Vivek J. Tiwary Returns to Host the 2016 Harvey Awards!
Harvey Awards Dinner & Award Ceremony Tickets Now on Sale!
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 3, 2016 -
On Saturday night, September 3rd, the comic book industry, including
professionals, retailers, and fans, will gather at the Hyatt Regency
Baltimore to honor the 2016 Harvey Award Nominees for 2015 comic work
and present the Harveys to their recipients. This is an exciting
evening, highlighted by our return host Vivek J. Tiwary,
a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Tony Award-winning Broadway
producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment
company Tiwary Entertainment Group.
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Harvey
Awards tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets to the event, which includes
full cocktail hour (cash bar), full service dinner (featuring a
Baltimore Crabcake!), awards ceremony, and a gift bag, are now available
for $125. Tickets are available at our website via credit card at baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets.
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Host Vivek J. Tiwary's graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story (Dark
Horse Comics), is based on the untold life story of Beatles' manager
Brian Epstein. On October 25, 2016, Dark Horse Comics will be publishing
a special trade paperback Expanded Edition of The Fifth Beatle,
featuring never-before-seen art, essays and more. Written by Tiwary,
with art by Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker, it received worldwide
critical acclaim and won a number of prestigious literary awards,
including two Harvey Awards (Best Original Graphic Novel and Best
Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation) and the Will
Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Reality-Based Work. It is a Lambda
Literary Finalist for Best LGBT Graphic Novel, an American Library
Association Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and has been added to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives Permanent Collection. The Fifth Beatle
is now being adapted into a multi-part TV event series that has secured
unprecedented access to Beatles music. Vivek will be adapting his work
for television and serving as executive producer.
Vivek has also just acquired the TV and film rights to Astronaut Academy, the middle-grade graphic novel series from bestselling author-illustrator Dave Roman (Agnes Quill),
with plans to turn the books into both a live-action TV series and a
film franchise, and talks are underway with writers, networks, and
studios to adapt the coming-of-age adventure story set at a fantastical
space station school.
Vivek's illustrated Young Adult novel Asha Ascending, with art by the award-winning Sara Richard (My Little Pony, Jem and The Holograms, Ghostbusters) is currently being serialized chapter-by-chapter free at AshaAscending.com. Taking place in a near-future where surgical implants access a virtual Internet, Asha Ascending follows
teenage coder Asha Rai as she helps irresponsible party-boy Hal Haven
save his mother's life, while they race against an evil faction to
unlock the code to immortality.
"Hosting
last year's Harvey Awards was the best night of my life in comics,"
said Tiwary, "I got to introduce beloved luminaries like Jules Feiffer
and the late Darwyn Cooke, while honoring the creators of today's most
inspiring work. But to quote Al Pacino -- 'I'm just getting warmed up!'
See you in Baltimore!"
On Broadway, Tiwary's productions have won a combined 25 Tony Awards. They include such groundbreaking work as Green Day's American Idiot, The Addams Family, A Raisin In The Sun, and Mel Brooks' The Producers.
Vivek is currently working with Alanis Morissette and Pulitzer and Tony
Award-winner Tom Kitt to adapt Morissette's breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill for Broadway.
Vivek
has served on the Board of Directors for Valiant Entertainment, a
multi-platform company that boasts the third largest universe of comic
book characters and has secured a 5-film deal with Sony Pictures.
Vivek held a number of
major label music-industry positions working with artists ranging from
Bruce Springsteen to Britney Spears.
In addition to
hosting the awards ceremony, Vivek will be speaking on a panel and
signing books throughout the weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con.
Press Contact: Amanda Lundberg, Amanda.Lundberg@42west.net
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The
Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most
respected awards. The Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over
20 categories. They are the only industry awards both nominated and
selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Additionally,
the Hero Initiative will present 2 awards to outstanding members of the
comics community.
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The
Hero Initiative was established to aid comic creators with a financial
safety net when in need of emergency medical aid, financial support for
essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. In the years
since its inception, the board has created an award to recognize those
individuals in the industry that have dedicated their talent over the
lifetime of their careers to the comic book community at-large,
achieving the status of Hero. Previous recipients include Denis
Kitichen, Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema, John Romita, Joe Kubert, Nick Cardy,
Neal Adams, and George Perez. Who will be this year's lifetime Hero?
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The
Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award will also be presented at
the Harvey Awards Banquet. Giordano, who passed away in early 2010, was
part of Hero Initiative's Board of Directors. He was also a legendary
artist, a guiding force at Charlton Comics and DC Comics for many years,
a mentor to his colleagues, and a friend to all who knew him. His
legacy epitomizes the caring and commitment Hero Initiative strives to
achieve. In his honor, the Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award
will recognize one person in comics each year who has demonstrated the
generosity and integrity Dick brought to the charity, and to the comic
book community at large.
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TICKETS
General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as the Harvey Awards, are now on sale! Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets/
for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now, and as
always, kids 10 and under get into the show free with a paid adult
General Admission!
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