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Press Release THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE from Image Comics already has fans asking: superhero or slasher? Writer Justin Jordan and artist Tradd Moore aren’t ready to say, but in October, their debut six-part series will begin to tell the tale of a young antihero who gets exactly what he wished for… and then some!

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Press Release Hound Comics, Inc. is pleased to announce that their flagship title Brimstone and the Borderhounds will now be available to comic store retailers worldwide through Diamond Comic Distributors’ July Previews.  Diamond, who is known to be the world’s largest comic book distributor, presents issue number five entitled, ‘Contest’ this month set for release in October.  “We are incredibly excited to be featured in the Previews catalog” says Hound Comics’ Treasurer and Lead Inker, Allen Chickering, “I know that I personally grew up purchasing my entire comic collection from local stores, so it’s great to have our book readily…

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Press Release Elves are descending on San Diego at Comic Con International 2011 for the panel “ElfQuest: From the Woods to the Web” on Friday, July 22nd at 8pm. New media producers/actors Stephanie Thorpe (GOLD: Night of the Zombie King) and Paula Rhodes (A Good Knight’s Quest) are responsible for the current phenomenon of fan resurgence in the mystical comic book series ElfQuest, created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978.

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Press Release Following in the footsteps of the hugely successful webseries The Guild, a new geektastic comedy, Shelf Life, will be hitting this year’s Comic Con. Created and produced by Yuri Lowenthal (Terminator: TSCC, Ben 10: Alien Force, Legion of Superheroes) and Tara Platt (The Gilmore Girls, Charmed, Afterworld) the live-action scripted series follows the irreverent antics of four action figures on a young boy’s shelf.

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Press Release Zenescope Entertainment has announced its plans for San Diego Comic Con which include multiple artist and creator appearances, the Zenescope booth babes, 10 Limited Edition Exclusives by fan favorite artists EBAS, Mike DeBalfo and others and over $10,000 in FREE merchandise giveaways. Zenescope will also be set up in a new, larger booth this year at #2301.

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Press Release The murder of the CEO at the head of the world’s foremost cybernetic corporation sets the stage for Old City Blues, the gripping new futuristic noir from publisher, Archaia Entertainment. Written by Greek newcomer, Giannis Milonogiannis, Old City Blues is slated to hit stores on July 15.

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Press Release After the runaway success of their wildly popular building sets, video game collaborations and animated shorts, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again for an all-new adventure – their first-ever original television special. Premiering on Cartoon Network on Friday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) in high-definition computer animation, the 30-minute original standalone special – LEGO® Star Wars: The Padawan Menace – will feature the charm, action and irreverent humor that have become the signature style of LEGO Star Wars animation collaborations.

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Press Release Stan Lee, the Guest of Honor at this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con, will be on hand Saturday and Sunday signing autographs and posing for photographs with guests in attendance of the show. The 12th Annual show will be taking place August 20-21, 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

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Press Release Actor Anthony Michael Hall, who gained fame for roles in 1980’s “Brat Pack” films SIXTEEN CANDLES and THE BREAKFAST CLUB and later starred in “Stephen King’s Dead Zone” among dozens of film and television credits, will attend Wizard World Chicago Comic Con at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, August 11-14.  Hall joins such other distinguished celebrities as Patrick Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, Felicia Day, Academy Award Winner® Lou Gossett Jr. and James Marsters at the event, which will bring together thousands of fans of all ages and dozens of celebrities and industry professionals to…

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Press Release Marvel Entertainment, LLC announced today that it has appointed Peter Phillips as Senior Vice President & General Manager, Digital Media Group. In this new role, Mr. Phillips will work alongside Dan Buckley, Publisher & President of the Print, Animation & Digital Divisions, Marvel Worldwide, Inc., to build on Marvel’s success in digital publishing, social networking and its online presence Marvel.com. Mr. Phillips’s previous roles include Senior Vice President of the online division at Weight Watchers International, Vice President of Product Development at Fandango and multiple marketing roles at Paramount Pictures.  His most recent position was Executive Vice President…

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Press Release Coming in September will be a complete stand alone saga set in the realm of Deadworld in an original graphic novel released by IDW, a premier publisher of graphic novels and books.  Deadworld: The Last Siesta continues the relationship between Deadworld and IDW which in the last year has released three collections of Deadworld material in association with Desperado Publishing.

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Press Release Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA and VIA.B), will launch an in-house animation division, with its first title slated for release in 2014. In making the announcement, Paramount Chairman & CEO Brad Grey said the initiative was part of the studio’s long-term strategy for growth and that the new division, Paramount Animation, will focus on high quality animation with budgets per picture of up to $100 million.

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