{"id":4513,"date":"2026-07-20T07:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:35:11","slug":"new-gen-universe-launches-first-consumer-products-line-with-comic-con-trading-cards-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4513","title":{"rendered":"\u2018New-Gen\u2019 Universe Launches First Consumer Products Line With Comic-Con Trading Cards (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nNew-Gen Universe, Inc. is launching its first consumer products initiative at San Diego Comic-Con, debuting an exclusive collector\u2019s trading card set made with Cryptozoic Entertainment to celebrate its Marvel-distributed comic series.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4511\">Korea Box Office: Na Hong Jin\u2019s \u2018Hope\u2019 Rules With 66% Market Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tJust 300 convention exclusive boxes exist worldwide for the July 23\u201326 event, making this among the rarest \u201cNew-Gen\u201d collectibles released to date. Designed solely for the convention, the set also builds momentum for the upcoming 3D CGI animated series \u201cNew-Gen Nanobot Heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the comic, twin brothers Sean and Chris learn their bodies have been enhanced by nanotechnology, thrusting them into a fight against the villain Deadalus within a futuristic world where nature and technology exist side by side.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cNew-Gen\u201d was created by J.D. Matonti, Julia Coppola and Chris Matonti and has grown from its Marvel-distributed comic book origins into a transmedia franchise spanning publishing, animation and consumer products. The Comic-Con cards give fans a tangible link between the source comics and the animated series still to come.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe initiative is led by Debra Joester, president of Joester Loria Group, who is spearheading New-Gen\u2019s expanding consumer products program.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to collaborate with Debra Joester and Cryptozoic Entertainment on this first New-Gen consumer products initiative. We envision many more imaginative opportunities like these as we work with Joester Loria Group, Toonz Media Group, and world class talent to bring our New-Gen Nanobot Heroes story to children of all ages,\u201d said J.D. Matonti, creator of \u201cNew-Gen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEach box holds a set of 13 collectible cards: 11 base cards drawn from artwork in the comic book series, a single rainbow foil card, and one autograph card bearing the signature of either Matonti, voice actor Molly Fahey or voice actor Tony Oliver. Every autograph card carries an on-card signature and a limited run of 100, and select base and foil cards were produced as unique one-of-one pieces.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBuyers at the convention will also receive a free \u201cNew-Gen\u201d graphic novel, with a foreword penned by Mark Hamill, that traces the franchise\u2019s origin story.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4510\">\u2018Shark Tank India\u2019 Sets Season 6 With Parrot Campaign on SonyLIV (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe are delighted to partner with J.D. Matonti, Toonz Media Group, and the extraordinary talent behind New-Gen Nanobot Heroes,\u201d said Debra Joester. \u201cFans are craving the next evolution of superheroes and J.D. has created the gripping storytelling, compelling characters and rich, imaginative new world that delivers just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAttendees can also preview new artwork for \u201cNew-Gen Nanobot Heroes\u201d ahead of its animated debut on the franchise\u2019s website, which will show the heroes touching down by spaceship in the series\u2019 utopian setting. A separate giveaway offers fans the chance to win a graphic novel signed by Hamill.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe card release also builds momentum for \u201cNew-Gen Nanobot Heroes,\u201d the coming 13-episode, 22-minute 3D CGI series from writer-director Matonti, whose representation includes Evan Anglin and Eric Williams at Zero Gravity Management. New-Gen Universe and Toonz Media Group are producing the show, with Chris Matonti, Julia Coppola, Brad Heisman and J.D. Matonti serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWriters on the project include Brent Friedman, known for \u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars,\u201d and Eugene Son, who worked on \u201cAvengers Assemble,\u201d alongside four other writers. Toonz Media Group will distribute the series internationally, and Ketchup Entertainment will handle its domestic release.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVoice talent set to appear includes Finn Wolfhard, Nick Wolfhard, Anya Chalotra, Luke Wilson, Henry Rollins, Taylor Gray, Molly Fahey, Lena Headey and Tony Oliver, and John Loeffler composed the score.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNew-Gen Universe is a transmedia company built around the New-Gen IP and other properties; its advisory board counts New-Gen\u2019s own creators alongside former Marvel CFO Ken West and Bonnie Arnold, a producer on \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon.\u201d Co-producer Toonz Media Group has spent upward of 25 years in the animation business, turning out an estimated 5,000 minutes annually of CGI and 2D programming, with past credits on \u201cWolverine and the X-Men\u201d for Marvel, \u201cSpeed Racer: The Next Generation\u201d for Lionsgate and \u201cMostly Ghostly\u201d for Universal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4508\">\u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 Star Fabien Frankel on Criston Cole\u2019s Suicide Mission and His \u2018Nihilism\u2019: \u2018He\u2019s Losing the Will to Motivate\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New-Gen Universe debuts a first consumer products line at Comic-Con with a Cryptozoic trading card set tied to its Marvel comic series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[3628,2345],"class_list":["post-4513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-new-gen","tag-toonz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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