VIZ MEDIA WELCOMES THE YOUNG AND THE YOUNG-AT-HEART TO ANNUAL KIDS DAY AT
2013 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL
VIZ
Media Celebrates A Day Of Fun Aimed At Younger Readers At The Nation’s
Largest Comics And Pop Culture Gathering With Special Booth Activities
And Guest Appearances For HELLO KITTY®, MAX STEEL, And UGLYDOLL
San Francisco, CA, July 15, 2013 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North
America, welcomes the young and young-at-heart to an annual pop culture
tradition – Kids Day! – at the 2013 Comic-Con International. VIZ
Media will offer an entire day of fun booth appearances and autograph
sessions by an array of visionary creators and artists for hit kids
series including HELLO KITTY®,
UGLY DOLL, and MAX STEEL. Fans can also catch a variety of free
promotional giveaways, pick up a free kids comics sampler, and learn
more about the company’s array of colorful kids titles. VIZ Media will be located in Booth 2819.
Comic-Con International is the nation’s biggest annual comic book, science fiction and pop culture event, and takes place July 18th-21st at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA. Complete details on Comic-Con are available at: www.comic-con.org.
Sunday, July 21st – Comic-Con Kids Day! Events & Activities
10:30 – 11:30AM
Signing: UGLYDOLL Co-creator David Horvath and Artist Ian McGinty
(VIZ Media Booth 2819)
Meet
UGLYDOLL co-creator David Horvath, artist Ian McGinty and a special
Uglydoll pal at the VIZ Media booth and get an exclusively signed free
poster and UGLYDOLL comic! Also catch the first
original graphic novel for Wage™, Babo™, OX™, Ice-Bat™ and their
friends in this fun new adventure, available now from VIZ Media.
12 – 1PM
Panel: Kids Comics: Here to Stay!
(Room 28DE)
What do BABYMOUSE, HELLO KITTY®, UGLYDOLL, NINJAGO, MAX
STEEL, and BEN 10 have in common? They're now all part of the
incredible world of kids’ comics! Moderated by author/librarian and Good Comics for Kids contributor Scott Robins, the panel features Eisner-nominated BABYMOUSE creator and CBLDF board member Jennifer Holm, UGLYDOLL co-creator David Horvath, artists Ian McGinty (UGLYDOLL, HELLO KITTY) and Jolyon Yates (NINJAGO), VIZ Media editor Traci Todd (HELLO KITTY, UGLYDOLL), and Jesse Post, Director of Marketing for Papercutz.
1:30 – 2:30PM
Signing: Hello Kitty® & HELLO KITTY® Artist Jacob Chabot
(VIZ Media Booth 2819)
Celebrate the release of VIZ Media’s new HELLO KITTY® original graphic novels by meeting Hello Kitty in-person as well as Eisner-nominated HELLO KITTY graphic novel artist Jacob Chabot, and get a free signed poster! Don’t miss Hello Kitty as you've never seen her, in brand new stories filled with fashion, music and adventure!
3:30 – 4:30PM
Signing: MAX STEEL Writer Tom Pinchuk
(VIZ Media Booth 2819)
Pick
up an exclusive, free sneak preview comic of the upcoming turbo-charged
graphic novel MAX STEEL: THE PARASITES and meet graphic novel writer
Tom Pinchuk, and receive a special free signed art card.
For more information about kid’s titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.
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 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.
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