Stan Lee's POW!er Concerts - Very Cool Stuff! h
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Stan Lee's POW!er Concerts - Very Cool Stuff!
http://www.stanleespowerconcerts.com/
"The mission is to honor and pay tribute to the courageous everyday superheroes of the Armed Forces by bringing live entertainment with a superhero theme to the home front. Organized to benefit all branches of the United States Armed Forces Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR), the show will take the audience on an action packed stimulating musical experience and leave a lasting impression of our profound appreciation for our troops and their families."
Stan Lee
Chairman and Chief Creative Officer - POW! Entertainment
Known to millions as the man whose Super Heroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book industry, Stan's co-creations include Spider-Man™, The Incredible Hulk™, X-Men™, The Fantastic Four™, Iron Man,™ as well as hundreds of others. He introduced Spider-Man™* as a syndicated newspaper strip that became the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips and has appeared in more than 500 newspapers worldwide. Stan currently remains Chairman Emeritus of Marvel, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of Marvel Comics.
Stan is currently the Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment, a multimedia entertainment company based in Beverly Hills, CA, which he founded with production partner Gill Champion & business affairs partner the late Arthur Lieberman. POW! has created numerous new characters and stories in areas including publishing, film, TV, reality, stage, documentary, and multimedia.
*All trademarks are owned by Marvel Entertainment, LLC.
Gill Champion
Executive Producer - POW! Entertainment
Mr. Champion has over 25 years of executive experience in global entertainment, marketing, retail and licensing industries. Prior to joining the Company, he was COO of SLM from July 1999 until it terminated operation in about June 2001. From about June 2001 until the formal creation of POW! in November 2001 Mr. Champion worked to form POW! and to start the development of various POW! projects as executive producer, he supervises all POW! productions. Previous to SLM, he was COO and Vice President of Mirage Holdings, Inc. and concurrently worked as a production executive on the motion picture Jinnah.
Mr. Champion was CEO and Chairman of American CinemaStores, Inc., a public company that operated location based retailing outlets and an extensive apparel division that created designs and marketing strategies for Baywatch and Forrest Gump. Mr. Champion also has exceptional depth and experience in television and motion picture production and technology. Mr. Champion was executive in charge of Faerie Tale Theatre with Shelley Duvall while Vice President of Gaylord Productions. He was the Producer for Fort Apache the Bronx with Paul Newman and won the Producer of the Year Award. In addition, he was in charge of production for The Shining and The Boys from Brazil, while Vice President of the Producers Circle Company.
Michael F. Dodd
Managing Partner - KC Capital LLP
Michael Dodd is Managing Partner of KC Capital LLP, a company that advises public and private clients on all facets of business strategy, planning, development, management, marketing, directorship, and obtaining access to capital markets in exchange for equity stakes in the companies and/or management fees.
Mike additionally serves on the corporate Boards and is a Managing Partner in several additional companies. He also is a former "Mustang" Marine Officer.