Saturday, 17 November 2018
Friday, 16 November 2018
Ben Dilworth, Face Book and Naff-all
*It has now been over a year since I heard from Ben Dilworth in Osaka, Japan. Rather depressing since I have to rely on the rumour wheel and what I hear is not good.
*The Black Tower Face Book page has just been up-dated:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Black-Tower-Comics-Books-136656043030326/posts/?ref=page_internal
Apart from that nothing new to report at all. It was suggested I try Patreon to keep CBO going but I rejected this outright since every other attempt or suggestion has received a massive 0 as a response. Yes, funding CBO would keep things going but I'm not stupid and I realise that kind of support does not exist.
There is the online store -I no longer promote the caps, mugs and t-shirts as that effort wasted months of work and resulted in no sales -even after three years!
That is the depressing news. Oh, and Christmas is getting closer. Luckily I do not celebrate that as other wise I'd be cancelling it this year.
Ho hum
*The Black Tower Face Book page has just been up-dated:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Black-Tower-Comics-Books-136656043030326/posts/?ref=page_internal
Apart from that nothing new to report at all. It was suggested I try Patreon to keep CBO going but I rejected this outright since every other attempt or suggestion has received a massive 0 as a response. Yes, funding CBO would keep things going but I'm not stupid and I realise that kind of support does not exist.
There is the online store -I no longer promote the caps, mugs and t-shirts as that effort wasted months of work and resulted in no sales -even after three years!
That is the depressing news. Oh, and Christmas is getting closer. Luckily I do not celebrate that as other wise I'd be cancelling it this year.
Ho hum
Oh Me Oh My...Can You Believe The Bargains?
Ahem. Thanks to the Print on Demand company I use and its inability to upgrade its system and sort out technical problems; these books will be at a low price until after Christmas 2018
A 15% discount has been set on prose books on the online store and will remain active until 15th October.
These cover everything from UFOs and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to encounters with unidentified humanoid creatures, ghosts, poltergeists, mysterious and unidentified creatures at sea, on land as well as bizarre carcasses washed ashore. Loch Ness, Sasquatch, previously thought lost photographs of a city in the sky and others.
And if you want to concentrate solely on alleged alien abductions or encounters then UFO Contact? (receing some praise from the Centre for UFO Studies) and the follow up, Unidentified-Identified are the books you need.
All books have a Preview feature!
All books have a Preview feature!
Remember....Christmas isn't that far off!
the Hooper interviews is excluded as it is currently set at a very low price.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/hoopercomicsuk
UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant
squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and
ships crews
encountering true leviathans. This is a fully expanded section which also
refers to the so-called ‘Ningen’ sightings and video footage.
Extinct animals at sea that have been re-discovered.
The subject of Sasquatch and other mystery Hominids around
the world is dealt with including a look at the “Sasquatch-killer”, Justin
Smeja. Dr. Bryan Sykes and his DNA test results for TVs The Bigfoot Files as
well as the controversial Erickson Project and Dr. Melba Ketchum’s even more
controversial Sasquatch DNA test results.
Also included are two early French UFO entity cases that
still baffle.
Ghosts, strange creatures and the Star-Child hoax. All dealt
with by the naturalist and pursuer of the strange and weird
http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/pursuing-the-strange-weirda-naturalists-viewpoint/paperback/product-23770944.html****************
Below cover for smaller format version
I was told that it was probably a good idea not to reveal
all of the contents of the new book. Fair enough. It is 324 pages with lots of
photographs. If you have read one of my
previous books then I will point out that this new look at the chupacabra is
expanded on. I have managed to draw some
conclusions on certain previously unidentified beasts.
I am guessing that the conclusions in the chapter on the
Shunka Warak'in and the famous stuffed and mounted specimen are going to really
upset some cryptozoologists.
In High Strangeness and UFO Contact? I looked at the faults
in Ufology and how the subject needed drastic overhauling and I do the same
here regarding mystery animal research which seems to be full of charlatans and
liars out to make money rather than look for the truth. I try to give anyone
approaching the subject matter some advice and guidelines but 'cryptozoology'
and 'cryptozoologist' are two words they ought not to use.
Strange & Mysterious Beasts is the smaller format book
while Mysterious & Strange Beasts is the standard larger A4 format.
IGNORE the "only
ships from North America " as that is just
a site message error
I need to point out that, much though I really do want to
avoid this, US taxes are not leaving me much in the way of profit from
sales. I really do not want to increase
book prices since I think that at the moment they are fair (considering what a
purchaser gets and the amount of my work that gets plagiarized). I am told that it has to be an option,
however, I have until 1st February, 2018 to decide.
Anyway, enough publisher waffle, here are some of the
contents:
The Monster of the Forest of Mouliere
The Beast of Lyonnais
The Beast of Cevennes ,
Gard and Vivarais
The Beast of Sarlat
The Beast of Gevaudan
British Man Beasts
Bigfoot and Werewolves in the West
Midlands
The Strange Creature in Repton Woods
Bigfoot Returns – To Kent !
Werewolf!
The Curious and Frightening Case of the Hull Werewolf
The Gnome of Girona
The Caponi Close Encounters and Photographs
Return of the Shark Killing Thing –a Possible
Identification
The Dingellchough Mystery Creature
The Unidentified Corfu
Sea
Strange Sea Creature Found In Persian
Gulf
The Devil of Gatagon
The Supernatural Invasion: Slender-man and Black Eyed
Kids
The Sheep Killer of Niali
Mystery Creature of the Bay of Flamanville
Things Caught on Camera –Fact and Fiction
The Bat Creatures
The Owl-man
The British Pig-man and Snake-man
The Pictish Beast
Shunka Warak'in –A Hyena Too Far?
The Chupacabra
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Follow-up to Some Things Strange & Sinister. For those interested in Ufology, cryptozoology,
hominology, unusual natural history, ghosts and mysteries in general.
The secret history of gorillas -before they were officially 'discovered'
along with exclusive lost photographs.
Wild men of Europe, the UK
and US; from the bizarre to blood chilling. Hominology.
Giant snakes.
Amazons. The Giant serpent of Carthage .
Girt Dog of Ennerdale. The Beast of
Gevaudan. Crocodiles in the UK .
Silent City
of Alaska .
And much more.
Updated with extra pages and photographs.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/some-more-things-strange-sinister/paperback/product-23770998.html********************************
Terry Hooper-Scharf
530 pages
illustrated with maps, photographs and more
A4 format
B&W
Price: £20.00 (excl. VAT) special offer until 15th October:
£18.00
Prints in 3-5 business days
Since 1947 it has been claimed that UFOs/flying saucers are
evidence of aliens visiting the Earth.
Since the 1950s claims of encounters with landed craft and alien beings
were talked about but not taken seriously.
In the 1960s the subject of UFO abduction was a
"slow-burner" until the whole "Grey" abduction phenomenon
and claims made by researchers such as Budd Hopkins, Prof. John Mack and Dr
David Jacobs and Whitley Streiber.
But is there evidence to back up any of the claims -and what
about those encountering Alien Entities but who were not abducted?
Are these people all hoaxers, psychotic or suffering from
some other mental illness as some claim?
Are those people who were exposed by Ufologists against
their wishes, people who wanted to report what happened and then just get back
to their everyday lives -thrust into the media glare against their will?
And if US authorities were so interested that in one case at
least they broke into the home of two abductees and this was later proven -why?
Why did a hard core of these people never want publicity or
to make money from what happened to them?
Above all, why did a major UFO landing incident take place
on a US Inbterstate road in front of a large number of observers (all willing
to talk to investigators) never get investigated? If it were not for a radio
presenter interviewing and taking notes we would know nothing of the case -it
would be labelled "insubstantial".
James and Coral Lorensen -the Scopolamine Kids; using a very
notorious "truth drug" on alleged UFO witnesses and selling stories
to newspapers. An investigator (a
veteran) showing a witness images of "aliens" encountered in other
cases before any memories were retrieved.
Worst of all, the constant "pissing competition" and breaches
of trust between UFO investigators.
2017 is the time to assess the past evidence and look at the
faults within Ufology.
Not everyone is going to be happy -debunkers or ufologists.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooperscharf/ufo-contact/paperback/product-23719040.html
Smaller format version:
Pages 530
Binding Perfect Bound
Paperback
Interior Black ink &white
Weight 1.05kg
Size 18.9 x24.59cm
£18.00
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Terry Hooper-Scharf
220 pages
A4
perfect bound
paperback
Fully illustrated with photographs and illustrations
Price: £18.00 (excl. VAT)You Save: £2.00 ( 10% )
Prints in 3-5 business days
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The follow up to the comprehensive book "UFO
Contact?"
The Author spent 1974 to 2018 specializing in the
investigation and research of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K) and
alien entity cases; the former involving an Unidentified Flying Object and the
latter, apparently, involving none.
Previously unreported cases as well as 'lost' cases are
looked at as well as the possibility that some percients suffer from Post
Traumatic Stress Syndrome after their encounters.
A must read for those with a serious interest in UFOs
Some of the contents:
The Nottinghamshire
UFO Crash of 1987…or 1988
The Llandrillo
‘Saucer’ and Berwyn
Mountains
Strange Pennsylvania Entity
Encounter
UFO Abductees and
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
The UFO That Landed
On A US Highway
My Encounters With
The Men In Black
A Previously Un-noted
Alien Entity Type
Early 20th Century UK Close
Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounter with
a Boggart
Some Odd and Unusual
Cases
Rosa Lotti and the
Happy Entities
The Strange Case of
the Woollaton Gnomes and the Mince-pie Martians
What Happened on the Isle of Wight and at Felixstowe?
The ‘Lost’ Belgian
UFO Landing Case
Strange Aliens from
Outer Space?
Encounter with Black
Aliens and Landed UFO
Preliminary UK CE3K/Alien
Entity Catalogue
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After more than 30+ years as an investigator and more than
forty as a naturalist,the author has opened some of the many files he has
accumulated dealing with such things as..
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn,The Ghosts Of All
Saints Church,Dead Aquatic Creatures of Canvey Island,captured bigfoot like
creatures in India
-all exclusively presented for the first time and with newadded research
previously unseen. PLUS a vastly expanded section on Spring-heeled Jack!
Photographs,maps,line drawings and up-dated to make 358
pages looking at Things truly Strange and Sinister. Cryptozoologist,Ghost
Hunter,Ufologist or Fortean: this book has something for everyone -including
the just plain inquisitive!
http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/some-things-strange-sinister/paperback/product-23770974.html
Terry Hooper-Scharf
The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been
the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies and TV
documentaries. Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is
doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.”
By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was
and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him.
Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The
Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring Heeled
Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character
has also featured in both American and British comic books and a number of
books, for both children and adults.
But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of
terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten except for some
half-truths and fanciful theories.
Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack
Terry Hooper-Scharf
Paperback,
53 Pages
Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 tall (A4)
fully illustrated and referenced
£10.00
The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been
the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies and TV
documentaries. Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is
doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.”
By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was
and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him.
Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The
Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring Heeled
Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character
has also featured in both American and British comic books and a number of
books, for both children and adults.
But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of
terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten except for some
half-truths and fanciful theories.
Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack
And if you are looking at a more Comic related book as a Christmas or birthday present why not try a must-have for anyone interested in comic history?
From a huge selection of interviews covering the Small Press, Independent and mainstream Comics from the
Paperback
Perfect Bound
A4 (cms=20.98 wide x 29.69 tall)
B&W
365 pages
profusely illustrated with art and photographs.
£20.00
ISBN 9781326210113
Prints in 3-5 business days
Someone referred to it as “Comics 101” –background info on creators, how they got started, what tools and even paper/board they use. Damn near damaged my wrist because it is a BIG book. And Who exactly is interviewed in this book?
Karen Rubins -The Dark, The Witch and other books
Alan Class -the man behind the Class Comics series
Kate Glasheen -the incredibly talented artist on Hybrid Bastards, Bandages and other works
Tom Pinchuck -writer of Hybrid Bastards
Dave Ryan -the artist/writer behind War of The Independents
Jon Haward -UK artist who worked of Tales of the Buddha, Dan Dare and more
Ron Fortier -the man behind Mr Jig-Saw and Airstrip 27 books
Michael Cho -creator of Max Finder Mysteries and some really cool art
Then there are a bunch of interviews related to The Black Coat that was published by Ape Entertainment -Francavilla may be a name familiar to DC and Marvel comic fans these days:
Jeremy Colwell
Ben Lichius
Adam Cadogan
Franco Frankavilla
The comic character Gumby also returned to comics and that created another series of interviews titled: The Gumby Interviews (Gumby, himself, was never interviewed)
Mel Smith
Paul H. Birch
Rick Geary
Joe Martino -from Ripperman to Shadow Flame
Yishan Li -Seriously, do I have to explain who Yishan Li is? DCs Blue Beetle, the Buffy comic and much more!
Pekka Manninen -As far as I am concerned, Finland 's top comic creator and I'm not saying that because I am the UKs top Kapteeni Kuolio (Captain Gangrene) fan!
Lauren Watton -Pink Apple Jam and Sweatdrop Studios
Willie Hewes -Amaranth and Itch! Publishing
Emma Vieceli -come on. Star of stage and musicals not to mention one of the UKs top Manga artists -Manga Shakespeare, Dragon Heir and more.
Sonia Leong -another noted UK Manga artist whose credits include Romeo and Juliet for Manga Shakespeare.
Nick Defina -the man behind Septagon Studios and Scorn
Donna Barr -The Desert Peach and so much more that you can check up on at her Midnight Library blog. She's a comic book Goddess.
Roberta Gregory -The other comic book Goddess and pioneering female creator.
Roberta created Bitchy Bitch and many other characters.
Jeff Brooks -the man behind the UK editions of Classics Illustrated
Matt (D'Israeli) Brooker -from zines to "proper comics" including Deadline in the 1980s
Tania Del Rio -Sabrina the teenage Witch and more for Archie Comics
Holly Golightly -Broadsword Comics, Archie, Schoolbites and much more
Vanessa Wells -superb creator of a comic I loved titled Shrouded and much more these days -http://www.vanessa.withbits.com
Marv Wolfman -Yes. The Marv Wolfman.
Morag Lewis -another UK Manga artist who worked with Sweatdrop Studios
The Etherington Brothers -if you've ever been to a good UK event you will have seen the duo behind Malcolm Magic, The 8th Moon Sketchbook, Moon and more.
Nicole Damon -CBOs favourite fantasy art model. Nicole has worked with Ben Uriegas, Loprenzo Sperlonga, Greg Hildebrandt and others.
Olivier Cadic -the man who brought Franco-Belgian comics to the English language readers via Cinebook The 9th Art! Everything you need to know.
Mike Western -"The Guv'nor" of British comics with strips such as The Wild Wonders, The Leopard From Lime Street and so many more to his name they would need a book to list.
John Cooper -Again, a creator who worked on many UK comic strips from Judge Dredd, One-Eyed Jack, Johnny Red and many others.
Love Wild Life? Love Wild Life Mysteries?
These two books have been acclaimed because of their historical research and not just because Canids is the first book ever to look at the history, near extinction and return of the fox in the UK: both look at historical implications and deal sensibly with the claims of so called cryptozoologists -and you might be surprised by the conclusions.
Nature/wildlife lover or interested in mysteries -these two will be for you!
Cover prices will not increase until after Christmas 2018!
Canids http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/the-red-paper-canids/paperback/product-23742681.html
Girt Dog of Ennerdale http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/the-girt-dog-of-ennerdale/paperback/product-23769864.html
Nature/wildlife lover or interested in mysteries -these two will be for you!
Cover prices will not increase until after Christmas 2018!
Canids http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/the-red-paper-canids/paperback/product-23742681.html
Girt Dog of Ennerdale http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/the-girt-dog-of-ennerdale/paperback/product-23769864.html
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
BilBOlbul Cosa vedere e fare a BilBOlbul 2018 - cap. 1
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