Everyone here at Kids Need to Read is gearing up for Phoenix Comicon 2012! It is going to be an EPIC weekend of GALACTIC proportions! We very excited about this year’s Kids Need to Read Geek Prom sponsored by Bookmans! It is going to be an AMAZING night!
As always, we will have some super-uper-Big Dipper auctions at Geek Prom. This year we also have a very special celebrity auctioneer! That’s right folks. Our good friend, actor Louis Lombardi (24, THE SOPRANOS), will be at the helm of our auction. Funny part is . . . Lou is going to be auctioning HIMSELF off!
Here is a list of our auctions for this year:
- A Star Wars Animated Luke Skywalker Limited Edition Maquette (Donated by Pop Culture Paradise)
- A Star Theater Pro Planetarium (Donated by ThinkGeek)
- A Wampa Rug (Donated by ThinkGeek)
- A Star Trek: The Next Generation Print entitled “Where No Man Has Gone Before” signed by Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, and Wil Wheaton (private donation, signatures provided by Phoenix Comicon)
- Arizona Avengers Superhero Lunches: Our friends, the Arizona Avengers, will be auctioning THEMSELVES off! The lucky winners of these auctions will get to have lunch on Sunday with their favorite superheroes! More details to be announced.
Hmmmm….I thought there was something else…OH RIGHT! The Mojo-Bone Software Studios Super Galactic Auction Package!! Take a look at this!!
Mojo-Bone Software Studios Super Galactic Auction Package
Autographed items from:
- Tim Russ (Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager)
- Walter Koenig (Chekov in the original Star Trek series and movies)
- Jay Karnes (Detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach in The Shield and ChrisBolling in V)
- Chase Masterson (Leeta / Emony Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Lt. Boomer in Battlestar Galactica)
- Louis Lombardi (Edgar Stiles in 24 and Skip Lipari in The Sopranos )
- Patricia Skeriotis (Jana Akton in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Video Game)
Breakfast Sunday morning of Phoenix Comicon 2012 with Louis Lombardi, Patricia Skeriotis, Adam Goldman (CEO of Mojo-Bone Software Studios), and Isabelle Mangouni (COO of Mojo-Bone Software Studios). Breakfast will be at the Terrace Cafe in the Hyatt Regency, downtown Phoenix. (Time to be determined.)
Voice over role in an upcoming Mojo-Bone Software Studios, AAA video game (PC, X-Box, and Playstation platforms). Winner will receive:
- Two nights’ accommodations in Los Angeles (all ground transportation in Los Angeles included)
- Attend table read and dinner with cast
- Spend a day at the recording studio while you and some of the cast record your voice over role
- Receive pictures with, and autographs from, the cast of the game (those who are present at the table read/dinner or the studio recording session)
Cast includes:
- Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey in The Shield and The Thing / Ben Grimm in Fantastic Four and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer)
- Armin Shimerman (Quark in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Jay Karns (Detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach in The Shield and Chris Bolling in V)
- David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki in The Shield and Leon Drake in The Unit)
- Bob Golouberman (Director #3 in the Oscar award winning film The Artist)
- David Marciano (Detective Steve Billings in The Shield and Virgil in Homeland)
- Chase Masterson (Leeta / Emony Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- More Cast to be announced
NOTE: Winner is responsible for their transportation to Los Angeles. The voice over recording will occur in 2013.
We were not kidding when we said super-uper-Big Dipper! A huge thank you to everyone who donated items for our auctions!
If you are going to be at this year’s Phoenix Comicon, we hope you will come join us at the KNTR Geek Prom Saturday night. It is going to be a night to remember!
