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The Animation Guild, ASIFA Hollywood and Women In Animation present
AN AFTERNOON OF REMEMBRANCE
a non-denominational celebration of departed friends from our animation community
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Renee Alcazar - Roger Armstrong - Dick Arnall - Warren Batchelder - Max Becraft - Pat Boyd - Sheila Brown - Erica Cassetti - Harvey Cohen - Alberto De Mello - Greg Drolette - Walker Edmiston - Ray Erlenborn - Natatcha Estebanez - Becky Fallberg - Mary Lou Ferguson - Ben Ferrer - Lu Guarnier - Ed Hansen - Terry Harrison - Florence Heintz - Dave Hilberman - Dick Hoffman - Steve Krantz - Ryan Larkin - Carol Lundberg - Celine Miles Marcus - John Marshall - Roberta Gruetert Marshall - Tom O’Loughlin - Henry Ortiz - Brant Parker - Nicole Pascal - Charles Nelson Reilly - Will Schaefer - Charlene Singleton - Ken Southworth - Art Stevens - James Street - Iwao Takamoto - Aleksandr Tatarskiy - Caren Terry - Jim Thurman - Elbert Tuganov - Al Wilson - Jack Zander
Food and refreshments, 1 pm - Memoriams, 2 pm
Hollywood Heritage Museum (Lasky-DeMille Barn)
2100 N. Highland (across from Hollywood Bowl), Hollywood
The Afternoon is free of charge and is open to all; no RSVPs necessary.
Sword of Dracula/Vampirella: Extended and Dangerous
Release date: February 6th, 2008
Price: $3.99, full color, 32 pages
Digital Webbing Press
Written by Jason Henderson
Art by Greg Scott
Colors by Nick Filardi
Cover A by Tony Harris (attached)
Cover B by Michael DiPascale
When Dracula, the world’s most dangerous terrorist, loses a key
vampire witness to Ronnie Van Helsing of the Polidorium, it’s an all-
out war of vampires, guns, trucks and RPGs to get the witness back.
And into the middle rides Vampirella, who is picking a side all her
own. But will Vampirella and Ronnie’s mysterious past tilt the
balance in Dracula’s favor?
The latest in Sparkplug Comic Books related news. (Courtesy of Sparkplug Comics)
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This weekend (March 1st-2nd) is the SPACE convention in Columbus, Ohio.
Dylan Williams of Sparkplug Comic Books will be there along with his buddies Bodega Distribution. They’ll be selling an
amazing variety of fine art mini-comics and great publications. Please stop by if you’re out there.
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Also, this is the premiere of Reich #3 by Elijah Brubaker. This issue:
Wilhelm Reich relives earlier childhood trauma which may be the source of
his later obsessions.You can stop by or be the first to pick it up or order it from
the Sparkplug Comic Books website:
http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/
They’ll be sending out orders next week.
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They’ve updated the website and put up a few new minis and self published
comics. They plan to do a lot more but they are betting this batch will have a lot of fans:
Andy Hartzell: The Rise and Fall of Yip the Wonder Dog
Damien Jay: Tinder Box and Pocket Party #1
Jesse Reklaw: Blue Fuzz the Hero
Minty Lewis: PS Comics #3
Order now while supplies last!
http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/
Loads more conventions coming up soon. Hopefully I’ll see you at one of them,
keep an eye on the “news” page at the Sparkplug website for more updates.
(Courtesy of Heavy Ink)
HeavyInk.com Officially Launches
New Comics Retail Site Joins Together “Comics and Community”
February 19, 2008 – After a period of public beta, comics retail and social networking site HeavyInk (http://www.heavyink.com) has announced its official launch, effective today. Bringing together comics and community in a way that revolutionizes online comics retail, HeavyInk offers a fully-featured social networking framework along with a comprehensive selection of comics titles, graphic novels, and trade paperback collections.
“Our goal with HeavyInk is no less than a paradigm shift in how comics are purchased and how comics fans interact through the internet,” explained Travis Corcoran, founder and president of HeavyInk. “There are plenty of places to purchase comics online, and plenty more where fans can socialize together. HeavyInk is the only place where fans can do both. Essentially, it’s the world’s largest and coolest virtual comics store—always open, offering great deals and customer service, and with endless room for fans to hang out and talk about the medium and culture of comics.”
HeavyInk.com is first and foremost an online comics retailer. All purchases are 20% off retail price, and come with free shipping and no sales tax in 49 states, along with exceptional customer service. HeavyInk offers the most comprehensive, convenient comics subscription service on the web—cancel anytime, view an interactive listing of all subscriptions and upcoming issues, select variant covers—and the only graphic novel and trade paperback subscription service available anywhere. Customers can also depend on HeavyInk to deliver every item in their subscription, without fail, thanks to the site’s Triple Your Money Back guarantee—if HeavyInk fails to deliver on an item and it can’t be sent later, the customer will get triple their money back.
Users who participate in the HeavyInk community will find a full slate of interactive functionality—a Facebook-style user home page allows customers to write their own profile, update a blog, share subscriptions and reviews with others, and drop “blurbs” on each other’s pages. Every title and creator indexed on the site can be reviewed, and every review has a comments function, enabling an ongoing dialogue between fans throughout the site. A forum provides a common “lobby” where all users can gather together and share their opinions.
“Since public beta opened last fall, over 1,100 HeavyInk users have joined our community, so it is definitely thriving,” said Corcoran. “Users can even participate in games such as Cover Fight, where they vote on their favorite cover every month, and the Quizzes feature, which allows anyone to create their own quiz and see
responses populated on profiles throughout the site. This is the next stage of comics fandom and retail online,
and we’re thrilled to get things started.”
About HeavyInk.com
Based in Arlington, MA, HeavyInk.com is where comics and community meet, a leading-edge online comics retailer offering a full range of social networking features. HeavyInk president Travis Corcoran also launched and maintains SmartFlix.com, which offers the most expansive library of arts-and-crafts and how-to DVDs in the world.
(Courtesy of Red 5)
MORE ATOMIC ROBO… PAST, FREE, AND FUTUREEveryone’s Favorite Robot-in-Pants Returns from Red 5 Comics
February 22, 2008 – Calgary, AB – Bursting on to comic store shelves in October 2007 as the debut title of publisher Red 5 Comics, ATOMIC ROBO has quickly become a cult favorite of discerning and fun-loving comic readers everywhere and earning many “Best of 2007” nods.
ATOMIC ROBO #1 has sold out of its first and second printings (over 8000 copies). ATOMIC ROBO #2 also sold out, and as of this week ATOMIC ROBO #3, #4 and #5 have sold out – all earning a spot in the monthly top 300. The final issue of this volume, ATOMIC ROBO #6 (JAN083857), arrives on March 12 with the strongest initial orders of the series.
In response to continued demand, Red 5 Comics has issued a third printing of ATOMIC ROBO #1 (with the striking Michael Avon Oeming cover), and second printings of ATOMIC ROBO #2 to #5 will be available for pre-order from Diamond Comics next week and on-shelf starting March 19.
But the adventures of ATOMIC ROBO do not end there.
His next Action Science outing will be on Free Comic Book Day, May 3, 2008 in an all-new 16-page battle against Russian Comm-bots in the 1960s. ROBO co-creators Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener return for script and art duties, respectively – along with colorist Ronda Pattison and letterer Jeff Powell. Be sure to check with your favorite local comic shop in February to see if they are participating in Free Comic Book Day and including ATOMIC ROBO (FEB080036).
Red 5 Comics is pleased to announce that starting this fall, ATOMIC ROBO will return as a continuing series, with Clevinger and Wegener on-board for over twenty issues of ROBO exploits over the next three years.
“We couldn’t be happier to be able to share more of Robo’s adventures,” said Clevinger. “I can promise more explosions and more punching, but the two are probably unrelated. Punching things until they explode is just bad strategy, even for a robot.”
On the success of ROBO, Wegener waxed, “It was Mark Twain who said, ‘Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.’ The first time I drew Robo in a pair of cargo pants and muddy combat boots it was instant BFFs. Thank God other people seem to like the idea too.”
Look for further announcements about the next ATOMIC ROBO story arc at http://www.red5comics.com
Time for Toy Fair! Our team went to New York and we saw thousands of new products. What was good? Well, we’ll tell you– be sure to check out this awesome super-sized Toy Fair Show! Also: Movie updates, a review of the General Grievous Starfighter, and much more.
