1st Annual Long Beach Comic Con
 

It's next week already!!!

Long Beach Comic Con

"Movie Screenings Include: Dark Country in 3-D, Trick R’ Treat with Michael Dougherty, Give ‘Em Hell Malone, and Dixie Dynamite


Comic Panels Include: DC Nation, IDW, Top Cow, Aspen, Marvel with Jeph Loeb, Educational sessions


Guests Include: Stan Lee, Thomas Jane, Seth Green, Jeff Katz, Mark Waid, Bob Wayne, Ian Sattler, David Peterson, Mark Paniccia, Berkley Breathed, Jeph Loeb, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Michael Dougherty, Nick Simmons


Exhibitors Include: Nintendo, Lions Gate, IDW, Aspen Entertainment, Top Cow Entertainment, Boom! Studios, Archaia, CGC, Atomic Apple


Baltimore, MD, September 22 – Long Beach Comic Con programming is official. With no shortage of premieres, comic panels, guests and exhibitors, the inaugural convention kicks off Friday, October 2 with a Stan Lee hosted ribbon cutting ceremony, which is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Long Beach Comic Con is October 2-4 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.


Scheduled throughout the weekend are four movie screening events: Trick R’ Treat, a Warner Brothers celebration of Halloween starring Anna Paquin and Brian Cox, screens Saturday, October 3rd at 3:00pm. Writer/Director Michael Dougherty will host the screening and host a Q&A session. Sony Pictures Dark Country in 3-D, which marks Thomas Jane’s directorial debut, and stars Jane and Ron Perlman, screens Friday, the 2nd at 7:00pm. The 3-D projection is being provided by Stereoscopic Projection courtesy of the 3D Movie Division of the Stereo Club of Southern California (la3dclub.com). Raw Entertainment’s, Give ’Em Hell Malone, an action flick starring Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible, Surrogates, Pulp Fiction) is Saturday, October 3rd at 6:00pm. On Sunday, October 4th at 1:00pm Anime fans will have a chance to check out Dixie Dynamite, a classic kung fu myth with redneck style!


On Saturday and Sunday, attendees can look for a DC Nation panel hosted by Bob Wayne, Jim Lee and Ian Sattler, and a Robot Chicken panel with its creative team including Seth Green. On the independent front, Archaia is hosting a panel about the New York Times bestselling Mouse Guard book with special guest David Peterson. IDW, in support of Bloom County: Volume 1, will be hosting a special panel with a rare convention appearance by the strip creator, Berkeley Breathed. A Boom! Studio panel featuring Mark Waid will let fans know what Boom! has planned for the future. Marvel will be conducting Portfolio Reviews on Saturday and Sunday with Editor Mark Paniccia, along with panel discussions throughout the weekend.


Saturday night at 8:00pm Kirby Krackle, the comic book rock band from Seattle will perform their brand new song, “Going Home” for the first time ever live at a concert, with proceeds going to the Hero Initiative.


“The programming is set, the guests are booked and we are really looking forward to a great first show in Long Beach,” event planner Martha Donato, President of MAD Event Management. “We can’t wait for the ribbon cutting ceremony and officially opening the show floor on Friday, October 2.”


For a complete list of events, guests, activities, ticket prices and times, visit www.longbeachcomiccon.com.


Tickets will also be available at select comic book and hobby shops in the area, including Golden Apple, Crazy Cat, Pulp Fiction, Amazing Comics and Cards, Comic Bug, Southern California Comics, Comics Unlimited, San Diego Comics, House of Secrets, Amazing Comics, Metropolis Comics, Meltdown Comics, DJ’s Universal, Geoffrey’s Comics, and Atomic Comics in the Phoenix area. Also, visit Frank & Son Collectible Show and buy your tickets there."