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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18

The DC Comics New Reader Litmus Test: The New 52 – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/sCNWjjq via @cbr #
RT @richjohnston Chuck Dixon's Novel, Seal Team Six, On Kindle Now http://t.co/1XzCLdB #
Newsarama.com : 10 NEW 52 Titles Exceed 100k, DC Touts Sales Success | DC reboot | DCnU http://t.co/w1GpUbf via @addthis #
Justice League #1 was the top book in August as overall sales rose http://t.co/tCSeXNP via @comixace #
RT @richjohnston Justice League And Flashpoint Take August Top Spots As DC Continues To Narrow Market Share Difference http://t.co/YMtQYKr #
"The Walking Dead" Crew Discuss Season Two, Darabont's Exit – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/8nBZVsC via @cbr #
(EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ ABOUT) DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, http://t.co/buxuSw6’s-talkin’-about-dc-comics-the-new-52-monday-evening-et-edition/ #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “I’m losing control” http://t.co/QsR7z7j“i’m-losing-control”/ #
DC’s push for New 52: Retailer reactions, previews and ‘epic’ <i>Batman</i> http://t.co/IL3d3CO via @robot6 #
Starting comic book writing class on Thursday, I am so excited!! @ComicExperience #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “Flashpoint effect has definitely closed off time travel.” http://t.co/YDDBHVL #
(Everybody’s Talkin’ About) DC Comics-The New 52, Wednesday Morning (ET) Edition http://t.co/ngFpg3i #
ACTION COMICS and BATGIRL back to press again http://t.co/TrBhVdbe #
(Everybody’s Talkin’ about) DC Comics-The New 52: Demon Knights edition, Thursday AM (ET) http://t.co/m1ktzMEX #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “Well played, Gotham.” http://t.co/DoyB6NsA”/ #
RT @richjohnston The Incredible Shrinking Marvel $3.99 Comic http://t.co/fHH8OgqJ #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “Good to see you, Barbara.” http://t.co/OyiZ5sGt“good-to-see-you-barbara-”/ #
Newsarama.com : Retailers Say NEW 52 Sales Are Picking Up Steam in Week 3 | DC reboot | DCnU http://t.co/UbtfSY3h via @addthis #
Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! – Silver Age, Modern Creators Headline MegaCon http://t.co/YamMltNG via @addthis #
Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! – The Spider is Live at Radio Archives http://t.co/3wdxJebs via @addthis #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “The worst former sidekick ever” http://t.co/RTJhxmln #
Pop!: Time Machine – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/9LkktvZC via @cbr #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-17

Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “Well played, Gotham.” http://t.co/DoyB6NsA”/ #
RT @richjohnston The Incredible Shrinking Marvel $3.99 Comic http://t.co/fHH8OgqJ #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “Good to see you, Barbara.” http://t.co/OyiZ5sGt“good-to-see-you-barbara-”/ #
Newsarama.com : Retailers Say NEW 52 Sales Are Picking Up Steam in Week 3 | DC reboot | DCnU http://t.co/UbtfSY3h via @addthis #
Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! – Silver Age, Modern Creators Headline MegaCon http://t.co/YamMltNG via @addthis #
Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! – The Spider is Live at Radio Archives http://t.co/3wdxJebs via @addthis #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “The worst former sidekick ever” http://t.co/RTJhxmln #
Pop!: Time Machine – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/9LkktvZC via @cbr #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-16

(Everybody’s Talkin’ about) DC Comics-The New 52: Demon Knights edition, Thursday AM (ET) http://t.co/m1ktzMEX #

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[Press] – Use the Force For Good!: Lucasfilm Launches Initiative to Benefit Stand Up To Cancer

Use the Force For Good!

Lucasfilm Launches Initiative to Benefit Stand Up To Cancer

Campaign features celebrity fans celebrating their favorite Star Wars™ moments, an eBay charity auction offering one-of-a-kind items and a rare experience, an exclusive line of t-shirts as well as support from Major League Baseball

Release Contacts:

Maurine Slutzky
Stand Up To Cancer
213-240-3923
Mslutzky@eifoundation.org

Chris Argyropoulos
Lucasfilm Ltd.
415-623-1018
chris.argyropoulos@lucasfilm.com

San Francisco, CALIF – Sept. 15, 2011 – Lucasfilm announced today that in celebration of the September launch of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray, it is linking up with celebrities, eBay and Major League Baseball to ask fans to Use the Force for Good to support Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). SU2C funds groundbreaking cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives.

“Lucasfilm joining with eBay, Major League Baseball and a wonderful group of actors is an amazing force for good being brought to bear in Stand Up To Cancer’s fight against this disease, and we are profoundly grateful,” said SU2C Co-Founder Sue Schwartz. “With one in two men and one in three women diagnosed in their lifetimes, cancer affects us all. SU2C’s mission is to persuade each and every person to support the scientists working to end cancer, and this initiative gives legions of Star Wars fans fun and easy ways to do that.”

The campaign will launch today with a video featuring celebrity Star Wars enthusiasts encouraging fans to Use the Force for Good and join Lucasfilm in donating to Stand Up To Cancer. SU2C Ambassadors Aziz Ansari, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Hader, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Jaime King, Seth Rogen, Andy Samberg and Emma Stone – along with Star Wars alum Samuel L. Jackson – will each Use the Force for Good as they recreate classic Star Wars scenes to raise awareness for cancer research. The all-star video tribute appears on the Star Wars YouTube channel youtube.com/starwars.

Also, eBay will use the Force of its 97 million active members to give fans an online destination for browsing unique and special Star Wars items: ebay.com/usetheforceforgood. The destination will allow fans to bid on rare and exclusive items like a one-of-a-kind Star Wars edition 2012 Volkswagen Passat and a once-in-a-lifetime experience; dinner with prominent Bay Area filmmakers George Lucas, Chris Columbus, Francis Ford Coppola, Philip Kaufman and John Lasseter. All charity auctions will begin on September 16^th at 4:00 p.m. PDT, and continue until 4:00 p.m. PDT on September 23^rd.

Star Wars and SU2C have also created a Stand Up To Cancer line of Star Wars t-shirts. The tees will feature iconic Star Wars artwork alongside SU2C’s signature upward arrows, with slogans like “Blast Cancer” and “Use the Force for Good.” The exclusive tees are available now and can be purchased through the end of the year at store.standup2cancer.org/shop with proceeds benefitting SU2C.

Then, throughout the month of September, select Major League Baseball Clubs across the country will feature Stand Up To Cancer/Star Wars themed nights in their respective ballparks. The special events will offer Star Wars themed ticket packages with a portion of proceeds benefitting SU2C. Most packages will include appearances by Star Wars costumed characters, VIP fan photo ops, giveaways and the Star Wars Stand Up To Cancer exclusive t-shirts. For a list of participating Clubs, game schedules and ticket information, please visit MLB.com/StarWars. Since its launch, Stand Up To Cancer has grown significantly with support from players, fans and all 30 MLB Clubs. Major League Baseball was a founding donor to Stand Up To Cancer in 2008, and has donated more than $30 million to the groundbreaking research organization since its inception.

“We are thrilled to be using the launch of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray as a call to action for our fans to Use the Force for Good,” said Kayleen Walters, Senior Director of Marketing at Lucasfilm. “We are happy to use the power of Star Wars to support this noble cause.”

About Stand Up To Cancer

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) — a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c) (3) charitable organization — raises funds to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. SU2C facilitates collaboration among the best and the brightest in the cancer research community. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and a Scientific Advisory Committee led by Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., conduct rigorous, competitive review processes through which SU2C’s grantees are selected. By galvanizing the entertainment industry, SU2C generates awareness and builds grassroots support for this new approach to ending cancer.

To view the recently televised Stand Up To Cancer fundraising special, please visit: www.su2c.org/2010show. For general information, please visit www.su2c.org.

About eBay

Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is about connecting buyers and sellers. We do so through eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, which allows users to buy and sell on eBay platforms in nearly every country on earth; through PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive online payments; and through GSI Commerce, which facilitates ecommerce, multichannel retailing and digital marketing for global enterprises. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, and eBay classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world. For more information about the company and its global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.

About Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is the oldest professional sports league in the United States and consists of 30 member Clubs in the U.S. and Canada representing the highest level of professional baseball. Under the guidance of its ninth Commissioner, Allan H. (Bud) Selig, MLB has experienced dramatic changes including Interleague Play, the introduction of the Wild Card, a more comprehensive drug-testing program, significant revenue sharing among the Clubs and a growth in revenue from $1.2 billion in 1992 to $7 billion in 2010. The last seven seasons have been the best attended in MLB history with each year, including 2010, eclipsing the 73 million mark. In addition, 14 Clubs saw double digit percentage increases in their local television ratings. With the continued success of MLB Network and MLB Advanced Media and the 2011 launch of the MLB Fan Cave, MLB continues to find innovative ways for its fans to enjoy the National Pastime. For more information on Major League Baseball, visit MLB.com.

About Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray

Relive the unforgettable moments and experience the spectacular adventure of STAR WARS The Complete Saga in a way only Blu-ray can deliver. This incredible collection unites all six Episodes together for the first time in stunning high definition with the purest digital sound in the galaxy. With over 40 hours of thrilling special features, including all-new content created exclusively for this release, you can journey deeper into the Star Wars universe and discover more than ever before. Feel the Force of STAR WARS The Complete Saga on Blu-ray this September!

About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.

Lucasfilm, STAR WARS™ and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

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[Press] – Carabeo and Belefski Contribute to Indie Comics Magazine’s Special Christmas Issue

Carabeo and Belefski Contribute to Indie Comics Magazine’s Special Christmas Issue

The Curls Studio team of writer Joe Carabeo and illustrator Carolyn Belefski present How Roxy and Dean Stole Christmas in Indie Comics Magazine #4, a special holiday issue, scheduled for preorder in Diamond Comic Distributors’ October

2011 Previews catalog and available ONLY through Previews, announced Publisher Gary Scott Beatty.

Belefski displays a new Curls webcomic every Monday and Thursday. Her illustrations have been published in USA Weekend Magazine, The Commonwealth Times, Magic Bullet, The Pulse on Comicon.com and more. She was nominated for

Friends of Lulu’s 2010 Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer. “We’re excited to once again feature one of the hardest working and most talented women in independent comics today,” said Beatty.

Belefski and Carabeo offend and/or entertain with their podcast, The Carolyn and Joe Show, each Tuesday. The team collaborate on the comic books Kid Roxy, Black Magic Tales and The Legettes. Their Indie Comics Magazine story feature their Black Magic Tales characters, the adventures of the World’s Most Famous Criminals, Roxy and Dean.

Each issue of Indie Comics Magazine features full stories from many indie comic book creators, said Beatty. Short biographies and contact information are included so readers can easily seek out more of the creators’ work. To check out

Carolyn and Joe’s comics, podcasts, online store, and convention tours visit curls-studio.com.

Also scheduled for the Indie Comics Magazine Christmas Issue are Ignatz Award winner Rich Koslowski’s The 3 Geeks, Adventures of Aaron cartoonist Aaron Warner’s A College Girl Named Joe and Mad magazine’s Douglas Paszkiewicz with

Arsenic Lullaby.

Indie Comics Magazine is 64 pages of the best story and art from today’s independent comic book creators. No huge overprint, no digital version, no back issue sales, October’s Previews under Aazurn Publishing is the ONLY way comic

readers can get Indie Comics Magazine #4, the Christmas issue! Visit Indie Comics Magazine online at http://indiecomicsmagazine.com.

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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-15

Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “Flashpoint effect has definitely closed off time travel.” http://t.co/YDDBHVL #
(Everybody’s Talkin’ About) DC Comics-The New 52, Wednesday Morning (ET) Edition http://t.co/ngFpg3i #
ACTION COMICS and BATGIRL back to press again http://t.co/TrBhVdbe #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-14

(EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ ABOUT) DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, http://t.co/buxuSw6’s-talkin’-about-dc-comics-the-new-52-monday-evening-et-edition/ #
Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: “I’m losing control” http://t.co/QsR7z7j“i’m-losing-control”/ #
DC’s push for New 52: Retailer reactions, previews and ‘epic’ <i>Batman</i> http://t.co/IL3d3CO via @robot6 #
Starting comic book writing class on Thursday, I am so excited!! @ComicExperience #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-13

The DC Comics New Reader Litmus Test: The New 52 – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/sCNWjjq via @cbr #
RT @richjohnston Chuck Dixon's Novel, Seal Team Six, On Kindle Now http://t.co/1XzCLdB #
Newsarama.com : 10 NEW 52 Titles Exceed 100k, DC Touts Sales Success | DC reboot | DCnU http://t.co/w1GpUbf via @addthis #
Justice League #1 was the top book in August as overall sales rose http://t.co/tCSeXNP via @comixace #
RT @richjohnston Justice League And Flashpoint Take August Top Spots As DC Continues To Narrow Market Share Difference http://t.co/YMtQYKr #
"The Walking Dead" Crew Discuss Season Two, Darabont's Exit – Comic Book Resources http://t.co/8nBZVsC via @cbr #

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Tales from the Longbox Podcast – Episode 5: Comic Reviews!

Join Chris and Caleb as they talk about the first round of New 52 books and GASP!! Marvel books!

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[Press] – The Fourth Season of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Begins This Friday!

Take the plunge with more action than ever, as the fourth season of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

launches with epic underwater battles unlike anything you’ve seen before!

The heroic Jedi Knights and the clone army continue the fight to preserve order, and defeat the Separatist forces. As the battle escalates, the scope and scale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars continues to grow – with exotic adventures and enhanced animation strengthening ties to the Star Wars Saga. Fearsome foes from the past return to settle the score. Unexpected alliances are formed on both sides of the battle, as the action explodes and the course of the war takes an unforeseen turn!

Often described as a mini-Star Wars movie each week, the next chapter of Star Wars: The Clone Wars begins with a must-see two-part premiere, airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, September 16 on Cartoon Network.

In “Water War,” the spectacular — and previously unseen — ocean planet of Mon Calamari teeters on the brink of civil war. Separatist troublemaker Riff Tamson is stirring up hostile undercurrents between the planet’s two native species, the Mon Cala and the Quarren. The Republic sends Senator Padmé and her Jedi and clone protectors to negotiate peace, but it’s too late. With the assassination of the Mon Cala king, and young Prince Lee-Char not ready to unite his people, war is inevitable. A fierce underwater battle breaks out as SCUBA clones and new weaponry go head-to-head in an epic fight against overwhelming Quarren and Separatist forces.

“For these episodes we’re really under water the entire time, which presented a lot of new challenges–not least of which was creating animation while keeping the characters buoyant,” says supervising director Dave Filoni. “We wanted the cameras to feel like scuba cameras, and so the movements are slightly different than the ones you normally see in an episode. And the environment is populated with many small details such as a lot of coral and barnacles, which makes it feel as rich and dense as an ocean environment should be.”

The premiere episodes showcase the feature film quality found throughout Season Four. “In one of the premiere battles, there are thousands of characters at war,” Filoni says. “That gives you a sense of the scale we’re trying to deal with now when we say we’re doing a battle. In Episode III Revenge of the Sith we pan over the edge of the Jedi cruiser and reveal the massive space battle over Coruscant. That’s the kind of thing we’re aiming for in terms of combat in Season Four.”

Directly following “Water War” is “Gungan Attack.” Things look bleak for the Jedi, clones, and the Mon Cala, as they retreat to underwater caves following surprise Separatist attacks. Seeking to crush all hope of resistance, the evil Riff Tamson targets Prince Lee-Char. Jedi Master Yoda, unable to summon more Republic aid, turns to the powerful, amphibious Gungan army. But will they arrive in time and are they strong enough to break the Separatist siege?

“This season the fights reach a new level right from the get-go,” Filoni says. “The things we experimented with in the past, which were maybe one or two acts of a battle, are now becoming a whole arc over three or four episodes. We’re executing these battles on a scale not seen before. And while the battles are the big buzz this year, there will also be some surprises along the way.”

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