CA, IL, NJ – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Signings
March 6, 2014 by Brian Pate
Filed under California, Illinois, New Jersey, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories
Press Release:
Meet the cast members from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire film as they sign copies at Walmart at these locations in celebration of Lionsgate’s home entertainment release of the movie on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Digital HD, VOD and Pay-Pery-View March 6 at 11 pm leading up to the midnight release March 7th! Once the clock hits midnight more than 2,000 Walmart stores will celebrate the Blu-ray and DVD release with special giveaways.
Select locations with special attendees are below:
Orange County, California
Who: Willow Shields (“Primrose Everdeen”)
Where: Walmart
2300 N Tustin St.
Orange, CA 92865
When: Thursday, March 6
Media Call time: 10:30 pm
Signing: 11pm – 1 am
Chicago Area, Illinois
Who: Meta Golding (“Enobaria”) and Bruno Gunn (“Brutus”)
Where: Walmart
1100 S. Randall Road.
Elgin, IL 60123
When: Thursday, March 6
Media Call time: 10:30 pm
Signing: 11pm – 1 am
Secaucus, New Jersey
Who: Stephanie Leigh Schlund (“Cashmere”) and Lynn Cohen (“Mags”)
Where: Walmart
400 Park Place
Secaucus, NJ 07094
When: Thursday, March 6
Media Call time: 10:30 pm
Signing: 11pm – 1 am
IL – FCBD: Jellaby Signing
February 27, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Free Comic Book Day, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
JELLABY creator KEAN SOO appears at Challengers signing copies of Capstone’s “Adventures of Jellaby” or Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 3, 2014!
Challengers Comics
1845 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
IL – B+F Signing
February 27, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Gregory Benton signs at Quimby’s Bookstore on Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm!
Press Release:
Gregory Benton’s book B+F was awarded the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s inaugural Award of Excellence at MoCCAFest 2013. An expanded version of B+F was published in the autumn of 2013 through AdHouse Books (USA) and Editions ça et la (France).
B+F is a wordless meditation on goodwill, hostility, and isolation. It’s a fable, a meandering tale of two friends that explores an otherworldly forest with a naked woman “F” and a large yellow dog “B” as they encounter its denizens, both benevolent and malicious. The characters are pulled apart by circumstance and the obstacles that they must overcome to find each other again.
Gregory has embarked on a nation-wide tour in support of B+F. He is excited to add Quimby’s of Chicago to the list of stores he is visiting. He’ll be “dedicating” books to customers, meaning that he’ll spend time with each customer drawing in their books, more common in the European comics festival tradition.
Gregory Benton has been making comix since 1993. He cut his teeth on the political anthology World War 3, moving on to writing and drawing stories for Nickelodoeon, Vertigo, DC Comics, Disney Adventures, Watson-Guptil, Entertainment Weekly, as well as contributing to numerous alternate-press comix anthologies. A graphic novel, Hummingbird, was published by Slave Labor Graphics in 1996. Gregory has also produced numerous limited-edition mini-comix. Hopefully you have some. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Fortune, among others.
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
773-342-0910
ReedPOP and Wikia to Launch International Cosplay Competition at C2E2 2014
February 20, 2014 by Michael Pate
Filed under Convention News, Cosplay, Illinois, Top Stories
Press Release:
REEDPOP AND WIKIA TO LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL COSPLAY COMPETITION AT C2E2
Inaugural C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay! Judged by Leading Cosplay Figures Opens for Registration Today
New York– February 14, 2014 – Today, ReedPOP, the world’s leading purveyor of pop culture events, and Wikia, the social universe of fandom and the ultimate source for powerful and relevant game expertise, announce the debut of a new cosplay championship at this year’s C2E2 in Chicago. The inaugural C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay will be the biggest and most prestigious costume contest in the United States, where veterans of the cosplay circuit and amateurs alike will battle it out for a shot at seizing the Crown and over $10,000 in cash and prizes. RedEye, part of Chicago’s Tribune Media Group, will serve as media sponsor for the inaugural event.
For the first time ever, C2E2 will invite cosplayers from across the U.S. to travel to the Windy City and have their creations critiqued by celebrity judges with established backgrounds in costume design and pop culture entertainment. This year’s judges include Ashley Eckstein (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Her Universe fashion line), Yaya Han (Heroes of Cosplay) and Nan Cibula-Jenkins (costume designer and head of costume design at The Theatre School at DePaul University). Fans will witness the spectacle and pageantry of a fun-filled competition celebrating the best cosplayers from around the country. This will not only be a celebration of pop culture, but a craftsmanship award show, with a pre-judging session and a stage display. All entries must represent a character or element from Comic Books, Movies & Television, Video Games, Anime or Fantasy.
“With some of the amazing costumes we’ve seen at our other shows, we thought it would make for a great showdown between the best of the best in cosplay,” said Lance Fensterman, Global Vice President of ReedPOP. “We’re thrilled to have teamed up with Wikia for the C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay to truly celebrate pop culture and the creativity of its Fans.”
“While cosplay has always been a passion of Wikia’s community of super-fans, the rise of ReedPOP’s events and our partnership around C2E2 allows us to engage even the most casual of enthusiasts,” said Eric Moro, Director of Programming, Entertainment at Wikia. “Starting on wikia.com and leading up to C2E2, the Cosplay Championships will put popular cultural on full display in all its glory. We’re excited to have our community play a central role.”
The debut of the C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay rides a surge in popularity for the cosplay culture and artistry most evident in Syfy channel’s docu-series “Heroes of Cosplay.” The C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay will be streamed live to a global audience on the C2E2 website.
Fans can register here for the C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay starting February 14. Each entrant will submit an application to be reviewed by the C2E2 team (one costume per entrant) and the top entrants will compete for top prize in Chicago. Visit our website for more information on rules and conditions.
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 & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Prime, East and Australia, Star Wars Celebration, and the UFC Fan Expo. In 2013 ReedPOP (has) added Star Wars Celebration Europe and PAX Australia to its rapidly expanding portfolio of international events. 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, Europe, and Asia/Pacific (including Australia).
About C2E2
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – also known as C2E2 – is a convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. Bringing the best of popular culture to Downtown Chicago, C2E2’s show floor is packed with hundreds of exhibitors, panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators and screening rooms featuring sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either the big or small screen!
About Wikia
Wikia, the social universe for fans, by fans, is the home for social fandom and the ultimate source for powerful and relevant entertainment expertise. It is the definitive place for people to contribute to original sources of multi-media information around subjects they know and love. Using Wikia, anyone can form new communities around any subject or participate in over 300,000 existing communities by reading or contributing new content. With over 30 million pages of rich content, Wikia’s communities are the most authoritative about any pop culture topic on the Internet. Wikia’s game vertical (www.wikia.com/videogames) is a leading video-game focused network on the Web. Its movies, TV and books verticals (www.wikia.com/entertainment) are the fastest growing source of U.S. entertainment content around the world. Launched in 2006 by founders Jimmy Wales and AngelaBeesley, Wikia attracts more than 100 million global unique visitors per month and is ranked a Quantcast Top 30 and comScore Top 100 Internet site, as well as a Nielsen Top 10 social network. www.wikia.com or @wikia
Lake Count-I-Con (June 2014)
February 11, 2014 by Count-I-Con
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Illinois
Event Details:
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| Lake Count-I-Con | |
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| http://www.counticon.com | |
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| 06/28/2014 | |
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| 06/29/2014 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Lake County’s biggest Comic, Toy, Game and Art convention. Description Lake Count-I-Con is held at the Cultural & Civic Center in Round Lake Beach, Illinois.It is 8,000 sq ft of comic books, retro toys, original art and table-top games that includes over 100 tables of artists and vendors. Lake Count-I-Con also offers two gaming rooms that will host a number of workshops, open-play, and tournaments. Lake Count-I-Con is on Saturday June, 28th and Sunday June, 29th from Noon until 6pm. Located at the Cultural & Civic Center: 2007 N Civic Center Way, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073 Admission is $3, FREE to children under 12. |
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| Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center 2007 Civic Center Way Round Lake Beach, Illinois 60073 United States Map It |
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| 100 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 1000 | |
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Hero Initiative Announces 20 Convention Stops in 2014
January 28, 2014 by Michael Pate
Filed under Arizona, California, Canada, Comic Books, Comic-Con International, Convention News, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New York Comic Con, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Top Stories, Washington
Press Release:
Hero Initiative Announces 2014 Convention Schedule—20 dates in all!
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 22, 2014) Hero Initiative, the non-profit organization that raises money for comic veterans in medical and financial need, will be attending 20 comic conventions in 2014!
Yes! The Hero crew will be busy bees this year bringing you special guests, parties, and much more from San Diego to Calgary to New York City! We may be attending a convention near you, so make sure you stop by and help us help others who have paved the way for many others and have brought us years of joy! JUST DO IT!
Schedule is as follows:
March 7-9
Wizard World Sacramento
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-sacramento.html
March 14-16
Planet Comicon, Kansas City, MO
http://planetcomicon.wordpress.com/
March 21-23
Orlando MegaCon With special guest Herb Trimpe appearing EXCLUSIVELY at the Hero booth, #733
http://www.MegaConvention.com/
March 28-30
Emerald City Seattle
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/
April 4-6
Wizard World St. Louis
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-stlouis.html
April 18-20
Awesome Con Washington DC
http://awesomecondc.com/
April 25-27
Reed Chicago C2E2
http://www.c2e2.com/
April 24-27
Calgary Comic Expo
http://calgaryexpo.com/
May 2-4
Wizard World Minneapolis
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-minneapolis.html
May 17-18
Big Wow San Jose
http://www.bigwowcomicfest.com/
May 31-June 1
Long Beach Comic Expo
http://longbeachcomiccon.com/
June 5-8
Phoenix Comic Con
http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/
June 20-22
Charlotte HeroesCon
http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/
July 23-27
San Diego With Hero Board of Directors member Dennis O’Neil in attendance!
http://comic-con.org/cci
August 21-24
Wizard World Chicago
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-ch.html
September 5-7
Baltimore Comic Con
http://baltimorecomiccon.com/
September 27-28
Long Beach Comic Con
http://longbeachcomiccon.com/
October 2-4
Wizard World Austin
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-tx.html
October 9-12
Reed New York Comic Con
http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/
October 31-November 2
Wizard World Ohio
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-ohio.html
About The Hero Initiative
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterday’s creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.
Since its inception, The Hero Initiative has had the good fortune to grant over $500,000 to the comic book veterans who have paved the way for those in the industry today. For more information, visit www.heroinitiative.org or call 626-676-6354.
For more information, please visit us at www.heroinitiative.org.
IL – Ant Colony Signing
January 22, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Michael DeForge signs his new book at Quimby’s on Saturday, February 8th, at 7:00 pm!
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
773-342-0910
Greg Ayres will be coming to Anime Midwest 2014
January 14, 2014 by Michael Pate
Filed under Anime, Convention News, Illinois
Press Release:
Anime Midwest announces Greg Ayres
Rosemont, Illinois – January 8, 2014 – Anime Midwest, Chicago’s newest and fastest growing anime convention, is excited to announce that veteran voice actor and DJ Greg Ayres will be coming to Anime Midwest 2014. Greg will be signing autographs, speaking in panels, and DJing during the convention’s rave dance.
Greg Ayres can usually be found rockin’ out somewhere, whether animated or not. From the loud-mouthed Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers, to Koyuki, singing with the the band in Beck:Mongolian Chop Squad, he’s always glad to shake things up a bit. He is thrilled to be able to add the roles of Uesugi Kenshin in Sengoku Basara, Seikechi Tayama in Oh Edo Rocket, and Abe in Big Windup to his list of new roles. He can also be head as Son Goku in Saiyuki, Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories , Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Negi Springfield in Negima, Heihachi in Samurai 7, Jr. in Xenosaga:The Animation, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, Roan in Ragnorok The Animation, Yamazaki in Welcome to the NHK, Nowy in Glass Fleet, Gau Ban in Shadow Skill, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, and a bunch of other titles he’ll probably forget to mention. Funimation has recently announced that Greg will voice the role of Kouta Tsuchiya in it’s upcoming release of Baka and Test.
When he’s not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones of another variety behind “the decks”. A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, Greg has really enjoyed the oppor- tunity of doing something else that he truly loves at conventions. From packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of The Knitting Factory (NYC), Greg never misses an opportunity to share his love of music with anyone who will listen.
Greg Ayres joins a huge guest list, which can be seen at http://animemidwest.com/guests
Anime Midwest is a 3-day anime convention unlike any other, bringing together over 200 events and panels to its nearly 10,000 attendees. Events cover everything from lolita fashion shows to guest Q&A sessions. Anime Midwest 2014 takes place from July 4-6 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. More information, and $40 registration, can be found online at http://animemidwest.com/
IL – Deadpool Signing
January 13, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Movies, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Writer/actor/comedian BRIAN POSEHN returns to Challengers for their first signing of 2014 on Saturday, January 25, 2014 from 2:00pm until 4:00pm!
Brian will also be performing five shows at UP Comedy Club.
Challengers Comics
1845 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
IL – Curse #1 Signing
January 6, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Michael Moreci signs his new comic Curse at Aw Yeah Comics on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 6:00pm! Additionally, there will be a Hero Initiative membership drive!
Press Release:
This will be a 21 and Up event. Aw Yeah will have snacks and refreshments on hand, as we do, and there will be a $5 Entry donation to the Hero Initiative. We have several things going on this evening. First off, Michael Moreci will be joining us for the launch of his new series at BOOM, CURSE. We will have copies for sale that he will be happy to sign. We will also be selling year long memberships to the Hero Initiative. The base price for those is $29. If you buy a membership, you will receive the comic from Michael free, and we will waive the entry fee. There will also be other goodies included for joining.
Aw Yeah Comics
4933 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 847-423-2916
