Malta Comic Convention Returns in December 2015

(Where Dreams Come True!)

It only comes once a year. But when it does it Rocks! Good vibes, friendly atmosphere, colourful costumes, smiling folk and the whole of St. James Cavalier buzzing with creative energy. You’re right! We are indeed talking about the Malta Comic Convention; the event you’ve all been waiting for! We’re back to make more of your dreams come true. Wicked Comics are proud to announce that the 7th edition of the Malta Comic Con will be held on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th December 2015 at St. James Cavalier in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. The impressive venue was originally a bastion (part of the fortifications of the City) constructed by the Knights Hospitallers which was later converted to a vibrant Art’s and Creativity Centre.

“Way back in 2007 we dreamt of having a comic convention in Malta. So we held a small comic gathering to see if there were any more people who shared our dream. The amazing response we received confirmed that we were far from alone. So in 2009 we made this dream a reality and held the first comic convention on the Island. One we’ve been holding annually ever since. Many were the challenges we faced along the way, but thanks to the strong local and foreign support we are blessed with we continued to grow each year, improving on each passing show. So now we’re proud to say that the Malta Comic Convention is not just a viable platform for the multitude of talented creators that continue to exhibt each year, and a credible destination for comic symposium but also an entertaining event that brings joy to the lives of many. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the many people who each year help us realize this dream and promise to deliver another 2 fun-filled, exciting and memorable days” said Chris Le Galle co-founder of Wicked Comics.

The intimate and friendly atmosphere prevailent at the Malta Comic Con ensures that our visitors can spend quality time with their favourite creators who are always happy to chat, sign, sketch and create commisioned artwork for their fans. As customary, we will once again provide a varied guest roster of professional writers and artists who have worked on a number of popular characters for all the major comic publishers as well as other who have been publishing quality independent books. With virtually no queing the Malta Comic Con provides the ideal platform for fan-creator interaction. Complementing our guests will be a number of up and coming creators from abroad as well as a plethora of talented local creators promoting their exciting work.

The official Malta Comic Con Cosplay competition and the Fat Spidey Roaming Cosplay Awards will be returning. In addition to the various skits performed by our fabulous cosplayers, Marianne Galea and her Fantasy Showgirls will also be performing themed dances at the theatre. We’re also working on providing more interactive and cosplay oriented events which we will reveal in due time. Professional photographers will be available on both days for everyone in attendance who wishes to have some quality pictures takens. So get started on those wonderful costumes!

The video game area will once again be buzzing with activity ranging from retro to currents gaming and the fan favourite competitions will also be returning to determine the best gamers in Malta. There will also be more table top gaming than there has ever been before. Along with a number of gaming clubs and exciting game developers, the popular war gaming organization W.A.R.S will also be present running a variety of introductory table-top and role playing games. So both hardcore gamers and begginers can join the fun.

Free movies and animations will be running in the in house cinema for the duration of the show. Fans can also look forward to much more exciting and interactive activities such as quizes, sktech challenges, work shops, informative and entertaining talks, Q&As and discussion panels featuring a number of professional guests and moderated by leading pop culture journalists! Visitors can also feast their eyes on the majestic artwork of our guests comprised in the three official Malta Comic Con exhibitions we’ll be running during the show. To round things off nicely one of the Islands most popular comics retailer Pandora’s Box Collectables will be joining a number of other retailers in offering an assortment of comic related memorabilia. In other words there will be something fun for everyone!

Wicked Comics will also be offering a number of packages for fans wishing to travel to the Malta Comic Con from abroad, which include heavily discounted accommodation rates and local transport from hotel to convention centre. Similarly Wicked Comics have a number of packages tailored for foreign creators who wish to exhibit at the Malta Comic Con including heavily discounted tables.

Anyone wishing to know more about these packages, and local creators/retailers wishing to exhibit at the Malta Comic Con 2015 are kindly requested to email us for more details on info@maltacomic-con.com

For more details kindly visit: http://www.maltacomic-con.com and make sure to like our Facebook page to get the latest Malta Comic Con announcements: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Malta-Comic-Con/193667083985578?fref=ts

Testimonial from Malta Comic Con 2014 guest creator Steve Scott:

“My friends at Wicked Comics put on an amazing Pop Culture event with Malta Comic Con. It was a pleasure to have attended this past year and I look forward to returning this year with additional comic legends that are sure to create a lot of social media talk. Let’s make Malta Comic Con 2015 the best ever!” (Steve Scott, 2015)

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Captain Negromancer Kicks of May 2015

Yeah, I bet that he'd make a great Avenger.

Welcome to Negromancer 2.0.  This is the rebirth of Negromancer, the former movie review website as a new movie review and movie news site.

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites for April 26th to 30th, 2015 - Update #8

NEWS:

From Variety:  Andrew Lesnie, the Oscar-winning cinematographer of the Lord of the Ring and The Hobbit films, died of a heart attack on Monday, April 27, 2015.  He was 59.

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From YahooMovies:  Avengers: Age of Ultron makes its international debut with a box office haul of $201.2 million.  Disney had projected $160 to $175 million.

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From Variety:  The winner of the April 24th to 26, 2015 weekend box office is Furious 7 with an estimated box office take of $18.3 million.  Blake Lively's fantasy romance, Age of Adaline, was thought to have a shot at being #1, especially after it won Friday night.  The film finished with an estimated take of $13.4.

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From RollingStone:  Broken Lizard created a hilarious Indiegogo campaign to fund "Super Troopers 2," which was successful.  But you can still donate or get one of the comedy troupe to donate sperm and father a child for you.


COMIC BOOKS:

From FlickeringMyth:  A new look at Ben Affleck as Batman.

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From YahooGames:  The Hollywood Reporter is about to have fun with Warner Bros. DC Comics movies.

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From YahooCelebrity:  Bruce Wayne will no longer be Batman... in the comic books, at least... and for the time being.  There has been "other" Batman at least twice before.

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From TheWrap:  First look at new "Nightcrawler" (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) from X-Men Apocalypse.


STAR WARS:

From ScreenRant:  Daisy Ridley says a few things about "The Force Awakens," plus new characters of her character, Rey.


MISC:

From YahooSports:  Check out Russell Wilson and Coach Bill Belichick checking out Chrissy Teigen.

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From GuaridanUK:  More interesting stuff from Sony hacked emails.

Webcomics Update: Grumble #2, Page 2

Grumble Chapter Two, Page 2 is here: http://www.comicbookbin.com/grumbletwopage002.html

NOTE:  Last year, I printed some promotional copies of Grumble: Chapter One through a POD printer.  I will sign and number a copy of this "rare" comic book for $5 post paid, which you can purchase here or http://ireadsyou.blogspot.com/p/i-reads-shopping.html

Negromancer's Fave Poli-Reads - April 2015 Edition - Update #16

From RSN:  Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic nomination in 2016.

From TheIntercept:  There is a protest over a PEN Award to Charlie Hebdo.

From AlJazeera:  Killers on Blackwater payroll get long prison sentences...  their boss needs to follow them to jail.

From RSN:  Free range parenting vs. busy body servants of the police state.

From TheHill:  Watch President Obama trash talk Washington Wizards forward, Paul Pierce.

From Salon:  White Christian America in sinking numbers.

From YahooPolitics:  Hilary is in.

From TheIntercept:  American media talks about the "Iran nuclear deal," but never interviews any Iranians, while allowing pro-Israel voices to screech their side.

From NBC:  Your professor might be on food stamps.

From FirstLook:  Glenn Greenwald on how political smears in the United States remain the same.

From GuardianUK:  Honestly, there is no chance of Mike Huckabee being President.  Besides, for all his bigotry, I'm pretty sure that he is gay.

From RobertReich:  The rise of the non-working rich.

From RSN: Obama makes historical breakthrough on Iran.  Now, white guys in the Senate get to show how much they envy the achievements of Black men.

From TIME: Indiana tries Sharia law fro LGBTQ.  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks about the state of Indiana being on the wrong side of history.

From ThinkProgress: Maggots and rats on privatized prison food.  Michigan in need of a violent revolution.

From BuzzFlash: Roundup is safe, but Monsanto lobbyist won't drink it.

From RSN:  Barbra Streisand - Obama Has Turned the Economy Around.

From Esquire:  Charles Pierce takes down clown David Brooks on "religious freedom."

VIZ Media Announces "Free Comic Book Day 2015" Support

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR 2015 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY WITH EXCITING SHONEN JUMP AND PERFECT SQUARE SAMPLERS

Support Local Comics Retailers On May 2nd And Receive

Two FREE Samplers Featuring POKÉMON, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE And YU-GI-OH

VIZ Media announces its participation in the 2015 Free Comic Book Day with a special FREE Shonen Jump manga (graphic novel) sampler featuring action-packed previews of JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PART 1 - PHANTOM BLOOD and YU-GI-OH! The company’s all-ages Perfect Square imprint also participates with a FREE POKÉMON ADVENTURES X•Y manga sampler highlighting the latest series from the venerable hit entertainment brand.

Scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 at thousands of retail locations nationwide, Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional campaign developed by the North American comic book industry to bring new readers of all ages and interests into independent comic book stores. Free Comic Book Day began in 2002 and is coordinated by the industry's single largest distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors. Readers can visit freecomicbookday.com to find a local participating retailer in their area.

VIZ Media participates this year as a Gold Level Sponsor and offers two FREE exclusive releases (available while supplies last).

VIZ MEDIA SHONEN JUMP FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2015 SAMPLER

Check out the kinetic action of two smash hit titles from VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump imprint – JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE and YU-GI-OH!

Dive into the paranormal action saga, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), by creator Hirohiko Araki. The legendary manga series is now available in English for the first time, in a deluxe hardcover edition featuring color pages and newly-drawn cover art! JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE is a groundbreaking title, famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles. A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil! Don’t miss the print debut of JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PART 1 - PHANTOM BLOOD, Volume 2 on May 5th; MSRP: $19.99 U.S. / $22.99 CAN.

Manga creator Kazuki Takahashi’s famed series, YU-GI-OH! (rated ‘T’ for Teens) depicts the fantastic adventures of tenth-grader Yugi, a boy who always had his head in some game – until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharaohs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games...weird games with high stakes and high risks! Catch the print debut of the latest YU-GI-OH! 3-in-1 omnibus edition, Volume 2, on May 5th, 2015; MSRP: $14.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN.

PERFECT SQUARE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2015 SAMPLER

Sample the action, exotic locales and imaginative characters of the latest POKÉMON ADVENTURES manga series – POKÉMON ADVENTURES X•Y – based on the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y video games and the newest story arc for the popular entertainment property to join Perfect Square’s expansive catalog of POKÉMON manga and anime titles.

In POKÉMON ADVENTURES X•Y (rated ‘A’ for All Ages) some of your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen and into the pages of this action-packed comic! The new series is written by Hidenori Kusaka with artwork by Satoshi Yamamoto. Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal’s battle against each other is destroying Vaniville Town. Can X and Y save the town and its residents?! Also catch a special bonus mini-feature of the original Pokémon ADVENTURES series as well as Pokémon ADVENTURES BLACK & WHITE!

For information on other all-ages titles available from the Perfect Square imprint, please visit: www.perfectsquare.com.

For more information on Shonen Jump and other manga titles published by VIZ Media, please visit: www.viz.com.

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Netflix Has New Episodes of "The Adventures of Puss in Boots"

The Adventures of Puss in Boots returns to Netflix from DreamWorks Animation

On Friday, May 8, 2015, DreamWorks Animation’s wildly popular The Adventures of Puss in Boots returns to Netflix with five all-new hilarious episodes. Viewers will join Puss In Boots, Dulcinea and the denizens of the enchanted village of San Lorenzo for fantastic, comedic adventures.  In the new episodes, they journey to find the Fountain of Youth to save Puss's old mentor, El Guante Blanco; discover a powerful, talking sword in a stone (voiced by John Rhys-Davies of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Lord of the Rings); and come face-to-face with a giant, marauding Golem who has an unexpectedly soft heart.

Also, Puss was the first CG-animated character ever to host a full category on Jeopardy this week!  Thanks to the magic of animation, Puss "recorded" clues for an entire category called "Not as Great as Puss In Boots." You can check out the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsmywB3qJu0

The Adventures of Puss in Boots is just one of DreamWorks Animation’s popular original animated series on Netflix, providing quality entertainment for kids and families. DWA TV's ever-growing slate of animated Netflix original series also includes "Turbo FAST," “VeggieTales in the House” and “All Hail King Julien,” which recently received three Daytime Emmy awards, including Best Children’s Animated Program! An all-new Netflix original series from DreamWorks Animation, "Dragons: Race to the Edge," premieres June 26, 2015 followed late this summer by the original prehistoric adventure "Dinotrux."

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