The Holiday Greater Boston Antique and Collectible Toy Show
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Sunday, November 10! Held at the Dedham, MA Holiday Inn from 9:00 a.m. – 2:30
p.m., the show will feature three huge halls full of rare, collectible toys from
the late 1800s to the present! From cast iron trucks to plastic models, from
wooden wagons to die cast vehicles, from Punch and Judy to G.I. Joe and Barbie,
from pedal cars to racing cars, from quaint tractors to sleek jets, from Tootsie
Toys to Hot Wheels, from Disney to Star Trek to…well, you get the idea. But
you’ll have to see it to believe it! Admission is $4.50 in the morning and $3.50
in the afternoon, with children 12 and under admitted for free. The Dedham
Holiday Inn is located on Rt. 1 at Exit 15A off 128/95. For more information,
call 508-379-9733!
>, we mentioned The American Library
Association’s Teen Read Week, which ran this year from October 13 - 19 under the
comics-friendly “Get Graphic” theme. As it turns out, among the
many supporters and promoters of the endeavor was Sky-Dog Comics’ John
Gallagher, <i>Buzzboy</i> creator and publisher. <br><br>In a series of library
appearances presented and sponsored by Captain Blue Hen Comics, of Newark, DE,
Gallagher detailed the creative process behind creating comics. ”The number one
question I am asked by young people is ’How do you do that?’” said Gallagher,
”and my focus was letting them know that THEY can create comics as well.”
<br><br>Gallagher and Joe Murray (owner of Captain Blue Hen Comics) discussed
the different aspects of creating comics, taking the audience from script