Red Giant Entertainment to Sponsor at Diamond Retailer Summit
April 02 2014 - 8:15AM
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Red Giant Entertainment to Sponsor at Diamond Retailer Summit
ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwired - Apr 2, 2014) - Red Giant
Entertainment Inc. (OTCQB: REDG), an innovative Intellectual
Property company specializing in high quality characters and
content for use in a variety of media and entertainment, is pleased
to announce that they will be among the sponsors at the Diamond
Retailer Summit in Las Vegas occurring May 17-19, 2014.
Each year, comic book specialty market decision makers from
across North America and worldwide come together at the Diamond
Retailer Summit. This remarkable three day event provides hundreds
of specialty retailers with the opportunity to experience
industry-leading education, share best practices, and learn about
new publishing projects and upcoming pop-culture merchandise.
Coming on the heels of the unprecedented Free Comic Book Day
launch of Red Giant's ad-supported "Giant-Size" line of comics, Red
Giant Entertainment will be among the "Silver" level sponsors in
their first year of attendance. Scheduled to speak at the show for
Red Giant are powerhouses leading the creative publishing arm of
Red Giant. This includes COO, David Campiti; Editor-in-Chief, David
Lawrence; and Story Editor, Brian Augustyn (bios below).
"The comic shop retailers are an integral part of our business,"
stated David Campiti, COO, Red Giant Entertainment. "This Summit
provides the perfect forum for us to inform them about all of our
products, as well as further explain exactly how amazing our
advertising-supported Giant-Size line will be for growing their
businesses. Together we can help increase overall readership for
the industry, while increasing our brand awareness."
At the show, Red Giant will have an opportunity to speak to all
400+ retailers in attending in a variety of methods. First, as a
Silver level sponsor, they will be able to make an exclusive
presentation during one of the meals. Next, they will be able to
sit down with every one of the retailers, many of whom own chain
stores, in 10-minute round-tables of small groups. And finally,
they will have a booth in the Exhibit Hall to further showcase all
that they will have to offer. Attendees will receive an exclusive
catalog previewing the full lineup of Red Giant products for
2014.
Red Giant provides news and updates at the following online
locations:
http://redgiantentertainment.com and on
https://www.facebook.com/RedGiantEntertainment
ABOUT RED GIANT ENTERTAINMENT INC. Red Giant Entertainment Inc.
(OTCQB: REDG) is a Nevada corporation that specializes in
intellectual property (IP) development for multiple media platforms
and transmedia propagation. The cornerstone of this development is
based around the more than three dozen online and print graphic
novel properties in various stages of production as well as the
cast of thousands of characters from those series. These properties
have a readership that numbers in the millions globally. Some of
these properties are actively in development into other media such
as movies, video games, television, novels, toys, apparel,
applications, etc. through either direct production or licensing
agreements.
ABOUT DAVID CAMPITI Campiti is well known in the industry, with
a career that began in 1982 as a comic book writer, scripting such
titles as Superman's adventures for DC. By the mid-1980s he had
co-founded and was editing for what became Malibu Comics, which was
later acquired by Marvel. Campiti co-created Malibu's top-selling
launch title EX-MUTANTS, spawning a video game and other licensing
and solidifying his early stake in transmedia. In 1988 Campiti
founded his own comic book company, Innovation Publishing, which
quickly grew to become the 4th largest comic book publisher in the
country under his leadership. After leaving Innovation, Campiti
founded Glass House Graphics in 1993. Starting as a small talent
agency and professional service firm, it quickly went international
and currently represents over 120 of the top artists, writers and
animators in the graphics industry.
ABOUT DAVID LAWRENCE LAWRENCE has written comics since the
mid-'80s, beginning with The Ex-Mutants, an IP that quickly became
a Sega Genesis videogame. David has more recently become a New York
Times best-selling author, penning graphic novels with Karen Marie
Mining (Fever Moon) and Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson). As a
"go-to" freelance editor for special projects, he has worked with
such well known novelists as Jim Butcher, Laurell K. Hamilton,
Sherrilyn Kenyon, and "Game of Thrones" author George R.R.
Martin.
ABOUT BRIAN AUGUSTYN Augustyn is a respected veteran editor and
writer in the comics industry, having written Justice League,
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, The Flash, X-O Manowar, Crimson,
Imperial Guard, and other titles for DC, Marvel, Valiant and other
publishers. An award winning Editor, Brian was voted Favorite
Editor by fans in Wizard Magazine during his tenure as Editor at DC
Comics.
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factors, to include acquisition, production, marketing,
distribution, competition with related patent, trademark and
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Company Contact: Red Giant Entertainment Inc. 877-904-7334 Investor
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