Category: Conventions

SDCC 2013: Dark Horse Announces Guest of Honor – KAZUO KOIKE

San Diego, JULY 9—Dark Horse is proudly celebrating twenty-five years of manga publishing in 2013 by bringing legendary Japanese creator and Eisner Hall of Fame inductee Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub) to San Diego Comic-Con! Last week, Dark Horse announced New Lone Wolf and Cub during Anime Expo in Los Angeles, in which series creator Kazuo Koike continues the greatest samurai manga epic ever! New Lone Wolf and Cub is an eleven-volume series that picks up right at the end of Lone Wolf and Cub—which left Itto Ogami’s son Daigoro on a blood-strewn battlefield. What will happen now to the young child with the

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Join the Comic Creator Connection Sponsored By ComiXology

Fans…MEET YOUR MAKERS ComiXology Sponsors the Comic Creator Connection at Comic-Con International 2013 CCI’s Comic Creator Connection is a one-of-a-kind meet up for up-and-coming creators ComiXology to guarantee marketing support for qualified participants July 8th, 2013 – New York, NY – ComiXology’s Meet Your Makers summer extravaganza continues with the announcement of comiXology’s sponsorship of the Comic Creator Connection – a one-of-a-kind meet up for comic creators that is presented by and takes place during Comic-Con International. The Comic Creator Connection (CCC) puts writers and artists together to see whether they can find their creative counterparts. For any writer and

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The Blank Page Project Brought To You By ComiXology & The Hero Initiative

Fans… MEET YOUR MAKERS ComiXology Partners with The Hero Initiative for “The Blank Page Project” Charity Event at Comic-Con International 2013 A two-hour charity event celebrating creators that all fans are invited to join! Watch LIVE as creators fill a gigantic comic page to be auctioned off at a later date Hosted by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, comiXology and The Hero Initiative July 1st, 2013 – New York, NY – ComiXology’s Meet Your Makers summer extravaganza continues with “The Blank Page Project” charity event. The Hero Initiative partners with comiXology and creators Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner to host

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BotCon 2013 Reveals Show Exclusives

On their Facebook page, BotCon revealed the show souvenir exclusves right before the club store opened to sell them to throngs of waiting fans. Available are: Thundercracker/Mirage 2-pack (limited to 2000) Sandstorm/Electron 2-pack (limited to 2000) Rainmakers 3-pack (Sunstorm, Bitstream, Hotlink, limited to 2500) Kreon 5-pack (Kreon figures of the box set characters, limited to 1500) Along with yesterday’s revelation of the attendee-exclusive Starscream and the customization class Blastcharge Strika, we now know all of the exclusive toys available at the show.  In addition, BotCon showed a new War of Machines lithograph, featuring this years characters; what look like trading

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