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Marco Davanzo
ComicsPRO
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ROBOTECH EXCLUSIVE  LAUNCHES PUBLISHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY®
November 18th Event to offer Exclusive & Limited Items

(July 11^th, 2017) – Local Comic Shop Day®, the day that celebrates the independent spirit of local comic book shops, returns for its third annual event on Saturday, November 18^th. Participating Local Comic Shop Day® stores will have exclusive and limited items, including the Robotech LCSD Kerschl Super-Pack from Titan comics.

Robotech, Harmony Gold’s cult ’80s television series, returns for all new adventures by award-winning writer Brian Wood (DMZ, Briggs Land, Northlanders) and artist Marco Turini. The Robotech LCSD Kerschl Super-Pack exclusive features issues #1-4 with all covers by artist Karl Kersch along with a very limited virgin Kerschl variant cover, with a limit of 700 Super-Packs available worldwide on LCSD. This item has a suggested retailer price of $20.

“We’re thrilled to have Titan Comics as the first publisher to announce their LCSD exclusive this year,” said ComicsPRO president Peter Dolan. “Titan delivers great comics and continues to be a good friend to the comics retail community. Look for more LCSD announcements next week during San Diego Comic-Con.”

Local Comic Shop Day® calls attention to the community aspect of local comic book shops. “For so many, the local comic shop has become a part of their family. Local Comic Shop Day® is a chance to celebrate this community dynamic,” said Marco Davanzo, executive director of ComicsPRO. “From engaging events like children’s art contests, artist signings, cosplay photo opps, comic book clubs and the weekly release of new comics all year ’round, your local comic shop is where pop culture begins in your local community.”

Local Comic Shop Day® also highlights the SHOP LOCAL movement. Recent research shows that when consumers buy their products from locally owned retailers, rather than nationally owned firms or online retailers, more money stays in the community. This strengthens local community and keeps money in the local area.

Exclusive items offered during Local Comic Shop Day® will include unique editions of key new releases, exclusive hardcover versions of fan-favorite collections, collectible statues and toys. Please note: some LCSD items will be available in extremely limited quantities.

 For more about Local Comic Shop Day®, please visit www.localcomicshopday.com. Comics retailers are invited to register for Local Comic Shop Day beginning August 1, 2017.

ABOUT LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY®— Local Comic Shop Day® is directed and implemented by ComicsPRO retailers to put the focus on locally owned independent comic book specialty stores— the fire-starters of Pop Culture!

ABOUT ComicsPRO— ComicsPRO is the comics’ industry trade organization dedicated to the progress of direct market comic book retailers. The goals of ComicsPRO are to help direct market retailers speak with a single, strong voice on important industry issues, to provide educational and mentoring opportunities to current and future retailers, and to offer opportunities for retailers to reduce fixed costs. For more information about ComicsPRO, please visit www.comicspro.org.

Retailers, you have until September 18th, 2017 to register at www.comicspro.org/lcsd2017

On November 19th, Please visit a participating #LCSD2016 retailer to celebrate Local Comic Shop Day®.    Lots of Unique and Limited Edition Items on Sale!

http://localcomicshopday.com/participating-stores/

Local Comic Shop Day® celebrates locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, showcasing their unique and vital role in being the primary fire-starters of pop culture.

Each participating store is celebrating Local Comic Shop Day® differently. So please verify with the store what their plans are.

And try to visit several stores in the area! There are 28 different items being released for Local Comic Shop Day® and the selection at each store may be different.

EXTREMELY LIMITED

Image Comics.
From the pages of SAGA comes the latest exclusive for Local Comic Shop Day, a limited edition Black and White version of the Lying Cat statue. This limited edition 8″ resin statue is hand numbered.

On sale November 19th at participating Local Comic Shop Day® retailers!

Oni Press. (W) Jhonen Vasquez & Various (A) Aaron Alexovich & Various (CA) Hilary Thompson.
Were you aware that Truthshrieker, the website oft-visited by Dib in the middle of the night, has a publication? Printed on paper? Paper from dead trees? Ghost trees? There might even be an article about ghost trees in here! Printed on ghost trees! Okay, there’s not, but you will get such thrilling articles as: “Screamin’ Goat Snake Menace!!” and “Is This Bee Haunted?” as well as “I Know There Are Aliens Hidden In This Mall Because I Looked For Them and Didn’t Find Any Therefore They Are Hidden!”

On sale November 19th at participating Local Comic Shop Day® retailers!

TITAN COMICS
(W) George Mann (A) Tazio Bettin (CA) Pasquale Qualano
After a thousand years of warp storms, the Calaphrax Cluster has re-opened to the universe, and Baltus and his fellow Dark Angel Space Marines join a strike force sent to explore and secure the region, in search of forgotten artefacts and ancient technology! But the forces of Chaos are never far away… and a shameful Dark Angels secret from the Horus Heresy soon leads to a new front in the war!

IDW PUBLISHING
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Marcelo Matere
Thundercracker and Buster save the world! A Decepticon who wants to be a screenwriter. A dog who wants to, I don’t know, eat stuff and chase squirrels or whatever dogs want to do. A White House under siege by Dire Wraiths. And the phone call that brings them all together.

On sale November 19th at participating Local Comic Shop Day® retailers!

BLACK MASK COMICS
Kim & Kim are twentysomething besties out to make a name for themselves in the wild world of interdimensional cowboy law enforcement. In a massive “screw you” to their parents and the authorities, they decide to hijack some high stakes bounty – and end up in way over their heads. Kim & Kim is a day-glo action adventure that’s bursting with energy and enthusiasm. It puts queer women and trans women front and center, with a story that embraces the absurd alongside realistic pathos. It’s a mature book that focuses on the power and meaning of female friendships as engines of validation.

On sale November 19th at participating Local Comic Shop Day® retailers!

BLACK MASK COMICS
Curt Pires and Ryan Ferrier collaborated on this secret item to present a deeper understanding of THE FOREVERS. Details coming soon.

On sale November 19th at participating Local Comic Shop Day® retailers!

EXTREMELY LIMITED

Comic Shop Day and will bring you deeper into the strange, wicked world of Godkiller. Details coming soon.

On sale November 19th at participating Local Comic Shop Day® retailers!