BuzzMob™ Launches Partnership With Comikaze Entertainment

IRVINE, Calif., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BuzzMob™ (www.buzzmob.com), a mobile app for live events that forms location-based social networks in real time, announced a partnership with Comikaze Entertainment, operator of the largest multimedia pop culture exposition in Greater Los Angeles, to provide exclusive social media for Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo Presented by POW! Entertainment.

BuzzMob delivers a real-time digital community experience within physical spaces and surrounding events. It connects on-site and virtual attendees, fostering fan interaction and delivering exclusive rich media content curated for the event.  BuzzMob's quest to revolutionize the live event experience through digital represents an opportunity for people, places and brands to build authentic, hyper-local connections.

"Stan Lee's Comikaze is an impactful event that resonates globally. While it was huge last year, this year's show is looking even bigger," said Jeff Jackel, BuzzMob's CEO.  "We're excited to partner with Comikaze to provide the best experience possible for potentially hundreds of thousands of fans.  This event will showcase the future of what live events will look like with real-time digital interaction.  The price of tickets is no longer just an entry fee -- its access to a digital network of exclusive content.  Our hope and expectation is that event attendees will ultimately come to expect and demand this level of digital engagement. Comikaze is at the forefront of event innovation and we're looking forward to an incredible event."

Comikaze is the largest pop culture convention in the Greater Los Angeles area set to take place from Sept. 15-16, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Last year's show, its first, was the largest first-year expo of any kind, with over 40,000 attendees. This year's expo recently announced a partnership with Stan Lee and his company, POW! Entertainment. Now titled, Stan Lee's Comikaze presented by POW!, it is expected to generate even more attendees and feature additional celebrity involvement.  

"We want our fans to have the best event experience possible, which is why we're excited to work together with BuzzMob to provide our fans with a truly unique social media experience," said Regina Carpinelli, CEO of Comikaze Entertainment. "Our fans are smart, savvy and digitally connected, so this is the perfect vehicle to engage with them."

BuzzMob's partnership with Comikaze will provide exclusive content, contests, panel question and answers and a never-before seen fan interaction with celebrity participants.  

About BuzzMob
BuzzMob is a location-based mobile platform that brings social media communication to real-world places and events. Using GPS-enabled smartphones, BuzzMobbers within the same vicinity are instantly connected to talk, share tips, photos, and media as well as receive exclusive content from within a private digital network. With customized features for a range of markets, from shopping centers to campuses to arenas to neighborhoods, BuzzMob is an opportunity for people, places and brands to build authentic, hyper-local connections in real-time. BuzzMob's social live engagement tool is changing what it means to experience and interact with the everyday world.  BuzzMob is currently available on Apple iOS, the web, and is launching soon on Android.  Visit them online at www.BuzzMob.com.

About Comikaze Entertainment
Comikaze Expo is the largest multimedia pop culture convention in Los Angeles. The brainchild of Southern Californian Regina Carpinelli and her siblings, this unique event brings together the best in comics, gaming, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, anime and all other cult programming. Comikaze takes place September 15-16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and offers a slate of innovative programming, panels, contests and other activities that provide fans access to their favorite artists and creators in this adventure-packed weekend. For more info, visit www.ComikazeExpo.com.    

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