Monday, April 7, 2014

Comics News: MOLLY DANGER Nominated For Three Glyph Awards


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MOLLY DANGER NOMINATED FOR THREE GLYPH AWARDS
ECBACC will present the 2014 Glyph Comic Awards Ceremony 

Pittsburgh P.A- Action Lab Entertainment is proud to announce that Jamal Igle’s MOLLY DANGER: Book One has been nominated in three categories at the 2014 GLYPH AWARDS. The Awards Ceremony, recognizing the best in comics made either by, for, or about Black people will be held at the East Coast Black Age of Comics convention or ECBACC on May 16th, 2014 in Philadelphia P.A.

Created by Jamal Igle, Molly Danger is the story of a ten year old superhero, who has been 10 for over two decades. Smart, Strong, brave and possibly immortal, Molly fights the forces of the evil Supermechs, while trying to find a life outside of her heroic duties. Igle is a 25-year comic industry veteran whose credits include lengthy runs of series such as Supergirl and Firestorm the Nuclear Man for DC Comics, G.I.Joe and The Terminator and KISS. The book has been nominated for Fan Award for Best Work, while Igle himself was nominated in two categories, Best writer and Best artist.
Action Lab Entertainment is no stranger to the Glyph awards. Jeremy Whitley’s series, Princeless won multiple Glyph awards in 2012 including Story of the year, Best writer and Best Female Character.


You can view the entire list of nominees at http://ecbacc.com/wordpress3/2014/2014-glyph-comics-awards-nominees/

The GLYPH awards ceremony will be held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia on Friday May 16th from 6-9 pm. The 13th Annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention will take place at The Enterprise Center, 4558 Market Street, Philadelphia P.A. on Saturday, May 17th from 11-7 pm.


ABOUT ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT- Formed in 2010 with the purpose of pooling their collective talents into a single, powerful entity, the members of Action Lab Entertainment have countless years in multimedia publishing, design, and business.  Their first release, Fracture, was successfully funded through Kickstarter and since then they have continued their mission to produce high quality, genre-spanning entertainment.  Since its formation, the accolades for A.L.E continue to build on a daily basis.  Among its more popular titles are all ages material like the Eisner, Glyph, Shel Dorf Award nominated series PRINCELESS, NFL RUSHZONE (based on the Nickelodeon Television series), Jamal Igle's MOLLY DANGER, Artist/ Writer Jeremy Dale’s hit series SKYWARD, and Gale Middleton’s (My Little Pony, The Littlest Pet Shop) monstrously adorable VAMPLETS. Action Lab’s Mature Readers imprint ACTION LAB DANGER ZONE continues to push the envelope of comics entertainment with titles as varied as EHMM THEORY and Dan Mendoza’s over the top horror-comedy ZOMBIE TRAMP, THE FINAL PLAGUE and BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA.

For more information check out www.Actionlabcomics.com

About ECBACC
The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, originally slated to be called the Pan-African Comic Convention (PAC-Con) or First World Komix Con (1st World Con), is an annual gathering of comic book artists, writers, their fans, and retailers who are interested in discussing, buying, and selling comic books, sci-fi, action figures and related material by and / or about Black superheroes / super-powered characters / adventures. In addition, the Convention also features panel discussions, self-publishing and graphic arts workshops for aspiring creators, and film screenings of works of veterans and amateurs alike. The Convention is held in Philadelphia each May preceded by a reception / awards ceremony. The ECBACC is the first bona fide “Black Comic Book Convention” in Philadelphia, PA, and serves as a replicable model for community-based comic book conventions. The ECBACC has successfully cultivated images of Black super-powered characters and has effectively served as a nexus, conduit and catalyst for Black comic book creators, their colleagues and fans since 2002!

For more information you can reach us at http://ecbacc.com/wordpress3/

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