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COUNT SMOKULA TO APPEAR WITH TROMA AT STAN LEE'S COMIKAZE EXPO
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Count Smokula with Troma Team members Megan Silver and Marcus Lessor
September 26, 2013, New York, NY - 496 year-old cult icon/recording artist/actor, Count Smokula, will be joining the Troma Team with his thundering squeezebox at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo 2013, taking place from November 1st to 3rd at the Los Angeles Convention Center, to celebrate and serenade the guest of honor, Lloyd Kaufman, and the accomplishments of Troma Entertainment. He will appear at the Troma panel on November 2nd and will be performing at the Troma booth.
A long time friend of Troma, The Count has appeared in and composed music for multiple Troma films including 'Father's Day', 'Poultrygeist', 'Tales from the Crapper', and 'All the Love You Cannes'. He also wrote and performed The Tromadance Theme Song. Count Smokula has performed and emceed with Troma at The Cannes Film Festival, The San Diego Comic-Con, and numerous Tromadances, AFMs, and book-signings. He hosts 'The Count Smokula Show' on cable television and the web, and has two albums on iTunes, 'Authentic Sounds of Smokesylvania' and 'Smokesylvania in My Mind'. Guest of Honor, Lloyd Kaufman, (President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of 'The Toxic Avenger'), will also be joined at the Troma booth by the Toxic Avenger, Mark Torgl, (star of 'The Toxic Avenger' and 'The First Turn On'), and Ron Jeremy (Entertainment Industry Legend), for a weekend of truly Tromatic excitement! More Troma celebrities to be announced. Throughout the convention, Comikaze will be presenting a number of exclusive Troma screenings, informative and entertaining panel discussions, and special, intimate, autograph sessions and photo ops with Lloyd Kaufman for no charge at the Troma booth, where there will be all the latest and greatest Troma merchandise available!
For more Info, please visit: http://comikazeexpo.com
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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 & 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. Troma's latest production is 'Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1 & 2'. Visit Troma at www.troma.com, www.lloydkaufman.com, www.twitter.com/lloydkaufman, and www.tromapast.tumblr.com.
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Michael Epstein
Director of Public Relations
Troma Entertainment
36-40 11th St.
Long Island City, NY 11106
718-391-0110 ex. 17
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