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Image Comics’ Signing Schedule for Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon this week in Seattle is set to be eventful for fans of Image Comics, as the company is rolling out not just three great panels and five exclusive covers for the convention, but also a signing schedule packed with some of the comic industry’s best and brightest.

The full schedule of signings taking place at Image’s booth (#1100) is as follows:

FRIDAY

2:00 – 2:45 Jim McCann and Janet Lee (LOST VEGAS)
Kurtis Wiebe (GREEN WAKE, DEBRIS, PETER PANZERFAUST) and Riley Rossmo (GREEN WAKE, DEBRIS, BEDLAM, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS)
3:00 – 3:45 Fiona Staples (SAGA) — ticketed signing
Joe Harris (GREAT PACIFIC)
3:30 – 4:30 Ryan Ottley (INVINCIBLE) — Skybound booth
4:00 – 4:45 Joe Casey (BUTCHER BAKER THE RIGHTEOUS  MAKER, SEX)
Ed Brisson and Michael Walsh (COMEBACK)
5:00 – 5:45 Joe Eisma (MORNING GLORIES)
Duffy Boudreau (BLACKACRE)
6:00 – 6:45 Darick Robertson (HAPPY!)
Ken Kristensen (TODD, THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH)
7:00 – 7:45 Frank Barbiere (FIVE GHOSTS: THE HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY)
Jean-Paul Bonjour (ALPHA GIRL)

SATURDAY

10:00 – 10:45 Nate Bellegarde (NOWHERE MEN)
Ed Brisson and Michael Walsh (COMEBACK)
11:00 – 11:45 Jim McCann and Janet Lee (LOST VEGAS)
Michel Gagné (THE SAGA OF REX, ZED: A COSMIC TALE)
12:00 – 12:45 Joe Casey (BUTCHER BAKER THE RIGHTEOUS  MAKER, SEX)
Jay Faerber (NEAR DEATH, POINT OF IMPACT)
1:00 – 1:45 Blair Butler (HEART)
Frank Barbiere (FIVE GHOSTS: THE HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY)
Ken Kristensen (TODD, THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH)
1:00 – 2:00 Ryan Ottley (INVINCIBLE) — Skybound booth
2:00 – 2:45 Fiona Staples (SAGA) — ticketed signing
Nathan Edmondson (THE ACTIVITY, DANCER, WHERE IS JAKE ELLIS?) and Mitch Gerads (THE ACTIVITY)
2:30 – 3:30 Ryan Ottley (INVINCIBLE) — Skybound booth
3:00 – 3:45 Darick Robertson — ticketed signing
Joe Harris (GREAT PACIFIC)
4:00 – 4:45 Brian Wood (MARA) — ticketed signing
Kurtis Wiebe (GREEN WAKE, DEBRIS, PETER PANZERFAUST) and Riley Rossmo (GREEN WAKE, DEBRIS, BEDLAM, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS)
5:00 – 5:45 Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (SEVERED) — ticketed signing
Howard Chaykin (BLACK KISS II)
6:00 – 6:45 Brandon Graham (MULTIPLE WARHEADS, PROPHET) and Simon Roy (PROPHET)
Joe Keatinge (GLORY, HELL YEAH)

SUNDAY

10:00 – 10:45 Frank Barbiere (FIVE GHOSTS: THE HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY)
Jeremy Haun (THE DARKNESS)
11:00 – 11:45 Darick Robertson — ticketed signing
Nathan Edmondson (THE ACTIVITY, DANCER, WHERE IS JAKE ELLIS?) and Mitch Gerads (THE ACTIVITY)
12:00 – 12:45 Jim McCann and Janet Lee (LOST VEGAS)
Sina Grace (NOT MY BAG)
1:00 – 1:45 Gerry Duggan (THE INFINITE HORIZON)
Jim Zub (SKULLKICKERS)
2:00 – 2:45 Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (SEVERED) — ticketed signing
Duffy Boudreau (BLACKACRE)
3:00 – 3:45 Fiona Staples (SAGA)  — ticketed signing
Jamie S. Rich (IT GIRL AND THE ATOMICS)
4:00 – 4:45 Ken Kristensen (TODD, THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH)
Kurtis Wiebe (GREEN WAKE, DEBRIS, PETER PANZERFAUST) and Riley Rossmo (GREEN WAKE, DEBRIS, BEDLAM, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS)

Tickets for each day’s ticketed signings will be available at the Image Comics booth, beginning at the start of the convention day. Tickets are limited and are given out on a first-come-first-served basis. The signing schedule is subject to change. Ryan Ottley will be signing at the Skybound booth, just opposite of the Image booth.

Emerald City Comicon takes place on March 1-3 in the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.

Preview – Blackacre #3

Blackacre #3

Story by: Duffy Boudreau Art By: Wendell Cavalcanti Cover By: Brian Churilla
Price: $2.99

Bird, Sinclair’s chief operative in the Hinterlands, welcomes a battered Hull into his circle of mercenaries – but a terrible realization has shaken Hull to the core, and now there’s no one left to trust. Meanwhile, a dark army approaches, tightening its grip on the countryside.

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Preview – Blackacre #2

Blackacre #2

Story by: Duffy Boudreau Art By: Wendell Cavalcanti Cover By: Brian Churilla
Price: $2.99

Hull ventures deeper into the wilds of the Hinterlands to uncover a lost comrade’s fate, but a savage encounter threatens to derail everything. Back in the opulent and ultramodern city-state of BlackAcre, the aggressive designs of Sinclair, an ambitious young Guardian, come to light.

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Preview – Blackacre #1

Blackacre #1

Story by: Duffy Boudreau Art By: Wendell Cavalcanti Cover By: Michael Avon Oeming
Price: $2.99

100 YEARS AFTER THE FALL… A NEW GREAT GAME BEGINS.

A retired soldier on a secret mission… sent out from the walled city and the only life he’s ever known into the violent wilderness of the world after the fall! Tribal cults, roaming bands of barbarians, vicious warlords! A startling new take on the post-apocalypse and the most auspicious comics debut of the year!
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Sell-Outs for I Love Trouble, BlackAcre, and Great Pacific

BlackAcre #1, I Love Trouble #1, and Great Pacific #2 won’t hit stands until today, December 5, but all copies at the distributor are spoken for. Retailers ordered with expectations that the two debut issues will please customers and confidence that the follow-up issue will live up to the well-received Great Pacific #1, which also sold out and received a second printing.

BlackAcre, by Duffy Boudreau and Wendell Cavalcanti, is a dystopian science fiction series. It came out of the gate strong, with recommendations from comics luminaries Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, and Matt Fraction.

Kel Symon‘s and Mark Robinson‘s I Love Trouble is a fun and introspective take on super powers.

Great Pacific, a hit with retailers, readers, and reviewers alike, is the story of a privileged young man who decides to make a difference in the world — by proclaiming the Great Pacific Garbage Patch a sovereign nation! Great Pacific #2, in addition to selling out early, has a coveted Phantom Variant cover that will be sold in limited quantities in select stores.

The second printings of BlackAcre #1 (OCT128301), I Love Trouble #1 (OCT128304), and Great Pacific #2 (OCT128303) will be in stores on January 9.

The Future of Dystopia in BlackAcre

Born out of the extremes of economic inequality and the collapse of a civilization, the dystopian world of the Image Comics series BlackAcre, starting in December, is one where the elite live in gleaming high-rises, while outside the walls of their city, others struggle for survival and freedom.

BlackAcre is a community built on privilege and power, topics of conversation in our political climate, but writer Duffy Boudreau explained that our concerns are only a starting point. “The story is definitely inspired by current events, but those are just foundation,” he said. “In the world of BlackAcre, our politics are a thing of the past. Most characters in this new world wouldn’t have the slightest idea about any of that.”

Auxiliary Captain Hull doesn’t know about the machinations of power in the walled community of BlackAcre, either. When he’s recruited for a rescue mission, he doesn’t hesitate to accept, having been raised in military service with utmost loyalty to his brothers-at-arms. But as Hull ventures into the Hinterlands outside of the walls, he will discover the treachery behind the trust placed in him.

The stripping away of society as we know it allowed Boudreau to examine how people act from a new perspective, he said. “I’ve always been fascinated with dystopian stories because they give us a look at human nature through a completely different lens — whether it’s a society taken to its extreme or a landscape where the trappings of the civilized world have fallen away. These two types of worlds coexist in BlackAcre, and Hull’s journey from one to the other is the spark that sets everything in motion.”

Artist on BlackAcre, Wendell Cavalcanti, said the series gives him the opportunity to apply his skill to genres that have always attracted him. “I love sci-fi, dystopian future, war, and spy films, with all those diabolical characters and their sordid plans. And BlackAcre is a mix of all that,” he said.

The first issue has already earned rave reviews from some of comics’ top creators:

“The key to creating a great story about the future isn’t making it seem possible, but probable. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to a little tale called BlackAcre.”
– Jonathan Hickman (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, Fantastic Four)

“An amazing new book from an amazing new writer. This book rules.”
– Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Invincible Iron Man, Casanova)

“BlackAcre is the perfect new comic for our times. Like some bizarre cross between Mad Max and Judge Dredd that I can’t wait to read more of.”
– Ed Brubaker (FATALE, Criminal, Winter Soldier)

BLACKACRE is an ongoing series, with the first issue, which features a cover by Michael Avon Oeming, in stores on December 5.

Blackacre #1
Story by: Duffy Boudreau
Art By: Wendell Cavalcanti
Cover By: Michael Avon Oeming
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: OCT120457

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