Name: John Morgan 'Bat', aka "BatNeal"
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Web Site: http://www.aymgeronimo.com
Bio: J. Morgan Neal was a founder, partner, editor and writer at Shooting Star Comics, is Captain Moderator JR. at The Dixonverse; the Official website of Chuck Dixon and is an all too infrequent contributor to Monitorduty.com. He was the co-creator and co-writer of GONE TO TEXAS and REX SOLOMON along with Gregg Noon and the soon to debut THEM! along with artist and co-creator Rob Bavington. He is the co-creator and co-plotter with Todd Fox and writer of Aym Geronimo and the PostModern Pioneers. Very soon will come the debut of Aym Geronimo's newest book, a collection of short stories from various writers with illustrations by Todd Fox, designed by Ethan Colchamiro and edited by Sarah Beach. Bat Neal abides in North Texas in the Home for Disturbed and Silly People with his cat Bootreer Float and enjoys playing dominoes and looks forward to fish sticks and lime jello day.
Posts by BatNeal:
The Super Force- Real Life Superheroes!
July 1st, 2008Seven people from around the world with real mutant superpower.
It’s Two, Two, Two Spocks in One!
April 17th, 2008E! Interviews Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto at last weekend’s Grand Slam Sci-Fi Summit.
Dallas proclaims May 3rd Free Comic Book Day in Dallas in honor of CAPE.
April 17th, 2008
April 14th — For the third year in a row, the city of Dallas proclaims the first weekend in May “Free Comic Book Day” in honor of CAPE, the comic and pop-culture expo. CAPE 4 (www.capeday.com) takes place on Saturday May 3rd at Craddock Park from 10am-6pm in the heart of Dallas. This festival of comic and comic art includes more than 80 comic book writers and artists for a free afternoon in the park. With several thousand attendees and over seven thousand free comics, CAPE has grown to be the world’s largest Free Comic Book Day event.
“It’s an incredible honor for my hometown to recognize my work and the work of my peers while we reach out to the community for CAPE,” said Scott Kurtz, CAPE host and creator of the web strip PVP.
Kurtz will also be celebrating the 10th anniversary of his web strip PVP at CAPE. The marriage of the two prominent PVP characters will be marked at the event by a wedding guest’s registry book. “I would like to invite all of my fans and the CAPE attendees to sign the guest book for Brent and Jade,” said Kurtz.
This year’s list of CAPE guest comic book artists and writers includes the new additions Daniel Way, (Wolverine Origins and Ghost Rider) and Andy Kuhn (Firebreather and Marvel Team-Up). They join industry giants Mark Waid, Chynna Clugston, Robert Kirkman, Greg Pak, Jason Pearson, Gail Simone and David Mack. With over 80 guests, CAPE! just keeps getting bigger and bigger! For a complete list of guests and to view the proclamation go to www.capeday.com.
CAPE 4 takes place at Craddock Park on Saturday, May 3rd, 2007 from 10am — 6pm coincides with the Free Comic Book Day events taking place all over the world. CAPE! festivities allow fans a chance to interact with top creators in the comic industry, get sketches, talk comics and pick up some fantastic free goodies including 7,000 free comics and much more!
CAPE 4 is hosted by Popsyndicate, PVPonline and Zeus Comics. The event is also supported by sponsors the Art Institute of Dallas, Martini Lab, Liquid Logixx, Christon Company, Courtyard Marriot, the Marvel Zombie Society APA and Korn, Bowdich and Diaz.
For more information on CAPE or if you are a comic professional who wants to attend please visit www.capeday.com or call Zeus comics at 214-219-TOYS.
P.S. I will be there! 
Charlton Heston Dead at 84
April 5th, 2008
He simply put was one of the greatest of all time. I am sure I speak for most older genre fans in saying that Mr. Heston holds a special place in our hearts. Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Omega Man, and more are part of what made him an Icon. Thanks Mr. Heston.
Live Chat with William Shatner at 7pm CST
April 4th, 2008Go on over to http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/ShatnerVision sign up and ask The Shat the question you always wanted the answer to.
Arthur C. Clarke Has Died.
March 18th, 2008
Few men can truly be called a giant of their field. Mr. Clarke was one of them. I have no doubt he has transcended to…something wonderful.
Obits:
Times UK
AP/Foxnews
Star Trek Pushed To May 2009
February 14th, 2008http://trekmovie.com/2008/02/13/breaking-news-star-trek-pushed-to-may-2009/
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Click above for the details. But the gist of it is that Star Trek is being moved to a May 2009 opening instead of Christmas 2008 to take advantage of the summer box office. And some speculate it also is a result of possibly less competition that summer due to the writers strike. All I know I is that now I have to wait another 5 months. Arrrgh! Fargin’ Bastidges.
Cold Cut Distribution Under New Management
February 13th, 2008Press Release:
As you read this, thousands of comics are being packed up and shipped
from their old home in Salinas, CA to their new home in Chicago, IL.
Cold Cut Distribution, the leading distributor of independent and
small to mid-size press comics in the United States, has sold their
company assets to Rogue Wolf Entertainment.
Retailers can still access the online ordering system at
www.Coldcut.com, but be advised that Cold Cut will not be able to
fulfill new orders while the inventory is still being moved and set up
in the new warehouse.
“We expect to be back up to full speed by the end of February,” said
Lance Stahlberg, Vice President of Rogue Wolf. “We’ve already begun
to reach out to customers and publishers, making sure inventory gaps
are kept to a minimum as we rebuild.”
The new owners will continue to offer the same flat discount rate to
retailers, and will seek to extend the same terms to all new accounts
with previous Cold Cut customers.
“As a team, we bring twenty-four years experience in the distribution
business combined with a first-hand understanding of the needs of
independent publishers to the table,” Lance added. “We have the
resources to take this company to new heights.”
Keep an eye out for more information in the coming weeks!
ABOUT COLD CUT DISTRIBUTION –
www.ColdCut.com
Cold Cut is the industry’s leading reorder distributor for quality
independent comics, serving retailers across the country and
internationally since 1994. They have consistently lead the way in
supporting and promoting independent comics in an ever-changing market place.
ABOUT ROGUE WOLF ENTERTAINMENT –
www.Rogue-Wolf.net
Rogue Wolf Entertainment, Inc was founded in 2006 with the idea of
creating comics for comic fans. They currently produce three
web-comic titles. With this new addition to their corporate
portfolio, their focus will be on helping their fellow creators and
valued supporters succeed and hopefully improve the comics industry as a whole in the process.
J.J. Abrams live chat on TrekMovie.com
January 25th, 2008
Starting at around 1PM Pacific (4PM Eastern/9PM
UK ) JJ Abrams will begin answering
questions from the set in the comments section. He will start from a
selection of questions posed by that time, but may also take new questions that
come up during the session.
JJ will be joined by producer Damon Lindelof, writer Bob Orci and exec. producer Bryan Burk. It is also
possible that other behind the scenes folks or actors will join in as well. So
feel free to submit questions to Orci, Lindelof, and Burk.
You can start submitting questions for Abrams now in the comments section.
Spock in Stereo
July 27th, 2007The casting for Spock in the upcoming Star Trek movie produced by J. J. Abrams was announced at comic-con yesterday.
Leonard Nimoy will reprise his role and Zachary Quinto (Syler from HEROES) has been cast as the younger Spock.
Abrams also announced that they are trying to figure a proper way to have William Shatner in the film as well.
The younger Kirk hasn’t been cast as yet. Likely whomever will be cast will have shown to have chemistry with Quinto in auditions.
Filming should start in November. Release date has been set for Christmas day of 2008.
It is springtime in the world of Star Trek again.
Gail Simone to write Wonder Woman
April 13th, 2007When the dust settles from the upcoming “Amazons Attack” story, Gail Simone will be taking over the writing of Wonder Woman. Simone is a fan favorite, probably best known for her time on Birds of Prey. Her first issue of Wonder Woman will be issue #13. For more on her and the title, see this Newsarama article.
What message?! …The one that you’re carrying inside your rusty innards!
March 16th, 2007The US Post Office is decorating selected mailboxes across the country to look like R2-D2. They are part of a promotion for an upcoming announcement of a new stamp, expected March 28. Details can be found at Yahoo! news and the U.S. Postal Service Website.
What If… Bill Nye had been bitten by the radioactive spider?
February 26th, 2007I was able to tour the Marvel Superheroes Science Exhibition now at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada. (That’s me in the infra-red colors and also next to the sign at the end of the video.)
This is the kind of thing you’ll like, if you like this kind of thing. I think the two websites I linked to above can give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. There are a few more notes on the exhibit in my Extended Entry.
Remember the “Joker Fish” story?
January 9th, 2007A newly discovered species of fish is named after Batman.
Happy 40th Anniversary Star Trek!
September 8th, 2006
Star Trek debuted on this date 40 years ago. Needless to say that it is an important date to me as Star Trek has brought me endless entertainment, joy and creative energy. To me it is the greatest television show of all time. So I share my celebration with you.
Star Trek Lives! Long Live Star Trek!
Live long and prosper
Captain John M. Neal
TVology 101- Star Trek Lives!
August 31st, 2006
Visit my new blog that is all about television. It will have commentary, information and special features. Come one and come all.
The first entry celebrates Star Trek’s coming 40th anniversary with some bombastic news and rumors about the movie in 2008 and the new television syndication deal for TOS!
The blog is also mirrored at TVology 101
William Shatner to be Roasted Ham!
August 17th, 2006
Comedy Central: Shows – Roast of William Shatner The one and only William Shatner will be roasted alive this Sunday on Comedy Central at 10p/ 9 central. This should be a doozy. And as fun as it will be to see Bill roasted it will be even more fun when its his turn. Viva Shat!
Aym Geronimo Artist Todd Fox On TV
August 17th, 2006Todd Fox (Aym Geronimo, Wolverine, Punisher) was interviewed on 14 WFIE in Evansville, Ind. You can view the interview in it’s entirety at aymgeronimo.com. Just click on the link there. Or click on the 14 WFIE logo below.
Todd Fox TV Appearence.
August 14th, 2006Ted Haycraft, the Fan With No Name had this to report:
Hey Everyone…
My good friend and comic book artist extraordinaire Todd Fox will be on the local TV program Midday With Mike tomorrow on the special guest segment which airs around 11:25am. The Midday With Mike program begins at 11:00am and runs for 1 hour on WFIE 14. Todd will be on showing & plugging his new comic: AYN GERONIMO AND THE POSTMODERN PIONEERS — Trickster (2006 Summer Special). So be sure to tune in &/or tape it if you can!!!
TV TED!!!
…………………………
Thanks Ted
You can still order a copy of Aym Geronimo and the PostModern Pioneers: Trickster at http://shootingstarcomics.safeshopper.com/16/cat16.htm?832
A Nice Song About Mortality
August 8th, 2006Older by They Might Be Giants.
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