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Kids Comics L.A.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

Celebrate Creativity and Comics

at Kids Comics L.A.

Join local comic creators for a day of family fun to learn about creating comics and all-ages comic books from the creators of Fraggle Rock, Darkwing Duck, Penguins of Madagascar and Reed Gunther!

LOS ANGELES – Kids love comic books, and comic books love kids! A new renaissance of all-ages comic books has energized young readers like never before. To celebrate, a group of comic book creators in Los Angeles have teamed up to host Kids Comics L.A. – a unique (and free!) one-day event on Dec. 4 at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood to spotlight kids comics and engage a new generation of future comic creators!

At Kids Comics L.A., kids will meet and interact with comic creators and learn how to make their own comic books! Writers and artists of kid-friendly comic books starring familiar characters will be in attendance to sign books and talk about comics with fans. Two unique comic seminars will help budding creators understand the basics of making their own comics, with one session focused on creating characters and one focused on comic book storytelling. These interactive seminars are open to everyone attending the event and families are encouraged to learn together!

The creators participating in Kids Comics L.A. include Sam Humphries (Fraggle Rock, Archaia Comics), Ian Brill (Darkwing Duck and Rescue Rangers, BOOM! Kids Comics), Dave Server and Jackson Lansing (Penguins of Madagascar, Ape Entertainment), and Chris and Shane Houghton (Reed Gunther, Independent).

Los Angeles’ own famous Grilled Cheese Truck will be on hand all day to feed comics lovers of all ages with their cheesy delights!

This event is all ages, open to the public, and free! Come hang out with the comic book creators of today AND tomorrow!

For more information, including creator bios, please see the Kids Comics L.A. page: http://bit.ly/aatqRe

When: Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Meltdown Comics

7522 Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90046

Phone: 323-851-7723

www.meltcomics.com

Chip ‘N’ Dale Rescue Rangers Signing @ Beach Ball Comics!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS & DARKWING DUCK WRITER
IAN BRILL
IS SIGNING @
BEACH BALL COMICS
DECEMBER 5, 2010

EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION

BEACH BALL COMICS VARIANT
AVAILABLE AT SIGNING!

November 30, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – Hot on the heels of the release of the fan anticipated CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS #1 comes a signing you wont want to miss. Disney Afternoon fans in the Sothern California area come down to Beach Ball Comics to meet CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS and DARKWING DUCK writer extraordinaire Ian Brill as he’ll be signing comics and greeting fans Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 2pm!

But that’s not all, fans who show up can buy the CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS #1 exclusive for Beach Ball Comics! It’s the limited edition variant no Chip ‘N’ Dale Rescue Rangers fan can pass up!

What: CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS Signing Event!
Where: Beach Ball Comics
3024 W Ball Rd Ste G
Anaheim, CA 92804
When: Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 2pm
Anything else?: HECK YEAH! CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS #1 LIMITED EDITION BEACH BALL COMICS VARIANT!

About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) 2009 “Best Publisher” of the year, generates a wide-ranging catalog of multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic books and graphic novels featuring some of the industry’s top talent, including Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, 20th Century Fox’s 28 DAYS LATER and DIE HARD, The Henson Company’s FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE. This fall sees BOOM! teaming up with the legendary Stan Lee, creator of Marvel Comics’ characters Spider-Man, The Hulk, and The X-Men for a line of original superhero series, the legend’s first new superhero creations in nearly 20 years. BOOM!’s youth imprint, BOOM Kids!, is an undisputed industry leader publishing Disney/Pixar’s THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney’s THE MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.

Superheroes Return to Panhandle

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Brett

Superman, Wolverine, Spider-Man and the Hulk can return to menace tourists on the crowded Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. A judge blocked the Keane Act which had outlawed the performers.

Judge Dean Peterson wrote:

It may not seem like a traditional form of free speech, but their right to perform is protected under that provision of the U.S. Constitution.

The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce wasn’t happy with the ruling. It’s President Leron Gubler said the Hollywood Blvd. characters are a menace to tourists, sometimes refusing to allow visitors to pass by the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre without a toll in the form of a photograph and gratuity.

The people who make a living this way was covered in a documentary, Confessions of a Superhero. You can check out the trailer to that below.

Mark Waid Is Signing At Geoffrey’s Comics 33rd Anniversary!

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

MARK WAID
IS
SIGNING

AT GEOFFREY’S COMICS
33RD ANNIVERSARY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010

FREE MARK WAID COMICS
FOR EVERY ATENDEE!

November 18th, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – Comics fans in the Los Angeles & Southern California area don’t miss the biggest celebration of the season. No, not Thanksgiving! Geoffrey’s Comics 33rd anniversary extravaganza with a special guest signing by Eisner and Harvey Award nominee Mark Waid! Come one, come all as Mark Waid signs for all his fans between 11am-2pm. Don’t have anything for Mark Waid to sign? You’re in luck! No fan goes home empty handed as Geoffreey’s Comics offers free Mark Waid comics and even amazing door prizes for the first 33 attendees!

What: Geoffrey’s Comics 33rd Anniversary
Where: 15900 Crenshaw Blvd., Gardena, CA
When: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Mark Waid signs 11am-2pm

Attendees get:
Free Mark Waid book for EVERYONE in attendance!
First 33 people in line get a pack of comics worth $33 for FREE!
Buy any item and get 5 MORE FREE COMICS!
25% Off EVERYTHING except new books!
Thousands of comics for as low as 20 cents!
Hundreds of DC Direct toys priced under $10!

Marvel Arrives At The Long Beach Comic Con!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

Marvel Arrives At The Long Beach Comic Con!

Join Marvel at the Long Beach Convention Center on October 29th for the Long Beach Comic Con! Over the course of the three day convention, fans will have the opportunity to meet the Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. Jeph will be on hand to sign his fans’ favorite comics! On Saturday, there will be a special panel featuring Marvel’s hottest new show, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, along with a look at Marvel’s new Iron Man Anime series that any card-carrying Marvel fan cannot and should not miss!! Plus, all kids 10 and under will receive a free copy of Eric Shanower and Skottie Young’s Ozma Of Oz #1!

Check out the details here!

Marvel Television Presents – The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Marvel Anime Panel
Date: Saturday, October 30th
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Seaside Ballroom A
Description: Enter the Avengers Mansion and become part of the world’s greatest team of Super Heroes! This is your exclusive pass to top-secret Avengers files as Marvel’s Head of Television, Jeph Loeb, shows you a never before seen full-length episode from the all-new animated series, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, now airing on Disney XD. Then, witness the dawn of Marvel Anime as we showcase the highly anticipated, full-length pilot episode of Iron Man Anime, which is set to air on G4 in 2011, and is produced by the world-renowned Japanese animation studio, MADHOUSE — whose notable films include such hits as: Metropolis, Ninja Scroll and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Jeph Loeb Signings
Location: Artist Alley Featured Guest Signing Area
Friday: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Saturday: 4:00 to 5:30 pm
Sunday: 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Ozma of Oz#1 by Eric Shanower & Skottie Young
Free give away to kids 10 & under at Ticket Sales all weekend long (while supplies last.)

Join Marvel and its talented creators at the Long Beach Convention Center October 29th to the 31st. You really don’t want to miss out on the fantastic line up of events and signings that Marvel will be dishing out at the Long Beach Comic Con!

Top Cow Echoes ‘We Create’ at Long Beach Comic Con 2010

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

BE AMONG THE FIRST TO VOTE FOR PILOT SEASON 2010

TOP COW ECHOES ‘WE CREATE’ AT LONG BEACH COMIC CON 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 28, 2010 – With Halloween weekend upon us, join Top Cow Productions, Inc. in their home city of Los Angeles at the second annual Long Beach Comic Con, October 29-31, at the Long Beach Convention Center.

Meet the Top Cow team and creators at booth #212 for convention exclusives, preview books and free goodies, and celebrate the success of this year’s action-packed event series Artifacts, launch of Echoes and the kick-off of the Pilot Season 2010 voting period with them.

Fans who stop by the booth will be among the first to launch the Pilot Season 2010 voting period. At voting stations, attendees can decide who deserves a series of their own: a group of bank robbers, a femme fatale of the digital age, a former assassin for the CIA, a doctor working at a pharmaceutical company, or an ex-pat who made a del with a demon. Several creators for this year’s Pilot Season will be on-hand to sway your vote.

Among the creators appearing at the Top Cow booth #212 will be Joshua Fialkov (Tumor, Echoes), Rob Levin (Pilot Season: 7 Days From Hell, Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box), William Harms (Impaler), Filip Sablik (Pilot Season: Asset), Jeff Katz (Pilot Season: Crosshair), Rick Loverd (Berserker), Michael Broussard (Artifacts, The Darkness), Sheldon Mitchell (The Darkness), Rahsan Ekedal (Echoes, The Crazies), Rick Basaldua (Artifacts, The Darkness), Randy Queen (Darkness/Darkchylde: Kingdom of Pain), Sarah Queen (Darkness/Darkchylde: Kingdom of Pain) and Joe Weems (Artifacts, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia).

Top Cow publisher Filip Sablik is hosting a panel on Saturday, October 30, Top Cow: We Create…Competition, at 3:00-3:45pm in Seaside Ballroom B. Join Sablik and a host of Top Cow creators as he walks attendees through what the Cow has in store for you in 2011, including the next arc in Artifacts and Magdalena, Top Cow mainstays Witchblade and The Darkness, what’s coming out first at Minotaur Press, and more. Panelists include Broussard, Mitchell, Levin, Fialkov, Ekedal and Loverd. All attendees will receive a free gift!

At the Top Cow booth #212, the publisher will have the following new products available for fans: Witchblade #139 Long Beach Comic Con exclusive cover by Randy Queen and Sarah Queen, two Halloween lithographs by the Queens and Stjepan Sejic. Additionally, Top Cow will have several exclusive trade paperback bellyband packages.

About Top Cow Productions Inc.

Top Cow Productions, Inc. (www.topcow.com), a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, was founded in December of 1992 by artist Marc Silvestri, who also co-founded Image Comics earlier that same year. Top Cow currently publishes its line of comic books in 21 languages in over 55 different countries. The company has launched 20 franchises (18 original and two licensed) in the industry’s Top 10, seven at #1, a feat accomplished by no other publisher in the last two decades. Its flagship franchise, WITCHBLADE, was TNT’s #1 original film of 2000 and the subsequent TV series was released on DVD on July 29, 2008. WITCHBLADE is also the first American property to be fully adapted in Japan as an original anime and manga by Studio GONZO in 2006. Top Cow’s other flagship property, THE DARKNESS, was developed into a major next-generation video game release by Starbreeze and 2K Games and achieved platinum sales status. WANTED, an Eisner-nominated miniseries published by Top Cow from 2003-2005, is now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. Virtually all of Top Cow’s other properties are in development as feature films, live-action television, animation or video games. Top Cow has also successfully licensed and merchandised its franchises into toys, statues, clothing, lithographs, puppets, posters, magnets, shot glasses, lighters, lunch pails, wall scrolls, mouse pads, die-cast cars, calendars, Christmas ornaments, Halloween masks, trading cards, standees, video games and roleplaying games.

Top Cow Invites You To A Discussion and Signing of Rest and Berserker with Milo Ventimiglia

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

TOP COW INVITES YOU TO A DISCUSSION AND SIGNING OF REST AND BERSERKER WITH MILO VENTIMIGLIA

LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 25, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that DiVide Pictures’ Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) will be doing an in-store signing for, as well as discuss, Rest and Berserker at Borders in Southern California on Wednesday, October 27 at 7pm.

Rest tells the story of John Barrett, a man in his late 20’s, whose life is going nowhere. He is stuck in a dead-end job with no friends and no future. When his best friend from college mysteriously resurfaces with news of a new wonder drug that replaces sleep, John falls into a conspiracy that threatens to change the course of human history. Written by Mark Powers (GI Joe) with art by Shawn McManus (Sandman) and Marco Castiello (Witchblade).

Berserker centers on Aaron and Farris, two young and completely different men who discover an animalistic and uncontrollable rage living inside them. Meanwhile, two mysterious organizations seek them out for their newfound strength and power for their own purposes. But what good is strength and power when you can’t tell friend from foe? From screenwriter Rick Loverd and artist Jeremy Haun (Chuck, Detective Comics) comes a raw, blood series in the spirit of Wanted!

Borders is located at 3700 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503. There is no charge for the signing and Borders will have copies of both Rest and Berserker softcovers on hand for sale during the event.

Abattoir signing at Golden Apple Comics

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

MEET DARREN LYNN BOUSMAN,

DIRECTOR OF THE SAW FRANCHISE FILMS AND MOTHER’S DAY

On October 27th, starting at 5:00 P.M., Golden Apple Comics will present an autograph signing with Darren Lynn Bousman, along with writers Rob Levin and Troy Peteri, for the release of the new comic book from Radical Publishing, ABATTOIR.

From director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw franchise, Mother’s Day, Repo! The Genetic Opera) comes a chilling, supernatural tale set in the cold beauty of Middle America in the late 80s. After a brutal massacre takes place in a gorgeous house, real estate agent and family man Richard Ashwalt is assigned the impossible task of picking up the pieces and selling the property. As Richard inspects the blood-soaked grounds, a twisted old man arrives at the house with a sinister and terrifying purpose. Richard is about to be drawn into a web of shadows, murders and massacres that will shatter him to his very core!

ABATTOIR issue #1 autograph event will take place in Los Angeles at Golden Apple Comics on October 27th, 2010 from 5-7 P.M. at 7018 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. For more information, please call 323-658-6047.

About Radical Publishing

In a world of publishing where the market is always hungry for the next fresh property, one new publisher is looking to shake things up and is delivering exciting creative products with a bold new business approach. Aptly named, Radical Publishing is leveraging on its experienced leadership, dynamic crew and unique business infrastructure to create that vital connection throughout the media space.

Founded by Barry Levine and Jesse Berger, Radical Publishing is a manufacturer of the next generation of premium comic book products, with a focus on high-concept stories and artwork by marquee and newly discovered talent. In addition, the quality of the work ensures a longer shelf life for each property as a collective library of high concepts. For more information, visit www.radicalpublishing.com.

About Golden Apple Comics

Golden Apple Comics has been the premier comic book & pop culture store in Los Angeles for over 30 years. Always cutting edge & proactive in the community, Golden Apple views this as a great opportunity to attract new readers to our thriving industry. A place in LA for anything groundbreaking in the comic world.

Mark Waid Wants You To Be A Hero!

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

MARK WAID &
THE HERO INITIATIVE
WANT YOU
TO BE A HERO

Help support The Hero Initiative
by using your Ralphs & Food4Less, and Cala/Bell rewards card

Comic fans, its your turn to help comic creators!

Monday, September 27, 2010 – Mark Waid and The Hero Initiative want comic fans to rise up and be a hero! If you live in California, Nevada, Illinois, and Indiana, sign up your Ralphs, Food4Less, Cala Foods or Bell Markets rewards card with the “Community Contributions” program and the next time you shop using your rewards card you’ll be helping comic book creators in need of emergency medical aid, financial support, and other necessities. It’s never been easier to be a hero!

As part of the “Community Contributions” program, Ralphs, Food4Less, Cala Foods and Bell Markets will make a donation to The Hero Initiative every time you shop with your rewards card. Not only are you saving money but you’re saving lives.

Here’s how you too can become a hero!:

1) Log onto your http://www.ralphs.com and sign into your rewards account. If you don’t have a Ralphs.com account sign up, it’s free and it saves you cash!

2) After signing in, click on the following link:

https://customer.ralphs.com/ManageCommunityRewardsStep1.aspx

or if that doesn’t work try the second link blow:
https://customer.ralphs.com/ManageCommunityRewardsStep3.aspx

3) Fill out the information form including The Hero Initiative NPO# and corporate name:
NPO#: 80680
Corporate Name: A Commitment To Our Roots.

4) Start shopping!

If you’ve already signed up but it’s been more than a year, sign up again! Every Sept 1st “Community Contributions” are reset which means if you’re not sure your purchasing power is helping The Hero Initiative, now’s the time to find out!

So tell your family, friends, comic shop acquaintances, Mark Waid is looking for heroes! Sign up those rewards cards and shop at your local Ralphs, Food4Less, Cala Foods and/or Bell Markets to help The Hero Initiative and uphold a tradition of generosity towards comic creators in need of medical, financial, and moral support.

To find your local Ralphs use the Ralphs Store Locator
(http://services.ralphs.com/StoreLocator/StoreLocatorAdvanced.aspx)

To find your local Food4Less use the Food4Less Store Locator
(http://services.food4less.com/StoreLocator/StoreLocatorAdvanced.aspx)

About The Hero Initiative
The Hero Initiative (http://www.heroinitiative.org) is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterdays’ creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work.

Care about Free Speech, Sign the Gamer Petition

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Brett

On April 26, 2010, the Supreme Court granted the state of California‘s petition for certiorari (cert) in Schwarzenegger v. EMA , the so-called “violent video game” case. This will be the first time that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on any of the state laws attempting to restrict or ban certain video games. Until now, all such laws have been struck down by lower federal courts as unconstitutional restrictions on Free Speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

The Court will hear oral arguments on November 2, 2010. At that time, the Court will also review all friends of the Court briefs (amicus briefs) that will put forth additional information for the Court to consider. The Entertainment Consumers Association will be submitting such a brief on behalf of American digital entertainment consumers and will be attaching the gamer petition.

Take action now, sign the petition and support free speech.

Full disclosure, we consult for the Entertainment Consumers Association

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