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The Gamers: Dorkness Rising at the Penny Arcade Expo
Friday, August 29th, at 10:30pm in the Walrus Theatre
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101-2350

After you all come see us at PAX, come by Comic Book Ink in Tacoma on Sunday and buy your copy of Dorkness Rising and get it signed by the cast!

When: Sunday, August 31st, 2:00pm
Where: 1625 East 72nd and Portland Avenue, Suite 800
Tacoma, WA 98404

Thanks to John Munn and Paizo Publishing for making this event happen! See the press release below.

Tacoma, Washington’s COMIC BOOK INK, is thrilled to announce a huge signing with cast members, and the film makers, behind the long awaited FEATURE FILM follow up to the original film THE GAMERS by THE DEAD GENTLEMEN….THE GAMERS: DORKNESS RISING…on SUNDAY, AUGUST 31st at 2:00pm! The Cast and Crew will be hailed as Tacoma’s Returning Heroes…fresh from returning from screening their film at two of the world’s largest conventions, INTERNATIONAL COMIC CON: SAN DIEGO (www.comic-con.org) and GEN CON (www.gencon.com)!
“This is going to be something truly special,” said store owner, JOHN MUNN, “We have been fortunate enough to have been able to carry the Original DVD of the GAMERS. At our shop alone we have sold over 175 Copies…it has been our honor to have helped the Dead Gentlemen and their ‘little local movie that could’.”

THE DEAD GENTLEMEN started as student filmmakers at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. Their satirical films DEMON HUNTERS and DEMON HUNTERS: DEAD CAMPER LAKE began to get a cult following in the area. But it was the release of their short film THE GAMERS that pushed them onto the worldwide stage and grew to their forming their own Production Company. From their web site:

ABOUT DEAD GENTLEMEN PRODUCTIONS

Dead Gentlemen Productions is an independent film company specializing in genre-comedies. Their short film, The Gamers, has been screened to rave reviews in dozens of film festivals and game conventions worldwide, garnering an award for Best Fan Film of 2003 at Gen Con Indy. Their Demon Hunters series was recently adapted into an RPG by Margaret Weis Productions. They are based out of Tacoma, WA with an office in Los Angeles, CA. Dead Gentlemen Productions’ website is located at www.deadgentlemen.com.

ABOUT “THE GAMERS: DORKNESS RISING”

The Gamers: Dorkness Rising follows Lodge, Dungeon Master and budding writer, who wants his gaming group to finish their adventure. Unfortunately, they’re more interested in seducing barmaids, mooning their enemies, and setting random villagers on fire. Desperate to rein in his players, Lodge injects two newbies into the fray: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all — a girl. Can the group overcome their bickering to save the kingdom, or will the evil necromancer Mort Kemnon triumph unopposed? A parody of fantasy films and the adventure gaming community, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is a hilarious romp through the world of sword and sorcery — in this case, a world of exploding peasants, giant house cats, and undead roast turkeys. The trailer can be found at www.the-gamers.com.

Shot in high definition, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is the most ambitious feature film that Dead Gentlemen Productions has produced to date. It was test screened in 2006 at the Gen Con game fair to standing ovations and standing room only. Creators of the Dragonlance novels & New York Times Bestselling authors, Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis, called it “A critical hit!… Original and funny – a real treat for fans of both fantasy and gaming.”

The film is distributed by ANTHEM PICTURES and PAIZO.COM‘s Director of Marketing, Joshua J. Frost, says, “The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is already one of the best selling products of all time on www.paizo.com and it’s not even released yet!”

COMIC BOOK INK will have plenty of copies of the movie on hand for fans to have signed by some of the members “New Gaming Group” featured in The Gamers: Dorkness Rising as well as integral members of the film’s production team. “It is our hope,” continued Munn, “That all of THE GAMERS can attend, but as of today’s date, we have confirmations of four out of the six! If you’ve ever tried to get a gaming group together that’s a great start!”

SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:

  • Scott C. Brown (Flynn the Fine/Leo)
  • Jen Page (Luster/Professor)
  • Steve Wolbrecht (Drazuul Voice/Music/Nodwick)
  • Ben Dobyns (Executive Producer)
  • Christian Doyle (Luster/Gary)
  • Tish Lopez (Producer)
  • Brian Lewis (Cass/Brother Silence)

COMIC BOOK INK (located at 1625 East 72nd and Portland Avenue, Suite 800, Tacoma, WA 98404) was established in 2002 as a store that was invested in its community and in the hopes of establish the shop as a public meeting place, as well as cultural center, for those who love, or want to learn more, about comic books. The shop is a FOUR TIME NOMINEE for the WILL EISNER SPIRIT of RETAILING AWARD (2004-2008).D