C2E2 VIP Tickets Go on Sale Thursday, November 19
November 18, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Illinois
VIP TICKETS FOR C2E2 TO GO ON SALE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
Premium Ticket with Exclusive Access and Offerings!
Norwalk, CT, November 17, 2009: Officials of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) have announced that VIP tickets will go on sale November 19, 2010 at 12 noon Eastern / 11:00am Central. There will be a total of 500 VIP packages available at $200 per package. “We want to make our VIP program simple and straightforward so the fan knows exactly what they are getting when they buy this awesome ticket,” notes Lance Fensterman, who oversees C2E2 and is Vice President of the Reed Exhibitions Pop Culture Group. “We are offering one package which includes some terrific benefits and provides great value for the customer who is seeking a truly special and unique experience at our show.” C2E2 is a new pop culture convention which is being launched by the organizers of New York Comic Con (NYCC). It will take place April 16 – 18, 2010 at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center.
The C2E2 VIP package includes:
· Limited edition C2E2 sketch variant of original Alex Ross poster created especially for C2E2.
· Limited edition C2E2 Alex Ross T-Shirt.
· Special variant VIP badge.
· Guaranteed VIP seating in the IGN Theatre.
· Separate VIP entrance to show floor.
· First access each day to show floor
· VIP lounge/coat check area.
· 10% off all C2E2 branded merchandise items in the show store.
· 10% off all future special packages
· 48 hour early pre-sale access for all special packages before they go on sale to the general public.
Convention officials note that they are moving quickly to line up guests and announce programming at C2E2. Celebrated comic book painter and Chicago area resident Alex Ross will appear as a Keystone Guest of Honor. Additionally, other notable guests who have been announced to appear at C2E2 include: Jackson Guice, Geoff Johns, Steve McNiven, Mike Mignola, Jeff Smith, and Ben Templesmith.
For more information on C2E2 or to purchase tickets, please visit www.C2E2.com. For the latest announcements, please visit C2E2′s official blog, www.mediumatlarge.net, or follow C2E2 on Twitter at www.twitter.com/C2E2.
ABOUT REED EXHIBITIONS POP CULTURE GROUP:
The Pop Culture Group at Reed Exhibitions owns and operates the New York Comic Con (NYCC), the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), and the New York Anime Festival (NYAF). New York Comic Con was launched in 2006 and quickly became a dominant presence in the pop culture world of public events. In 2009, 452 companies exhibited at NYCC for a total of 84,000 square feet of paid exhibit space, and it has been ranked by Crain’s New York Business as the second-largest annual event in NYC. C2E2, which will debut April 16 – 18 at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center, is modeled after NYCC and will provide fans the opportunity to meet and greet their favorite writers, creators, and artists, as well as to see, hear and learn about the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. The Pop Culture Group also operates the recently-launched UFC Fan Expo in partnership with the UFC – the world’s leading professional mixed martial arts organization – and it formed a strategic partnership with Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in 2008 and will work closely with PAX on the launch of PAX East in Boston in 2010.
TX – Alan J. Porter Signing
November 17, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Texas
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 1pm Alan J. Porter signs copies of his work at Dragon’s Lair Austin!
Alan J Porter has written for several comics, manga, & books including God Shop (Tokyopop), Batman: The Unofficial Collectors Guide (Schiffer Books), Before They Were Beatles (Xlibris), James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007, Star Trek: A Comics History (both through Hermes), & Disney*Pixar’s Cars (Boom!).
Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy, 6111 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757-3226
(512) 454-2399
NYC – Armored Panel
November 17, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under Movies, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Matt Dillon, star of Crash, discusses Armored November 24th at 7:00 PM at the Apple Store in SoHo.
Apple Store SoHo, 103 Prince St, New York, NY
MD – Axel & Alex Signing
November 17, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Maryland, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Terry Flippo signs at Beyond Comics on Saturday November 21st from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
He will be signing comics and selling drawings of your favorite characters. Highly recommended for young fans!
Beyond Comics, 5632 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD
CA – Literary Power Couple
November 17, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman – December 7
Acclaimed columnist Jon Carroll will host an evening in conversation with the literary power house married couple, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon and New York Times best-selling author Ayelet Waldman. Chabon, author of novels including and The Yiddish Policemen’s UnionWonder Boys received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001 for his internationally celebrated novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. His newest book, Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (release date October 6, 2009) is a collection of slyly interlinked essays based on personal reflections, regrets, and reexaminations, and is his first major work of nonfiction. Ayelet Waldman is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace. A film based on Waldman’s novel, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits starring Natalie Portman recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Chabon and Waldman will talk about the tough choices they, and other parents, face today in this lively and humorous candid conversation.
Berkeley Rep Theater, 2025 Addison St, Berkeley CA 94704
Doors Open 6 PM with No Host Wine & Cheese
Events Begin at 7 PM
TICKETS
Each event: $30 per person
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Baltimore Comic-Con 2010 Guests Include Johns and DiDio
November 17, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Maryland, Top Stories
Press Release:
Next Year
Please mark your calendars now to join us in 2010 on August 28th and 29th for the Baltimore Comic-Con’s 11th year. Confirmed guests include Michael and Laura Allred, Howard Chaykin, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Dan DiDio, Al Feldstein, Ron Garney, Michael Golden, Geoff Johns, Michael Lark, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, Eric Powell, James Robinson, Jim Starlin, Mark Texeira, and Marv Wolfman.
Details on guests, the Harvey Awards, industry exclusives, and programming leading up to the show can always be found at our website, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and ComicSpace pages.
Baltimore Comic-Con Says Thanks
November 17, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Con Reports and Photos, Maryland
Thanks for a Great 10th Anniversary from the Baltimore Comic-Con!
Baltimore, Maryland – November 16, 2009 – The 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con would like to take a moment to thank all of our exhibitors, guests, and staff for contributing to what was a spectacular celebration of our 10th anniversary. As anyone attending can attest, our 10th annual show had both record size and record attendance, and we’ve been gratified to see all of the positive write-ups from press, pros, and the public at large.
“When we set out to plan the biggest Baltimore Comic-Con ever, I knew it would take the help of all of our partners – and they delivered,” said show promoter Marc Nathan. “For our guests, publishers, retailers, exhibitors, volunteers, and especially to our great fans who continue to come out for our comic book show each year – I want to say ‘Thank you!’ Also, I owe a special thanks to Neal Adams, Roger Ash, Joe Keatinge, Joe Kubert, and George Perez for their contributions to the show. We could not have done it without all of them. I look forward to planning on our 11th show in 2010.”
Our guest charities, the Hero Initiative, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), and Humane Society all raised a great deal of money for their worthy causes.
“We feel as if we cannot say ‘thank you’ enough…to the person who very generously donated the comic books to be sold on our behalf,” said Tracy Santos, Community Relations Manager for the Baltimore Humane Society. “Our thanks also go out to the many artists who came to our booth to draw for donations…Mike Wieringo is the reason Baltimore Humane Society walked away from Comic-Con with $3,300. The love and admiration you all have for him is something that shows each time you speak of him.”
The Hero Initiative, which announced at this year’s Harvey Award Ceremony and Banquet that it had raised over $100,000 through the Baltimore Comic-Con’s 10 year history, had another great year. “Through the incredible efforts of fan favorite George Perez and Tim Sale, the charity was able to once again raise nearly $10,000,” said Kevin Brogan, East Coast Hero Initiative Representative. “Baltimore Comic-Con has always been a rewarding experience both monetarily and through the in-kind efforts and good grace of Baltimore’s remarkable guest artists.”
“The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is grateful to Marc Nathan and his outstanding team who put on the Baltimore Comic-Con. We were glad to meet hundreds of enthusiastic supporters over the weekend, who were all having a great time celebrating comic books and their creators at the show. The Baltimore Comic-Con, year after year, is one of the most vibrant and vital celebrations of the comic book medium in the United States and we’re glad to be a part of it,” said Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of CBLDF, who raised over $2,600 during the weekend.
This year’s show highlights included Scott Kurtz hosting a very successful (and very funny) Harvey Awards Banquet and Ceremony, featuring a jam-packed grab-bag for dinner attendees and Neal Adams being awarded the HERO Initiative Humanitarian Award; our first annual Baltimore Comic-Con Art Auction which sold pieces by artists such as David Petersen, Sean Chen, Joe Kubert, and Frank Cho; and our first annual Baltimore Comic-Con Costume Contest, which brought out great numbers of costumed attendees of all ages, and awarded the $1,000 grand prize for Best Overall, Top Winner to Paul Day of Bel Air, MD who sported a fantastic Iron Man costume!
In addition to Paul, here are the attendees that won category awards and their character costumes:
Best Existing Super Hero, Adult, Male – Paul Day, Iron Man
Best Original Super Hero, Adult, Male – James Hennigan, Hate Priest
Best (Potpourri), Adult, Male – Charles Singer, Predator
Best Original Super Hero, Adult, Female – Teal (and John) Slayden, Delta & Corvis
Best (Potpourri), Adult, Female – Camille Trejo, Princess Nuala Silverlance (Hellboy 2)
Best Existing Super Hero, Adult, Female – Hannah Pagan, Harley Quinn
Best Existing Super Hero, Under 13, Male – Joey Lister, Snake Eyes
Best (Potpourri), Under 13, Male – Jeffrey Stanley, Kingdom Hearts
Best Original Super Hero, Under 13, Female – Harlie Heiserman, Bug Kid
Best Existing Super Hero, Under 13, Female- Parker Day, Wonder Woman (from Kingdom Come)
Best (Potpourri), Under 13, Female – Rachel Stanley, Kairi, Kingdom Hearts II
Next Year
Please mark your calendars now to join us in 2010 on August 28th and 29th for the Baltimore Comic-Con’s 11th year. Confirmed guests include Michael and Laura Allred, Howard Chaykin, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Dan DiDio, Al Feldstein, Ron Garney, Michael Golden, Geoff Johns, Michael Lark, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, Eric Powell, James Robinson, Jim Starlin, Mark Texeira, and Marv Wolfman.
Details on guests, the Harvey Awards, industry exclusives, and programming leading up to the show can always be found at our website, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and ComicSpace pages.
Michael Golden Joins VA Comicon Lineup
November 17, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Virginia
Golden Surprise Addition to Virginia Comic-Con Line-up!
Richmond– Virginia IS for lovers…of G.I. Joe and Michael Golden artwork that is– as Golden signs on as a surprise last-minute guest for next weekend’s Virginia Comic-Con, slated for November 21-22, 2009!
Michael Golden, a fan favorite for his work on “Micronauts,” “G.I.Joe,” Batman, Dr. Strange, X-Men, Avengers, and “The ‘Nam,” among many other projects, has just been added to the line-up just this week, and is a natural for the event’s G.I. Joe theme, considering his groundbreaking work on that series.
Exiles by Michael Golden
This will also mark the artist’s first appearance in Virginia, in fact. And, to celebrate the fact, Golden will have some special prints and books for the occasion.
During his career, Golden has been an editor at DC Comics as well as senior art director at Marvel Comics, and has worked on numerous movie production projects, including some currently in development.
His art has been the focus of gallery shows in places as diverse as New York, Gijon, Barcelona, Antwerp and Brussels, and his class on storytelling has been conducted in countries including Spain, Brussels, Canada, the United States and China. Golden’s recent work can be seen on the covers of “Heroes for Hire,” “Exiles,” “Demon’s Regret,” “Uncanny X-Men,” and Spiderman, among many others. Vanguard Production’s recently released top-selling art retrospective “Excess: The Art of Michael Golden,” written by Renee Witterstaetter, has sold out and has gone into a second printing. This year will also see the release of Golden’s new sketchbook, “MORE Heroes and Villains,” from Eva Ink Publishing-a perfect match for last year’s “Heroes and Villains” sketchbook. (Soon to followed by the sketchbooks, “Dangerous Curves,” and “Bad Dog.” )
Joining Michael in Virginia will be Larry Hama (G.I. Joe), Alex Saviuk (Spiderman), Chris Claremont (X-Men), Bill Tucci (Sgt. Rock), Chuck Dixon (Birds of Prey), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), Jim Califiore (Exiles), John Gallagher (Buzzboy), Steve Conley (Astounding Space Thrills), Mike McKone (Fantastic Four), Eric Wolfe-Hanson (G.I. Joe), Rick Ketchum (Runaways), James Kuhoric (Army of Darkness), our own J.C. Vaughn (24), Mike McKone (Amazing Spider-Man), Reilly Brown (Cable), Dan Parent (Archie), Randy Green (Witchbalde), Andy Smith (Red Sonja), Steve Bird (Blue Beetle), Rick Spears (Teenagers from Mars), Renee Witterstaetter (writer for numerous books from Vanguard Productions, Spartan X), James Callahan (Strange Detective Tales), Louis Small, Jr. (Vampirella), Brian Shearer (Gravyboy), Kevin Sharpe (G.I. Joe), Budd Root (Cavewoman), and Zuda Comics winner Adam Lucas (Goldilock).
Admission is $10 for adults to the November 21-22, 2009 show at the Crowne Plaza West, 6532 W Broad Street in Richmond, VA, but it will be free to anyone in full costume, children, folks with student ID and people with military ID. It will also be free to members of the press.
For more information on Michael Golden, his commission and appearances, contact evaink@aol.com, or check out his facebook listing at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Golden/44937601170
For more information on the Virginia Comic-Con go to: http://www.vacomicon.com
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MA – Dr. Sketchy’s Comes to the Bean
November 16, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Massachusetts, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Molly Crabapple says in her newsletter:
Wednesday, I’m returning to Boston to host a glorious, dark carnival themed Dr. Sketchy’s with live music and the gorgeous ladies of Brown Girls’ Burlesque. Will you be there?
On Wednesday, November 18, I’ll be hosting an extra special Dr. Sketchy’s in conjunction with MassArt’s Eventworks program. In addition to the usual drinking, drawing and debauchery, you get to…
* Hear the amazing live monster music of Mr. Reusch
* Sketch the beauties of Brown Girls Burlesque, Miss Southern Comfort and Dame Cuchifrita
* Listen to the sounds of the glorious Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band
*Win prizes from Baby Tattoo Books and Squishables
* Get a signed copy of my first graphic novel, Scarlett Takes Manhattan
Dr. Sketchy’s does Eventworks takes place on…
Wendsday, November 18
7:30-10:30 @
The Pozen Center @ MassArt
FREE for MassArt students with ID
$5 for general public
Bring your drawing supplies
Pozen Center, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115
Win Dinner with Fables Artist Craig Hamilton at NYCC 2010
November 16, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy
In an unheard of decision, Vertigo Comics has approved the pre-sale of all 144 pages from the scheduled October 2011 Graphic Novel release Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland. The book is currently being worked on by writer Bill Willingham, layout artist Jim Fern, and penciller/inker Craig Hamilton. This package of 144 pages of pencilled/inked artwork is being offered as one complete unit, a must have for the serious Fables collector.
The buyer of this artwork will receive all 144 pages of the graphic Novel, a signed/sketched hardcover from Craig Hamilton, and if the buyer so chooses, dinner with Craig Hamilton at the next New York Comic Con where he/she will receive their artwork over dinner with Craig.
Click here to bid on this auction…
The winning bidder of this auction agrees to non-disclosure of the artwork as it is currently in production. For full details of this non-disclosure, please e-mail Bob Shaw at bob@comicarthouse.com.
