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Powered by groups.yahoo.comWriter of Degrassi: Extra Credit, Love as a Foreign Language, Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century, Ninja Scroll, and Teen Titans Go

My Interests

animation, ancient cultures/history, children's literature, art, comic books, cooking/food, music, theater, travel, tiki culture, writing

I'd like to meet:

Fans of the Degrassi: The Next Generation TV show and the Degrassi: Extra Credit graphic novels series, fans of the Teen Titans animated series and comic books, fans of Ninja Scroll, Legion of Super Heroes, Love as a Foreign Language, and other comic book readers... Borders signing with Shenae Grimes and Mike Lobel in La Grange, IL (12/02/06) Barnes & Noble signing with Lauren Collins and Stacey Farber in Freehold, NJ (11/18/06)

Music:

Alicia Keys, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Matt Dusk, Jack Johnson, Pink Martini, Pizicatto Five, Prince, PuffyAmiYumi, Stevie Wonder, Weezer

Movies:

Bad News Bears, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, His Girl Friday, L.A. Confidential, Magnificent Seven, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sabrina, Some Like it Hot, Seven Samurai, Sunset Boulevard, Usual Suspects, When Harry Met Sally

Television:

30 Rock, Avatar, Batman, Degrassi: The Next Generation, ER, Justice League, Knights of Prosperity, Legion of Superheroes, Lost, Medium, My Name is Earl, The Office, Rome, Sopranos, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Teen Titans

Books:

Alice in Wonderland, All Families Are Psychotic, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Peter Pan, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Shinju, Slaughter House Five, The Mother Tongue, Wizard of Oz

Heroes:

Josh "Shag" Agle, Walt Disney, Rivers Cuomo, John Lasseter, Stan Lee, Hayao Miyazaki, Rosie O'Donnell, Linda Schuyler, Joe Shuster, Rumiko Takahashi, Billy Wilder

My Blog

Degrassi Extra Credit @ Word on the Street Halifax

From CTV.ca Degrassi website:Attention East Coast Degrassi fans! You can get up close and personal with one of the stars of the show this weekend. Mike Lobel is headed to Halifax alongside the author ...
Posted by J. Torres on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:48:00 PST

Art Submissions Now Being Accepted for Comic Book Idol 3

Los Angeles, CA - September 7th, 2007 - Attention, aspiring comic book artists! Comic Book Resources (http://www.comicbookresources.com), the industry's leading comic book news and resource Website, i...
Posted by J. Torres on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:57:00 PST

Black Canary to have White Wedding?

IN STORES NOW BLACK CANARY WEDDING PLANNER Written by J. Torres; Art by Lee Ferguson, Christine Norrie and Karl Story; Cover by Stephane Roux If you think a regular wedding is hard to plan, try to pla...
Posted by J. Torres on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:47:00 PST

In stores this week: Ninja Scroll 12, Teen Titans Go 46, Wonder Woman 12

NINJA SCROLL 12 Written by J. Torres; Art & Cover by Michael Chang Ting Yu Jubei wanders into a remote town, but instead of the usual suspicious or hostile reception, people seem to want him there...
Posted by J. Torres on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:12:00 PST

November Comics

The following comics are solicited in the current Previews catalog for product shipping in November:TEEN TITANS GO: TITANS TOGETHER Written by J. Torres; Art by Mike Norton,Todd Nauck, Larry Stucker a...
Posted by J. Torres on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:54:00 PST

Ninja Scroll Trade Paperback

Copies of the Ninja Scroll trade paperback arrived at my house today, so that means it should finally be in comic stores this week or next. This collected...
Posted by J. Torres on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:23:00 PST

Toronto Comic Arts Festival

"The Toronto Comic Arts Festival exists to promote the breadth and diversity of comics, and what is considered comics, as legitimate medium of literary and artistic worth. We seek to promote the creat...
Posted by J. Torres on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:30:00 PST

Wonder Woman 13

PRESS RELEASEDC COMICS UPDATES CONTENTS FOR WONDER WOMAN 13DC Comics announces that the new WONDER WOMAN creative team of writer Gail Simone and artists Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson, originally se...
Posted by J. Torres on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:26:00 PST

Wonderful Covers

WONDER GIRL GO BOOMWonder Girl: Champion artist Sanford Greene unveiled the cover for our third issue at the San Diego Comicon last week...Look for the official solicitaion and colored version of the ...
Posted by J. Torres on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:12:00 PST

The Trouble with Ninja

THE TROUBLE WITH NINJANinja are known for being elusive and difficult to get your hands on. Apparently, the same goes for trade paperbacks about ninja. The previously solicited Ninja Scroll collection...
Posted by J. Torres on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:07:00 PST