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TFcon 2014 Hotel Block Now Available

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The TFcon 2014 hotel block is now available. You can book your hotel room for TFcon 2014 by calling the Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre reservation department direct and toll free at 1-800-422-8238 or book online. When booking by phone, please ask for the TFcon rate to receive the discount. You can book your room via the 2014 hotel reservation website at https://www.deltahotels.com/Groups/Delt ... Conference

The group rate is good for July 7th to July 18th, 2014 at the price of $109 per room. No deposit is required to reserve your room now. You have until the day before your reservation to cancel your room if you can’t make the convention.

NYCC 2013 Hasbro Press Event Coverage: Additional Images of Transformers: Age of Extinction Leader Class Optimus Prime - Plus Images from Other Product Lines

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Official Images of Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime

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TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS OPTIMUS PRIME Leader Scale Figure
(Ages: 4 & up /Approx. Retail Price: $44.99/Available: May 2014)
The Leader Scale OPTIMUS PRIME figure from Hasbro is part of the TRANSFORMERS brand’s popular GENERATIONS action figure line and is inspired by the upcoming TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION movie from Paramount Pictures. This impressive figure is the first to be revealed from the highly anticipated 2014 TRANSFORMERS line. This extraordinary OPTIMUS PRIME figure features an all new deco, converts from robot to vehicle and is styled in the character’s new look as he will appear in TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION. Additional features and accessories including an impressive new sword and shield let fans relive the action of the blockbuster movie series. The TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS OPTIMUS PRIME LEADER SCALE FIGURE will become available at major retailers beginning in May, 2014 in advance of TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION coming to theaters on June 27, 2014.

Hasbro Press Event Coverage: First Images of Transformers: Age of Extinction Leader Class Optimus Prime!

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IDW Presents Transformers Night at St. Marks Comics NYC

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• Transformers Prime cartoon and comic writer Mairghread Scott
• Transformers: Robots in Disguise Artist Andrew Griffith
• IDW Inker Brian Shearer
• Transformers Ultimate Pop Up Universe author and designer Matthew Reinhart

IDW Hits NYCC - Any New Transformers Plans?

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Publisher To Host 5 Must-See Panels At This Year’s Sold-Out Convention

San Diego, CA (October 8, 2013) –New York Comic-Con will be the east coast’s largest gathering of comic fans, creators and publishers alike! IDW will be joining the list of big names at this fan-favorite convention with a number of panels that will be the talk of the show!

In addition to these stellar panels Taran Killam and Marc Andreyko will be selling NYCC exclusive variants with cover art by the legendary Bill Willingham of the debut issue of their new series The Illegitimates, a full month before they go on sale! Find them at Kevin Sharpe’s table in artist’s alley, #U15!

Now, check out the list, and join IDW’s all-star creators at these four-star events!

IDW: The Most Explosive Panel of 2013!
Saturday, October 12 -- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, Room 1A10
Join IDW's Dirk Wood, Chris Ryall, and Scott Dunbier, along with acclaimed creator DARWYN COOKE and another surprise legendary guest, as they set off an explosion of exciting new projects for 2014 and beyond. Includes three announcements that are sure to set the Con on fire! This panel will be a true one-of-a-kind experience that has to be seen to be believed!

IDW Presents: Taran Killam’s Illegitimates
Sunday, October 13 -- 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM, Room 1A14
Fresh off his "night job" the evening before, SNL actor/comedian Taran Killam is appearing alongside co-writer Marc Andreyko and IDW's Dirk Wood and Chris Ryall, to discuss his exciting new comic-book series, The Illegitimates! Come get the lowdown on the new series, the new SNL season, and plenty o' laughs at this special panel delivered Live from New York!

YOE! Books Presents: Fiends, Ghouls & Haunted Horror!
Saturday, October 12 -- 4:15 - 5:15 PM, Room 1A06
Join the award-winning comics historian Craig Yoe for a lively discussion and Q&A session about the pre-code classic comics that gave you night terrors! And make sure and swing by Craig Yoe’s booth at the show, #588!

IDW Publishing: Creator Visions
Sunday, October 12 -- 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM, Room 1A10
Join IDW's VP of Marketing, Dirk Wood, and a virtual cavalcade of today's most exciting creators. Featuring rising stars from David Wohl's Darby Pop imprint, the creative team from the hit digital "America's Army" comics, and much more, come down and witness Wood and company pulling back the curtain on IDW's most exciting new projects for 2014!

WILL.I.AM's Wizards & Robots
Friday, October 11 -- 1:45 - 2:45 PM, Room 1A23
Musician and visionary creative Will.i.am is launching a special project with IDW, Wizards and Robots. Will is making his first-ever comic-con appearance to discuss the comic, chat about futurism, and how he just might change the comic-book world through this unique project.

Be sure to catch all of the amazing IDW panels filled with surprise guests to hear the biggest news of the year first!

Savcon 2014, June 27-29 2014 - Preregistration Now Open

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slugslinger71 wrote:Savcon, now revamped for 2014, is catered to everyone. With us still being relatively new in Savannah, Georgia we want to make sure that all fans in and around our surrounding area as well as all over the country benefit from what we have to offer.
That being said, our show has incorporated 80's nostalgia, Anime, TF, GI Joe, Thundercats, TMNT, HeMan, Super Heroes etc. to become a pop culture convention. While still remaining true to our roots, which is Transformers, we will now offer something for all genre types so everyone can enjoy the weekend in 2014.
Here is but a glance of what we have to offer you for our show on June 27-29, 2014.

Guests :
Dan Gilvezan :
Spider-man/Peter Parker in Spider-man & his Amazing Friends, Bumble Bee, Outback, Snapdragon & Hotspot in Transformers G1, Sean Harrison in Jem, Brick Bradley/Bugman on TMNT, Dirk Courage on Spiral Zone, Cooler in Pound Puppies, Questar in Dino Riders and especially mentioning he was Slip-Stream & Beach Head in GI Joe.
He has also guest starred on many television shows, including The Bernie Mac Show, NYPD Blue, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Family Ties, ALF, thirtysomething, Punky Brewster, Archie Bunker's Place, Newhart, Moonlighting, Perfect Strangers, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Step by Step, Evening Shade, Alice, Boston Legal, Hill Street Blues & Diagnosis Murder.

Richard Epcar :
Richard has voiced over 300 characters in Games, Animation and Anime. He started out in “Robotech” and is best known for playing Batou in “Ghost In The Shell” and “Ghost In The Shell 2 : Innocence” as well as in the “Ghost in The Shell” TV Series. Some other shows you’ve heard him in are “Legend Of Korra“, “Lupin The Third“, “Naruto“, “Transformers : RID“, “Bleach“, “GTO“, “Gundam“, “Macross“, “Cyber Soldier 009“, “Digimon“, “X-Men“ and “Power Rangers“ to name a few, video games including: "Kingdom Hearts", "Injustice: Gods Among Us" as the Joker, "Mortal Kombat Vs. D.C. Universe" as the Joker and Raiden, "Call Of Duty : Black Ops", "Star Wars", "Transformers : War For Cybertron", "Command & Conquer", "Starcraft", "Dead Space", "Xenosaga", "World Of WarCraft", "Star Ocean", "Splinter Cell", "Guilty Gear", ".Hack", "Street Fighter", "Shadow Hearts", "Black Hawk Down", "Medal Of Honor", "Ghost Recon", "Bayonetta" and "Tekken"


Some of the attraction we will be having :
* Autograph Sessions
* Custom Cars in the parking lot (Including an authentic ECTO-1 from the Carolina Ghostbusters!)
* Cosplay Panel
* Voice Directing Panel
* Special Guest Panel (formerly named the Voice Acting Panel)
* Carolina Ghostbusters Ultimate Panel
* Anime Outtake Reel Hosted by Richard Epcar
* Figure Customizing Panel
* Cosplay Photography
* Costume Contest (Teen & Adult competition)
* Door Prizes (Grand prizes are BBTS exclusives Transformers : Prime Dark Energon Optimus Prime and Dark Energon Megatron Figures)
* 1,900 square foot Dealer Room
* Artist Alley
* Preregister Dinner with all special guests! (limited to only 40 people)
So much more!

We have split our preregister into 2 packages. "Basic" and "Ultimate" Your convention experience will be determined by the package you choose. All packages are affordable for any budget.
Preregister for our show begins on October 1st. 2013.
For all the information, please go to http://www.savcon.net to read all about what we have planned!

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Virginia Comicon Convention Exclusive Transformers: Dark Cybertron #1 Cover by Rob Liefeld

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Convention guest Rob Liefeld, creator of Youngblood and Deadpool, has supplied a convention exclusive cover for IDW Publishing's Transformers: Dark Cybertron #1, and convention guest SL Gallant has illustrated a convention variant for G.I. Joe #196, which is written by Virginia Comicon guest Larry Hama.

Official NYCC Acid Free Prints: Autobot and Decepticon Group Shots

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Both prints measure 18×24, and will be available FIRST at AcidFree’s booth at the upcoming New York Comic-Con, October 10-13th!

There will also be a super-rare PRISM FOIL variant on each. Any leftover prints from the convention will be available on Acid Free’s site after the convention.

Josh Burcham Attending Rose City Comic Con, Portland, This Weekend

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I'll be at the Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon this weekend, September 21-22nd, in Artist Alley (table o-10) with prints, doing sketches, selling MTMTE #1 sketch covers, signing books, and just hanging out!