Wednesday, October 26, 2016

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL FREE
POK?MON X?Y POCKET COMICS MANGA SAMPLER FOR HALLOWEEN COMICFEST 2016

Support Local Comics Retailers With A Visit On October 29th And Receive A FREE Sampler Of POK?MON X?Y POCKET COMICS Featuring Comics, Puzzles And Quizzes Based On The Popular POK?MON X?Y Video Games!

San Francisco, CA, October 26, 2016 ? VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing announces its support for Halloween ComicFest 2016 with a special FREE POK?MON X?Y POCKET COMICS sampler that will be available to readers at their local participating comics retailer.

Held annually, Halloween ComicFest will be celebrated on Saturday, October 29th at scores of comic shops and retailers nationwide on Halloween or the Saturday just before Halloween. On this day, participating shops offer fans and visitors FREE Halloween ComicFest samplers filled with previews of exciting upcoming titles. For additional information and a list of participating retailers, please visit: www.HalloweenComicFest.com.

The POK?MON X?Y POCKET COMICS sampler features an array of stories, puzzles and trivia based on the popular Pok?mon X and Pok?mon Y video games. Readers can quiz themselves and their friends on various Pok?mon Abilities, moves, types, Mega Evolution and lots more! The full POK?MON X?Y POCKET COMICS (rated ?A? for All Ages) features story and artwork by Santa Harukaze and will be released by VIZ Media in December.

POK?MON is one of the most successful international entertainment franchises of all time. More than 279 million POK?MON video games and over 21.5 billion Pok?mon Trading Cards have been sold in more than 74 countries in addition to substantial publishing and merchandise sales. VIZ Media is the official North American distributor for a wide variety of POK?MON home media releases including animated series and films and also publishes a variety of POK?MON manga graphic novel series including Pok?mon Adventures, Pok?mon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen, Pok?mon Adventures: Emerald, Pok?mon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl/PLATINUM, Pok?mon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver, Pok?mon Adventures: Black & White and POK?MON X?Y.

For additional information on POK?MON titles as well as other anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.

About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the field of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POK?MON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.

Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at www.VIZ.com.

About Pok?mon
The Pok?mon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pok?mon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, and marketing, the Pok?mon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pok?mon website. Pok?mon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children?s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.

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