Sequential Tart: Witchblade Scentified

The Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab creates many wonderful scents for all types, with notes you won't find in just any perfume. These are the scents that, good or bad, leave you talking about them and wanting to try more. BPAL was turned again to comic books for inspiration, using two series new to the Lab: Boom! Studios' Irredeemable by Mark Waid and Peter Krause, and Top Cow's Witchblade. The scents based on the Witchblade series have the added bonus of benefiting the Hero Initiative (a federally recognized not-for-profit organization; it helps comic book creators in need of help with health, medical, and quality-of-life situations). That's a double win for us! Wear something intriguing while helping a charitable cause! Plus, these scents could possibly intrigue to learn more about the comics they come from (thus, supporting the creators that way), or, if you're already a fan, open those worlds up to you further.

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FCBD: COLLECTOR'S PARADISE CELEBRATES FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 1

Come and celebrate with us the biggest event of the year (every year), the worldwide FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. We will be giving away a plethora of comics, many of which will be ALL AGES rated. In addition to the free comics, we’ll have Special Guests (list below) as well as Spider-Man in costume and an INCREDIBLE Balloon Artist. Our Special Guest Artists will do sketches for our favorite charity HERO Initiative.

JUST ADDED: We can finally confirm and reveal our SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOR – Image founder and one of the most influential artist in the history of the medium – Top Cow’s Marc Silvestri. Marc is going to be signing at the store between 1pm and 3pm.

This year Collector's Paradise is presenting their best line-up of comic book creators to date, including:

Marc Silvestri - Founder, Top Cow Productions, Creator and Artist - Cyberforce, Witchblade, Darkness, Hunter/Killer

Marv Wolfman - creator - Teen Titans, Blade, Bullseye, Tim Drake, Black Cat, Nightwing, Deathstroke, Anti-Monitor and many more...

Bill Morrison - co-creator Bongo Comics, artist - Simpson Comics and more

Michael Broussard - artist - Darkness, FCBD 2010 Top Cow Artifacts comic, Artifacts 1-6

Joe Benitez - artist - Teen Titans, Soulfire, creator - Weapon Zero, Magdalena, Wraithborne

Peter Steigerwald - colorist, artist - Soulfire, Fathom, and more from Aspen Comics

Ray Friesen - kids graphic novel author - Another Dirt Sandwich, Cupcakes of Doom...

Rick Loverd - writer - Milo Ventimiglia Presents Berserker

In addition to the great creator line up, the event will feature the annual "Sketches for HERO Initiative" fundraiser, where most of the artists featured will do $10 sketches for the fans, with 100% of the proceeds directly going to HERO Initiative, a wonderful charity that helps comic book creators in need. Collector's Paradise has been working with HERO for the last four years to make sure that those creators who need financial and medical help are taken care of.

Kids are a big focus of Collector's Paradise' effort on FCBD. The event will feature an excellent Spider-Man in costume, a fantastic Balloon Artist, and several thousand kid-friendly comic books given away to all fans in attendance.

The event will be held at Collector's Paradise Comics & Cards from Noon to 7:00pm, with creator signings, Spider-Man and Balloon Artist from noon to 3:00pm.

Collector's Paradise Comics & Gallery is located at 7131 Winnetka Ave, on the corner of Winnetka Ave and Sherman Way, in Canoga Park.

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Be a Hero! Renew/Apply for 2010 Hero Initiative Memberships!

It’s that time of year— to renew your Hero Initiative membership!

Proceeds benefit the Hero Initiative, the only charitable organization dedicated to helping comic creators in medical or financial need. In addition to these great items, many EXTRA excellent events and special discounts will be made available ONLY to Hero Initiative members throughout the year.

As they say over at Hero, DO IT !

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Help the HERO Initiative Every Time You Shop!

If you shop at Ralph's Grocery Stores, you can help the HERO Initiative every time you use your rewards cards. Ralph's will give a small percentage of your grocery bill to Hero Initiative every time you shop and swipe your rewards card. Sign up with three simple steps below and be a Hero!

1. Sign in to Ralphs.com with your email and password. If you have not created an account, create one now! Takes about 60 seconds!
2. Go to:https://customer.ralphs.com/ManageCommunityRewardsStep1.aspx
3. Complete the three-step process.

When signing up, our NPO # (non-profit organization #) which is: 80680. We're listed under our corporate name, "A Commitment To Our Roots." Don't let it throw ya!

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THE DARKNESS #7 BENEFITS THE HERO INITIATIVE

Top Cow Productions, Inc. and The Hero Initiative proudly announced today a limited-edition variant cover for The Darkness #7 drawn by Phil Hester would be available for sale at Wizard World Texas, taking place November 7-9 at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the books will benefit The Hero Initiative.
The Hero Initiative is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping comic creators in need. It provides them with emergency medical care, funds for essentials in life and assistance to get back into paying work.

The Darkness, a long-running series from Top Cow that was adapted into a hit videogame in 2007, is the continuing saga of Jackie Estacado, a former mob hitman-turned-crime boss who inherited a curse that allows him to create and control nearly anything he can imagine as long as he’s in darkness. The series is currently written by Phil Hester (FireBreather, Green Arrow) and drawn by Michael Broussard (Unholy Union). For this issue, however, guest artist Jorge Lucas (Pilot Season: Ripclaw) gives Broussard a spell, but Hester happily agreed to donate his art skills to create a special variant cover. READ MORE.

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Comic Book Boot Camp to Benefit Hero Initiative

The Hero Initiative and Comics Experience proudly present Comic Book Boot Camp, an all day event held Thursday, April 17th - the day before New York Comic Con - that sends you through a crash course on how comics are made! Along the way, you’ll get a wealth of insight and information about comics and the creative process as well as meet comics luminaries such as Top Cow President Matt Hawkins, famed Batman editor and writer Denny O’Neil, top writer Chris Gage, artist’s artist Phil Jimenez and comics legend Chris Claremont!
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