Forbes

Captain Blasto was listed on David M. Ewalt's blog over at Forbes.com.

I'll have my Comic Con wrap-up post up tomorrow hopefully.

Follow What's Going On at Comic Con

If you'd like to follow what's going on with Team Blasto at Comic Con you can get updates and photos by following us on Twitter and Facebook.

YouTube

Blasto is doing great racking up the hits on our own website and on iTunes, but for some reason it's just not getting noticed on YouTube, which of course makes us sad. An episode will get tens of thousands of hits over on captainblasto.com and only THIRTY on YouTube. What's the deal?

That's why I'm asking you, the faithful Blasto fans, for help in starting the YouTube wildfire. Please take a moment and subscribe to the Blasto YouTube channel by clicking here.

And please, share an episode with your friends on YouTube or Facebook. Thanks!

Geek in Anything But Pink

Jennifer of Geek in Anything But Pink did a great little write up on Captain Blasto today. You can read the post here.

io9.com

This is a little late, but the fantastic sci-fi blog io9.com did a great write up about Captain Blasto over the weekend which resulted in thousands of hits in mere hours.

Thanks to Lauren Davis for the fantastic post.

Captain Blasto at Comic Con

Myself (Chris Preksta) and Curt Wootton of Captain Blasto will be attending the San Diego Comic Con this week. While we won't be parked at a booth, I am ridiculously tall, so there's a good chance you may just spot me. (If you have a booth, let us know and we'll stop by.)

We'll be at the screening of our short concept film, The Mercury Men, which is playing the comic con film festival on Sunday, July 27th, at 2:00 PM in Room 26AB. Please stop by, we'd love to meet you.

MySpace UK

The trailer to Captain Blasto has been featured on the front page of MySpaceTV in the United Kingdom. How you can you see it here in the US? Click here, choose UK, and then click MySpaceTV at the top of the MySpace UK page. While you're there, why not give it a rating.

You can see the Captain Blasto MySpace channel here.

Bam! Kapow!

Captain Blasto was featured with a very nice article over at the Bam! Kapow! comics blog today. Thanks to Christopher Brown. You can read the article here.

Episode Four - The Crew

Colin and Daryl are joined by a crew of middle-aged comic crooks in staging their biggest robbery yet, a local lock-and-key shop.

Comic News Insider - Top 3

Captain Blasto was featured in the Top 3 segment of the Comic News Insider podcast last week. You can listen to the podcast here or on iTunes. (The segment is towards the end of the episode.) Thanks to Joe and Jimmy for helping spread the word!

Interview: Girls Entertainment Network

Gave a short interview this weekend for the Girls Entertainment Network, a site which takes a female perspective on pop culture. They put together a great write up of the Blasto series. Many thanks to Stephanie!

You can read the article here.

Interview: Comics Waiting Room

I recently did an interview for the Comics Waiting Room, an online comics magazine, which features Captain Blasto as it's cover story. Thanks to Elliott Serrano for putting together a great article.

You can read the interview at http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/captainblasto.html.

Help Spread the Word

If you're reading this blog then you must be a fan of the Captain Blasto series. (Or you did a search on the Kurt Russel movie Captain Ron and you somehow ended up here.) If that's the case then we're asking you to help us spread the word (about Blasto, not Ron). And here's a few easy ways to do that.

Subscribe to Captain Blasto on iTunes
Even if you don't have an iPod. By subscribing you're bringing the series to the attention of the good folks at Apple which increases our chances of being featured on the iTunes Podcast page. You can also write/post a review on the Captain Blasto iTunes page which also helps. You can find Blasto on iTunes here.

Share Captain Blasto through YouTube
We've all grabbed the embed code from a YouTube video and posted it to a friends myspace, Facebook, or blog page. Share an episode of Blasto. You can find Blasto on YouTube here.

Join the Blasto Facebook Group
When you join a Facebook group all of your friends see it in their news feed. You can find the Blasto Facebook group here.

Pass out Blasto Postcards
Here at Blasto HQ we've got these fine color postcards promoting the show. Send us an e-mail at info@captainblasto.com and we'll get a small stack out to you. And to thank you for helping us out, we'll send you a free Captain Blasto poster.

And lastly, a genuine thank you to each of you watching the series!

The Mercury Men Screenings

Some great news came in recently for The Mercury Men, a short film we produced as a concept for our upcoming web series.

The Mercury Men will be screening at the San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival on July 27th. (2:05 PM, Room 26AB) The film was selected by Tom DeSanto (producer of X-Men and Transformers) and Borys Kit (senior film writer at The Hollywood Reporter). The Comic-Con film festival can be found at http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_iff.shtml

TMM will also be screening at the Action On Film International Film Festival on July 30th at the Laemelle Theater in Pasadena, CA. On top of that, TMM was nominated for Best Visual Effects, Best Sci-Fi Film, and Best Short Film! The AOF Film Festival can be found at http://www.aoffest.com

If you happen to be attending Comic-Con or live in the San Diego or Pasadena area, I encourage you to come check out the screening and introduce yourself.