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Comic-Con International’s 2015 Open Online Registration Begins February 21st!
Feb 16th
San Diego’s Comic Con International is a world renowned event that draws roughly a quarter of a million people out to San Diego annually for a 5 day long festival of comics and pop cultures. Big Hollywood studios and comic publishers sit alongside video game companies and all sorts of manufacturers looking to advertise to a geek crowd that far exceeds the measly 130,000 official attendees of the event. Culturally speaking you could say San Diego Comic Con is the largest event of its kind, even more so than the significantly higher attended Angoulême, Lucca Comics & Games, or Comiket which More >
SDCC ’14: Sin City Red Band Comic Con Trailer
Jul 28th
In Sin City there should only be red banded, rated ‘R’ trailers. But we don’t live in Sin City, we just watch and read about it. Thankfully, the great guys behind the upcoming sequel brought a slightly more adult, red banded trailer of the film to San Diego Comic Con. Once again based off the classic works of Frank Miller, Sin City 2 is co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez. The movie, entitled A Dame To Kill For (after Miller’s second mini-series in the Sin City universe), is slated for release August 22nd. The trailer below is probably NOT SAFE More >
Super-Secret Celebrity Cosplay at SDCC ‘14
Jul 28th
Over the last several years as San Diego Comic Con’s popularity has skyrocketed, many celebrities have taken to dressing up in costume too and blending in with crowds. Especially when it means they won’t be swarmed by fans. So let’s take a look at some celebrities who did just that.
One of the more talked about hidden celeb citings people were talking about was of course Harry Potter himself Daniel Ratcliffe. The Boy Who Lived donned the iconic red and blue tights and toured the convention as Spider-Man.
“I did an American accent for the whole time. I even took a rucksack, More >
SDCC ’14: Dark Horse Announces Its Final Panel and A New Chuck Palahniuk Book
Jul 22nd
Some of you might have seen USA Today announce Chuck Palahniuk doing a sequel to Fight Club yesterday. Yes, the character of Tyler Durden (who was portrayed by Brad Pitt in a film based on Palahniuk’s most iconic novel) will be returning…but not to the traditional prose we first met him in. No, this sequel is going to be found in sequential art. Dark Horse is bringing Palahniuk’s writing to the comic book pages for a 10-issue mini-series sequel to Fight Club. Illustrated by Cameron Stewart and David Mack, the new series will debut in May of 2015. It follows More >
SDCC ’14: Comixology Comes To Comic Con In A Big Way
Jul 21st
Standing out very prominently this year at Booth #2547 of Comic Con International, in San Diego from July 23rd through the 27th, will be Comixology. The digital comic company recently acquired by Amazon is going to have some incredible displays and giveaways throughout the weekend, and even a few signings. These giveaways and signings definitely seem to show the power of their new parent company. So come celebrate with comiXology as they give away $10,000 worth of $5 Amazon Appstore credits toward comiXology content, host 8 panels where they will not only make and break news but also giveaway a More >
SDCC ’14: Dark Horse Exclusives and Signings
Jul 18th
Dark Horse has let loose their list of awesome an exclusives, panels, and signings for this year’s San Diego Comic Con, but one bit remains a mystery. While you can pick up all kinds of cool items at their booth, #2615, and meet all sorts of well known creators…one special guest’s name is hidden from view until Tuesday July 22nd. It’s a teasing mystery that instantly draws my attention, but with no answer in sight for some days let’s focus on what we do know.
As per usual, Dark Horse has a rather amazing store filled with their awesome products at More >
SDCC ’14: Aspen Comics Panel and Exclusives
Jul 16th
Last year Aspen went rather huge at San Diego’s Comic Con International to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Aside from creator signings and exclusives, they had a great big party at Mission Brewery in downtown. Following up their 10th year of conventions, this 11th year has had equally amazing drive. But for this year’s Comic Con, Aspen is bringing its largest gathering of creators and exclusives of the year! So just what are they bringing to their booth (#) at the con? Well, let’s start with the creators.
Here is Aspen’s 2014 signing schedule:
11:00-12:00 – Peter Steigerwald (The ZooHunters), Siya Oum More >
NYCC ’13: Whoopi Goldberg Pitches A Comic On The View
Oct 18th
On today’s episode of The View, actress Whoopi Goldberg shares video of her trip to New York Comic Con last week. There, Whoopi prepared to pitch her new comic idea as any TV show host at a major comic convention might…through brief and comedic interviews with various geek celebrities. Whoopi started out with DC Publisher Dan Didio, who had originally joked about the interaction on his Facebook, and continues to tweet about it today. From there she met with various Geek celebrities, cosplayers, and exhibitors like Frank Beddor, John Barrowman, Kevin Smith, Seth Green, and more. The celebrities, all playing More >
The 2014 Godzilla Film Leaks Its Comic Con Teaser Trailer
Oct 4th
Fans in attendance of this year’s San Diego Comic Con and lucky enough to get into the Legendary Pictures Panel of Hall H got to see a short teaser trailer of next year’s epic Godzilla film. While Hollywood has yet to master Kaiju films (Japanese for ‘Strange Creatures’, Kaiju is generally associated with oversized and destructive monsters) in the way that Japan has, the concept has been returned to over and over again, most recently with movies like Pacific Rim and Cloverfield. But taking into consideration the last US Godzilla film, directed by Roland Emmerich in 1998, it would be More >
Bubblegun #3 Preview
Sep 13th
Aspen MLT’s newest issue of Bubblegun hits stores next week, meeting the half way point of this stunning 5 issue series. They like the tech, but they still live for the high stakes, and oh are those stakes getting higher! This issue the team squares off against Craine and his cybernetic ninja assault squad, as Vitadrone’s deadly powerhouse brings the fight down upon their headquarters. Along the way, the team learns the tragic sacrifice that their line of work costs, including a pair of life or death choices for Molli and Roman.
Join creator and writer Mark Roslan (Broken Pieces), penciler Mike More >
