The solicitation for Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers was clear.

BUBBA HO-TEP & COSMIC BLOOD-SUCKERS #1 CVR A RIVAS
(W) Joe Lansdale (A) Tadd Galusha (CA) Baldemar Rivas
From the minds of creator Joe Lansdale and writer comes a prequel to the cult-classic film! President Nixon has discovered an alien threat, and he knows there’s only one man he can reach out to for help: Elvis Presley. But will Elvis even be enough to defeat a horde of Cosmic Blood-Suckers? In Shops: May 16, 2018 SRP: $3.99

Written by Joe Lansdale and drawn by Tadd Galusha.

But on publication?

Now written by Joshua Jabcuga.

Nowhere in the credits at all. But if you look at the indicia…

Joe Lansdale is the original author of Bubba Ho-Tep stories… but is that enough to get him a writer credit in the solicits but not on the actual comic itself?

IDW Entertainment representatives tell me,

“Cosmic Bloodsuckers” is adapted from an original Lansdale prose story, so I suppose that you could call him the ‘plotter’ while Joshua Jabcuga is the ‘writer’ or ‘adapter’. Also, Joe Lansdale is the actual licensor — he reviewed the script, saw the artwork, gave approval to and endorses the entire project — so his involvement has been essential from concept to execution (including his approval of how the credits were presented). As the copyrighted owner of Bubba Ho-Tep, he’s represented within all the legal jargon found in our indicia. Fans of Joe Lansdale and Bubba Ho-Tep should be 100% satisfied that the book is a Lansdale project and captures the very essence of his ass-kicking Elvis Presley.

I’m not sure the Diamond Comic Distributors rules work like that though… we shall see, I am sure.

UPDATE THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018

After I published the above article, a good friend, Shawn K., did purchase this comic and wrote to tell me that he did not think that Jesse or I would like seeing the entire thing.  So, I am not recommending it to anyone else either.

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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018

For those who live near this event…

THE KING OF ROCK & HIS WIFE IN LIVE CONCERT

Elvis Presley, “The King of Rock”, is coming back alive for one night at the O2 Arena Prague

BY ALEXA EPSTEIN – ANGLO AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

18.05.2018 12:23 

Elvis Presley, “The King of Rock”, is coming back alive for one night at the O2 Arena on June 8th, 2018 featuring his wife Priscilla Presley. This European tour is showing an exclusive live concert experience featuring Elvis Presley on the big screen along with the Czech National Symphonic Orchestra. The host of the concert will be no other than Priscilla Presley on the big screen, telling hidden stories and secrets about her and Elvis’s life. 

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu met when she was fourteen years old. Elvis was nearly ten years older than Priscilla and was a rising superstar. The two were married in 1967 after being in a relationship for eight years. In 1968, Priscilla gave birth to their only child Lisa Marie. Not shortly after, Elvis’s drug addiction increased and Priscilla divorced him in 1973. By 1977, Elvis died from heart failure due to drugs. Priscilla still remains alive and well at the age of 72.

Elvis was born on January 8th, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. By the mid-1950’s he was first featured on the radio and television. When his first song “That’s All Right” featured on the radio, the station received dozens of phone calls within minutes, asking who the singer was. By 1956, his first single ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ went on to be the number one single in the United States. Since then, he had created eighteen number one hits and over forty top ten hits in the United States. He is known as the “King of Rock” till today, and his house “Graceland,” in Memphis is open to the public for his fans.

Priscilla Presley was born on May 24th, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York. She was an average kid who grew up in a family that was constantly moving for her step father’s job in the Air Force. Priscilla’s family moved to Germany in 1959, where she first met Elvis. After Elvis’s death, Priscilla became the executor of Elvis’s estate “Graceland” in 1979. Shortly after, Priscilla became an actress and successful business woman, creating Elvis Presley Enterprises and featuring in a famous soap opera “Dallas.”

The “Wonder of You” tour is produced by Elvis Presley Enterprises. It includes inside secrets on the life of Elvis Presley told by Priscilla Presley, and a live concert experience of the “King of Rock” singing his top hits. The concert will contain all of his hits from rock, to gospel, and to country and ballads. This is the last concert of the European tour and Priscilla will be there in person at the arena to host it.

Especially for major Elvis and Priscilla fans in the Czech Republic, this concert called “The Wonder of You” starts at 19:00 and costs up to CZK 1,790- 3,990 depending on the seating area. This is a one-night event, so don’t miss it if you love Elvis.

Tour Dates Europe 2018
June 1st – Sweden, Gothenburg Scandinavium
June 2nd – Sweden, Stockholm Ericsson Globe
June 3rd – Norway, Oslo Spektrum
June 4th – Denmark, Copenhagen Forum
June 6th – Hungary, Budapest, Papp László Sportarena
June 7th – Poland, Krakow, Tauron Arena
June 8th – Czech Republic, Prague, O2 Arena

Ticket Pre-Sales:

www.graceland.com.

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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018

I have just finished creating another new video relating to the whole Orion records story.  I will insert below the description which I posted for my video on YouTube and that will give everyone some idea of why I have created a second video focusing on the same song.  

This is worth hearing and reading, I promise.

Elvis is Alive: “What’d I Say” from the DUETS album Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends

PLEASE READ FULL DESCRIPTION TO UNDERSTAND…

This video is a different copy of the WHAT’D I SAY SONG which I shared on another video. This song has a statement made by Jerry Lee Lewis during the fade-out at the end which proves that the song was NOT an overdub by Jimmy Ellis. The later releases of this very same song, have the fade-out statement edited out.

This is absolutely Elvis singing on this song.

This album was released in 1979 by the same company and with the same format as that which was used in all of the ORION albums which followed.

One may say that Elvis recorded this song BEFORE he left in August, 1977. As he did with the one song SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME. Even if this is true, this album and the subsequent album on which this song and many others with Elvis were released, should have been recognized as being Elvis and should have been a huge hit because it was new material by Elvis.

However, when the ORION albums began being released on the heels of this album with NEW songs which were plainly sung by Elvis himself, why did it continue to be stated so adamantly that Jimmy Ellis overdubbed the earlier songs? One may say that it was a cover-up to avoid legal problems with RCA. But, if that were true, then why in the world would they risk putting out other brand new songs which were so obviously sung by Elvis? There were Washing Machine, a number of songs on the Rockabilly Orion album, Lay Around and Love on You, etc.

This one song absolutely and concretely proves that ALL of these songs were NOT overdubbed. Jerry Lee on this song was plainly singing WITH Elvis and makes the comment to ELVIS at the end of the song. You can hear Jerry Lee say the word el-VIS at the end of this song. It is not the softer sound of Ellis. I have put this ending on here twice so that everyone may hear it.

I do ask that you please visit my website page devoted to this topic and many other actual Elvis clues relating to ORION the singer and ORION PICTURES CORP. Below is the link to one of my three pages devoted to the topic of ORION.