VIZ MEDIA’S PERFECT SQUARE IMPRINT ANNOUNCES FUN EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR
2014 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL
All-Ages Imprint Celebrates The Launch Of CATBUG And The HELLO KITTY Brand’s 40th Anniversary With In-Booth Artist Appearances, Photo Opportunities, Advance Copies Of Forthcoming Titles And Much More At The Nation’s Largest Comics And Pop Culture Event
San Francisco, CA, July 22, 2014 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North
America, prepares to delight the young and young at heart with a variety
of engaging activities, in-booth artists signings and other fun events
presented by its Perfect Square imprint and aimed at fans of all ages at
the 2014 Comic-Con International.
Comic-Con International is the nation’s biggest comic book, science fiction and pop culture event, and takes place July 23rd-27th
at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA. VIZ Media will be
located in Booth 2813. Complete details on Comic-Con are available at: www.comic-con.org.
Perfect
Square will present a range of activities and attractions each day
throughout Comic-Con. Fans will also be able to purchase advance copies
of several forthcoming Perfect Square titles ahead of their scheduled
release dates later this summer. Notable titles that will be available
during Comic-Con at the VIZ Media booth include BRAVEST WARRIORS: THE
SEARCH FOR CATBUG ($30.00) a special Comic-Con limited edition with
foil-accented cover and gilded pages - only 250 made - don’t miss the
chance to have it autographed by many of the CATBUG artists, including
official Bravest Warriors comics artist Ian McGinty, Codename: Kids Next Door creator
Mr. Warburton and Ben 10 Omniverse artists Jon Chad and Corin Howell
(and more!) at exclusive in-booth signings; BRAVEST WARRIORS: CATBUG'S
TREASURE BOOK ($13.00), a pictures-and-words journal, will be sold with a
limited edition poster; HELLO KITTY, HELLO 40, a commemorative art book
($50.00) a special Comic-Con limited edition with foil-accented cover
and gilded pages - only 250 copies printed - don’t miss the chance to
have it signed by HELLO KITTY artists at the exclusive in-booth signing.
Fans can also catch a variety of freebies and promo item giveaways
throughout the convention along with manga samplers, posters, temporary
tattoos, posters, postcards, buttons and more. Also don’t miss the
return of the VIZ MEDIA convention tote bag, FREE with any purchase and
available in four amazing colorful designs, including HELLO KITTY and
UGLYDOLL!
Perfect Square Comic-Con Panels & Special Events:
Thursday July 24th
10:00AM & 4:00PM UGLYDOLL PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
VIZ Media Booth #2813
Drop by the VIZ Media booth for a photo with an UGLYDOLL pal!
Friday July 25th
10:00AM & 1:00PM CATBUG VOICE ACTOR SAM LAVAGNINO
In-Booth Signing & Personal Appearance
VIZ Media Booth #2813
Meet the voice of Catbug, the breakout star of YouTube hit Bravest Warriors, and receive a signed art card!
4:00pm – 5:00pm BRAVEST WARRIORS ARTIST SIGNING
VIZ Media Booth #2813
Meet
talented artists including Stu Livingston, Mr. Warburton, Ian McGinty,
Jon Chad and Inori Fukuda Trant for their brand new book, a
seek-and-find style artbook featuring Catbug, the breakout star of the
YouTube smash-hit BRAVEST WARRIORS series and get your VIZ Media BRAVEST
WARRIORS book or sampler signed!
Saturday July 26th
10:00AM – 11:00AM HELLO KITTY PHOTO OP & ARTIST SIGNING
VIZ Media Booth #2813
Join
Hello Kitty and a team of talented artists from the forthcoming HELLO
KITTY: HELLO 40 commemorative art book including Eisner-Award winning
team Art & Franco, Babymouse creators Jennifer and Matt Holm and Long Tail Kitty creator Lark Pien for a special signing and photo opportunity!
Sunday July 27th
10:00AM – 11:00AM HELLO KITTY PHOTO OP & ARTIST SIGNING
VIZ Media Booth #2813
Join Hello Kitty and her artist friends for a special second signing and photo opportunity. Fans can meet artists including Brianne
Drouhard, Stephanie Gonzaga, Martin Hsu, and Chynna Clugston Flores.
Copies of the forthcoming HELLO KITTY: HELLO 40 art book will also be
available for sale and fans can have it autographed by the appearing
artists.
1:00PM – 2:00PM HELLO KITTY ARTIST SIGNING
VIZ Media Booth #2813
Meet talented HELLO KITTY, HELLO 40 contributors Corin Howell, Susie Ghahremani, Debbie Huey and Jacob Chabot, and get your limited edition copy signed!
2:00PM – 3:00PM PERFECT SQUARE PRESENTS – MAKING KIDS COMICS AWESOME
Panel Discussion Room 32AB
Bring
your kids and join creators and editors from across the industry for a
lively roundtable. What are the challenges of entertaining different age
levels at the same time? Kids
can also try their hand at pitching ideas, and hear how the panelists
would craft those ideas into real comics, during a one-of-a-kind
interactive Q&A. Featuring as moderator writer Tom Pinchuk (MAX STEEL) and as panelists, writer/artist Katie Cook (My Little Pony), writer Jenni L. Holm (Baby Mouse), editor Shannon Watters (kaBOOM!, Adventure Time), editor Sarah Gaydos (IDW Kids Comics) and writer/editor Joel Enos (BEN 10, Perfect Square).
VIZ
Media’s Perfect Square imprint focuses on delivering original comics,
manga (graphic novels) and other children’s books with an emphasis on
strong storytelling, eye-popping graphics, empowering themes, and a dash
of irreverence, that captures the imagination of a whole new
generation.
Additional information on titles published by Perfect Square is available at www.PerfectSquare.com.
For more information on other manga 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,
Australia, New Zealand 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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