Celebrate Nocturnals 20th Anniversary with Creator Dan Brereton at
the Long Beach Comic Con

Hero Initiative and Eisner-Nominated creator Brereton mark historic anniversary, September 27-28, 2014

Long Beach, CA (June 30, 2014) – Long Beach Comic Con and the Hero Initiative will host Eisner-nominated creator Dan Brereton to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nocturnals, September 27 and 28 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

Debuted in 1994, Nocturnals offered a brand new take on the growing noir comics genre, with Evening, AKA Halloween Girl, a young girl growing up in a spooky-noir world, populated by a colorful group of night creatures steeped in crime and the supernatural, spawning a hybrid genre.

“Back in '94, I was sure (male) comics readers were going to hate Evening. An 8-year-old girl hero was the antithesis of trendy in comics at the time—namely buxom gals carrying huge guns, and big guys with even bigger guns. The readers happily proved me wrong,” said Brereton.

Brereton will host a panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nocturnals at Long Beach Comic Con. Brereton chose to celebrate the Nocturnals’ anniversary at Long Beach Comic Con because of the kinship he feels with the show. There will be a limited number of Dan Brereton’s Nocturnals Hero Initiative tickets available on the Long Beach Comic Con website. Tickets offer a chance for fans to pick the Nocturnals sketch they would like Dan to draw.

“The Long Beach show is a fun, unique and terrific show, the perfect place to celebrate a unique series and characters I've enjoyed doing for so long.”

“We are very excited to partner with Dan and the Hero Initiative to celebrate this ground-breaking series,” said Phil Lawrence, co-founder and sales director of Long Beach Comic Con.

The tales featured in the Nocturnals books are unique for having a dark edge tempered with a colorful cast fans can warm to. “It was always meant to be gritty but fun. All ages. I wanted to make a contemporary comic book harkening back to the pulp era of Dashiell Hammett and HP Lovecraft, with a Bradbury Halloween flavor. This was an untested concept at the time, which seems strange to say now. Nocturnals never gets old for me. I want to tell their story for the next two decades."

This year, NOCTURNALS: LEGENDS will be released in the Fall, a hardcover volume written in the character's voices, packed with artwork compiled from 20 years worth of pin- ups, covers, character portraits and more- much of it has never seen in print before now. LEGENDS will kick off a new series of Nocturnals adventures from Brereton. “I'm going back to their world in my mind and in my studio all the time—I can visit them any time I like. But the readers and fans of Nocturnals are asking for more stories, and I really want to deliver."

Enjoy an exciting weekend full of exceptional guests and exhibitors, and engaging panels, at Long Beach Comic Con, Saturday, September 27 from 10:00 am - 6:00 pmand Sunday, September 28 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Long Beach Convention Center. Tickets are available now through the website: www.longbeachcomiccon.com.

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About Long Beach Comic Con
Celebrating its sixth year, Long Beach Comic Con offers fun for everyone with panels, artist alley, kids programming and more Saturday, September 27 andSunday, September 28, 2014. Long Beach Comic Con is a true comic convention, focused on creating a unique experience that both fans and exhibitors in the Long Beach, Anaheim, and Los Angeles areas will enjoy. To learn more and purchase tickets, please visitwww.longbeachcomiccon.com.

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Sac-Con is Sunday March 3rd at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacramento (6151 H Street).  10am - 5pm.  Admission is $6 at the door. Early Bird (9am Entry) is $10 at the door.  FREE Adventure Time Art Print  created by Dan Brereton, Tone Rodriguez and Mike Hampton While Supplies Last (Early Bird Fans are guaranteed to get an art print)             SPECIAL GUESTS:  John DiMaggioFuturama's Bender, Adventure Time's Jake the Dog 1st Autograph Free, each additional $20 12pm - 3pm    DC DouglasMass Effect's Legion, Resident Evil's WeskerFree Autographs - limit 2 per person   Joe Weems V Jimmie Robinson Thomas Yeates Ron Lim Morrie Turner Dan Brereton Nicolas Caesar Greg Espinoza Adrian "Age" Scott Mike Gray Brandon Bracamonte Jose Gabriel Angeles    Check out some of our great events at the show: Cosplay Costume Contest Classic Video Game Tournament Huge Vendors Room 3pm Charity Raffle Panels/Q & A's with our guests as well as the  Sac Geeks  Free Yugioh & Magic Tournaments Anime Viewing Room  and more!

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Sac-Con is Sunday September 30th at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacramento (6151 H Street).  10am - 5pm.  Admission is $6 at the door. FREE ADVENTURE TIME POSTER created for Sac-Con by Dan Brereton and Mike Hampton to the first 300 fans.    SPECIAL GUESTS: Jeffrey CombsRe-Animator, The Frighteners, Star Trek, Transformers Prime   Hynden Walch 1pm - 3pmAdventure Time's Princess Bubblegum, Teen Titans' Princess Bubblegum   Liam Sharp Gears of War, X-Men, Judge Dredd, Hulk, Spiderman   Joshua Ortega Writer for Gears of War, the novel Frequencies   Ron Lim Marvel Artist   Dan Brereton Comic Book Painter Morrie Turner   Mick Gray Rafael Navarro Stichmind Mike Gray Eben Burgoon and D. Bethel Thomas Overbai Brandon Bracamonte      Pre-Register for Sac-Con for only $4.00    Check out some of our great events at the show: Cosplay Costume Contest Classic Video Game Tournament Huge Vendors Room 1pm Charity Auction Panels/Q & A's with our guests as well as the  Sac Geeks  Free Yugioh & Magic Tournaments Console Game Room and more!

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Sac-Con is this Sunday June 3rd at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacramento (6151 H Street). 10am - 5pm. Admission is $6 at the door. Meet great guests like:

Billy West - The voice Futurama's "FRY", "REN AND STIMPY" and More!
Vince Locke - Artist & Co-Writer of "DEADWORLD"
Dan Brereton - The Nocturnals, Red Sonja, Vampirella
Tone Rodriguez - Simpsons Comic Book Artist















FREE Vampirella Art Print to the 1st 300 Fans!
This large limited edition print reprints the cover to Vampirella the Red Room Issue #3 painted by Dan Brereton. Thanks to Dan Brereton and Dynamite for allowing us to offer this cool exclusive to our fans.














FREE Zombie Art Print to the 1st 200 Fans!
Special Guest Vince Locke created the artwork for this Sac-Con exclusive.













Pre-Register for Sac-Con for only $4.00

Check out some of our great events at the show:

Cosplay Costume Contest
Classic Video Game Tournament
Huge Vendors Room
12pm Charity Auction
Panels/Q & A's with our guests as well as the Sac Geeks
Free Yugioh & Magic Tournaments
Console Game Room
and more!

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Press Release

Eisner Award nominated comic artist Michael Lark will be attending this year's Big WOW! ComicFest in San Jose, California May 19th & 20th, 2012. Michael will be set up at the Splash Page Comic Art (Splashpageart.com) booth.

Michael Lark adds to a growing list of recent artists who will be attending Big WOW! ComicFest. In the past few weeks Tim Sale, Joe Benitez, Dean Yeagle, Mike McKone, Dan Parsons and John Livesay have also been added. They join a growing list of some of the most popular artist/creators in comics today, including Jim Lee (Sunday only), Juanjo Guarnido, Toshio Maeda, Bernie Wrightson, Frank Cho, Travis Charest, Kevin Nowlan, Tim Bradstreet, Thomas Jane, Steve Niles, Dan Brereton, Michael Golden, Joe Jusko, Joe Linsner, Aaron Lopresti, James O'Barr, Ryan Sook, Buzz, and many more. Click here for a full Guest List.

Advance tickets 

are available at a discount via BigWowComicfest.com or through many comic shops in the San Jose area. Click here for more information.

ABOUT Big WOW! ComicFest

“Big Wow! ComicFest” is by all accounts, an “old fashioned” comic book convention, with a special emphasis on the love for comic books, art and, most importantly, the creators. With a focus on creators, art and art related events and, this year, in association with the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, an “Avengers” Museum show on the Big Wow! convention floor, Big Wow! will be a comic book lover’s dream scenario.

Big Wow! ComicFest will occur on May 19th & 20th, 2012, at the San Jose Convention Center. This year’s stunning guest list sets a new standard for talent at a single convention and includes Jim Lee, Kevin Nowlan, Juanjo Guarnido, Bernie Wrightson, Steve Niles, Tim Bradstreet, Bob Layton, Joe Jusko, Joe Linsner, Ryan Sook, Frank Cho, Aaron Lopresti, Toshio Maeda, Liam Sharp, Sergio Aragones and many, many more. Check out the CAF created website at www.bigwowcomicfest.com for all the fun facts and information.  

ABOUT Michael Lark

Michael Lark is an Eisner Award nominated illustrator for his work on Daredevil, Gotham Central, Batman Nine Lives and Terminal City. He has also illustrated Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti, Scene of the Crime, and worked on a number of other titles for DC/Vertigo, including All-Star Comics, Superman: War of the Worlds, Sandman Mystery Theatre, The Invisibles, and Legends of the Hawkman.

He is currently penciling Marvel's multiple Eisner nominated monthly series, Daredevil.

ABOUT SplashPageArt.com

SplashPageArt.com is an original art representative and dealer who specializes in selling original comic art by modern era artists.  SplashPageArt.com takes great pride in providing the type of service that they would expect when they are the customer.

SplashPageArt.com represents the original art sales for the following artists: Charlie Adlard, Lee Bermejo, Juan Bobillo, Tim Bradstreet, Mitchell Breitweiser, Laurence Campbell, Mauro Cascioli, Cliff Chiang, Simon Coleby,  Chris Cross, Nick Derington, Kristian Donaldson, Marko Djurdjevic, Leandro Fernandez, Duncan Fegredo, Marcelo Frusin, Dave Gibbons, Grant Goleash, Diego Greco, John Higgins, Jason Howard, Jeremy Jarvis, Jock, Kano, Don Kramer, Ben & Ray Lai, Michael Lark, Paul Lee, John Paul Leon, Jorge Lucas, Jim Muniz, Hoang Nguyen, Victor Olazabba, Ariel Olivetti, Ryan Ottley, Sean Phillips, Warren Pleece, Pablo Raimondi, Cliff Rathburn, Paolo Rivera, Robbi Rodriguez, Edgar Salazar, Marcelo Sosa, Cameron Stewart, Goran Sudzuka, Ben Templesmith, Brad Walker and Eric Wight.

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