NYC – Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 Signing
June 1, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Chip Zdarsky (Star Lord, Howard the Duck) and artist Adam Kubert (Avengers, X-Men, Wolverine) appear at Forbidden Planet on Wednesday June 21st at 6:00 PM to sign the first issue of PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN from Marvel Comics!
Forbidden Planet
832 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
212-473-1576
HeroesCon 2017 Welcomes Roy Thomas, Erik Larsen & more
May 10, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, North Carolina, Top Stories
HeroesCon has announced more new guests for their 35th anniversary show including Roy Thomas, Erik Larsen, Georges Jeanty, Khary Randolph, and more! HeroesCon 2017 takes place June 16-18, 2017 at the Charlotte Convention Center.
MICHAEL EURY | FRI & SAT ONLY Editor-in-Chief of Back Issue Magazine
DAN FOGEL | Fogel’s Underground Price and Grading Guide (FUGG)
JONATHAN GLAPION | Batman, Green Lantern, Ultimate X-Men
N STEVEN HARRIS | Solarman, Watson and Holmes, Aztek
GEORGES JEANTY | Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, 24 Legacy, Green Lantern
ERIK LARSEN | Savage Dragon, Amazing Spider-Man, Co-founder Image Comics
KHARY RANDOLPH | Mosaic, Techjacket, Deadpool, Justice League Beyond
KEVIN SHARPE | Thor, He-Man, X-Men
UKO SMITH | Heavy Metal, FX2
JOHNDELL SNEAD | Robyn Hood, Grimm Fairy Tales, Back to the Future, Rez
ROY THOMAS | SATURDAY ONLY Conan the Barbarian, The Mighty Thor, Uncanny X-Men
JOHN WYCOUGH | Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Doctor Who, Transformers, Fear Itself, Chaos War
RSVP on the Facebook event page!
For the most up-to-date information, check our blog, or sign up for the weekly Heroes Hotline newsletter. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
BUYING AN ADVANCE PASS MEANS YOU’LL GET ANY ADVANCE INCENTIVES WE OFFER, FREE!
ENTRY WILL BE $25: FRI $25: SAT $20: SUN / AT THE SHOW ITSELF, SO YOU SAVE AS MUCH AS $20 BY PURCHASING ADVANCE PASSES TODAY! TICKETS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WE MAY CREDIT AN UNUSABLE TICKET TOWARD FUTURE TICKET PURCHASES.
HEROES CONVENTION was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum, owner of Charlotte’s Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find comics shop. Since then the convention has become famous for its comics-first and family-friendly atmosphere, where fans can mingle directly with professionals and exhibitors. Boasting an incredible guest list built mainly on reputation and goodwill, HeroesCon is known nationwide as a “must” on the summer schedule, drawing fans, exhibitors, and creators from all over the world to the Charlotte Convention Center.
HeroesCon 2017 Adds Further New Guests
April 28, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, North Carolina, Top Stories
HeroesCon has announced more new guests for their 35th anniversary show including Brandon Peterson, Chris Brunner, Cliff Rathburn, Frank Barbiere, Janet Lee, and more! HeroesCon 2017 takes place June 16-18, 2017 at the Charlotte Convention Center.
LAUREN AFFE | Buzzkill, Five Ghosts, Turok
FRANK BARBIERE | Violent Love, Five Ghosts, The Revisionist
ANDY BENNETT | Vampire: the Masquerade, The Phantom, Kolchak the Night Stalker
TYLER BOSS | 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, Natives, Swimmers
JORDAN BOYD | Deadly Class, Savage Things, Invisible Republic, Ant-Man
CHRIS BRUNNER | Loose Ends, Southern Bastards, Batman: LOTDK
JACOB CHABOT | Marvel Tsum Tsum, Spongebob Comics, The Mighty Skullboy Army
SEBASTIAN GIRNER | Shirtless Bear Fighter
CARLA HARVEY | Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things, Blood Sister
GREG KIRKPATRICK | Living in Infamy, Savage Dragon, Big Bang Comics, Invincible
JANET LEE | Return of the Dapper Men, Jane Austen’s Emma, Wonderland Alphabet
BROCKTON MCKINNEY | Gingerdead Man, Ehmm Theory, Killer Queen
BUSTER MOODY | TASK FORCE RAD SQUAD
DAN NAKROSIS | Spider-Man the Manga, X-Men the Manga, The Conservation Corps
BRANDON PETERSON | Inhumans, Age of Ultron, X-Men
CLIFF RATHBURN | Walking Dead, Green Valley
J B ROE | Brainbuster 2019, Döda
JONATHAN BRANDON SAWYER | GWAR, Welcome Home
BEN SEARS | Volcano Trash, Night Air, Double+
LARRY WATTS | Amy of Darkness, Evil Dead 2, Robyn Hood
RSVP on the Facebook event page!
For the most up-to-date information, check our blog, or sign up for the weekly Heroes Hotline newsletter. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
BUYING AN ADVANCE PASS MEANS YOU’LL GET ANY ADVANCE INCENTIVES WE OFFER, FREE!
ENTRY WILL BE $25: FRI $25: SAT $20: SUN / AT THE SHOW ITSELF, SO YOU SAVE AS MUCH AS $20 BY PURCHASING ADVANCE PASSES TODAY! TICKETS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WE MAY CREDIT AN UNUSABLE TICKET TOWARD FUTURE TICKET PURCHASES.
HEROES CONVENTION was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum, owner of Charlotte’s Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find comics shop. Since then the convention has become famous for its comics-first and family-friendly atmosphere, where fans can mingle directly with professionals and exhibitors. Boasting an incredible guest list built mainly on reputation and goodwill, HeroesCon is known nationwide as a “must” on the summer schedule, drawing fans, exhibitors, and creators from all over the world to the Charlotte Convention Center.
SC – FCBD: Adam Kubert Signing
April 25, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Cosplay, Free Comic Book Day, Signing and Appearance Profiles, South Carolina
Press Release:
Join Borderlands Comics on Saturday May 6th for Free Comic Book Day! This family-friendly event is perfect for long-time fans or newcomers to comics. Due to the overwhelming crowds in previous years, we are going to open at 10 AM!!!
Thanks to the Hero Initiative we will have the spectacular Adam Kubert signing at the shop! Adam is the artist of the new Peter Parker: the Spectacular Spider-Man comic from Marvel. Don’t miss this rare chance to get books signed by a true icon! Details to be announced soon.
Artists will be on hand for free sketches:
Chris Hamer
Jason Gwinn
Josh Boroughs
Brandon Hendricks
Mitch Rogers
Travis Tutterow
The Upstate Droid Group and the Carolina Garrison 501st Legion will also be here!
The Blood Connection will be here starting at 8:00 am. Give blood and get a free SC Comicon Bloodshot T-Shirt and you’ll also be able to cut to the front of the line to get your free comics!
Borderlands Comics & Games
1434 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 235-3488
UK – FCBD: Detective Comics Signing
April 13, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, England, Free Comic Book Day, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Artist Ben Oliver (Injustice: Ground Zero, Martian Manhunter, Batwing) signs at The Comic Book Shop on Saturday, May 6, 2017 to celebrate Free Comic Book Day!
The Comic Book Shop
70 Chestergate, Macclesfield SK11 6DY, UK
+44 1625 408689
Baltimore Comic-Con Hosts Inaugural Spring Fling
March 10, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Maryland, Webcomics
Guests Frank Cho, Steve Conley, John Gallagher, Mark Morales, Brandon Peterson, and more appear at Baltimore Comic-Con’s first ever Spring Fling on Sunday April 9, 2017!
Press Release:
The Baltimore Comic-Con will be back again this year in the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 22-24, 2017, but as a special thank you to our fans, we’re throwing a Spring Fling.
What is a Spring Fling? If you were with us for our first show back in 2000, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what to expect. This will be a good old fashioned comic book show: rows and rows of comic book dealers from 6-8 states around the country with comics and collectibles from the ancient to the very modern…and we’re bringing in a few guests as well!
Harvey and Eisner award nominee Frank Cho launched his career as a comic strip artist at the University of Maryland-College Park student newspaper, penning University2, which was the predecessor of his creator-owned syndicated strip and comic series, Liberty Meadows. His body of work also includes Marvel Comics‘ New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Shanna the She-Devil, New Ultimates, and X-Men: Schism, as well as Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment. His recent work can be seen in BOOM! Studios’ Skybourne, and on covers from DC Comics‘ Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman.
Long-time friend of the show, Harvey and Eisner Award nominee, and guest since our inception in 2000 (!), artist and writer Steve Conley has contributed to numerous comic titles, both printed and online. His Astounding Space Thrills was self-published, published by Image Comics, and collected as a trade paperback by IDW. He has been featured in titles such as JLA-Z from DC Comics, Star Trek: Year Four from IDW, and Michael Chabon’s Amazing Adventures of the Escapist from Dark Horse Comics. His creator-owned Bloop, is available through his online store in print or soft copy editions, and you can read his webcomic, The Middle Age, on his website.
John Gallagher is the award-winning artist and writer of graphic novels Buzzboy and Roboy Red (with Rich Faber). John teamed with sons Jack and Will to create a kids book, E.P.I.C. Bros., about two kids whose superhero dad is always out saving the world, and they pass the time using his gizmos for lovable mayhem. Jack and Will follow in the footsteps of big sister Katie, who teamed with her dad to create Zoey and Ketchup. John’s Buzzboy is back from American Mythology Productions in Buzzboy Go Digital Monster Mayhem, where he has also contributed to the recently relaunched Casper the Friendly Ghost and The Inspector. When not creating comics, John is executive director of Kids Love Comics (kidslovecomics.net) and works as art director for Ranger Rick magazine.
Mark Morales has established himself as one of the industry’s go-to inkers for major titles and events for the big publishers. He has inked a vast number of titles at Marvel Comics including, among many others, A+X, Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers vs. X-Men, New Avengers, Secret Invasion, Sentry, Siege, Thor, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Force, and X-Men. He has also done work for DC Comics on titles like Action Comics, Batman/Superman, JLA, New Suicide Squad, Prez, and Superman: The Man of Steel. He was also awarded the Harvey Award for Best Inker in 2009 and 2011.
Brandon Peterson has been a professional illustrator for over 20 years, working primarily as a penciller and inker, but often as a colorist, writer, editor, and art director. He has done a great deal of work at Marvel Comics, as the artist on books like AvX, Avengers, The Ultimates, Ultimate Vision, Ultimate Extinction, Ultimate X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, X-Men, and Uncanny X-Men. Brandon was also VP of Special Projects and Art Director of the now-defunct CrossGen Comics, where he created titles like Mystic and Chimera. He is also a veteran of Top Cow Productions, having worked on Codename: Strykeforce, Cyberforce, Ripclaw, Medieval Spawn/Witchblade, and his own book, Arcanum. His work is recently featured on IDW’s Revolution Heroes and DC Comics‘ Trinity.
Free?!? Yes, free! The Baltimore Comic-Con Spring Fling is a thank-you to our fans for helping us grow and making our show into the institution it has become. This one’s just for the fun of it, and we hope we’ll see you there! RSVP on Facebook!
CA – Briggs Land Signing
December 6, 2016 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Brian Wood appears at Yesteryear Comics on Saturday December 28, 2016 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Brian has written titles like DMZ, Northlanders, Star Wars, X-Men, and his new creator owned book Briggs Land for Dark Horse Comics.
Yesteryear Comics
9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite D2, San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 279-6121
Baltimore Comic-Con 2017 Tickets Now On-Sale
November 23, 2016 by Colin Solan
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Maryland, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Webcomics
Press Release:
Baltimore Comic-Con is pleased to present our fans with an early holiday gift — tickets will be on sale from Black Friday to Christmas at a discount rate for next year’s show, taking place the weekend of September 22-24, 2017 at the Baltimore Convention Center in downtown Baltimore.
- Weekend
- Friday only
- Saturday only
- Sunday only
- VIP*
As always, children 10 and under are free for general admission with a paid adult general admission!
* VIP packages are a separate purchase from General Admission tickets (which will be required to participate in any VIP offerings). VIP ticket holders receive exclusive early admission to all three days of the show, as well as a gift package that includes a show t-shirt, the 2017 Baltimore Comic-Con yearbook, and more!
“Every year, we get asked if we can provide tickets early enough for holiday gifts or Valentine’s Day gifts or birthday gifts, but we have been unable to make that happen… until now!” said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. “We’re thrilled to announce that, through the holiday weekend, tickets are available for our 2017 event at a discounted rate and, if you’ve peeked at our website, you know our our guest list is already growing with some great new and returning guests, CGC is with us again to do on-site grading, and we began selling our 2017 show floor space to exhibitors and retailers before last year’s show even ended.”
First guests include: Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Reilly Brown (Slapstick), Mark Buckingham (Everafter: From the Pages of Fables), Dave Bullock (The Rocketeer at War), Jim Calafiore (Surviving Megalopolis), Howard Chaykin (Midnight of the Soul); Frank Cho (Skybourne), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), David Finch (Batman), Meredith Finch (Catwoman: Election Night), Ramona Fradon (Convergence: Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman), Michael Golden (Doctor Strange), Scott Hanna (Wonder Woman), Dean Haspiel (Dark Horse Presents), Klaus Janson (Dark Knight III: The Master Race), Kazu Kibuishi (Harry Potter covers), Matt Kindt (Ninjak), Sharlene Kindt (Dept. H), Tom King (Batman), Barry Kitson (Avengers), Hope Larson (Batgirl), David Marquez (Civil War II), Mike McKone (Old Man Logan), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Mark Morales (Deathstroke), Greg Pak (The Totally Awesome Hulk), Jimmy Palmiotti (Harley Quinn), Paul Pelletier (Cyborg), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Revolution), Tom Raney (Invincible Iron Man), Don Rosa (Donald Duck), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Andy Runton (Owly), Julie Fujii Sakai (Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz); Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo); Stuart Sayger (Krampus: Shadow of Saint Nicholas), Louise Simonson (Faith); Walter Simonson (Ragnarok); Rob Stull (Executive Assistant: Orchid), Peter Tomasi (Superman), Billy Tucci (Shi), James Tynion IV (Detective Comics), Ethan Van Sciver (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps), Mark Waid (Avengers), Renee Witterstaetter (Joe Jusko: Maelstrom), and Rich Woodall (Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl).
Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/
NYC – Jupiter’s Legacy 2 #1 Signing
June 6, 2016 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Movies, New York, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Mark Millar is heading to Midtown Comics Downtown on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 7:00 PM to sign copies of the hugely anticipated Jupiter’s Legacy 2 #1! Millar will be in the store on Wednesday, June 29th at 7:00 PM. However, there’s one important thing you MUST know: this is a LIMITED SIGNING! That means means you have to win tickets to attend! Online raffle for tickets can be found at the link. Good luck, everyone!
Jupiter’s Legacy 2 #1 – 06/29/16
“IT’S HERE! The sequel to industry sales-beast JUPITER’S LEGACY is back and it boasts monthly FRANK QUITELY! Superhero offspring Hutch and Chloe have come out of hiding with son Jason to assemble a team of super-crooks from around the globe.”
Midtown Comics Downtown
64 Fulton Street, New York, New York 10038
(212) 302-8192
New Jersey Comic Expo 2016 Announces Guests
June 3, 2016 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New Jersey, Top Stories
New Jersey Comic Expo announced their first guest for 2016 is superstar artist David Finch! A long time fan favorite artist with runs on New Avengers, Ultimate X-Men, and Wonder Woman he is currently the artist on DC Comics Batman: Rebirth. Other guests include Paul Jenkins (Batman: The Dark Knight), Fabian Nicieza (co-creator of Deadpool), and Colleen Doran (upcoming Troll Bridge)!
Tickets for the 2016 New Jersey Comic Expo are NOW ON SALE! Take advantage of a low introductory price on tickets if you buy early this year! A weekend ticket is JUST $45, Saturday is $30 and Sunday is $25, so get your tickets now before prices go up! Remember! Kids 10 & under are FREE! (Limit 2 kids per paid adult). The convention will take place on November 19-20, 2016. Connect with social media – Facebook, Twitter & Instagram for the most up to the minute guest and event updates!
More details are on the website: www.newjerseycomicexpo.com
About New Jersey Comic Expo:
New Jersey Comic Expo is an annual event held at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center every fall. It’s a celebration of comic books and pop culture that showcases the exceptional works of talented writers, artists, illustrators and creators of all types of pop culture. At New Jersey Comic Expo you’ll find exhibitors promoting and selling all types of related products, as well as entertaining and educational programs, guest signings, and meet & greet sessions with celebrities. New Jersey Comic Expo is a production of MAD Event Management, LLC. Visit www.madeventmanagement.com for additional information.
