Monday, December 21, 2009

JEBS Vacation Break (12/10 - 1/06)

We are taking a two week holiday break. We will resume the weekly issue on January 8th.

If we get any breaking Jericho news, during the break, a special announcement will be sent out.

Weekly Gatherings

Beau's Bark - Come join our "open house" chat for most of Tuesday evening to accommodate the time zones!! This is a fun time to get together with old friends and make some new ones! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sportsman Lodge Bar - Every Friday 9:30 pm EST/ 6:30 pm PST, drop by have a drink and share a story. Go to last page of the thread.

Tuesday Night Ranger Watchers - On vacation!

RFJ Holiday Open House Chat - 12/27

Hi everyone. JJB here. I miss you all, and so I'm offering to host a Holiday Open House Chat.

Sunday, Dec. 27 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern until whenever.

Here's how an Open House Chat works:
You show up.
You chat.
Others do the same.
Instant party!

I will plan to be there most of the time. Stop by and see all your old friends during the holidays!

BYOB.

RFJ Chatroom: http://www.radiofreejericho.com/chat.html

Jericho on SyFy

There will be a mini Jericho marathon on Monday, January 11th (times shown are eastern):

8 a.m. Long Live the Mayor
9 a.m. Rogue River
10 a.m. Crossroads
11 a.m. Red Flag
12 p.m. Vox Populi
1 p.m. The Day Before
2 p.m. Black Jack
3 p.m. Heart of Winter

After you watch the marathon, please stop by the SyFy forum and thank SyFy for showing Jericho.

Thank You's

As this year draws to a close, we wanted to once again to give thanks to the following people:

Andrew - for his work running the Jericho Fan Table at Tuscon
AngelaRK - for her help posting the JEBS messages
Beebull - for his leadership on the UHD Board, promoting the comic at Baltimore Comic Con, and hosting the East Coast Ranger Gathering
Bestdamshow - for her help posting the JEBS messages
Callisto925 - for her work with Jericho Rally Point
Caseydog - for his blog work on getting Jericho articles published
Crochetlady - for her help at the Jericho Fan Table at WonderCon and for checking for errors on JEBS
Dan Shotz, Karim Zreik, and the rest of the writers and creative team - thanks for giving us Jericho!
Denny - for his help in learning more about comics
Franfan01 - for his help at the Jericho Fan Table at Comic Con International
Gkkatz - for her work running the Jericho Fan Table at Comic Con International
Hollyhobbits - for her help at the Jericho Fan Table at Comic Con International
Ichthus - for his work on the ARG game, JEBS and the comic book promotion
Jay and Chris - for promoting Jericho at Dragon Con
Jeanine123 - for her help with the how-to-promote Jericho list, her help at the Jericho Fan Table at WonderCon and for her help posting the JEBS messages
Josh, Cody, Sam and everyone else at Devil's Due for giving us the Jericho comic
K6FEJ - for his work on the comic book, finding articles and his continued work on the ARG
Jim4Jericho - for his help at the Jericho Fan Table at Silicon
KayT, Shelby and Zach - for their work on Welcome Home to Jericho, Comics for the Troops and Jericho4Kids
Kedzucat - for her help at the Chicago Comic Con and helping post the JEBS messages.
KrzyKitty - for her work on her JEBS column, for posting JEBS and her continued presence on many Jericho boards
Larissa, Heidi and Suzanne - for their work on the Jericho podcast, Future Traditions, and promoting Jericho at DragonCon and Comic Con International.
Lee - for his leadership on the UHD board and his work on the East Coast Gathering
Longstreet Pete - for his help promoting Jericho at Dragon Con
Margo - for her work running the Jericho Fan Table at OryCon
Marshall - for his help running the Jericho Fan Table at WonderCon and for his work with Jericho-Kansas
Maybei - for her help with the how-to-promote Jericho list and her work with Radio Free Jericho
Mikesmom - for her work on Welcome Home To Jericho, Comics 4 the Troops, and the Jericho Survival forum
MyVibes - for her work on the stats and numbers throughout the year, and keeping information at our finger tips on the Front Porch thread at UHD
NorsU - for his work on the ARG and his work promoting Jericho on Twitter
NukeThunder - for his work with Jericho Survival
PMary for her help in arranging for the cast members to attend the Welcome Home to Jericho Charity Event
Rubberpoultry - for his work on the thank you in the comicScoobud - for his work on Welcome Home To Jericho and Comics 4 the Troops
Schumi - for her help with the how-to-promote Jericho list and her work promoting Jericho on Twitter
Shaun o'Mac - for his help promoting the Jericho Comic on Blog Talk Radio
StephSCO - for her work running the Jericho Fan Table at Mile Hi Con
SusanGator - for her continued work in promoting Jericho at her school
Susie (Nobodysbaby) - for her help with Welcome Home to JerichoTothal - for his work on the voting thread at UHD
Windrebel - for her help running the Jericho Fan Table at Comic Con International

We also want to thank all the Rangers who are not named here, without you commenting, posting, promoting, purchasing the comic, viewing and voting, Jericho would have died a long time ago!

The second issue of Jericho - Season 3 is tentatively scheduled for the first week January.

Have a wonderful Holiday and Happy New Year!

Redsox and Ratkeeper

Outside Jericho

Jericho Birthdays by Mud62
Bill O'Donnell (Set Production Assistant) -12/20
Chris Daniels (Stunt Double) - 12/24
Ron Bottitta (The Hunter) -12/25
Matthew Federman (Writer) - 12/29
James Remar (Jonah Prowse) - 12/31
Tracy L Moody (Script Supervisor: Visual Effects Unit) - 1/1
Craig Patton (Ranger Frank) - 1/7

Kitty's News Corner and TV Reminders
Top Ten Small Press Comics.... Jericho made #7! =0): Link

Dexter with James Remar (Jonah Prowse) up for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards to be held January 23, 2010: Link

Gerald McRaney (Johnston Green) has been signed up for a new JJ Abrams pilot "Undercovers": Link

James Remar (Jonah Prowse) will star in a comic book to movie adaption "Red" Oct 22, 2010: Link

Michael Gaston (Gray Anderson) speaks about his part in "Sugar" at Gotham Independent Film Awards: Link

DB Sweeney (John Geotz) on "CSI: NY" Jan 13, 2010: Link

James Remar (Jonah Prowse) to be in an episode of "Numb3rs" on January 15, 2010: Link

Clare Carey (Mary Bailey) to be on "Criminal Minds" Jan 20, 2010: Link

Jon Steinberg's (writer) "Human Target" starts Feb 10, 2010: Link

Carol Barbee's (Producer) "The Beautiful Life" (the CW) now has three episodes on YouTube. The first two were on The CW before the show was pulled but the third never aired. Stay tuned for possibly more episodes?

JERICHO ALERT: Jericho is on the Syfy schedule for January 11, 2010 AND February 10, 2010!!

Happy Holidays to All... See ya next year!! ~Kitty =0)

Monday, December 14, 2009

Weekly Gatherings

Beau's Bark - Come join our "open house" chat for most of Tuesday evening to accommodate the time zones!! This is a fun time to get together with old friends and make some new ones! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sportsman Lodge Bar - Every Friday 9:30 pm EST/ 6:30 pm PST, drop by have a drink and share a story. Go to last page of the thread.

Tuesday Night Ranger Watchers - Come chat and watch with us on Tuesdays at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern. You will need to be logged on to see the chat room link, which is under the community menu (chat for members). Note: The Tuesday Night Ranger Watchers will meet on 12/15 and then take a holiday break. We will resume watching Jericho on January 5th.

Operation Comic Book Update - 12/11/09

December 11, 2009

Hello Fellow Rangers:

We still continue to see a lot of press involving Epix. DDP will be launching issue 2 with preview pages being posted to Fan sites, like they did with issue number 1, so be on the lookout.

http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalMedia...E5B24AD20091203

Cox Said Near Agreement to Carry Viacom's Epix Channel in 2010 December 11, 2009

The ARG game seems to be in play so if you can check out the comlink thread [see ARG announcement for links].

We are looking to get sales figures for the comic and to get rankings and have asked the folks at DDP and our own Ichtus and Denny Wilson to help us out.

I understand that some have been upset by issues with mailing of the comic. As this is the busiest part of the year for mail, I am sure that is why they have delayed issue 2 to the first week of January.

I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. With Junction and CBS still actively involved in the promotion and production of the comic, something bigger is just over the horizon.

Keep the Faith
Redsox

JEBS Vacation Break (12/10 - 1/06)

JEBS will come out next Saturday (12/19) and then we are taking a two week holiday break. We will resume the weekly issue on January 8th.

If we get any breaking Jericho news, during the break, a special announcement will be sent out.

RFJ Holiday Open House Chat - 12/27

Hi everyone. JJB here. I miss you all, and so I'm offering to host a Holiday Open House Chat.

Sunday, Dec. 27 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern until whenever.

Here's how an Open House Chat works:
You show up.
You chat.
Others do the same.
Instant party!

I will plan to be there most of the time. Stop by and see all your old friends during the holidays!

BYOB.

RFJ Chatroom: http://www.radiofreejericho.com/chat.html

Comlink1/Station4 ARG

We have been asked to maintain radio silence for three weeks until some piece of new intel is available.

NOW is your chance to catch up on what has happened!

Discussion thread: Link
Archive thread (so you can catch up quickly): Link

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to take part in a Jericho adventure.

For those new to an ARG (Alternate Reality Game), the threads are focused on information being found and it takes a while for it to all make sense. In this ARG, we have time traveled to a post civil war Jericho world and we once again need to save our country.

See you in three weeks!

Outside Jericho

Jericho Birthdays by Mud62
Ken Ali (Townsperson) - 12/15
Xander Berkeley (John Smith) - 12/16

Kitty's News Corner and TV Reminders
Nick C's Behind the Screens talks about Jericho Season 3: Link

Sprague Grayden (Heather Lisinski) was nominated "most shocking death" on the TV or not TV Awards.: Link

Erik Knudsen (Dale Turner) in the movie "Youth in Revolt" due out January 8, 2010 in limited release.: Link

Timothy Omundson (Phil Constantino) to guest star in new ABC legal drama Thursday January 21st: Link, Link

Someone wants Skeet Ulrich (Jake Green) back on CSI NY: Link

Jon Turteltaub's (Producer) movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" coming to theaters near you July 16, 2010: Link

Timothy Omundson (Phil Constantino) will be participating in Universal Studios Hollywood Grinchmas Will Read Dr. Seuss..: Link

AMC lists "for your consideration" Lennie James (Robert Hawkins) for the "best supporting actor in a mini series (The Prisoner).: Link

Clayne Crawford (Mitchell Cafferty) signed on for a recurring role on "24" playing a bad boy... =0)Oh, and Sprague Grayden (Heather Lisinski) on there too....: Link

TV Reminders
Bob Stephenson's (Jimmy Taylor) "The Forgotten" repeat is on Tuesday (ABC)

James Remar (Jonah Prowse) will be in the Lifetime Movie Network's Christmas special premiere "The Christmas Hope" December 13th.

In January, a lot of shows will be returning and some new shows will be premiering.... Stay tuned!

***JERICHO IS ON SYFY's schedule for January 11th... ***

Monday, December 7, 2009

Weekly Gatherings

Beau's Bark - Come join our "open house" chat for most of Tuesday evening to accommodate the time zones!! This is a fun time to get together with old friends and make some new ones! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sportsman Lodge Bar - Every Friday 9:30 pm EST/ 6:30 pm PST, drop by have a drink and share a story. Go to last page of the thread.

Tuesday Night Ranger Watchers - Come chat and watch with us on Tuesdays at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern. You will need to be logged on to see the chat room link, which is under the community menu (chat for members).

Jericho Marathon on Sy Fy on Next Wednesday, 12/9

Here is a list of the times (Eastern) and episodes:

8 a.m. Sedition
9 a.m. Patriots and Tyrants
10 a.m. Pilot
11 a.m. Fallout
12 p.m. Four Horsemen
1 p.m. Walls of Jericho
2 p.m. Federal Response
3 p.m. 9:02

Please stop by the SyFy Jericho Forum and thank SyFy for showing Jericho.: Link

Operation Comic Book Update - 12/04/09

December 4, 2009

Hello Fellow Rangers

Well the Issue 1, of the Jericho Comic, Season 3 has finally arrived and the people I have heard from love the comic and can't wait for the next issues to arrive.

We understand from Sam, at DDP, that there was an issue with the post office due to heavy holiday volume, so many have not yet received their mailed copies. Sam has also informed us that the second issue release date will be tentatively scheduled for the first week of January (after the holidays).

The second phase of Operation Comic Book has commenced. We need to provide feedback to CBS and DDP and let them know who we are, a brief statement about our age, where we live and what we think about the first issue.

As we did previously during Operation Phoenix we want to make sure that we are giving back critical demographic information to the bean counters and decision makers. This past year we did that by utilizing the CBS and the CW Feedback forms located on their respective websites. Now we are going to do this by leaving demographic information on the DDP Jericho Forum and by sending the Comment Card, created by our own K6, to CBS.

Comment Cards will be available on http:///www.SavingJericho.com by Monday. Look under the Save Jericho Effort section.

Jericho DDP Forum Feedback: Link

Latest Epix article says deals possible by early 2010, which coincides with the next comic release: Link

Mark Greenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Epix, said he is "pretty confident" that another deal will soon be in place, possibly within the next several weeks.

Speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York, Greenberg added, "If a deal slides from this year to early next year that's fine by us. It's more important to get the deals right because the deals last for three to five years."

Greenberg said Epix is having "meaningful discussions" with Dish Network and other carriers, mainly on the satellite and cable side of the business.

He said the economy was partly to blame for the delay in striking deals. "Certainly the recession has an impact because people are being careful how they spend money," he said.

We still believe that the movie and possibly a continuation of the series will involve Epix. We continue to monitor the news releases to watch what is unfolding with Epix.

Lastly, look for more preview pages to pop up on various fan group pages just prior to the release of issue two.

To all have a wonderful Holiday Season.

Keep the Faith
Redsox1986

Jericho Fan Table Effort

We will be running the Jericho Fan Tables at conventions/shows next year and we are already scheduled at some of the West Coast Cons.

If you are interested in running a Jericho Fan Table, then please contact Gwen at gwen@jericho-kansas.org and she will try to find a con or comic show near you.

Margo ran the Jericho Fan Table at OryCon last weekend, and she reported:"Most fans loved the show and were disappointed it went off the air. Some were glad it was continuing in the comic and that the movie is being planned."

Thanks Margo for running the Jericho Fan Table at Orycon!

Outside Jericho

Jericho Birthdays by Mud62
Happy Birthday to:
Leon Russom (Sheriff) -12/06
George Newbern (President Tomarchio) - 12/10
Dotan Baer (Lt. Barnette) - 12/10

Kitty's News Corner
Nice article on Carol Barbee's show "Three Rivers" and its effect on organ donation.: Link

A Review of "Armored" a movie with Skeet Ulrich (Jake Green): Link
Another review of "Armored" with video clips (check out #2 & 3): Link

Interesting article about a possible "The Crow" series reboot and three possible actors to play the main character Eric Draven.... Skeet Ulrich (Jake Green) is listed. Not a bad choice =0): Link

"Damages" 3 season premieres January 25, 2010. Michael Gaston (Gray Anderson) guest stars...: Link

Production begins on "It's Kind of a Funny Story" Aasif Mandvi (Kenchy Dhuwalia) with a possible release date of November 2010: Link

Jericho Season 3 is on Wikipedia! =0): Link

Nice blog about Jericho Season 3... mentions movie possible: Link

Nice blog review of "Crazy Heart" Beth Grant (Gracie Leigh): Link

"Skateland" with Shiloh Fernandez (Sean Henthorne) will be in the Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31 2010). Only 16 films were selected from 1,058 submissions! Congrads to Shiloh.: Link

Kitty's TV Reminders
On Saturdays, there only two episodes left to the season 4 finale of "Dexter" (HBO). James Remar (Jonah Prowse) plays Dexter's dead stepfather.

Unfortunately "Three Rivers" (CBS) (Carol Barbee, Executive Producer) has been canceled. CBS says it is committed to finishing the remaining five episodes though no dates have been announced. "Three Rivers" was on Sundays.

Bob Stephenson's (Jimmy Taylor) show "The Forgotten" is on Tuesdays on ABC.

Skeet Ulrich's (Jake Green) movie has opened on December 4th....

COMING UP SOON...
James Remar (Jonah Prowse) is in a new Lifetime Movie Network movie, "The Christmas Hope", coming Sunday December 13th =0)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Weekly Gatherings

Beau's Bark - Come join our "open house" chat for most of Tuesday evening to accommodate the time zones!! This is a fun time to get together with old friends and make some new ones! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sportsman Lodge Bar - Every Friday 9:30 pm EST/ 6:30 pm PST, drop by have a drink and share a story. Go to last page of the thread.

Tuesday Night Ranger Watchers - Come chat and watch with us on Tuesdays at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern. You will need to be logged on to see the chat room link, which is under the community menu (chat for members).

Jericho Season 3 Issue #1 Has Arrived

If you have not gotten yours, then plan to stop by your local comic store: http://www.comicshoplocator.com or order directly from DDP: Link

Once you have read your copy join in the discussion on the Jericho Comic Forum: Link

Operation Phoenix Update - 11/27/09

November 27, 2009

Hello Fellow Rangers,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and those who have received/purchased the comic book have not been disappointed.

Gwen and I continue to monitor the internet and media sources regarding the Epix Channel and the possible Jericho Movie. We need to continue to get people to watch Jericho and purchase the comic book.

Thanks to Jericho Rangers 4 Our Troops. They have raised enough money to date to send 70 plus sets of the comics to soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We continue to believe that something bigger than just the comic book is coming in the near future. We need to continue to Keep the Faith and get the word out.

Redsox19861

Comics for the Troops

On behalf of JR4OT, Inc., thank you to all who contributed so far, whether monetarily or with equally appreciated words of support, to the "Comics For Troops" effort.

As a result of these contributions and the generous pricing of 50% off the cover price, made available by DDP Publishing, the $854 collected to date for this specific effort enabled a purchase today of 432 issues, (72 full six-issue sets) of The Jericho "Season 3" Comic Series. These comics will be shipped to Iraq and Afghanistan via Staten Island Project Homefront, to be enjoyed and shared by our deployed service men and women .

Although Staten Island Project Homefronts next packing date for overseas shipments is not until December 29, 2009, we felt with today being the release of the first issue, coupled with the spirit of the Thanksgiving Holiday, there was no better time to place this initial order.

Contributions will continue to be accepted at www.comicsfortroops.com with periodic orders placed to coincide with SIPH scheduled packing dates.

With great thanks to those that serve our country, our thanks to you for your support of this effort thus far, and thanks to DDP for enabling twice as many opportunities to provide a little comic relief overseas, we wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.

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November 25, 2009

To: Devils Due Publishing

Re: Comics For Troops/Staten Island Project Homefront

Thank you again for your time on the telephone this morning and for the generosity that you and DDP have given to better the efforts that will benefit our deployed military. As discussed, we are purchasing 432 issues of the Jericho Comic that will comprise 72 complete subscription sets of 6 issues each. From your generous discount that will provide a $1.98 cost per issue ($11.88 per set), I calculate our total to be $855.36.

The assistance and pricing generosity that you provided to JR4OT with the "Comics For Troops" effort will be directly instrumental in bringing some temporary relief and escape for our deployed military.

The comics can be shipped directly to Staten Island Project Homefront, Attention: Deborah Parsons, 2205 Richmond Rd. , Staten Island , NY 10306

The next packing date at SIPH is December 29, 2009 (to be shipped overseas on January 7, 2010), so, if it's more cost effective, as the issues are released, they can be held and shipped together to arrive just prior to that. Should later dates be needed to accommodate later release dates, the next packing/deadline dates are Feb. 9th then March 4th.

We will continue to accept contributions at www.comicsfortroops.com and will forward additional orders to you as they are received to be included in the next planned shipping cycle.

On behalf of Jericho Rangers for Our Troops, Staten Island Project Homefront, and Jericho fans, thank you for continuing the story we all love so much and for your support of this effort.

You have our utmost gratitude.

Best regards,


Stephanie Sokenis
President, JR4OT, Inc.
ssokenis@jr4ot.org
www.comicsfortroops.com

Outside Jericho

Jericho Birthdays by Mud62
November 29 - December 5

Mikey Carr (On-line Editor) - 11/29
Dian Dassani (Computer Playback Operator) - 12/01
David Spiegelman (Assistant: Jon Turteltaub) - 12/02

Kitty's News Corner

Dan Shotz (Jericho writer) and Cody Dematties Talk about Jericho Season 3: Link

Jericho Comic Book review... the reviewer is a fan?: Link

Blog about Jericho comic book, nice write up!: Link

Another great blog about Jericho comic book: Link

Esai Morales (Maj Beck) does a video interview about Caprica: Link

Erik Knudsen (Dale Turner) to appear in movie: Beastly to be released in 2010: Link

DB Sweeney (John Geotz) made an appearance on Criminal Minds' 100th episode: Link

For the Canadian Rangers, James Remar (Jonah Prowse) takes part in a Christmas program on Visiontv called "The Christmas Hope". (Dec 16 @ 9pm and midnight): Link

James Remar (Jonah Prowse) has been cast as the father of Stephan and Damon on The CW's Vampire Diaries . Filming is to start next month and the episodes are to run in 2010.: Link

Good news for Timothy Omundson (Phil Constantino), Psych has been renewed for a fifth season: Link

Nice article about Skeet Ulrich's (Jake Green) performance on CSI NY: Link

Kitty's TV Reminders:

"Three Rivers" (Carol Barbee, Producer) is not on CBS this Sunday but don't panic! Three Rivers will return in December. Shiloh Fernandez (Sean Henthorne) will be appearing in the December 6th episode and Sprague Grayden (Heather Lisinski) will be appearing in the December 13th episode.

"The Forgotten" will be on (ABC) December 1 with Bob Stephenson (Jimmy Taylor)

The second season of "Sons of Anarchy" (FX) with Theo Rossi (Randy Peyton) ends this Tuesday December 1st with a 90 minute special.

SPECIAL MOVIE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Skeet Ulrich (Jake Green) is in the movie "Armored" which opens December 4th!

Next Syfy Jericho Marathon is Wednesday DECEMBER 9th...
Mark your calendars Rangers!!! =0)