Kennywood Comicon Set For Father’s Day 2017

Press Release:

New Dimension Comics joins Kennywood on Father’s Day to present a super-sized event: Kennywood Comicon!

Featuring comic book vendors, artists, creators, and pop culture attractions, Comicon will descend upon the home of Kenny Kangaroo, the Phantom and the Jack Rabbit on Sunday, June 18.

“I’m thrilled to partner with Kennywood to bring our comic book resources together into one of the most fun venues in Pittsburgh for a great event,” says Todd McDevitt, owner of New Dimension Comics and promoter of 3 Rivers Comicon. “We are both in the family entertainment business, so joining forces is a natural fit.”

The event will be held at Kennywood, with many vendors and attractions set up around the Lagoon area. Artists will be featured in the pavilions.

“We believe Comicon will be a big hit with our Guests and provide a little extra bonus to all the fun of a day at Kennywood,” says Kennywood General Manager Jerome Gibas. “Creating special events to bring added value to our guests has always been a practice of ours, and we’re excited to leverage the popularity of Comicons with this event.”

For this special day, patrons who come to the park wearing a superhero shirt will be admitted for just $25 instead of the normal cost of $47.99. All attending will receive a special custom edition Archie comic book, Betty & Veronica #1, featuring an exclusive cover by Robert Hack showcasing the Archie gang enjoying a day at Kennywood. Hack will be on hand to autograph copies of this collectible comic.

More details can be found as more elements are confirmed at www.ndcomics.com, including information on vendor and artist sign up. Kennywood Comicon will run throughout the course of the park’s operating day, which begins at 10:30 a.m.

More on Comicons : Comicons are comic book conventions held annually around the world. These conventions feature comic vendors as well as top comic book artists. Fans in attendance can purchase comics and merchandise as well as getting their own items signed by their favorite artists.

More on New Dimension Comics: Starting his business in 1986 as a high school student, Todd McDevitt now owns and operates 6 comic book stores in the Pittsburgh region with locations in Ellwood City, Butler in Clearview Mall, Century 3 Mall in West Mifflin, Pittsburgh Mills Mall in Tarentum, and St. Clairsville, OH. McDevitt also hosts 3 Rivers Comicon in Pittsburgh May 20-21, 2017.

Kennywood is America’s Finest Traditional Amusement Park! The Pittsburgh-area park offers a unique mix of classic rides and modern thrills, including six roller coasters, a 14-ride Kiddieland, and several attractions that cannot be found anywhere else. Kennywood, founded in 1898, continues to provide unforgettable fun for all ages.

PA – Ash-o-graph Signing

Catherine Schuller-Gruenwald, widow of Captain America writer and long-time Marvel executive editor Mark Gruenwald, appears at New Dimension Comics on Sunday, August 14 at 12 PM – 4 PM to greet fans and do a live Ash-o-graph™ stamping of a commemorative piece created for the recent New York City June 14th Marvel tribute. The Ash-o-graph will be a one-of-a-kind invention of Gruenwald’s containing cremains-and-ink in the stamp of his autograph. Catherine will also be part of the auspicious closing ceremony for the Toonseum‘s Captain America exhibit on August 13th.

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New Dimension Comics
Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills
590 Pittsburgh Mill Circle, Tarentum, PA 15084
(724) 758-1560

PA – Walking Dead #150 Signing

Tony Moore, artist and co-creator of The Walking Dead, appears at New Dimension Comics on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 5:00 PM to sign the 150th issue of Walking Dead! Moore has also worked on creator-owned titles including Fear Agent, Battle Pope, Brit, and The Exterminators as well as drawing runs on Ghost Rider, Punisher, Deadpool, and Venom for Marvel Comics.

As part of his Midwest Tour, Tony will have a variety of merchandise and art prints, including a signed and numbered limited edition silkscreen tour poster (only 10 available per shop!), Walking Dead #150 cover prints, and a raffle to win a super-rare painted Sketch Variant Walking Dead #1 Artist Proof Edition (only 1 per shop!). Tony will also be sketching, signing books, kissing hands, and shaking babies.

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New Dimension Comics
Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills
590 Pittsburgh Mill Circle, Tarentum, PA 15084
(724) 758-1560

PA – Girls With Slingshots Signing

Cartoonist Danielle Corsetto appears at New Dimension Comics on Saturday, July 5th from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm!

Danielle Corsetto is the creator of the webcomic Girls With Slingshots, which turns ten years old this year. To celebrate, she’s visiting GWS fans across the country, stopping at 20+ cities and covering over 9,000 miles over the course of 40 days.

Girls With Slingshots is the story of twenty-something BFFs Jamie and Hazel, and an expansive cast of their friends, including a talking cactus and a ghost cat (among other oddities). The dramedy revolves around topics of love, booze, sex, relationships, careers, living with your parents, and the worthlessness of an English degree. It updates five days a week in full color at www.girlswithslingshots.com.

Corsetto has also written two Adventure Time OGNs (with another on the way) published by BOOM! Studios, and created the strip “The New Adventures of Bat Boy” for the Weekly World News. She lives in the charming town of Shepherdstown, West Virginia with two cats and a rotating cast of vagrant friends in a big 18th century house filled with houseplants and loose tea.

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New Dimension Comics
Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills
590 Pittsburgh Mill Circle, Tarentum, PA 15084
Phone: (724) 758-1560
E-mail: mills@ndcomics.com

PA – Hellraiser Signing

Doug Bradley, best known for his role as Pinhead in the Hellraiser movie series, will make an appearance at New Dimension Comics in the Pittsburgh Mill Mall on June 11th from 3:00 – 6:00.
 
To commemorate Bradley’s appearance, New Dimension Comics arranged for a special version of the HellRaiser #1 comic book featuring his Pinhead character on the cover.  Exclusive to New Dimension Comics, only 500 copies were produced.  This book will be available for $10 and Bradley will sign it for no extra charge.  Any other items to be signed will carry a $10 autographing fee.
 
Bradley has portrayed the Pinhead character thru all of the Hellraiser films.  More info can seen at http://www.dougbradley.com.
 
For more information, please contact the Pittsburgh Mills store at 724-758-1560, mills@ndcomics.com or Todd McDevitt directly at 412-965-1487, todd@ndcomics.com.
 
About New Dimension Comics : Started in 1986 by Todd McDevitt, New Dimension Comics is the largest comic book chain in the northeast region with 5 locations including Butler, Cranberry Township, Ellwood City, Tarentum Pittsburgh Mills, and West Mifflin Century III Mall.  2011 marks it’s 25th anniversary.  McDevitt also serves as senior advisor to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and flagship member of ComicsPRO, the Comics Professional Retail Organization.  More information can be seen at www.ndcomics.com

PA – New Dimension Comics Opens New Store

Press Release:

New Dimension Comics Opens 5th Store inside Pittsburgh Mills Mall.

Grand Opening Offers $10,000 Worth of Comics FREE.

On April 30th, the 5th location of New Dimension Comics will host it’s grand opening at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum, PA where they will hold a raffle each hour for a free box full of comic books with a retail value of nearly $1000 each.

This will be New Dimension Comics’ largest store at 5500 square feet. Other events planned to celebrate the opening include many extra raffle prizes including statues, signed comics, rare variant comics, posters, shirts, and more.  Pittsburgh Steel Man will make a special appearance from 1-3.  The Steel City Ghostbusters will also be on hand for photos.

“I wanted to do something crazy for the grand opening of our 5th store”, says owner Todd McDevitt.  “I thought every fan would be thrilled to get a full, stuffed box full of comic books.  When you add them all up, it comes to about $1000 worth.  The crazy part is that we will start having that raffle EVERY HOUR beginning at 11:00. With 11 drawings during the day, that means over $10,000 in comics will be given away!”  The store will be open from 10-9 and winners must be 18 years of age or older or a parent can claim the prize.  Winners must be present to win.

For more information, please contact the Pittsburgh Mills store at 724-758-1560, mills@ndcomics.com or Todd McDevitt directly at 412-965-1487, todd@ndcomics.com.

About New Dimension Comics: Started in 1986 by Todd McDevitt, New Dimension Comics is the largest comic book chain in the northeast region with 5 locations including Butler, Cranberry Township, Ellwood City, Tarentum Pittsburgh Mills, and West Mifflin Century III Mall.  2011 marks it’s 25th anniversary.  McDevitt also serves as senior advisor to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and flagship member of ComicsPRO, the Comics Professional Retail Organization.  More information can be seen at www.ndcomics.com

PA – Locke & Key Signing

Creators Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez sign at New Dimension Comics on Feb. 9th from 7-9pm. Also appearing will be IDW Chief Creative Officer / Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall.

New Dimension Comics
Century III Mall
3075 Clairton Rd. #940, West Mifflin, PA 15213

PA – Mystery Society Signing

Steve Niles Appears in Pittsburgh, Local Model featured on Exclusive cover.

On June 17-18th, New Dimension Comics will host comic book writer and 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles for a special signing at both their Cranberry Township and West Mifflin Century III Mall locations. The signing event is in celebration of the release of Niles ‘ new project, The Mystery Society #1, already sold out of it’s 1st printing.  New Dimension Comics has commissioned a special limited edition of 1000 copies of this new title as an exclusive version available only at their stores. Normally $11.99, they will be on sale during these events for just $8.  Also on special during these events will be the first volume of the 30 Days of Night Collected Edition, normally $17.99, for just $10.  Of course, Steve Niles will autograph these or any of his other works for free.  New Dimension Comics will provide certificates to authenticate these signatures upon request.

While Steve Niles is best known for his comic-turned-film creation 30 Days of Night, he is a prolific comic book writer whose credits include Batman: Gotham After Midnight, Simon Dark for DC’s Vertigo Comics,  Dawn of the Dead, and many other horror oriented comics.  His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.  A full list of his works can be seen at www.steveniles.com.

Additionally, the special cover for The Mystery Society features a local model, DJ Cy-Fi.  She will also be attending the signing events to autograph copies of her photo cover.  More on DJ Cy-Fi can be viewed at www.myspace.com/djcyfi

“Having worked with us on other projects, she was a natural fit for the style and theme of this new release.  Once the photo hit the publisher and Steve, everyone was thrilled and it took off from there,” says Todd McDevitt, owner of the 5-store chain of comic stores.  “It has even lead to another project with her for later in the summer…  ANOTHER photo cover that we will be sponsoring.”

Niles appears at the Cranberry Township (20550 Rt. 19) location for a special after hours event June 17th from 9-10 PM and then in West Mifflin ‘s Century III Mall New Dimension Comics on June 18th from 4-7 and then.  More information is available at www.ndcomics.com or call Todd McDevitt at 412-965-1487.

Mystery Society Tour

Steve Niles is going on a signing tour across the United States to celebrate Mystery Society #1!  Check out the schedule below for a store near you!

To celebrate Mystery Society #1, Steve is going on a signing tour across the United States! Check out the schedule below for a store near you!

Fri. 5/28 2-6 PM
Larry’s Comics
66 Lakeview Ave, Lowell, MA 01850
978-459-5323

Sat. 5/29 3-5 PM
Midtown Comics
200 W. 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
646-421-2021

Wed. 6/2 6-8 PM
Ssalefish Comics
3242 Silas Creek Parkway SW, Winston Salem, NC 27103-3010
336-499-3910

Thurs 6/3 noon-2pm
Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find
1957 E. 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204

Fri-Sun 6/4-6
Heroes Con
Charlotte, NC 28204

Tues. 6/8 4-7 PM
Hometown Comics
110 East Vandalia, Edwardsville, IL 62025
618-655-0707

Wed. 6/9 2-4 PM
Lone Star Comics #1
1215 S. Cooper St, Arlington, TX 76010
(817) 265-0491

Wed. 6/9 6-8 PM
Lone Star Comics #3
3501 Gus Thomasson Rd. #51, Mesquite, TX 75150
(972) 681-2040

Thurs 6/10 7-9 PM
Madness Games & Comics
3000 Custer Road, Suite 150, Plano, TX 75075
972-943-8135

Fri. 6/11 4-7 PM
Bedrock City Comics
6517 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77057

Sat. 6/12 Noon – 2 PM
Hastings
2020 Georgia, Amarillo, TX 79109

Sat. 6/12 6-8 PM
Hastings
5526 Bosque BLVD, Waco,TX 76710
254-772-6687

6/17 Thurs. 9-10 PM
New Dimension Comics
20550 Route 19 – Piazza Plaza, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066
Phone: (724)-776-0433

6/18 Fri. 4-7 PM
New Dimension Comics
Century III Mall, 3075 Clairton Rd. #940, West Mifflin, PA 15213
Phone: (412)-655-8661

6/19 Sat. TBA
Coliseum Of Comics
3159 W. Vine St, Kissimmee, FL 34741
407-870-5322

6/19 Sat. TBA
Coliseum Of Comics, 3201 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32803
407-228-1210