Artist Gene Colan has been one of comics' favorites for a staggering seven decades. Now, as Gene is suffering illness, some of the characters Gene worked on are coming to save the day. The Hero Initiative in conjunction with Marvel Comics is launching a series of Gene Colan-themed products, starting with a limited edition print of Gene's cover art to Invincible Iron Man #1, available at Wizard World Philadelphia, May 30-June 1. Only 200 prints will be available at the show at a cost of $25 each. Net proceeds from sales of these prints by The Hero Initiative will benefit Gene Colan. Another 50 prints will be available at a later date, with plans to have them autographed by both Gene Colan and Stan Lee. 06:02:43 am, by ComicList Categories: POW! Entertainment, Conventions, San Diego Comic Con Stan wanted to do a world tour of personal appearances, but due to his busy schedule, Stan will lecture on each topic. The audience can ask questions throughout the lecture. There will be a chat room, where we will be fielding the best questions to Stan. Your participation will greatly enhance this special event! 08:30:38 pm, by ComicList Categories: Viz Media LLC, Conventions, New York Comic Con NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced its plans to participate in a variety of exhibits, special events, programming, panels and related industry roundtable discussions at the 2008 New York Comic Con, taking place April 18-20 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. New York Comic Con has emerged as the East Coast's biggest and most popular pop culture convention covering the latest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. 12:36:48 pm, by ComicList Categories: Awards, POW! Entertainment, Conventions, New York Comic Con, New York Comics Legend Award Newsarama has posted an account of the New York Comics Legend Award ceremony.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee and his POW! Entertainment Inc. (Pink Sheets: POWN), along with Brighton Partners, have joined forces with Rainmaker Entertainment to launch the new superhero property “Legion of 5,” it was announced today by Warren Franklin, CEO of Rainmaker. Rainmaker, a leading CG animation producer, will develop and produce the feature length film properties. 07:25:56 am, by ComicList Categories: POW! Entertainment, Conventions, New York Comic Con, New York Comics Legend Award BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Comic Con and POW! Entertainment, Inc., (POWN) announce; legendary comic book writer and creator Stan Lee will be a Special Guest of New York Comic Con this year where he will appear on several panels, as well as receive the first-ever New York Comics Legend Award at a special VIP party at the Virgin Megastore in New York City’s Times Square. Celebrated by millions of fans worldwide for building Marvel into a comics and motion picture powerhouse, Stan Lee is revered for co-creating Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer, and the Incredible Hulk, among other original and wildly popular characters. New York Comic Con, the biggest and most exciting popular culture event on the East Coast, will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Center, April 18-20, 2008. 09:42:49 pm, by ComicList Categories: Viz Media LLC, Conventions, New York Comic Con Win an issue of Jump SQ. II, featuring a new manga by Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei and comics legend Stan Lee! The worlds of Japanese manga and American comics are about to collide! The creator of Shaman King, Hiroyuki Takei, has teamed up with Stan Lee, the mastermind behind Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Uncanny X-Men, to create an explosive new manga in Japan. VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), and POW! Entertainment (POWN.PK), at the VIZ Media press event at the 2008 New York Comic-con will be highlighting a historic partnership. Stan Lee will be participating with VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, to announce that one of its parent companies (and one of the largest publishers in Japan), Shueisha Inc., will debut the exciting prologue chapter of ULTIMO (KARAKURIDÔJI ULTIMO) — the historic collaboration between comics legend Stan Lee, creator of many iconic superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, and Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of the popular SHAMAN KING manga series, published in Japan by Shueisha and in North America by VIZ Media. Tag cloudaam markosia advanced solicitations archaia archie archie comics batman boom boom studios bristol international comic expo comiclist convention dark horse dc comics diamond distribution dynamite entertainment eisner awards emerald city comic con fantagraphics free comic book day friends of lulu geek goggle reviews hero initiative hulk idw idw publishing image comics iron man lulu awards manga marvel comics nbm new york comic con oni press papercutz platinum studios previews radical publishing san diego comic con secret invasion skrulls spider-man stan lee tokyopop top cow top shelf twomorrows viz viz media x-men zenescope |