Bruce Boxleitner and Lantern City Headline BOOM! Studios at Atlantic City Boardwalk Con

By Keith Hendricks • 10 months ago

May
2015

BOOM! Studios announced today that not only will they be exhibiting at the inaugural Atlantic CIty Boardwalk Con (ACBC) on May 14th to May 17th, but that Bruce Boxleitner of Tron and Babylon 5 will be attending on Saturday, May 16th to promote his co-creation, Lantern City.

Lantern City will have its own booth at the con, #2106, and on Saturday, Bruce Boxleitner will make an appearance there from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, followed by a panel appearance from 2 to 3 PM, and an appearance at the BOOM! studios booth, #724, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

Comic con veterans know that the BOOM! Studios booth is always a good place to stop as there are always comic creators on hand for sketches and signatures. During ACBC, Steven Universe and Adventure Time comic book artists Coleman Engle and Travis Hill will be at the BOOM! Studios booth to draw custom illustrations on blank cover variants for $30. James Tynion IV, Trevor Craft, and Matthew James Daley can also be found at the BOOM! Studios booth.

Official press release:

Bruce Boxleitner Headlines BOOM! Studios’ Presence at the First-Ever
Atlantic City Boardwalk Con

May 7, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – Award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is excited to announce it will be exhibiting at the first-ever Atlantic City Boardwalk Con (ACBC), a new East Coast-based “Comic/Geek/Cosplay convention” that will take place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the weekend of May 14-17.

Bruce Boxleitner (Tron, Babylon 5), co-creator of the new Archaia steampunk comic series Lantern City, will be attending ACBC on Saturday, May 16 only and can be found at the Lantern City table #2106 from 10am-12:30pm, at The World of Lantern City panel from 2-3pm, and at the BOOM! Studios booth from 3:30-4:30pm.

BOOM! and its imprints Archaia, KaBOOM!, and BOOM! Box can be found at Booth #724 and will host the following creators all weekend:

James Tynion IV (writer of The Woods, Memetic, and UFOlogy)

Trevor Crafts and Matthew James Daley (creators of Lantern City)

Coleman Engle (artist on the Steven Universe comics)

Travis Hill (artist on Adventure Time short stories)

Engle and Hill are also available to create custom illustrations for fans for $30.00 on blank sketch covers all weekend. Interested attendees can place their order at the booth and return later for pickup.

BOOM! imprint Archaia will host a panel on Lantern City—the first issue launches the same week of ACBC.

The World of LANTERN CITY

Saturday, May 16

2:00-3:00pm

Presented by: Filip Sablik (Host), Trevor Crafts, Matthew James Daley, and Bruce Boxleitner.

Lantern City is an exciting, new steampunk comic series just launched by Archaia and Macrocosm Entertainment, featuring wondrous settings, engaging characters, and of course, some great costumes. Come explore the development of the series and see exclusive behind-the-scenes content with creators Trevor Crafts, Matthew James Daley, and Bruce Boxleitner, and learn what’s new with the development of the proposed television series. Moderated by BOOM! Studios President of Publishing & Marketing Filip Sablik. Attendees will receive a free, Limited Edition Lantern City pin exclusive to Atlantic City Boardwalk Con!

The panel will be followed by a Lantern City signing at 3:30pm of the ACBC exclusive variant (available for purchase for $10.00) by Trevor Crafts, Matthew James Daley, Bruce Boxleitner, and cover artist Conor Nolan (Never Boy). The signing will take place at the BOOM! Studios booth, #724.

For more information about and tickets for ACBC, visit their website at doacbc.com.