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SDCC 2018: Zenescope Entertainment Announces Their Plans Including Gelato!

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Zenescope Entertainment has announced its plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2018 as the company celebrates its 10th year exhibiting at the largest comic book convention in North America.

Zenescope returns once again to Comic-Con International at booth 2301 located immediately inside Hall C. It’s there the company will unveil a variety of over 15 different convention exclusive covers as well as limited edition collectible merchandise that includes metal prints, trading cards, puzzles, gallery edition comic books, and much more. Appearing and signing at the booth will be Zenescope writers/creators Joe Brusha (Grimm Fairy Tales, The Black Sable), Ralph Tedesco (Grimm Tales of Terror, Van Helsing Vs Robyn Hood), LaToya Morgan (Robyn Hood: The Hunt, Goddess Inc.), Dave Franchini (Belle: Beast Hunter), and Victoria Rau (Peek-A-Boo). And on Saturday July 21st the company will also be celebrating “Christmas in July” where it will be releasing special edition holiday ornaments with artwork by superstar artist, J Scott Campbell.

For the second year in a row Zenescope Entertainment will be partnering with Gelato Paradiso. Three original new gelato flavors, based on the company’s popular characters, will be offered throughout Comic-Con weekend. Flavors include Krampus Cookie Crunch, Mad Hatter Mash-up and Skye Mathers Sorbetto. Gelato Paradiso is located at 789 W Harbor Dr. and is only a 10 minute walk northwest of the San Diego Convention Center. Customers who purchase any Zenescope themed gelato will be eligible to purchase a rare San Diego Comic Con Zenescope metal card limited to 50, while supplies last.

On Thursday July 19, 2018, some of Zenescope’s writers and creators will be appearing at the Not Just a Pretty Face-Women in Comics Panel in Panel Room 4, at 7:30PM, with panelists LaToya Morgan (Shameless, Into The Badlands, Zenescope’s Robyn Hood), Victoria Rau (Zenescope’s Peek-A-Boo), Sam Sawyer(Lady Death), Jen King (Eisner finalist, comic store owner), cosplayer Fatal Siren, and Zenescope co-founder Ralph Tedesco. The panel will delve into the world of comics through the eyes of female creators while also touching on the steady increase in female protagonists and creators in independent comics over the past decade.

SDCC 2018: Zenescope To Premiere Revenge of Wonderland

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After a three year hiatus, Zenescope’s smash hit series returns with Revenge of Wonderland. The first issue will be released at San Diego Comic Con and hit shelves at comic book retailer shops in late July. Zenescope’s Wonderland series became a breakout sensation for the young publishing house back in 2007 with its original title: Return to Wonderland. The company went on to publish several sequels and prequels over the following eight years. In 2012, Zenescope debuted Alice in Wonderland which sold out of the initial 20,000 copy print run within the first week of its release.

Revenge of Wonderland is a twisted tale of love, loss and vengeance. The story follows “The Duchess” as she rises to power within the now abandoned dimension of Wonderland and begins to fill it with brand new inhabitants of her own twisted design. But the Duchess’s disturbing creations will force Calie Liddle – and her daughter, Violet – back into Wonderland to confront a brand new horror that neither is prepared to face. Raven Gregory returns to write the series based on a story by Zenescope’s Ralph Tedesco, Joe Brusha, and Dave Franchini. Artist Allan Otero will illustrate the six part mini-series.

Zenescope will also be launching a Revenge of Wonderland marketing campaign with collectible sticker art prints. The company will be giving hints out where to collect the stickers up until the series release. On the series release date, fans can collect the final sticker and can assemble the art print with the stickers they have collected. The first fan to send a full image of the art print will be drawn into Zenescope’s next Wonderland series and get free tickets to attend any comic con on Zenescope’s 2019 show schedule.

Zenescope is Kickstarting a Grimm Fairy Tales “Sela” Bishoujo Style Collectible Statue

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Zenescope Entertainment has successfully funded its newest Kickstarter campaign in less than 3 hours as the company unveiled a new line of “bishoujo-style” collectible figures based on its most popular female lead characters from Zenescope’s ever-growing stable of comic book titles.

The first statue Zenescope is introducing is Sela Mathers, the main protagonist from the company’s ultra-popular Grimm Fairy Tales comic book series. Sela, known as “Guardian of the Nexus,” works to protect Earth from evil attempting to invade our world from other realms. The statue will stand at nearly nine inches tall and portrays Sela with her trusty sword and holding her enchanted, yet powerful, book of fairy tales.

Aside from the original version, Zenescope is also offering 250 limited edition special “black & white” versions of the statue through Kickstarter pledges. The sculpt is based on design illustrations by one of Zenescope’s top artists, Jason Cardy.

The campaign has different pledge tiers for both retailers and consumers who can choose to reserve their statue as well as other highly sought after Zenescope merchandise. Each statue reserved via Kickstarter also comes with a Grimm Fairy Tales limited edition exclusive issue with cover art by designer, Jason Cardy. The campaign will run until Tuesday, June 5th at 4:00pm.

The Mainstream #1 Has Sold Out At Diamond

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The anticipation for Zenescope Entertainment’s new release The Mainstream has been building for months, and the advance praise at last month’s C2E2 comic convention in Chicago has lead to an official sell-out at the distributor level. Graphic novel fans nationwide have eagerly snatched up copies of Talent Caldwell’s return to comics, featuring the writing talents of Michael Dolce and art by Tony Moy. Scheduled as a full-color, five-issue release, issue #1 of The Mainstream is now sold-out at Diamond.

The Mainstream tells the story of Chicago police detective Nate McAllister and an inter-dimensional police force known as The Keepers as they pursue an evil force that has maliciously crossed over from an alternate reality — with nothing less than the fate of our planet at stake. In addition to reader interest, the series has garnered glowing accolades in the comics press as well.

 

 

Zenescope Entertainment’s C2E2 Plans and After Party Event

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Zenescope Entertainment has announced its plans for the 2018 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) April 6-8th at the McCormick Convention Center in downtown Chicago.

Zenescope will be exhibiting at booth #609 throughout the C2E2 weekend where the company will be unveiling brand new limited edition convention merchandise. Zenescope will also have dozens of graphic novel titles, coloring books, and art books on hand to be offered at discounted prices throughout the weekend. Convention attendees in costume are also encouraged to stop by the booth to enter into Zenescope’s year-long Cosplay Contest that includes a variety of different prizes.

On April 6th, Zenescope will also be hosting a post-convention After Party Event at Diversey River Bowl, located at 2211 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60647. Guests can join Zenescope from 7:30pm-10:30pm for a night of karaoke and bowling. This event is open to the public, but attendees can also purchase a VIP Ticket that includes a three-hour food and drink package. Zenescope’s special guests include artists Elias Chatzoudis and Jason Metcalf. Attendees will have the opportunity to go head-to-head with the guest artists in a “Drink and Draw” competition. Final artwork will be raffled off with proceeds going to SOS Children’s Villages of Illinois.

Tickets to the after party are available for pre-purchase now or at the Zenescope booth during the convention weekend.

New York Comic Con 2017: Zenescope’s Plans for the Show

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Zenescope Entertainment has unveiled its plans for New York Comic Con 2017, which runs October 5th– 8th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The comic book and graphic novel publisher will be located at booth #1906 throughout the four-day event.

Celebrate Halloween early, as Zenescope will be hosting a cosplay photo contest during New York Comic Con where convention attendees who are in costume are encouraged to head to booth #1906 and have their picture taken at Zenescope’s “Red Carpet” photo booth. All photos will be posted to the Zenescope Facebook page, and will be entered in a chance to win a daily prize pack that includes movie tickets and limited edition Zenescope merchandise. Attendees not in costume can still take a keepsake photo with Zenescope’s beautiful booth models, and will also receive 10% off any purchase at the booth just by presenting their picture at checkout. Some exclusions may apply.

Appearing at scheduled times throughout the weekend along with the Zenescope booth models will be ultra-popular cosplayer Elise Laurenne, who will be signing prints and taking photos with fans daily.  Zenescope co-founders Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco and Zenescope Executive Editor and writer Dave Franchini will all also be signing at the booth Thursday through Saturday.

Lastly, Zenescope will have over fifteen exclusive variant covers with horror movie and cosplay themes for this year’s Comic Con. Also available will be one-of-a-kind acrylic prints with artwork by fan-favorite industry professionals such as J. Scott Campbell, Greg Horn, Eric Basaldua, Jamie Tyndall, and Elias Chatzoudis. Zenescope fans, collectors, and newcomers will have the opportunity to purchase some of the highly sought-after exclusive content while supplies last.

Shameless Writer LaToya Morgan Joins Zenescope For Robyn Hood: The Hunt

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Zenescope Entertainment has announced that TV Writer and Producer LaToya Morgan will be handling writing duties for Zenescope’s newest Robyn Hood six issue mini-series entitled Robyn Hood: The Hunt with Salvatore Cuffari providing artwork for the series. This comes on the heels of the announcement that Bane creator Chuck Dixon will be penning Zenescope’s upcoming Van Helsing Vs. The Werewolf mini-series.

Robyn Hood: The Hunt is the latest installment of Zenescope’s modern day re-imagining of the centuries-old Robin Hood folklore. The Hunt follows protagonist Robyn Locksley as she’s transported to an otherworldly high-tech maximum security prison. There she must fight for her life against some of the very beings she has placed inside the prison while also attempting to stop a terrifying new evil.

Robyn Hood: The Hunt hits shelves July 2017.

Zenescope Releasing Three #1 Issues in Early 2017

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Comic book and graphic novel publisher, Zenescope Entertainment, is set to launch three new titles in early 2017 as the company continues to expand its development of original sci-fi, fantasy and horror content.

In January, Zenescope debuts Day of the Dead #1 (of 6), as a Grimm Universe regular gets her own spinoff written by Dawn P. Marquez. The series follows Necromancer Mary Medina who’s drawn to New Orleans on a quest to find the mysterious being known as the Talisman, while a secret and dangerous group works behind the scenes to gain access to her unique abilities.

While not a new title for the company, Zenescope’s popular horror anthology series, Grimm Tales of Terror, returns for the start of a third volume in February. The fan-favorite series continues to reinvent well-known urban legends and ghost stories with brand new twists for a new generation of readers in its homage to series such as Tales From The Crypt and The Twilight Zone. Volume 3 of Grimm Tales of Terror will offer 13 brand new stories and debuts in February.

Finally, in March, writer Ralph Tedesco brings readers his brand new series, The Courier: From the Ashes. After a manmade pandemic virus kills off most of the world’s population, a very different world emerges from the ashes. Eve Harper, a smuggler-for-hire, is one of the best there is at navigating the extremely dangerous landscape and making deliveries to the rich and powerful who have erected strongholds to protect them from monstrosities that roam the wasteland in between.

Zenescope’s Grimm Fairy Tales Returns in December

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Zenescope Entertainment has announced that Grimm Fairy Tales, the company’s flagship series, returns this December.

Grimm Fairy Tales is the cornerstone of Zenescope’s Grimm Universe and its evolution shows just how much the company has grown over the past eleven years. The new Grimm Fairy Tales follows Sela’s daughter, Skye Mathers, who has taken over her mother’s responsibilities as the Guardian of the Nexus. And series creators Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco are taking the epic series back to its roots.

The new series will follow Skye as she attempts to guide those who may have untapped special abilities and are heading down the wrong path in life.  Each story will be self-contained and very much in line with the earlier issues of the original series.

Grimm Fairy Tales #1 features 7 covers by some of the industry’s best talent, including David Finch, Eric Basaldua, Greg Horn, Talent Caldwell, and Josh Burns. The creative team includes veterans and newcomers alike, boasting names such as, Grimm Fairy Tales co-creator and writer Joe Brusha, jaw-dropping interior art by Ediano Silva, colors by Ivan Nunes, and letters by Taylor Esposito of Ghost Glyph Studios.

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Zenescope Entertainment And Director/Producer Jack Heller Assembles Two New Projects

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Zenescope Entertainment has partnered with Director/Producer Jack Heller and his newly formed Assemble Media, to bring some of the company’s most beloved titles to film, TV, and the ever-growing new media landscape. Heller joined Zenescope founders Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco at Zenescope’s New York Comic Con panel where they gave the crowd a sneak peek at their first collaboration, a short film based on the company’s best selling comic book Robyn Hood.

The short, directed by Jack Heller, stars Banshee’s Lili Simmons in the title role and will be available via the Zenescope website, Popboom.com, and across multiple social media platforms.

In addition to working on a live action feature film of Robyn Hood, Brusha, Tedesco & Heller have begun development on another of Zenescope’s best selling titles, the anthology Horror series, Grimm Tales of Terror. Like Robyn Hood, they plan to develop Tales of Terror while simultaneously producing digital content around the project.

Zenescope Entertainment is currently in various stages of development on multiple film and TV projects based on their best selling comic book series, including Syfy channel’s newest show Van Helsing.

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