titles, with no interruption in service.  In the long run,
retailers need to ally themselves with a distributor who is agile and
visionary -- perhaps the two most necessary factors for success in the
forthcoming new world order," said Carol, FFD operations director.
"Capital has always had the largest product line in the business,
supported by the most regarded magalog, and they've been taking market
share from their largest competitor."
 
"We are taking aggressive steps to favorably position Capital in a
period of rapid and extreme change in the comic book industry," said
Milton Griepp, Capital's president.  "This is another way of tying us
to the growth of the market."
 
He emphasized that Capital is not buying most of FFD's assets or
liabilities, although the ongoing service of customers would be
Capital's responsibility.
 
The agreement with FFD also calls for Capital to help liquidate more
than one million comic books, graphic novels, trading cards, and
related items currently in the company's inventory.  Capital's 3,500
customers will receive a catalog of this merchandise with an upcoming
Orderpak.
 
"We intend to provide service to FFD customers in Chicago, Dallas,
Detroit, and Kansas City with minimal disruption," said Griepp.
Capital will keep the Kansas City and Dallas operations open to fully
evaluate the business opportunities, while Detroit and Chicago
eventually will be closed and merged into Capital locations already in
those cities.
 
---------------
 
Friendly Frank's is (was) the third largest distributor in the US,
with 1-2% of the overall direct market.  With the subsumption of FFD,
the remaining "original" distributors are:  Diamond, Capital City,
Comics Hawaii, Multi Books, and Styx.  The comic direct market has
effectively become a biopoly.
 
Best,
  - mlh


 *David LeBlanc>             ComicBkNet@AOL.COM
 david.leblanc@gaquatic.iii.net  RIME->5179  FIDO 1:322/518
 

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 Q  Medics Meeting House   Hinsdale      NH  603-256-6931  Doug Munson
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 F  Gananoque System's BBS Gananoque    ONT  613-382-1788  Mike Serson
 F* The Menagerie          Kalamazoo     MI  616-349-9438  Rick O'Dell
 Q  Corner Mailbox BBS     Lakeside      CA  619-561-2961  Joy Manning
 B  Crystal Aerie          Arlington     VA  703-415-0134  Spencer Greenwald
 F  Wall Street Pub        Houston       TX  713-398-9260  C. Lawrence Heath
 F* The RASTER Line        Houston       TX  713-568-0825  Jeff Watts
 F  X-Mansion BBS          Astoria       NY  718-204-0159  Benny Powell
 F  The Downward Spiral    Burlington    VT  802-860-2948  Jason Little
 F  Brand X BBS            Burlington    VT  802-863-1591  Earl Benway
 B  The Lost Realm         Williston     VT  802-864-7021  Joe Kanfer
 F  Montmorenci Express    Montmorenci   SC  803-641-9090  Lloyd Vanfossen
 F  Young Blood            Killeen       TX  817-699-2254  T.J. Gohl
 Q  Oak Street BBS         Ft. Walton    FL  904-244-7434  Michael Fischer
 Q  Extreme Online         Jacksonville  FL  904-363-6347  Eric Cohen
 F  Nature Coast BBS       Weeki Watchee FL  904-596-6234  Kim Breckenridge
 F  Steel Dog Cafe'        Destin        FL  904-654-9385  Keith Schultz
 F  Dark Knight BBS        St.Catharine ONT  905-938-1670  Michael Cross
 Q  MSC Computers          Riverside     CA  909-685-4393  Michael Carpenter
 F  Starbase : Red Dwarf   Saugerties    NY  914-247-9601  John Dragun
 B  Gotham City BBS        Spring Valley NY  914-426-3029  Gerald Schranz
 F  Orion BBS              Odessa        TX  915-530-2712  Dennis Brown
 F  Snart's Dreamland      Collinsville  OK  918-371-0980  Jeff Bennett
 F  Electronic Hangover    Durham        NC  919-286-4542  Richard Lee
 F  Psychotronic           Durham        NC  919-286-7738  Richard Lee
 F* TI-Raliegh Maximus     Raliegh       NC  919-833-3412  Walter Tietjan
 F  Crystal Winds          Raliegh       NC  919-870-9785  Mike Gurkin
 F  Allied Group           Kresgeville   PA  *MAIL ONLY!*  Robert Zellers


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