PUBLISHER LOCATIONS ASPEN Location: 967, 1066 Aspen MLT, Inc. is an entertainment publishing company founded in January 2003 by superstar comic artist Michael Turner. Priding itself on producing entertainment properties of the highest quality visual and storytelling elements, Aspen MLT, Inc. quickly carved its mark on the comic book industry. ACTION LAB Location: 647,746 The Action Lab is a group of mad scientists who collectively have over 25 years of comic book creating experience. After slaving in obscurity and alone for many years, these quasi-evil geniuses have now gathered together from around the globe to form a secret research and development collective devoted to world domination through the purification of the comic book art form. The Action Lab has sworn to use its powers for a single purpose — to bring the world the most action packed, most thought-provoking, most entertaining comics available, thereby ushering in a new age of world peace under the dominating yet benign control of the Action Lab. BLUMHOUSE Location: 635 Blumhouse Productions is a multi-media production company that has pioneered a new model of studio filmmakingproducing high-quality micro-budget films for wide release. Since its launch, Blumhouse has produced the highly profitable Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious and Sinister franchises. For television, Blumhouse is working on both scripted and non-scripted shows including projects for Syfy (Ascension), MTV (Eye Candy), ABC and Mike Darnell. Blumhouse’s upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Ouija and The Boy Next Door for Universal and the next chapter in the Insidious franchise for Focus Features. Whiplash with Sony Pictures Classics will be out this fall. CON MAN Location: 1380 Con Man’, launched by Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillon, exposed the world to an epic science fiction saga at it’s heart. Now, the story of ‘Spectrum’ is being told in an exciting four book series. A vicious attack from an invading alien force is unleashed on Earth. The human race suffers catastrophic casualties, but the apocryphal dreams of Captain James Raaker (Nathan Fillion) warn him that the suffering has just begun. Their only hope lies with an untested spaceship built by a madman with his stolen alien technology. DARK PLANET Location: 659 “DARK PLANET COMICS is the home of Stephan Franck’s original comics and entertainment properties. Director, writer, animator and comic book creator Stephan Franck has worked on over 25 feature films, most notably as a supervising animator on THE IRON GIANT, and story artist on DESPICABLE ME. His debut graphic Novel SILVER was nominated for the 2014 Russ Manning Award at San Diego Comic Con, and the 2015 Geekie Award for Best Comic Book/Graphic Novel (winner to be announced in oct 2015).” DEL REY Location: 1467, 1469, 1566, 1568 Del Rey Books began as an imprint of Ballantine Books in 1977. Begun by editor Judy-Lynn del Rey with the editorial assistance of her husband, author and editor Lester del Rey, Del Rey Books quickly grew into the most robust science fiction/fantasy imprint in the field. DEVIL’S DUE / 1FIRST COMICS Location: 643 Devil’s Due is a North American based comic book publisher and pop culture content creator. Many hundreds of issues of comic books carry the Devil’s Due brand name since its initial creation by Josh Blaylock in 2000. FAKKU Location: 652 FAKKU is the largest hentai publisher in the United States! KWKCOMIC Location: 661 KWKComic is the brainchild of award winning comic and animation artist, Bret Blevins, and his son Tim Blevins. The KWKComic mission is to bring the storytelling experience to the next level by merging the artwork, music and animations of professional artists with the personal content of their fans. These stories can be shared across the KWKComic community and a variety of other venues offering a more dynamic and enriched environment than what is currently available within existing Social Networks. LIGHTSPEED FINE ARTS Location: 649, 748 We offer original art featuring your favorite science fiction movies and TV series. Visit us at conventions worldwide & meet your favorite celebrities, too! SKYBOUND Location: 767, 769, 866, 868 Skybound is the home of Robert Kirkman’s creator-owned work including his Eisner Award-winning comic book series, The Walking Dead, long-running Invincible, all-ages Super Dinosaur,Thief of Thieves and Clone as well as Witch Doctor, Guarding the Globe and The Astounding Wolf-Man. Since its inception, Skybound has created television shows, merchandise and a wide spectrum of platforms, games and entertainment events (The Walking Dead Escape). Skybound’s successes include the comic behind the hit Emmy ® -winning television show, AMC’s The Walking Dead. STRANGER COMICS Location: 1279,1281 STRANGER COMICS is a multiplatform publishing company based in Los Angeles. It aims to become the premier brand for quality in the digital age. Founded by Sebastian A. Jones (MVP Records), Stranger has several strategic alliances that ideally position the company for the coming media revolution. These include producer Lloyd Levin (Watchmen, Hellboy 1 & 2, Tomb Raider 1 & 2), visual effects guru and Filmworks/fx owner Ken Locsmandi (The Matrix, Donnie Darko, Apocalypto, Fight Club), director and producer Andrew Cosby (Co-Creator of Eureka, Co-Founder of Boom! Studios), producer Andrew Sugerman (Conviction, Shop Girl), and practical effects giant New Deal Studios (The Dark Knight, Inception, Watchmen). VALIANT Location: 758, 760 Valiant is a leading character-based entertainment company with a library of over 1,500 characters, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Shadowman, Eternal Warrior, and many more. Established in 1989, Valiant has sold over 80 million comic books, and today its characters continue to be forged in publishing, licensing, film, video games, and beyond. WORDFIRE PRESS Location: 1367, 1369, 1466, 1468 WordFire Press, a publishing company owned by New York Times bestsellers Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta. WRITING EXCUSES Location: 1378 “Writing Excuses is a fast-paced, educational podcast for writers, by writers. It airs weekly, with new episodes appearing each Sunday evening at around 6pm Eastern Time. The show is hosted by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells, with guests featured from time to time. Our goal is to help our listeners become better writers. Whether they write for fun or for profit, whether they’re new to the domain or old hands, we have something to offer. We love to write, and our listeners do, too.” ZENESCOPE Location: 734, 736 Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco started out writing screenplays together about fifteen years ago but the two eventually came up with the idea that evolved into Zenescope Entertainment. The company was founded in 2005 and has become one of the most recognized independent comic book and graphic novel publishers in the world. Ralph and Joe’s edgy and nontraditional brand of storytelling sets them apart from the pack. 40 June 2-5, 2016 • Phoenixcomicon.com • Phoenix Convention Center
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