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ARMY OF DARKNESS WINS SCREAM AWARD
Dynamite Awarded Best Screen to Comic!

OCTOBER 9, 2006, RUNNEMEDE, NJ – The votes are in, the winners have been decided and DYNAMITE’s ARMY OF DARKNESS comic book series has won a SPIKE TV SCREAM AWARD!

The series joined other comic book winners, including Frank Miller who was honored with the Comic-Con Icon Award, and voted Best Comic Book Writer for All-Star Batman & Robin; Sean Phillips who was named Best Comic Book Artist for Marvel Zombies and speaking of Marvel Zombies, the runaway Marvel hit by Kirkman and Phillips was voted Best Comic Book. DYNAMITE’s ARMY OF DARKNESS won its SCREAM for Best Screen-to-Comic Adaptation!

The winners were announced this weekend, while the event itself will be broadcast on Tuesday, October 10, beginning at 10:00 PM EST.

“We’d like to thank all the fans that voted for Army of Darkness and of course our creative team that helped put together this award-winning series, especially the guiding hand of writer James Kuhoric," commented DYNAMITE Publisher Nick Barrucci. “This award also comes at a key moment in time as we prepare to enter the next phase of Ash’s comic book career as he heads into the cross-over of a lifetime.  We would also like to congratulate all of the other winners!"

• The Most Anticipated Movie: "Pirates Of The Carribean: At Worlds End"
• The Ultimate Scream: "Batman Begins"
• Best Horror Movie: "The Devil's Rejects"
• Best Fantasy Movie: "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
• Best Sci-Fi Movie: "V For Vendetta"
• Best Tv Show: "Battlestar Galactica"
• Best Sequel: "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
• Fantasy Fox: Evangeline Lilly As Kate Austen, "Lost"
• Best Remake: "King Kong"
• Best Superhero: Brandon Routh As Superman, "Superman Returns"
• Sexiest Superhero: Jessica Alba as The Invisible Woman, "Fantastic Four"
• Best Screen-To-Comic Adaptation: "Army Of Darkness"
• Most Memorable Mutilation: The Eye Removal, "Hostel"
• Most Heroic Performance: Johnny Depp, "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
• Scream Queen: Kate Beckinsale As Selene, "Underworld: Evolution"
• Most Vile Villain: Leslie Easterbrook, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley And Sheri Moon Zombie As "The Firefly Clan" "The Devil's Rejects"
• Breakout Performance: Jennifer Carpenter As Emily Rose, "The Exorcism Of Emily Rose"
• The "Holy Sh%T!" Award: The Eye Removal, "Hostel"
• Best Director: Christopher Nolan, "Batman Begins"
• Best Screamplay: "Batman Begins," Written By David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan
• Best Foreign Movie: "High Tension"
• Best Flesh Scene: Famke Janssen & Hugh Jackman, "X-Men: The Last Stand"
• Best Comic Book: "Marvel Zombies"
• Best Screen-To-Comic Adaptation: "X-Men: The Last Stand"
• Best Rack On The Rack: "Vampirella"
• Best Comic Book Writer: Frank Miller, "Batman & Robin"
• Best Comic Book Artist: Sean Phillips, Marvel Zombies
• Best F/X: "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
• Best Internet Parody: "How Superman Should Have Ended," How It Should Have Ended.Com
• Most Shocking Comic Book Twist: Peter Parker Reveals That He's Spiderman, "Civil War"
• Comic-Con Icon Award: Frank Miller
• Scream Mastermind Award: Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez, "Grindhouse"
• Scream Rock Immortal: Ozzy Osbourne
• Ruthless Filmmaker Award: Darren Lynn Boseman, Ark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan And Leigh Whannell, "Saw" Franchise

Ballots were sent out to Spike TV's SCREAM Awards 2006 Advisory Board, made up of respected and well-known members of the horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book worlds, and were responsible for advising on categories and determining nominees in each category. All films, television shows and comic books were deemed eligible for inclusion if they were released between June 1, 2005 to July 8, 2006 and were representative of the genres listed. Winners will be determined by viewer voting.

Members of this year's advisory board included: Wes Craven (writer/director A Nightmare on Elm Street); David S. Goyer (screenwriter, Batman Begins); Geoff Johns (comic book writer, Green Lantern); R. Eric Lieb (Comic book writer, Saw: Rebirth); Brian Pulido ("Lady Death"); Judd Winick (executive producer/creator, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee); Jonathan Woods (Storyboard artist, Team America: World Police); and Rob Zombie (writer/director, House of 1,000 Corpses).

The next issue of ARMY OF DARKNESS is shipping soon!  Check out the info here - or log on to www.dynamiteentertainment.com

ARMY OF DARKNESS #11 BY JAMES KUHORIC AND KEVIN SHARPE; COVERS BY: NICK BRADSHAW (25%), KEVIN SHARPE (25%), PABLO MARCOS (25%) AND MATT SMITH (25%)!

Returned from the past Ash finds New York City has been turned into a giant nightclub for the walking dead. Traveling through the streets of "New Transylvania," Ash and Eva must find the fiends responsible for turning NYC into the undead capital of the world and reverse the damage before the curse spreads to the entire world! As the Chosen One and Daughter of the Dead face the collected might of the monsters, Dracula initiates his ultimate endgame. Using the mysterious holy artifact Dracula recites the ritual to become immortal and tries out the extent of his newly found godhood on a not so immortal Ash Williams. With an unexpected patchwork ally and a mysterious cursed girl with an infamous bloodline at his side, Ash must find a way to kill a monster that's already dead but can't be killed. Huh? Just past the double barrel boom stick and chainsaw, baby. We'll see if Count Suck-ula can still brag about his immortal mojo when he's been taken down like an all you can eat buffet dinner at a sumo convention! The ultimate horror showdown concludes as Ash faces off with Dracula in the battle to end all battles!

BE SURE TO ASK YOUR LOCAL RETAILER ABOUT THE VIRGIN KEVIN SHARPE COVER!

BE SURE TO ASK YOUR LOCAL RETAILER ABOUT THE NICK BRADSHAW NEGATIVE ART COVER AT REGULAR WHOLESALE PRICE!

Check out all the details here and be sure to tune in on October 10 at 10:00 PM EST to watch the awards:

http://www.spiketv.com/#events/scream2006/index.jhtml

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ABOUT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling titles and properties.  Beginning with their Army of Darkness comic book series – launching as the #1 independent comic in July of '04 – and recently ranked the #1 selling Independent Horror comic -- and continuing to their best-selling Red Sonja series – issue #0 alone selling over 240,000 copies and ongoing issues and one-shots recently ranked among the best-selling titles in unit sales and dollar volume – and not only has Dynamite consistently released Red Sonja as THE top selling single comic outside of Marvel and DC Comics, Dynamite successfully places more titles in the Top 100 than most non-Marvel, non-DC publishers.  Dynamite's new monthly Battlestar Galactica series is the company's first major launch of '06, debuting with an impressive 175,000 copies in initial orders sold for the introductory #0 issue. Dynamite’s ongoing Highlander comic book series launched to excess of 100,000 copies sold for issue #0. The recently released The Lone Ranger #1 sold out on its first day in comic shops and is scheduled for a second print.
 
Now, in addition to the ongoing Red Sonja and AOD series, DYNAMITE has released the all-new Battlestar Galactica comic by Greg Pak and Nigel Raynor – launching with a specially priced #0 issue, having sold in excess of 175,000 copies and recently featured in the pages of TV Guide, A classic Battlestar Galactica comic book series, Xena by John Layman and Fabiano Neves, a Darkman vs. the Army of Darkness mini-series and is preparing the Lone Ranger with Brett Matthews and John Cassaday – and Dynamite has more on the horizon!
 
In addition to the creators mentioned - Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics, including Alex (Justice) Ross, John (Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, Michael (Superman/Batman, Aspen Comics) Turner, Jim (All-Star Batman) Lee, Michael (Red Sonja) Avon Oeming, Mike (Red Sonja/X-Men) Carey, Jim (Justice) Kruegar, Greg (The Incredible Hulk) Pak, Brett (Serenity, The Lone Ranger) Matthews - as well as working with up and coming new talent and enhancing strong creators!
 
The company also produces new and classic material from such creators as Paul Gulacy and Doug Moench's Six from Sirius, Tim Truman's Scout, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso's Borderline and other titles including Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, in addition to reprint editions of classic Red Sonja material and more.
 
For updated information on Dynamite Entertainment and their titles, please visit the Dynamite website at www.dynamiteentertainment.com