Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation To Make Wizard World Debut At Portland Comic Con, January 23-24
Unique
Screenings Featured At Oregon Convention Center To Include
Presentations Of ‘Spike & Mike’s 30th Anniversary Celebration’;
Sacramento Comic Con Also On Schedule In June
PORTLAND, Ore., January 6, 2015 –
Animation shorts are among the most creative and entertaining film
genres. Now fans in the Pacific Northwest will have the opportunity to
enjoy three new screenings at the award-winning Spike & Mike’s
Festival of Animation during Wizard World Portland Comic Con on Friday,
January 23 (6-9 p.m.) and Saturday, January 24 (7-10 p.m.).
The
unique presentations during the event include “Spike & Mike’s 30th
Anniversary Celebration”(11+ recommended), “Sick & Twisted Festival
of Animation” (18+ Only) and the “Pop Culture Animation Festival” (18+
Only).
Featured
within the three Spike and Mike screenings are over 60 award winning
animated short films from 11 different countries. Highlights include
Oscar, Cannes and Sundance festival winners, videos banned from Europe,
and spikes personal best from the fest.
Spike
& Mike’s Festival of Animation requires a separate ticket purchase
($20 for Wizard World Portland Comic Con attendees; $30 for
non-attendees), which includes a free “Spike and Mike Sick and Twisted”
DVD.
For more details, visit http://www.spikeandmike.com, or to purchase tickets, visit http://wizardworld.ticketleap.com/spikeandmikefestival/.
Spike
and Mike's and Wizard World will conduct a similar event at Sacramento
Comic Con, June 19-21 at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Wizard
World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) continues its 2015 schedule with its third
trip to the Oregon Convention Center at Wizard World Portland Comic Con,
January 23-25. Stephen Amell (“Arrow,” Hung”), Evan Peters (X-Men: Days of Future Past, “American Horror Story”), Tyler Posey (“Teen Wolf,” Maid in Manhattan), Karl Urban (Star Trek Into Darkness, Dredd), Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones,” 300) and the “Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” duo of Ming-Na Wen and Brett Dalton
headline the roster of celebrity guests scheduled to attend the pop
culture extravaganza, the second event on Wizard World's calendar of 24
Comic Cons in 2015.
About Wizard World
Wizard
World (OTCBB: WIZD) produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions
across North America that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture,
movies, television, cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming,
sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A
first-class lineup of topical programming takes place at each event,
with celebrity Q&A's, the Wizard World Film Festival, comics-themed
sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more.
Wizard World also produces socialcon featuring social media stars and
will be launching ConTV, a digital media channel in partnership with
leading independent content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM).
About Spike and Mike's
Spike
and Mike's Festival of Animation has been showcasing award-winning
short animation festivals at universities, theater chains and across the
world since 1977. A literal who's who of current Hollywood directors
either premiered or had their first films produced by Spike and Mike
Animation, notably Tim Burton, Mike Judge, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, John
Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter.
Wizard World 2015 schedule available at: http://wizd.me/PRSchedule2015
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