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Visit TwoMorrows at Comic-Con International, booth #5504

Visit TwoMorrows Publishing at our new Comic-Con location! It’s Booth #5504 along the front wall of the exhibit hall (walk through the Hall A door, turn left, and there we are)! We’re finally back near the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion!

Get advance pre-release copies of these upcoming books and mags, while they last:

ALTER EGO #195 and #196
BACK ISSUE #161 and #162
BRICKJOURNAL #91
COMIC BOOK CREATOR #40:
Remembering Dave Stevens
CRYPTOLOGY #5
JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #94
RETROFAN #40 and #41
AMERICAN MOVIE COMIC BOOKS:
From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page
FUTURISTIC:
Rockets, Robots & Rayguns of Space Age Pop Culture

To celebrate COMIC BOOK CREATOR #40 debuting at Comic-Con, Dave Stevens’ sister JENNIFER BAWCUM will be conducting signings, featuring rare and limited edition Stevens prints at our booth on:
Thursday, 2:00 pm
Friday, 1:00 pm
Saturday, 1:00 pm

Panels and Events:
Thursday, July 24 – Noon in Room 10
TALES FROM MY SPINNER RACK LIVE
GARY SASSAMAN (former director of programming and publications for Comic-Con) takes a nostalgic look back at Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four covers, alongside Kirby experts MARK EVANIER (author, Kirby: King of Comics) and JOHN MORROW (editor-publisher, Jack Kirby Collector).

Friday, July 25 – 8:00 pm in the Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront
THE WILL EISNER COMICS INDUSTRY AWARDS
Cheer on TwoMorrows at the most important award show of our industry for its nomination for “Best Comics-Related Book” for AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: 1945-49, by KEITH DALLAS, JOHN WELLS, RICHARD ARNDT, and KURT MITCHELL.

Saturday, July 26 – 4:00 pm at the Marriott Marquis, rooms Grand 12 & 13
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TWOMORROWS

Discover how we’ve made it over 30 years in this wild and crazy business, and see our new and upcoming book projects (you won’t want to miss these!) in a lively discussion moderated by publisher JOHN MORROW (Jack Kirby Collector), KEITH DALLAS (American Comic Book Chronicles), ED CATTO (RetroFan), RICHARD ARNDT (The First Comics Companion), and a special video appearance by PETER NORMANTON (Cryptology).

Sunday, July 27 – 10:00 am in Room 5AB
THE ANNUAL JACK KIRBY TRIBUTE PANEL

Talking about Jack this year are PAUL LEVITZ (former president of DC Comics), “Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity” curator PATRICK A. REED, attorney PAUL S. LEVINE, Marvel editor TOM BREVOORT, and TRACY KIRBY and JEREMY KIRBY from the Kirby family. Your host, as always, is former Kirby assistant MARK EVANIER.

Sunday, July 27 – 3:00 pm in Room 4
DAVE STEVENS 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Close out your con with Dave Stevens’ family, friends, and collaborators as they celebrate the late Rocketeer creator’s 70th birthday, including JENNIFER BAWCUM (Dave’s sister), JACKIE ESTRADA (Eisner Awards administrator), KELVIN MAO (Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection), STEVE RINGGENBERG (Fantagraphics), and moderator JOHN MORROW (TwoMorrows Publishing). Includes an advance look at JON B. COOKE’s double-size Comic Book Creator tribute to Dave, coming this Fall, and debuting at booth 5504!

This year promises to be a jam-packed, double-bagged, limited collector’s edition TwoMorrows soirée! We can’t wait to see you there!