E L James, Author of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” Trilogy, will be Signing at SDCC 2012
June 28, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Book Festivals, California, Comic Books, Comic-Con International, Convention News, Top Stories
Press Release:
E L JAMES, AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLING “FIFTY SHADES OF GREY” TRILOGY, WILL SIGN COPIES OF HER BOOKS AT COMIC-CON SAN DIEGO 2012.
Next month, E L James, the author of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, will be signing books July 12, 4-5:30 at the San Diego Convention Center. The ticketed afternoon event is free. This is the author’s first book signing on the West Coast. First published in May 2011, Fifty Shades of Grey follows the relationship of 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and college student Anastasia Steele. Subsequent novels in the series, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed explore the couple’s deepening relationship. Since Vintage Books acquired the books in March 2012, the trilogy has sold 16 million copies in the U.S. in all formats.
E L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.
Vintage Books is an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which is a division of Random House, Inc., whose parent company is Bertelsmann AG, the international media company.
Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (November 2012)
May 9, 2012 by ScottsVVCBF
Filed under Anime, Book Festivals, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Nevada
Event Details:
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| Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www. |
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| Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy) | |
| 11/03/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| The 5th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival, held in Las Vegas, is part of the annual Vegas Valley Book Festival – the largest literary event in Southern Nevada. This year we’re so chock full of geeky goodness that we decided to expand our programming by another hour to showcase panel discussions and signings, artist alley, portfolio reviews, film screenings, an artist jam, food trucks, music and the ever popular mini-market. |
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| Venue Name and Address | |
| Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 45 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 2500 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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| Guests | |
| Gene Ha, Aaron Alexovich, Drew Rausch, Spencer Brinkerhoff III, Tommy Kovac, Deryl Skelton, Dan Parsons, Chris Staros | |
American Music and Pop Culture Expo (March 2013)
May 1, 2012 by NonSportsCard
Filed under Anime, Book Festivals, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Horror, Pennsylvania, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Sports
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| American Music & Pop Culture Expo | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.usatheatres.com/ |
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| 03/29/2013 | |
| End Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy) | |
| 03/30/2013 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Presenting the world of comics, toys, movies, television, music and more, with a showroom packed with 75 exhibitors! | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| Granada Avenue Gymnasium 30 East Granada Avenue Hershey, PA 17033 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 75 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Collectibles | |
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| Guests | |
| Non-Sport Update Magazine, MTBA | |
Charlaine Harris (True Blood) and Other Authors Featured Guests at C2E2 2012
February 28, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Book Festivals, Comic Books, Convention News, Illinois, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Top Stories
Press Release:
CHARLAINE HARRIS AND OTHER WRITERS TO APPEAR AT CHICAGO COMIC & ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (C2E2)
#1 Bestselling Novelist Provides Literary Luster at Annual Pop Culture Event
Norwalk, CT, February 28, 2012: Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author best known for her Southern Vampire Mysteries featuring Sookie Stackhouse, will be a Spotlight Guest at this year’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). Ms. Harris’s enormously popular series is also the basis of True Blood, the HBO series produced by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) and starring Golden Globe winner Anna Paquin in the role of Sookie. Providing literary luster at a convention that is brimming with artists, creators and other talent from all segments of the pop culture universe, Ms. Harris will be joined by other Featured Guest writers appearing at C2E2 including: Rachel Caine, Christina Henry, Mari Mancusi, Chloe Neill, and Veronica Wolff. All of these authors, including Charlaine Harris, will be participating in panels and will do a signing at C2E2 where they will meet and greet thousands of fans.
C2E2 will take place April 13 – 15, 2012 in the North Building at the McCormick Place Convention Center. For further information about guests and activities at C2E2 as well as purchasing tickets, please visit www.C2E2.com.
“Charlaine Harris and all these literary guests are a fantastic addition to our developing list of major talent who will be appearing at C2E2,” notes Lance Fensterman, Group Vice President for ReedPOP and Show Manager for C2E2. “Their participation is further evidence that the pop culture world cuts across all entertainment boundaries and includes artists from every walk of life. I know these writers will be well-received at our show and will find legions of fans anxious to hear them speak and meet them in person.”
ABOUT SPOTLIGHT GUEST CHARLAINE HARRIS: #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for thirty years. Charlaine began writing mystery series—the Aurora Teagarden series and the much darker Lily Bard series—but then went on to write Dead Until Dark which broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readers.The Southern Vampire books are published in twenty languages. They are also the basis of True Blood, the HBO series produced by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) and starring Golden Globe winner Anna Paquin in the role of Sookie. Charlaine also writes the Harper Connelly series.
ABOUT LITERARY FEATURED GUESTS:
RACHEL CAINE is The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires, Weather Warden, and Outcast Seasonnovels, among many others. She grew up in the badlands outside of El Paso, Texas. General Sheridan famously said, “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.” Rachel’s trying her best, with the Morganville series, to prove him right. (But still, she does lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Not Hell.)
CHRISTINA HENRY is the author of the Black Wings series and enjoys running long distances, reading anything she can get her hands on and watching movies with subtitles in her spare time. Henry used to work in a comic book store and as a result, has boxes of bagged and boarded comics in her attic. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son, and can be found on the web at www.christinahenry.net.
MARI MANCUSI used to wish she could become a vampire back in high school. But she ended up in another blood sucking profession—journalism—instead. Today she writes books for teens and adults. When not writing about creatures of the night, Mari enjoys traveling, cooking, goth clubbing, watching cheesy horror movies, and her favorite guilty pleasure—videogames. A graduate of Boston University and a two time Emmy Award winner, she lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Jacob, daughter Avalon and dog Mesquite. You can find Mari online at www.bloodcovenvampires.com.
CHLOE NEILL was born and raised in the South, but now makes her home in the Midwest. Chloe is the author of the fan-favorite and The New York Times bestselling Chicagoland Vampires series. She watches entirely too much television, roots for her favorite college football team, and believes, however unlikely, that she’ll one day finish a half-marathon. You can learn about Chloe Neill and Chicago’s vampires at www.chloeneill.com.
VERONICA WOLFF, once an aspiring art historian, is an award-winning, bestselling author with a soft spot for kilts and vampires. Known for her Scottish historical romances, she now writes a young adult series called The Watchers as well as an adult contemporary romance series called Sierra Falls. She has lived everywhere from Texas, to Hawaii, to India, finally settling in Northern California where she lives with her husband, two kids, and a houseful of pets. Her unmarketable skills include snowboarding, speaking Hindi, gardening, and knowing an alarming amount of pop-culture trivia.
ABOUT REEDPOP: ReedPOP is a boutique group within Reed Exhibitions which is exclusively devoted to organizing events, launching and acquiring new shows, and partnering with premium brands in the pop culture arena. ReedPOP is dedicated to producing celebrations of popular culture throughout the world that transcend ordinary events by providing unique access and dynamic personal experiences for consumers and fans. The ReedPOP portfolio includes: New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East & West, Star Wars Celebration VI, Fantasy Football Fest, and UFC Fan Expo. The staff at ReedPOP is a fan based group of professionals producing shows for other fans, thus making them uniquely qualified to service those with whom they share a common passion. ReedPOP is focused on bringing its expertise and knowledge to world communities in North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
MCBA FallCon Comic Book Party (October 2012)
December 15, 2011 by MNCBA
Filed under Anime, Book Festivals, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Minnesota
Event Details:
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| MCBA FallCon Comic Book Party | |
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| http://www.midwestcomicbook. |
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| 10/06/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| The Midwest Comic Book Association (MCBA) is pleased to announce that the 24th Annual MCBA FallCon Comic Book Party (aka “The One Day Wonder!”) will take place at the Education Building located on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Saturday October 6, 2012. FallCon, one of the premiere comic book events in the midwest with a growing national reputation, is a celebration of the extraordinary marriage between the written word and graphic arts. A fascinating and focused acclaimation of an American born, truly unique, dynamic, ever growing and evolving medium that comic books represent. “FallCon is a 360 minute nexus of all of the things that make the world of comic books so very compelling and relevant!” said Nick Postiglione, Co-Director of the all volunteer MCBA, “Over the years, FallCon has been built around the concept of developing community and providing opportunity for all aspects of our growing community to interface in a welcoming and energetic enviroment. The midwest has a long standing reputation of being a breeder reactor for comic creators of all types and given the recent appropriation of cutting edge comic book culture by the much larger mainstream media, it’s a great spotlight for the wildly diverse aspects of our exponentially growing creative community. Including superstar creators, working professionals, up and comers, Independent & Alternative creators, webcomicers, self-publishers, mini-comic folks, small press, and all creative and format points in between!”Of course no FallCon could possibly be complete without the hucksters! Offering a super gigantic comic book marketplace with comic book stores and dealers buying, selling and trading all things comic books. There will be literally tons of comic books (Around 500,000 golden age, silver age, bronze age, current and collectible comic books), trade paperbacks , graphic novels, original comic book art, manga, action figures, statues, Star Wars & Trek, unexplicable trinkets, collectibles and the list goes on into a reasonable approximation of infinity. At FallCon, expectation of the unexpected is generally expected! Costumed characters, hundreds of door prizes, surprise guests, portfolio reviews, attendees of all shapes, sizes, colors, ages, sexes, characters and mundane’s from all walks of life will converge to join the party. A One Day Wonder of pure comic book action! Now is the time and FallCon is the place where there’s something for everyone and everyone is welcome! | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| MN State Fairgrounds – Education Building 1265 Snelling Avenue North Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 80 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 5000 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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Cleveland Comic, Card and Nostalgia Festival (Formerly Saturday’s Child) (October 2012)
October 18, 2011 by jeffharpro
Filed under Book Festivals, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Horror, Ohio, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Cleveland Comic, Card and Nostalgia Festival (Formerly Saturday’s Child) | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.harpercomics.com/ |
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| 10/14/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| COMIC BOOK and NOSTALGIA SHOW, Comics, Toys, TV, Movie, Horror, Western, Sci-Fi Collectibles. Non-Sport Cards and More. Admission $4.00, age 6 & Under FREE. FREE Parking. Hourly Door Prizes. Hours: 10 am to 4 pm. | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| American Legion Hall, 22001 Brook Park Rd., Fariview Park, Ohio 44126 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 40 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 300 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Collectibles | |
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Buckeye Comic Con (August 2012)
October 18, 2011 by jeffharpro
Filed under Book Festivals, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Ohio, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Buckeye Comic Con | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.harpercomics.com/ |
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| 08/05/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| COMIC BOOK SHOW, Comic Books, Toys, Non-Sport Cards, Sci-Fi. Admission $4.00, Age 6 and under FREE. FREE Parking. Hours: 10 am to 4 pm. | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| Fort Rapids Water Park Resort, 4560 Hilton Corporate Drive Columbus, Ohio 43232 United States Map It |
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| 40 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 250 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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Akron-Canton Comic Con (June 2012)
October 13, 2011 by jeffharpro
Filed under Book Festivals, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Ohio, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Akron-Canton Comic Con | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.harpercomics.com/ |
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| 06/24/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Largest Comic Book Show In Northeast Ohio, Comics, Toys, Sci-FI, Non-Sport Cards. Guest Artists. Admission $4.00, Age 6 and under FREE. FREE Parking. Hourly Door Prizes. Hours 10 am to 4 pm. | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| Chapparell’s Community Center, 2418 Arlington Rd. Akron, Ohio 44319 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 50 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 400 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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Cleveland Comic, Card and Nostalgia Festival (Formerly Saturday’s Child) (March 2012)
October 11, 2011 by jeffharpro
Filed under Book Festivals, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Horror, Ohio, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Cleveland Comic, Card and Nostalgia Festival(Formerly Saturday’s Child) | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.harpercomics.com/ |
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| 03/18/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| COMIC BOOK and NOSTALGIA FESTIVAL, Comics, TV, Movies, Horror, Western Collectibles, Non-Sport Cards, Toys, Sci-FI, Books. Admission $4.00, Age 6 and under FREE. FREE Parking. Hourly Door Prizes. Hours: 10 am to 4 pm. | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| American Legion Hall, 22001 Brook Park Rd., Fariview Park, Ohio 44126 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 40 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 300 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Collectibles | |
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Buckeye Comic Con (March 2012)
October 10, 2011 by jeffharpro
Filed under Book Festivals, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Ohio, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Buckeye Comic Con | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.harpercomics.com/ |
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| Date | |
| 03/04/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Comic Book Show featuring Comics, Books, Sci-Fi, Non-Sports cards, Toys. Admission $4.00, Age 6 and under FREE. FREE Parking. Hourly Door Prizes. | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| Fort Rapids Water Park Resort, 4560 Hilton Corporate Drive Columbus, Ohio 43232 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 30 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 250 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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