Media release — On Saturday night, September 8th, the comic book industry, including professionals, retailers, as well as fans, will gather at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore to honor the 2012 Harvey award Nominees for 2011 comic work as well as present the Harveys to their recipients. This is an interesting evening, highlighted by our hold Phil LaMarr, keynote speaker Ross Richie, as well as a special appearance by Stan Lee!
Harvey awards tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets to the event, which includes full mixed drink hour (cash bar), full service dinner (featuring a Baltimore Crabcake!), awards ceremony, as well as a gift bag, are now offered for $125. Tickets are offered at our web site by means of credit score card or Paypal at baltimorecomiccon.com/harvey-awards.
The keynote speaker for the evening is the creator as well as CEO of Boom! Studios, Ross Richie. Ross established Boom! Studios in the spare bedroom of his apartment or condo in June of 2005 — the business went on to win “Best new Publisher” four months later. considering that then, Boom! has added “Best Publisher” from diamond Comics Distributors to its listing of accolades in 2009 as well as 2010, together with an Eisner award as well as a number of Harveys. Ross is originally from San Antonio, TX.
“Saying this is a incredible honor doesn’t begin to cover it. I am very humbled to contribute to such an extraordinary event. This is an amazing ceremony as well as I’m thrilled to have a part in it,” stated Ross.
Host Phil LaMarr is finest understood as a cast member of Fox’s MADtv, a sketch comedy show based on characters as well as circumstances from mad magazine, which was established in 1952 by Editor Harvey Kurtzman (namesake of the Harvey Awards) as well as publisher William Gaines. The show very first aired in 1995 as well as ran for 14 seasons, of which LaMarr was a cast member for 5 seasons (1995-2000).
As a lifeling comics reader, LaMarr says: “I’m ecstatic as well as honored to be a part of the Harvey awards this year, as well as I am looking ahead to satisfying lots of of the people I spend every Wednesday afternoon with.”
The Harvey awards are one of the comic book industry’s oldest as well as a lot of respected awards. The Harveys acknowledge impressive achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only market awards both nominated as well as chosen by the full body of comic book professionals. Additionally, the Hero effort will present 2 awards to impressive members of the comics community!
The Hero effort was well established to aid comic creators with a monetary security web when in requirement of emergency medical aid, monetary support for fundamentals of life, as well as an avenue back into paying work. In the years considering that its inception, the board has produced an award to acknowledge those individuals in the market that have devoted their skill over the lifetime of their careers to the comic book neighborhood at-large, achieving the condition of Hero. Previous recipients include John Romita, Joe Kubert, Nick Cardy, Neal Adams, as well as George Perez. who will be this year’s lifetime Hero?
The Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year award will likewise be provided at the Harvey awards Banquet. Giordano, who passed away in early 2010, was part of Hero Initiative’s Board of Directors. He was likewise a legendary artist, a guiding force at Charlton Comics as well as DC Comics for lots of years, a mentor to his colleagues, as well as a buddy to all who understood him. His tradition epitomizes the caring as well as commitment Hero effort strives to achieve. In his honor, the Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year award will acknowledge one person in comics annually who has demonstrated the generosity as well as integrity Dick given the charity, as well as to the comic book neighborhood at large.
In the coming week, look for a lot more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking ahead to highlighting our guests, the Harvey Awards, market exclusives, as well as programming. the current advancements can always be discovered at our web site ), Twitter (), as well as Facebook () pages.
This year’s Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 8-9, 2012. Convention hours are Saturday 10 AM to 7 PM as well as Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM. The ceremony as well as banquet for the Harvey awards will be held Saturday night, September 8th.
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