NYC – DISEÑO Comics Panel & Workshop
January 18, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Press Release:
Join El Museo Del Barrio for a conversation with artists and designers about comic books and superheroes as vehicles for the exploration of identity on Wednesday January 21, 2015 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm.
Panelists include Phil Jimenez (Marvel Comics), Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (Wepa Woman) and Ivan Velez, Jr. (Tales of the Closet). The discussion will be moderated by Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, and author of Latino U.S.A.: A Cartoon History. RSVP at the link…
Marvel Comics artist Phil Jimenez will also appear on Thursday January 22, 2015 for a FREE portfolio review and drawing tutorial. Gain insight into your work and practice your technique with the guidance of an expert. Participants should bring work for review, and any special materials they may wish to use. Paper, pencils, pens and charcoal will all be provided. Click here to RSVP…
DISEÑO is a partnership between Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and El Museo del Barrio.
This program received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
El Museo Del Barrio
1230 5th Ave New York, NY 10029
Big Wow! ComicFest 2015 Tickets Available Now
December 18, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, California, Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Horror, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Webcomics
Press Release:
Big WOW! Comicfest returns on April 18th & 19th, 2015 at the San Jose Convention Center! Admission tickets are now available! Along with the standard Weekend and Single Day passes for Adults and Children, Big WOW! Comicfest also has the following VIP and Lifetime Admission Options available.
VIP Big WOW! Package includes a special VIP Lanyard, Weekend Pass to Big WOW! Comicfest, 1/2 hour early entry into the show both Saturday and Sunday, Big WOW! VIP bag, Big WOW! Comicfest 2015 T-Shirt, front row seating to any panel except the Swamp Thing panel, and more Big WOW! ComicFest exclusive items!
VIP Swamp Thing Package includes a Limited Edition Print signed by John Totleben, Stephen Bissette, Rich Veitch, and Tom Yeates, a special VIP Lanyard, Weekend Pass to Big WOW! Comicfest, 1/2 hour early entry into the show both Saturday and Sunday, Big WOW! VIP bag, Big WOW! Comicfest 2015 T-Shirt, and front row seating to the Swamp Thing panel.
Lifetime Admission to Big WOW! ComicFest, as well as the East Bay Comic Con and the Bakersfield Comic Con! Lifetime Admission comes with a complimentary Big WOW! ComicFest VIP package for the 2015 Con. You’ll be able to upgrade to VIP status for future shows. We are limiting sales to only 100 so you’ll want to scoop these up while you have the chance!
Guests include: Brent Anderson, Sanya Anwar, Stephen Bissette, Mark Bode, Nick Bradshaw, Tim Bradstreet, Dan Brereton, Danny Bulanadi, Frank Cho, Frank Cirocco, Lela Dowling, Stephen E. Gordon, Adi Granov, Mick Gray, Rich Koslowski, Ron Lim, Toshio Maeda, Steve Mannion, Chris Marrinan, Bill Morrison, Darick Robertson, Tone Rodriguez, Don Rosa, Stuart Sayger, Liam Sharp, Scott Shaw, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Totleben, Herb Trimpe, Rick Veitch, Tim Vigil, Ben Wolstenholme, Thomas Yeates, and more to be announced.
For more information on Big WOW! Comicfest please check their website (www.bigwowcomicfest.com) and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
DE – Batman ’66 #18 Signing
December 17, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Delaware, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Dave Bullock appears at The Comic Book Shop on Saturday January 3rd, 2015 to sign Batman ’66 #18 at 11:30 AM and lead a special art class at 1:30 PM!
The Comic Book Shop
1855 Marsh Road, Wilmington, DE 19810
(302) 477-1119
NYC – Dare2Draw End of Year Party
December 10, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Dare2Draw closes their 2014 season with special Guest Mentor Artist Phil Jimenez (Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman) the Brooklyn Brewery on Tuesday, December 30th from 7:30pm – 11:30pm!
Brooklyn Brewery
79 N 11th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11249
FL – Sirens Signing
December 3, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Florida, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Comics superstar George Perez, whose long list of credits includes Avengers, New Teen Titans, The Infinity Gauntlet, Wonder Woman, Action Comics, and more, appears at Coliseum of Comics on Wednesday December 10, 2014 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM to sign SIRENS, his new series from Boom! Studios.
Coliseum of Comics
4672 Millenia Plaza Way, Orlando, FL 32839
(407) 363-7676
NJ – Joe Kelly Signing
November 20, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television, Video Games
Writer Joe Kelly appears at Zapp Comics for a signing on Sunday November 23, 2014 at 1:00pm!
Joe Kelly is a founding partner of Man of Action Entertainment, creators of the boys’ action global franchise phenomenon Ben 10. As a television creator/writer/executive producer his other credits include Generator Rex, MARVEL’S Ultimate Spider-Man, and MARVEL’S Avengers Assemble. In comic books, Kelly is best known for popularizing the Marvel character Deadpool and for redefining the modern superhero story on the major franchises X-Men, Action Comics, Justice League of America, and Spider-Man. His work on Action Comics #775 was named the “Greatest Superman Story of All Time,” and has been turned into a Warner Brothers animated feature, which Kelly scripted. His creator owned comics include DC/Vertigo/Cliffhanger series Steampunk and Bang! Tango; while his projects for Image Comics include Bad Dog, Four Eyes, and I Kill Giants, which was the first American winner of Japan’s International Manga Award. Kelly co-wrote the screenplay of The Nightmarist for Paramount, and wrote and directed the live short, Brothers Day.
Zapp Comics
574 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470
973-628-4500
MA – The Secret History of Wonder Woman Signing
November 12, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Massachusetts, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Jill Lepore appears at the Brattle Theatre on Wednesday December 3, 2014 at 6:00 PM! Tickets ($5.00) on sale now!
Press Release:
Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed author and Harvard University professor JILL LEPORE for a discussion of her latest book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman.
The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the world’s most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story—and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism.
Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded so vast and wildly passionate a following. Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she has also has a secret history.
Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman’s creator. Beginning in his undergraduate years at Harvard, Marston was influenced by early suffragists and feminists, starting with Emmeline Pankhurst, who was banned from speaking on campus in 1911, when Marston was a freshman. In the 1920s, Marston and his wife, Sadie Elizabeth Holloway, brought into their home Olive Byrne, the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most influential feminists of the twentieth century. The Marston family story is a tale of drama, intrigue, and irony. In the 1930s, Marston and Byrne wrote a regular column for Family Circle celebrating conventional family life, even as they themselves pursued lives of extraordinary nonconformity. Marston, internationally known as an expert on truth—he invented the lie detector test—lived a life of secrets, only to spill them on the pages of Wonder Woman.
The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a tour de force of intellectual and cultural history. Wonder Woman, Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women’s rights—a chain of events that begins with the women’s suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of feminism a century later.
This talk will be followed by a screening of the 1974 Wonder Woman pilot (an archival 35mm print!) at 8pm, with an introduction by Jill Lepore. Tickets for the screening are available separately, through the Brattle Theatre.
(1974) dir Vincent McEveety w/Cathy Lee Crosby, Kaz Garas, Andrew Prine, Ricardo Montelban [73 min; 35mm]
This failed pilot for the WONDER WOMAN TV series captures a bit of the spirit of the classic DC comic book character – if not entirely accurately. As evidenced by the successful re-casting of Lynda Carter in the role one year later, America just didn’t like seeing a blonde Wonder Woman, let alone one who didn’t seem to have any superpowers. Regardless, the resulting film is prime ‘70s kitsch and a fun watch on the big screen.
The Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138
MD – Drifter #1 Signing
November 4, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Maryland, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Ivan Brandon and artist Cliff Chiang appear at Cards Comics and Collectibles on Wednesday November 12, 2014 from noon till 2:00 PM! They will have an exclusive variant cover drawn by Cliff!
Cards Comics and Collectibles
100 A Chartley Drive, Reisterstown, MD 21136
410-526-7410
DC – Greg Pak Signing
October 2, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, District of Columbia, Movies, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Greg Pak (Storm, Action Comics, Superman/Wonder Woman, Planet Hulk) appears at Fantom Comics on Saturday October 4, 2014 from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm!
Greg will also screen his short film “Happy Fun Time” at 7:00 PM DC APA Film Festival at the Burke Theater at the US Navy Museum. Details at the link…
Fantom Comics
2010 P St NW, Washington, DC 20036
202-241-6498
NYC – Nerdist Comics Panel
September 24, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television, Video Games
Super-star writers Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine; She-Hulk; Letter 44; Superman & Wonder Woman; more!) and Gerry Duggan (Deadpool; Nova; Hulk) join hosts Ben Blacker (Thunderbolts; Thrilling Adventure Hour) and Heath Corson (Batman: Assault on Arkham) for a special NYCC edition of Nerdist Comics Panel in which will be discussed the process and business of writing comic books, writing for Marvel and DC, and ways to kill Wolverine.
For more info click the link! Hear past episodes! Proceeds from this and all nerdist Comics Panels benefit 826, the national nonprofit program to encourage creative writing in students. This one in particular benefits local 826 NYC. www.nyc.org
Get tickets ($10) at the link!
Rock Bar
185 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014
(212) 675-1864
