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-- Publishers Weekly, 8/29/2006

Exhibitor Space Limited At New York Comic Con

Though the dates of the New York Comic Con are several months away and the convention has booked double the amount of exhibitor space compared to last year's event, the popular convention has still nearly sold out. The space allotted to dealers and exhibitors has been reserved to full capacity and ninety percent of the remaining area reserved for exhibition has been sold. Convention organizers are attempting to secure additional space beyond the current increase. For a complete exhibitor list and additional information about the New York Comic Con, visit nycomiccon.com.

Yaoi manga publisher DramaQueen has launched a new website to promote its new Boys' Love anthology Rush. The first issue of Rush will contain four stories, "Night and Day", "Children of Bones", "MASTER!" and "ROULETTE". However, Rush will not debut with a first issue. DramaQueen plans to release a zero issue prior to the distribution of its first issue. The debut of the zero issue of Rush will coincide with Yaoi-Con 2006. Readers can learn more about DramaQueen's new anthology series by visiting dqrush.com.

USPS Releases Stamps Featuring Marvel Heroes

Well-known Marvel superheroes will be featured on a set of stamps to be released by the United States Postal Service. The Marvel characters to be depicted are Spider-Man, the Hulk, Sub-Mariner, the Thing, Captain America, Silver Surfer, Spider-Woman, Iron Man, Elektra, and Wolverine. This will be the second as well as the final set of stamps in the United States Postal Service's modern comic book superhero series. The initial set of stamps in the series featured popular superheroes from DC Comics.

Blair Butler's Friday Reviews on G4TV

Doc Frankenstein #5 (Burlyman): This is the bizarre tale of Frankenstein's monster and his futuristic adventures fighting religious zealots and werewolves. No, seriously, that's the plot. Here's the important part: it's written by the Wachowski Brothers (yes, the Matrix guys), features Steve Skroce's gorgeously detailed artwork, and somehow manages to make a ridiculous concept staggeringly enjoyable.If only they could ship more than one issue every 6 months.

CSI: Dying in Gutters #1 (IDW): This CSI tale involves murder at a Comic Book Convention. The suspects: Real life comic book creators. Meta, man. Meta.

Battlestar Galactica #1 (Dynamite): The cult TV show gets the comic book treatment. Will the fans give a frak?