True Blood Season 2

HIT HBO SERIES TRUE BLOOD KICKS OFF SECOND SEASON JUNE 14

In the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the mystery surrounding the serial killer has finally been solved. But just as things are settling down, deadly new twists threaten Sookie Stackhouse and everyone around her.
TRUE BLOOD kicks off its 12-episode second season SUNDAY, JUNE 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other new episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the show takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source. The show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people’s thoughts, and her soul mate, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). Alan Ball (creator of the Emmy®-winning HBO series “Six Feet Under”) created and executive produces the show, which is based on the best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.
Other cast regulars on TRUE BLOOD include: Ryan Kwanten as Sookie’s brother Jason; Rutina Wesley as her best friend Tara Thornton; Sam Trammell as Sookie’s good-hearted boss Sam Merlotte; Carrie Preston as Sookie’s fellow waitress Arlene Fowler; William Sanderson as Sheriff Bud Dearborne; Chris Bauer as Detective Andy Bellefleur; Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur; Michelle Forbes as Maryann Forrester; Alexander Skarsgård as Eric, a Nordic vampire; Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica, a new vampire under Bill’s supervision; Mehcad Brooks as Eggs “Benedict” Talley; Michael McMillian as Rev. Steve Newlin; Mariana Kloveno as Lorena; Anna Camp as Sarah Newlin; and Jim Parrack as Hoyt Fortenberry.

The 8th Annual East Coast Black Age Of Comics another success!

Yesssssiiiiiiiiir. I just got back from spending time with my black fiction and science family at the 8Th Annual East Coast Black age Of Comics. Upon arriving I saw my good friend Steve Harris a professional artist for Marvel and DC and I knew the day was going to be great.

What Other Comic Con will have Super President Obama ?
The East Coast Black Age Of Comics Brings Out All The Legends. Here on the right is Omar Balil Founder of www.blacksuper.com along with the creator of Black Lightning Tony Issabella.

Author L.A Banks of the Crimson Moon Novel series will be with out on July 19th for

The 50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone!

The East Coast Black Age Of Comics is where you can be free to discuss comics, sci-fi, vampires and whatever you like. Over the past 5 years Black people have been coming out of the closet about their love of sci-fi and it's been a blessing to be able to meet people who are really into it as I am , as you are and we are.

I did some exclusive interviews for the new site Black Sci-Fi and I will let you know when, where and in what universe that will be available. I can say I had a ball talking Black Lightning with his creator Tony Issabella. Talking vampires and myth with L.A Banks was like meeting a new "play" cousin. (L.A will be at our Twilight Zone 50th Anniversary!) It is always a great experience to discuss comics history with "My Uncle" Professor William Foster (or as we call him affectionately BLACK GOLIATH!)

Shout Out to Tonya Fields from South Jersey and Yuri Daniels who won tickets through 96.1 WTTH.

50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone

The Moon Stone Arts (http://www.moonstoneartscenter.org/) and Dark Seed Communications (http://www.thefictionandsciencejournal.blogspot.com/) invite you to unlock the door with the key of imagination that crosses over into The Twilight Zone. On Sunday July 19th from 2pm to 6pm The Moon Stone Art Center celebrates The 50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone. Join us for panel discussions of TZs politics, spin offs, and a viewing of memorable episodes. There will also be give-a-ways including TZ graphic novels of original episodes.

$5 donation requested

For more information and to sign up to get involved in a script read, volunteer, share a TZ inspired short story, and more. Please contact The Moon Stone or go to http://www.thefictionandsciencejournal.blogspot.com/


Raymond Tyler

A Note to Perspective Adventure Club Members

The Adventure Club
You have been invited to join
The Maryland Avenue Adventure Club.
You have been invited to join this club
Because you are
a known champion for justice
an elite super villian mere breathes away from world domination
a super spy
A bad mother , a black "dick’ and a stone cold sex machine
a double agent
a ninja of some considerable skill
or in the event that your are a girl have been known to beat up
at least 3 boys your age or older.
Physical qualifications
In order to gain membership into
The Maryland Avenue Adventure Club
You must be able to fly
Or a least leap pretty good
You have to be able to teleport
Have a cool ship
(leggo or better )
or at least be able to climb fences
Rules of The Maryland Avenue Adventure Club
Rule No.1 Do not tell anyone about Adventure Club
Rule No.2 The membership is a secret…you will not discuss known cyborgs, mutants, ghosts, aliens or highly trained humans and criminal masterminds who are in Adventure Club.
Rule No.3 You must pledge allegiance to Maryland Avenue Adventure Club! And when it comes down must fight with us …especially against "Mona the Magnificent’s All Girl Adventure Club" and "The Uptown Adventure Club."
Rule No.4 You must keep these rules at all cost. Even under threat of torture, capture, death or grounding by your parents.
Once you have passed the top secret initiation and been sworn into The Maryland Avenue Adventure Club. You will be welcomed and allowed to enjoy all of the benefits, including the secret club/tree house of MAAC.
Thank you for joining Maryland Avenue Adventure Club.
Timmy "The Tank" Thomas
6th Grade

The East Coast Black Age Of Comics

Saturday March 16th! The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention is coming to Philadelphia!

Though this is a celebration of African-American and other minority contributions to Sci-Fi, all are encouraged to attend.You can win free tickets to this convention, plus a super value pack with a t-shirt and comics courtesy of ECBACC by listening to The Breakfast Club this Sunday from 7am to 8am. In the South Jersey and AC area please tune your radio to 96.1 FM WTTH THE Touch! Outside of the area, please listen online at www.961wtth.com.Also at the Black Age of Comics Con, I will be there with some of my new reporters for The Breakfast Club!Raymond Tyler

Tru Blood On Demand with BLU RAY Features!

In a first, HBO On Demand® is offering a preview of enhanced Blu-ray features from the upcoming TRUE BLOOD(SM) THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON DVD that will give fans a taste of some of the extraordinary content available on the five disc, fully-loaded DVD.
Beginning May 4, and throughout the month on HBO On Demand, viewers will be able to watch the entire first episode from Season One in “True Blood Enhanced Viewing” mode, amplifying their experience with four types of original, interactive picture-in-picture, pop-up features that will be showcased throughout the DVD:
• Lafayette – viewers can get the scoop on everyone in Bon Temps with True Blood’s flamboyant and outspoken Lafayette, who dishes up everything from secrets about Tara’s crush on Jason to the history of the Stackhouse family.
• Vampire History – viewers intrigued by the vampire characters can learn more about how their favorites were “made.”
• Hints and FYIs – viewers get to unravel the mysteries surrounding the entire series through helpful hints and FYI pop-ups.
• Animated Maps – viewers get to explore colorful locations in Bon Temps through animated maps.
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Available in stores May 19, TRUE BLOODSM THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON BLU-RAY™ DVD will offer all 12 episodes in True HD 1080p video and DTS-HD master audio, allowing viewers to engage with storylines, characters and themes of the show on a higher level through the “Enhanced Viewing” mode. Along with the exclusive features listed above, Blu-ray bonus materials include a documentary that chronicles the integration of vampires, “Tru Blood” beverage ads that market the synthetic blood to “out of the coffin” vampires, and “Vampire Rights” PSAs.

Just The Best Comics Ever! The Day's Of Future Past X-Men 141 and 142

The year was 1979 (although the cover says 1980.) At this time The X-Men was still a struggling book for Marvel and most readers breezed by the multi-layered stories of Chris Claremont and John Byrne in favor of what ever Spider-Man was doing.

I myself was hooked the addictive pencils of John Byrne and further seduced by the pen strokes of Terry Austin. In my opinion the greatest artistic tag team ever. If I was hooked on the art of the X-Men , I was in absolute love with Claremont's writing. Though like my fellow X-Men readers, I was still in shock from the death of Jean Gray/Phoenix.

With out being psychic you could tell that The Dark Phoenix saga had been to these guys what Off The Wall had been to Michael Jackson. The DPS was about the best anyone could do or ever hope to. Still Claremont, Byrne and Austin followed up with 3 scary tales that were memorable and one of the best Wendigo stories...

Little did any of us readers suspect that Claremont, Byrne and Austin would give us the comics equivalent of a Michael Jackson Thriller. A masterpiece that would eclipse even their previous best. That story line that would make Phoenix a distant second best storyline was THE DAYS OF FUTURE PAST!

Out of no where Claremont shoves the Marvel Universe ahead 30 years into a dark , bleak world where heroes and villians alike have finally been killed or captured by the mutant hunting sentinels.

The images of Byrne's super heroes and villains with x's drawn over them almost looks comical. I remember saying to myself "Yeah right. They killed Reed Richards, The Thing , Spider-Man and The Hulk?" But later in the same book as Kitty passes the graves of all these slain heroes, it hits home that these few remaining X-men are on their own. As a reader you also felt cut off from the Marvel Universe and you wonder how and if this night mare will end?

It ends...beautifully and is one of the best stories every told.

Someone please tell all these hot shot Marvel guys who come up with these summer block buster story arcs that great stories really can be told in two or three issues. Try a good two issue story arc sometimes.

From the cover which is a comics classic now to the story itself...this 2 issue non-event has inspired hundreds of other comic book stories and covers.

X-Men 141 and 142 still stand...as maybe the best X-men story ever told, one of the best Wolverine stories ever rendered, and of Just 2 of The Best Comic Books Ever!