Greetings from Tromaville! Troma Entertainment is proud to announce that Lloyd Kaufman, creator of The Toxic Avenger and President of Troma Entertainment is coming to Albuquerque Comic Expo (ACE) this weekend! Lloyd will be meeting fans and signing merchandise for free at the Troma booth, as well as introducing screenings at the 9th annual TromaDance New Mexico. Other popular guests appearing at ACE over the weekend will include Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes and Stan Lee.
TromaDance New Mexico is a 3-day event produced by Kurly Tlapoyawa of legendary underground video store Burning Paradise, celebrating the finest in independent film from around the world. The festival, as well as all the other events of the Comic Expo will take place June 8th-10th at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The full lineup of films is available at http://abqcomicexpo.com/tromadance-new-mexico/
Established in 1974 by Yale friends Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment is one of the longest-running independent movie studios in United States history, and one of the best-known names in the industry. World famous for movie classics like Kaufman’s The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Class of Nuke’em High, Mother’s Day and Tromeo and Juliet, Troma’s seminal films are now being remade as big budget mainstream productions by the likes of Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Akiva Goldsman, and Steven Pink. Among today’s luminaries whose early work can be found in Troma’s 800+ film library are Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jenna Fischer, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Fergie, Vincent D’Onofrio, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gunn and Eli Roth. Visit Troma at www.troma.com, www.lloydkaufman.com, www.twitter.com/lloydkaufman, and www.tromapast.tumblr.com.
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