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VA Comicon Welcomes Superstar Artist Jae Lee

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Jae LeeThe Virginia Comicon has announced that Jae Lee will be a guest at the show. Lee first rose to prominence illustrating Namor, The Sub-Mariner at Marvel and WildC.A.T.S Trilogy at Image, then scored his first huge hit with The Inhumans, on which he collaborated with writer Paul Jenkins for Marvel’s Marvel Knights imprint. It’s critical and financial success vaulted him to superstar status, leading to numerous cover gigs, work on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, and eventually more recent stints on Before Watchmen: Ozymandias and Batman/Superman.

The Virginia Comicon‘s two-day show will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23, 2014 at the Richmond International Raceway, 602 E Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23222. VIP and MegaVIP tickets are available online.

Wolverine co-creator and veteran Incredible Hulk artist Herb Trimpe, longtime G.I. Joe writer-artist Larry Hama, and Nexus co-creator and artist Steve Rude head up the previously announced guest roster that also includes (in alphabetical order) Steve Bird, Brian Clevinger, Sam Ellis, Dan Fogel, Danielle Frazetta, Randy Green, Rick Ketcham, Tom King, Dan Nokes, Dan Parent, Alex Saviuk, Brian Shearer, Matt Sla, Louis Small, Jr., Rick Spears, Billy Tucci, and John “Waki” Wycough. Additional guests will be added soon.

The cosplay component of the weekend will be the biggest in the show’s storied history. In addition to the presence of top cosplayers such as Ivy Doomkitty, Abby Normal and Patrick Ian Moore, and cosplay groups like Mad Love, cosplayer Eddie Newsome will kick off the brand new book project he’s co-authoring, The Overstreet Guide To Cosplay, with the amazing opportunity to be featured in a photo shoot for this new book. There’s also $1,000 in cash prizes across a variety of costume categories for Sunday’s costume contest, and White Tiger Filmz will be on hand to document cosplay at the show for Viva La Cosplay, their new web series about the ins and outs, ups and downs of cosplaying. The locally-based crew will be following a number of cosplayers, including last year’s Virginia Comicon Grand Prize winner, as they prepare for the show and participate in it.

The show has a full slate of independent comic book creators, horror TV legend Count Gore DeVol, film and TV replica cars, media guests, and much more. There will be panel discussions and more.

The show’s first exclusives, special red foil logo (1,000 copies) and gold foil logo (only 250 copies) show exclusive variants of IDW Publishing’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1, were announced recently.

VA Comicon Welcomes Huge Cosplay Influx

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VA Comicon cosplayOver the past few years, the Virginia Comicon has seen a surge of cosplayers in attendence, partially due to its costume contests and offering of free admission to cosplayers. The convention has also run special photo shoots and focused on top cosplayers as guests.

The conventions show on November 22-23 will feature top cosplayers such as Ivy Doomkitty, Abby Normal and Patrick Ian Moore, and cosplay groups like The Clowns of Crime.The show will also have cosplay programming and $1,000 in cash prizes across a variety of costume categories for Sunday’s costume contest.

As well cosplayer Eddie Newsome kicking off the brand new book project he’s co-authoring, The Overstreet Guide To Cosplay, with the amazing opportunity to be featured in a photo shoot for this new book.

Additionally, White Tiger Filmz will be on hand to document cosplay at the show for Viva La Cosplay, their new web series about the ins and outs, ups and downs of cosplaying. The locally-based crew will be following a number of cosplayers, including last year’s Virginia Comicon Grand Prize winner, as they prepare for the show and participate in it. The first episode is already online. The filmmakers will also be cosplaying Ghostbusters Saturday at the event.

The Overstreet Guide To Cosplay, with Newsome and co-writer Geppi’s Entertainment Museum President Melissa Bowersox heading up a team of contributors, is slated for a November 2015 release. Along with tons of photos, it will feature the ins and outs of designing, making and taking care of costumes. It will also address many of the issues facing cosplayers as the phenomenon continues to grow.

The book will join Gemstone Publishing’s growing “How To” series, which includes The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics and The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comic & Animation Art, with The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics due this November. Members of the Gemstone Publishing team, including Vice-President of Publishing J.C. Vaughn and Creative Director Mark Huesman will be in attendance, as will Geppi’s Entertainment Museum’s Michael Solof and Kevin Brennan.

A large number of cosplayers will be pictured in this first-of-its-kind Overstreet volume, but only a limited number of cosplayers will selected to be interviewed and extensively featured in the book. Full rules for entering the photo shoot will be posted soon on the Virginia Comicon’s website. No purchase is required to appear, but participants are urged to make a $5 donation to The Hero Initiative, which will also be at the show.

Wolverine co-creator and veteran Incredible Hulk artist Herb Trimpe, longtime G.I. Joe writer-artist Larry Hama, and Nexus co-creator and artist Steve Rude head up a guest roster that also includes (in alphabetical order) Steve Bird, Brian Clevinger, Sam Ellis, Dan Fogel, Danielle Frazetta, Randy Green, Rick Ketcham, Tom King, Dan Nokes, Dan Parent, Alex Saviuk, Brian Shearer, Matt Slay, Louis Small, Jr., Rick Spears, Billy Tucci, and John “Waki” Wycough. Additional guests will be added soon.

The Virginia Comicon’s two-day show will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23, 2014 at the Richmond International Raceway, 602 E Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23222.

TMNT/Ghostbusters #1 Variant at the Virginia Comicon

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tmnt ghostbuster variantThey might be the rarest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters convention exclusives. Two versions of IDW Publishing‘s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1 will be available at the long-running Virginia Comicon‘s two-day show, Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23, 2014 at the Richmond International Raceway, 602 E Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23222.

With cover art by show guest Matt Slay, the red foil edition of TMNT/Ghostbusters #1 will be limited to 1,000 copies, and the gold foil edition will be limited to only 250 copies.

Convention attendees can advance order up to five copies of the red foil edition. Slay will be on hand to sign copies of both editions free of charge for the duration of the show.

Slay, a Virginia Comicon favorite, joins a guest roster headlined by Wolverine co-creator and veteran Incredible Hulk artist Herb Trimpe, longtime G.I. Joe writer-artist Larry Hama, and Nexus co-creator and artist Steve Rude.

The line-up of previously announced guests also includes (in alphabetical order) Steve Bird, Brian Clevinger, Sam Ellis, Dan Fogel, Danielle Frazetta, Randy Green, Rick Ketcham, Tom King, Dan Nokes, Dan Parent, Alex Saviuk, Brian Shearer, Louis Small, Jr., Rick Spears, Billy Tucci, J.C. Vaughn, and John “Waki” Wycough.

The show has a full slate of over 100 independent comic book creators, cosplay guests, horror TV legend Count Gore DeVol, film and TV replica cars, media guests, and much more. There will be panel discussions, a costume contest, and more.

Art Legend Steve “The Dude” Rude Joins Virginia Comicon

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steve rudeAcclaimed artist Steve Rude, co-creator of Nexus and illustrator of a whole slate of high profile comic book projects, will be a guest for the Virginia Comicon‘s two-day show, Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23, 2014 at the Richmond International Raceway, 602 E Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23222.

Steve “The Dude” Rude broke onto the comic book scene with the arrival of Capital Comics’ Nexus #1 in 1981. The black and white, magazine format publication introduced readers to Horatio Hellpop, also known as Nexus, the powerful, dream-plagued avenger for the victims of mass murderers. Nexus #1 also introduced fans to the artwork of the character’s co-creator, Steve Rude.

A dark-yet-optimistic space opera, Nexus was populated with humans and a vast array of alien races, including the Thunes, the Quattros, the Giz and many others. It was set in regions of space ranging from the foreboding to the highly humorous, and it seamlessly combined over-the-top action with nuanced personal interaction. All of this set the stage for Rude’s artwork to shine. He showcased not only his comic book influences such as Jack Kirby, Alex Toth and Russ Manning, but his fine art chops as well.

After three issues, the black and white magazine format Nexus was traded in for a full-color, standard size comic books, first from Capital Comics and then for a long run from First Comics, initially ending with Nexus #80. It was subsequently revived at Dark Horse Comics as a series of mini-series. After a brief stint in self-publishing, the character’s new adventures presently appear in Dark Horse Presents, with the original publications collected in archival hardcover editions (Nexus Archives) and soft covers (Nexus Omnibus).

Rude joins a roster that includes Wolverine co-creator and veteran Incredible Hulk artist Herb Trimpe and longtime G.I. Joe writer-artist Larry Hama, as well as previously announced guests including (in alphabetical order) Steve Bird (Pacific Rim), Brian Clevinger (Atomic Robo), Sam Ellis (Archer), Dan Fogel (Fogel’s Underground Price Guide and Grading Guide), Danielle Frazetta (Frazetta Books and Prints), Jerry Gaylord (Fanboys vs. Zombies), Penelope “Peng-Peng” Gaylord (Fanboys vs. Zombies), Randy Green (Witchblade), Rick Ketcham (Amazing Spider-Man), Tom King (Grayson), Dan Nokes (Impossible Space Tales of The Last Pit Stop), Dan Parent (Archie), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man), Brian Shearer (GI Joe), Matt Slay (Time Travel Tales), Louis Small, Jr. (Vampirella), Rick Spears (The Auteur), Billy Tucci (Shi), Bryan “Flash” Turner (Fanboys vs. Zombies), J.C. Vaughn (The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide), and John “Waki” Wycough (Vitriol).

The show has a full slate of independent comic book creators, cosplay guests, horror TV legend Count Gore DeVol, film and TV replica cars, media guests, and much more. There will be panel discussions, a costume contest, and more.

Tickets are now available online. A list of show exclusive variant covers and other material will be announced shortly.

Free Richmond VA Comicon Jan 15th! Record Breaking attendance expected! Register Now!

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Official Press ReleaseVA Comicon

The VA Comicon kicks off its 26th year by announcing ALL shows in 2012 will be ABSOLUTELY FREE to the public, if you pre-register! If you are receiving this email, then you are in luck! We are offering 1,000 advance tickets to EACH of our five shows FOR FREE. All you have to do is go to www.vacomicon.com and register for the events.
Our show dates in 2012 will all be on Sundays. We already have an all-star line up of creators for each show, but I am THRILLED to announce the return of Herb Trimpe (the co-creator of Wolverine) and Dan Parent (The creator behind Archie Meets KISS) as co-guests of honor at our first ever FREE show on January 15, 2012! Joining him will be Budd Root (Cavewoman), Andy Smith (WWE comics) and many, MANY more!
Future shows (Which you can register for TODAY) will ALSO be free for registered guests. Creators confirmed for other FREE events in 2012 include fan-faves Matt Slay, Steve Conley,John Wycough, James O’Barr (The creator of THE CROW!) and many, MANY more! Again…we have 1,000 FREE tickets avaialable ONLY to people who register for them at http://www.vacomicon.com. When these tickets are gone, we have reached capacity…so register TODAY!
All shows are on Sundays in Richmond, VA at the Crowne Plaza (The same location as our GALA 2-day 25th Anniversary show in 2011!). Here they are:
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Sunday April 1, 2012
Sunday July 8, 2012
Sunday September 16, 2012
Sunday November 18, 2012
Remember, superstars Herb Trimpe and Dan Parent will be at our show in January, joined by Budd Root, Andy Smith and MANY more. Don’t get left out…register for FREE tickets today at http://www.vacomicon.com.