Mid-Ohio-Con is thrilled to announce that artist Barry Kitson will join us as our special guest for Mid-Ohio-Con 2010. Best known for his work on Marvel's flagship title, The Amazing Spider-Man, Kitson's first professional work was Spider-Man for Marvel UK and he rapidly developed a fan following based on his art in 2000 AD on the popular Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson strips.

His first work for DC Comics was the Batgirl Special Edition followed long tenures on L.E.G.I.ON. and Azrael. The British sensation went to draw DC's cornerstone characters Superman and Batman on a regular basis. With Mark Waid he worked on the maxi-series JLA Year One and The Brave & The Bold. In 2004, Kitson helped re-launch Legion of Superheroes for DC and continued on it for two and a half years ending with issue #31.

In 2007, Kitson signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics where he has wowed fans with his work on titles including The Order, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, and The Amazing Spider-Man. Kitson will be sketching up a storm for fans at Mid-Ohio-Con and may even be working up an exclusive promotional piece for the 30th anniversary show if his schedule allows.

Now entering its 30th year, Mid-Ohio-Con is one of America's longest-running and most successful comic book and pop culture conventions. Each year, Mid-Ohio-Con brings fans of all ages together with leading comic book writers and artists, film and television creators and stars, as well as publishers and retailers from across the nation. Mid-Ohio-Con 2010 will be held on November 6-7 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Visit us online at www.midohiocon.com.

This week, Marvel arrives at the first ever Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo to catapult the newest entertainment event to the ultimate level! Marvel (Booth #758), along with the hottest creators in the industry, bring fans all that they’ve been craving and more! Over the course of the three day mega-event, Marvel is bringing the fan service with tons of events, signings, and awe-inspiring on-stage events that will make C2E2 an event to remember! Marvel loves to give prizes away and at C2E2, there will be plenty to give out! Be sure to stop by the Marvel Booth (#758) for your chance to get in on the fun the entire weekend!

Friday, April 16th

2:00 - 2:30 PM Sega Iron Man 2 Videogame Demo

SEGA will be demoing the Iron Man 2 video game on the Xbox 360. Swing by, and suit up as Iron Man and, for the first time ever, War Machine in a story that takes you beyond the movie and into the comic universe in this all-new action adventure game. Bag yourself a show-only limited edition Iron Man 2 video game poster into the bargain.

3:00 - 4:00 PM Marvel Charades Game Show

Are you the living room champion of pantomime? Do you have a mutant ability to convey what you are thinking through simple hand gestures and body contortions? Can you drop it like it’s hot? Then make sure you are in the Marvel Booth as we choose fans from the crowd to team up with Marvel creators and editors to play Marvel Charades live on stage!

5:00 - 6:00 PM The Marvel Your Universe Game Show

Always wanted to be on a game show but never got the call? Well now’s your chance. Stop by the Marvel booth as we randomly select people from the audience to partner up with Marvel creators and editors as contestants on a live on-stage game show.

6:00-7:00 PM Super Happy Fun Marvel Giveaway Hour

You Make Yours Marvel every day and we appreciate it! And we’d like to show our appreciation by giving you some cool prizes like variant comic books, trade paperbacks, and hard-to-get autographed items. So stop by with your fellow Marvel Zombies (not the ones that enjoy brains) and you may be lucky enough to hop, skip and jump away with some gifts that will make you the envy of your family, friends, coworkers and pets.

Saturday. April 17th

12:00 - 1:00 PM Marvel Charades Game Show

Are you the living room champion of pantomime? Do you have a mutant ability to convey what you are thinking through simple hand gestures and body contortions? Can you drop it like it’s hot? Then make sure you are in the Marvel Booth as we choose fans from the crowd to team up with Marvel creators and editors to play Marvel Charades live on stage!

2:00 - 3:00 PM Marvel Costume Contest

Are you dressed as your favorite Marvel character? Then get your friendly neighborhood, star-spangled, best-at-what-you-do self down to the Marvel Booth at Comic-Con for The Marvel Costume Contest! Winners and runner ups will receive exclusive prizes! All entrants may also be featured in a gallery on Marvel.Com!

3:30 - 4:00 PM Sega Iron Man 2 Videogame Demo

SEGA will be demoing the Iron Man 2 video game on the Xbox 360. Swing by, and suit up as Iron Man and, for the first time ever, War Machine in a story that takes you beyond the movie and into the comic universe in this all-new action adventure game. Bag yourself a show-only limited edition Iron Man 2 video game poster into the bargain.

4:30 - 5:30 PM The Marvel Your Universe Game Show

Always wanted to be on a game show but never got the call? Well now’s your chance. Stop by the Marvel booth as we randomly select people from the audience to partner up with Marvel creators and editors as contestants on a live on-stage game show.

6:00 - 7:00 PM Super Happy Fun Marvel Giveaway Hour

You Make Yours Marvel every day and we appreciate it! And we’d like to show our appreciation by giving you some cool prizes like variant comic books, trade paperbacks, and hard-to-get autographed items. So stop by with your fellow Marvel Zombies (not the ones that enjoy brains) and you may be lucky enough to hop, skip and jump away with some gifts that will make you the envy of your family, friends, coworkers and pets.

Sunday, April 19th

12:00 - 1:00 PM Super Happy Fun Marvel Giveaway Hour

You Make Yours Marvel every day and we appreciate it! And we’d like to show our appreciation by giving you some cool prizes like variant comic books, trade paperbacks, and hard-to-get autographed items. So stop by with your fellow Marvel Zombies (not the ones that enjoy brains) and you may be lucky enough to hop, skip and jump away with some gifts that will make you the envy of your family, friends, coworkers and pets.

1:30 - 2:30 The Marvel Your Universe Game Show

Always wanted to be on a game show but never got the call? Well now’s your chance. Stop by the Marvel booth as we randomly select people from the audience to partner up with Marvel creators and editors as contestants on a live on-stage game show.

3:30 - 4:00 Sega Iron Man 2 Videogame Demo

SEGA will be demoing the Iron Man 2 video game on the Xbox 360. Swing by, and suit up as Iron Man and, for the first time ever, War Machine in a story that takes you beyond the movie and into the comic universe in this all-new action adventure game. Bag yourself a show-only limited edition Iron Man 2 video game poster into the bargain.

Make sure not to miss the first C2E2 ever! Join Marvel (Booth #758) and its talented creators at Lakeside Center at McCormick Place April 16th to the 18th. You really don’t want to miss out on the fantastic line up of superstar talent, exciting panels, and loads of top secret information that Marvel will be dishing up at C2E2!

Press Release for April 15th, 2010

Marvel arrives this April for the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo and Chicago will never be the same again! Marvel isn’t coming alone; it’s bringing its top talent to town as well!. Among the myriad of exciting events and panels Marvel (Booth #758) has planned for C2E2, there will also be a whole slew of signings over the course of the three day event!

FRIDAYMarvel at C2E2

1:00 – 2:00 PM

REILLY BROWN

JONATHAN HICKMAN

JIM MCCANN

FRED VAN LENTE

2:00 – 3:00 PM

MARJORIE LIU

PAUL PELLETIER

MIKE PERKINS

DANIEL WAY

3:00 – 4:00 PM

JOE QUESADA

4:00 – 5:00 PM

PETER DAVID

VALENTINE DELANDRO

BUTCH GUICE

SEAN MCKEEVER

5:00 – 6:00 PM

BOB LAYTON

KHOI PHAM

FRANK TIERI

PAUL TOBIN

5:30 – 6:30 PM

JEPH LOEB

GREG PAK

SATURDAY

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

ELIZABETH BREITWEISER

MITCH BREITWEISER

RON GARNEY

ADAM KUBERT

12:00 – 1:00 PM

JOE QUESADA

1:00 – 2:00 PM

REILLY BROWN

PETER DAVID

VALENTINE DELANDRO

KHOI PHAM

2:00 – 3:00 PM

RACHEL DODSON

TERRY DODSON

STUART MOORE

MIKE PERKINS

3:00 – 4:00 PM

JEPH LOEB

4:00 – 5:00 PM

DENNIS CALERO

GREG PAK

PAUL PELLETIER

FRED VAN LENTE

5:00 – 6:00 PM

SEAN MCKEEVER

FRANK TIERI

PAUL TOBIN

DANIEL WAY

6:00 – 7:00 PM

MIKE CHOI

JONATHAN HICKMAN

ALESSANDRO VITTI

SKOTTIE YOUNG

SUNDAY

10:30 - 11:30 AM

JEPH LOEB

1:30 AM – 12:30 PM

C.B. CEBULSKI

GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

MARJORIE LIU

DANIEL WAY

12:30 – 1:30 PM

ELIZABETH BREITWEISER

MITCH BREITWEISER

PETER DAVID

BUTCH GUICE

1:30 – 2:30 PM

REILLY BROWN

GREG PAK

KHOI PHAM

FRED VAN LENTE

2:30 – 3:30 PM

JIMMY CHEUNG

JIM MCCANN

PAUL PELLETIER

SKOTTIE YOUNG

This is the first C2E2 ever and Marvel plans to start off with style! Join Marvel (Booth #758) and its talented creators at Lakeside Center at McCormick Place April 16th to the 18th. You really don’t want to miss out on the fantastic line up of superstar talent, exciting panels, and loads of top secret information that Marvel will be dishing up at C2E2!

Press Release for April 13, 2010

In Association with Marvel Animation and Lionsgate Home Entertainment, The Paley Center for Media Will Host Top Film and Publishing Talent In Bicoastal Event in NYC and LA On January 14th, 2010

Tickets now available at newyorkcomiccon.com

Norwalk, CT, December 22, 2009 -- New York Comic Con (NYCC) and Newsarama.com have today announced a bicoastal event to take place on January 14th, 2010 at The Paley Center for Media in New York and in Los Angeles centered around Marvel Animation’s critically lauded and top-selling Planet Hulk saga that originally debuted to comic book fans in 2006. The event will feature an exclusive first screening of the upcoming animated film of the same name from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Marvel Animated Features as well as an opportunity to meet the talent behind both the popular comic book and the animated film during an evening that will also include limited-edition giveaways and creator signings.

Planet Hulk Planet Hulk is the highly anticipated animated feature scheduled for DVD and Blu-Ray Disc release on February 2, 2010 that follows the Incredible Hulk as he's sent into exile on a strange alien world after being banished from Earth. But will he be the champion of this new planet? Or the destroyer of it?

Marvel Animation panelists include the forces behind the story and production plus the green-guy himself. On the West Coast, Supervising Director Frank Paur, Supervising Producer Josh Fine, and the writer of the screenplay Greg Johnson will be on hand to discuss bringing one of Marvel¹s most legendary tales to film. Rick D. Wasserman, the voice of the “Hulk,” will be sharing his experience in bringing this iconic character to life. In New York, the panel will include President of Marvel Animation Eric Rollman who is responsible for all animated television and film properties including: , The Invincible Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Hulk Vs. and Wolverine and the X-Men.

Two of the architects behind the red-hot Fall of The Hulks Marvel Comics event, Jeph Loeb and Greg Pak, will attend the screenings to interact with fans and talk about major upcoming changes to the Hulk Family! For fans in LA, meet the Eisner-winning, Emmy-nominated Jeph Loeb as he reveals what’s in plan for the popular Red Hulk and talks about the shocking twists ahead for Hulk. Meanwhile, in NYC, fans can meet author Greg Pak, whose acclaimed work on the Planet Hulk comics inspired the animated feature!

Taking place at the Paley Center in both New York and Los Angeles, Newsarama and New York Comic Con will present Planet Hulk in its entirety at 6:30 PM local time, followed by panel discussions and signings with special guests at 8:00 PM. The NYC premiere will focus on the talent and creative process that first brought the Planet Hulk story to life in comics, while the LA event will showcase the cast and crew of the new Planet Hulk Animated Feature.

There are a limited number of tickets available to both the New York and Los Angeles Planet Hulk events. Tickets are free and will be distributed via Newsarama.com, NewYorkComicCon.com, and select comic book retailers beginning on December 23rd, timed to the comic book release of Fall of the Hulks: Gamma, the next legendary chapter for Marvel’s Incredible Hulk. Details about online and in-store ticket distribution will appear on Newsarama.com and NewYorkComicCon.com. Also, a limited number of free tickets will be available first come, first serve at paleycenter.org.

Fans should also keep their eyes on Newsarama.com and NewYorkComicCon.com for announcements including guest moderators, exclusive clips from the upcoming film, inside interviews with the panelists and more.

For more information about the upcoming animated film, please go to: http://www.planethulkdvd.com

ABOUT NEWSARAMA:
Newsarama.com provides comprehensive coverage and commentary of comics and genre-related entertainment. It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism. Entertainment Weekly included Newsarama in its list of "100 Greatest Websites," and the American Library Association lists it as a research resource in the field of comics. Newsarama is part of TechMediaNetwork, a network of technology and entertainment sites, which include TopTenREVIEWS.com, SPACE.com and LiveScience.com.

ABOUT NEW YORK COMIC CON:
New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture event. An enormous show floor plays host to top entertainment industry leaders showcasing the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, television, and more. New York Comic Con gives attendees access to top entertainment industry talent, panels, and autograph sessions as well as sneak peaks and at upcoming television shows and motion pictures. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market, bringing together the major players in the worlds of comics, film, and television. New York Comic Con is the biggest popular culture event on the East Coast and the only one that puts attendees and professionals in the core of pop culture, media, and licensing in the most exciting city in the US -- the birth place of comics -- Gotham City. Further information can be found at www.newyorkcomiccon.com. The next New York Comic Con is October 8-10, 2010 at the Jacob Javits Center.

ABOUT LIONSGATE:
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) is the leading next generation studio with a strong and diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel platform assets. Its most recent release, PRECIOUS, has already generated remarkable per screen averages at the box office in limited release and expanded to 629 screens on November 20. The Company's home entertainment business has grown to more than 7% market share and is an industry leader in its box office-to-DVD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

ABOUT MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.:
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics). Marvel's strategy is to leverage its franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world, including feature films, consumer products, toys, video games, animated television, direct-to-DVD and online.

ABOUT THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA:
The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public. Drawing upon its curatorial expertise, an international collection, and close relationships with the leaders of the media community, the Paley Center examines the intersections between media and society. The general public can access the collection and participate in programs that explore and celebrate the creativity, the innovations, the personalities, and the leaders who are shaping media. Through the global programs of its Media Council and International Council, the Paley Center also serves as a neutral setting where media professionals can engage in discussion and debate about the evolving media landscape. Previously known as The Museum of Television & Radio, the Paley Center was founded in 1976 by William S. Paley, a pioneering innovator in the industry. For more information, please visit www.paleycenter.org.