If you are in Los Angeles, and want something to do tonight, head over to Barnes & Noble on Grove Drive to meet Sam Sarkar, creator of Radical Publishing’s Caliber series.

WHO: SAM SARKAR, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR JOHNNY DEPP’S INFINITUM NIHIL & CREATOR OF CALIBER

WHAT: TO HOST RADICAL PUBLISHING BOOK SIGNING AND COMICS PANEL DISCUSSION AT BARNES & NOBLE

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH
7:30PM

WHERE: BARNES & NOBLE – THE GROVE
189 Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323. 525. 0270

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If you are out and about in North Port, FL or in NYC, make plans to meet and greet Archie Creators who are on the road to meet fans.

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Slipping in just before the big Preview Night, Top Cow has sent us its San Diego Comic Con schedule.  Lots of special guests (and a surprise guest) will be dropping by the Top Cow booth to sign autographs and meet with fans.

Top Cow will set up shop at Booth #2329 and heads into the convention with exclusives, preview books, free goodies and a long list of guests, headlined by Top Cow CEO and founder Marc Silvestri (Witchblade, The Darkness, Cyberforce), artist J.G. Jones (Wanted) and writer Paul Dini (Madame Mirage).
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Marvel has a whole crew of artists, writers, and creators at the San Diego Comic-Con.  Here’s the list of when you can get your stuff signed.

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Image Comics has sent Major Spoilers its rundown of booth signings, comic exclusives, and panels at this year’s San Diego Comic Con International.

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Boom! Studios has released its schedule for the San Diego Comic-Con going on next week in SoCal.  We’ve already mentioned Stephen Baldwin will be making an appearance to sign preview copies of The Remnant.  There’s also going to be zombie make up and a Drink Up!/Gay Pride party at the Hyatt.

If you aren’t familiar with the recent issue with Doug Manchester, the owner of the Hyatt and his major donation to support Proposition 8 (only men and women can marry), you can read it here.  I say go to the Boom! Party to show your support for everyone.

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I mentioned the Steve Niles signing in passing yesterday, but today the full blown release information has been released.  Niles will indeed be signing at the Radical Publishing booth (#2806) next week during the San Diego Comic-Con.  He will appear two times at the booth:  Friday 1:00-2:00 PM and again on Saturday from 2:30 - 3:30 PM with Arthur Suydam.

Steve Niles will also be part of Radical Publishing’s Comic-Con panel on Friday from 2:30 - 3:30 PM promoting his 48-page prestige format City of Dust.  You’ll also be able to snag a free promotional copy of the issue at the company booth.

“CITY OF DUST blew me away,” exclaimed Barry Levine, Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher. “I love the concept behind Niles’ dark, desperate, dystopian world and the characters that inhabit it.  Detective Philip Khrome is a conflicted soul as only Steve can deliver. Radical is going big with this, we’ve commissioned covers from artists like Arthur Suydam, Clint Langley and Lucio Parrillo to kick off the first issue and expect our fans to reap the benefits from our unique promotional events for this title. It all starts at Comic-Con with our preview book.  I’m so happy to see Steve on board, not only for signing, but to join the names of Jim Steranko and Ian Edginton for our Comic-Con panel.”

Keep checking out the site, because there’s going to be virtual tons of information about SDCC’08 coming out in the next two weeks.

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It’s a day of news from Boom! Studios. The company has announced a brand new project from Andrew Cosby and Stephen Baldwin called Remnant.

“I wanted to do a comic that asked the big questions but answered them in little ways,” said Baldwin.  “Philosophy and spirituality are complex beasts, but I believe literature’s purpose is to contextualize these tricky subjects into entertaining stories that speak, not preach, to the reader.”

Fans of Baldwin’s work can find the actor at San Diego Comic-Con signing special-edition preview books at the Boom! Studios booth.

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If you are in or near Bellflower, CA on Saturday, you might want to check out this signing at Metropolis Comics.

Archie Comics has announced artist Bill Galvan will be signing and doing free sketches for the Dragons Keep Customer Appreciation Day and Creator Signing on March 15, from 10AM until 2:00 PM

Dragon’s Keep
260 North University Avenue
Provo, Utah 84601
(801) 373-3482
www.dragonskeep.com

Prior to the signing, Bill will also be appearing at the Provo Library to conduct a workshop at 10:30 AM before heading back to the shop.

Provo Library
550 North University Avenue
Provo, Utah 84601
(801) 852-6650
www.provo.lib.ut.us

Utah folk might want to check these events out and get your family addicted to good family fun from Archie.

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If you are in Tacoma, Washington on October 20, 2007, stop by Comic Book Ink and meet Brian Reed, who is doing a signing at the store from 1:00 until 4:00 PM.

BRIAN REED, who calls Atlanta, Georgia his home, made his foray into comic books after launching his career in the video game industry. He was the lead designer and, along with comic book superstar BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, co-writer of the ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN Video Game.� He is currently the writer of Marvel Comics’ MS MARVEL and co-writer, again with Bendis, of the NEW AVENGERS: THE ILLUMINANTI.� Upcoming projects include the CAPTAIN MARVEL mini-series for Marvel and his first creator owned title, THE CIRCLE,� through IMAGE COMICS.� Mr. Reed also is the writer of two more Video Games due later this year; SPIDER-MAN: FRIEND OR FOE from ACTIVISION and MERCENARIES 2: WORLD ON FIRE from PANDEMIC STUDIOS.� He is also makes regular contributions to his blog on www.savagebreakfast.com.

COMIC BOOK INK (located at 1625 East 72nd and Portland Avenue, Suite 800, Tacoma, WA 98404) was established in 2002 as a store that was invested in its community and in the hopes of establish the shop as a public meeting place, as well as cultural center, for those who love, or want to learn more, about comic books.� The shop was a 2005 Nominee and, the 2006 and 200, Finalist for the WILL EISNER SPIRIT of RETAILING AWARDS.

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While sitting across the aisle from one of those cute school girls, I was passed a note that Mark Haven Britt will be making an appearance at Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA this Saturday (August 25, 2007) from 5 to 7:00 PM. Mark will be signing Full Color, his new graphic novel published by Image Comics.

Well darn, I’m not in Berkley, and I have a football game to produce and direct at that time. Otherwise, I’d be there with bells on - yes… I would be wearing bells…

Since I can’t go, perhaps a Major Spoilers reader will drop by, get some stuff signed, and take a picture or two to share with the rest of us.

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John Munn from Comic Book, Ink dropped us a quick e-mail to let us know the signing at the store went well and they even raised some money for MS Walk 2007.

Hello Eveyone!

The Clayton Craig signing at the shop was a huge success! Almost 200 people had almost 300 hundred items signed and a bunch of new folks were introduced to our store for the first time!! We are also proud to announce that we raised $560.00 for the MS WALK 2007 due to the incredible print that Mr. Crain debuted at our signing!

A special thank you to: All of the folks who attended this great event, the incredible staff at Comic Book Ink, the folks at the Morning News Tribune for the phenomenal article; Janet Wainwright Productions for all of the goodies; the spectacular administrative staff at the Lakewood and Longston Regal Cinemas and last, but certainly not least, Mr. Clayton Crain and his family for such a sensational day!

We look forward to seeing everyone, and more, in less than a month for the John Layman (Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness vs Army of Darkness, Stephen Colbert’s TEK JANSEN and SCARFACE) Signing on Saturday, March 17th at 2:00pm!

John Munn
Comic Book, Ink
1625 East 72nd and Portland ave., Suite 800
Tacoma, WA 98404