NJ – NYCC Preview Party
September 21, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New Jersey, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Press Release:
Adam Hughes and Allison Sohn sign on Thursday, October 7th from 5:30 – 7:30!
We’re really excited to welcome renowned comic artist Adam Hughes to Dewey’s Comic City on Thursday evening, October 7th from 5:30pm until 7:30pm. Adam, who will be appearing during our special New York Comic-Con Preview Party will be meeting fans and signing copies of the recently released COVER RUN: THE DC COMIC ART OF ADAM HUGHES as well as other work.
Adam’s stunning and elegantly drawn “good girl” style cover illustrations have graced the covers of Wonder Woman, Catwoman and many other DC Comics characters. He is the winner of multiple Harvey and Eisner comic awards and his recently released COVER RUN art book collects the best of his work for DC Comics including commentary from the artist, rarely seen preliminary material and much more! Haven’t picked up your copy yet? Don’t worry we’ll have plenty of copies of COVER RUN on sale at the store this with a special offer for those who purchase a copy and attend the signing)!
Besides his award winning work for DC Comics, Adam has drawn or done work for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Joss Whedon’s Mutant Enemy Productions and many others. He has illustrated everything from Star Wars to Star Trek and Indiana Jones to Tomb Raider. His run of covers on Wonder Woman won multiple Harvey Awards and an Eisner.
BONUS GUEST APPEARANCE! Star Wars fans take note! Also appearing at our NYCC PREVIEW PARTY will be Allison Sohn, an illustrator who works primarily in the trading card industry. Allison has worked on such licensed card sets as The Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Heroes, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Red Sonja to name but a few. We were able to convince Allison, also a guest at Comic Con who just happens to be married to Adam, to spend some time with us as well!
So join on us Thursday evening, Oct 7th from 5:30 to 7:30 to meet Adam Hughes AND celebrate the start of that weekend’s NEW YORK COMIC CON with a special NYCC PREVIEW PARTY (ps – tickets to the convention are on sale at our store)! You don’t have to going to the con to come to the Preview Party! Everyone is invited! So even if you can make it to the convention you can still enjoy the festivities!
Dewey’s Comic City
13 Park Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940
NYC – X’ed Out Signing
September 21, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Charles Burns signs on October 21st from 7:00PM – 8:00PM.
From the creator of Black Hole: the first volume of an epic masterpiece of graphic fiction in brilliant color.
X’ed Out, unlike Black Hole, has not been previously serialized, and every unnervingly meticulous panel is more tantalizing than the last. Drawing inspiration from such diverse influences as Herge and William Burroughs, Charles Burns has given us a dazzling spectral fever-dream and a comic-book masterpiece
The Strand
828 Broadway (at 12th St.), New York, NY 10003-4805
MA – Black Comix Signing
September 21, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Massachusetts, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Rob Stull signs on Saturday, October 2nd from 4-7 pm!!! More details as the event approaches…
Million Year Picnic
99 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
NYC – Make Me A Woman Signing
September 21, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Vanessa Davis signs on October 6th from 7:00 – 8:00PM.
Vanessa Davis’ new book, Make Me A Woman will confirm her spot as one of the leading cartoonists and humorists of her generation. No story is too painful to tell-like how much she enjoyed fat camp-nor too personal-like her stories of growing up Jewish in Florida. Using her sweet but biting wit, Davis effortlessly carves out a wholly original and refreshing niche in two well-worn territories: autobio comics and the Jewish identity. Using beautiful watercolors, refreshing honesty and humor, her comics are sure to make an immediate impression.
This event is co-hosted by Tablet Magazine, a daily online magazine of Jewish ideas, news and culture. Marjorie Ingall, who writes about parenting for Tablet, will speak with Vanessa about her new book.
The Strand
828 Broadway (at 12th St.), New York, NY 10003-4805
Top Cow Pilot Season 2010 Tour
September 21, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Texas
Press Release:
LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 16, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that first title off of the 2010 Pilot Season slate will arrive in stores next week on September 22nd, 2010. Pilot Season 2010 debuts a new format consisting of five new concepts and five different creative teams released in a span of five weeks. In support of Pilot Season 2010, stateside creators will be embarking on a signing tour coinciding with their pilot’s release.
“Pilot Season is an ideal event for us to schedule signing events around because of the wide variety of talent we have participating each year,” explained Publisher Filip Sablik. “This year is no different with established talent like Marc Silvestri, Jeff Katz, and Phil Noto along side exciting up-and-comers like Jerry Lando, David Marquez, and the dynamic duo of Hill and Levin. We’re all getting out on the campaign trail to win the hearts and minds of our voting public!”
Pilot Season: 39 Minutes’ William Harms and Jerry Lando will kick off the launch of Pilot Season 2010 next week in Las Vegas and Philadelphia, respectively.
Book Signing Dates
Pilot Season: 39 Minutes
· William Harms: Comic Oasis, Las Vegas, NV – September 22
· Jerry Lando: Atomic City Comics, Philadelphia, PA - September 25, 2-5pm
Pilot Season: Asset
· Filip Sablik: Earth 2 Comics, Los Angeles, CA – September 29
· Jenny Frison: Challengers 2.0, Chicago, IL – September 29, 5-7pm
· David Marquez: Austin Books and Comics, Austin, TX, October 13
Pilot Season: Crosshair
· Jeff Katz: Brave New World, Los Angeles, CA – October 16
Pilot Season: 7 Days From Hell
· Bryan Edward Hill: Starclipper Comics, St. Louis, MO – October 23
· Rob Levin: The Comic Bug, Long Beach, CA – October 23, 4 PM – 8 PM
· Phil Noto: ACME Comics, Greensboro, NC – October 23 (tentative)
For more information on Pilot Season and upcoming signing events, go to www.topcow.com.
NYC – Two Guys Named Joe Signing
September 20, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Movies, New York, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
John Canemaker, the head of animation at NYU and author of numerous classic animation books, returns to Animazing Gallery in SoHo on September 25th, from 2-6 pm to debut and autograph his new book. Two Guys Named Joe is about two of Disney’s most important conceptualist artists who impacted the creative design on animated and stop-motion films at Disney Studios from Snow White to Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride.
This fully illustrated hardcover book is a wonderful artistic biography about Joe Grant and Joe Ranft, and a MUST for every animation library.
Animazing Gallery
54 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013
JMV Comic Book Show (September 2010)
September 20, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Texas
Event Details:
| Convention | JMV Comic Book Show |
| Convention Website | http://www.jmventertainment.com |
| Start Date | 09/26/2010 |
| About This Convention: | Dallas,Texas favorite one day show for collectors and dealers of vintage to modern comic books and related collectibles.
Hours:11am -5pm Admission:$2.00 Dealer Tables:$50 each (25 -6ft available) Contact: |
| Venue Name | Crowne Plaza Dallas – Park Central |
| Venue Address | 7800 Alpha Road Dallas, Texas 75240 United States |
| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | 25 |
| Projected Attendance | 250 |
| What category best describes your convention? | Comic Books |
| What other categories might be appropriate for your convention? | - Collectibles |
Fred Hembeck Guest at September 26th East Hanover NJ Expo
September 20, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New Jersey
Press Release:
The special guest artist at the East Hanover, NJ Comic Book Expo on Sunday, September 26th will be Fred Hembeck! The show is being held at the Ramada Inn Conference Center Hotel, 130 RT 10 West, East Hanover, NJ. Hours are 10-4, admission is only $2 (kids under 12 free) and there is plenty of free parking!
Fred Hembeck was born in 1953, reborn in 1959 when he read his very first comic book, and born yet a third time in 1977 when, while attempting to break into the comics biz, he somehow BECAME a comic book character himself (which is much too long a story to go into here, trust me…)!! Since then, he’s notched such accomplishments as serving as staff cartoonist for The Daily Planet, roasted The Fantastic Four, and most infamously, destroyed the Marvel Universe (or tried to, anyway…)!! These days, Fred continues to churn out his quirky, squiggle-laden cartoons from his upstate New York home, in the company of Lynn Moss, his wife of three decades, Julie Hembeck, daughter of two, and cats Mario and Luigi, pets of one. He enjoys leaving the house occasionally to meet with fans at events like the East Hanover Comic Book Show–and promises not to talk in the third person while doing so, honest!!
For more show info, go to www.njcomicbookshows.com
Top Cow at Project: Comic Con 2
September 19, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News
Press Release:
PUBLISHER MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE AT ST. LOUIS SHOW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, GIVEAWAYS AND SHOW EXCLUSIVE
TOP COW AT PROJECT: COMIC CON 2
LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 15, 2010 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that they will be making their debut appearance at Project: Comic Con 2 in Maryland Heights, MO, this weekend, September 18-19, 2010 at the Maryland Heights Centre.
Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik will be joined by writer Phil Hester (The Darkness) and Bryan Edward Hill (Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box, Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell) along with artists Kenneth Rocafort (Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer, Velocity) and Jeremy Haun (Berserker) at the show. Hester, Hill, Rocafort, Haun and Sablik (Pilot Season: The Asset, Last Mortal) will be on hand for signings both days at the Top Cow booth. In addition, Sablik will be available throughout the show for portfolio reviews for aspiring artists.
The publisher will be offering an exclusive Project: Comic Con 2 variant cover to Velocity #2 for the event by Rocafort.
Also available at the Top Cow booth are free preview books and fantastic savings on trade paperbacks and convention variant covers. Fans interested in sketches from the artists should stop by at the beginning of each day to acquire a sketch ticket.
For more information on Top Cow Productions, Inc. and Project: Comic Con, please visit www.topcow.com and www.projectcomiccon.com, respectively.
About Top Cow Productions Inc.
Top Cow Productions, Inc. (www.topcow.com), a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, was founded in December of 1992 by artist Marc Silvestri, who also co-founded Image Comics earlier that same year. Top Cow currently publishes its line of comic books in 21 languages in over 55 different countries. The company has launched 20 franchises (18 original and two licensed) in the industry’s Top 10, seven at #1, a feat accomplished by no other publisher in the last two decades. Its flagship franchise, WITCHBLADE, was TNT’s #1 original film of 2000 and the subsequent TV series was released on DVD on July 29, 2008. WITCHBLADE is also the first American property to be fully adapted in Japan as an original anime and manga by Studio GONZO in 2006. Top Cow’s other flagship property, THE DARKNESS, was developed into a major next-generation video game release by Starbreeze and 2K Games and achieved platinum sales status. WANTED, an Eisner-nominated miniseries published by Top Cow from 2003-2005, is now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. Virtually all of Top Cow’s other properties are in development as feature films, live-action television, animation or video games. Top Cow has also successfully licensed and merchandised its franchises into toys, statues, clothing, lithographs, puppets, posters, magnets, shot glasses, lighters, lunch pails, wall scrolls, mouse pads, die-cast cars, calendars, Christmas ornaments, Halloween masks, trading cards, standees, video games and roleplaying games.
LA Sequential Con Schedule
September 17, 2010 by Richard Oh
Filed under Arizona, Book Festivals, California, Comic Books, L.A. Sequential
Hello all!
There are some very exciting events going on in the comic book world, and I’ll be attending a few events to close out this year strong! Please let me know if you guys are attending any of these events!
September 19: LA Comic Book and SciFi Convention
September 21: Superman/Batman Apocalypse Screening @ Paley Center
September 24: Guillermo Del Toro signing @ Dark Delicacies (tentative)
September 26: West Hollywood Book Fair
October 29-31: Long Beach Comic Con
November 19-22: CTN
And to start the 2011 year off right, I will be attending the first big con of the year, The Amazing Arizona Comic Con! This con (Jan. 8-9) is chock full of big name guests, with some of the hottest writers in comics, including Robert Kirkman, Jeph Loeb, Victor Gischler, and John Layman! Don’t miss out!
Come out and say hello to me at any of these events! For those interested in CTN as well, I am including this discount code! Receive 10% off just by inputting this code in prior to purchasing your ticket!
The code is: CONSCNX10
Hope to see you guys there!
