Stan Lee's Kids Universe Day Announced from POW! Entertainment and 1821 Comics

1821 Comics (www.1821comics.com), comic legend Stan Lee and his company POW! Entertainment are teaming up for STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE DAY,an event in Los Angeles on February 2 for kids celebrating the first properties from 1821 Comics, Stan Lee and POW!’s new family-friendly publishing imprint STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE (SLKU) which include Digital E-Books, books and games for multiple platforms. The children participating in STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE DAY will get an exclusive sneak preview of the new line of family friendly properties and will engage in a variety of fun activities. STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE DAY will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Giggles N’ Hugs (www.gigglesnhugs.com) in Century City, and will include invited children and their parents. STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE is a children's multimedia company specializing in graphic novels, picture books, digital books, and games.

STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE DAY is scheduled to feature the following activities*:

• A book reading session for the kids with Stan Lee, where he will be giving out signed copies of books from the new imprint.
• Lunch and games with characters from the Stan Lee’s Kids Universe.
• Playtime with rescued animals.
• Arts and craft sessions for the kids.

STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE is the brainchild of Paris Kasidokostas Latsis and Terry Dougas, founders of the graphic novel and comic book company 1821 Comics, Comic legend Stan Lee, Founder, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment and his producing partner, President and CEO of POW! Entertainment Gill Champion. STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE DAY marks the official unveiling of the properties, which will be available for purchase immediately following the event. 

1821 Comics co-founder Paris Kasidokostas Latsis commented, “It’s an exciting time for 1821 Comics, after the successful launch of our first book with Stan Lee Romeo& Juliet The War,which was an instant NY Times Best-Seller, we get to officially unveil our new label STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE. The brand at its core is a fun, creative and family friendly imprint that we are hoping will change the game. We are looking forward to STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE DAY on February 2.”

“The day has come to officially unveil STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE and we are excited to share the properties with kids and their parents during this special celebration,” added 1821 Comics co-founder and CEO Terry Dougas. “It’s truly an honor to continue working with POW! Entertainment and the legend himself Stan Lee---we can’t wait to share these new projects with the world in the coming weeks.”

“STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE was created to provide children with big imaginations an entirely new universe to explore, with the aim of telling stories that they haven’t read before yet provide educational value as well,” said Stan Lee. “It’s a thrill to be able to bring this new franchise and its colorful characters to life. I am excited to meet a new generation of brigadiers.”

Get the latest news from STAN LEE’S KIDS UNIVERSE via:
Facebook at facebook.com/StanLeesKidsUniverse
Twitter at twitter.com/stanleeskidsu

1821 Comics and Stan Lee's Pow! Entertainment Graphic Novel "Romeo and Juliet: The War"

A look at the variant cover for 1821 Comics and Stan Lee's Pow! Entertainment graphic novel Romeo and Juliet: The War.  

This cover was being kept under wraps until response for the much-anticipated book became overwhelming from the fans and 1821 decided to unveil it. It's also official that the graphic novel will be available in both a large soft cover edition ($19.99) and a special collector's hardbound edition ($29.99). The breathtaking book will be printed in a landscape format of 10" x 13", allowing for some amazing images to flow off the page. It will be available on November 30th, just in time for the holiday season.

The graphic novel is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and was reimagined by Stan Lee and Terry Dougas. The book was written by Max Work and all artwork from cover to interior pages was illustrated by Skan Srisuwan and Studio Hive.

1821 Comics is also running a Stan Lee Autograph Social Media Contest. Each week leading up to the debut of the book at NYCC someone from 1821 Comic’s  Facebook or Twitter pages will win a signed copy of the book before it hits stands. To enter just go to 1821 Comics Facebook or Twitter page and click on the "like" or "follow" button.

Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment and 1821 Comics: Romeo and Juliet Debuts at the New York Comic Con

Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment and 1821 Comics announced today that they will debut Romeo and Juliet: The War at New York Comic Con 2011. Stan Lee will be on hand toshowcase the book and sign special limited edition mini posters promoting the title. Pre-release orders are being taken at the 1821 comic's booth #1458. Romeo and Juliet: The War will be in stores the end of November as a deluxe 10''x13" over sized coffee table book available in both hard and soft cover formats.

Romeo and Juliet: The War takes Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers and places them in the futuristic sci-fi/fantasy Empire of Verona, the most powerful territory on Earth. The MONTAGUES, powerful cyborgs made of artificial DNA, and the CAPULETS, genetically enhanced humans known for their speed and agility, worked in tandem to destroy all threats to the city. With no one left to fight, the Montagues and Capulets found themselves a new enemy: each other.

Stan Lee commented, "This is the graphic novel I've always dreamed of doing. Take one of the world's greatest stories, known and loved throughout the globe, place it against the background of a future age, a more violent, science-gone-mad age--embellish it with the most powerful, dazzling, illustrations ever seen and produce it in the largest, most impressive format of all.  Romeo and Juliet: The War!  It's the crowning achievement in this, the age of the graphic novel." 

Not able to attend the show and desperate to get a signed Stan Lee Romeo and Juliet: The War collector's item? Fear not True Believer! Go to www.facebook.com/1821comics and hit the like button for 1821 Comics and you will be entered to win a limited edition Stan Lee signed mini poster of Romeo and Juliet: The War. Want to increase your odds? Go to www.twitter.com/1821comics and follow 1821 Comics. At the end every week leading up to NYCC we will draw the names of some lucky fans who will win this signed collector's item!

Big SDCC Party Hosted by Comikaze Expo, Pow! Entertainment, Ghostship, and Geekscape

The San Diego Comic Con has always been the event we always attend because of how much we are fans of comics, toys, movies, and art. This year is even bigger for us because we launched our site earlier this year and have been busy with establishing connections with companies such as Image Comics, Marvel, Sideshow Collectibles, Gentle Giant, Dynamite Entertainment, DC, and so much more. We have been fortunate to provide new information to fans like us in comics, toys, and movies. 

We enjoy attending Comic Cons and if we could we would attend each and every one of them. Growing up in Los Angeles, we have had our share in small conventions, but never a full on comic convention or pop culture convention. I guess 2011 will change that with the Comikaze Expo coming this November to the Los Angeles Convention Center. We have been fortunate enough to chat with one of the co-founders of Comikaze Expo and we are excited to be attending the first annual event this November 5th and 6th. 

Day one of the San Diego Comic Con brought us not only a special treat in the event, but we were also invited to attend a party hosted by Comikaze Expo, Pow! Entertainment, Ghostship, and Geekscape. The party was held at the Bristol Hotel on the top floor. Because Pow! Entertainment was a host of the event, we were hoping to get a chance to see and meet Stan Lee and there he was! The guests went crazy as soon as he made his presence in the room. I had a great opportunity to shake his hand and say a quick hello. He was very kind and took many pictures with the guests and soon after a tall individual shows up and it is Rick Fox. We will have to say though besides meeting the great Mr. Stan Lee is that we got to also talk with Doug Jones and a few of The Guild cast. We are big fans of the series and we are even hoping that we made some of the scenes in Season 5 coming out very shortly. We were able to be part of the filming as extras of Season 5 at the Long Beach Comic Expo this past April.

We had a blast! Thank you Comikaze Expo, Pow! Entertainment, Geekscape, and Ghostship!