Official Press Release

Midtown Comics in New York City will present Kevin Smith signing at our Grand Central location in support of his new film RED STATE and his RED STATE USA TOUR that will kick off at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, March 5th.

RED STATE The 10th film from writer/director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks 2, Zack & Miri Make a Porno), RED STATE unfolds in a small town dominated by a fundamentalist preacher, Abin Cooper. It tells the story of three high school boys who, on their way to an internet arranged meeting with a woman; end up crossing paths with Cooper. The encounter sets into motion a series of events that causes all hell to break loose.

A horror thriller that could only come from the imagination of Smith, RED STATE stars Tarantino and Rodriguez favorite Michael Parks (From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2), Oscar Nominee for Best Actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River), John Goodman, Michael Angarano, Kyle Gallner and Nicholas Braun.

Friday, March 4th, from 7:00PMto 8:00PM

Midtown Comics - Grand Central

459 Lexington Avenue, NYC

RED STATE premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters in 2011.

MIDTOWN COMICS opened its first store in 1997, and is now the industry's leading retailer of comic books, graphic novels, and manga, with its online store as well as three landmark NYC locationsin Times Square, GrandCentral and Downtown. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and the Midtown blog! More information available online at: http://www.midtowncomics.com