Fierce Comics to Launch New Title at New York Comic Con

Fierce Comics to Release Midwalker #1 at the Largest Popular Culture Convention on the East Coast

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August 24, 2011 (FPRC) -- Fierce Comics today announced that it will launch the company?s third title, Midwalker, at the 2011 New York Comic Con, held October 13-16, at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan. The book follows the experiences of Joshua Fischer after a serious head injury that almost cost him his life. Years after the injury, Fischer discovers he has the remarkable ability to cross partway into the ethereal realm whereby he is enveloped in, and can control, amazing energies. But the euphoric feeling associated with crossing over turns out to be far more addictive than he ever anticipated. ?I wanted to explore what it would be like for a person if he or she were free to experience a taste of heaven while being tethered to Earth,? said writer Ben Filipiak. ?How addictive would that ability be? How would it affect your relationships, or your perspective on life?? Soon after discovering his abilities, Joshua finds himself hunted by Growtesque, a large and powerful demon warrior sent to destroy him.

The story is being brought to life by the talented Mike Shoyket (Titans, Superman 80-page Giant, G.I. Joe: America?s Elite) who is both penciling and inking the book. "Besides the fun superhero stuff, it's a figuration of how people, and especially young people, deal with horrible tragedy. I think it's a very special story,? said Shoyket.

Fierce Fan favorite Scott Reed returns to color the book. Scott?s comics career began as an inker for Malibu Comics (Star Trek:DS9, Mortal Kombat, Ultraverse) and Dark Horse Comics (Godzilla, G.I.Joe). He later wrote, illustrated and self-published his creator-owned comics under his self-publishing label Web?s Best Comics (The Last Odyssey, High Strangeness). Reed was the penciler, inker and colorist of Redneck Red from Fierce Comics. More recently, he has written for Image Comics (The Overman) and Marvel Comics (Son Of Hulk: Realm Of Kings and Dark Son: The Enigma Force).

?I?m fortunate to have such an outstanding creative team to work with on this project. We?re receiving very favorable responses to both the story and the art in this book. It?s definitely looking like we have another winner on our hands,? said Filipiak. A limited number of preview edition copies of the first in the six-issue series will be available to purchase at the New York Comic Con.

About Fierce Comics
Fierce Comics, a division of Fierce Media LLC, is a leading provider of independent comic books. The company?s titles are available at leading comic shops worldwide and digitally via the iVerse Comics+ application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Additional information about Fierce Comics can be found at www.fiercecomics.com.

Additional information about Web?s Best Comics can be found at www.websbestcomics.com.

Additional information about New York Comic Con can be found at www.newyorkcomiccon.com.

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Cryptic Social Media Mission to Launch James Bond Carte Blanche

Competition for James Bond fans to win the ultimate Bond prize and meet Jeffery Deaver, author of the new James Bond book Carte Blanche. Fans will have to complete a variety of cryptic tasks using social media to complete the mission.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London ? 11th May 2011

Cryptic social media mission to launch James Bond Carte Blanche

Bond fans eager to get their hands on the latest James Bond adventure, Carte Blanche, have been set a cryptic social media mission to win the ultimate Bond prize.

Fans will be challenged to solve a series of clues and questions on Twitter, Facebook, and in real-world Bond-related locations around London in the run-up to the launch of the book, published by Hodder & Stoughton.

Participants will need to return regularly to www.facebook.com/007CarteBlanche to unravel the clues and there will be one final 007-style secret mission to determine the winner.

The competition, managed by social media agency FreshNetworks, will climax on 25 May, when the winner will be picked up in the new Bentley Continental GT (the car driven by Bond in Carte Blanche) and chauffeur- driven to the five star Lanesborough Hotel in London. Here they will receive a copy of Carte Blanche a day before the rest of the world and will meet with Carte Blanche author Jeffery Deaver to discuss, first-hand, the details of the book.

Kelly Weekes, Marketing Director of, Hodder & Stoughton says: ?This is an incredibly exciting competiton that reflects the anticipation and secrecy surrounding Carte Blanche. Asking Bond fans to take part in their own cryptic mission will allow every Bond fan to put their Bond knowledge to the test and their clue-solving skills to the limit ahead of the publication of Carte Blanche.?

Runners up will receive invitations to the first public event with Jeffery Deaver on 26 May 2011, and for those who aren?t able to travel to London to complete the task, a separate strand of activity will let them compete to win one of 10 signed first edition Carte Blanche books, as well as other Jeffery Deaver, Ian Fleming and Charlie Higson titles.

Carte Blanche will be published in the UK on 26 May 2011.

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Notes to Editors:

? Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver will be published in the UK on 26 May 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton.

? Audio and ebook versions will be published simultaneously

? The Carte Blanche cover artwork is available from Colman Getty

? All Jeffery Deaver?s books have been published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton

? Ian Fleming Publications Ltd is the Fleming family owned company that owns the copyright of the James Bond books www.ianfleming.com

? For further information about Jeffery Deaver, visit:
www.jefferydeaver.com

? Jeffery Deaver will be in the UK for publication and is available for interview through Colman Getty

-Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette. They publish general fiction including bestselling authors John le Carr?, Stephen King, Jodi Picoult and Jeffery Deaver.
http://www.hodder.co.uk/

-FreshNetworks is a social media agency. Our services include social media strategy, online community design and build, and online reputation management.
www.freshnetworks.com
-For more information please contact:
Jo Stratmann: jo.stratmann@freshnetworks.com or call +44 (0) 20 7692 4515.

Send an email to Jo Stratmann of FreshNetworks
+44 207 692 4512

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Artnet Auctions Announces Launch of New Design Department: Inaugural Design Sale Beginning May 19

New York / Berlin, May 19, 2011?artnet Auctions is pleased to announce the launch of a new 20th and 21st century design department headed by Brent Lewis, former Christie?s specialist and auctioneer and gallery director at Moss. New design lots will go live each week, providing a consistent and curated online auction marketplace accessible 24/7.

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release
May 19, 2011
Contact: Brent Lewis +1-212-497-9700 ext. 581 BLewis@artnet.com

artnet Auctions Announces Launch of New Design Department:
Inaugural Design Sale Beginning May 19

Ron Arad
Before Summer, 1992
Mirror-polished bronze, Edition of 5
51.1 x 67 x 14.9 in.
Est. USD130,000?160,000

New York / Berlin, May 19, 2011?artnet Auctions is pleased to announce the launch of a new 20th and 21st century design department headed by Brent Lewis, former Christie?s specialist and auctioneer and gallery director at Moss. New design lots will go live each week, providing a consistent and curated online auction marketplace accessible 24/7.
The new design department will focus on all movements of 20th and 21st century design, including American mid-century design, Viennese Secessionist, Art Deco, Scandinavian Modernism, Italian Modernism, American Studio furniture, Contemporary, as well as glass and ceramics from all periods. The department will also promote specific themes and categories where greater market attention is needed.
Lewis joins a tradition of design services at artnet, but the collecting category on artnet Auctions is a new and welcome addition: ?The opportunities presented to buy and sell a curated selection of design at auction, with the ease of the artnet Auctions online platform, are very exciting. The flexibility and efficiency this model provides will open up design to a new audience, as well as providing established collectors and dealers a viable source to buy and sell under the banner of artnet. artnet is one of the world?s largest art and design communities and the major resource for art and design, information, and news?and now, access to both the primary and secondary markets.?
The inaugural sale, beginning May 19, will feature collectible 20th century decorative arts and design, as well as contemporary design from an international roster of artists and designers. Included are historical highlights by Marcel Breuer, Ed Wormley, Hans Wegner, Pierre Jeanneret, Gio Ponti, and Ettore Sottsass and contemporary works by Ron Arad, Gaetano Pesce, Maria Pergay, and Tokujin Yoshioka.
As Bill Fine, President of Artnet Worldwide Corp., points out: ?The last decade has witnessed a multifaceted convergence of the worlds of art and design; both in terms of the collecting interests of our clients, but also as business practices have developed a greater synergy amongst categories. Expanding artnet Auctions to include design will not only provide a much needed online marketplace for our clients, but also integrate with and further promote artnet?s other core segments such as the Price Database and artnet Galleries where design is already in place.?
Consignments will be taken on a continual basis. For more information on consigning with artnet Auctions, please contact the design department at design@artnet.com.

Highlights of the inaugural design sale:
Ron Arad, Before Summer, Est. USD 130,000?160,000
Gio Ponti and Paolo di Poli, Enameled Swan, Est. USD 1,800?2,200
Gaetano Pesce, Monumental Resin Bowl, Est. USD 8,000?10,000
Tokujin Yoshioka, Honey Pop Chair, Est. USD 7,000?9,000
Ettore Sottsass, Totem Rangoon, Est. USD 16,000?18,000
Gio Ponti, Pair of Armchairs, Est. USD 3,000?4,000

About artnet:
artnet Auctions is the world?s leading Internet auction platform to buy and sell modern and contemporary fine art, prints, photographs, and design. artnet.com has been online since 1995 and is host to approximately 2 million visitors each month. Through its Price Database of over 5 million auction sales results and artnet Galleries of over 2,100 galleries worldwide, artnet is the leading online resource for the international art market.

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