IDW Joins The Party At Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo Publisher’s Big Plans For L.A.’s Big Convention San Diego, CA (October 31, 2013) – Over the weekend of November 1st – 3rd downtown Los Angeles will be taken over by one of the fastest growing conventions: Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo. For IDW’s first appearance at the show, the publisher is bringing along some very special guests and exclusives. On Saturday November 2nd at 10:30 AM in room 308AB join Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall, Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, and IDW President Greg Goldstein as they set the stage for IDW’s upcoming 15th year anniversary. Bring some questions, and come prepared for a lively discussion in a unique town hall format. You just might walk away with a free book! With sneak peeks, and a few tricks up their sleeves, this will not be a panel to miss! Be sure to stop by the IDW booth (712) to pick up the Comikaze exclusive variant of Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #3 by John McCrea featuring Stan (The Man) Lee! Along with this special $10 variant, IDW will have a library’s worth of your favorite books to stock up on! And watch the IDW Facebook and Twitter feeds for special deals on books throughout the show! Throughout the convention the IDW booth will also host a number of great signings: Friday November 1st 3:00 – 4:00  Godzilla: Rulers of Earth – Chris Mowry 5:00 – 6:00  Kill Shakespeare – Conor McCreery Saturday November 2nd  12:00 – 1:00 Transformers – Livio Ramondelli, Mairghread Scott 1:00 – 2:30 The Other Dead – Joshua Ortega, Digger T. Mesch, & Special Guest                                                 Kevin Eastman (of TMNT fame!) 3:00 – 4:00  My Little Pony – Tony Fleecs                        4:00 – 5:00  Kill Shakespeare – Conor McCreery 5:00 – 6:00  Amelia Cole & The Unknown World – D.J. Kirkbride Sunday November 3rd  12:00 – 1:00 Transformers – Livio Ramondelli, Mairghread Scott 1:00 – 2:00 My Little Pony – Tony Fleecs 5:00 – 6:00  Godzilla: Rulers of Earth – Chris Mowry Stan Lee’s Comikaze is set to have its biggest year yet, and IDW is excited to be a part of it!

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.