Fire Proves Iron

[JCVaughn]

Want to see some amazing comic book work? Take a look what young Mr. Mike Malbrough (aka GHWB) has been cooking up with his incredibly cool wife, Page:
   

Fire Proves Iron debuts at the Pittsburgh Comicon.

You can check it out for yourself at http://www.fireprovesiron.com

[Nightwing]

Freakin' amazing stuff MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[president_bush]

thanks guys!!!!!

It's been fun to work on.  A few days and it's all done!!!!

Mikey ::)

[Delvie]

Welcome Mr President,
& might I say, I am sure many here will welcome & applaud your choice in career change.




Sorry, couldn't help myself. But seriously, excellent work Mike &

Welcome to Ana's Nuthouse![/color]

[president_bush]

Thanks Delvie!

Anyone have an opinion about print size?  I'm printing it locally through a nice pro i found.

It's cheaper to print at 8.5 x 11 or half that... 5.5 x 8.5 because there is no trimming involved. But what is a better size?  5.5 x 8.5 is sorta manga size, but would mean we have to resize the lettering. :-/

At 8.5 x 11 i might as well trim to standard comic size.

How do you folks like your books?

btw the book is 80 pages perfect sound.

Thanks in advance for the imput.

Mikey ::)

[BillyTucci]

I don't have any answers to your question but the work looks amazing and it's great to hear from you Mr. President.

Will we be seeing you in Pittsburg?

[president_bush]

Of course Mr. President!!!

Barbara will be there as well.

Mikey

[JCVaughn]

I don't have any answers to your question but the work looks amazing and it's great to hear from you Mr. President.

Will we be seeing you in Pittsburg?

Pittsburgh, you twit.

With an "h."

[JCVaughn]

Thanks Delvie!

Anyone have an opinion about print size?  I'm printing it locally through a nice pro i found.

It's cheaper to print at 8.5 x 11 or half that... 5.5 x 8.5 because there is no trimming involved. But what is a better size?  5.5 x 8.5 is sorta manga size, but would mean we have to resize the lettering. :-/

At 8.5 x 11 i might as well trim to standard comic size.

How do you folks like your books?

btw the book is 80 pages perfect sound.

Thanks in advance for the imput.

Mikey ::)

MCM -

I think you should go either manga size or regular comic size, tending toward regular comic size.

But seriously, awesome stuff. Have I mentioned that?

-JCV

[BillyTucci]

Pittsburgh, you twit.

With an "h."

Since when!? :-/

[JCVaughn]

Since when!? :-/

Pittsburgh Basics
Founded: 1758
Founded: 1758
Incorporated: 1816
City Population: 350,363
Allegheny County Population: 1,336,449
Median Family Income (1997): $38,200 (within city limits)
Unemployment Rate: 4.2%
Median Home Sale Price (1999): $53,438
Average High Temperature (July): 82.5° F
Average Low Temperature (January): 20.8° F
Also Known As (AKA): The 'Burgh

Geography
Area: 55.5 Square Miles
Rank: 13th Largest City in the Nation
Elevation: 1,223 Feet
Port: Pittsburgh is the nation's largest inland port, providing access to the extensive 9,000 mile U.S. inland waterway system.

[JCVaughn]

First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989
The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at Presbyterian-University Hospital.

The First Internet Emoticon - 1980
The Smiley :-) was the first Internet emoticon, created by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Scott Fahlman.

First Robotics Institute - 1979
The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks.

First Mr Yuk Sticker - 1971
Mr Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to children who equate the symbol with exciting things like pirates and adventure.

First Night World Series Game - 1971
Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in World Series history, a series that Pittsburgh went on to win, 4 games to 3.

First Big Mac - 1967
Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants in 1967. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's menus throughout the country.

First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962
The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery in 1962. For many years, pull-tabs were only used in this area.

First Retractable Dome - September 1961
Pittsburgh's Civic Arena boasts the world's first auditorium with a retractable roof.

First U.S. Public Television Station - April 1, 1954
WQED, operated by the Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Station, was the first community-sponsored educational television station in America.

First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953
The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old University of Pittsburgh researcher and professor.

First All-Aluminum Building - ALCOA - August 1953
The first aluminum-faced skyscraper was the Alcoa Building, a 30-story, 410 foot structure with thin stamped aluminum panels forming the exterior walls.

First Zippo Lighter - 1932
George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The name Zippo was chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the same time in nearby Meadville, PA.

First Bingo Game - early 1920's
Hugh J. Ward first came up with the concept of bingo in Pittsburgh and began running the game at carnivals in the early 1920s, taking it nationwide in 1924. He secured a copyright on the game and wrote a book of Bingo rules in 1933.

First U.S. Commercial Radio Station - November 2, 1920
Dr. Frank Conrad, assistant chief engineer of Westinghouse Electric, first constructed a transmitter and installed it in a garage near his home in Wilkinsburg in 1916. The station was licensed as 8XK. At 6 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1920, 8KX became KDKA Radio and began broadcasting at 100 watts from a make-shift shack atop one of the Westinghouse manufacturing buildings in East Pittsburgh.

Daylight Savings Time - March 18, 1919
A Pittsburgh city councilman during the first World War, Robert Garland devised the nation's first daylight savings plan, instituted in 1918.

The First Gas Station - December, 1913
In 1913 the first automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining Company, opened in Pittsburgh at Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in East Liberty. Designed by J. H. Giesey.

The First Baseball Stadium in the U.S. - 1909
In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York.

First Motion Picture Theatre - 1905
The first theater in the world devoted to the exhibition of motion pictures was the "Nickelodeon," opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh.

First Banana Split - 1904
Invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at Strickler's Drug Store in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

The First World Series - 1903
The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in baseball's first modern World Series in 1903.

First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893
Invented by Pittsburgh native and civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896), the first Ferris Wheel was in operation at the World's Fair in Chicago. It was over 264 feet high and was capable of carrying more than 2,000 passengers at a time.

Long-Distance Electricity - 1885
Westinghouse Electric developed alternating current, allowing long-distance transmission of electricity for the first time.

First Air Brake - 1869
The first practical air brake for railroads was invented by George Westinghouse in the 1860s and patented in 1869.

[Nightwing]

Anyone have an opinion about print size?

Ok... maybe this is just stupid...but I would suggest something that was large enough to read, but small enough to leave room for those random sqiggles that use up the rest of the free space behind the print.

Just a thought - FYI

-The other president bush

[Nightwing]

1963: The Solof is invented in at the Pancake House in Uppper St. Clair on August 18.

Casual dining will never be the same.

[BillyTucci]

Pittsburgh Basics
Founded: 1758
Founded: 1758
Incorporated: 1816
City Population: 350,363
Allegheny County Population: 1,336,449
Median Family Income (1997): $38,200 (within city limits)
Unemployment Rate: 4.2%
Median Home Sale Price (1999): $53,438
Average High Temperature (July): 82.5° F
Average Low Temperature (January): 20.8° F
Also Known As (AKA): The 'Burgh

Geography
Area: 55.5 Square Miles
Rank: 13th Largest City in the Nation
Elevation: 1,223 Feet
Port: Pittsburgh is the nation's largest inland port, providing access to the extensive 9,000 mile U.S. inland waterway system.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah blah...

Anyhow, I was misquoted.

[BillyTucci]

1963: The Solof is invented in at the Pancake House in Uppper St. Clair on August 18.

Casual dining will never be the same.

Oh who cares, you maniac.

And I want you to know that I got an even bigger knife for Christmas this year.

Watch it, star-boy.

[president_bush]

You guys are just plain crazy. Like the Stooges.

Knifey, Squiggles, and uhh...Jeff.

There is probably some sense to all of your ramblings, but it's such beautiful insanity as it is.

Thanks for the suggestions tho.

MCM

[JCVaughn]

You guys are just plain crazy. Like the Stooges.

Knifey, Squiggles, and uhh...Jeff.

There is probably some sense to all of your ramblings, but it's such beautiful insanity as it is.

Thanks for the suggestions tho.

MCM

Remember, I'm Mo.

[Nightwing]

Remember, I'm Mo.

dammit...I guess i have to be curly...again.

[JCVaughn]

Good golly, sir!

[JCVaughn]

I don't know if you guys have found out about this book yet, but it's JUST AWESOME.

It will be at San Diego. And it will be in Previews. Buy it, order it, whatever.

This will be remembered as a breakthrough book for Mike.

And for Page, who wrote it.

Read it.

Aloha.

[JCVaughn]

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=351323#post351323

[Delvie]

Looks interesting, I'll have to check that out.