QC Anime-zing! is excited to announce that next year the anime convention will be held June 17-19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa at The RiverCenter which features over 100,000 square feet of convention space. QC Anime-zing! is a three-day festival celebrating Japanese arts and animation, and the fandom surrounding them.

QC Anime-zing! was first held this past weekend at The Lodge Hotel & Convention Center (Jumer's Castle Lodge) in Bettendorf, Iowa.

QC Anime-zing! 2011 is delighted to be expanding to the RiverCenter, which has over 100,000 square feet of usable convention space. The convention will utilize much of this space for a greatly expanded Exhibit Hall (Dealer's Room and Artist's Alley), and an expanded mainstage area.

"We had such an amazing convention this year, next year will be unbelievable," said Ryan Kopf, the convention's senior executive committee organizer.

QC Anime-zing! 2011 guests will be announced in the near future, pending guest announcements from two other convention's organized by the staff of QC Anime-zing: Anime-ZAP! and Anime-SPARK! Guests in 2010 included Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo, Lelouch, Vash the Stampede, Black Power Ranger), Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd from the Power Rangers, Wizardmon), and Spike Spencer (Shinji Akari, Rolo Lamperouge, Hanataro Yamada, Marth).

Events at QC Anime-zing! 2011 will include a cosplay masquerade, a rave, a formal ball, video gaming, guest discussions, panels, workshops, board gaming, collible card gaming, anime screenings, and a hall cosplay contest. The convention will also include a ConSuite hospitality suite that features free ramen, rice, and soda all weekend.

Rooms for the convention can be booked at The Radisson, which is attached to the convention center via SkyWalk. The convention rate is $109.00 per night. QC Anime-zing! 2011 has worked out a discounted rate of $69.00 for Sunday night, and some programming is expected to continue into late Sunday evening. Rooms can be booked by calling The Radisson at (563) 322-2200 and mentioning QC Anime-zing!

Registration for the entire weekend for QC Anime-zing! 2011 starts at $30.00 until March 20th, 2011. The price increases to $38.00 through May 20th. Weekend registration at the door costs $45.00.

Press Release for June 22nd, 2010

Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that they will be exhibiting at Florida Supercon in South Florida this weekend. Three three-day comic book, anime, animation, video game, fantasy and sci-fi convention will be open to the public on Friday, June 18 running through Sunday, June 20, 2010, at the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Convention Center in Miami.

Fans who stop by the Top Cow booth will be among the first to get a glimpse and purchase Velocity #1 by Ron Marz (Witchblade, Artifacts) and Kenneth Rocafort (Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer, Madame Mirage). The story centers on the Carin Taylor, the fastest woman in the world. At least, she’d better be if she wants to save her own life and the lives of her Cyberforce teammates. When a former Cyberdata scientist – and test subject – seeks revenge against the members of Cyberforce, only Velocity can save her friends before the clock literally runs out. Velocity #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday, June 30th.

The publisher will be offering two exclusive Florida Supercon variants for the event: a blank sketch Velocity #1 Past Present and Future Comics variant and a Rocafort line art Velocity #1 Tate’s Comics variant. The exclusives are both extremely limited and will be initially made available at Florida Supercon. Fans will also be able to pick up numerous free promotional items and free comics at the Top Cow booth. Publisher Filip Sablik will be available at 4:00-5:30pm on Saturday, June 19 and at 12:30-1:30pm on Sunday, June 20 for portfolio reviews for aspiring artists.

On Saturday, June 19 at 1:00-2:00pm, join Sablik as he shares with guests of the panel what’s coming from Top Cow in 2010, including exclusive early looks and exciting announcements.

Press Releas for June 17, 2010

Fresh from a triumphant first season on the Starz original series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” stars Andy Whitfield (Spartacus), Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), John Hannah (Batiatus), Viva Bianca (Ilythia), and Executive Producer and Head Writer Steven S. DeKnight will appear on a panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 23. The day ends with a Spartacus-sponsored late night “Wrath of Con” party where the stars will be in attendance.

Whitfield and Bianca’s first San Diego appearance will be joined by Comic-Con veterans Lawless, Hannah and DeKnight. The team will discuss the unique narrative approach to the ancient legend as well as giving the fans a glimpse of what to expect from the upcoming Spartacus prequel, which begins filming in New Zealand this August.

”I’m very excited to be at my first Comic-Con and meet the fans who have made this show an international success,” Whitfield said.

”We’re looking forward to returning to San Diego,” DeKnight added. “When we presented at last year’s Comic-Con, we could tell by the audience reaction that we had something special. This year, with the prequel and season 2 in the works, we have even more to share with the fans.”

“The 2009 Comic-Con kicked off our ‘Spartacus’ marketing campaign,” says Starz EVP, Marketing, Nancy McGee. “We were thrilled at the response, and are excited to bring Andy, Lucy, John and Viva so they can see first-hand the excitement the show has generated from audiences all over the world.”

About “Spartacus: Blood and Sand”

“Spartacus: Blood and Sand – The Complete First Season” will be released on Blu-Ray™ and DVD on September 21st from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Airing exclusively on Starz, “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” is produced by Starz Media with Executive Producers Rob Tapert (30 Days of Night, Evil Dead Trilogy), Sam Raimi (Spider-Man and Evil Dead Trilogy), Joshua Donen (The Quick and the Dead), along with DeKnight (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” the top-rated show on Fridays for adults (18-49 based on coverage rating) on all of cable for 12 of its 13 episodes, was inspired by the actual slave of the Roman Republic who in 73 BC led a slave revolt that grew to more than 120,000 fighters. Defying the Roman Republic’s legions of soldiers, they campaigned for two years through much of what is now Italy before succumbing to a much larger army.

About Starz Entertainment

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie and original programming entertainment service provider operating in the United States. The company offers 16 premium channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 17.1 million and 31.1 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs in total more than 1,000 movies and original series every month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Starz, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

Press Release for June 19th, 2010

In the midst of an overwhelmingly successful 2010 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, Wizard Entertainment CEO Gareb Shamus today announced that the event will return to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, June 10-12, 2011.

This year’s event, which concluded on Sunday, featured stars Patrick Stewart, Adam West, Bruce Campbell, James Marsters, Linda Hamilton and more than 150 celebrities, comic artists and writers. The 10th Philadelphia Comic Con brought together fans of pop culture, comics, toys and collectibles and offered a chance to see the best each industry has to offer.
“We were blown away by the response to our 10th Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con this weekend,” said Shamus. “The crowds and the general excitement for the event were way up, and we plan on expanding our list of guests, artists and vendors even more in 2011.”

For more Philadelphia Comic Con guest and programming updates, check out our fan page PHILADELPHIA COMIC CON on Facebook.

Press Release for July 13th, 2010