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A Very OwlDepot Birthday!
Jul 7th
In honor of our good friend, OwlDepot’s, birthday, we’ve put together a little something fun. From a fun and silly photoshoot the last night of Fanime 2012, we offer you Food Fight - The Animated Gif! Enjoy!
Only one can get the last bite!
The photos themselves can be found in the Gallery at http://speakgeekytome.com/owldepot-food-fight/
San Diego Comic Con ’12: Dark Horse
Jul 7th
Dark Horse is going all out this year with a huge list of signings, panels, and exclusives. So to help consolidate all your Dark Horse wants and needs into one highly informative article, we’ve collected everything you need to know about Dark Horse at this year’s San Diego Comic Con below. But most importantly remember that Dark Horse has a rather huge booth located a #2615 on the convention floor, right by the Hall C entrances.
DARK HORSE SIGNINGS SCHEDULE
Remember, all Dark Horse signings will happen at their booth, #2615. These signings gather quite the crowd, so show up early and More >
San Diego Comic Con Exclusives ’12: Aspen MLT
Jul 7th
This year’s San Diego Comic Con International will be the launch site for Aspen MLT’s largest collection of convention exclusives and exciting announcements to date. To help fans and Comic Con attendees keep up on the studio’s huge assortment of events and products for the show, the publisher has provided an Aspen Comics SDCC 2012 Checklist featuring their entire weekend plans, exclusives and innovative new merchandise available only at the Aspen Comics Booth (#2321).
Aspen creators Frank Mastromauro, Peter Steigerwald, Vince Hernandez, Mark Roslan, J.T. Krul, David Wohl, Mike DeBalfo, Alex Konat, Joe Benitez, Beth Sotelo, Tony Parker, Nei Ruffino, Oliver More >
Comixology Celebrates Its 5 Year Anniversary With Free Comics At San Diego Comic Con
Jul 6th
ComiXology, the premier digital comic reader available on countless platforms, is giving away a special treat throughout San Diego Comic Con next week to celebrate their 5th anniversary. Starting Thursday and running through Sunday, select booths around the convention floor will be giving away limited edition postcards with ComiXology codes. Each postcard is limited to just 1,000 copies, which is a pretty small number for a Comic Con give away. But for those lucky first thousand to grab one of the postcards each day, you’ll be getting a free comic or full trade paperback through ComiXology for a rather incredible More >
Charismagic #6 Preview
Jul 6th
Next week sees the exciting climax to Aspen MLT’s first volume of Charismagic. Everything you thought you knew about magic will Vanish. The valiant quest to save the world from catastrophe and the treacherous clutches of dark magic reaches its pulse-pounding conclusion in the sixth issue of Charismagic! Hank, Sudana, and Sparkles must find a way to save the banished wizard Kon and make one final stand against Samsun’s vile and powerful magic or risk losing everything-including the return of the entire human population and their close allies Hector and Alle, who could find themselves trapped in the evil shadows More >
The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 Coming This Fall
Jul 5th
The first Walking Dead compendium volume is already a must have for anyone looking to start reading Robert Kirkman’s infamous zombie comic series. The paperback format of this volume contains the first intense 48 issues for a very small price of just $59.99, far less than you’d have paid for the issues in single issue format or even in trade paperback form! (Of course you can pay less than a dollar an issue if you buy the paperback on Amazon for $38). But a volume that contains nearly 50 issues a book take some time to put out, simply because More >
DISGAEArt: Disgaea’s Official Illustration Collection
Jul 4th
We’ve already told you that Udon is bringing their brand new Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works art book to San Diego’s Comic Con this year, but now they have new news of exciting items for the show. Returning us all to the Netherworld is one of Udon’s most demanded art books of all time, DISGAEArt: Disgaea Official Illustration Collection! This beautiful art book will compile over 600 illustrations, including character designs, box art, advertisements, pin-ups, short comics, and more from all four of the Disgaea video games. DISGAEArt will make its English language debut on Preview Night of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, More >
Soulfire: Despair #1 Preview
Jul 1st
Continuing our Aspen MLT previews this weekend, we have another great titles set for release this Thursday, July 5th. I hope you all enjoyed last weeks Soulfire: Hope, because now we have the next story in the Soulfire: Search for the Light event, and it’s not as happy sounding. Soulfire: Despair #1 is this weeks chapter in the Search for the Light, as Faye, the Queen of Anantia and the magical realm of the Everlands, attempts to forge a new legacy for the absent crown left by the slain King Arlin. Staging a fierce competition between the kingdom’s greatest warriors, More >
AX Photo Updates from Twitter!
Jul 1st
Earlier today we began live tweeting from the convention floor of Los Angeles’ Anime Expo 2012. If you can’t make it, this is your first chance to see some glimpses of just what is unfolding at this year’s show. So check out some of the images from earlier today down below, and then remember to follow us on twitter to get more live coverage and photos throughout the weekend.
Live from Anime Expo: Funimation booth http://twitpic.com/a2g4xj
Live from Anime Expo: Team avatar http://twitpic.com/a2fz92 Live from Anime Expo: Bandai games http://twitpic.com/a2fwik Live from Anime Expo: Crunchy roll http://twitpic.com/a2esqy
Live from Anime Expo: Harley Quinn of Arkham More >
The Lookouts, A New Comic From Penny Arcade & Cryptozoic
Jun 30th
Cryptozoic is entering the on-going comic field with a bang thanks to the aid of fan favorite webcomic, Penny Arcade. Penny Arcade creators Jerry ‘Tycho’ Holkins and Mike ‘Gabe’ Krahulik created The Lookouts originally as part of their Penny Arcade webcomic with this funny one-shot back in June 2009. Now The Lookouts is set to be an on-going comic book series written by Ben McCool (Choker). While the story of The Lookouts was developed by Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins and Cryptozoic’s President & CCO Cory Jones, Jerry will not be scripting the actual comic. The art end has a similar story, More >
