Monday, April 20, 2009

Steve Savage--battling Korean Communists since the '50s!

One of the benefits of running Atomic Kommie Comics™ is being able to do customized presents for birthdays, holidays, and joyous events like bridal and baby showers (and, at cost, yet)...
I was preparing items for one such baby shower whose invite had...unusual...suggestions for nursery decor gifts; aircraft, specifically fighter aircraft!
(The baby will be a boy, and his dad is in the Air National Guard!)

"No problem", we thought!
After all, Atomic Kommie Comics™ has a whole section on War: Past, Present, & Future™!
So, we planned several customized items, including a bib, newborn onesie, wall clock, and 12-month wall calendar, all with the required fighter theme!
However, a quick glance revealed a minor problem; while we had over a dozen covers with military aircraft, we had only nine with fighters! The others were bombers!
We needed twelve for the calendar!
A quick look thru the extensive Atomic Kommie Comics™ archives showed a whole set of classic comics we hadn't yet touched...Captain Steve Savage and his Jet Fighters!
BINGO!
We selected the three best covers and loaded them up to the calendar template to give us an even dozen images!
Problem solved!
It's gonna be an interesting baby shower, eh? ;-)

And, after doing the calendar, we decided to add all three Captain Steve Savage covers to our Korean Police Action kool kollectibles collection for the perusal (and purchase) of all you veterans, relatives of vets, and / or war comics fans!

Get Steve Savage in your sights, before he gets his sights on you!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Fantastic Femmes--Maria Conchita Alonzo

Born in Cuba, raised in Venezuela, Maria Conchita Alonso won several beauty pageants including Miss Teenager of the World and Miss Venezuela.
She became a popular actress in Latin America, performing in ten telenovelas.
In 1982, she emigrated to the US, where she's done movies, tv, and several albums in both English and Spanish!
Trivia:
Turned down the role of Lupe Lamora in the Eon James Bond 007 film License to Kill! (Role went to Talisa Soto)
Speaks four languages fluently--English, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Became a naturalized American citizen in 2005!
Genre appearances include...
Dark Moon Rising (Sam)
Tranced (Libra)
Red Canvas (Maria Sanchez)
Stan Lee's Condor (Maria Valdez)
CSI: Miami "Blood Moon"
Birth of Babylon aka Return to Babylon aka Silent Madness (Lupe Velez)
The Dead One (Sister Rosa)
KingPin (Ariela)
Robbery Homicide Division "A Life of it's Own"
Code Conspiracy (Rachel)
Touched by an Angel "Hearts"
Outer Limits [1998] "Vaccine"
BlackHeart (Annette)
FX the Series (Elena Serrano) McBain (Christina)
Predator 2 (Leona Cantrell)
Vampire's Kiss (Alva Restrepo)
Running Man (Amber Mendez)
Extreme Prejudice (Sarita Cisneros)
Blood Ties (Caterina Ammirati)
Fear City (Silver)
Knight Rider "Forget Me Knot"
Fantasy Island "Beautiful Skeptic / Lost Platoon"

Check out...
Her Official WebSite

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Star Trek--The Second Coming!

The trend of "rebooting" already-existing sci-fi / fantasy franchises continues...
Some have been successful (Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, Batman, James Bond).
Some have been abject failures (Flash Gordon).
Some never got past the tv pilot stages (Lone Ranger, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel.)
(Note: Neither Doctor Who nor Superman Returns are reboots!
Dr Who is a continuation of the old series and Superman Returns was a sequel to Superman II, ignoring III & IV, and probably Supergirl.)
Jury's out on Star Trek, until I see it...
Interesting to note Nyota Uhura is given the third slot normally-allocated to McCoy. Hopefully, she'll have more to do than just "opening hailing frequencies"...
(We'll be covering Nyota Uhuras past and present in upcoming Fantastic Femmes entries!)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Pirates of Somalia--now on Dark Shirts!

Keeping on the cutting edge of current events, Atomic Kommie Comics™ presents a trio of designs NOW ON DARK SHIRTS commemorating the defeat of the Somalian pirates who learned...
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE U.S!
Pirates? Bring 'Em On!
Pirates Asked for It!
Threaten Americans? DON'T!