EAGLES LAND IN NEW EYRIE
August 9, 2010
For Immediate Release
AFTER two years of nomadic existence, the world's most popular comicbook fan
awards have found a new home.
This October the Eagle Awards will take up residency at London's hugely
popular MCM Expo at Excel, where the 2010 awards will be announced.
As of 2011 and going forward, the awards will become part of London MCM
Expo's May event.
While details are still to be finalised Eagles administrator Cassandra
Conroy announced, "I'm really pleased to have inked the deal with MCM's Paul
Miley and Brian Cooney, considering that the London MCM Expo is viewed by
fans and industry alike as London's Comic Con the nearest that the UK has to
San Diego!"
"It's been frustrating to have been homeless for the past couple of years
and this new arrangement provides the Eagles with long-term stability. It
also links us into a partnership with people who are as enthusiastic as I am
to make them the industry's premiere awards," she added.
For his part, MCM Expo's Paul Miley said, "We are very happy to now be the
new home to the Eagle Awards which we consider to be a great British
institution and an important part of comic fandom recognised the world over.
I am looking forward to working with Cassandra and the Eagle's to help take
the awards to another level.
"London MCM Expo has a tremendous following from both comic fans and the
public as a whole and is supported by many artists and writers which has
helped the Comic Village section of the show to grow show on show," added
Miley. "We are likened to San Diego Comic Con in the US all the time by fans
and industry pundits which we admit is a great accolade, may be not yet in
size but most definitely in stature so bringing the Eagles to Expo helps to
cement our position as London's Comic Con the Eagles are our Eisners."
For further information/interviews regarding the Eagle Awards, please
contact Cassandra Conroy at: eagleawards@gmail.com
For further information/interviews regarding the London MCM Expo - London's
Comic Con please contact Paul Miley at: paul@mcmexpo.net
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ABOUT THE EAGLE AWARDS:
Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry's longest established
awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been
featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 34 years
ranging from Uncanny X-Men and Swamp Thing to MAD, 2000 AD and Back Issue.
Unique in the comics industry in that they reflect both the professional and
the reader's choice, the Eagle Awards comprise of two distinct stages:
(i) A Nominations Form allows the entire comics community to choose their
favourites.
(ii) The top five nominations then appear on the voting form for the readers
and fans to choose from, thus focusing the fans with no wasted votes.
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ABOUT MCM EXPO:
London MCM Expo is now into it's 18th show, it is supported by major media
companies such as Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Wizards of the Coast,
Manga Entertainment, SFX and NEO to name but a few.
Taking place each May and October at London's massive Excel exhibition
centre, the event is now the main focus and must be place for UK fans and
industry to attend to promote new releases and forthcoming productions
whether comics, movies, games, DVD's, books and the like.
In a very short 10 years London MCM Expo has grown into the one UK show that
is not to be missed.
<http://www.londonexpo.com> www.londonexpo.com
Attachments:
i) Press release - EAGLES LAND IN NEW EYRIE as Word.doc
ii) Eagle Awards logo as PSD
iii) MCM Expo logo as JPEG
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