Gini Koch, Jeff Mariotte, Aprilynne Pike, Janni Lee Simner and Jordan Summers Join PHXCC 2013

Phoenix Comicon is proud to announce that authors Gini Koch, Jeff Mariotte, Aprilynne Pike, Janni Lee Simner and Jordan Summers will be attending Comicon 2013.

“We are so pleased to have such a great and diverse group of authors coming to this year's Comicon,” says Convention Director Matt Sorberg.

Gini Koch is a science fiction writer based here in Phoenix, Arizona. She is best known for the Alien Series (informally known as the "Katherine 'Kitty' Katt" series." Her work Touched By an Alien was named one of the Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of 2010 by Booklist.

Jeff Mariotte is an author who creates his own original work while is also well known for writing novels and comic books based on licensed properties. He is the author of the series Witch Season and has written many Charmed and Angel books based on the television shows. Most recently, Mariotte has authored books based on the CSI television series, with CSI: The Burning Season released in 2011.

Aprilynne Pike is an internationally best-selling author best known for her debut novel Wings (2009). The novel debuted on the New York Times best-seller list and reached the #1 spot on the Children's Best Seller list. Her second novel Spells also debuted on the New York Times best-seller list. Her most recent novel, Destined debuted on the USA Today Bestseller list in 2012.

Janni Lee Simner writes primarily for young adults and is best known for her 2010 Fiction novel Bones of Faerie. She has won the Judy Goddard/Libraries, Ltd. Arizona Young Adult Author Award. Her most recent work is the Fiction short story, Welcome to Bordertown anthology in 2011.

Jordan Summers currently has twenty-six published books to her credit and is best known for her Dead World trilogy. She was a finalist in the Daphne Du Maurier contest in 2002 and won the Harlequin Blaze Published Author contest in 2005. Her most recent work, The Dark King was released in November 2012.

Phoenix Comicon is the signature pop culture experience of the southwest. Comicon is presenting guests and programming for hobbyists by attracting the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, tv, and gaming industries. Entering its eleventh year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 40,000 attendees to its May 23-26, 2013 convention held at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.

For more information, please go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com.

Zenescope Entertainment to Unveil Jungle Book Sequel

Dec. 7, 2012 — Zenescope Entertainment has announced a sequel to its hit mini-series The Jungle Book, which was first published in March, 2012.  The #1 issue of Jungle Book: Last of the Species will hit shelves February 27th, 2013.   Zenescope is best known for its dark and provocative re-imaginings of literary classics such as Wonderland, Sinbad and Neverland. After receiving strong sales and critic reviews for The Jungle Book, the top 10 publisher has green-lit another go around.

Writer Mark L Miller and will continue writing the epic and beautifully illustrated story that takes place on the mysterious but dangerous Kipling Isle. 

In this five part series, the strong-willed and beautiful Mowglii has just recently recovered from her wounds after defeating a ferocious foe, but her peace will not last as she finds herself in a battle for survival as a new threat arises. 

“Mark Miller and Carlos Granda did such an amazing job in the first series by creating this intense, brutal but also visually stunning world.  We were so proud of both the fan support and the positive reviews we received.” said Zenescope’s EIC Ralph Tedesco, “But we’ve raised the bar for the sequel and we’re hoping that even more readers catch on to this intelligently written, epic series because I highly doubt they’ll be disappointed.”

Jungle Book: Last of the Species is currently available for pre-order through Diamond Previews.

For more information, visit Zenescope’s website at www.zenescope.com or its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Zenescope.

Zenescope Entertainment was founded by Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco in 2005, and has quickly grown into one of the top comic book and graphic novel publishing companies in the world. Zenescope's Grimm Fairy Tales and subsequent spinoff series such as Escape From Wonderland, Neverland and The Piper, which put a dark twist on classic fables, are some of the best-selling and longest-running original independent comic books on shelves today. Zenescope's licensed titles include the on-going, critically acclaimed Charmed series, based on the long-running popular television series, as well as Se7en and Final Destination, based on New Line Cinema's successful film franchises.