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Gen Con Smashing Numbers

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gen-con-logoGen Con Indy, The Best Four Days In Gaming! , has set Pre-Registration records in badge sales, exhibitor booth reservations, Very Important Gamer (VIG) package sell-through, event submissions, and hotel bookings. The convention, celebrating its 46th year, will take place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN, from August 15-18, 2013.

  • Pre-Registration badge sales for opening week increased 41% percent year-over-year, and have surpassed 2011 badge sales by 74% year-over-year.
  • Exhibit Hall booth space for Gen Con Indy 2013 has sold out, despite a 20,000 square footage increase in space this year.
  • VIG packages, offered at $540, sold out within three minutes of the launch of Badge Pre-Registration at noon (Eastern) on January 27, 2013.
  • Opening day hotel bookings jumped more than 17% from 2012, signaling an increase in those traveling to the show from outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Suburban hotel bookings also surged more than 378% year-over-year.
  • Early event submission, which closes on February 8, 2013, has surpassed more than 2,700 separate events. Last year at this time, 1468 events had been submitted.

 

Badges are available with multiple shipping options at Gen Con’s homepage, www.gencon.com <http://www.gencon.com> .

Paizo Publishing and Gen Con Reach Multi-Year Co-Sponsorship Agreement

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gen-con-logoPaizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, has announced an on-going partnership with Gen Con LLC, The Best Four Days In Gaming! Starting with Gen Con Indy 2013, August 15-18 at the Indiana Convention Center, Paizo will become a Co-Sponsor, supporting the convention at the highest level of sponsorship available. The deal extends for three years, concluding with Gen Con Indy 2015.

Gen Con’s CEO, Adrian Swartout said, “Gen Con is privileged to have such a strong partner. Adventure and storytelling games create lifelong memories, and those unforgettable experiences are what Gen Con and Paizo have committed to create together.”

As part of this agreement, Paizo will increase their Exhibit Hall presence (Booth #203) by approximately 30% in 2013. Paizo also will expand their offering of supported events, hosted in the Sagamore Ballroom of the Indiana Convention Center. Paizo joins Mayfair Games as a Gen Con multi-year Co-Sponsor. Badges for this year’s show became available for attendees on January 27 on gencon.com

Erik Mona, Publisher at Paizo said, “Paizo’s new sponsorship of the show is a reflection of Gen Con’s importance to our business, to Pathfinder RPG players, and to the greater community of gamers. I haven’t missed a Gen Con since my first, in 1995. And I never will. Gen Con is the best game convention in America, a giant gathering of fellow gamers, and the best gaming marketplace you could imagine. Year after year, I come for the great gaming and the new releases, but these days I also go because it’s a reunion of all the friends I’ve made there over the years. It’s the year’s greatest can’t-miss event.”

Reis and Prado Join Baltimore Comic-Con 2013 Line-Up

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The Baltimore Comic-Con has announced the aPrado Reis Justice League 13ddition of artists Ivan Reis and Joe Prado to the growing line-up of talent attending this year’s show. The show will take place the weekend of September 7-8, 2013 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Brazilian artist Ivan Reis began his career in American comics in 1996 working on the Dark Horse series, Ghost, beginning with issue 17. After stints on The Mask, Time Cop, and Xena: Warrior Princess, he left Dark Horse to work on several Lady Death mini-series at Chaos! and several fill-in issues at Marvel and DC Comics. While having worked on several books for both Marvel and DC, including Captain Marvel, Avengers, Rann/Thanagar War, and Infinite Crisis, he s most widely-known for this work with Geoff Johns on Green Lantern and Blackest Night. After the launch of DC’s New 52, he worked with Johns again on the relaunch of Aquaman and has since taken over art duties on Justice League.

Joe Prado, who also hails from Brazil, broke into the American comic scene in Prado-Reis Aquaman 132004 while sharing art duties with Reis on DC Comics’ Action Comics. Since then, Prado has worked on such DC titles as Superman, Teen Titans, Birds of Prey, and Rann/Thanagar War (again working with Reis). His work has also been featured on the covers of such Dynamite Entertainment books as Red Sonja and Battlestar Galactica. His most recent work includes covers for DC Comics’ Resurrection Man, Aquaman, and Earth 2.

In addition to Reis and Prado, other confirmed guests for the show include: Mark Buckingham (Fables); Frank Cho (Savage Wolverine); J.M. DeMatteis (Phantom Stranger); Dave Gibbons (The Secret Service); Keith Giffen (Masters of the Universe); Adam Hughes (Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan); Barry Kitson (Empire); Paul Levitz (World’s Finest); Kevin Maguire (World’s Finest); Mike Mignola (Hellboy In Hell); George Perez (World’s Finest); David Petersen (Mouse Guard); Chris Samnee (Daredevil); Louise Simonson (X-Factor); Walt Simonson (The Mighty Thor); Allison Sohn (sketch card artist); and Mark Waid (Indestructible Hulk).

ONI Press’ 2013 Convention Schedule

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Convention season is upon us once again, and Oni Press has settled on its season line-up.  Eager fans and devout readers can expect to find the independent publisher—best known for the popular Scott Pilgrim series and the Western fantasy The Sixth Gun—at the following shows this year:

Emerald City Comic-Con – Seattle, WA (March 1-3)
Stumptown – Portland, OR (April 27-28)
Pax East – Boston, MA (March 22-24)
MoCCA – New York, NY (April 6-7)
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books – Los Angeles, CA (April 20-21)
TCAF – Toronto, ON (May 11-12)
Phoenix Comic-Con – Phoenix, AZ (May 23-26)
Book Expo America – New York, NY (May 30-June 1)
Heroes Con – Charlotte, NC (June 7-9)
San Diego Comic Con – San Diego, CA (July 18-21)
Gen Con – Indianapolis, IN (August 15-18)
Small Press Expo – North Bethesda, MD (September 14-15)
PAX Prime – Seattle, WA (TBD)
New York Comic-Con – New York, (October 10-13)

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BOOM! Studios Kicks Off 2013 with the Amazing Arizona Comic Con

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BOOM! Studios is making its inaugural appearance at the Amazing Arizona Comic Con which takes place Friday, January 25th through Sunday, January 27. In addition to being the first stop on BOOM!’s ambitious 2013 convention tour, the publisher will bring two of its most dynamic writers to the show.

The Amazing Arizona Comic Con will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center located at 100 North 3rd Street  Phoenix, AZ 85004. On Friday the 25th, the shows hours are from 3pm-8pm, on Saturday the 26th, the hours are from 10am-7pm and on Sunday the 27th, the hours are from 10am-6pm.

BOOM! Studios will host Michael Alan Nelson and Eric Esquivel at the BOOM!/KaBOOM! booth. They’ll be located at booth # 309 all weekend long. Head there to get some of the hot titles coming out from this publisher.

Top Cow at Amazing Arizona Con this Weekend

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Top Cow ProductionsTop Cow is heading to Amazing Arizona Con in Phoenix being held on January 25 through 27. They’ll be located at booth #409. Matt Hawkins, Top Cow President and creator of the hit new series Think Tank, will be representing the company, which will be selling two Think Tank convention exclusives.

The first exclusive is a photo wraparound cover of Think Tank: Military Dossier #1, the behind-the-scenes look at the characters and technology from series by Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal. The Think Tank: Military Dossier #1 variant is limited to 250 copies.

The second Think Tank convention exclusive is a lithograph by Artifacts and Ravine artist Stjepan Sejic depicting the series’ hero, David Loren in his natural element of explosions and equations. The exclusive lithograph is limited to 25 copies.

In addition, Hawkins will also be appearing on three panels at Amazing Arizona Con:

Saturday, 11:00 a.m., Room 2
BREAKING INTO COMICS
Matt Hawkins from Top Cow Productions teams up with respected industry vet and long time editor Brian Augustyn giving tips for budding writers and artists on how not only to get your foot into the door, but staying IN the business.

Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Room 1
IMAGE COMICS
With John Layman, Richard Starkings, and Matt Hawkins – All talk about their personal experience in bringing their independent visions to life under the most diverse publisher in mainstream comics. From CHEW, to ELEPHANTMEN, to THINK TANK and CYBERFORCE. Here’s your chance to find out the ins and outs of these projects and working with the Image Comics system.

Sunday, 2:00 p.m., Room 2
KICKSTARTER
Keys to launching a successful campaign Featuring Matt Hawkins of Top Cow/Cyberforce, and others. See what techniques worked for them, see what they would do different. What is difficult in the process, and rewards.

The Intergalactic Nemesis, a Live Action Graphic Novel

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Ever wonder what a graphic novel would be like performed in person? That seems to be the rage lately with Kill Shakespeare, Titanium Rain and The Intergalactic Nemesis. The live theatrical experience mashes up radio drama with comic books.

People in the Missouri University of Science and Technology area can experience it themselves as a performance will be held February 8 at 7pm as part of the Leach Theatre Family Series. The show will be held in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall. They’re currently traveling the world performing.

The Intergalactic Nemesis features three actors voicing dozens of characters, a Foley artist creating hundreds of sound effects and a keyboardist providing the score, while more than 1,250 individual, full-color, hand-drawn, high-resolution comic book images are projected on a screen. The show has been featured on Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show and on NPR’s All Things Considered.

The story was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars pulp serials from the 1930s. The story features Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Molly Sloan, her intrepid assistant Timmy Mendez and a mysterious librarian named Ben Wilcott. The trio faces the most serious threat Earth has ever known: an impending invasion of sludge monsters from the planet Zygon.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and youth. Tickets are available online or from the Leach Theatre Box Office. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 573-341-4219 for more information.

The Leach Family Series offers discounts for purchases of four or more tickets to this performance.

The show is sponsored in part by Results Radio KTTR 99.7 FM and 1490 AM.

Leach Theatre is a division of Missouri S&T’s student affairs department. For more information about the series, call the Leach Theatre Box Office at 573-341-4219.

Henry Winkler Added To Wizard World Portland Comic Con

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Fans of Happy Days, the first Scream, Waterboy and Arrested Development have a  big reason to head to Wizard World Portland Comic Con, Feb. 22-24, 2013, at the Oregon Convention Center. It was announced that Henry Winkler, the Fonz, will be joining the celebrity roster attending the inaugural show.

After achieving success as Fonzie, originally written as a minor character but which soon earned Winkler billing alongside other series stars Ron Howard and Tom Bosley, Winkler quickly transitioned to produce the successful television series MacGyver and direct the film Memories of Me, among dozens of off-screen credits over the past four decades.

Winkler, scheduled to appear at Wizard World Portland Comic Con all three days, adds to an already star-studded lineup that includes comics legend Stan Lee, Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell, Homeland headliner Morena Baccarin and “Superman” Dean Cain, along with a diverse collection of popular comics creators and a variety of activities, exhibitors and special attractions in the first event on Wizard World’s 2013 calendar and the first Wizard World event in the “City of Roses.”

Admission is free for kids 10 and under, and Sunday, Feb. 24, is “Kids Day,” featuring an array of programming specially designed for children.

Event hours are Friday, Feb. 22, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Wizard World Portland Comic Con, Feb. 22-24, 2013

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Comics legend Stan Lee, Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell, Homeland headliner Morena Baccarin and “Superman” Dean Cain top the standout lineup of celebrities scheduled to attend Wizard World Portland Comic Con, Feb. 22-24, 2013, at the Oregon Convention Center.  They will be joined by a top-drawer collection of well-known artists and a variety of activities, exhibitors and special attractions in the first event on Wizard World’s 2013 calendar and the first Wizard World event in the “City of Roses.”

Lee is scheduled to attend all three days, while Baccarin will appear on Saturday and Sunday, Cain is set for Friday and Saturday and Campbell will be on hand on Friday only.

Other headliners slated for the Wizard World Portland roster include Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead, Henry), Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead, Boondock Saints), James Marsters (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Caprica), Jason David Frank (Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, The One Warrior), Juliet Landau (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel), James Hong (Blade Runner, Kung Fu Panda), Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) and the Boondock Saints duo of Sean Patrick Flanery and David Della Rocco joining Reedus.

The lineup of superstar comic creators in Portland is also impressive, with Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men, Spider-Man), Carlos Pacheco (Green Lantern, Wolverine), Mike Deodato Jr. (Wonder Woman, Batman), Eisner Award winner Kurt Busiek (Astro City, Superman), Kaare Andrews (Astonishing X-Men, Iron Man) and “Zombie King” Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies, Army of Darkness) among the top talent.

Admission is free for kids 10 and under, and Sunday, February 24, is “Kids Day,” an array of programming specially designed for children.

Event hours are Friday, Feb. 22, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Wizard World Adds 2013 St. Louis, Nashville Comic Cons

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Wizard World, Inc. has announced the addition of shows in St. Louis and Nashville to its 2013 schedule of pop culture conventions, with Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con set to make its debut March 22-24 at America’s Center and Wizard World Nashville Comic Con debuting October 18-20 at Music City Center.  Popular Wizard World celebrity guests Stan Lee, Dean Cain, James Marsters, Ernie Hudson, Billy Dee Williams and Jason David Frank are the early celebrity roster headliners at both events.

Additional celebrities, artists, exhibitors and other attractions will be announced in the coming weeks.

St. Louis and Nashville fit comfortably in the 2013 Wizard World calendar, which also currently includes shows in Portland, Ore. (Feb. 22-24), Philadelphia (May 30 – June 2), Chicago (Aug. 8-11), Columbus, Ohio (Sept. 20-22), and Austin, Texas (Nov. 22-24).  Wizard World has also scheduled its next New Orleans date (Feb. 7-9, 2014).

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more.  St. Louis Comic Con show hours are Friday, March 22, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 24, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Nashville Comic Con will take place on Friday, Oct. 18, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

For more on the 2013 Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/home-stlouis.html.  For Nashville Comic Con information, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/home-nashville.html.

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