[Press] IDW presents Fishtown, true life crime tale

IDW presents Kevin Colden’s award-winning true-life crime tale, Fishtown, in deluxe hardcover format

“A fresh version of an old true crime pulp novel.”

-Philadelphia Weekly

“Stark and chilling”

-Comicon.com

(San Diego, October 8, 2008) In 2003, the city of Philadelphia was shocked
by an act of violence so brutal it almost defies description. The ensuing
trial and intense media scrutiny unearthed the story of the murder of
16-year-old boy who was led into an empty lot in the city’s Fishtown section
by his girlfriend and beaten to death by three boys he knew-one of them his
best friend.

In IDW Publishing’s upcoming, fact-based, fictional hardcover graphic novel
Fishtown, author and Philadelphia native Kevin Colden examines the motives
of the murderers through loosely-based characters, imagined conversations
and confessions directly aimed at the reader.

Inspired in 2005 by newspaper articles, television coverage, and snippets of
trial testimony, Colden originally intended to create a more fact-based
account of the story, but hit a roadblock due to inaccessible trial
transcripts and ongoing litigation. Says the author, “At that point, I began
to think about the reaction the public was having to the story and wrote the
events how I imagined they occurred. When I finished the script I realized I
had hit on a deeper emotional truth than the facts alone could have shown.”

In March 2007, the first chapter of Fishtown was awarded a self-publishing
grant from the Xeric Foundation which Colden declined in order to publish
the piece as a weekly webcomic at www.ACT-I-VATE. com, a web-based collective
of established and up-and-coming cartoonists. “I mistakenly put Fishtown
online before hearing from the Xeric committee. It turned out there was a
conflict with their policy regarding simultaneous web and print release, so
I chose to decline the grant money and take my chances with the limitless
potential of the web.” The Xeric Foundation remained supportive of Fishtown,
and in 2008, partly as a result of Colden’s decision, reversed their policy
and now support concurrent web serialization for grant recipients.

Fishtown presents a chilling portrait of teenage angst gone horribly wrong
by threading fact with fiction, reality with fantasy, and weaving a tapestry
of connected vignettes that add up to a devastating treatise on the human
condition. In its yearlong run at ACT-I-VATE, it garnered near universal
praise for its confrontational and unflinching dramatization of the events
leading seemingly average kids to turn into vicious killers.

Fishtown, a 120-page hardcover-with- dustjacket (ISBN 1-60010-273- 8, Diamond
order code SEP08 4143) will be in stores on November 12.

About IDW:
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade
paperbacks, based in San Diego, Calif. As a leader in the horror, action,
and sci-fi genres, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular
titles in the industry including: television’s #1 prime time series CBS’
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Paramount’s Star Trek; Fox’s Angel; Hasbro’s
The Transformers, and the BBC’s Doctor Who. IDW’s original horror series, 30
Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by
Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. In April
2008, IDW released Michael Recycle, the first title from its new children’s
book imprint, Worthwhile Books. More information about the company can be
found at http://www.idwpubli shing.com.

About Kevin Colden:

Kevin Colden is the author and artist of numerous graphic short stories and
novellas including Strangle/Switch at ZudaComics.com, Todt Hill at The
Chemistry Set (with writer Neil Kleid), and RED (with writer Elizabeth
Genco). His work has appeared in anthologies from Alternative Comics,
Desperado Publishing, and SMITH Magazine, and is on display in the permanent
collection at MoCCA. He lives in New York City.

[Press] MARVEL ANIMATION EXPANDS SLATE WITH PRODUCTION OF ALL NEW ANIMATED SERIES– THE AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES

MARVEL ANIMATION EXPANDS SLATE WITH PRODUCTION OF ALL NEW ANIMATED SERIES

THE AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES

New York, New York – October 8th, 2008 – Further strengthening its robust animation slate, Marvel Animation, a division of Marvel Entertainment, announced today the production of an all new animated
series, THE AVENGERS: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Production on 26 half-hour episodes is already underway using the production services of Film Roman, producer of the Simpsons and King of the Hill.

The new series, expected to be available for broadcast in 2011, continues on Marvel’s already impressive television line-up which includes the all-new Wolverine and the X-Men and Iron Man: Armored
Adventures series that will both debut on Nicktoons in 2009. Marvel Animation will also debut the all-new series Marvel Super Hero Squad and The Black Panther next year.

THE AVENGERS: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is an all-new property featuring some of Marvel’s all-time favorite characters including Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Giant Man and Wasp. When the planet isthreatened by Super Villains, time traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical monsters and mad robots bent on the total destruction of humanity, when forces of evil are so overwhelming that no single hero
has the power to save the world, when there is no hope left…the Avengers assemble!

The Avengers are the best of the best in the Marvel Universe and the greatest heroes who take on the most unbeatable foes. These are the heroes who hold back the storm, and the fate of the world rests on their
shoulders.

“The addition of THE AVENGERS: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to our quickly expanding animation slate continues our plan to complement each of our tentpole live action features with an animated series,” said Eric
Rollman, President of Animation. “This new ensemble series tracks perfectly with our highly anticipated ‘road to the Avengers’ strategy which includes some of Marvel’s biggest and most beloved characters, and which kicks off with two Avengers’ themed feature films in summer 2011.”