Tivo Rodriguez
Tivo Rodriguez is the creator & writer of Erie County Comics, a independent comic book line based out of Amherst, N.Y. Using ideas & concepts from life in the Western New York, Tivo has worked in conjunction with the owners of Queen City Comics, (one of the longest running comic book stores in the Buffalo area) and has produced several titles with a slew of fascinating characters such as Rustbelt, Roller Queen, Kennington Bailey, the Courier, Bubble Man, & the Woman in White.
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To date the titles Rustbelt, Roller Queen, & Erie County Comics Presents are available and Tivo has been also been able to produce merchandise for fans to enjoy, including but not limited to; tees, sneakers, women's panties, and coffee mugs among other items.
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Tivo has hosted signing events at local comic conventions and Queen City Comic Books, located on Main Street in University Heights.
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Not to show a lack of a sense of humor, with a touch of nostalga for Generation X, Tivo has created a series of mock up products that didn't really exist, but are based on real merchandise kids of the 70s & 80s had such as lunchboxes, Underroos, & Atari 2600 video games with his characters all over them.
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To learn more or contact Tivo & E.C. Comics a link has been placed below
About C.G.
A lifelong resident of Buffalo, New York, C.G. has been writing since he was five years old, beginning with creating his own comic books.
His genuine passion for writing fully emerged during his junior year in high school, where began to write movie reviews for his school newspaper, then began crafting his first real stories—horror tales inspired by the television movie Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
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In 1994, C.G. conceived the idea for first book and commenced working on it, but he set it aside when he began attending college. In 2004, The Rainbow Warrior: Genesis was published, followed by a sequel in 2006. Progress slowed when his first publisher closed down and while searching for a new publisher, he wrote his first mystery, Family Ties, the first in a series. After finding a home with Mélange Publishing, LLC and Nancy Schumacher, he quickly followed up with Family Plots, Family Education, and Killer Holidays.
Having been sidetracked the past few years, C.G. is getting back on track with the rewrite of The Rainbow Warrior: Genesis and has begun work on the next anthology in his John Seraph mystery series, as well as having four new story ideas he’s developing at this time.
In addition to writing, C.G. is an ardent Broadway enthusiast, researcher of various subjects mythology, the American Old West, and real-life paranormal phenomena (encompassing ufology, cryptozoology, and parapsychology), as well as an avid movie aficionado with particular interest in mysteries and westerns., C.G. is a comic book collector and historian, and a proficient home cook who prepares meals for his parents. Below are some photos of C.G.'s home cooking and desserts his friends have asked him to share online.
Homemade jambalaya, w/ andouille sausage, chicken & jumbo shrimp, with the right spices, after eight hours in a crock pot.
A pork roast after eight hours in the crock pot w/ a hard cider glaze, apple-slaw & veggies, w/ fresh biscuits.
Homemade chuck beef stew, first braised, w/ beef stock, then placed in the crockpot for eight hours w/ baby carrots, peas, corn, & baby potatoes, w/ fresh biscuts.
A candy stuffed holiday chocolate cake, loaded with Christmas candies & decorated with crushed peppermint candy canes on top.
An eight-hour chili made in the crock-pot, w/ 2 types of kidneys beans, stewed tomatoes, 1 diced jalapeno, 1 full jar of salsa, & 1 tall boy beer. Only 1, no one was getting married or buried.
Homemade stuffed shells, with seasoned ground beef, w/ cottage cheese, shredded cheese, & mayo. Yes Mayo! And this is his mother's receipe.
An Easter white & chocolate candy stuffed cake, loaded w/ jelly beans & Easter M&Ms
A recipe C.G. created; Apple-Pie Trifle, made w/ 3 different types of apples & 2 different types of raisins, sauteed, then layered w/ pieces of frozen pound cake & whipped cream, topped w/ cinnamon sugar.