From: sewon@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (WAYNE WONG)
Subject: Information and Rumors
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date:  5 Oct 1992 13:09 EST  

Hello.
I attended the Motor City Comics Convention held in Detroit this weekend.  
I thought I'd share some of my impressions, information, and rumors with 
you all.

MARVEL:
- Marvel has compiled a "Death List" of 10 "Major Marvel characters" that 
may be killed off.  No hints as to who is on the list.  I wonder if these 
"deaths" will be as hyped up as the Superman fiasco.
- A storyline has been proposed where a "Major Marvel Character" tests HIV 
positive for the AIDS virus.  Again, no hints as to which character.  The 
storyline is awaiting approval.
- Wolverine and Terror (? a character from Cage?  I don't read the book) 
will be involved in a storyline concerning a prototype of Wolverine's 
Adamantium skeleton.  Terror wants the prototype; Wolverine wants to 
prevent him from getting it.
- Venom will be getting his own mini-series sometime in '93.
- Black Panter will also be getting a mini-series (or new series?).
- Iron Fist will be getting another series.  The art will be by Jae Lee 
and I think the writing will be by John Byrne.
- X-Men 2099 is in the works.  No other information about the project.
- James Cameron is still pursuing the Spider-Man movie.
- A project about Dinosaurs is in the works.

IMAGE:
- In attendance from Image were Eric Larson, Marc Silvestri, Dale Keown and 
Brian Hutton.  During registration for the convention (over 3,000 people 
attended Saturday), everyone received a numbered ticket.  The tickets were 
used for admittance into the Image room where the artists were signing
books.  A limit of two books per artist was imposed at the beginning of the 
convention.  This limit was later changed to one book per artist due to the 
huge lines, etc.  Considering all the attention the Image guys were getting 
I felt bad for some of the other creators that were in attendance.
- Larson and Keown were friendly enough.  Not everyone from Image are Ego 
maniacs.
- Cyberforce "ash-tray" books were available for sale.  The books are 
black and white reproductions of issue 1 and feature a profile on each 
character in Cyberforce.  Each book is signed by Silvestri.  Yes, I fell 
for the gimick.  (How much are these things worth?  I was told that they 
are selling for $15.00 and higher on the West coast.)
- I saw some original art from "Pitt" by Dale Keown.  Wow!  No wonder 
why he takes so long to draw an issue.  Good Stuff!  Unfortunately, Dale 
does not plan on selling any of his Pitt art in the near future.

GENERAL:
- I only attended the convention on Saturday so I missed out on the Sunday 
activities.  I also missed a lot of the speakers, etc.; I was busy hunting 
for books.  
- As on RAC.Marketplace, prices varied all over the spectrum.  Great deals 
were available for those willing to search for them.  I saw a Unity 0, Red 
Bar available for $50.00.
- Pre-Unity Valiants were scarce and expensive.

Well, that's all I can remember at the moment.  This was my first convention 
and I had a blast!  I would encourage everyone that never attended a 
convention to do so.  They are well worth it.

Thanks for listening,
 - Wayne.
 =========================================================================
    W                     O                     N                     G
 =========================================================================
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc