Category: Press Releases

  • MBP Presents Fuzz & Fur

    MBP Presents Fuzz & Fur

    Japanese fur suit mascots: A strange amalgam of hometown pride and cost-saving measures Press Release: The adoration of mythical creatures and popular anime characters is nothing new in Japan, but kigurumi, roughly translated as “fur suit mascots,” is a growing pastime that is also a marketing tool. An oversized daikon radish, a skiing egg, a…

  • Spy Guy Creator Mike Kitchen to Appear in New Indie Comics Magazine

    Spy Guy Creator Mike Kitchen to Appear in New Indie Comics Magazine

    Indie Comics Magazine Editor Gary Scott Beatty recently announced Canadian Mike Kitchen will appear in Indie Comics Magazine #2, available only through pre-order at your local comic book shop through February’s Diamond Comic Distributors’ Previews catalog. Mike Kitchen is the creator of Spy Guy, a hard-boiled funny book telling the story of an undercover Toronto…

  • Comic Book Company is Basis for New Web Comedy

    Comic Book Company is Basis for New Web Comedy

    Press Release: “The Bullpen,” a web series about comic books and comic creators is now live on youtube. Webisodes can be viewed at the Cheapjack Shakespeare channel: www.youtube.com/user/CheapjackShakespeare.  New episodes will appear weekly for the next 8 weeks. “The Bullpen” is a workplace comedy centered on the office of “Bullpen Comics,” a company started by…

  • MCM Expo Celebrates 10 Years As “London’s Comic Con”

    MCM Expo Celebrates 10 Years As “London’s Comic Con”

    Press Release: 2011 will see the tenth anniversary of the London MCM Expo, London’s Comic Con – a decade in which the show has grown from a small collector’s fair to the biggest entertainment event in the UK, showcasing the best in comics, movies, video games, cosplay and anime. This year’s MCM Group events alone…

  • Agent Zero Adventure Tale in the New Indie Comics Magazine

    Press Release: Indie Comics Magazine Editor Gary Scott Beatty recently announced New York state based writer, publisher and inker Anthony Cacioppo and writer/illustrator Chuck Foulds will contribute an eight page story to the new comic book, scheduled for preorder in Diamond Comic Distributors’ January 2011 Previews catalog and available only through Previews. The done-in-one tale…

  • The Vesha Valentine Story Revealed

    The Vesha Valentine Story Revealed

    New Art/Story Book Tells Life Story of Fictional Bombshell. Press Release: From the cabarets of Paris to the big screen in Tinsel Town, Vesha Valentine has broken hearts, entertained millions and suffered more ups and downs in her life as she struggled with both the fortunes and losses brought on by fame. The Vesha Valentine…

  • Indie Creator David Branstetter in the New Indie Comics Magazine

    Indie Creator David Branstetter in the New Indie Comics Magazine

    Press Release: Indie Comics Magazine Editor Gary Scott Beatty recently announced Indiana writer and artist David Branstetter’s character Straw Man will appear in an eight page story titled Has Been in the new comic book, scheduled for preorder in Diamond Comic Distributors’ January 2011 Previews catalog and available only through Previews. “David’s work is quintessential…

  • Kids Comics L.A. to Cultivate the Creators of Tomorrow

    Join local comic creators for a day of family fun to learn about creating comics and all-ages comic books from the creators of Fraggle Rock, Darkwing Duck, Penguins of Madagascar and Reed Gunther! When:Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, 1-3 p.m. Where:Meltdown Comics, 7522 Sunset Blvd. L os Angeles, CA 90046 Phone: 323-851-7723 www.meltcomics.com Press Release: Kids…