{"id":1801,"date":"2008-04-27T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2021-03-11T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:40:11","slug":"comics-movies-and-lon-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1801","title":{"rendered":"Comics, Movies, and Lon Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SBTSHjAJQaI\/AAAAAAAABLs\/BjmTKnCpCu0\/s1600-h\/z042708bill_black.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194007297361789346\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SBTSHjAJQaI\/AAAAAAAABLs\/BjmTKnCpCu0\/s400\/z042708bill_black.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">This morning I headed over to the <\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Daytona Beach Comic and Toy Show<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">. My buddy, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">Steve Myers<\/span><span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">, runs it and I knew that several other friends were going to be there as well. The plan was we&#8217;d all meet up at the show and then some of us would cut out for lunch. It was great seeing <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bill<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Reb Black, Nick Northey, Tim Gordon, Mark Gmuer,<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Chris Hanson<\/span>. I&#8217;d hoped to meet <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jerry DeCaire<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, but he was running late and arrived just as I was leaving. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">John Beatty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">Bella<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> were also running late, and decided to just meet us at<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\"> Uno&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> for lunch. When we left the show there had already been over <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">100<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> people through the doors, so it looked to be a success.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SBTXITAJQbI\/AAAAAAAABL0\/WEYG0-Q1DTA\/s1600-h\/z042708cz_lonmidnight.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194012807804830130\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SBTXITAJQbI\/AAAAAAAABL0\/WEYG0-Q1DTA\/s400\/z042708cz_lonmidnight.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\"><br \/>\nLunch at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Uno&#8217;s<\/span> was fun. How could it not be when you&#8217;re sharing table time with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bill Black<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">John Beatty<\/span>? <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bill<\/span> brought me some <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">dvd&#8217;s<\/span> that I&#8217;d been wanting to see from his <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">online movie store<\/span>. The amount of product that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bill <\/span>has available [ranging from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">horror<\/span> to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">superhero<\/span> to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">tv detectives<\/span> to&#8230;] is amazing. I&#8217;m especially looking forward to the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">horror movies<\/span> hosted by <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Lon Midnight<\/span>! [That&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Lon<\/span> and me in the photo above. If you&#8217;re not sure which of us is the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">horror host<\/span>, it&#8217;s the guy on the right.]<\/span><\/span>After lunch we all headed in different directions, but all plan to get together at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tim Gordon&#8217;s August Show<\/span>. Maybe we&#8217;ll see you there!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I headed over to the the Daytona Beach Comic and Toy Show. 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