Media Release -- Hero Initiative, the non profit organization that helps comic creators in need, is spending its Memorial Day weekend at Phoenix Comic Con, May 24th thru 27th at the Phoenix Convention Center Hyatt Regency, booth #1048-1050.

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Media Release -- Welcome to the first comic book awards covering comics published this year, The Bleeding Cool Fan Awards. The first half at least. Or almost the first half. And being presented at the Phoenix Comic Con at the end of the month, by me, and a bunch of comic book folk.

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Media Release -- It's that time again…The 2012 Phoenix Comicon is ready for the invasion of fans this May 25-27 at the Phoenix Convention Center and so is the McFarlane Companies. At this year's event, fans can celebrate comics and pop culture with comic greats like Whilce Portacio, David Finch, and George Perez. You can also rub elbow with The Walking Dead's Jon Bernthal, the original TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno, and Star Trek captains William Shatner and Patrick Stewart, along with the rest of the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast.

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Media Release -- Memorial Day weekend is fast approaching, which means that comic fanatics and pop culture connoisseurs are gearing up for the 2011 Phoenix Comicon, running May 26 through May 29 at the Phoenix Convention Center. This year's con is touted as the biggest comicon to ever hit Arizona! The McFarlane Companies will be well represented with new toy product, give-aways and some first looks at upcoming product! Make sure to stop by and see what's new with TMP for 2011 and beyond, booth #202.

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Media Release -- On May 26 – 29, a plethora of talented artists, writers, actors and vendors will all descend on the Phoenix Convention Center with one goal in mind—to celebrate comics and pop culture! This year, our friends at 2011 Phoenix Comicon are bringing some of the biggest names in comics and entertainment to the Valley of the Sun. Don't miss your chance to rub elbows with the likes of Stan Lee (Marvel Universe), Greg Capullo (Haunt), John Layman (Chew), Whilce Portacio (Artifacts), Jay Fotos (68), Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek), Bruce Boxleitner (Tron), and Billy Dee Williams (Empire Strikes Back), among others!

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Media Release -- After February 13th, 1968, everything changed. The Beatles did not soar to Billboard's #1 spot with "HEY JUDE." Steve McQueen would not lay claim to the greatest car chase in cinema history with BULLITT. McDonald's would never offer a Big Mac, and hundreds of thousands of children who dreamt of reaching the stars would never get any closer to a space capsule than a glass of Tang. And amid the deadly steaming jungles of Vietnam, the violent clash of democracy against the creeping threat of communism stalls as the war-torn People's Republic gives up its hungry dead.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 20, 2009 – The Hero Initiative announced today it will host several signings—including a seven-man set for The Hulk 100 Project—at Phoenix Comicon, which is taking place at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona from Jan. 23-25, 2009. The Hulk 100 Project is an incredible book that collects covers to Marvel Comics’ Hulk #1 drawn by over 100 comic book artists.

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Phoenix, AZ - January 18th, 2008 - Lunch with Mark Waid! What could be cooler than that? Maybe a perpetual motion machine, but that's about all! This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will earn you bragging rights for the rest of your life! Think about it: Mark's the writer of The Flash! Kingdom Come! Captain America! And the newly minted editor-in-chief of BOOM! Studios! Yea, verily! The Waid is a font of great knowledge and anecdotes about the comics biz, and said knowledge and anecdote could be imparted to YOU, along with chili fries!

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