May 20th, 2011 Issue time05:32:00 am, by ComicList Email
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Categories: Gemstone Publishing, Hero Initiative, media release

Limited Edition Overstreet #41 Hardcover by Romita, Palmer & WhiteMedia Release -- What happens when penciler John Romita, Sr., inker Tom Palmer, and colorist Dean White team up and use their powers and Marvel Comics characters for a good cause? The answer is simple: magic!

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July 15th, 2010 Issue time05:48:23 am, by ComicList Email
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Categories: Gemstone Publishing, Conventions, San Diego Comic-Con International, Hero Initiative, media release

CONANcover-2-10.jpgMedia Release -- The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the comic collector's Bible since 1970, celebrates its landmark 40th edition with its debut at Comic-Con International: San Diego and in comic shops nationwide on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The Guide's founder, author and publisher Robert M. Overstreet will be a special guest at Comic-Con and will be the focus of several signings and a panel discussion, and will participate in a fundraiser for The Hero Initiative.

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April 27th, 2010 Issue time06:17:27 am, by ComicList Email
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CBPG40_ConanHeroCover.jpgMedia Release -- Artist John Romita, Jr., inker Klaus Janson, and colorist Dean White have recreated 1970's Conan The Barbarian #1 for the cover of a limited hardcover Hero Initiative variant edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #40. This is the first time an exclusive edition of the long-running industry institution has ever been issued.

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November 3rd, 2009 Issue time06:20:03 pm, by ComicList Email
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EC ComicsMedia Release -- Joel Eisenberg and Timothy Owens' EMO Films has formed a specialty division, EC Film, Radio and Television, Ltd., in association with rights-holder William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., to exploit the notorious EC comics library in all related media platforms. Titles included in the deal are "Tales From the Crypt" (based on the original works, as opposed to the HBO intellectual property version), "Vault of Horror," "Haunt of Fear," "Weird Fantasy," "Shock SuspenStories," "Two-Fisted Tales" and the remaining horror, science fiction, crime, humor and dramatic library, with the exception of "Mad Magazine," presently owned by Time-Warner.

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April 3rd, 2009 Issue time12:29:32 pm, by ComicList Email
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Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide SC Vol. 39 AvengersCBG posted the following statement from Steve Geppi earlier this week:

"In the past few days, there have been a number of rumors circulating about Gemstone Publishing. As has been the case with many businesses across a wide array of industries, there has been a reduction in staff at Gemstone, and this included the departure of many valued employees. This, however, is not the end of Gemstone Publishing.

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November 12th, 2008 Issue time09:22:41 pm, by ComicList Email
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Categories: DC Comics, Gemstone Publishing, Diamond Distribution, media release

(BALTIMORE, MD) - (November 12, 2008) - It's not just a guide book-it's the "big book." And comic shop customers worldwide will be on the lookout in April for Gemstone Publishing's The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the front cover feature for the December issue of PREVIEWS, the comic shop's catalog.

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October 30th, 2008 Issue time05:57:51 am, by ComicList Email
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The second printing of Gemstone Publishing’s highly praised The Life & Times of Scrooge of Scrooge McDuck has sold out from the publisher and Diamond Comic Distributors. The trade paperback collection features writer-artist Don Rosa’s epic saga of the great historic events in the life of Scrooge McDuck, the Walt Disney character created by the late master artist Carl Barks.

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June 4th, 2007 Issue time06:02:37 am, by ComicList Email
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Categories: Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Fantagraphics Books, Oni Press, Top Shelf Productions, Drawn and Quarterly, First Second Books, Gemstone Publishing, Awards

The 2007 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented September 8, 2007 in Baltimore , MD , in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.

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