CGE Improves Snake Plissken Chronicles #1 Incentive; Director, Star to Autograph Book

The return of Snake Plissken to the world of pop culture has many people excited. But none more than his creators, Escape From New York's Director John Carpenter, Producer Debra Hill, and actor Kurt Russell. In celebration of Snake's return, CG Entertainment (CGE) and Hurricane Entertainment have arranged for all three Hollywood superstars to sign copies of John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #1 (APR032098-100E) as a special retailer incentive! This is a first, both for them and the comic book industry.

"Initially we offered a free copy of issue #1 signed by John Carpenter as a special incentive to the first 100 retailers who ordered 150 copies," said Hurricane Chief Executive Officer Jan Utstein-O'Neill. "However, we did a grass roots campaign, polling retailers on their response to the preview copies of John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles that reached retailers last week and found that order activity will be higher than anticipated. Therefore, we would like to thank the retailers by altering the incentive criteria. We have decided to entirely eliminate the 'only the first 100 retailers to order' requirement and lower the minimum order from 150 to just 90 copies. This will now allow the incentive to be available to smaller stores."

"We only recently found out from Debra that Kurt Russell himself would be pleased to sign copies to help draw attention to new stories starring Snake Plissken," explained series writer William O'Neill. "How cool is that. This has got to be a first for the comic book industry."

"Snake Plissken is John Carpenter's favorite character that he created," stated Hill. "He's also Kurt Russell's favorite to play and my favorite to share with many generations of new fans."

Snake Plissken Chronicles, phase one of a much larger Snake launch, is the result of a partnership between Hurricane and Carpenter, Hill, and Russell. The book will be followed by a new release of Escape From New York on DVD from MGM Home Video, with a plethora of bonus materials, including pages from the comic itself. There will also be a series of novelizations, an anime feature from Production IG (Ghost in the Shell), and an electronic video game due out during the summer of 2005. Retailers can count on extensive mainstream media coverage for Snake's return.

"Snake still has a lot of fans," added CGE Senior Vice President of Product Development Tony Panaccio. "Expect many of the top entertainment magazines to cover the launch of the comic book."

The complete set of incentives now includes:

• John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #1 (APR032098-100E): Buy 90 copies (any combination of three covers) and get a free #1 Tone Rodriguez Cover signed by Carpenter.

• John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #2 (solicited in the June 2003 Previews): Buy 60 copies (any combination of two covers) and get a free #2 Kurt Russell Photo Montage Cover signed by Russell.

• John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #3 (solicited in the August 2003 Previews): Buy 50 copies (any combination of two covers) and get a free #1 John Van Fleet Cover signed by Hill.

Furthermore, all three incentive issues will be signed by O'Neill and Rodriguez.

Solicited in the April Previews, John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #1 is available for Initial Orders through April 29 and Order Increases through May 6 -- confirm yours today!

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