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Wizard World #wizardpic photo contest

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The Wizard World #wizardpic contest!

Post a picture of yourself in your favorite costume and you could win a VIP package to Wizard World Philadelphia May 31st!

Are you as excited for Wizard World Philly as we are? To help get everyone in the mood, we thought a little costume contest would help. Thing is, Comic Con Philly hasn’t started yet, so…

We’re doing it online!

Starting Friday May 18th post your pics to the contest tab—Wizard World Philly’s Costume Contest page—or through Twitter or, heck, both! We’re going to pick three lucky winners from the top 10 entries (as chosen by you) with the grand prize of a VIP pass to the Philadelphia Comic Con (plus a whack of tickets to Snow White and the Huntsman). Oh and it gets better. The three winners from Philly will be put into a national draw to win a VIP Comic Con experience to the Wizard Comic Con of your choice in 2013!

How to enter:
1. On the Wizard World Philadelphia Facebook contest tab (http://www.facebook.com/philadelphiacomiccon?v=app_254553244581393&rest=1). Upload your picture and get your friends to vote for your pic to be in the top five submitted pictures!
2. On Twitter. Upload your picture somewhere online and tweet the location to @wizardworld with the hashtag #wizardpic then get your friends to RT your entry! The top 5 most mentioned/retweeted entries make the cut.
From the top 5 Facebook entries and the top 5 Twitter entries Wizard World will choose three winners from all the entries.

Prizes:
1. Grand prize: VIP pass to Philadelphia Comic Con (includes celebrity autograph of your choice), bypass all the lines and 5 tickets to Snow White and the Huntsman.
2. Second prize: Autographed photo of your favorite celebrity and 3 tickets to Snow White and the Huntsman.
3. Third prize: 2 tickets to Snow White and the Huntsman.
The three regional winners from the Philadelphia contest will be entered in the national draw for…

Round-trip airfare for two to any Wizard World Comic Con in North America in 2013 plus 2 VIP tickets and 2 nights hotel.

Full rules and details: http://www.wizardworld.com/wiwophcoconw.html

VIZ Media Announces Shonen Jump Alpha Trivia Sweepstakes

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VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES SHONEN JUMP ALPHA TRIVIA SWEEPSTAKES

Everyone Is Invited To Enter Contest For A Chance To Win A Pair Of 4-Day Passes To 2012 San Diego Comic-Con

VIZ Media invites manga fans to test their knowledge of the nation’s leading digital manga magazine with a just-announced new online SHONEN JUMP ALPHA Trivia Sweepstakes Contest, running exclusively at http://www.sjalpha.com/sja-trivia-contest through May 23rd, 2012.  No WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA membership is required to enter the contest.

Contestants simply have to correctly answer 3 trivia questions on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA to be entered into the sweepstakes drawing. The Grand Prize winner will receive two (2) 4-day show passes to the 2012 Comic-Con International, the nation’s largest comic book, science fiction and pop culture event. Comic-Con takes place July 12th-15th at the San Diego Convention Center, CA. (**Note: Prize package includes show passes only; winner is responsible for hotel, transportation, and other ancillary costs). The Second Place winner will receive an annual Membership to WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA, North America’s premier digital manga magazine.

Winners will be selected by random from all valid entries on May 24th and notified by email following the drawing.

Each new digital edition of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA treats manga fans across North America to the latest chapters of some of the world’s most popular manga series only two weeks after they debut in Japan’s massively popular WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP magazine. Don’t miss the latest installments of hot series such as BAKUMAN｡, BLEACH, NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN, NARUTO, ONE PIECE and TORIKO as well as access to special editorial features and an extensive online fan-supported community.

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA is available through an annual membership that provides 52 weeks of digital access to 48 weekly issues for just $25.99. Single issues of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA can be read for four weeks for only $0.99. Each issue may be read on VIZManga.com/sj-weekly, and also on the VIZ Manga App for iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod® touch. WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA members also receive an annual collector’s yearbook and access to exclusive content, including creator interviews and exclusive videos.

For more information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA and exclusive subscriber offers, please visit SJAlpha.com.

NAS Studios Nekros contest

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Color Contest N.A.S. Studios

N.A.S. Studios came up with a contest for all colorists out there.

What you need to do is pretty simple. Send NAS a personal message (via davidsandoval79 (at) yahoo.com) with a personal email in it letting me know you want to have a crack at coloring the pin-up.

The pin-up is for our Graphic Novel Nekros.

When you are done, send a high res of the pin-up/colors back and NAS will draw the winner, May 10th.

Now for the winner… Their colors will be published in the Nekros Graphic Novel and you’ll also get a copy of the Original Graphic Novel for yourself.

The colors will be judged by Andrew Mangum (Superboy, Star Spangled War Stories, Frank Frazetta’s Sorcerer, Grimm Fairy Tales) & David Ocampo (Plot Season: Seraph, 13 Legends).

Good Luck.

Nekros OGN

Creator/writer: David Sandoval
Interior Art: Andrew Mangum
Grays: Matt Houk

Alejandro – a middle aged priest in South America – has a run-in with death and finds himself cured after their meeting. Along with a cure to his illness Alejandro is blessed with an ability. How he uses it without knowing is the best part. Is it a Miracle or Curse… 

The Nekros Graphic Novel will be priced at $10 and will be available in digital format as well.

Nekros Will Be available October 2012.

About N.A.S. Studios

N.A.S. Studios is a publishing company based out of South Texas, initiating a new wave of original stories into the comic book industry, which focuses on the “Non-Super Hero” genre.

David Sandoval, CEO, founded the company in October of 2011. Many talented artists, such as Andrew Mangum, Ale Garza and the late Al Rio, created covers for our books.
N.A.S Studios is here to take comic story-telling by storm.

http://www.nasstudios.com/

VIZ Media Launches Shonen Jump Photo Contest

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Contest Encourages Fans To Submit Photos Showing Their Passion For SHONEN JUMP; iPad 2 With WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA Membership And Other Prizes To Be Awarded

San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2012 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, invites fans to show their love for SHONEN JUMP with a brand new contest that will award a variety of valuable prizes to several lucky winners. Contestants are encouraged to upload a photo showing their love for SHONEN JUMP to the contest page at sjalpha.com/ipad2.

Encourage friends, family and other fans to vote for your entry during the two, week-long voting periods! Prizes will be given to the fan with the most votes for that given week. A Grand Prize will also be awarded to fan with the most overall votes.

The first contest submission period is from March 16th to March 23rd, with voting from March 24th to March 31st. The second contest submission period will be from April 1st to April 8th with contest voting from April 9th to April 16th. Winners will be notified via email.

The Grand Prize for the Show Your SHONEN JUMP Love Contest will include a brand new Apple iPad 2, plus an annual membership to the WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA (SJ ALPHA) digital manga magazine, along with a $100.00 credit for VIZManga.com. The runner up prize will be a SHONEN JUMP gift bag, valued at $250.00 and awarded to the fan with the most votes during each of the two submission periods.

“Has your manga collection overtaken your house? Do you have a running countdown until your next local anime convention? Want to show off your latest SJ Cosplay? Then the Show Your SHONEN JUMP Love contest is definitely for you,” says Tu Ly, Senior Digital Marketing Manager. “It’s all about our fans and their connection to the stories and characters they love.  Manga and anime fans are by far the most creative people I’ve had the chance to meet and we’re really excited to see what comes out of this contest!

Each new digital issue of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA treats manga (comics) fans in North America to the latest chapters of some of the world’s most popular manga series only two weeks after they debut in Japan’s massively popular WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP magazine. Series include popular titles such as BAKUMAN｡, BLEACH, NARUTO, NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN, ONE PIECE, and TORIKO.

SJ ALPHA is available on VIZManga.com through an annual membership that provides 52 weeks of access to 48 weekly issues for just $25.99; single issues can be read for four weeks for only $0.99. Annual members will also receive an annual collector’s yearbook, collectable YU-GI-OH! game cards four times a year, and access to exclusive content, including creator interviews and videos. From now until April 30th, all members will also receive exclusive access to a special ONE PIECE x TORIKO crossover manga as a digital gift.

For more information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA and exclusive subscriber offers, please visit SJAlpha.com or VIZManga.com.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan.  Owned by three of Japan’s largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular monthly manga anthology SHONEN JUMP magazine and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and INUYASHA, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages.  VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products.  Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

A Look At Black History Through Art

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SO, YOU WANT TO BE A COMIC BOOK      ARTIST?

Are You a History Buff or Even Someone Interested in Making a Difference in This World?

Get a Teacher to Enter you in our Human Rights Art Contest

February 18th

Get published & your work could become a part of art history!
Team up with the Creators of “Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan” & The Professor of Cartoon Art and produce a Human Rights Graphic Novel.

Tell Your Teacher to Attend the Human Rights/Art Workshop

February 18th 10:00am to 1:00pm

at the TVAA Gallery Suite G-207 in the Plaza of Americas Building
Plaza of the Americas

700 N. Pearl Street

Dallas, Texas

Contest is open to students Grade 5 through Graduate Level Art Students.
There will be Bronze, Silver & Gold (open) Divisions.

 Each division winner will have a chance to be part of our next production &

will receive a piece of Black Comic Book History Art from the esteemed collection of

Comic Book Historian Professor William H. Foster lll
Contest ends May 20th, 2012 & Art from the Contest Will be on Display at The TVAA Gallery for the Entire Month of August 2012.
www.echoesofthelostboys.com

Aspen Comics Offers You The Chance To Be A Superhero In Their Upcoming Series “Idolized”!

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ASPEN COMICS OFFERS YOU THE CHANCE TO BE A SUPERHERO IN THEIR UPCOMING SERIES “IDOLIZED”! 

PLUS, WIN ORIGINAL ART AND SIGNED COPIES OF THE SERIES!

First, Aspen Comics offered you the chance to vote on what the characters in their upcoming series “IDOLIZED” would look like.  Now, they’re offering you the chance to actually appear as a character in the series.

“IDOLIZED” is Aspen’s first-ever superhero series.  It tells the story of girl with super-powers and a dark past, who seeks revenge, and ultimately finds redemption, over the course of competing in a televised super-hero competition show.  Essentially, it’s “True Grit” meets “American Idol”…with capes.

Now, you can be drawn into an issue of IDOLIZED as one of the superheroes auditioning to win the coveted title of “Superhero Idol”.

Simply tell Aspen what super-powers you would have if you were a superhero, and why.  Your entry can be purely text, or can include drawings and/or photos of yourself as the super-hero you’d dream of being.  You can enter any time between now and February 13, simply by posting your submission on Facebook.com/IdolizedComic and/or tweeting it with the hash-tag “#Idolized” in your tweet. There’s no limit on the number of entries you can make.

Aspen will choose their five favorite entries, and the fans will then have the chance to vote among those five finalists to choose the ultimate winner.  That winner will be drawn into issue #2 of IDOLIZED, and their name and likeness will appear in multiple panels as they join in a large-scale superhero battle.

And, as if actually being a superhero in a comic book wasn’t enough, the winner will also receive a page of original art that they appear in, and all five of the finalists will receive copies of each issue of IDOLIZED, signed by series writer David B. Schwartz and series artist Micah Gunnell.

“Given the subject matter of IDOLIZED, having a contest like this, and allowing our fans to really interact with and be a part of the series, seemed like a no-brainer,” said Aspen President Frank Mastromauro.  “And, after all, who wouldn’t want to be a super-hero?”

“IDOLIZED is shaping up to be an absolutely mind-blowingly amazing book,” added Aspen Editor-in-Chief Vince Hernandez. “The story is a blast, the artwork that Micah’s turning in is some of the best art I’ve ever seen, and I think that whoever ends up winning is going to be incredibly proud to have been a part of this series.”

The full rules for the contest are available at http://aspencomics.com/community/default.asp in the IDOLIZED section.

For more information on Aspen Comics, please check www.aspencomics.com or www.aspenstore.com

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www.twitter.com/aspencomics

www.davidbschwartz.net

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Win the Dark Horse Presents #10 Release Party! Mike Richardson Visits Your Comic Shop!

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WIN THE DARK HORSE PRESENTS #10 ReLEASE PARTY!

DARK HORSE PRESIDENT MIKE RICHARDSON VISITS YOUR COMIC SHOP!

December 28th, MILWAUKIE, OR – You may be asking yourself why your issue of Previews features Dark Horse president Mike Richardson’s handsome mug.

Well, as we near the landmark tenth issue of Dark Horse’s flagship anthology, we are offering one very lucky comic shop the chance to host the official Dark Horse Presents #10 release party!

In addition to a king’s ransom in prizes, the winning store will receive a visit from Dark Horse president and founder Mike Richardson!

Here’s how the contest works:

Step 1: Cut out the Mike Richardson mask in this issue of Previews. Enter to win by commenting or posting images on the Dark Horse blog (http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/777/mike-richardson-comes-your-store) beginning on December 28. You have until January 31 to tell us why your store deserves a day with Mike Richardson, or post a photo of yourself in the mask in your favorite store. Retailers may post as many photos as they can of store staff, customers, and people off the street. We’ll narrow it down to five finalists based solely on the number of comments and notify them the following day, February 1.

Step 2: After two more weeks of fierce competition, Dark Horse will pick from the five finalists, based subjectively on a combination of volume and creativity of the Mike photos and comments. The winning store will be announced in the February 13 FOC newsletter, and on the Dark Horse blog that same day.

Retailers: Tell us why your store deserves to host this exclusive event!

Fans: Here’s your chance to show your comic shop loyalty!

One entry per person.

The party will be held the day Dark Horse Presents #10 is released in stores. One store will win a release-night party package including:

  • 200 various Dark Horse comics to give away
  • >10 trades to give away
  • Dark Horse Comics key chains
  • An assortment of Dark Horse Comics buttons
  • 4 Dark Horse Comics coffee mugs
  • Pizza
  • A store-exclusive Dark Horse Presents miniprint
  • And more!

The other four finalists will each receive 10 copies of Dark Horse Presents #10, signed by the big guy himself.

The fine print: No purchase necessary. You must be eighteen years of age or older to enter. Contest entries only accepted if they are submitted by 11:59p.m. (PDT), Jan. 31st, 2012, to be eligible. Winner will be selected, as determined at Dark Horse’s sole discretion, from all applicable entries and will be notified by Feb. 13th, 2012. Entry becomes the property of Dark Horse upon receipt. Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner’s name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants.

Get Killed in the 2nd Story Arc of The Strain!

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The plague is coming and we want to know how you will survive.
Win a chance to get killed in the 2nd Story Arc of The Strain!

We’re making preparations for the coming infestation, storing food, comics and weapons. The Strain #1 is on its way, infecting comic shops on Dec. 14th. And here’s a little contest to get you excited for the comics from Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, David Lapham and Mike Huddleston.

We want to hear how you will survive the vampire plague. In the comments below give us at least a 200 word description of how you plan to survive the coming epidemic. What supplies will you need? Where would you go to hide? Who would be with you? What weapons would you need? Give us all the details, we need help figuring out how we’d survive.

Official Rules:

1. Post a comment of at least 200 words on the Dark Horse Blog (http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/741/strain-survive-plague-contest) by 11:59p.m. PT on Sunday Dec. 4th, 2011 and describe how you plan to survive the coming plague.

2. Come back next week as we post the top 5 Survival Tales, once per day through Dec. 9th.

3. Starting Dec. 9th. come back to the blog and Vote for the best Survival Plan Through Dec. 13th.

***We’ll post the winner on Dec. 14th, the release date of The Strain #1

The Winner of this contest will have their likeness drawn into one of The Strain arc two comics to be killed by a Vampire. We will finalize details with the winner individually.

The fine print: No purchase necessary. One online entry per person (one e-mail address per person/address). You must be eighteen years of age or older to enter. Contest entries only accepted if they are submitted by 11:59p.m. (PDT), Dec. 4th, 2011, to be eligible. Winner will be selected based upon the quality of submitted comments (as determined at Dark Horse’s sole discretion) from all applicable entries and will be notified by Dec. 13th, 2011. Entry becomes the property of Dark Horse upon receipt. Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner’s name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants.

Win a Release Party for Tom Morello’s Orchid At Your Local Comic-Book Shop!

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ROCK YOUR LOCAL COMIC-BOOK SHOP!

WIN A RELEASE PARTY FOR TOM MORELLO’S ORCHID!

September 20, Milwaukie, OR—Dark Horse Comics is offering one lucky comic-book store the chance to host the official Orchid release party!

That’s right! Tom Morello’s Orchid #1 comes out October 12, and to celebrate, Dark Horse Comics wants you to tell us about your favorite comic-book store and why they should have the party.

Entry rules are simple: Enter to win by commenting on the Dark Horse blog. The store with the most love wins! One entry per person. Multiple entries will be deleted. The party is to be held the evening of October 12, 2011.

One store will win a release-night party package including:

10 signed copies of Orchid

200 other Dark Horse comics to give away

10 trades to give away

Orchid posters

Dark Horse Comics key chains

An assortment of Dark Horse Comics buttons

4 Dark Horse Comics coffee mugs

Tom Morello’s Nightwatchman CDs

Pizza

A store-exclusive Orchid miniprint

And more!

The contest ends on September 30, so get on the Dark Horse blog and tell us why your local comic-book shop should win the official Orchid release party!

When the seas rose, genetic codes were smashed. Now, human settlements are ringed by a dense wilderness, from which ferocious new animal species prey on the helpless. The high ground belongs to the rich and powerful, who overlook swampland shantytowns from their fortresslike cities. Iron-fisted rule ensures order and allows the wealthy to harvest the poor as slaves. Welcome to the world of Orchid.

From the mind of musician Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman), with art by Scott Hepburn (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic), Orchid is the tale of a teenage prostitute who learns that she is more than the role society has imposed upon her.

SDCC 2011: $500 Dark Horse Digital Giveaway, Everyday!

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SDCC 2011: $500 DIGITAL GIVEAWAY—EVERY DAY,

THE DARK HORSE WAY!

July 15, MILWAUKIE, OR—If you thought you were only walking away from Comic-Con International with a bunch of swag, then you were way off!

Every day of San Diego Comic-Con (Thursday-Sunday), Dark Horse Comics will be giving one avid fan $500 in digital comics from Dark Horse Digital at booth #2615! Here’s the scoop:

From 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., raffle tickets will be handed out at the Dark Horse booth. At 10 a.m. sharp, one lucky winner will be drawn at the Dark Horse booth. That’s four chances to win $500 in Dark Horse Digital comics!

See you at booth #2615, 9:30 a.m.!

Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has grown to become the third-largest comics publisher in the United States and is acclaimed internationally for the quality and diversity of its line. Now, in 2011, the company that revolutionized the comic industry proudly presents its groundbreaking digital-publishing program, Dark Horse Digital.

Having launched with hundreds of titles, Dark Horse Digital offers its most popular titles at an unprecedented value, while providing the highest-quality reading experience possible. Single-issue comics are priced as low as just $0.99, and there is also an extensive list of free introductory #1 issues. Additionally, DH Digital’s “bundles” group together story arcs spanning multiple issues into affordable packages, allowing readers to get the three or four issues that comprise a complete narrative, starting at just $3.99 and up. And through cloud-based technology, Digital Store purchases can be read and enjoyed on your laptop, desktop, mobile browser, and Dark Horse Bookshelf app, available now on iTunes.

To get started, simply log on to Digital.DarkHorse.com or download the app to create an account, and begin building your collection today.

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