Dark Horse Announces NYCC 2014 Signing/Panel Schedule

NYCC 2014 is about a week away and it gives publishers like Dark Horse a great reason for heading over to the east coast. And they're bringing along a TON of talent and panels. All creators signing in the Dark Horse booth (#1636) offer their autographs for FREE. FREE prints, comics or posters are provided for most of the signings (while supplies last). You may purchase or bring items to be signed; however, Dark Horse may restrict the type or number of items to be signed as necessary. Lines may also be closed for other signings due to crowding or time restrictions.

Full press release and signing schedule below.

DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES NEW YORK COMIC CON 2014 SCHEDULE!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR— It's here! New York Comic Con 2014 is upon us, and Dark Horse Comics is delivering a full slate of signings from your favorite creators! DARK HORSE COMICS | NEW YORK COMIC CON 2014 | BOOTH #1636 SIGNING SCHEDULE All creators signing in our booth offer their autographs for FREE. FREE prints, comics, or posters are provided for most of our signings (while supplies last). You may purchase or bring items to be signed; however, we may restrict the type or number of items to be signed as necessary. Lines may also be closed for other signings due to crowding or time restrictions. We have two signing stages, denoted by the art on each stage. The location of each signing is indicated by the following abbreviations: HB = Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Signing Stage FS = Fire and Stone (Prometheus, Predator, Aliens, Alien vs. Predator comic crossover series) Signing Stage All events are subject to change. Some restrictions apply. Please see Dark Horse Comics staff if you have questions. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. HB HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: Alex Maleev 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. FS ROBOCOP VS. TERMINATOR: Walter Simonson 3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. HB ELFQUEST: Richard Pini, Wendy Pini 3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. FS THE WHITE SUITS: Frank Barbiere 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. HB GRINDHOUSE: Alex de Campi, Chris Peterson 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. FS FURIOUS: Bryan J. L. Glass 5:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. HB THE BLACK BEETLE:  Francesco Francavilla 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. FS BAD BLOOD: Jonathan Maberry 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m. HB MIND MGMT: Matt Kindt 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m. FS GHOST FLEET, BUZZKILL: Donny Cates FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 11:00 a.m.–12:50 p.m. HB AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, THE LEGEND OF KORRA: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (WRISTBAND REQUIRED. Wristbands will be distributed by drawing in the Dark Horse booth on Thursday and Friday at show opening. 12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. FS CONCRETE PARK: Tony Puryear, Erika Alexander 1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. HB LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS: Jim Calafiore, Gail Simone                                        CONAN RED SONJA: Jim Zub, Gail Simone 1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. FS ACTION PHILOSOPHERS: Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. HB THE STRAIN: Mike Huddleston 3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. HB THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS: Shaun Simon, Becky   Cloonan                                         NEVERBOY: Shaun Simon, Tyler Jenkins 3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. FS GRINDHOUSE: Alex de Campi, Chris Peterson 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. HB REBELS: Brian Wood, Andrea Mutti                                        THE MASSIVE: Brian Wood, Garry Brown 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. HB THE ART OF HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, SUNDOWNERS:   Tim Seeley 5:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. FS THE BEST OF COMIX BOOK: WHEN MARVEL WENT UNDERGROUND: Denis Kitchen,   John Lind 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m. HB HALO: Frank O’Connor 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m. FS NIGHTMARE CARNIVAL: Ellen Datlow, Laird Barron SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 10:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m. HB CREEPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Dustin Nguyen, Dan Braun 10:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m. FS POP: Curt Pires 11:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. HB THE SHAOLIN COWBOY: Geof Darrow 11:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. FS ELFQUEST: Richard Pini, Wendy Pini 12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. HB REALMS: THE ROLE-PLAYING GAME ART OF TONY DiTERLIZZI: Tony DiTerlizzi 12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. FS GHOST FLEET, BUZZKILL: Donny Cates 1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. HB RESURRECTIONISTS: Fred Van Lente, Maurizio Rosenzweig, Moreno Dinisio,   Juan Doe 1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. FS SABERTOOTH SWORDSMAN: Aaron Conley                                        AMALA’S BLADE: Michael Dialynas 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. HB AW YEAH COMICS!™, ITTY BITTY MASK, ITTY BITTY HELLBOY: Art Baltazar, Franco 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. FS BANDETTE: Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover                                       COLDER: Paul Tobin 3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. HB PASTAWAYS: Matt Kindt, Scott Kolins   EI8HT: Mike Johnson, Rafael Albuquerque 3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. FS CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT: Joshua Williamson 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. HB ALABASTER: Caitlín R. Kiernan 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. FS THE ELTINGVILLE CLUB, BEASTS OF BURDEN, MILK AND CHEESE: Evan Dorkin 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. HB STAR WARS READS DAY! Mike Richardson (Star Wars: Crimson Empire, 47 Ronin,    The Atomic Legion, Deep Gravity), Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (Star Wars:   Legacy, Deep Gravity), Randy Stradley (Star Wars: Dark Times) 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. FS PROMETHEUS: FIRE & STONE: Paul Tobin                                        PREDATOR: FIRE & STONE: Josh Williamson, Chris Mooneyham 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m. HB EVE ONLINE: Börkur Eiríksson, Torfi Frans Olafsson 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m. FS THE STRAIN: Mike Huddleston SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 11:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. HB BLACKSAD: Juanjo Guarnido, Tom Orzechowski 11:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. FS MONSTERS! & OTHER STORIES: Gustavo Duarte 12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. HB PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES: Paul Tobin 12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. FS WITCHFINDER: Maura McHugh 1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. HB FIGHT CLUB 2: David Mack, Cameron Stewart, Nate Piekos 1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. FS CONCRETE PARK: Tony Puryear, Erika Alexander 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. HB BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL & FAITH: Christos Gage, Will Conrad,   Scott Fischer 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. HB AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER: Jessie Flower (voice actor for Toph Beifong)

DARK HORSE PANEL SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 9 Title: Dark Horse Builds Characters Date: Thursday, October 9 Time: 4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Location: 1A14 Original creator-owned work has been a cornerstone of Dark Horse’s success since its earliest days. Join publicist Aub Driver—along with Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore (Leaving Megalopolis), Brian Wood (Rebels), Rafael Albuquerque (Ei8ht), Fred Van Lente and the team behind his new ongoing series Resurrectionists, Donny Cates (The Ghost Fleet), Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT), David Mack (Fight Club 2), and more—to discuss some of the most exciting comics of 2014 and beyond! Title: Banned Horror Comics Walking Back from the Dead! Date: Thursday, October 9 Time: 4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Location: 1A05 A fearful look at the 1950s horror comics criticized by Dr. Fredric Wertham, reviled in Senate investigations, and destroyed in public book burnings! These pre-Code comics, like zombies, are again walking to get you! Craig “Haunted Horror/IDW/Yoe Books” Yoe, Mike “Dark Horse” Richardson, Mike “The ‘Worst’ of Eerie Publications” Howlett, and Carol “Wertham Debunker” Tilley explore EC and other publishers, the censoring Comics Code, the Golden Age of horror reprints, and the TV shows and movies inspired by these scary comics! Friday, October 10 Title: Editors on Editing Date: Friday, October 10 Time: 12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. Location: 1B03 Talk to actual working editors from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and more as they discuss the comics business. Learn about submissions, professionalism, and what it takes to make it as an editor. Support by Nicole Scalera. Hosted by Buddy Scalera of Comic Book School. Title: Dark Horse and Sega Present: 35 Years of Alien Date: Friday, October 10 Time: 6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Location: 1A24 Dark Horse achieved one of its earliest successes with the 1987 publication of Aliens. Now, following the release of the highly anticipated Fire and Stone and Sega’s Alien: Isolation, we take a look back at a wild publishing history based on the frightening thirty-five-year-old franchise! Join Dark Horse publicist Aub Driver, along with Mike Richardson (president and publisher, Dark Horse Comics), Randy Stradley (vice president of publishing, Dark Horse Comics), Paul Tobin (Prometheus), Joshua Williamson and Chris Mooneyham (Predator), and a few surprise guests! Saturday, October 11 Title: Celebrating 15 Years of The Goon: Modern Horror, Humor, and More! Date: Saturday, October 11 Time: 12:15 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Location: 1A05 What started as a self-published sensation quickly grew into one of the most exciting books in the marketplace, with multiple Eisner wins, critical accolades, and a movie in development! Now, we get together some of the top writers working in horror comics to pay tribute to the one and only Eric Powell! Join Dark Horse publicist Aub Driver, along with Tim Seeley (Sundowners), Paul Tobin (Colder), Evan Dorkin (The Eltingville Club, Milk and Cheese), and Alex de Campi (Smoke/Ashes, Grindhouse) for a look at the past, present, and future of comics’ most lovable brute and more! Title: Powered by Creators: Dark Horse Video Game Comics Level Up! Date: Saturday, October 11 Time: 4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Location: 1A10 Dark Horse established itself in its early years as the premier publisher of licensed comics by continuing story lines from the big screen to the page. Now, this tradition is carried on through the most exciting video game tie-ins in the comics medium! Join Dark Horse publicist Aub Driver, along with the cast of top writers working on these titles, including Gail Simone (Tomb Raider), Paul Tobin (The Witcher), and former Star Wars writer Brian Wood, for an exciting announcement! Title: Discussing The Essential Kurtzman: Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book Date: Saturday, October 11 Time: 5:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Location: 1A01 One of the most influential graphic novels of all time (no. 26 on The Comics Journal’s Top 100 of the 20th Century) returns! Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book inspired cartoonists such as R. Crumb, Jay Lynch, Art Spiegelman, and Denis Kitchen. Discussing the upcoming Kitchen Sink Books edition and Kurtzman’s life will be: Denis Kitchen (Kitchen Sink Books), David Hajdu (The Ten-Cent Plague), Jay Lynch (Bijou Funnies), John Holmstrom (Punk Magazine), and Harvey’s daughter Nellie Kurtzman. Moderator: Bill Kartalopoulos. Sunday, October 12 Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender—Legend and Legacy Date: Sunday, October 12 Time: 2:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Location: 1A06 Join Avatar Mom (moderator), Monica McClain (illustrator/art instructor), Alison Wilgus (artist/writer), Kevin Coppa (Puppetbenders creator), Sifu Manuel Rodriguez (martial arts choreographer for Toph Beifong), and Jessie Flower (voice of Toph Beifong) for Avatar: The Last Airbender art, history, demonstrations, and stories—plus a live comic reading from Dark Horse Comics’ The Rift. Attending cosplayers may win books and signed original Legend of Korra animation drawings donated by Studio Mir!