FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VINTAGE TOYS & POP CULTURE AUCTION APRIL 28 Iconic Toys, Comics and Original Artwork Los Angeles, April 9, 2013 Blacksparrow Auctions is pleased to announce the Vintage Toys & Pop Culture Auction, to be held at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) on April 28, 2013 11am CT. The live auction features over 250 artifacts from popular culture as depicted in television, film, comics and children’s literature. A select variety of toys, comics and artwork from the auction catalog will be on display at C2E2. The featured items in the sale include the original 1978 Carbalon
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Mind Wave Comics Coming to C2E2!
Chicago, Illinois – MIND WAVE COMICS is excited to announce it will exhibiting at C2E2 in the windy city, taking place April 26th-28th, 2013 at McCormick Place in Chicago! “Con season 2013 is off to an awesome start and MIND WAVE is pumped to be returning to the windy city to be a part of C2E2 again!” exclaimed MIND WAVE COMICS Co-founder Dave Wheeler. Come by our tables and meet our creators, some of the latest and greatest talent in the field today.
Continue readingProgramming Schedule at Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, March 22-24
Q&A Panels With Stan Lee, Laurie Holden, Tom Felton, Spotlight On Neal Adams Highlight Programming At Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con Morena Baccarin, Dean Cain/John Shea, Billy Dee Williams, Other Celebrity Panels, Creator Q&A’s, Private ‘Meet and Greets,’ Saturday After Party, Costume Contests, ‘Kids Day’ at America’s Center, March 22-24 NEW YORK and ST. LOUIS, March 11, 2013 – A robust selection of Q&A sessions with celebrities and superstar artists, comics industry and pop culture discussions, evening parties, costume contests and more highlight the panel room programming offerings at the inaugural Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, March 22-24 at
Continue readingArthur Suydam “The Walking Dead” Cover Debuts At St. Louis Comic Con
“Zombie King” Arthur Suydam’s Variant Cover of Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead #1” Debuts at Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con Skybound and Wizard World’s Second Limited Edition Cover in the Wizard World series Free to Full-Price Attendees NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 – Combining the legends of Robert Kirkman and his groundbreaking, Eisner Award-winning comic book series, The Walking Dead, and Arthur Suydam’s unique and prolific work in the zombie genre led to the second in a series of exclusive Wizard World variant covers of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead #1 comic, provided for free to all full-price attendees at Wizard
Continue readingComiXology Submit Poised To Transform The Industry
For Immediate Release: COMIXOLOGY’S SUBMIT SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT COMICS CREATORS POISED TO TRANSFORM THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY Turnkey marketing and sales channel for independent comic book and graphic novel creators; works by Shannon Wheeler, Becky Cloonan, and Jake Parker and other top creators available today New York, NY, March 6, 2013 – Starting now, independent comic book and graphic novel creators can build a worldwide following and profit from their work. Through a portal called comiXology Submit, from comiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform, independent creators simply need to upload their comic book and graphic novels for approval at no cost.
Continue readingEmerald City Comicon to Feature First Ever Digital Convention Exclusive Featuring Atomic Robo
For Immediate Release: COMIXOLOGY, RED 5 COMICS & EMERALD CITY COMICON ’13 TEAM UP TO BRING YOU THE FIRST EVER DIGITAL COMIC CONVENTION EXCLUSIVE! FEATURING ATOMIC ROBO Every ECCC ’13 badge holder will get a code to redeem this First Ever Digital Convention Exclusive created in Guided View™ technology available only on comiXology Atomic Robo digital comic to go on sale to general public Wednesday, March 6th after ECCC ’13 Febuary 25th, 2013 –New York/Calgary/Seattle – ComiXology, Red 5 Comics & Emerald City Comicon have teamed up to bring fans the first-ever digital convention exclusive — Atomic Robo: Along Came a Tyrantula.
Continue readingRobert Kirkman’s ‘‘The Walking Dead #1’’ Exclusive Variant Covers Available to All Wizard World Comic Con 2013 Attendees
Robert Kirkman’s ‘‘The Walking Dead #1’’ Exclusive Variant Covers Available to All Wizard World Comic Con 2013 Attendees First TWD #1 variant cover by comic writer/artist Michael Golden debuts at Portland Comic Con, Feb. 22-24; Limited Editions Via Skybound Only Available At Wizard World Throughout 2013 NEW YORK, February 13, 2013 – Robert Kirkman, creator and writer of the groundbreaking, Eisner-Award winning The Walking Deadcomic book series and graphic novels continues to break records in all of its incarnations. Wizard World and Skybound, Kirkman’s imprint at Image Comics, have teamed to bring fans what they want, more of The Walking Dead! Now,
Continue readingReview: “Star Wars” #1 from Dark Horse
See the preview at http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/19-812/Star-Wars-1 So, when I walked into my local comic shop (Neptune Comics – give them a try! I don’t make money by linking them; they’re just good people.), I wasn’t sure I was going to buy “Star Wars” #1. I knew the story — this takes place shortly after Episode IV, and it could be a continuity mess by treading in the waters of the established “Expanded Universe”. However, after I decided to pick it up, I jokingly told the owner, “Well, they can’t screw it up any more! And they may just burn it clean
Continue readingAn Open Letter to Dan Slott
[Spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man #698-700 and The Superior Spider-Man #1.] Dear Dan, (Can I call you Dan? The only reason I ask is that these open letters usually start that way, with the writer asking if it’s okay to be on a first-name basis with the recipient. And I hate to buck a trend.) You probably know why I’m writing. I’m writing because you have thoroughly desecrated, trashed, maimed, and destroyed Spider-Man. Trust me — even before I read The Amazing Spider-Man #700, I knew you had done it. Heck, I didn’t even need to read #698 to know that you were the
Continue readingPreview of The Transformers Club Magazine #49
Today, the Official Transformers Facebook Page released a one-page preview of the 2013 Transformers Club Magazine comic storyline that begins in issue #49. Click the previous link or look at it mirrored below.
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