Wizard World San Jose Attendees to Receive 'The Walking Dead #1' Cover By Colleen Doran

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Aug. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) and Skybound, Robert Kirkman's imprint at Image Comics, today announced that Sandman illustrator, “The Vampire Diaries” writer, and four-time Eisner Award winner Colleen Doran has drawn the 15th in a yearlong series of Limited Edition Exclusive Variant Covers of The Walking Dead #1 comic, to be provided free to all full-price attendees at Wizard World Comic Con San Jose, September 4-6. Skybound’s The Walking Dead created by Kirkman, the groundbreaking, Eisner Award winning comic book series, continues to captivate audiences worldwide.

The exclusive The Walking Dead #1 edition will be produced in extremely limited quantities and is available at registration to fans at the San Jose Convention Center only while supplies last. VIP attendees will receive an additional black & white sketch version of the comic.

Doran is the artist for a new Neil Gaiman graphic novel from Dark Horse, The Book of Lost Souls with J Michael Straczynski, Big Nemo with Alan Moore for Electricomics, and projects with Stan Lee, Matt Hawkins at Top Cow/Image, and Marvel Comics.

Doran’s recent works also include “The Vampire Diaries” as writer and artist for DC, as well as art for Red Sonja, script for the Korean/American fusion anthology Komacon, and the award-winning graphic novels Mangaman and Gone to Amerikay.

Doran’s hundreds of credits also include work for Lucasfilm, Random House, Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, Simon and Schuster, and Disney. She has illustrated Amazing Spider-Man, The Teen Titans, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Superman, Sandman, and she is the sole creator of the graphic novel series A Distant Soil for Image Comics.

The artists for future books will be announced as they are selected. A similar series in 2013 featuring exclusives of The Walking Dead #1 proved to be wildly popular with fans. The full schedule of 2015-16 Wizard World shows is available at http://www.wizardworld.com/wizcon.html.

“The Walking Dead” stars attending the second annual Wizard World Comic Con San Jose include Michael Cudlitz (“Sgt. Abraham Ford”), Emily Kinney (“Beth Greene”), Josh McDermitt (“Dr. Eugene Porter”), Michael Rooker (“Merle”), and Scott Wilson (“Hershel Greene”). The celebrity roster also includes Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”), Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Dean Cain (“Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” Vendetta), WWE® Diva Paige, Scott Wolf (“Party of Five,” “The Night Shift”), Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Fantastic Four), Brett Dalton (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”), Jason Mewes (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) and many others.

In addition to Doran, Artist Alley in San Jose will feature Harvey Tolibao (“Green Arrow,” “Silver Surfer”), Phil Ortiz (“The Simpsons,” “Muppet Babies”), Michael Golden (“Spider-Man,” “Daredevil”), James O’Barr (creator, “The Crow”), Arthur Suydam (“Marvel Zombies,” “Army of Darkness”), Ethan Van Sciver (“Justice League,” “Batman: The Dark Knight”), Miguel Sepulveda (“Green Lantern: Red Lanterns”), Peter Bagge (“Hate,” “MAD”) and more.

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. The 16th of 24 events currently scheduled on the 2015 Wizard World calendar, San Jose show hours are Friday, September 4, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday, September 5, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sunday, September 6, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

For more on the 2015 Wizard World Comic Con San Jose, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/home-sanjose.html.

For more information, please visit Skybound online at www.skybound.com and www.thewalkingdead.com.

About Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD)

Wizard World, Inc. (http://www.wizardworld.com) produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, television, cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World has also launched CONtv, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM), and ComicConBox™, a premium subscription-based monthly box service. Fans can interact with Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services.

The 2015 Wizard World Comic Con schedule is available at: www.wizardworld.com/wizcon.html.