DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES

NEW YORK COMIC-CON 2012 SCHEDULE!

OCTOBER 5, MILWAUKIE, OR—It’s here! New York Comic-Con is upon us, and Dark Horse Comics is telling you all the goods ahead of time! Plan accordingly!

NYCC 2012 Dark Horse Comics Signing Schedule

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11

3:00 p.m.            THE ART OF CAMILLA D’ERRICO: Camilla D’Errico

4:00 p.m.            THE MIGHTY SKULLBOY ARMY: Jacob Chabot

5:00 p.m.            ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES: Joshua Williamson

6:00 p.m.             THE VICTORIES: Michael Avon Oeming

7:00 p.m.            DR. MCNINJA: Christopher Hastings

8:00 p.m.            STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC & LOST TRIBE OF THE SITH: Andrea Mutti

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

10:00 a.m.            DYNAMICS PRESENTS DARK HORSE SUPERHEROES: Phil Noto (Ghost), Joshua Williamson (Captain Midnight), Mike Richardson (Publisher)

11:00 a.m.            HELLBOY IN HELL: Mike Mignola

12:00 p.m.            TO HELL YOU RIDE: Lance Henriksen, Tom Mandrake*

                        •Ticketed event. Please see details below.

1:00 p.m.            NAUGHTY DOG STUDIOS: Neil Druckmann, Faith Erin Hicks

2:00 p.m.            BUFFYVERSE COMICS: Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Rebekah Isaacs (Angel & Faith)

3:00 p.m.            THE MASSIVE, STAR WARS, CONAN: Brian Wood

4:00 p.m.            THE SKY, DEVA ZAN, VAMPIRE HUNTER D: Yoshitaka Amano**

                        **Ticketed by New York Comic-Con. Please see details below.

5:00 p.m.            EMILY THE STRANGE: Rob Reger

6:00 p.m.            ONCE UPON A TIME MACHINE: James Comey, Charles Fetherolf, Jim Giar, Marcus Muller, Rob Woods, Chris Stevens, Andrew Carl, Tara Alexander

7:00 p.m.            THE FIFTH BEATLE: Vivek J.Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson

                        Enter to win an exclusive The Fifth Beatle print or The Beatles Stereo CD Box Set.

                       

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

10:00 a.m.            POWERED BY CREATORS: Matt Kindt (Mind Mgmt), Michael Avon Oeming (The Victories)

11:00 a.m.            DARK HORSE HORROR SIGNING: Tom Mandrake (To Hell You Ride), Tim Seeley (Ex Sanguine), Christopher Golden (Baltimore), Eric Powell (The Goon), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden)

12:00 p.m.            MASS EFFECT: Mac Walters, Kimberly Brooks (voice actress for Ashley Williams)

1:00 p.m.            THE SKY, DEVA ZAN, VAMPIRE HUNTER D: Yoshitaka Amano*

                        **Ticketed by New York Comic-Con. Please see details below.

2:00 p.m.            THE STRAIN: Guillermo del Toro*

                        •Ticketed event. Please see details below.

3:00 p.m.            COREY TAYLOR: To be announced*

•Ticketed event. Please see details below.

5:00 p.m.            THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS: Gerard Way, Becky Cloonan, Shaun Simon*

•Ticketed event. Please see details below.

6:00 p.m.            CREEPY & EERIE: Dan Braun

7:00 p.m.            B.P.R.D.: Tyler Crook, James Harren

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14

10:00 a.m.            GREEN RIVER KILLER & THE CREEP: Jonathan Case

11:00 a.m.            MASS EFFECT: Mac Walters, Omar Francia

12:00 p.m.            BIOSHOCK: Ken Levine

1:00 p.m.            THE MASSIVE, STAR WARS, CONAN: Brian Wood

2:00 p.m.            THE IMMORTAL: Ian Edginton

3:00 p.m.            HUSBANDS: Jane Espenson, Brad Bell, Sean Hemeon

4:00 p.m.            BATTLEPUG: Mike Norton

NYCC 2012 Dark Horse & Dark Horse–related panels

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

11:00–12:00            Expanding the Experience: Video Games & Comics—1A14

12:15–1:15            Brian Wood & Dark Horse: From World’s End to the Galaxy’s Beginnings—1A06

12:45–2:00                        Editors on Editing—1A07

1:45–2:45                        Dark Horse Presents: Yoshitaka Amano—1A21

6:30–7:30            Drawing on our Nightmares: Dark Horse Horror in Comics—1A14

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

11:00–12:00                        Creepy and Eerie REBORN and UNDEAD—1A14

11:15–12:15            Once More with Feeling: 15 Years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer—1A21

5:15–6:15                        Hellboy in Hell: The Official Panel!—1A23

 *Tickets are available for free and on a first come first serve basis in the Dark Horse Booth on the day of the signing as soon as the convention hall opens. Note that fans line up very early in the Javits Center (The Javits Center opens at 7:00 a.m., so fans can line up inside as early as that time each day.)

 **Tickets for signings with Yoshitaka Amano in the Dark Horse booth will be distributed by New York Comic-Con beginning at 7:00 am on Friday and Saturday. Please see newyorkcomiccon.com for details.

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NO ORDINARY SCULPTURE—DARK HORSE DELUXE DEBUTS THE FIRST STATUETTE FROM ARTIST CAMILLA D’ERRICO AT TOY FAIR 2012

  MILWAUKIE, OR, February 10—Artist and designer Camilla d’Errico is exploding across the pop-culture landscape. Her paintings, comics, apparel, toys, and licensed merchandise items are found in trendsetting venues worldwide, and her unique art style sets these items apart from the crowd. Dark Horse Deluxe, a division of Dark Horse Comics, announces the latest step forward for d’Errico, a limited-edition sculptural bust inspired by her painting No Ordinary Love.

Slated for a late June release, the meticulously painted sculpture measures approximately 8 inches tall and 5 inches in width, making it a diminutive but exquisite jewel of a statuette. It is strictly limited to only 950 hand-numbered copies for worldwide distribution. It is packaged in a full-color collector box, with a certificate of authenticity inserted to certify it for collectors.

“Translating Camilla’s work into three dimensions was a challenge,” Dark Horse’s David Scroggy observed, “but with a lot of help from Camilla and the skilled artisans at Gentle Giant Studios, we were able to arrive at a piece that is unmistakably d’Errico, with all the subtle nuance and details of sculpture and paint application that her audience would expect.”

Camilla d’Errico supervised every aspect of the sculpting and paint application as the piece took shape, providing additional reference, commentary, and color notes throughout the prototyping process.

“No Ordinary Love is a piece that is very dear to me,” Camilla d’Errico reflected. “It’s the visual interpretation and expression of my feelings for my ‘one and only,’ so you can imagine how exciting it is, that this particular piece was chosen!”

The painting No Ordinary Love was included in the Dark Horse art book of d’Errico’s work, Femina and Fauna, which has gone into multiple printings and can be found in a diverse array of retail venues, such as bookstores, art galleries, pop-culture and designer-toy emporiums, and comic shops. A second hardcover collection of Camilla d’Errico’s paintings, Helmetgirls, is scheduled for publication by Dark Horse in July.

Dark Horse will display No Ordinary Love to the trade for the first time at its booth at International Toy Fair, held at Jacob Javits Center in New York, February 12–15, 2012.

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