The Monkees/Comic Book Connection! All-New 2017 Al Bigley Documentary Comic!

At last! Here is my 2-page comic strip commentary (done for the wonderful BACK ISSUE! magazine), all about the many vast connections between those madcap Monkees and your favorite comic strips and characters! Sure, I've mentioned such link-ups before (here and here), but click below to enlarge this concise and clear comic confab that lays it all out and tells it like it is! Dig?

BONUS! Look below to see the colossal cover that housed the above fantastic feature!

Want to order this fantastic issue (which also features
great articles on THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, McCartney,
KISS, and tons more) for you own? Just click
here!

X-Con 2016! Costumes! Characters! Cut-Ups! Captain America Computer-Created Carvings!? Plus-Batman!

Dig these panic-packed pics from the fabulous X-CON, a comics and pop culture convention held this year (May 20-22, 2016) in magnificent Myrtle Beach, South Carolina! Click images below to enlarge!

Above: Once again, I'm back in the Captain America cosplay outfit, promoting
the local charity group, Carolina Action Figures! Here I am with another delightfully
decked-out Cap, and an equally star-spangled Wonder Woman!

Above: Have you ever seen a cuter Harley and--uhm--Joker/Spidey/Venom?

Above: "So you say she's called 'Wonder Woman?' And she
has the nerve to wear my colors?!"

Above: Who knows how to accessorize? "The Shadow knows…."

Above two images: Another Wonder Woman (what is this--the
4th of July?!), and her very creative table of home-made wonder-wares!

Above two images: It's CIVIL WAR all over again! Captain America (me) is
locked in mortal combat with Iron Man (Rocky Melvin), as captured by the
photographing folks at Indulge Images!

Above two images: I got scanned! Thats right, the big new thing at shows
are on-site 3-D scanning services that can create your very own statue or
bust! Why not?

Above: The scanned images are sent to me for my approval!

Above three images: It's here! The very well done (and kinda
eerie) statue of yours truly has arrived!

Above four images: The likeness is very sharp, and uncanny!
They even captured my bald spot! How dare they?!?

Above: Charity cosplayer (and all-around great guy) John Tompkins is
struck silent by the sheer awe and majesty of the "Al-statue!" Can
ya blame him?

Above: ALvengers assemble! Taking my place among other legends of our day!
Hey, it was either this, or next to the "Precious Moments" hummels...

Above: Back to the convention! Day two, and it's time to break out
the "Batman '66" rompers! Who needs fake muscles and body
armor? Bat-wimps! That's who!

Above: I thought I was a material-minded fan of Silver Age Marvel Comics? 

Above: The local news team came out to cover the captivatin' con, and, somehow, I
ended up aligned with coverage for the on-site religious services offered! Holy
communion wafer, Batman!

Above: When's the last time you saw a "Spy vs. Spy" cosplay?

Above two images: Trying to perfect the 
famed "Adam West sly smile" look. And failing. 

Above three images: Recreating the famed "Batman meets
Scooby Doo" epic Saturday morning cartoon event! Sorta.

Above: The last word on "Batman at the beach," from
MAD magazine's own Sergio Aragones!

"1966 TV BATMAN" at the Mad Monster Party! Adam West! Burt Ward! Cassandra! Batmobile!

It's time for the Mad Monster Party 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina! Here's a fun local event that featured tons of TV and horror/monster film luminaries, including Adam West and Burt Ward! Come on! What better reason to break out the "1966 Batman" uniform than that? Click below to see (and enlarge) all the shudder-inducing sights, the horrifying happenings, and the spooky scenes!

Above: You know it's gonna be a bat-acular event, once
you spy the posters and graphics for the show!

Above: Uhm..The Bat-graphics continue, on the shirts worn by the staff--er--stiff?!

Above: Customized lunch boxes, as seen in the dealers room! Laugh
all ya want, but to me, THE GOLDEN GIRLS is a horror show!

Above two images: It's actor Chris Sarandon (THE PRINCESS BRIDE), signing
pics and asking for one with me! Seems his grandkids dig Batman, so...

Above: A great cosplayer, making the shrieking scene as the "Corpse Bride…."

Above: Again?!

Above: Hey! It's that Michael Keaton guy, right? Uhmm….

Above: Look who stopped by! It's music celeb Chubby Checker, seen
here with a couple of mooks named Adam West and Burt Ward!

Above: Burt Ward ("Robin") takes a ride in the Batmobile with Chubby Checker!

Above four images: That's right! If Batman is around, you know an evil
super-villain isn't far behind! Here, the devious  Dr. Cassandra makes the
scene, in the pretty person of Suzann Khudsen! Who recalls her as a third
season "special guest villainess" on the BATMAN series? Uhm...
Cassandra, not Suzann...

Above: The "cast" of ROCKY HORROR gets ready….

Above: That's right! Batman poses with the fabby replica Batmobile at the show!

Above: Selfie time!

Above two images: Batgirl (Kalliste Cosplay) and 
Robin (Cheralyn Lambeth) where also present at this event? 
Who knew?

Above two images: It's me with sidekick Robin (Allyson Bigley), leaving
no rock (or duck) unturned!

Above: Behind the scenes of the late-night costume contest!

Above four images: Batman rocks the costume contest!

Above: Burt Ward and Adam West sign for frenzied fans!

Above: "Must make room for…just…one more sticker!"

Above: To introduce Adam and Burt's bat-panel discussion, the "Kilted Creature" belts
out a rendition of the "Batman Theme" on bagpipes. You haven't lived until….

Above: Burt Ward and Adam West hold court at the show in Charlotte!