PRESS RELEASE - TOP FILM ARTIST BENTON JEW JOINS MONSTERVERSE PANEL FOR SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON!
(Los Angeles) Monday, July 18, 2011.

(Benton Jew comments on his appearance at last year's SDCC.)
The superbly talented artist Benton Jew has been added to the MONSTERVERSE HORROR COMICS ATE MY BRAIN panel at the San Diego Comic-Con 2011 and scheduled for Friday from 5-6 pm in Room 9. Benton is flying up from New Orleans where he has been designing storyboards for "G.I. JOE 2: THE COBRA STRIKES." Jew has written and drawn a haunting story entitled "SECOND TO ONE" for Monsterverse's popular BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE # 3 in its noted horror anthology comic book series.

Benton Jew is a highly acclaimed and sought after illustrator/storyboard artist/comic artist living in Los Angeles who has provided concept illustrations and storyboards for some of the most successful genre films on record including The Mask, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Terminator 3, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Green Lantern, Cowboys and Aliens and Pirates of the Caribbean 4:On Stranger Tides.
Jew's professional comics work includes Agents of Atlas, and She-Hulk for Marvel Comics as well as independent books such as Komikwerks: Chills and Thrills, Secret Identities:The Asian-American Superhero Anthology, The Adventures of Unemployed Man as well as the forthcoming BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE from MONSTERVERSE. He also self-publishes his own comics and sketchbooks.
Benton is currently storyboarding the G.I. JOE 2: THE COBRA STRIKES for Paramont Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Di Bonaventura Pictures and Hasbro. It being written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who wrote ZOMBIELAND and stars Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson and Ray Park.

MONSTERVERSE PANEL GUESTS: There is no escaping Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave horror anthology comic and upcoming graphic novel series, Flesh And Blood. Joining Monsterverse's Kerry Gammill (Superman) and Sam F. Park (The Halfway House) are Bela Lugosi Jr., screenwriter Michael Tabb (Werewolf), Robert Tinnell (Flesh And Blood), James Farr (Xombie), Chris Moreno (World War Hulk), Mark L. Miller (Ain't It Cool News), Dan Brereton (The Nocturnals), James Groman (The Hobbit), and Mike Dubisch (Aliens vs. Predator). Expect a slideshow and discussion of Monsterverse's horror projects, along with a Q&A session. SDCC 2011 Friday 5:00-6:00 Room 9

Issue #2 of BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE comes out in August with a shocking cover by make-up legend and seven time Academy Award winner Rick Baker. Recently the LA TIMES HERO COMPLEX ran a special story on the cover and issue.
MONSTERVERSE IS DIGITAL! Available via iTunes App Store from iVerse Media. Download the "COMICS +" app to find the BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE #1 horror anthology comic book and download it to your iPad, iPod or iPhone today!
BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE #1 digital comic has exclusive work by top artist JOHN CASSADAY of ASTONISHING X-MEN and PLANETARY
fame. It's also a DOUBLE-SIZED comic book created with no ads. That
means it has 52 pages of horror anthology stories and material from
front cover to back. And the back cover is of the lovely vampire
Nosferina by Warner animation artist legend, BRUCE TIMM!

BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE #3 is being offered for order to shops (fans can pre-order via their local or online shops) from DIAMOND DISTRIBUTION with this code:
JUL111157 BELA LUGOSI TALES FROM GRAVE #3
The book will be coming out at Halloween along with the first book of FLESH AND BLOOD, MONSTERVERSE's new series of graphic novels as written by Robert Tinnell and illustrated by Neil D. Vokes.

You can find an excellent interview with Robert Tinnell at ComicMonsters.com.
FLESH AND BLOOD
Volume One begins with the bloody destruction of the legendary
vampire, the darkly seductive Carmilla. Her death ignites an epic
firestorm of events that draws the greatest icons of Gothic horror into
battle across the lush backdrop of 19th century Europe. At the center
of this ghastly conflict Baron Victor Frankenstein is forced to merge
his diabolical scientific prowess with the black arts of a terrifying
supernatural world. This unholy war between light and darkness will not
be measured in months or years but across centuries of horror and
devastation until one force reigns triumphant. Vampires, werewolves and
scientific monsters are unleashed like nothing seen before in film,
comics or literature.
As Hammer, Amicus, AIP and other studios
enlarged upon the Universal horror canon bringing a sexier maturity to
the world's most terrifying monsters along with a more realistic
savagery to the violent action, FLESH AND BLOOD brings a modern update to these classic creatures. FLESH AND BLOOD is now available to pre-order at comic shops via Diamond Distribution in its JULY PREVIEWS magazine (Page 298 next to the Frank Miller's HOLY TERROR ad) with the following code:
JUL111158 FLESH AND BLOOD GN VOL 01

MONSTERVERSE will be announcing a special launch party for both books to be held at the American Cinematheque in the fall along with screening a surprise selection of kindred horror films in its Egyptian theater.
MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT is a transmedia company publishing comic books and developing horror projects in all mediums.
Kerry Gammill is publisher and editor of MONSTERVERSE and a noted comic book and film design artist.
Producer/screenwriter Sam F. Park is the west coast editor and a writer/designer on Monsterverse projects.
