DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES

NEW YORK COMIC-CON 2012 SCHEDULE!

OCTOBER 5, MILWAUKIE, OR—It’s here! New York Comic-Con is upon us, and Dark Horse Comics is telling you all the goods ahead of time! Plan accordingly!

NYCC 2012 Dark Horse Comics Signing Schedule

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11

3:00 p.m.            THE ART OF CAMILLA D’ERRICO: Camilla D’Errico

4:00 p.m.            THE MIGHTY SKULLBOY ARMY: Jacob Chabot

5:00 p.m.            ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES: Joshua Williamson

6:00 p.m.             THE VICTORIES: Michael Avon Oeming

7:00 p.m.            DR. MCNINJA: Christopher Hastings

8:00 p.m.            STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC & LOST TRIBE OF THE SITH: Andrea Mutti

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

10:00 a.m.            DYNAMICS PRESENTS DARK HORSE SUPERHEROES: Phil Noto (Ghost), Joshua Williamson (Captain Midnight), Mike Richardson (Publisher)

11:00 a.m.            HELLBOY IN HELL: Mike Mignola

12:00 p.m.            TO HELL YOU RIDE: Lance Henriksen, Tom Mandrake*

                        •Ticketed event. Please see details below.

1:00 p.m.            NAUGHTY DOG STUDIOS: Neil Druckmann, Faith Erin Hicks

2:00 p.m.            BUFFYVERSE COMICS: Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Rebekah Isaacs (Angel & Faith)

3:00 p.m.            THE MASSIVE, STAR WARS, CONAN: Brian Wood

4:00 p.m.            THE SKY, DEVA ZAN, VAMPIRE HUNTER D: Yoshitaka Amano**

                        **Ticketed by New York Comic-Con. Please see details below.

5:00 p.m.            EMILY THE STRANGE: Rob Reger

6:00 p.m.            ONCE UPON A TIME MACHINE: James Comey, Charles Fetherolf, Jim Giar, Marcus Muller, Rob Woods, Chris Stevens, Andrew Carl, Tara Alexander

7:00 p.m.            THE FIFTH BEATLE: Vivek J.Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

10:00 a.m.            POWERED BY CREATORS: Matt Kindt (Mind Mgmt), Michael Avon Oeming (The Victories)

11:00 a.m.            DARK HORSE HORROR SIGNING: Tom Mandrake (To Hell You Ride), Tim Seeley (Ex Sanguine), Christopher Golden (Baltimore), Eric Powell (The Goon), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden)

12:00 p.m.            MASS EFFECT: Mac Walters, Kimberly Brooks (voice actress for Ashley Williams)

1:00 p.m.            THE SKY, DEVA ZAN, VAMPIRE HUNTER D: Yoshitaka Amano*

                        **Ticketed by New York Comic-Con. Please see details below.

2:00 p.m.            THE STRAIN: Guillermo del Toro*

                        •Ticketed event. Please see details below.

3:00 p.m.            COREY TAYLOR: To be announced*

•Ticketed event. Please see details below.

5:00 p.m.            THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS: Gerard Way, Becky Cloonan, Shaun Simon*

•Ticketed event. Please see details below.

6:00 p.m.            CREEPY & EERIE: Dan Braun

7:00 p.m.            B.P.R.D.: Tyler Crook, James Harren

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14

10:00 a.m.            GREEN RIVER KILLER & THE CREEP: Jonathan Case

11:00 a.m.            MASS EFFECT: Mac Walters, Omar Francia

12:00 p.m.            BIOSHOCK: Ken Levine

1:00 p.m.            THE MASSIVE, STAR WARS, CONAN: Brian Wood

2:00 p.m.            THE IMMORTAL: Ian Edginton

3:00 p.m.            HUSBANDS: Jane Espenson, Brad Bell, Sean Hemeon

4:00 p.m.            BATTLEPUG: Mike Norton

NYCC 2012 Dark Horse & Dark Horse–related panels

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

11:00–12:00            Expanding the Experience: Video Games & Comics—1A14

12:15–1:15            Brian Wood & Dark Horse: From World’s End to the Galaxy’s Beginnings—1A06

12:45–2:00                        Editors on Editing—1A07

1:45–2:45                        Dark Horse Presents: Yoshitaka Amano—1A21

6:30–7:30            Drawing on our Nightmares: Dark Horse Horror in Comics—1A14

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

11:00–12:00                        Creepy and Eerie REBORN and UNDEAD—1A14

11:15–12:15            Once More with Feeling: 15 Years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer—1A21

5:15–6:15                        Hellboy in Hell: The Official Panel!—1A23

 *Tickets are available for free and on a first come first serve basis in the Dark Horse Booth on the day of the signing as soon as the convention hall opens.  Note that fans line up very early in the Javits Center (The Javits Center opens at 7:00 a.m., so fans can line up inside as early as that time each day.)

 **Tickets for signings with Yoshitaka Amano in the Dark Horse booth will be distributed by New York Comic-Con beginning at 7:00 am on Friday and Saturday. Please see newyorkcomiccon.com for details.

Image Comics at New York Comic Con: Complete Signing Schedule

Image Comics' complete signing schedule for New York Comic Con is now available! The schedule includes signings by top creators every day of the convention, October 11-14 in New York City's Javits Center. Signings will take place at the Image Comics booth, #1229.
Several creators will also be signing convention exclusives, which Image unveiled on September 19. Details on the exclusives, as well as the panel schedule, can be found at Image Comics' website.

	Thursday 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
3:00-4:00	Haunt signing: Joe Casey and Nathan Fox
4:00-5:00	Not My Bag signing: Sina Grace
4:00-6:00	Think Tank signing/Talent Hunt: Matt Hawkins (Top Cow)
5:00-6:00	Mind The Gap signing: Jim McCann & Rodin Esquejo
5:00-6:00	Robert Kirkman signing (Skybound) (ticketed)*
6:00-7:00	Halloween Eve signing: Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder
6:00-7:00	The Darkness and The Bulletproof Coffin signing: David Hine
7:00-8:00	Comeback signing: Ed Brisson & Michael Walsh
8:00-9:00	Great Pacific signing: Joe Harris
	Friday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
10:00-11:00	Pigs and Choker signing: Ben McCool & Ben Templesmith
11:00-12:00	Point of Impact signing: Jay Faerber
12:00-1:30	Mind the Gap signing: Jim McCann & Rodin Esquejo
1:00-2:00	Thief of Thieves signing: Nick Spencer, James Asmus, Shawn Martinbrough & Felix Serrano (Skybound)
1:30-3:00	Luther Strode signing: Justin Jordan & Tradd Moore (ticketed)*
3:00-4:00	Non-Humans signing: Glen Brunswick & Whilce Portacio
3:30-5:30	Think Tank signing/Talent Hunt: Matt Hawkins (Top Cow)
4:00-5:00	MacGyver signing: Lee David Zlotoff & Will Sliney
4:00-5:00	The Darkness and The Bulletproof Coffin signing: David Hine
4:00-5:30	Robert Kirkman signing (Skybound) (ticketed)*
5:00-6:00	D.O.G.s of Mars signing: Christian Weiser, Tony Trov, & Johnny Zito
5:00-6:00	Artifacts signing: Ron Marz (Top Cow)
6:00-7:00	The Manhattan Projects signing: Jonathan Hickman & Jordie Bellaire (ticketed)*
	Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
10:00-11:00	Point of Impact signing: Jay Faerber
11:00-12:00	Halloween Eve signing: Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder
11:00-12:30	Think Tank signing/Talent Hunt: Matt Hawkins (Top Cow)
12:15-2:00	Saga signing: Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (ticketed)*
1:00-2:00	Witch Doctor signing: Brandon Seifert & Lukas Ketner (Skybound)
2:00-3:00	Severed signing: Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, & Attilla Futaki (ticketed)*
3:00-4:00	Top Cow Universe signing: Jeremy Haun, Nelson Blake II, David Hine, Tim Seeley, & Ron Marz
4:00-5:00	Bedlam and Morning Glories signing: Nick Spencer & Rodin Esquejo (ticketed)*
4:00-5:30	Teen Wolf signing: Tyler Posey, Jeff Davis & David Tischman (ticketed)*
5:00-6:00	Great Pacific signing: Joe Harris
5:00-6:00	Thief of Thieves signing: Nick Spencer, James Asmus, Shawn Martinbrough & Felix Serrano (Skybound)
6:00-7:00	The Manhattan Projects signing: Jonathan Hickman & Jordie Bellaire (ticketed)*
	Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:15-12:00	Happy! signing: Grant Morrison (ticketed)*
11:00-12:00	Super Dinosaur signing: Jason Howard (Skybound)
12:00-1:00	Black Kiss 2 signing: Howard Chaykin
1:00-3:00	Saga signing: Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (ticketed)*
3:00-4:00	Great Pacific signing: Joe Harris (writer/artist)
3:30-5:00	Robert Kirkman signing (Skybound) (ticketed)*
4:00-5:00	Valentine signing: Alex de Campi & Christine Larsen

*Tickets will be available at the Image Comics booth (#1229) on the day of the signing. One ticket per person will be available for each ticketed signing beginning at the start of the show each day and only while supplies last. No purchase necessary.

All signings are subject to change. Check at the Image Comics booth for up-to-date signing schedules. Keep up with what's happening at the Image Comics booth by following us on Twitter (@ImageComics)!
IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES NEW ANIME SERIES “K”

ON VIZANIME.COM

Newest Original Anime Series With Action Packed Psychic War Between Seven Kings Launches On Leading U.S. Anime Streaming Site The Same Day It Debuts In Japan

VIZ Media takes fans to an alternative world of – K - in the North American debut of the new anime series on VIZAnime.com, the company’s own website for free anime, as well as on the free, ad-supported Hulu service and the Hulu Plus subscription service (www.Hulu.com).

K will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles, and debuts in North America the same day it launches in Japan. Episode 1 is now available, and new installments of the 13-episode series will debut every Thursday.

K is set in a world where history has taken a slightly different course from the one we’re familiar with and follows the story of a young boy whose life is caught in a psychic war between seven kings. Yashiro Isana, also known as Shiro, is wanted for a crime he has no recollection of committing. He finds himself being hunted by the groups Homura, led by Mikoto Suoh, “The Red King,” and Scepter 4, led by Reisi Munakata, “The Blue King.” While on the run, another young man named Kuroh Yatogami helps him. Will this fated encounter change Shiro’s life forever?

“K is the newest anime property to be acquired by VIZ Media and we’re extremely excited to debut it on VIZAnime.com the same day as its launch in Japan,” says Brian Ige, Vice President, Animation. “K was developed by GoHands, the studio that created the cyberpunk anime film series, Mardock Scramble, and enigmatic writers’ collective GoRA Project. The highly detailed look of K’s production and its intriguing story will definitely give this new series a strong following. Don’t miss the exciting first episode!”

For more information on K and other animated titles from VIZ Media please visit www.VIZAnime.com.

Grand Moff Tarkin and Lord Vader Join
Long Beach Comic & Horror Con for Charity Event

 

Stephen Stanton, Rick Fitts, and
Star Trek and Star Wars fans
bring charity event to LBCHC all weekend
November 3-4, 2012

LONG BEACH, CA (October 5, 2012) – Long Beach Comic & Horror Con is proud to host Stephen Stanton (Grand Moff Tarkin), Rick Fitts (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and local Star Trek and Star Wars fan clubs for a unique fundraiser, “Shoot-A-Trooper/Shoot-A-Trekker.” This fan-interactive event will support the “Verd’ika Fund” or Little Warrior Fund, founded by the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club to donate holiday gifts to local children who would otherwise go without due to illness, poverty, or family emergency.

Led by Stanton and Fitts, the “Shoot-A-Trooper/Shoot-A-Trekker” event will also be supported by local fan clubs, including the Southern California Garrison (501st Legion), Clan Murraan (Mandalorian Mercs), and the USS Navras (Star Fleet).

The “Shoot-A-Trooper/Shoot-A-Trekker” event will invite fans of all ages to make a donation  toward Charity and shoot ‘Nerf Darts’ at their favorite science fiction characters from  Star Wars, Star Trek and more.

“We are very excited to host Stephen, Rick, and our local Star Trek and Star Wars fan clubs, and especially to support this great cause,”said Phil Lawrence, co-founder and sales director for LBCHC. “The ‘Shoot-A-Trooper/Shoot-A-Trekker’ fundraiser will be lots of fun for everyone, and even more so knowing that they are supporting local children.”

The “Verd’ika Fund” was founded by members of the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club in 2007, uniting MMCC chapters (known as Clans) with children in their local communities who would not receive holiday presents due to illness, poverty, or family emergency

“Long Beach Comic & Horror Con has turned into one of the staples of our trade show schedule. We always have a great time, and it's always a big success for us. Plus it's right in our back yard!” said Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing for IDW. “2011 was great, and 2012 looks to be even better."

“Having IDW return for a fourth consecutive year is truly an honor. It not only speaks to their faith in our show, but the love they have for the fans,” said Phil Lawrence, LBCHC Co-Founder and Sales Director. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome them back this year. I know they always bring in a great show-stopper, and we are looking forward to their presence  this year.”

Offering a weekend packed with special guests and exhibitors and engaging panels, Long Beach Comic & Horror Con will be open on Saturday, November 3 from 10:00am to 7:00pm, and  from10:00am to 5:00pm on Sunday, November 4.

Join LBCHC on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and information about this year’s show.

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About Long Beach Comic & Horror Con
Long Beach Comic & Horror Con is a true comic con focused on creating a fantastic experience for both fans and exhibitors in the Long Beach, Anaheim and Los Angeles areas.  With something for everyone, the fourth annual Long Beach Comic & Horror Con will be held November 3 and 4, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center. To learn more and purchase tickets, please visit www.longbeachcomiccon.com.

O'Barr Returns to Comics with a New
CROW Series!

The Spirit of Vengeance Goes on a Time-Traveling Journey This December
 

San Diego, CA (October 4, 2012) – IDW Publishing is thrilled to announce that The Crow’s original creator, James O’Barr will be launching a brand-new story featuring the vengeful avian guide, THE CROW: SKINNING THE WOLVES, a three-issue miniseries set to debut this December. Fans of O’Barr’s dark signature style will be delighted to see him backed by co-artist Jim Terry with a story woven of the same supernatural mystique that made The Crow a favorite of fans worldwide.

“I’ve been wanting to see a new Crow project from James O’Barr for a lot longer than we’ve had the Crow license,” said Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief, “and what James has lined up for Skinning the Wolves and beyond is definitely delivering on those expectations.”

Set in a European concentration camp in 1945, Skinning the Wolves investigates a world where the dark harbinger of vengeance is dispatched in response to one of history’s greatest atrocities and the ultimate evil that perpetrated it.

"This is a story I've had planned for ages; 20 years maybe. It’s a tough tightrope to walk, using a concentration camp as a setting for a story, but I took care in not exploiting the situation for entertainment purposes. I did layouts and a rough story outline, but got sidetracked with the increasing popularity of the original film and graphic novel of The Crow and never found the time to finish it,” said O’Barr. “I met Jim Terry a few years ago and was really truly impressed with his Eisneresque style and thought it would be perfect for him. He’s gone above and beyond my expectations and I'm very proud of him and this book."

“I couldn't have asked for a better story to work on, and it has been thrilling to see it develop into what I feel will be a truly special book,” said Terry. “There are many, many titles on the stands these days, but I believe SKINNING THE WOLVES will be different from them all--not from a place of hubris, but from genuine excitement over what it's become.”

Full of the dark, challenging questions and ideas that have propelled The Crow to international acclaim, Skinning the Wolves is sure to be a gritty spectacle; one not to be missed by any comics fans, macabre justice enthusiasts, or those in between. 


Veteran producer Edward R. Pressman, producer of the 1994 smash hit film The Crow, together with Relativity Media and Dimension Films, is at work on a reinvention of the original film, which explores its own unique storyline separate from the comic book, with F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) attached to direct from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow and Marc Klein. Pressman licensed the comic book rights to IDW. The deal was brokered by Dan Kletzky of Entertainment Licensing Associates.

THE CROW: SKINNING THE WOLVES #1 (of 3) is 32 pages, full color, and will be in stores in December. Diamond code: OCT120354.

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. IDW can also be found at http://www.facebook.com/#!/idwpublishing and http://tumblr.idwpublishing.com/ and on Twitter at @idwpublishing.

FIRST RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ZOMBIE FILM METELETSA – WINTER OF THE DEAD TO WORLD PREMIERE AT LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Resolution Independent Handling Worldwide Sales at AFM on Pic from Director Nikolai Pigarev

Leeds – October 4, 2012 – Meteletsa: Winter of the Dead, the first Russian language zombie film from writer/director/producer Nikolai Pigarev, will world premiere on November 3, 2012 at the 26^th Leeds International Film Festival in the Fanomenon section. Melbourne-based producer/distributor Resolution Indepdendent is handling worldwide sales at AFM.  The action adventure film is co-written by Pigarev and Mikhail Borzenkov, and executive produced by Resolution’s Pete Ford alongside Wayne Duband. 

Meteletsa: Winter of the Dead, the directorial debut from Nikolai Pigarev, follows the story of a not-so-intrepid Moscow reporter who finds himself battling an army of undead zombies during a freak snowstorm on the hottest day in Russian history. Now all he has to do is get the girl, stop himself from being shot by her father and stay away of the sharp end of the mad Russian Orthodox Priest’s axe, while still making his deadline!

Co-writer Mikhail Borzenkov stars alongside Tatyana Zhevnova, Alekandr Abramovich, Sergey Shirochin, Dmitriy Kozhuro, and Yuliya Yudintseva.

Resolution Independent’s Pete Ford said:  “This is the kind of movie that we always want to part of, something that punches way above its weight. This isn’t just a zombie movie, it’s an action adventure movie that has extraordinary scale and scope that has the added bonus of zombies!”

Executive Producer Wayne Duband, who previously served as President of Warner Bros. International, added: ”it’s exciting to see a genre film of this calibre with such huge global appeal come out of an important market like Russia from a upcoming talent like Nik, I’m thrilled to partner with Pete and RI to represent the film worldwide .”

Director Nikolai Pigarev said: “Fanomenon at Leeds is one of the largest genre events in the UK, so it’s the perfect setting in which to world premiere the film.”

Pigarev will present the film at the 26^th Leeds International Film Festival, running November 1-18, 2012.  Meteletsa: Winter of the Dead will premiere in the festival’s Fanomenon section showcasing new horror, sci-fi, and fantasy films from around the world.

Zombie-guests galore at F.A.C.T.S. 2012, a Zombie-Comic and now True Blood's favorite female shape shifter Luna Garza!

TRUE BLOOD fans beware! FACTS is proud to announce our newest guest: Mrs. JANINA GAVANKAR.

Besides being a member of the True Blood main cast from season 4 onwards as the shape-shifting Luna Garza, she has also starred in The L-Word, Stargate Atlantis, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, The League and much more.

"Oh and she's a very nice person as well", said Emmanuel van Melkebeke, F.A.C.T.S. Convention Director. "Seriously. She is great with fans. And I really could not be more excited because the just amazing role she is playing in True Blood is more then enough. Moving, strong, emotional... great acting!"

Apart from shape-shifting ladies, there is zombie-hunting Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead, Boondock Saints) as well as zombie-drawing artists who all contributed to a special charity event comic, named "Dead Cold".

Artists included are Sean Philips, Paul Duffield, Dean Yeagle, Colin Wilson, Tyler Kirkham, Lectrr, Romano Molenaar, Louis & Lamirand, XA, Emmanuel Nhieu, Popescu, Kristof Spaey & Sophian Cholet.

The cover will be provided by Guest Of Honor Charlie Adlard, who also provided an introduction as well as picked Greenpeace as beneficiary to the proceedings of this special edition, called "Dead Cold... zombie art".




F.A.C.T.S Convention is thé signature pop culture event of the Benelux, presenting guests and programming to cater for the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, TV, and gaming industries.

Entering its 22th edition, F.A.C.T.S. is expected to draw over 21,000+ attendees to its October 20-21, 2012 convention held at the Gent Flanders Expo Convention Center located in Gent, Belgium.

The show will sport 3,000 extra meters compared to its last edition and will now have 15,000 square meters. FACTS will host over a mile of dealers of toys, comics, movie merchandise, fantasy merchandise, manga and will see 2,500+ cosplayers and a cosplay competition, life size props, model kit exhibitions, an entire fan-village, a Japanese Village, an Elf Garden, a huge game zone with dozens of consoles, as well as loads of surprises, to brighten up the already amazing venue!

For more information, please go to http://www.facts.be

ALL ABOARD FOR THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY
RELEASE OF THE YEAR

Showcasing Exciting Bonus Features Including an All New Coloring App and Interactive Music Videos, The Extraordinary Family Adventure Floats to Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™ and DVD on December 11

Los Angeles, CA (October 4, 2012) — Ahoy, matey! Blue Sky Studios unveils a brand new chapter in one of the most successful film franchises of all time. Bringing together the visually epic and the emotionally powerful, ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT sets sail on Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™, and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on December 11, just in time for the holidays.

Sub-zero heroes Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon a high-seas adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they try to reunite with their herd. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

Showcasing the coolest cast of all-time, ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, stars Ray Romano (“Everybody Loves Raymond”), John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge), Denis Leary (“Rescue Me”), Queen Latifah (The Secret Life of Bees), Seann William Scott (Planet 51), Josh Peck (“Drake & Josh”), and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead). Joining the familiar Ice Age family for this newest franchise installment are some of the entertainment world’s brightest talents including Jennifer Lopez (“American Idol”), Aziz Ansari (“Parks and Recreation”), Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Wanda Sykes (Monster-in-Law), Heather Morris (“Glee”), and hip hop sensations Nicki Minaj and Drake.

Overflowing with treasure for the whole family to enjoy, ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 3D is filled to the bow with bonus material including an all new coloring app with enhanced Blu-ray features, interactive features such as “Party with a Pirate!” mode, sing and dance along songs, music videos, deleted scenes, exclusive featurettes, and more! In addition, fans can watch the film in sign along mode with American Sign Language interpretation from actor Sean Berdy (“Switched at Birth”). Prebook is November 14.

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Blu-ray™ 3D Special Features
●	Party with a Pirate! Mode
●	Sign Along Mode
●	Exclusive Featurettes
	●	Through a Pirate’s Spyglass: Voices Ahoy and Capturing the Crew
	●	Granny and the Stink of the Sloths
	●	Scrat Got Your Tongue?
	●	Whale of a Tale: Drifts, Rifts, Beasties and Myths
●	Shimmy Shake Music Section
	●	Gutt’s Sing-Along Shanty Shimmy Shake
	●	“We Are” Extended Music Video
	●	“Chasing the Sun” by The Wanted Music Video
	●	“The Sid Shuffle” Dance Along
●	Deleted Scenes
	●	Dr. Granny
	●	Shell Game
●	Ice Age: The Story So Far
●	Original Theatrical Trailers
	●	The Scratist

About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital HD™. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.

VIZ MEDIA BRINGS ANIME AND MANGA FUN TO THE BIG APPLE FOR NEW YORK COMIC CON 2012

Meet The Character Designer For TIGER & BUNNY, Sample Digital Manga, Neon Alley And WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA, And More As VIZ Media Returns To The East Coast’s Biggest Pop Culture Convention

San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2012 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, returns to New York City for the 2012 New York Comic Con with an array of events, special booth appearances, insightful panel discussions and promotional giveaways. New York Comic Con takes place October 11^th-14^th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. VIZ Media will be located in Booth 2042.

New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture convention and plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. More information on New York Comic Con is available at: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com.

VIZ Media is pleased to welcome Masakazu Katsura, TIGER & BUNNY character designer and creator of manga hits VIDEO GIRL AI, I”S, ZETMAN and more. Mr. Katsura will appear at a special signing session at the VIZ Media booth on Saturday, October 13^th, at 4:30PM, along with Sunrise Studio Producer Yasuo Miyakawa. Mr. Katsura and Mr. Miyakawa will speak on the Tiger & Bunny: Insider’s Panel, held in at 6:30PM the same day in Room 1A23, where fans can find out what it was like to make the anime.

The VIZ Media booth will be a must-visit attraction for digital manga and anime fans at the convention. Visitors can test drive the VIZ Manga digital manga platform on a laptop through VIZManga.com, as well as through the VIZ Manga App for iPad™, iPod™ touch, Android Nexus 7 tablet and Android smartphone. Fans that download the FREE VIZ Manga App will receive an exclusive full-color 27”x39” BLEACH poster!  Besides being able to read the latest Bleach volumes on the go, fans can choose from over 850 volumes of pure manga goodness, including Bakuman Vol. 15, Blue Exorcist Vol. 8 and much, much more. 

Visitors can also sample the latest issues of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA, North America’s preeminent weekly digital manga magazine, on an assortment of Android- and Mac OS-based devices. Each new digital edition of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA treats manga fans in North America to the latest chapters of some of the world’s most popular manga series only two weeks after they debut in Japan’s massively popular WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP magazine. Attendees that sign-up for a WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA annual membership will receive a rare Slifer the Sky Dragon YU-GI-OH! trading card.

The SHONEN JUMP Alpha team will also host two additional events. A special offsite will be held on Friday, October 12^th from 5:00pm-8:00pm at the Kinokuniya Bookstore, located at 1073 Avenue of the Americas (between 40^th & 41^st Streets). Mingle with other fans of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA, catch the debut of the SJ Alpha 2013 yearbook, and meet special guest Masakazu Katsura and the staff of SJ Alpha. Finally, the team will speak on the SHONEN JUMP ALPHA Panel on Saturday October 13^th, from 7:45pm-8:45pm, in Room 1A23. TEAMJUMP will have awesome announcements, and Katsura-sensei will again make a special appearance.

Throughout the convention, VIZ Media will celebrate the launch of Neon Alley, a new 24-hour anime channel debuting across the United States and Canada exclusively on the PlayStation^® Network and the PlayStation^® 3 system on October 2^nd. Neon Alley will feature the world’s best titles, dubbed in English and uncut, and presented in HD when available. Neon Alley is the first platform designed to be studio agnostic, and programming will include exclusive premieres and blockbusters from VIZ Media, as well as content from Aniplex, FUNimation, NTV, Taiseng, Anime News Network and more. Fans that sign up for a Neon Alley subscription during the show (limited time one week free offer, and only $6.99 per month thereafter) will receive a special Neon Alley tote bag.

VIZ Media invites younger anime and manga fans to join in the fun at the booth for special guest appearances and VIZ Kids giveaways! On Friday, October 12^th, meet some of the creative staff behind the new VOLTRON FORCE original graphic novel, series writer Brian Smith and artist Jacob Chabot, at 10:30am to meet fans and sign posters. Fans can also meet the creative staff behind the recently debuted REDAKAI graphic novel, inspired by the popular Cartoon Network animated series and the innovative trading card game developed by Spin Master. Writer Mike Raicht will appear at the booth on Friday October 12^th at 3:30pm, and artist Zach Turner will appear at Sunday October 14^th at 1:30pm to meet fans and sign posters of the graphic novel.

Other fun free VIZ Media convention giveaways will include samplers from the VIZ Kids imprint; mini-samplers of BLUE EXORCIST, the newly released LOVELESS, and the upcoming STROBE EDGE; full-color LOVELESS postcards; Neon Alley wristbands, and more. Fans can also sign up for the VIZ Media newsletter and be entered for a chance to win a NOOK Color or a NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND manga box set.

Finally, the annual VIZ Media Panel will be on Sunday October 14^th at 12:15pm in Room 1A12. Get the scoop on Neon Alley, VIZ Manga, and your favorite manga and anime! Also get the latest updates and exciting news on new acquisitions, upcoming releases, and upcoming projects.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan.  Owned by three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and INUYASHA, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages.  VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products.  Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

Stan Mack, author of TAXES, THE TEA PARTY, AND THOSE REVOLTING REBELS: A History in Comics of the American Revolution, heads to the 2012 Alternative Press Expo (APE) on October 13 and 14 in San Francisco.

APE presents the very best in alternative, small press, and self-published comics, with an Exhibit Hall packed with cutting-edge creators. This year's Exhibit Hall features over 400 exhibitors, including some of the biggest indie comics publishers, plus artists and DIY creators showcasing their comics, books, zines, original art, hand-made items, and much more. 
Stan Mack will bring his new book, Taxes, The Tea Party and Those Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution and will be signing throughout the weekend at the NBM booth (#203)

A cartoonist de-mythologizes the Founding Fathers and makes them more ‘like us’”says The New York Times. Uncannily relevant to today’’s world. Learn about the original revolt against taxes: the Boston Tea Party, and the original Occupy movement: the Rebels in revolt against the status quo. A whimsical and informative pictorial history featuring a chubby, insecure King George III, rebellious and misunderstood colonists, loudmouthed and insensitive aristocrats, and more. Updated from the original Stan Mack’s Real Life American Revolution published by Avon books in 1994 .

Stan will be appearing at the NBM booth throughout the weekend (Booth #203) and can also be found on Saturday, October 13th at the 12:45 PM panel, Comics as Political Statement
 which will focus on everything from one-panel political cartoons to graphic novels that lead us to question our political mindsets, comics have always been an important part of the political sphere. Stan will join Eric Drooker (Flood, Blood Song), Miriam Libicki (jobnik!), and Ben Katchor (Julius Knipl, The Cardboard Valise), to discuss with Andrew Farago (Cartoon Art Museum) the ways in which their political attitudes affect their work and the ways they hope their work will affect the attitudes of others.

For more information, visit the APE website, HERE!

SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT UNVEILS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN^TM SECOND SCREEN APP

New Content Added Weekly Leading Up to the

November 9^th Blu-ray^™ Release of The Amazing Spider-Man

Multiple Interactive Features Are Designed

To Create An Expanded Spider-Man Viewing Experience

App Content Includes Scene-Specific Trivia, Additional Featurettes, Storyboards, Interviews, Pre-Visualization Sequences and More

 

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (October 3, 2012) – Get ready to explore the exciting production surrounding The Amazing Spider-Man, when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment debuts The Amazing Spider-Man Second Screen App, available exclusively for the Sony Tablet^™ S, Sony Xperia^™ Tablet S and Apple iPad. The Second Screen App, which syncs only with the Blu-ray Disc^™, transforms the movie-watching experience, giving users behind-the-scenes access into the amazing world of Spider-Man throughout the film. Additionally, the App will unlock new content each week with all content available by the November 9^th release of The Amazing Spider-Man on Blu-ray.

By accessing the Second Screen App, users can engage with key elements from the film while watching it on Blu-ray. The App includes two interactive modes – Timeline and Production – both featuring extensive content from the set such as interviews with the cast and filmmakers, featurettes on the making of the film, behind-the-scenes photos, storyboards, concept art, pre-visualization sequences, stunt rehearsals, trivia, factoids and more.

§  In Timeline Mode, the App syncs with the Blu-ray Disc, allowing scene-specific trivia, featurettes, storyboards, interviews, and other content to scroll across your tablet in time with the movie.

§  In Production Mode, users can explore even more content that goes deeper into the making of the film by diving into the various areas of the production process including Filmmakers, Story, Design, Cast, Location and Stunts, among others. And when the App syncs with the Blu-ray Disc through a connected player, users can “sling” select content from the Sony Tablet or iPad to the television screen to watch it in full HD, for a greater viewing experience.

In addition, users can also update their Facebook and Twitter pages and share their viewing experience by posting trivia and facts directly from the App.

For more information on Sony Xperia^™ Tablet, please visit www.sony.com/tablet.

The Amazing Spider-Man Second Screen App is available for free from Google Play on the Sony Tablet or at www.play.google.com and from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

The Amazing Spider-Man tells the story of teenage Peter Parker, who grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man battles The Lizard. The Amazing Spider-Man^™ debuts on Blu-ray^™/DVD Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D^™ Combo Pack, DVD, and a Limited Edition Gift Set with collectible Spider-Man and Lizard figurines, all with UltraViolet^™, on Friday, November 9th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products And
Cryptozoic Entertainment Partner for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Deck-building Game

Play as Frodo, Gandalf the Grey and More
in All-New Game Launching Winter 2012

Irvine, CA (October 3, 2012) — Cryptozoic Entertainment™, a premier developer of original and licensed games including The Big Bang Theory: The Party Game, and Warner Bros. Consumer Products today announced another expansion of the companies’ existing partnership for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Lord of the Rings trilogy to include a deck-building card game based on the blockbuster franchise The Lord of the Rings and its iconic characters.

Launching this winter in hobby and retail stores, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-building Game invites players to assume the role of Frodo, Gandalf the Grey, Aragorn, or one of their brave and heroic allies in the struggle against the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron. Players begin this battle armed solely with basic combat maneuvers. As the game progresses, they can add new, more powerful cards to their decks, striving to defeat the deadly forces that serve Sauron as they trek towards Mount Doom. The deck-building game adds to Cryptozoic’s line-up of games based on the original The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

“The Lord of the Rings has such a compelling mythos and strong characters that it naturally lends itself to a deck-building card game,” said Cryptozoic chief operating officer Scott Gaeta. “Each game provides a unique way for fans to interact with these iconic characters, and we’re really looking forward to offering this deck-building game to fans of the trilogy.”

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-building Game will be available for purchase at hobby and mass retail stores in winter 2012. For more information about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-building Game and other games by Cryptozoic Entertainment, please visit www.cryptozoic.com. Keep up to date with exclusive contests, promotions and game information on Cryptozoic Entertainment’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

NEW PEOPLE LAUNCHES A JAPANESE TRAVELOGUE ONLINE MAGAZINE NEW PEOPLE TRAVEL

FOR NORTH AMERICAN AUDIENCES

New Website To Be Updated Every Monday With Insightful Personal Stories By An Eclectic Collection Of Artists And Creative Visionaries;

Debut Edition Features Ghost In The Shell Director Mamoru Oshii

San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2012 – NEW PEOPLE, Inc, a San Francisco-based entertainment company bringing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, has announced the launch of NEW PEOPLE Travel, an intriguing new free online travelogue that gives readers an opportunity to see colorful new sides of Japan through the eyes of an eclectic collection of artists and creative visionaries that are recognized around the world.

NEW PEOPLE Travel is now available at: www.newpeople.jp (select ENGLISH from the menu bar), or at: www.newpeople.jp/travel/eng/index.html. The site will be updated every Monday. NEW PEOPLE Travel welcomes reader’s requests regarding future stories to be featured on the site. Send requests to info@newpeopleworld.com.

The debut edition of NEW PEOPLE Travel features an article by famed anime director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Sky Crawlers), one of the most respected and renowned Japanese film directors of our time.

Future NEW PEOPLE Travel stories will include essays by Dice Tsutsumi (Art Director at Pixar, Toy Story 3), Katsuhito Ishii (Director, Redline, The Taste of Tea, Funky Forest), and Yoshitaka Amano (Artist, Final Fantasy, Gatchaman, Vampire Hunter D) among others.

“NEW PEOPLE Travel is a fun way for English readers to explore new and often little-seen sides of Japan through highly personal travelogues by some of the country’s most popular artists, filmmakers, and important creative visionaries,” says Seiji Horibuchi, the founder of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. “Readers can begin each week with an insightful essay that emphasizes a unique point of view. We look forward to developing NEW PEOPLE Travel as a fun new editorial outlet for our friends and colleagues in the Japanese pop culture space to share their experiences!”

About NEW PEOPLE, Inc.
Based in San Francisco, California, NEW PEOPLE, Inc. (www.newpeopleworld.com) offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan through its unique entertainment destination as well as through licensing and distribution of selective Japanese films as well as various forms of entertainment. NEW PEOPLE Entertainment (www.newpeopleent.com), a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the "Kingdom of Pop" for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, GANTZ, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, and THE TASTE OF TEA.

 ComiXology Counts Down to 100 Million Downloads of Digital Comics and Graphic Novels

The Revolutionary Digital Comics and Graphic Novel Platform Spotlights a New Free Comic Every Day Until the 100 Millionth Download Happens!

October 3^rd, 2012 – New York, New York — ComiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform — available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web — revealed today that they are about to exceed 100 million comic and graphic novel downloads. To mark this major milestone, comiXology will be giving away a new free comic every day on comixology.com until the 100 millionth download. “This has been a banner year for comiXology,” said co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “We have dedicated ourselves to expanding the comic book audience by delivering the best consumer experience, and it’s fantastic to see that unfold. We started the year cresting 50 million downloads, two and a half years after launch; we added the next 50 million more than 3 times as fast. We are spreading the love of comics.”
“It’s dizzying to look back at the last 12 months and see that we’ve been the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store almost 90% of all Wednesdays,” said co-founder John D. Roberts. “ComiXology’s mission is to bring comics to everyone everywhere and – looking at crossing this 100 million download milestone – it certainly feels like we are making good on that promise.”
ComiXology launched their digital comics platform in July of 2009 as an app on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The digital comics platform was then extended onto the iPad with the iPad’s debut in April of 2010. As 2010 continued, fans saw the extension of the platform to the Web in July 2010 and onto Android at the tail end of that year. In 2011, digital comic fans saw the platform add Amazon’s Kindle Fire, with the comiXology app available pre-installed when the Kindle Fire launched that November. The end of 2011 also saw comiXology powering three of the top 20 grossing iPad apps — with Comics by comiXology topping number 11 for the entire year. In July of 2012, comiXology once again extended the revolutionary digital comics platform with the release of a reader app for Windows 8, which was universally hailed at its debut.
With the quickly approaching milestone of 100 million comic and graphic downloads, and with a selection of over 28,000 comics and graphic novels to choose from – with over 900 of those available for free — comiXology securely stands as the market leader in the digital comics and graphic novel space and the go-to platform for newly interested and lapsed comic and graphic novel fans.
ComiXology was most recently in the news this summer during the week of Comic-Con International, when they announced the launch of their all-new Windows 8 reader, followed by unveiling the addition of three new publishers to the comiXology platform — ABRAMS ComicArts, Bongo and Fantagraphics Books. ComiXology and Bongo also launched the Simpsons Comics iOS app that week.
About comiXology
Founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing comics to people everywhere, comiXology — in just five short years — has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel world. From creating the revolutionary platform for digital comics to tools and services for brick and mortar retailers, comiXology has lead the charge in exposing new audiences to the rich history and culture of comic books. With the development of the comiXology digital comics platform — available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web — comiXology provides the easiest way worldwide for people to enjoy comics anywhere they happen to be! Regularly ranking as the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store, comiXology was selected as a preloaded app for Amazon’s Kindle Fire debut. Providing digital comics across multiple platforms, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the earth has been turned into a comic book fan..