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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
L.A. Comic Con 2019: Early Bird Weekend Passes On Sale Now!
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
BREAKING NEWS: ANNOUNCING THE CONCEPT ART AWARDS, A NEW AWARD CELEBRATING THE ROLE OF CONCEPT ARTISTS
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ANNOUNCING THE CONCEPT ART AWARDS
ANNOUNCING THE CONCEPT ART AWARDS
A New Award Celebrating the Role of Concept Artists in the Entertainment Industry Will Be Presented this September at LightBox Expo in Pasadena
(LOS ANGELES, CA – June 3, 2019) From Ralph McQuarrie and the original Star Wars trilogy to H. R. Giger and Alien, from Mary Blair and Alice in Wonderland to Eyvind Earle and Sleeping Beauty, concept art and concept artists are a defining part of the modern entertainment experience. Beginning this September, a new industry award will celebrate their role throughout the world of movies, television, video games and more. On September 7th, the Concept Art Association will host its first annual award show: The Concept Art Awards, presented by LightBox Expo, in Pasadena, CA.
In recent years, with the increased use of CGI in live action and animation, the ability to create highly rendered finished pieces of art quickly have made concept art and artists valuable assets, yet this large group of unsung heroes are rarely recognized. During the event, artists will be honored for their artistic excellence in Live Action for film and broadcast, Animation for film and broadcast, Games (both mobile and PC/console), Original Concepts/Independent, Student Work, and Fan Art, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award and a LightBox Community Icon Award.
Entry to The Concept Art Awards is free with either a 3-Day or Saturday pass to LightBox Expo, a celebration of the visual arts in Pasadena, CA. LightBox Expo (or LBX) will be a multi-faceted experience for everyone from aspiring artists and students, to professionals and fans, with a focus on animation, illustration and concept art.
“The mission behind LightBox Expo is to shine a spotlight on the artists behind our favorite movies, animation, games and illustration, so it only makes sense to have an award show to recognize and celebrate the incredible talent in the entertainment industry,” said LightBox Expo Co-Founder Bobby Chiu. “The Concept Art Awards is going to be one of those events where we will only truly understand the importance of it in ten years, but the first one will always be the most special of them all.”
The Concept Art Association was created with the mission of elevating and raising the profile of concept artists, their art and their involvement in various entertainment industries. It was founded by concept artist and Head of Visual Development at Marvel Studios, Ryan Meinerding; Talent Manager Rachel Meinerding; and producer and co-founder of the BRIC Foundation, Nicole Hendrix.
“I really want to highlight this amazing group of talented individuals that I am honored to call peers, and what they bring to these industries,” said Ryan Meinerding. “I think this event is going to do just that. There has never been anything like it for concept artists before and I’m excited to say it’s finally happening, not just for the artist community but for a wider audience as well.”
The 2019 Concept Art Awards Presented by LightBox Expo will be an artist-submitted awards process, with the artwork first going through a peer voting phase to determine the finalists, and then onto a juried judging process where a winner will be selected. Judges include Marvel Studios’ Ryan Meinerding, Gnomon + Gnomon Workshop Founder Alex Alvarez, Weta Workshop’s Krystal Sae Eua, Ubisoft's Donglu Yu and Vitaly Bulgarov, with more exciting judges to be announced soon.
Submissions open June 3rd and close July 8th via https://www.
Learn more about the Concept Art Association and the 2019 Concept Art Awards Presented by LightBox Expo at: https://www.
LightBox Expo will feature the best artists in animation, illustration, live action and gaming industries under one roof for the ultimate celebration of art. The inaugural LightBox Expo event will be held from September 6-8, 2019 at the Pasadena Convention Center. Artists include Patrick O'Keefe (Art Director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Alvin Lee (Senior Artist on League of Legends), Kei Acedera (Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland), Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), Chris Sanders (writer/director of How to Train Your Dragon), Jana Schirmer (Visual Development Artist at Marvel Studios) and hundreds more. Tickets are on sale now, and information about the event, including a full list of artists who are appearing, can be found at: https://www.lightboxexpo.com/
Monday, June 3, 2019
Emmy Nominated Writer Chris “Doc” Wyatt and Eisner Nominated Artist Chris Grine to Publish ALIEN BONES, An All Ages Original Graphic Novel, Timed to International Dinosaur Month
For Immediate Release:
Emmy Nominated Writer Chris “Doc” Wyatt and Eisner Nominated Artist Chris Grine
to Publish ALIEN BONES, An All Ages Graphic Novel, Timed to International Dinosaur Month
(June 3, 2019) Here on Earth, more than a thousand species of dinosaurs have been named and identified. But what about— alien dinosaurs? This October, timed to International Dinosaur Month, Emmy nominated writer Chris “Doc” Wyatt (Marvel's Rocket and Groot), Eisner nominated artist Chris Grine (Time Shifters) and 1First Comics will publish ALIEN BONES, an all ages outer space graphic novel, with plenty of robots, pirates and, of course, alien dinosaurs.
“The idea of ALIEN BONES came from wanting to thrill my son with an adventure out in the universe,” said Chris “Doc” Wyatt, the acclaimed television writer and film producer ("Napoleon Dynamite"). “I can admit that astronomy can sometimes seem dry and boring in the classroom, so I wanted to find a way to encourage my kid to think about the cosmos as an exciting place to explore and discover. He was interested, at the time, in dinosaurs—a lot of kids go through a dinosaur phase, and my son was no different. So, I thought: “What about kids having adventures with dinosaurs in space?”
In the all ages original graphic novel ALIEN BONES, ten-year old Liam Mycroft roams the galaxy in a starship with his paleontologist father in search of the fossils of extinct alien dinosaurs. But when his father disappears inside the mysterious ruins of an underground alien city, Liam, his best friend Dianna, his robot Standard-5, and his tiny pet dino are launched on a cosmic adventure that could impact the entire human race.
“I’ve drawn parallel worlds, a robot Abraham Lincoln, an evil witch apocalypse and the strange adventures of a half chicken, half rabbit creature named Chickenhare,” said ALIEN BONES co-creator and artist Chris Grine. “And this original graphic novel really let me to push my art into new and exciting directions, specifically deep into the heart of outer space. What’s more awesome than dinosaur fossils? Alien dinosaurs!”
“When I was growing up, the idea that there might be other planets out in deep space, beyond our solar system, was widely accepted, but wasn’t yet proven,” said Wyatt. “Now over 4,000 exoplanets have been pinpointed, and astronomers are discovering more all the time! What secrets might those planets hold? What epic journeys could they provide? Let’s hope we can use storytelling to raise a generation of explorers with enough passion and curiosity to try and answer those questions!”
1First Comics will publish the ALIEN BONES graphic novel to be available in comic stores on October 2 and in bookstores on October 8th.
For more information, contact:
David Hyde
Superfan Promotions LLC
About Chris Wyatt
Chris “Doc” Wyatt is an Emmy nominated animated TV writer/producer. He’s scripted for “Star Wars Resistance,” “Marvel’s Rocket & Groot,” “Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble,” “Lego Ninjago,” and “Batman Unlimited” among many others. Wyatt and his partner Kevin Burke currently serve as head writers of “Marvel’s Spider-Man” on DisneyXD which recently announced production in its third season. Wyatt and Burke also co-created “Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters” for Netflix and Hasbro Studios. Wyatt has also produced indie films, including the cult hit “Napoleon Dynamite” and the multiple festival award-winning “Coyote.”
About Chris Grine
Chris Grine has been writing and illustrating comics professionally since 2006. He has had work published by Dark Horse, Image Comics, Scholastic, Lion Forge, First Comics, and others. Some of his work includes the Eisner nominated series Chickenhare, Time Shifters, The Witch Finder General and Alien Bones. Chris attended The Kansas City Art Institute, as well as Ringling School of Art and Design where he received his BFA in Illustration. He currently lives near Kansas City, Missouri.
About 1First Comics
1First Comics is the original successful independent comics publisher which began when there was only Marvel and DC Comics. Its publisher, Ken F. Levin, has a great eye for comics that can become franchises and has shepherded numerous comic properties into film and television among them PREACHER, THE SCRIBBLER, and the upcoming THE BOYS (on Amazon Prime dropping July 26). This is 1First Comics’ second Wyatt/Grine collaboration after their universally praised graphic novel THE WITCHFINDER GENERAL.
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