Marvel Announces Signings, Activities, and Panels for C2E2
April 13, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Illinois, Top Stories
Via Marvel.com:
Marvel’s C2E2 2010 Signing Schedule:
| Friday, April 16 | Saturday, April 17 | Sunday, April 18 |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
REILLY BROWN |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
ELIZABETH BREITWEISER |
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
JEPH LOEB |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
MARJORIE LIU |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
JOE QUESADA |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
C.B. CEBULSKI |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
JOE QUESADA |
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
REILLY BROWN |
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
ELIZABETH BREITWEISER |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
PETER DAVID |
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
RACHEL DODSON |
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
REILLY BROWN |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
BOB LAYTON |
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
JEPH LOEB |
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
JIMMY CHEUNG |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
JEPH LOEB |
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
DENNIS CALERO |
|
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
SEAN MCKEEVER |
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| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
MIKE CHOI |
Marvel’s C2E2 2010 Booth Events & Activities Schedule:
| Friday, April 16 | Saturday, April 17 | Sunday, April 18 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
“Iron Man 2” video game |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Marvel Charades |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Super Happy Fun Marvel |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Marvel Charades |
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Marvel Costume Contest |
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
The Marvel Your Universe |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The Marvel Your Universe |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
“Iron Man 2″ video game |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
“Iron Man 2″ video game |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Super Happy Fun Marvel Giveaway Hour |
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The Marvel Your Universe |
|
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Super Happy Fun Marvel |
(Go to Marvel.com for downloadable/printable versions)
Sega Iron Man 2 Video Game Demo
SEGA will be demoing the Iron Man 2 video game on the Xbox 360. Swing by, and suit up as Iron Man and, for the first time ever, War Machine in a story that takes you beyond the movie and into the comic universe in this all-new action adventure game. Bag yourself a show-only limited edition Iron Man 2 video game poster into the bargain.
The Marvel Your Universe Game Show
Always wanted to be on a game show but never got the call? Well now’s your chance. Stop by the Marvel booth as we randomly select people from the audience to partner up with Marvel creators and editors as contestants on a live on-stage game show.
Super Happy Fun Marvel Giveaway Hour
You Make Yours Marvel every day and we appreciate it! And we’d like to show our appreciation by giving you some cool prizes like variant comic books, trade paperbacks, and hard-to-get autographed items. So stop by with your fellow Marvel Zombies (not the ones that enjoy brains) and you may be lucky enough to hop, skip and jump away with some gifts that will make you the envy of your family, friends, coworkers and pets.
Marvel Costume Contest
Are you dressed as your favorite Marvel character? Then get your friendly neighborhood, star-spangled, best-at-what-you-do self down to the Marvel Booth at Comic-Con for The Marvel Costume Contest! The Grand Prize: a Marvel Omnibus signed by Stan Lee! All entrants may also be featured in a gallery on Marvel.Com!
Marvel Charades Game Show
Are you the living room champion of pantomime? Do you have a mutant ability to convey what you are thinking through simple hand gestures and body contortions? Can you drop it like it’s hot? Then make sure you are in the Marvel Booth as we choose fans from the crowd to team up with Marvel creators and editors to play Marvel Charades live on stage!
For Marvel’s Panel Schedule, visit Marvel.com.
Hero Intitiative at WonderCon
April 1, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under California, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention News, Top Stories
Press Release:
Hero Initiative at San Francisco’s Wonder-Con
Party at The Comic Art Museum benefiting Ed Hannigan Sponsored by Comic Outpost
(For Immediate Release): March 29, 2010: Hero Initiative, the non-profit organization that helps comic creators in need, is hoppin’ up to San Francisco’s WonderCon at the Moscone Center South Easter weekend April 2-4. Original art from a variety of artists will be for sale at the booth, and a huge party benefitting Ed Hannigan will take place the Cartoon Art Museum, sponsored by San Francisco’s own Comic Outpost!
The Cartoon Art Museum, The Hero Initiative and The Comic Outpost proudly present the museum’s Annual Wonder-Con Weekend Party, which will be held on Friday, April 2, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from this special event will go to comic book artist Ed Hannigan, whose work is featured in the Cartoon Art Museum’s current exhibition Ed Hannigan: Covered.
Tickets for this event will be sold at the Cartoon Art Museum booth on the floor at WonderCon, and at the door at the museum, 655 Mission St., just three blocks from WonderCon. Ed Hannigan, who is suffering from multiple sclerosis, will receive a portion of the proceeds. Tickets are available for $20-$35, with those who donate $35 or more receiving a special gift bag courtesy of the Cartoon Art Museum. A silent auction will be held at the party, and all proceeds from the auction will go directly Hannigan.
Many of the top talents from DC Comics, Marvel Comics and more will be in attendance at the party as special guests of the Cartoon Art Museum and the Hero Initiative. Confirmed guests include Arthur Adams, Amanda Conner, Sergio Aragones, Joyce Chin, Jimmy Palmiotti, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone, Jen Van Meter, and more to be announced. Food and beverages will be provided. Please visit www.cartoonart.org for a list of additional sponsors as they are announced.
Hero Initiative president Jim McLauchlin and Cartoon Art Museum curator Andrew Farago preview the Gallery’s Ed Hannigan: Covered exhibit Friday, from 2p.m.-3p.m. at a WonderCon panel. See some of the great art that will be up for auction at the party, and catch the world debut of the Ed Hannigan video, celebrating the works of the great artist. Room 232/234.
Come by Hero’s booth, #637, and check out original art available for sale by Tim Sale, Darwyn Cooke and more. Adam Kubert will be at the booth and will draw four, only four sketches the whole weekend, exclusively for Hero! And last but not least, Hero is proud to offer an exclusive, limited edition print of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64, one of Ed Hannigan’s most famous covers. The print is a limited edition of only 150 pieces, and each one will be hand-signed by Ed. Prints are available at $25 each, and are sure to go quickly, go get to the booth fast!
Hero Initiative booth schedule as Follows:
Friday April 2:
1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Gail Simone
2 p.m.-3 p.m.: Ed Hannigan Panel room 233-234
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m: Bill Morrison
Saturday, April 3:
11 a.m.-12noon: Matt Wagner
1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Rev. Dave Johnson
Sunday April 4:
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Bill Morrison
1-2 Rev. Dave Johnson
About The Hero Initiative:
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strict 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 $400,000 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.
Big Apple Comic Con Programming Schedule Released
October 12, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Sports, Top Stories
Wizard has released the schedule for signings, panels, and nighttime events for the Big Apple Comic Con.
Featured signers include Joe Quesada, Jim Lee, Adam Hughes, Carlos Pacheco, Kevin Maguire, J.M. Dematteis, Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, Joe Kubert, Thomas Jane, Paul Cornell, Phil Jimenez, Dwight Gooden, Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, Yogi Berra, George “The Animal” Steele, and Pete Rose.
A PDF of the Floor Map is also available.
