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Noizi Ito, Hajime Kamoshida, and Mine Yoshizaki named as “Supporters” of the 1st Tatesc Comics Global Awards!

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1st TATESC COMICS Global Awards

Kadokawa Corporation has began accepting international entries for “The 1st TATESC COMICS Global Awards” on March 9, 2023. Kadokawa World Entertainment coordinates the contest for the English language. In an expansion of the award, a new “Supporter” system has been implemented, with top Japanese creators providing professional insight to emerging talent.

Kadokawa has announced that Noizi Ito, Hajime Kamoshida, and Mine Yoshizaki have been appointed as “Supporters.” It’s a program in which Japan’s top creators will support fledgling manga artists looking to take their artistic expression to the next level. Supporters will offer further guidance to the winners for their debuts. Additional details will be released in due course!

Noizi Ito (Illustrator/Character Designer. Representative works: Shakugan no Shana series and Haruhi Suzumiya series.)

My name is Noizi Ito, and I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed as a supporter of the TATESC Comic Award.

I am very much looking forward to seeing the works of creators with experiences cultivated in different cultures from all over the world.

Stay spontaneous, follow your instincts, and create your own work!

We hope this contest will be a great first step for you.

Hajime Kamoshida (Author. Representative works: Rascal Does Not Dream series.)

I am Hajime Kamoshida, and I have been appointed as a supporter.

I am very much looking forward to seeing what kind of material will be waiting for me in the first global TATESC Comic Awards.

I can’t wait to see your works, brimming with enthusiasm and interesting ideas.

Mine Yoshizaki (Manga artist. Representative works: Sgt. Frog.)

As various cultures develop and evolve, the “manga” we know today will also change.

I participated in this event because I found it to be a valuable opportunity to study a new form of “manga” that has evolved to meet the needs of the current era.

I look forward to seeing new forms of expression made possible through the TATESC comics format.

Overview of TATESC COMICS Global Awards

For the KADOKAWA Group’s third TATESC contest, submissions have been opened to contestants from all over the world. Entries are being accepted in six different languages (including English and

Japanese) with the aid of our overseas subsidiaries.

This is your chance to show off the wonderful world of TATESC comics!

Application Period

03/09/2023 12:00 AM~08/31/2023 11:59 PM (JST)

Results Announcement

Finalists will be announced on a special website in October 2023. The final selection results will be announced in November 2023 along with the award-winning works in each language and the “Translation and Publication Award” for works selected for translation and distribution in Japan. An award ceremony will be held in December 2023 in Japan. (Though the final location has yet to be determined, it will take place in or around Tokyo).

Awards

TATESC COMICS Global Awards

Prizes for each language

First place: 15,000 USD
Second place: 2,500 USD
Third place: 1,000 USD

Translation and Publication Award in Japan

First place: 15,000 USD
Second place: 2,500 USD
Third place: 1,000 USD

The “Translation and Publication Award” will be granted to three submissions from the five eligible languages (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Malay). These works will be translated and published in Japanese.

*Each winning entry will be serialized as a vertical scrolling comic with editors offering advice on how to bring the work to its full potential.

*In the event that no entries reach a standard, some prizes may remain unclaimed.

Ithacon to host its first ever coloring contest!

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This year’s Ithacon will host a unique event… the nation’s first Comic Convention Poster Coloring Contest!

Fans are invited to exercise their creative talents and design their own colored version of an Ithacon poster. Fans will also be encouraged to bring their colored poster to the convention for the Coloring Contest. Ten finalists will have their work reviewed by longtime comics colorist Glenn Whitmore, who professionally colored the Superman illustration featured on the poster when it debuted. The top 3 winners will win comic-themed prizes!

Fans can download a copy of the poster to color online and the full rules, from ithacon.org. Several leading comic shops will also have copies of the poster available for fans.

This contest is just one of the ways Ithacon is revisiting the “Death of Superman” event for its 30th anniversary. This year’s convention will also feature a panel discussion that will include writer Roger Stern and colorist Glenn Whitmore, who worked on these comics originally.

Tickets for the Ithacon comic convention, to be held April 22nd and 23 , are available now at ithacon.org. A full list of Ithacon activities will be available soon.

Enter to Win – Marvel Contest of Champions’ Ant-Man Nendroid: Endgame Sweepstakes

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Ant-Man Nendroid: Endgame figures

In celebration of the recent premiere of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Kabam’s award-winning mobile fighter Marvel Contest of Champions is giving away TWO Ant-Man Nendroid: Endgame figures! Fans and players in the US and Canada have the opportunity to enter to win one of the two Ant-Man Nendroid: Endgame figures through February 28th. Check Marvel Contest of Champions’ official Twitter and Instagram for how you can enter for a chance to WIN!

Official rules and details: https://playcontestofchampions.com/nendroid-ant-man-endgame-sweepstakes/ 

Also, all new and existing players that log in and download Marvel Contest of Champions can add Cassie Lang to their rosters now through March 8. With over 200 Champions in The Contest, players can also add other legendary Marvel characters to their roster from the Quantum Realm including Wasp, Kang the Conqueror and more!

Fans can also check out Cassie Lang and Ant-Man (Future) in the latest Champion Reveal Trailer Pym There, Done That! and catch up on The Battlerealm with character Deep Dive and Special Moves content on the official Marvel Contest of Champions YouTube channel. 

Win a Blu-ray copy of Violent Night

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We’re giving away a blu-ray copy of Violent Night starring David Harbour. When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound taking everyone inside hostage, they are not prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus. Harbour stars as St. Nick in the holiday romp, delivering some serious season’s beatings to save the family and the spirit of Christmas.

Violent Night, available to own with bonus features on Digital January 20, 2023 and on Blu-ray and DVD on January 24, 2023 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The collector’s edition includes over half an hour of never-before-seen bonus content including deleted and extended scenes, a feature commentary, and behind-the-scenes featurettes delivering more of the movie for your Christmas collection.

You can win a copy! Just enter using the widget below. The contest is open to residents of the US and Canada ages 18+.

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Top Cow’s Talent Search 2022 Announced

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Top Cow is in search of new talent again. Top Cow’s Talent Search has discovered some of today’s top comic book talent such as Tini Howard, Issac Goodhart, and Stephanie Phillips. As the publisher celebrates its 30th Anniversary, it hopes to launch a few comic book creators’ careers!

Marc Silvestri, Cyberforce co-writer, Image Comics co-founder, and Top Cow founder, and President/Coo Matt Hawkins are searching for entrants who can capture this group of cybernetically enhanced resistance fighters on the run from the monolithic multi-national conglomerate Cyberdata that created them in this talent search.

For full information, click on the resources! Top Cow’s Talent Search ends on November 30th, 2022. 

Top Cow Talent Search 2022

Win a Copy of OLD on Blu-Ray

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We’ve teamed with Universal Pictures to give away a copy of OLD on Blu-Ray!

Take a thrilling trip in M. Night Shyamalan’s OLD, available to own on Digital October 5 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 19 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Take a seat behind-the-camera with never-before-seen deleted scenes and bonus features that offer a deep dive into this mystery of a family vacation that quickly turns sinister.

This chilling, mysterious new thriller follows a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Old is based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters.

The contest has begun and ends on October 19 and 11:59 pm ET. It’s open to those in the USA. We’ll contact the winner soon after the contest ends.

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Eaglemoss Hero Collector’s “Summer of Trek” Returns with More to Collect and More Ways to Win!

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After what felt like a year and a half trapped in the Neutral Zone, science fiction and pop culture fans are on the move again, reuniting with friends and family across the generations to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the debut of one of the most iconic, influential and far-reaching media enterprises ever – STAR TREK!

Eaglemoss Hero Collector’s “Summer of Trek” event has returned as well, offering fans incredible deals all season long on the world’s widest range of Star Trek collectibles produced under license from CBS Studios, including the Official Star Trek Starships Collection, the Official Star Trek Discovery Starships Collection, the Official Star Trek Online Collection, the Official Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection, the Official Star Trek Bust Collection, and the all-new Official Star Trek Universe Collection, featuring Starships and vessels straight from Star Trek: Picard and the soon-to-debut Paramount+ series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!

What’s more, each time fans head “Back to the Bridge” at getyourtrekon.com, they can enter to win one of more than 250 incredible prizes in 2021’s annual “Summer of Trek” Sweepstakes – including the Grand Prize of an Ocean View Voyage for 2 aboard the SOLD OUT Star Trek: The Cruise V, plus a $500 American Express Gift Card! This is a rare opportunity to boldly sail for 7 days and nights alongside more than 20 iconic Star Trek actors and personalities, including George Takei, Walter Koenig, Marina Sirtis, and Jonathan Frakes!

Two First Prize winners will receive an 18K gold-plated XL Edition of the classic U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 from Star Trek: The Original Series and autographed by William Shatner! Five Second Prize winners will be signed up for a one-year subscription to the Eaglemoss Hero Collector Star Trek starship collection of their choice, while 50 Third Prize winners will receive a $50 USD Shopping Pass good towards purchases at the online Eaglemoss Shop. 200 Fourth Prize winners will receive a $10 USD Shopping Pass.

Each Eaglemoss Hero Collector collection is available by subscription, as well as via direct purchase at the Eaglemoss Shop and in leading comic and pop culture specialty stores.

For official rules and to enter, fans can go to getyourtrekon.com. Once there, a name and valid e-mail address are all that’s needed to register.  No purchase is necessary to enter the Eaglemoss “Summer of Trek” Sweepstakes. Winners will be selected via random drawing from among all eligible entries on Star Trek Day, September 8, 2021.

Win an Art Commission from Shadowman Artist Jon Davis-Hunt

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Ahead of Shadowman #1‘s release (on sale April 28th), Valiant Entertainment is excited to give fans the opportunity to win an original art commission by series artist Jon Davis-Hunt!

The bone-chilling artist is filling the pages of Shadowman with horror and supernatural thrills, and now he will create a single character commission (11×17, pencils) for one very lucky and randomly selected fan.

The giveaway is now accepting entries and will close on Wednesday, March 31st at 11:59pm EST. The winner will receive an email reply to their entry no later than 5pm EST on April 1st. Entering is easy. See below for details.

Send an email to shadowman@valiantentertainment.com with the following information…

Email Subject Line: Art Contest

Include the following in the body of the email…

First & Last Name:
Shipping Address:
Single Character Art Request:

No purchase is necessary to enter and the single character art request does not need to be a Valiant character (though it would be pretty cool if it was). The randomly selected winner will be mailed their commission within four months of being selected. Only one entry per person, entries without all of the information filled out will not be valid.

Written by master of horror Cullen Bunn, Shadowman #1 will arrive in comic shops on April 28th, 2021, featuring colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Clayton Cowles, and covers by Jon Davis-Hunt, Rod Reis, Dave Johnson, Tony Moore, and Jeff Dekal. The pre-order deadline is April 5th, 2021.

Shadowman #1 artwork by Jon Davis-Hunt

Marvel Launches the Marvel Insider Drawn into X-Men Hellfire Gala Sweepstakes

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After a thrilling week of votes from fans and creators from around the world, Marvel’s first-ever X-Men election has officially closed – and the Hellfire Gala sweepstakes are now open! Be a part of Marvel’s 1st annual Hellfire Gala in comics this summer and stand alongside some of your favorite mutants by entering the Marvel Insider Drawn into X-Men Hellfire Gala Sweepstakes.**

Starting today until February 14 at 11:59pm EST, Marvel Insiders are eligible to enter into the Marvel Insider Drawn into X-Men Hellfire Gala Sweepstakes for a chance to attend the Hellfire Gala itself by being drawn into an issue of X-Men this June. To enter, Marvel Insiders should log in to their account at Marvel.com and redeem 2,500 points for a chance to win. The winner will be notified later this month.

Marvel Insiders can rack up points by engaging with Marvel on Marvel.com, watching Marvel videos, listening to Marvel podcasts, and more. Do you dream of hanging out with the X-Men? Now is your chance, True Believers! Not a Marvel Insider? Sign up today!

Results from Marvel’s first-ever X-Men election, along with the full X-Men team, will be unveiled during the Hellfire Gala in Marvel comics this June. Don’t miss this next epic chapter for the X-Men this summer!

Marvel Insider Drawn into X-Men Hellfire Gala Sweepstakes

** NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. SWEEPSTAKES OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 18 AND OLDER AND WHO ARE MEMBERS OF MARVEL INSIDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.  SWEEPSTAKES BEGINS AT 9:00 A.M. E.T. ON 2/3/2021 AND ENDS AT 11:59 P.M. E.T ON 2/14/2021.  SEE WWW.MARVEL.COM/INSIDER/FAQ FOR MORE DETAILS.

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