Collecting Channel Launches Comics Collectors' MicroChannel.NORFOLK, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--Collecting Channel, the Internet's leading multimedia resource for the collecting community, is expanding its services to create the new Comics MicroChannel. One of a dynamic group of new MicroChannels accessible from the very popular Collecting Channel MacroChannel, the Comics MicroChannel is the one-stop place on the Internet for collectors of comic books, comic strips
The Comics MicroChannel is edited by long-time comics collector Ted White. He was written up in the Washington Daily News in the mid-'50s as "The Boy With 10,000 Comics." By then he'd published the first issue of the EC Comics fanzine fan·zine n. An amateur-produced magazine written for a subculture of enthusiasts devoted to a particular interest: a science fiction fanzine. , Potrzebie, and had visited the offices of EC Comics in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , a not uncommon pilgrimage of the day. In the '60s he met and became friends with Marvel Comics' Stan Lee For the fictional character of this name, see . Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922[1]) is an American writer, editor, former Chairman of Marvel Comics, and memoirist. , and wrote the Bantam Bantam Former city and sultanate, Java. It was located at the western end of Java between the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. In the early 16th century it became a powerful Muslim sultanate, which extended its control over parts of Sumatra and Borneo. Captain America book, The Great Gold Steal, at Stan's suggestion. After years of editing science fiction magazines The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , White became the editor of Heavy Metal in '79, producing what collectors deem to be the all-time best issues of that sophisticated comic book. White worked in retail comics distribution in the late eighties and early nineties, keeping his thumb on the buyers' pulses. He's also seen the publication of over a dozen of his own science fiction novels. "Comics were one of the fixtures of my life from before I learned to read," Ted says. "I used to lie on the floor and stare at the daily newspaper strips -- and try to figure out what was going on in them. Once I could read there was no stopping me. And back in those days kids traded beat up, coverless and torn copies of virtually any comic book. It used to drive me crazy, trying to read all the installments of the Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, serial in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories. I'd always miss one, and those were strange, fantastic stories for a kid, full of science fiction. So, from an early age, I became a Collector. And, as anyone who knows me can attest, I still am." The Comics MicroChannel reflects White's life-long interest in comics and collecting, and has a broad focus, aimed at collectors of all ages. The Comics MicroChannel discusses and supports all facets of comics collecting -- from the nostalgia factors to the dollar amounts. About ChannelSpace Entertainment, Inc. (CSEI CSEI China Special Equipment Inspection (and Research Center) ) ChannelSpace Entertainment, Inc. (www.channelspace.com), is a provider of affinity portals and original niche-based programming for Internet content aggregators. This groundbreaking model addresses the question: how do you reach more eyeballs The number of users. "There are 110 eyeballs" means there are 110 users currently online. See eyeball hang time. ? CSEI's cable TV-like model creates opportunities to leverage and package its own high-level audio/video assets as well as that of existing content providers to increase overall market strength and visibility. The CSEI goal is to be a platform-independent source of enhanced, customized channels to content aggregators of all media forms. CSEI's distributed technology engine enables the Company to launch new channels at a rapid pace. The CollectingChannel (www.collectingchannel.com), CSEI's first affinity portal, offers the most complete aggregation of collecting-related content ever available in the history of the Web. As it continues to add more content and programming, the CollectingChannel will deliver the Web's most complete, up-to-the-minute, original audio/video programming, chat, auctions, books, price guides, expert opinions, software, links, magazines, live video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , news, articles and community catering to any and every conceivable collectible category. |
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