GARDEN STATE COMIC FEST JULY 9-10TH WITH SPECIAL GUEST KEVIN EASTMAN

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Excited to see that Eastman will be there and happy that CGC will be there to drop off some books.

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GSCF is proud to welcome Legendary artist and writer Walter Simonson to Garden State Comic Fest July 9-10th in Morristown NJ.

Simonson is most known for his work on Thor, which he wrote and illustrated for nine years, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill and Malekith the Accursed

Among others.

He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.

In addition to his work for both Marvel and DC, Simonson has also generated a considerable body of creator-owned work, like Star-Slammers and Ragnarök. Simonson is married to Louise Simonson. The couple made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.

Simonson has won numerous awards for his work and has influenced artists such as Arthur Adams and Todd McFarlane.

At the 2010 Harvey Awards, Simonson received the 2010 Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented to him by his wife, Louise Simonson.

Currently Walter has been working on his creator-owned series Ragnarök published by IDW Publishing. It features a version of Thor unrelated to the Marvel character. The first issue was published in July 2014.

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GSCF is pleased to announce Mr. Blue Devil himself Paris Cullins is coming to Garden State Comic Fest. (SUNDAY ONLY)

Paris is best known for his work on DC Comics' Blue Devil and Blue Beetle, and Marvel Comics' Hyperkind, but has worked on a number of books including Green Lantern, Super Girl, X-Factor, Firestorm, JLA, and Silver Surfer to name a few.

 

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GSCF is proud to announce Jason David Frank is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!

Best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in the long-running TV show Power Rangers, Jason morphed into a series of different rangers over the years: Mighty Morphin Green and White, Red Zeo, Red Turbo, and then returned in 2004 as the Black DinoThunder Ranger. All in all, ‘Tommy’ appeared in more episodes than any other character, 225 in total, and appeared in both full-length movies, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie” (1995) and “Turbo” (1997).

Jason will be there SATURDAY ONLY!!

 

Get your tickets now at www.gardenstatecomicfest.com

 

[Bird]

I am looking forward to this show. I am hoping that Kevin Eastman's lines will be manageable as I may try to get a SS or two. maybe late Sunday.

 

I hope he is scheduled to be there all day and not just for signings.

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Kevin Eastman will be there both days all days!!

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5 WEEKS AWAY!!!

Get your tickets today for NJ'S BEST COMIC EVENT of the SUMMER!

Featuring Greg Hildebrandt, Kevin B. Eastman, Jim Steranko, Jason David Frank, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Ralph Anthony Rags Morales, Joe Staton, Brian Pulido, Alex Saviuk, Jan Duursema, Tom Mandrake, Ashley M Witter, Robert Bruce, Tom Palmer, Bob Camp, Larry Hama, Tom Raney, Diana Leto, Tara McPherson, Billy Tucci, Jim Calafiore, and so many more great and talented artists and creators!

With so many more great guest announcements coming SOON!!! GSCF has more than 80,000sft of all of your favorite COMICS, TOYS, COLLECTIBLES, ART, and COSPLAY!!!!

Get your tickets now at www.gardenstatecomicfest.com or at these locations Dewey's Comic City, East Side Mags, Fat Moose Comics and Games, Mennen Arena Box Office, And Zapp Comics!!!!!

GREAT TIME, PLACE, FRIENDS, COMICS and all at a GREAT PRICE!!!!

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GSCF Is Very Excited to Welcome Back Adam Kubert to Garden State Comic Fest for a rare signing!!

 

ADAM WILL BE SIGNING AT THE KUBERT SCHOOL BOOTH ON SATURDAY JULY 9TH!!

 

Adam, known for his legendary work for publishers such as Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics, including work on Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, and Avengers vs. X-Men. He is probably best-known for his work at Marvel Comics, in particular for a sporadic run on the solo Wolverine title with writer Larry Hama.

Adam graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in medical illustration. He also attended the The Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey, from which he duly graduated and has since become one of the industry's leading professional comic book artists.

Adam and his brother Andy are instructors at The Kubert School, which was founded by their father Joe Kubert.

 

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GSCF is proud to annouce Jesse Wichmann to Garden State Comic Fest!!

Jesse is a tattoo artist, best selling comic book illustrator and author hailing from upstate New York.

Classically trained in fine art illustration, Jesse applies his vivid imagination, fantastic storytelling and highly detailed artwork to the world of comic books.

“For me, creating unique characters & writing their stories to share with the world is in my blood. Making comics is pretty much all I’ve ever wanted to do since discovering them as a little boy. Life has taken me down some bumpy roads, but all paths have always led me back to making comics.”

Currently Jesse tattoos at Fast Lane Tattoo in Castleton NY and illustrates full time, providing exclusive cover art for Brian Pulidos Coffin Comics and various titles for Aspen/Big Dog Ink. Additionally he produces a variety of self published projects including Thief of Hearts, a 12 issue pulp adventure romance series coming soon to kickstarter.

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GSCF Is Very Excited to Welcome Back Adam Kubert to Garden State Comic Fest for a rare signing!!

 

ADAM WILL BE SIGNING AT THE KUBERT SCHOOL BOOTH ON SATURDAY JULY 9TH!!

 

Adam, known for his legendary work for publishers such as Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics, including work on Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, and Avengers vs. X-Men. He is probably best-known for his work at Marvel Comics, in particular for a sporadic run on the solo Wolverine title with writer Larry Hama.

Adam graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in medical illustration. He also attended the The Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey, from which he duly graduated and has since become one of the industry's leading professional comic book artists.

Adam and his brother Andy are instructors at The Kubert School, which was founded by their father Joe Kubert.

 

Do you have any details about his signing? What time will he be there? Does VIP get you to the front of the line? Thanks.

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Adam will arrive between 12-1pm and stay as long as there is a line. We are working to get VIP's a fast pass to this signing as well

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ATTENTION VIP TICKET HOLDERS:

 

We are pleased to announce we will be dropping random goodies in the VIP swag bags (1:3 if all tickets sell out which they will as they are almost gone) including certificates for free original sketches at the show by some very talented artists, signed books, and other great items. But 2 lucky ticket holders will be walking away with an exclusive Greg Hildebrandt variant sketch cover!

So not only do you get an hour early on each day, Fast Pass lines for some of the major signings, preffered seating at all panels and contests, the exlcusive Mad Love Hildebrandt print, and a GSCF swag bag full of coupons and other cool stuff. You have the chance to walk away with a Hildebrandt original!!

As fans ourselves, we keep all tickets to GSCF very reasonably priced.

Get your tickets at www.Gardenstatecomicfest.com before they run out

 

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GSCF is pleased to welcome Robert Bruce to Garden State Comic Fest this July 9-10th at the Mennen Arena in Morristown NJ!!

Rob Bruce is the man who Kevin Smith and the Comic Book Men call when they have a rare collectible on AMC's "Comic Book Men" as well as a consulting producer on the show. He has more than 30 years of convention experience and has produced a number of con's on his own, as well as contributing to a number of Overstreet's Price Guides, and can be heard on various podcast. He will "Appraise" your vintage toy - comic or collectible (1 item) for free. All 2 days. And is currently completing his upcoming book "Zen and the Art of Collecting" (to be published in late 2016)

 

Tickets available at www.GardenStateComicFest.com

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GSCF is proud to welcome writer Scott Lobdell to Garden State Comic Fest.

In the 1990s Scott became known for his work on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles, specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. He wrote the first 28 issues of Generation X, and at one point was writing both main X-Men titles for a lengthy run. He also had runs with the Excalibur and X-Factor titles. Scott was the primary creative force behind most of the major X-title related storylines, especially the major cross-overs, throughout a majority of the 1990s, including "X-Cutioner's Song", "Fatal Attractions", "Phalanx Covenant", "Age of Apocalypse", the "Onslaught" saga, and "Operation: Zero Tolerance". He returned briefly to Marvel in 2001, to try and tie up loose ends he left behind and wrote one last storyline, dubbed "Eve of Destruction".

Many of the concepts and even characters created by Scott Lobdell and fellow X-Men writer Fabian Nicieza were used throughout the run of the popular 1990s X-Men: The Animated Series.

Lobdell had writing stints on Marvel's Daredevil, Alpha Flight and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He also wrote several of the first issues of the "Heroes Reborn" reboots of both Iron Man and Fantastic Four.

Lobdell was responsible for having the Marvel Comics character Northstar come out as a homosexual. While the character's orientation had been hinted at previously by other writers. Lobdell broke from this having Northstar out himself publicly as a gay superhero in order to bring attention to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Royalties from that issue were donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. He would later introduce the first new gay superhero of DC's New 52 relaunch, codenamed Bunker, to the Teen Titans lineup. This would be the most prominent gay character in the team's history since Hero Cruz joined Titans LA.

In 2011, Lobdell took on the writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws, which debuted as part of DC Comics' company-wide title re-launch, The New 52.and a new Teen Titans comic starring Red Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash and three new characters. His run on Teen Titans ended with Volume 4 Issue 30, the series was relaunched soon afterwards with writer Will Pfeifer and art provided by Kenneth Rocafort. The team now comprises Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Bunker and new members Raven and Beastboy.

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One of the great things about Garden State Comic Fest is we are a comic convention that actually has COMICS!!! You will get the chance to explore over 30 comic vendors covering everything from Golden Age to Modern! From perfect key issues to fillers to complete a run. Or maybe that book you had as a kid and just want to read again. It will be here! From world renowned dealers like Metropolis Comics & Collectibles to your favorite local shop, They will be here! So get your lists ready as GSCF will be a comic lovers paradise!

Last year GSCF had both a Action #1 and Detective #27 on display at the Metropolis Booth. It was the 1st time in over 20 years these books could be seen together at a Jersey show .

What will you see this year??

 

TICKETS ARE GOING FAST!!

www.GardenStateComicFest.com

 

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Will there any any art dealers at the show?

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GSCF is proud to announce we will be holding a Charity Art Auction Saturday July 9th in the Lake Placid Room at Garden State Comic Fest!

The auction will benefit Shelter Love Events with all proceeds going to this amazing charity that helps raise money for animal shelters and pet rescues throughout NJ and NY. The auction will be hosted by John Paul!

We will have a number of amazing pieces of original art and lithographs going on the block including work from Neil D Vokes, Greg Hildebrandt, Christopher Ivy, Fernando Ruiz, Sean Von Gorman, and Kevin B. Eastman to name a few!!!

One special piece is a legendary Avengers Jam Piece that was fiinally completed and is shown below:

Iron Man by Jimmy Cheung

Wasp by David Finch

Thor by Walter Simonson

Hulk by Rich Buckler

Captain America by George Pérez

Hawkeye by Joe Staton

Black Widow by Greg Hildebrandt

Ant-Man by Neal Adams

and Nick Fury by Jim Steranko

If anyone would like to see any of the pieces being auctioned off they can be viewed all day Saturday at the Shelter Love Events table in the lobby of GSCF!

[Bird]

Anyone boardies going to this show?

 

I think I may drop by on Sunday (family obligations Saturday) to drop off some books (1st prescreen ever for me) and maybe get a few signature series done as well.

 

If anyone wants to do a nice lunch and talk comics/comic art let me know.

[Old Fashion PB and J]

I will be there

[srezvan]

I'll be there