Just a quick podcast to announce our event coming up next week. Meet author Chris Lambert, author of "My Batman (And Maybe Yours Too)" at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at The News-Herald, 7085 Mentor Ave., Willoughby. Lambert will discuss his career in comics and his latest book, three copies of which will be given as door prizes. He'll also show items from his Batman memorabilia collection. The event is free, but we'd like a headcount; call 440-497-0580 to RSVP.

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Previous podcasts featuring Chris Lambert can be streamed at Podcast: Previewing 'The Avengers,'Podcast: Anticipating 'The Amazing Spider-Man' and Podcast: Previewing 'The Dark Knight Rises.'

If you like Batman, be sure to come to The News-Herald next week for a chat with Chris Lambert, local comics expert and author. Details in the image below:

Captain America? Check. Iron Man? Check. Thor? Hulk? Black Widow? Hawkeye? Check. Check Check. Check.

“The Avengers,” which brings together big-time Marvel Comics superheroes from a bunch of recent movies for one big-budget adventure, is about to kick off the summer movie season.

Community Media Lab blogger Chris Lambert (Comics, Don’t Get Me Started) and The News-Herald editors Mark Meszoros (movie nut), John Bertosa (an extra during the “Avengers” shoot in Cleveland last year) and Mark Podolski (superhero enthusiast) talk about how the movie came to be made, their expectations for it and its roots in the comic books.



Lambert is a lifelong comic book collector and author. He has lectured on film and comics at Lakeland Community College, written a weekly column for The News-Herald, and written and performed a daily radio show about the history of comics. Find Lambert online at his blog at Comics Don't Get Me Started and at the website E Comics Gazette.

Follow Meszoros on Twitter @nhfeatures, Bertosa at @JBertosa and Podolski at @mpodo.

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