THE VAULT UNLOCKS THE FINAL CHAPTER
AT MELTDOWN COMICS

When THE VAULT debuted last summer, critics and fans took notice with positive reviews and immediate sell outs for both issues #1 and #2. The first miniseries comes to a close with issue #3 and Meltdown Comics is proud to announce that creator/writer Sam Sarkar will be on hand October 26th, starting at 7:00 P.M., to sign copies. In addition to having issues #1-3, Meltdown will also have copies of the exclusive New York Comic Con limited edition of issue #3.

Published by Image Comics, THE VAULT is about a small team of treasure hunters, struggling to excavate a dangerous and legendary treasure pit before a massive storm hits Sable Island, the “Graveyard of the North Atlantic.” Equipped with all the latest technology, the scientists believe they are prepared against all of nature’s fury, but nothing can prepare them for what they are about to unleash.

Here are what some critics have had to say about THE VAULT:

“You don’t want to miss out on this deep-sea adventure!” – Fangoria
“A highly enjoyable read.“ – Newsarama
“…Looking forward to more.” – MTV Geek
“This is turning out to be a great story.” – My Comic Network
“The Vault is a must read on my list so make it a part of yours… NOW!” – From the Tomb Magazine
“What a gem of a book! I can totally recommend The Vault. Get it now.” – Weekly Comic Book Review

THE VAULT autograph event will take place in Los Angeles at Meltdown Comics on October 26th, 2011 from 7-9 P.M. at 7522 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046. For more information, please call (323) 851-7223

About Meltdown Comics
At 9000 square feet, Meltdown is the largest pop culture emporium west of the Rockies.  It’s ever-shifting stock holds new discoveries for even the most discerning reader and if you are new to the game the dimmest ember of obsession shall be fanned into a great bonfire here.  Meltdown’s proprietors have seized every opportunity to upgrade service within the store resulting in unparalleled relationships with vendor and consumer alike.  This means that as a customer of Meltdown, you have access to a worldwide network of purveyors of pop and if you don’t see what you want in front of you Meltdown can procure it almost instantaneously.
www.meltcomics.com

About Sam Sarkar
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sam Sarkar is a 23-year veteran of the entertainment industry. He began his career as an actor and was one of the leads on the long-running, syndicated television series Neon Rider. Following the series, Sam decided to pursue writing and worked for the hit television series Beverly Hills 90210. Stemming from his work on the show, he also co-wrote a television pilot for Spelling Entertainment under the direct guidance of TV legend Aaron Spelling. Deciding then to embark on feature films, Sam took some chances, following a varied path of writing screenplays and working as a sound technician. In 2004, after working on several films with actor Johnny Depp, Sam was asked to help run Depp’s production company, Infinitum Nihil, headed by Christi Dembrowski. As Senior VP at the company, he continues to serve the varied needs of Hollywood as an executive, producer and writer.

About Image Comics
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” by Chrystal Chan

If you’re taking the time to read this blog (and thank you!!), there’s almost no chance in hell you’re not a fan of the music video. Hell, we think music videos are mini works of art. We can rattle off music video stats and facts like baseball fans know RBIs and plate appearances. And here at MTV, we’re pretty proud to be part of the entertainment legacy that made music videos a mainstream art form (#humblebrag).

So we’re happy to see that someone took music videos as art form seriously enough to actually, well, put them in an art gallery. Chris Marrs Piliero – he’s an accomplished video director AND FOB (Friend Of Buzzworthy) — is the brains behind “I Want My Music Video Art Show,” an art exhibit completely dedicated to art inspired directly by music videos.

Chris has been more than busy, well, directing music videos, most recently Britney Spears’ controversial “Criminal” video after directing “I Wanna Go” as well as Ke$ha’s unicorn- (andJames Van Der Beek-) battling “Blow” video and The Black Keys’ “Tighten Up” video, which won Best Breakthrough Video at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, to name a few of his contributions to the music video canon. And this weekend, he and artist Dave MacDowell are set to open the “I Want My Music Video Art Show” at the Meltdown Gallery at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, where more than 100 artists will feature art inspired by music videos such as Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” Pulp’s “This Is Hardcore” video, Smashing Pumpkins “Tonight Tonight” video, and other iconic videos by Björk, Blondie, Weird Al Yankovic, Nirvana, Janet Jackson, Suicidal Tendencies and more.

“I Want My Music Video Art Show” features more than 100 pieces by 100 different visual artists in a compellingly creative, almost post-modern twist on music videos: While videos are all about movement and motion, video-inspired art is about an artistic analog moment that still breathes new life into videos in a brand-new way. Not to get all emo-term-papery on you, but as people who constantly consume music videos, it’s intriguing to watch videos become reinterpreted by an older medium.

“Music videos encompass the visions of the musicians, the directors, the stylists and the production designers. It’s really cool to be able to put together a show where artists take those visions and pay tribute through their own mediums,” Piliero said. “I’m hoping we get a bunch of people who worked on the actual videos to come through and see how their art inspired more art.”

“I Want My Music Video Art Show” opens Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. and runs through Oct. 20. The exhibit is only scheduled for an L.A. run, but make enough noise about it and maybe they’ll take their show on the road. Until then, check out some images from the show:

The Black Keys, “Howling For You” by Thomas Hodge 

Bjork’s “Human Behaviour” by Patrick Fatica

Janet Jackson’s “Pleasure Principle” by Kip Omolade

On October 3rd at 8pm, Scott Lobdell (DC writer extraordinaire)
brings you a night of karaoke like you’ve never seen it: in costume!
Come and enjoy the fun in your normal everyday clothes, or come and dress up for your chance to sing like a superhero!
Hosted by cosplay queen Nicki Hunter!
FREE EVENT

Tuesday, 10/04/2011 at 8pm
RA Salvatore
NEVERWINTER Dungeons & Dragons
Book Signing / Q&A

RA Salvatore is one of the Fantasy genre’s most successful authors.
His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists
and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. RA Salvatore will be at Meltdown
signing copies of his brand new Dungeons and Dragons book,
Neverwinter Book 2,
followed by a Q&A at 8 moderated by Satine Phoenix.
FREE EVENT

Wednesday, 10/05/2011 at 8:30pm
the Meltdown Show with
Jonah Ray & Kumail Nanjiani

The line up for the Next MELTDOWN:
Dan Levy
Jim Tavare
Neal Brennan
Tom Segura
Jesse Popp
And a comic so big, we can’t name her here!
Tixs HERE: the @Meltdown_show (47) 10/05/2011

Wednesday 10/05/2011 at 5pm
Screenwriter, Creator and Author
Martin Shapiro signing Chopper

Screenwriter Martin Shapiro will be at Meltdown Comics signing copies of his new horror comic book series,
CHOPPER, followed by a Q&A about how he sold the movie rights.
FREE EVENT

“Yeah, I’d love to see it, but it’s not happening anytime soon,” said Morrison. “I kind of want to do a different take on it, because obviously when ‘The Matrix’ came out, it was covering a lot of similar areas. There were bald guys in fetish amounts doing kung-fu.”

“We’ve kind of seen that, so I don’t want to go down that road,” continued Morrison. “But I came up with a take on ‘The Invisibles’ that I think is really new, so yeah, it’s something I’d like to see done. I’d like to see it as a video game as well, if anything.”

Thanks go out to Percy Carey and the great folks at Meltdown Comics, as well as the video team of Milo Popp and Vito Lapiccola of Comics on Comics, the WebTV series where the greatest comic minds meet the greatest minds in comics. Check it out!
via: splashpage.mtv.com

TYRESE GIBSON’S MAYHEM yields big results from grassroots efforts combined with a world-wide press junket by one of Hollywood’s biggest superstars!

TYRESE GIBSON’s MAYHEM and Image Comics announce their presale efforts through a partnership with Los Angeles, CA’s Meltdown Comics have exceeded single store records not seen since the early nineties with over ten thousand units sold.

“The success of MAYHEM is a golden opportunity for all retailers to tap into this new influx of readers and in-store foot traffic that Tyrese brings with him,” Meltdown owner Gaston Dominguez said. “Tyrese is a 2.0 celebrity who is a marketing workhorse and whose brand spans across movies, music, and TV. Team MAYHEM are in it to win it! They are sincere and want to put out good products that cater to their fan base and beyond. Believe me when I tell you that if Tyrese Twitters your store name you will get calls and in-store orders.”

Image Comics President SPAWN creator Todd McFarlane added, “With the current state of the comic book industry, any new infusion of excitement or customers would be a welcome relief. Tyrese brings both of those to the table along with his unbridled enthusiasm. Image is looking forward to having a long sustained run with him on MAYHEM and some of the other ideas he’s talked about for the future.”

TYRESE GIBSON’S MAYHEM has not only been pushed by Gibson’s own efforts through Twitter and his personal outreach to comics retailers, but its also been the center of a world wide publicity campaign tied into his starring role in the recent blockbuster film, Transformers 2. Thus far MAYHEM has been featured by CNN, MTV, The Today Show, Complex, USA Today, E!’s Chelsea Lately, Access Hollywood, Essence, among many others. The tour continues as Gibson, along with MAYHEM’s artist, Tone Rodriguez, and co-writers, Mike Le and Will Wilson, will be in attendance during this month’s San Diego Comic Con International at Image Comics, booth #2729. He will also be discussing the future of MAYHEM along with the long awaited unveiling of the eventual collection’s cover by Image Founder and the superstar artist of ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, Jim Lee, during The Image Comics Show on Friday, July 24th at 11:30 in Room 5AB.

Lee added, “There’s nothing more compelling about a bold, original character than an impassioned team of creators. MAYHEM’s boundless energy starts from the top as whirlwind dynamo creator Tyrese Gibson singlehandedly makes you love the character as if he were your very own betrayed, tragic son seeking redemption. MAYHEM is fresh, fun and most importantly, from the heart.”

“I am humbled by the love and support MAYHEM has received from all the legendary comic veterans and trend-setters,” Gibson said. “To have the personal endorsements of Jim Lee, Avi Arad, Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman, Grant Morrison and so many others … it just blows my mind. I am excited to bring MAYHEM to the die-hard comic book fans, but I am most excited at this opportunity to expose this world to the new generation of comic book fans, who, like me until now have never read a comic book in their lives. They will find new heroes to embrace and enjoy escapism at it’s best! This is only the beginning!”

TYRESE GIBSON’S MAYHEM #1 (JUN090321), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in-stores August 5th, 2009. For real time MAYHEM updates, please follow Tyrese on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/Tyrese4Real, Pre-Order: www.buymayhem.com

August 5th MAYHEM COMES TO MELTDOWN 6pm to 10pm

MAYHEM COMES TO MELTDOWN!

NOW CASTING

“WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO?“

CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES!!!

AGES 18-25, ANY GENDER, ANY SIZE, ANY ETHNICITY!

Do you have a secret identity?  Are you committed to protecting the innocent and battling evil? Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be the world’s next great superhero?

MTV and Stan Lee challenge you to jump into the fray and present your heroic alter ego to the world!

CASTING DIRECTORS WILL BE AT MELTDOWN COMICS AND COLLECTABLES
WEDNESDAY APRIL 7TH FROM 1:00PM TO 3:00PM TO MEET AND GREET POTENTIAL SUPERHEROES

Searching for heroes of every shape, size, ethnicity, and personality.

WILL IT BE YOU?