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NYCC 2013: Marvel Wants YOU To Be The Face Of Share Your Universe!

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Marvel_SYU_OPTIONSNew York Comic Con, the biggest pop culture event of the Fall, is here! And this year Marvel is giving a fan the ultimate experience…but only if you stop by the Marvel booth, #1354, to Share Your Universe. Are you the ultimate Marvel fan? Do you share the Marvel Universe with your friends and family? And do you want to bring the world of Marvel to the next generation? Then it’s time to tell them how you do it at the special Marvel: Share Your Universe video kiosk, exclusively located at the Marvel booth. By recording a quick video message and completing an Entry form; you will be entered for the opportunity to become the face of Marvel: Share Your Universe, Marvel’s landmark program that brings Marvel to families to create unforgettable memories. Share Your Universe video entries will be judged, and the winning video participants will be picked as the new face of this exciting Marvel initiative.

The winning Marvel fan will receive the following:

  • The opportunity to record (6) more videos that will be featured on Marvel.com
  • An HD flip cam
  • The opportunity to be immortalized by being drawn in an all-ages Marvel Comic

Winner must be 18+ (or the age of majority in his or her state of primary residence) but can include children with parental permission. See official rules onsite for details or check them out on Marvel.com.

Preview: Artful Daggers #8

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Artful Daggers #8

$.99 – Ages 15+
Writers: Adam P. Knave, Sean E. Williams
Art: Andrew Losq
Letter: Frank Cvetkovic

Arden and the Tricksters find the Warren itself under attack from all sides as the corporations make their move! Part 8 of “50 Years Later.”

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NYCC 2013: Dark Horse Announces Two New Series From David Lapham!

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KIdSketch01David Lapham, the Eisner Award–winning creator of the smash hit Stray Bullets, is writing and drawing his own series again for the first time in five years, on not one, but two new creator-owned titles: Juice Squeezers and Kid McAlister!

Juice Squeezers follows a covert group of tweens who form the main line of defense for the residents of Weeville against an army of giant bugs. The only ones who can fit into the cramped subterranean battlefield, the aptly named Juice Squeezers keep the endless swarm of bugs from overrunning the city. That is, until a new kid moves to town and threatens to awaken a dormant bug population. The exterminators may become the exterminated in this all-ages adventure story!

Hot on the heels of Juice Squeezers, Lapham weaves a western sci-fi tale with Kid McAlister, which follows a fifty-year-old cowboy trapped in the body of a twelve-year-old, as he returns home to Yuma, Arizona, after a long stint on the road. It’s not easy to stay hidden for long when you’re an eternally young “Electric Cowboy” and the best darn bull rider on the circuit. Also, Kid’s the only one who can see the body-snatching aliens taking over the populace, and he’s the only one who can stop them from taking over the world!

Juice Squeezers #1 (of 4) is on sale January 1, 2014, in comic shops everywhere!

Kid McAlister #1 (of 5) is on sale May 7, 2014, in comic shops everywhere!

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Preview: Ghosted #4

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Ghosted #4

Story By: Joshua Williamson
Art By: Goran Sudzuka
Art By: Miroslav Mrva
Cover By: Sean Phillips
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: AUG130694
Published: October 9, 2013

Murder. Lies. Betrayal. Winters’ team of paranormal experts has only scratched the surface of the Trask Mansion’s horrors. After a ritual gone wrong, are they the next to be added to its gruesome history?

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NYCC 2013: IDW and 44FLOOD Announce Partnership!

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The artist collective known as 44FLOOD has, in its short history, acquired a reputation for producing exemplary art books. Today, IDW Publishing has announced that going forward, 44FLOOD books will be joining the IDW family!

Based in Chicago, 44FLOOD was formed by  Kasra Ghanbari, Ben Templesmith, and menton3. Together, 44FLOOD has produced the multi-media, star-studded anthology Tome, which was followed up with the supplemental hardcover collection Explictus Est Liber, and the goal-smashing Kickstarter project Lust by Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith, and menton3.

Beginning immediately 44FLOOD will join IDW, who will publish many of the collective’s upcoming projects.

NYCC 2013: The Great Twitter Hijacking

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In a massive failure by New York Comic Con the convention hijacked accounts of individuals who linked their Twitter accounts to their account for the show when they activated their badge, an option that’s becoming more common for shows. The show, without express permission then used those connections and sent out tweets in praise of the show. The links all lead to the convention’s Facebook page.

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This lead to a lot of confusion and some unhappiness from attendees. New York Comic Con has since sent out a statement but not exactly an apology:

As you may have seen yesterday, there were some posts to Twitter and Facebook issued by New York Comic Con on behalf of attendees after RFID badges were registered. This was an opt-in function after signing in, but we were probably too enthusiastic in our messaging and eagerness to spread the good word about NYCC. We have since shut down this service completely and apologize for any perceived overstep. Please accept our apologies and have an absolutely excellent time this weekend. -Your friends at NYCC

This is a pretty big failure for a high profile show and having gone through the process myself to activate my badge, there wasn’t an obvious statement that you were opting in for this to happen.

You can file this under, what not to do…..

(via Mashable, Kotaku)

NYCC 2013: Dynamite Teases… The Nightmares are Real… (and We have the Answer)

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The teasers have been released and today it was revealed Dynamite is bringing back the classic Gold Key characters which modern comic fans might know as the basis of the 1992 Valiant launch.

Beginning in February 2014 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Solar: Man of the Atom, Magnus: Robot Fighter and The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor will return to stands. The talent handling each comic includes Greg Pak writing and Mirko Colak on art for Turok, Fred Van Lente will be partnering with artist Cory Smith on Magnus, Mark Waid will write Doctor Spektor and Frank Barbiere will handle Solar.

Preview: Bushido #2

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Bushido #2

Story By: Rob Levin
Art By: Jessada Sutthi
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: AUG130578
Published: October 9, 2013

VAMPIRES IN FEUDAL JAPAN! Kichiro is an outsider in feudal Japan. Lacking the Japanese blood that would allow him to become a samurai, Kichiro must fulfill his dreams of serving the shogun in a less traditional manner… by eliminating every foreign supernatural threat that rears its fangs!

This Halloween month, treat yourself to an issue of BUSHIDO each Wednesday! All FIVE issues of Top Cow’s and Heroes and Villains Entertainment’s latest series will be released in October. Order now… if you dare!

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Preview: America’s Got Powers #7 (of 7)

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America’s Got Powers #7 (of 7)

Story By: Jonathan Ross
Art By: Bryan Hitch
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: MAR130457
Published: October 9, 2013

Too many Americans with too many powers…so the government decides it’s time to wipe them all out and start from scratch. Nobody ever said it would be easy.

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