{"id":1538,"date":"2007-07-23T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2021-03-11T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:37:22","slug":"mallow-con-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1538","title":{"rendered":"Mallow-Con Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUemDbECoI\/AAAAAAAAAmA\/l2e0lkz0ge4\/s1600-h\/z072307keith_brenna_bill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090508592914893442\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUemDbECoI\/AAAAAAAAAmA\/l2e0lkz0ge4\/s400\/z072307keith_brenna_bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">That&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Brenna Barry<\/span> surrounded by <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Keith Mallow<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Wild Bill Black<\/span>. For some reason the guys seem much happier than <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Brenna<\/span>. I wonder why? That photo and those that follow were taken yesterday at <a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collectorscomics.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Collector&#8217;s Comic-Con<\/span><\/a> in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fort Pierce, Florida<\/span>. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Keith<\/span> puts on the show and brought in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Brenna, Bill<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">John Beatty<\/span> as special guests. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Keith <\/span>and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Big John <\/span>always invite me along and since I enjoy their nonsense, I always make an effort to attend.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUeijbECnI\/AAAAAAAAAl4\/2TnGrOLERHY\/s1600-h\/z072307beatty_fan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090508532785351282\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUeijbECnI\/AAAAAAAAAl4\/2TnGrOLERHY\/s400\/z072307beatty_fan.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">That&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Aleissa<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> [hope I spelled that correctly] and her boyfriend. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Aleissa<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> is one of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">John&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">returning sketch customers. This time she opted for a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Batman<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Beatty<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> came through in style.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUefTbECmI\/AAAAAAAAAlw\/HMaF38r3Zhk\/s1600-h\/z072307cadre.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090508476950776418\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUefTbECmI\/AAAAAAAAAlw\/HMaF38r3Zhk\/s400\/z072307cadre.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Jesse &#8220;Cadre&#8221; Hansen<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> was set up selling prints and sketching!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Wild Bill Black<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> brought in <\/span>a bunch of his movies<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> and showed us the latest trailer [which features me, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Big John Beatty<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">James &#8220;The James&#8221; Howell<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">John Higashi<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> in a cameo &#8211; where&#8217;s our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">IMDB<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> listing?] for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">&#8220;The Ghost of Garganta.&#8221; <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Bill <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">also talked about plans for future movies as well as a possible <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">syndicated horror movie package<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> complete with a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">horror host<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> [the excellent <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Lon Midnight<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">]!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Big Beatty<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> was sketching away and each one was a winner. He was in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">ZONE<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> [and I don&#8217;t mean this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">ZONE<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&#8230; although he IS in it as well]. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">The Punisher<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> sketch below got a lot of attention from fans, but it was the final sketch of the day, <\/span><a style=\"font-family: arial;\" href=\"http:\/\/johnbeatty.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/collectors-comic-con.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #cc0000;\">a Joker piece<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, that won the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Best Beatty Sketch of the Show Award<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">As always, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Keith&#8217;s shows<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> are a lot of fun. His next one is scheduled for late <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">October<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">. If you can make it, you should!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUdzDbEClI\/AAAAAAAAAlo\/xtwNyF7llkc\/s1600-h\/z072307beatty_pun.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090507716741565010\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/RqUdzDbEClI\/AAAAAAAAAlo\/xtwNyF7llkc\/s400\/z072307beatty_pun.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s Brenna Barry surrounded by Keith Mallow and Wild Bill Black. 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