All The Cool Stuff has just announced the third Roll Out/ Roll Call, the UK Fan Show Convention dedicated to Transformers, Action Force and GI Joe - and that one of its star guests will be top US writer Larry Hama, making his first-ever UK appearance.
Hama is best known as writer of the Marvel Comics licensed series G.I. Joe, based on the Hasbro line of military action figures. He has also written Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.
Hama had previously pitched a Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
spin-off series, Fury Force, about a special mission force, which was then used as the concept for the back-story for G.I. Joe. He included military terms
and strategies, Eastern philosophy, martial arts and historical
references from his own background. The comic ran 155 issues (February
1982-October 1994).
Also on the guest list is another legendary comic writer, Simon Furman, whose name wil forever inextricably linked to Transformers, the 1980s toy phenomenon (yes, forever, Simon! You'll never escape...)
Hama also wrote the majority of the G.I. Joe action figures' file
cards; short biographical sketches designed to be clipped from the G.I.
Joe and Cobra cardboard packaging.
Simon has written literally hundreds of stories about the war-torn
‘robots in disguise’, for Marvel Comics (US and UK), Dreamwave and most
recently Transformers: Infiltration, Escalation, Devastation &
Revelation, Maximum Dinobots, Beast Wars: The Gathering/The Ascending,
Transformers: Stormbringer and Transformers: Spotlight for IDW
Publishing.
He's currently lead writer and script supervisor for the
upcoming animated TV show The Matt Hatter Chronicles. Gold Circle in the
US has recently optioned a feature script co-written by Simon and film
journalist Mark Salisbury titled Devil’s Due.
More guests will be announced shortly.
The event will also feature special presentations and panels on the toys, comics and cartoons from special guest presenters, plus show exclusives and trading affiliates, who will be attending the show will show off a host of the latest, and in some cases, unique range of merchandise.
Tickets will be on limited availability, so please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Tickets will go on sale soon.
• Roll Out for Roll Call 3 will run 10th-11th March 2012 at Southampton's largest hotel, Jurys Inn overlooking East Park. More info from All The Cool Stuff here - or follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/RollOutRollCall
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