IDW Hits NYCC! Publisher To Host 5 Must-See Panels At This Year’s Sold-Out Convention   San Diego, CA (October 8, 2013) –New York Comic-Con will be the east coast’s largest gathering of comic fans, creators and publishers alike! IDW will be joining the list of big names at this fan-favorite convention with a number of panels that will be the talk of the show! In addition to these stellar panels Taran Killam and Marc Andreyko will be selling NYCC exclusive variants with cover art by the legendary Bill Willingham of the debut issue of their new series The Illegitimates, a full month before they go on sale! Find them at Kevin Sharpe’s table in artist’s alley, #U15! Now, check out the list, and join IDW’s all-star creators at these four-star events! IDW: The Most Explosive Panel of 2013! Saturday, October 12 -- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, Room 1A10 Join IDW's Dirk Wood, Chris Ryall, and Scott Dunbier, along with acclaimed creator DARWYN COOKE and another surprise legendary guest, as they set off an explosion of exciting new projects for 2014 and beyond. Includes three announcements that are sure to set the Con on fire! This panel will be a true one-of-a-kind experience that has to be seen to be believed! IDW Presents: Taran Killam’s Illegitimates Sunday, October 13 -- 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM, Room 1A14 Fresh off his "night job" the evening before, SNL actor/comedian Taran Killam is appearing alongside co-writer Marc Andreyko and IDW's Dirk Wood and Chris Ryall, to discuss his exciting new comic-book series, The Illegitimates! Come get the lowdown on the new series, the new SNL season, and plenty o' laughs at this special panel delivered Live from New York! YOE! Books Presents: Fiends, Ghouls & Haunted Horror! Saturday, October 12 -- 4:15 - 5:15 PM, Room 1A06 Join the award-winning comics historian Craig Yoe for a lively discussion and Q&A session about the pre-code classic comics that gave you night terrors! And make sure and swing by Craig Yoe’s booth at the show, #588! IDW Publishing: Creator Visions Sunday, October 12 -- 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM, Room 1A10 Join IDW's VP of Marketing, Dirk Wood, and a virtual cavalcade of today's most exciting creators. Featuring rising stars from David Wohl's Darby Pop imprint, the creative team from the hit digital "America's Army" comics, and much more, come down and witness Wood and company pulling back the curtain on IDW's most exciting new projects for 2014! WILL.I.AM's Wizards & Robots Friday, October 11 -- 1:45 - 2:45 PM, Room 1A23 Musician and visionary creative Will.i.am is launching a special project with IDW, Wizards and Robots. Will is making his first-ever comic-con appearance to discuss the comic, chat about futurism, and how he just might change the comic-book world through this unique project. Be sure to catch all of the amazing IDW panels filled with surprise guests to hear the biggest news of the year first!

About IDW IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE and MY LITTLE PONY; Paramount’s Star Trek; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2000AD’s Judge Dredd; The Rocketeer; Toho’s Godzilla; Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio, and the multiple award-winning Artist's Edition imprint. IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Warner Brothers are producing a film based on Ashley Wood's Lore; and Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.