A random assemblage of blog postings and what not on the doings of important folks at NYCC:
The Daily Cross Hatch
The Clone Wars Invasion
Diamond Select
Matt Loux
Alex Robinson
Joanna Estep
Mike Dawson
Dave Roman
Jim Dougan
Raina Telgemeier
Marion Vitus
Brian Wood
Marc Bernardin
SPEED RACER is the focus this year. Go, Speed! Go!
If you are heading to New York Comic Con this week, don’t miss out on DMP’s exciting events over the weekend! And come see us at Booth# 1622 for cool giveaways and books!
Industry Panel - Saturday April 19 @ 3:00pm
Come see us in room 1E02.
Come join the editors of DMP as we discuss new acquisitions for 2008-2009, 2008 highlights, and raffle off the usual slew of awesome prizes. Peter Fernadez (the voice behind Speed Racer) will also be on hand to discuss DMP Platinum’s release of the complete, original Speed Racer manga.
Comic News Insider’s Jimmy Aquino is shearing his locks for a good cause:
The New York Comic-Con (NYCC) is coming on April 18th-20th at the Jacob Javitts Center. It’s a big nerdy convention that will be full of comic book folk and celebrities. CNI will again have a big booth in the Podcast Arena doing live interviews, autograph signings, a charity raffle and more. And…I’ve decided to do the big cut as a charity and fundraiser event! The cut hair itself will go to LOCKS OF LOVE. And here’s where I need your help. I’m asking for a flat fee pledge of any dollar amount. $1, 5, 10, 20, a gajillion..whatever you want! We will send money off to LOCKS OF LOVE along with the hair and the rest will be used as a fundraiser for CNI to help cover expenses. I’m still working out details, but I may possibly have a celeb do the actual snip! Who knows? Maybe we’ll sing a tune. Stay tuned!
The haircut will take place on Saturday, April 19th at the CNI booth. Time is approximate, but will happen sometime between 1:00-1:30 p.m. Following the cut, as I’ve not known any other hairstyle for 20 years, a stylist will be on hand to work the new hair over. Feel free to come watch and suggest a style. Mohawk? Mullet? Bob? Heck, I wont even know until she’s done!
We have a great lineup planned for our shared space with MoCCA, at table #840!
Friday
5-6pm Women In Comics panel room 1E07
Gail Simone, Heidi MacDonald, Karen Green, Jennifer Grünwald, Shelly Bond and Becky Cloonan will discuss the State of the industry from their perspective, plus insight into their exciting current projects, moderated by Abby Denson.
At our table with MoCCA #840-
Girls’ Guide to Guys’ Stuff
Signing copies of the Girls’ Guide to Guys’ Stuff, which will be available for purchase, are our fantastic contributors:
4:00 PM Jannie Ho
5:00 PM Monica Gallagher
6:00 PM Julia Durgee
Those who say manga is for the kiddies have never read the output of Fanfare/Ponent Mon — anyone who is interested in intelligent, lyrical fiction in graphic format should definitely check out their booth at NYCC.
Also note the new publications announced in the PR below:
Award-winning international manga and graphic novel publisher Fanfare / Ponent Mon will be at New York Comic-Con April 18 - 20 at Booth 2343, Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City. Fanfare publisher Stephen Robson will be on hand to showcase recent and upcoming releases for 2008.
Seven new Fanfare publications will be previewed from Japan, France and Korea, including Jiro Taniguchi’s The Ice Wanderer, which was recently nominated for a 2008 Eisner Award by Comic-Con International.
New Fanfare / Ponent Mon titles previewing at New York Comic-Con include:
. Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma
. The Ice Wanderer and other stories by Jiro Taniguchi
. The Quest for the Missing Girl by Jiro Taniguchi
. The Summit of the Gods by Yumemakura Baku and Jiro Taniguch
. My Mommy is in America and Met Buffalo Bill by Jean Regnaud and Emile Bravo
. Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators by Various
. Awabi by Kan Takahama
Jon Cooke writes to tell us there will be a screening of his Will Eisner documentary, preceeding the Eisner tribute panel. (Click for larger version of flyer.)
You are invited to a free screening of
Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
The Full-length Feature Film Documentary on the Legendary Storyteller
at the New York Comic Con
Friday, April 18
12:00 noon
Room 1E10-1E11
Followed at 2:00 p.m. by
The Will Eisner Tribute Panel
featuring guests Mark Evanier, Paul Levitz, Michael Uslan, Carl Gropper, Andrew D. Cooke and Jon B. Cooke
SEATING IS LIMITED
Please go to NYCC Information Desk for your free ticket starting at 10:00 a.m.
NBM brings a few of its fine cartoonists to the fray this weekend:
NBM Publishing is bringing some of its top writers and artists to the New York Comic Con. Meet them and see their new and upcoming work at the NBM-Papercutz booth (#1917).
Among the stars at the booth:
• TED RALL (SILK ROAD TO RUIN, GENERALISSIMO EL BUSHO), showing pages from his next book, THE YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY
• DAVID AXE (the award-winning WAR FIX), with the forthcoming LOVE AND TERROR
• PHIL YEH (the fun geography comic DINOSAURS ACROSS AMERICA)
• STEPHANIE McMILLAN (ATTITUDE: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists), creator of the strip MINIMUM SECURITY
NBM’s sister company, the kids’ comics publisher Papercutz, proudly presents:
• STEFAN PETRUCHA, writer of NANCY DREW
• SCOTT LOBDELL, writer of THE HARDY BOYS
Well, it’s official! 3 out of 4 people we surveyed today agree that New York Comic-Con has now become a midi-San Diego in terms of stress and anxiety!
In fact it reached a plateau previously only hit by SDCC by inspiring anxiety dreams for The Beat days beforehand! Rock and roll! Lock and load! Hit the deck! Hit the drugs!
Our stiff neck is under control thanks to massive amounts of Aleve, but any more pain and we’re going straight to the Valium.
We’ll have more NYCC round up news tomorrow. We can tell from our email and IMs that everyone out there is just as stressed as we are. But it will be worth it in the end, right?
This year’s New York Comic-Con related partying activities are more brutal than ever with the party scene kicking off TONIGHT! That’s TUESDAY! Holy cripes! But it’s so much fun. Benefitting the CBLDF and co=sponsored by ComicSpace and Image, this is definitely the pre-show, pre-red-eye place to get up to speed and hear all the party poop for later in the week. See you there.
Tax Day is Over! Now drink up with NYC’s best cartoonists and party for a good cause! Featuring Jeffrey Brown, David Finch, Dan Goldman, Alex Maleev, Paul Maybury, and dozens of NY’s Finest Cartoonists. Sponsored by ComicSpace.com and Image Comics, premiering Paul Maybury’s graphic novel AQUA LEUNG.
Tuesday, April 15
7:00 to 11:00 PM
Village Pourhouse
64 3rd Avenue at 11th St
Drink Specials all night!
$5 Suggested Donation; $20 for VIP Schwag Bag
Superstar Jeff Kinney appear Sunday only at the Abrams booth, while Mark Chiarello, Kyle Baker, Mark Evanier and legenadry Joe Simon appear throughout the weekend.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., is excited to announce their participation in New York Comic Con 2008. This year marks Abrams’ third year holding court at New York Comic Con, having hosted a booth each year since the New York Con launched in 2006. In addition to hosting their own booth (#1825) devoted to the HNA imprints Abrams, Abrams Image, and Amulet Books, a number of the publisher’s authors will be participating in panels and signings. Wimpy Kid (#1 New York Times children’s bestseller) author Jeff Kinney, revered comic artist Kyle Baker (Nat Turner), and Mark Evanier (author of the landmark biography Kirby: King of Comics) and comics legend Joe Simon are among the authors scheduled. (See schedule of events below).
Harry N. Abrams publishes innovative works in the areas of comics, graffiti, fantasy and science fiction, and film. Their Spring 2008 list includes the immensely successful Kirby: King of Comics; the stunning graphic novel M by Jon J Muth; Kyle Baker’s highly anticipated graphic novel Nat Turner (in both paperback and hardcover); Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels by David A. Beronä; Erotic Comics by Tim Pilcher; Graffiti Paris by Fabienne Grevy; The Animation Bible by Maureen Furniss; Child’s Play: The Berenstain Baby Boom by Mike Berenstain; and Wacky Packages by the Topps Company (which includes an introduction by Art Spiegelman). Says Senior Editor Charles Kochman, “There really is something for everyone on this list—books for all ages and for all tastes—each title unique and crafted in the classic Abrams tradition that readers have come to expect from us.”
From Garth Ennis to Jeffrey Brown, the Midtown Comics Booth is presenting it’s own little mini-convention wth a wide array of guests. The complete signing schedule can be found at the Midtown website.:
Midtown Comics, a leading comics retailer, will be hosting top comic creators for autographing sessions at New York Comic-Con as well as selling exclusive merchandise, including:
• Secret Invasion #1 Exclusive NYCC Midtown Comics 2008 Leinil Francis Yu Variant Cover
• Flash Gordon #0 NYCC 2008 Edition
• X-O Manowar Birth HC Midtown Comics Premier Exclusive
Special guests include Garth Ennis, signing his groundbreaking work, The Boys, by special arrangement with Dynamite Entertainment, and best-selling authors Terry Brooks (Dark Wraith of Shannara) and Peter David (X-Factor, Hulk).
Additionally, Midtown will host well-known creators Murphy Anderson (Captain Action), Jim Butcher (Dresden Files), J.G. Jones (Wanted, Final Crisis), Greg Pak (World War Hulk, Incredible Hercules), and Walter Simonson (World Of Warcraft, Thor).
Steranko, Carmine Infantino, Frank Brunner, Rich Buckler, KErry Gammill and Basil Gogos will be appearing at the Vanguard booth, along with J. David Spurlock. If you’ve never met one of these pioneers, you really should.
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Multiple Eagle Award nominee AAM/Markosia will be at booth 1756 for New York Comic Con April 18 - 20. The publisher of acclaimed titles such as Starship Troopers, Kong: King of Skull Island and The Boy Who Made Silence will be featuring many top notch creator signings and a $5 sale on selected trade paperbacks. In addition, every trade paperback purchase at the table will entitle the buyer to three free comics!
Publisher Harry Markos says “We’re delighted to be back in New York again for our third year, and very excited with what we have going on this time around. We’ve been here so many times now it’s become our second home! We have some great offers this year, with anyone purchasing a trade paperbacks also receiving three free comics from our back catalog. To sum it up, you can buy up to $28 worth of books for just $5! We are also offering a 20% discount on some of our newer trades and comics, so there’s plenty of quality bargains to be had for everyone. We’re looking forward to catching up with creators and friends alike, so pop by and say hello!”
Featured creators include Eagle Award nominees Tony Lee and Thomas Mauer, Joshua Hagler and Scott Larson, who will all be signing at booth 1756 throughout the weekend.
Founded in 2005, AAM/Markosia is one of the leading independent publishers in the market today. 2008 promises to be a banner year, as AAM/Markosia plans to launch several new series, such as Lazarus: Immortal Coils, Eleventh Hour and N-Guard.
Dan Dare, Jenna Jameson, and Grant Morrison – Can you imagine the buddy pic? Morrison teams up with Virginonce more to announce an animation project with the company. More details in the jump.
Here’s a taste of how you can experience Virgin Comics first-hand at the Con. Be sure to check out our various panels and stop by the Virgin Comics booth (# 1415) to pick up some free Comic-Con goodies!
Chris Brandt’s documentary about indie comics, THE INDEPENDENTS, years in the making,has a screening at NYCC and you can buy the finished DVD at the Top Shelf booth. More here.
Movie screenings and guests like Justin Cook, Rachael Lillis, Jamie McGonnigal, Sean Schemmel, Mike Sinterniklaas, Veronica Taylor, Tom Wayland, Sean Michael Wilson, Steve Yun, and Tommy Yune highlight the extensive offerings fore the anime/manga crowd. There will be COSPLAY!
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The first look at Frank Miller’s THE SPIRIT movie and big sneak peeks at HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY and THE INCREDIBLE HULK are the most sure-to-be-blogged about presentation at New York Comic-Con. It isn’t quite up to the level of San Diego’s star fest, but it’s getting there, for better or worse. All details in the jump.
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PR:
ASP announces its plan for this year’s New York Comic Con (Apr 18-20). We’ll not only have creator appearances galore at our booth #1713, but also be participating in a few panels as well.
Panels
**A. David Lewis, hot on the heels of his Graven Images conference (http://www.bu.edu/luce/calendar/religionincomics.html), will be moderating a panel on Saturday, Apr 19 at 5 p.m. in room 1E02. It’s a discussion of Chris Knowles’s book Our Gods Wear Spandex. G. Willow Wilson will be on the panel with Dave, along with Douglas Rushkoff (Testament) and Denny O’Neil.
**David Petersen (Mouse Guard) and Mark Smylie (Artesia) will be on the panel Let the Magic Begin — Fantasy in Comics: Creating Alternate Worlds on Sunday, Apr 20 at 1 p.m. in room 1E03, along with Kazu Kibuishi (Flight, Amulet) and librarian and graphic novel expert Robin Brenner. Moderated by Liz Gorinsky.
Boom! rolls in with signings from:
Rafael Albuquerque, cover artist on 2 GUNS, artist on SAVAGE BROTHERS
Paul Azaceta, artist on POTTER’S FIELD
Kevin Church, co-writer of COVER GIRL
J.M. DeMatteis, writer and co-creator of STARDUST KID and HEROES SQUARED
Michael Fiffe, artist on FALL OF CTHULHU
Tim Hamilton, artist on DOMINION and FALL OF CTHULHU
Mike Leib, writer of TAG: CURSED
Chip Mosher, writer/creator LEFT ON MISSION
Michael Alan Nelson, writer of FALL OF CTHULHU / DOMINION / X ISLE / SECOND WAVE
Cris Peter, colorist on SAVAGE BROTHERS
Tom Sniegoski, writer and co-creator of TALENT
Wilfredo Torres, artist on SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS
Mark Waid, writer of POTTER’S FIELD - SATURDAY ONLY!
Schedule in the jump
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Win lunch with Joe Quesada or breakfast with Guillermo del Toro, an autograph from Stan Lee and more at the Hero Initiative ebay auctions. Details in the jump.
TALENT SCHEDULE
All signings will be held at booth #964 with the exception of Friday’s Stan Lee and Saturday’s Romitas signings, which will held at the CGC booth #2333.
FRI, April 18 (con hours 3:00-8:00)
3:00-4:00: Ron Marz + Greg Tocchini+ Stjepan Sejic
4:00-5:00: Mike Perkins
5:00-6:00: John Romita Sr. + John Romita Jr.
5:15-5:45: Stan Lee (at CGC!)
7:00-8:00: Bob Wiacek
SAT, April 19 (con hours 10:00-7:00)
10:00-11:00: Joe Prado + Joe Bennett
11:00-1:00: Mike Perkins
1:00-2:15: John Romita Sr. + John Romita Jr. (at CGC!)
1:00-2:00: Ivan Reis
2:00-3:00: Ron Garney
3:00-4:00: Gary Friedrich + Jim Valentino
4:00-5:00: Greg Pak + Fred van Lente + Khoi Pham
5:30-7:00: Steve Epting
SUN, April 20 (con hours 10:00-5:00)
10:30-12:00: Mark Buckingham
12:00-1:30: Charlie Adlard
1:00-2:00: Leonard Kirk
2:00-3:00: Walter Simonson
New York Comic-Con is looking at the end of the week, and to celebrate the occasion The Beat has a stiff neck, doubtless touched off by the stress. We’re maing a stress pizza here, folks; nay a veritable stress bouillabaisse. Luckily, or unluckily, every other person we know in New York vagely involved in comcis is having the same stress pizza. So it’s a stress pizza with EVERYTHING, including anchovies.
We’ll be giving tomorrow’s Beat over to our world famous, non-stop New York Comic-Con preview. If you have a signing schedule posted somewhere we can link to, post it in the comments or in an email. We’ll round ‘em all up. We’re also assembling our world famous Party Poop page so send us links to that, too.
Do YOU want to join the most dynamic team in comics? Do YOU want to win fame, fortune, glory and free copies of BLEACH? Do YOU want to storm the shores of Toontown and hear the lamentation of the women while smelling bacon in the morning?
Well then, we may just have the opportunity for you!
Both the PW Comics Dept. and The Beat are looking for interns!
The PW Comics Dept. opening is for someone with a journalism background. Hours are extremely flexible. Knowledge of Microsoft Office, spread sheets etc necessary. Ability to open boxes, affix labels and look up pub dates on Amazon a plus. This is a non-paying position but a great opportunity to get into the ground level of publishing and journalism not to mention comics. Writing ability will be taken into consideration and there will be plenty of opportunities for writing, reviewing or whatever you want to do.
The Beat position is a virtual one, and will involve some coding, some posting, some proofreading, adding sidebar links, and so on. Again, non paying, but a great opportunity to get in on the first floor of big league blogging and also much room for growth. Local candidates will also be considered with even more opportunities for non paying grunt work that will make you feel extremely good about yourself. Candidates should be able to master “That Barton Fink feeling.”
If you are attending New York Comic-Con, come drop off your resume at the Publishers Weekly booth, #1164. We will NOT be conducting interviews at the show. However we will be collecting resumes. Please indicate which position you are interested in: if the PW position direct the resume to the attention of Calvin Reid. If the Beat position, to the attention of Heidi MacDonald.
If you wish to apply via email, send a note to my email. I will forward appropriate responses to Calvin.
That’s it — adventure awaits!
Laura Hudson spots a real howler from the NYCC panel descriptions:
Friday
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
1E15
Girls Who Kick Ass
How do the ladies creating comics do it? They’re constantly blowing us
away with the most outrageous and provocative titles. Jenna Jameson
(Shadow Hunter), Colleen Doran (Distant Soil, Reign of the Zodiac),
Amanda Connor (Birds of Prey, Painkiller Jane, Lois Lane ), Louise
Simonson (New Mutants, X-Factor, Superman) and special guests reveal
why they know what Fan-Boys want.
It’s nice to know that after a lifetime of fighting to be taken seriously, you can still be lumped in with a former porn star who once read a comic book as an equal.
Seriously, this is why “women’s panels” suck are a dated, useless idea whose time has come…and gone. I would love to hear Colleen Doran’s thoughts on art history and freelancing…Amanda Connor’s ideas on design and the current state of superheroes…Louise Simonson’s unsurpassed viewpoint on storytelling and creating lasting characters…and sure, what the hell, even Jenna Jameson’s ideas on why celebrities are flocking to comics to get their next optionable property. But when all these people are grouped together solely on the basis of gender it’s dumb, patronizing and, frankly, sexist. Will we soon be seeing a “Men in Comics” panel featuring Gary Groth, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, DJ Coffman, Bill Black and Nicolas Cage?
§ Milton Griepp seeks panelists for two NYCC panels:
Call for NYCC Panelists!!
For two panels on Friday–on manga retailing and Seuling New York shows.
We’re rounding out our panels on the two topics above, both of which will take place around mid-day on Friday, April 18th at New York Comic Con. If you’re a retailer attending the show that’s willing to share your experience in manga retailing; or were a dealer, guest, or otherwise involved in the Phil Seuling New York shows that has some good Phil stories, please contact Milton at MGriepp@icv2.com asap. Also, if you have photos taken at one of Phil’s New York shows, especially of Phil, please scan and e-mail. Thanks!
§ Kelly Sue DeConnick seeks babies:
Is anyone else taking babies or kids to San Diego? Our nanny really wants to come with us — which would be great — but we’re trying figure out if it’s financially plausible. If she could sit for more kids than just Henry while she’s there, it would help. Anyone…?
[Link via Tom Spurgeon]
As usual, the Hero Initiative will have all sorts of activites and signings at New York Comic-Con. They’re auctioning off a super-duper VIP package which you can bid on here. They’ll also have a Gwen Stacy/Mary Jane Look-a-like contest, judged by John Romita. Cheesy and corny? You bet, but it’s for a good cause.
Ladies! People who aren’t Ladies! The comics social event of the season is now the fashion event of the season as well, with the first-ever GWEN AND MARY JANE LOOKALIKE CONTEST at the New York Comic Convention April 18-20! So dig out those go-go boots, and we’ll all have to face it, Tiger—We’re about to hit the jackpot!
And a man who oughtta know will determine who’s belle of this ball! Legendary Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. will judge the contest! John is the FIRST artist EVER to draw Gwen and MJ, so make sure your getup is spot-on!
“I look forward to trying to choose which blonde and redhead most resembles Gwen Stacy and MJ Watson at the New York Con April 19th. It’s bound to be tough work, but someone has to do it,” joked John Romita Sr.
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