Detroit FanFare 2012 Comic Book Convention

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ericadams — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:02:43 +0000

2012 Guest Info Coming Soon

ericadams — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:54:01 +0000

Stay tuned!

Detroit Fanfare 2012!

ericadams — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:45:10 +0000

Detroit Fanfare 2012 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn located at 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126. More info about the fanfare coming soon so stay tuned!

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ericadams — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:20:24 +0000

Sponsor information coming soon.

Parking Info for Detroit Fanfare Guests

conadmin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:28:58 +0000

We’ve been getting questions about long-term parking in Downtown Detroit and here’s the scoop:

The Port Atwater Parking garage at 200 Beaubien is connected to the Marriott Ren Cen and is offering discounted parking at $4 each day for Saturday and Sunday for Detroit Fanfare attendees. Port Atwater Parking is about 3 blocks from Cobo with a skywalk to the Ren Cen People Mover Station which is still 50 cents to ride and will stop at Cobo. To get the discounted parking pick up a Port Atwater discount validation ticket at the Detroit Fanfare registration desk. Upon exiting the garage first insert into the pay station your original parking ticket, and then insert your validation ticket which will reduce your daily parking fee to $4.

See the Hotel and Travel page for more info.

Tommy Castillo

conadmin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:20:07 +0000

Tommy Castillo is a modern day renaissance man . Whether creating a slimy
corpse reaching for you on film or the gentle glance of a mighty dragon,
Tommy will capture you with the dynamics of his creations and the
intensity of his palette. With a career spanning twenty three years,
Tommy is famed and sought after for his dark humor, brilliant attention to
detail, and his love for the pure creation of art, weather it be the
written word or painting. Tommy has put paint and pencil to such titles as
Batman Detective, Legends of the Dark Knight, Toetags, with Horror legend
George Romero; Tales From the Crypt, Alice in Wonderland, King Kong,
Coloring book of the Dead, The Dark side of OZ, various storyboards and
designs for films, and many more of the beloved classics in literature. Tommy has had the honor of working with many of the fields largest companies: Strathmore, DC Comics, Paramount Pictures, Warhammer, Wizards of the Coast, Fangoria and publications as offbeat as Rolling Stone magazine. His diverse styling and insane line work have defined him as one of today’s greatest in the field of Illustration, Comics and Fine Art…And y’know, he renders some of the scariest books of today, and the guy will get as giddy as a schoolboy on Sunday at the sight of a Muppet. You gotta love that.

Big Dog Ink CRITTER #3 Variant

conadmin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:42:25 +0000

Big Dog Ink (Booth #1113) is offering this exclusive variant cover for Critter #3 by Eric Eric Basaldua at Detroit Fanfare. There are only 250 of these around so get ‘em while they’re hot!

CRITTER #3 Exclusive Variant Cover by Eric Basaldua

Creator Premieres and Exclusives

conadmin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:01:29 +0000

Other Exclusives!

Grade com
This company manufactures frames and displays for the comic book industry. Come check out their new UV safe products that protect your books while on display. Check out their EXCLUSIVE limited-edition Detroit Fanfare version! Available in limited quantities.

Re-Imagining Detroit
A unique sketchbook from artists at the convention that showcases Detroit icons in a different way. Many of the art pieces in the book will also be available as prints and cards from the artists. Rare chance to get a book autographed by all the artists involved!

CREATOR EXCLUSIVES!

Rob M. Worley – Booth #100

Scratch9 has been nominated for just about every comic award there is this year and creator Rob M. Worley will premiere the second printing of #1 with new story pages by Motor City faves Shane and Chris Hougton featuring a crossover with their Image Comics character Reed Gunther. He’ll have a super-rare print run of the Scratch9 “Detroit Cats” double-sided poster for sale. And stop by for a FREE poster from the new upcoming novel, All Robots Must Die. All these are at table #100

SCRATCH9 #1 Second Edition

SCRATCH9 Detroit Tigers Poster

SCRATCH9 Detroit Lions Poster

ALL ROBOTS MUST DIE

Dirk Manning – Booth #117

Nightmare World Vol. 3 “Demon Days” from creator/writer Dirk Manning will make a special debut at Detroit Fanfare! Stop by Dirk’s table, #117 to get “nightmared”.

NIGHTMARE WORLD Vol. 3 "Demon Days"

Ted Woods – Booth #712

If you got your hands on the exclusive book of Re-Imagining Detroit, a sketchbook by artists at the con, look for the Tigra piece by Ted Woods. You can get a special edition of that print IN COLOR at Ted’s table. #712.

Detroit TIGRA Pin-up by Ted Woods

Decapitated Dan – Booth #201

Decapitated Dan’s Dark Delights (Booth #201) features a wide assortment of goodies from many publishers and creators and he has on hand some special edition merchandise such as Chopper#1 from Aslyum and two t-shirts, Psycho and Voodoo Tales.

CHOPPER #1

Gary Reed – Booth #700

Deadworld: The Last Siesta from IDW will make its premiere at Detroit Fanfare. This original graphic novel from Gary Reed, Gary Francis, and Mark Bloodworth will be at table #700 for copies and/or autographs.

DEADWORLD: THE LAST SIESTA

Jushua Swanagon – Booth #235

Joshua Swanagon has an EXCLUSIVE print for Detroit Fanfare featuring ArDuffle. You have to check this out at his table (#235) because everyone needs more ArDuffle!

ARDUFFLE Exclusive Print

Bruce Gerlach – Booth #224

Check out Bruce Gerlach’s prints of his work from the Artist Sketchbook and cards featuring Steven Yeun…perfect for getting autographed.

Uniroyal THANOS Pin-up by Bruce Gerlach

Brandon Williams – Booth #114

Fanfare premiere! Dedford Tales from Brandon Williamsand friends. Get to table #114 to pick up this 120 page Graphic Novel before anyone else can. Includes 24 color pages and there’s stickers and t-shirts as well.

DEDFORD TALES

Steven Myers – Booth #333

Steve Myers (table #333) offers F.E.D. #15 for a premiere along with a newly revised #1 for the first time anywhere.

F.E.D. #15

Killistration Studios – Booth #624

Killustration Studios will be premiering THREE new pieces of art in honor of the special guests at Fanfare. Ash, Jayne and RoboCop will all be featured new prints at this show. Each print is 11×17, and signed! Table #624.

Jesse Hughes – Booth #733

Detroit Fanfare will see the long awaited premier of Science Girl #1! Check out Jesse Hughes’ table at #733.

SCIENCE GIRL #1

Bete Noire – Booth #535

Bete Noire Magazine has two premiers! Their premier issue of In Poe’s Shadow, is debuting. Plus the 4th of Bete Noire Magazinefeaturing short stories by Bram Stoker Award Winner Bruce Boston. #535

Bete Noire: IN POE'S SHADOW #1

Allen Milgrom

conadmin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:05:15 +0000

Al graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in art and design and moved to New, interning with legendary artist, Murphy Anderson, Al worked with Jim Starlin, inking Captain Marvel and took over penciling the book when Starlin left. He also inked then penciled Master of Kung Fu and the Guardians of the Galaxy. During his brief tenure at DC he co-created Firestorm with writer Gerry Conway. A year later he shifted his editorial duties over to Marvel and created Marvel Fanfare, a comic which pioneered the high quality format so prevalent in the industry today. He wrote, penciled and/or inked virtually every character they produced—most notably Spider-Man, The Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Thor, Thunderstrike and X-Factor. Nowadays, he works as a freelancer primarily for Archie Comics.

Tony Isabella

conadmin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:59:03 +0000

Tony is a writer, editor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of DC Comics’ first major African American superhero, Black Lightning, and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer’s Guide. And of course, for his … Read More...