CA – Hawkeye Signing

Writer Matt Fraction signs at House of Secrets on Wednesday January 30th, 2013 at 6:00 pm! Fraction has announced that he will donate all the sales incentives he receives from the sales of Hawkeye #7 to the Red Cross, earmarked for Hurricane Sandy relief.

RSVP on Facebook!

House of Secrets
1930 W Olive St, Burbank, CA 91506

NYC – The Dude and the Zen Master Sign

Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman sign on Tuesday January 8, 2013 at 7:00 PM.

Barnes & Noble – Union Square
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810

Boston Comic Con 2013 Announces Guests

Press Release:

New England’s biggest and best comic book convention returns on April 20-21, 2013 to the Hynes Convention Center! Joining us this year is a veritable who’s who of amazing comic creators. The growing list of special guests includes Sergio Aragones, Mark Bagley, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Brooks, Amanda Conner, Tony Daniel, Colleen Doran, David Finch, Joseph Michael Linsner, David Mack, Ed McGuinness, Mike Mignola, Dustin Nguyen, Jimmy Palmiotti, George Perez, Amy Reeder, Don Rosa, Tim Seeley, William Stout, and more to be announced! Tell your friends!

RSVP on Facebook!

Tickets are $25 per day or $40 for the weekend and available through Eventbrite at the link!

Artist alley and vendor table registration is also open. Forms can be found on the Boston Comic Con website.

About Boston Comic Con:
The Boston Comic Con is a 100% independently run comic book show committed to  bringing the biggest and best comic creators to New England. Run by fans for  fans, Boston Comic Con is not affiliated with any other convention tour or  corporate interests. Hosting over 40,000 square feet of vendors selling comic  books, toys, posters, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia, this is  a destination event for geeks of any stripe. Next year’s convention will be held  Saturday April 20th and Sunday April 21st opening at 10:00 am each day at the  Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA. For more information  please go to our website at www.bostoncomiccon.com and follow  us on Twitter (@BostonComicCon)  and Facebook!

NYC – Jim Hanley’s Universe Events

Jim Hanley’s Universe hosts two huge events next Wednesday, October 10, 2012!

Press Release:

Signing at our Manhattan Location on October 10 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm are a half dozen of the coolest creators in comics right now, including the the team behind DC’s Nightwing, writer Kyle Higgins, artist Eddy Barrows, and colorist Rod Reis; PLUS special guests Amy Reeder (Batwoman, the new Halloween Eve from Image), Trevor McCarthy (Batman: Gates of Gotham), and Brandon Montclare (Halloween Eve).

Then at 7:00pm, Jim Hanley’s Universe in New York City is proud to present the Pop Music In Comics Panel Discussion and Signing at the JHU Underground in Manhattan, Wednesday, October 10!

Patrick Reed (editor of Depth Of Field Magazine) will moderate this exclusive panel discussion featuring some of the hottest creators in comics today, discussing their work and the intersection of comics and popular music. Joining us for this lively and unique panel:

The event will feature complimentary refreshments from Tompkins Square Bagels, Angry Orchard Brewery, Saranac Brewery, and Southampton Brewery. Free food and drink, talking about comics and music, and meeting a ton of great creators – this is pretty awesome. RSVP on Facebook!

Some come on over to JHU Underground at our Manhattan store in the heart of the City for this amazing panel and signing event, Wednesday, October 10 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm! Exclusively at Jim Hanley’s Universe in New York City, For 27 Years and Counting Where Fans and Creators Meet!

Jim Hanley’s Universe
4 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001

SDCC 2012 Digest #6: Marvel Movies Phase 2 Logos Revealed, Iron Man 3 Armor, and Lots More

SDCC 2012 Digest #6

Storified by Convention Scene · Sat, Jul 14 2012 21:20:02

Entertainment Weekly is Live at SDCC 2012

Entertainment Weekly is streaming live from Comic-Con International, and you can watch it right here.

Thursday, July 12
10:45a
Beauty and the Beast
Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan
11:00a
Twilight cast
Live from EW’s VIP Lounge!
11:45a
The Man with the Iron Fists
RZA, Dave Bautista
12:30p
Workaholics
Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm
1:00p
Frankenweenie
Dir. Tim Burton with cast and crew!
2:15p
Arrow
Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy
2:15p
Expendables 2 cast and crew
Live from EW’s lounge at SDCC!
2:30p
Expendables 2 cast and crew
Live from EW’s lounge at SDCC!
3:15p
Dexter
Yvonne Strahovski
3:30p
Twilight
Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser
3:45p
Dredd
Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey
4:00p
Secret VIP
You don’t want to miss this one!
4:15p
Dexter
Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter
4:30p
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Dir. Morgan Spurlock
4:45p
Doctor Who
Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill
5:00p
Holliston
Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Corri English, Laura Ortiz, Dave Brockie
5:15p
Hit and Run
Dax Shepard
5:30p
OZ: The Great and Powerful
Dir. Sam Raimi, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis
5:45p
Teen Wolf
Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes
6:00p
Wreck-It Ralph
John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Dir. Rich Moore
6:15p
Live from SDCC!
The one and only Felicia Day
6:30p
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Join us with the cast in San Diego!

Friday, July 13
9:15a
ParaNorman
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anna Kendrick
9:30a
TRON: Uprising
Bruce Boxleitner, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Tricia Helfer
9:45a
The Hunger Games
We got the tributes & more!
10:15a
Total Recall
Special Guests
10:30a
Wilfred
Elijah Wood, Jason Gann, Fiona Gubelmann, Dorian Brown
10:45a
Resident Evil: Retribution
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Oded Fehr, Boris Kodjoe, Mika Nakashima and Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson
11:00a
Bones
David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel
11:15a
Looper
Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt, Rian Johnson
11:30a
Elysium
Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlito Copely, Dir. Neill Blomkamp
11:45a
The Possession
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Natasha Calis, Dir. Ole Bornedal
12:00p
We Can Be Heroes campaign
Chris Daughtry
12:45p
Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley and more!
1:15p
Falling Skies
We talk to Noah Wyle and cast!
1:45p
Community
Joel Mchale, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs
2:00p
The Glee Project
Winners and conteders
2:15p
The cast and crew from Black Dynamite
Live from EW’s VIP Lounge!
2:45p
The Glee Project
Winners and conteders
2:45p
Spartacus
Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Lucy Lawless, and more!
3:00p
Nikita
Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca
3:15p
The Unknown (
Taryn Manning, Directors Martha Coolidge and Kevin Connolly
3:30p
Legendary broadcaster, and the voice of Optimus Prime
Larry King and Peter Cullen
4:00p
Mythbusters
Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, Grant Imahara
4:00p
Mythbusters
Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, Grant Imahara
4:30p
The Victim
Michael Biehn
4:45p
NTSF:SD:SUV
The stars of the comedy-action series on Adult Swim
5:00p
H+ web series
Alexis Denisof, David Clayton, Sean Gunn, Dir. Stewart Hendler
5:15p
Resident Evil: Retribution
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson and more!
5:30p
The Walking Dead
Cast and crew
6:00p
47
Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Bradford, Maximiliano Hernández, Dir. Louis D’Esposito
6:15p
Simmons Comic Anthology
Gene Simmons
6:30p
Cult
Matt Davis, Jessica Lucas, Alona Tal, Robert Knepper, and more!
6:45p
Children’s Hospital
Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Henry Winkler, Rob Huebel, Ken Marino, Erinn Hayes
7:00p
Lost Girl
Anna Silk
7:15p
666 Park
Terry O’Quinn, Vanessa Williams, Dave Annable, Rachael Taylor

Saturday, July 14
9:45a
Copper
Tom Weston-Jones
10:00a
Gravity Falls
Jason Ritter
10:15a
Anthony Bourdain
Discusses his new comic book
10:30a
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Adelaide Clemens, dir. Michael J. Bassett
10:45a
Futurama
The cast and crew
11:15a
Revolution
Billy Burke, Giancarlo Esposito, Tracy Spiridakos, Dir. Jon Favreau, and more
11:45a
Supernatural
Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Mark A. Sheppard, and more
12:00p
End of Watch
Michael Pena and David Ayers
12:15p
Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro, Charlie Day, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman
12:30p
Fringe
John Noble, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole
12:45p
Glee
Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Naya Rivera, and more!
1:00p
House of Lies
Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson
1:15p
Sushi Girls
(Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway
1:30p
True Blood cast and crew
The cast and crew including Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard, Joe Manganiello, Stephen Moyer, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Ryan Kwanten, Deborah Ann Woll and more!
2:15p
Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Jonathan Banks, creator Vince Gilligan
2:30p
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
2:45p
Iron Man 3
Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, Guy Pearce, Shane Black
3:15p
Shameless
William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum
3:30p
The Following
Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy
4:00p
Django Unchained
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Christoph Waltz, Don Johnson, and Quentin Tarantino
4:15p
Merlin
Angel Coulby, Colin Morgan, Katie McGrath
4:30p
Criminal Minds
Shemar Moore, Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and more!
5:15p
Once Upon a Time
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle, Josh Dallas, Meghan Ory
5:30p
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Bill Fagerbakke
5:45p
The Campaign
Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell
6:00p
William Shatner and Roger Corman
The legends behind The Intruder
6:30p
Lawless
Jason Clarke, Dane Dehaan, John Hillcoat
6:45p
The Vampire Diaries
Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Michael Trevino, Zach Roerig
7:00p
Grimm
David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Reggie Lee, Sasha Roiz, Bree Turner
7:15p
CSI
Elisabeth Harnois

If Your Child Wears an Iron Man Costume to SDCC 2012 on Saturday, He or She Can Get a Robert Downey, Jr. Autographed Poster

Press Release:

MARVEL HOSTS “IRON MAN 3″ KIDS’ COSTUME EVENT AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2012 

All Kids Dressed as Iron Man Treated to Group Photo and Robert Downey Jr.  Autographed Poster

Burbank, CA (July 9, 2012) –Marvel Studios announced today that they will be hosting an “Iron Man 3″ Kids’ Costume Event on Saturday, July 14, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marvel booth (#2329), at Comic-Con International in San Diego. The event is open to all children ages 2-14 who come dressed as Iron Man—Marvel’s iconic Super Hero featured in the upcoming “Iron Man 3.”  Anyone looking to participate in the costume event should arrive at the Marvel booth by 12:10 to prepare for the event.

A group photo of all the costumed children will be taken on stage and featured on Marvel.com. All participating children will also receive a poster autographed by Robert Downey Jr., who reprises his role of Tony Stark/Iron Man in the fan-favorite franchise.

“Iron Man 3″ continues the epic, big-screen adventures of the world’s favorite billionaire inventor/Super Hero, Tony Stark aka “Iron Man.” Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, “Iron Man 3″ stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, along with franchise staples Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes with Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan.

Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige is producing the film from a screenplay by Drew Pearce and Shane Black with Shane Black directing.   Executive producers on the project include Jon Favreau, Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Charles Newirth, Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard and Dan Mintz.

Marvel’s “Iron Man 3″ is slated for release in the U.S. on May 3, 2013.

 

ABOUT MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT:

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.  Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com.

Marvel Presenting Iron Man 3 at SDCC 2012; Disney Featuring Frankenweenie (Tim Burton), Oz (Sam Raimi), Wreck-It-Ralph (Reilly and Silverman)

Press Release:

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES will be hosting our Hall H Comic-Con panel on Thursday, July 12 from 2:05pm – 3:05pm.

Q&A panel featuring the imaginative director of Frankenweenie Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland); A special look at the world of Oz The Great and Powerful with director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy); the illustrious voice cast of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wreck-It Ralph, including John C. Reilly (Step Brothers), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program) and director Rich Moore (The Simpsons).

MARVEL STUDIOS will be hosting its Hall H Comic-Con panel on Saturday, July 14 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm.

Marvel Studios presents Iron Man 3. Join Producer Kevin Feige and special guests as they provide an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.

HeroesCon 2012 Adds More Guests

Press Release:

Walt Simonson and Louise “Weezie” Simonson are coming back to HeroesCon!! Walt exploded on to the comics scene with Manhunter in the 70s and when on to influence generations with his incredible work on The Mighty Thor, X-Men/Teen Titans crossover, and X-Factor! Louise is a writer known for great runs on Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, and Superman: The Man of Steel! We are honored these great creators and great people are taking the time to join us to celebrate our 30th Anniversary!

Herb Trimpe has worked on dozens of titles for Marvel Comics including The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Shogun Warriors, Godzilla and more. Of course he also illustrated that awesome 1st appearance of Wolverine in Hulk #181!

Georges Jeanty is like family at HeroesCon–the longtime penciller of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic series has also drawn Green Lantern, Superboy, Superman, and tons more! We’re happy he’s making the trek from his new home on the West Coast to see us!

Also added to the guest list today: Andy Belanger, Paty Cockrum, Rick Davis, Scott Hanna, Micah Harris, Eric Henson, Dan Parsons, Loston Wallace

For the full guest list please click here!

Unfortunately we’ve also had a few cancellations, most recently Sergio Aragonés. The rest are listed on the guest list page in the right sidebar, in red, beneath the updates.

HeroesCon 2012 Welcomes Stan Lee

Press Release:

Shelton Drum is honored and excited to welcome comics legend Stan Lee back to Charlotte as a featured guest of Heroes Convention’s 30th anniversary. Stan last attended HeroesCon in 1984 and his return this summer will be the crown jewel in the show’s 30th Anniversary celebrations.

Stan will be on hand signing autographs and posing for photographs during HeroesCon. He will also be featured on a panel discussion. All attendees of the convention will be welcomed to Stan’s panel, photo opportunities and autograph sessions. Details of our VIP ticket packages will be announced next Friday, May 10th! Sign up for our mailing list to get the news first!

Stan Lee is known to millions as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book industry, Stan’s co-creations include Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, as well as hundreds of others. He introduced Spider-Man as a syndicated newspaper strip that became the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips and has appeared in more than 500 newspapers worldwide.Stan currently remains Chairman Emeritus of Marvel, as well as a member ofthe Editorial Board of Marvel Comics. Stan is currently the Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of POW!

“Stan Lee has been the face and the voice of Marvel Comics since the debut of The Fantastic Four in 1961 and has in recent years become the same for comics and superheroes in general to most fans. I’m very excited and proud that Stan will be helping Heroes celebrate HeroesCon’s 30th anniversary!” said convention organizer and comics retailer Shelton Drum.

This year’s Heroes Convention takes place June 22-24, 2012 at the Charlotte Convention Center.

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