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Local Sheroes to Celebrate Women’s History Month at Westfield Mall Culver City For SheroCon 2019

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This Women’s History Month, Marvel’s Captain Marvel won’t be the only Shero making history. Local comic creator and Shero Comics CEO, Shequeta L. Smith has partnered up with Westfield Culver City Mall to host what will be Los Angeles’ first ever female-themed pop-up comic-con, SheroCon.

Hollywood Stuntwoman, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard (Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War) and Hollywood Actress/Stunt Double, Rebecca Bujko (Avengers: Endgame, Sharp Objects) are a few amongst multiple sheroes, and surprise celebrity guests, set to appear at Shero Comic’s inaugural pop-up comic-con. This mini-con is set for Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 12pm-5pm at the Westfield Mall Culver City –  and will be the first-ever comic con to take place inside a Westfield Mall.

SheroCon is a one-day celebration of female comic creators, cosplayers and local sheroes who are making a difference in the world of comics and entertainment. Other activities scheduled for the day include an all-female artist alley featuring indie and mainstream comic creators, a women in comics panel discussion, one-on-one Q&A’s with Hollywood writers, actresses, composers, and makeup artists from some of Hollywood’s biggest comic book movies.

The event is scheduled to end with a SheroCon Cosplay competition. But it’s more than just about Shero encounters. There will also be face painting, caricatures, a pink carpet, and make-up demos from professional makeup artists at MAC Cosmetics.

The SheroCon pop-up con is the first of its kind in Los Angeles and is the brainchild of Shero Comic’s CEO, Shequeta Smith.

SheroCon celebrations will begin at 12 noon and run until 5:00 pm.  For further information, visit:  sherocomics.com or Eventbrite.

New African-American Superheroine Rayven Choi Hits ComiXology and Vimeo on Demand this Week

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final-rayven-choi-cover-for-ebookThis Black History Month, a new superheroine lands in both the film and comic book worlds with the release of Rayven Choi.

Written by, Shequeta L. Smith, Rayven Choi tells the story of an African-American girl who is orphaned and sent to Seoul, Korea in order to preserve her safety. For 20 years, Rayven has had to deal with the nightmares of the hit-man who murdered her parents right in front of her and constant fear for her own life. Finally, ready to face her fears, she returns to America fully intent on executing revenge on the hit-man who robbed her of her family and a happy childhood.

Smith is a seasoned filmmaker who beat more than 5,000 entrants to become the only individual female director to reach the Top 20 in HBO’s Project Greenlight. After that, she turned her focus to adapting her award-winning screenplay, Rayven Choi, into a six-part graphic novel series. In an effort to capitalize on the current marriage between the film and comic book worlds, Smith smartly shot an accompanying 14-minute short film to further introduce the graphic novel.

The comics feature art by Dennis Saptura, coloring by Slamet Mujiono, and lettered by Taylor Esposito.

In the release Smith said:

I’ve always thought of Rayven Choi as being historic in bringing together the Korean and African-American cultures, so it’s pretty exciting to be releasing the film and book to the world at the end of the Korean New Year and the beginning of Black History Month.

Rayven Choi Vol. 1: Koreamerican is out now on comiXology for $2.99. Simultaneously, Rayven Choi, the 14-minute short film, is scheduled to make its debut on Vimeo on Demand for just $0.99.

Rayven Choi Vol. 1 & 2 is also available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo and iTunes/iBook. Physical copies are available at select locations and directly from Shero Comics at sherocomics.com.