POW! Comic Book Superhero Nite @ Forbidden Island 6/10/10

Written By Will Viharo
NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 10! All other details remains the same, cheers.
Alex Ross's cover art for The Age of TV Heroes



On Thursday June 10 (note date change), 8PM-Midnite, no cover, Thrillville is presenting COMIC BOOK SUPERHERO NITE @ Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda. Expect powerful cocktail specials with names like "Paradise Island," "The Green Hornet," "Web-Shooters," and "Shazam!", prizes for geek trivia, live supersonic surf music by The Deadlies, classic superhero cinema on the "indoor drive-in" screen, and most importantly - a COSTUME CONTEST! So don your best superhero/heroine/villain/villainess garb and swing on down to your friendly neighborhood tiki lounge and do "the Batusi." I'm in a comic book mood because of IRON MAN 2 and the recent FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, when I met one of my favorite artists, Ernie Chan, at Alameda Sports Cards and Comics. He signed an original print of Wonder Woman as well as an old "Batman" comic from the 70s, which is how I know him, growing up with his work back New Jersey. It was weird and cool, meeting someone you never thought you would, but opportunities present themselves in random fashion sometimes. I didn't even know he was a local guy. Crossing the span of time and space, we shook hands. Now that's cosmic. Cheers.

With Ernie Chan
 Monica and her sister Erica at Alameda Comics on Webster St.

Will Viharo

WILL "THE THRILL" VIHARO is a freelance writer and the author of several "gonzo pulp" novels including "A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge," "Freaks That Carry Your Luggage up to the Room," "Chumpy Walnut," "Lavender Blonde," "Down a Dark Alley," and the “Vic Valentine, Private Eye” series, the first of which, "Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me," has been optioned for a film by Christian Slater, reissued in 2013 by Gutter Books, which also published the new Vic Valentine novel "Hard-boiled Heart" in December, 2015.

Two science fiction novels, "It Came from Hangar 18" and "The Space Needler's Intergalactic Bar Guide," were written in collaboration with Scott Fulks, who added real science to Will's pulp.

Will's own imprint, Thrillville Press, has issued a three volume anthology series featuring all of his standalone novels called "The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection," along with another omnibus called "The Vic Valentine Classic Case Files," which include four novels from the 1990s, "Fate Is My Pimp," "Romance Takes a Rain Check," "I Lost My Heart in Hollywood," and "Diary of a Dick," plus a recent short story, "Brain Mistrust."

More recently published books include the Vic Valentine "Mental Case Files" trilogy comprised of "Vic Valentine: International Man of Misery," "Vic Valentine: Lounge Lizard For Hire," and "Vic Valentine: Space Cadet"; the original story collection "Vic Valentine, Private Eye: 14 Vignettes"; the erotic horror noir novella "Things I Do When I'm Awake"; and a collection of erotic horror noir stories, "VIHORROR! Cocktales of Sex and Death."

Additionally Will has had stories included in a variety of anthologies including "Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties-Inspired Neon Noir"; "Mixed Up!"; "Long Distance Drunks: A Tribute to Charles Bukowski"; "Deadlines: A Tribute to William Wallace"; "Dark Yonder: Tales and Tabs"; "Knucklehead Noir" and "Weird Winter Wonderland" (both Coffin Hop Press); and "Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror."

Viharo's unique brand of "gonzo pulp fiction" combines elements of eroticism, noir, fantasy, and horror. For many years he has also been a professional film programmer/impresario and live music booker. He now lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and cats

https://www.thrillville.net
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