Phoenix Comicon

Breaking news on the ground from Phoenix Comic Fest at around 7:45pm PST was that the convention center was evacuated in response to an alarm having been triggered and the public announcement system broadcasting a request for everyone to vacate the building. The event's official social media accounts have expressed that the local fire department […]

It was shocking news to hear this past May when a gunman was arrested at the Phoenix Comic Con. He identified himself as the Punisher and told police that he was there to kill bad cops and actor Jason David Frank. The news was even more shocking for attendees and exhibitors (myself included) to learn […]

Not to be outdone by the "didn't-see-that-coming"  Chapterhouse/Jay Baruchel deal announced earlier this week, geek-connecting app Cosmunity announced that American Gods actor, razor-sharp twitterer and "King of Fandom" himself Orlando Jones has been appointed as the app's Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Launched in early 2017, Cosmunity is a social-networking and peer-to-peer marketplce app that allows […]

From Neil Greenaway (of Nerd Team 30): I had first heard about the Fillbach Brothers through their collaborations with Joseph Michael Linsner on some of his Dawn comics in the '90s. They followed that up with comics of their own from Sirius and then Dark Horse. They spent almost a decade working on the Star […]

From Neil Greenaway (of Nerd Team 30): I had the chance to sit down and speak with novelists Mark Gardner and John J. Rust at Phoenix Comicon last month. I was eager to hear about the books they had each authored individually, and equally excited to hear that they had recently co-written a sequel to […]

Neil Greenaway (of Nerd Team 30) writes for Bleeding Cool: I have used the DrawerBox Storage System for years. When I first found them, I fell in love with how easy they made it to sort through and file my comics. Through the past few years, I have slowly replaced all of my traditional long […]

Neil Greenaway (of Nerd Team 30) writes for Bleeding Cool: Kaiju have been around for a long time, and they have amassed a huge following over the years. There are thousands of movies, games, novels and comics dedicated to the stories of these monsters' destructive powers. At Phoenix Comic Con last month I met a […]

Neil Greenaway (of Nerd Team 30) writes for Bleeding Cool: You can not look very far into the indie comics scene in Phoenix without hearing about Reset Survivor. I have had his books recommended to me by people like Denny "Dennmann" Riccelli, Eric Mengel, and Adam Yeater – all of whom have been creating their […]

Donald Guillory writes for Bleeding Cool: At conventions, I typically walk around looking for something to catch my eye. There seem to be endless moments when I don't stop to look around at someone's table, displays, items for sale. There are some ventures down rows of tables and booths where I don't take a picture because […]

ABC15 Arizona covers the Phoenix Comic Con when it comes around as it did last weekend. On Sunday they ran a story showing what they called the Awkward Interviews at Phoenix Comic Con… a collection of interviews with costume wearing attendees, some of which are a bit awkward. It's sad that in all of that coverage, […]

Outlaw Comicon, the wannabe rival to Phoenix Comicon, operating out of the same Phoenix Convention Center next year has seemingly taken advantage of the arrest at the show this year of a man who had evaded security, armed to the teeth, intending to murder a celebrity guest and as many police as he could. As […]

This weekend, Matthew Sterling was arrested after making his way into the Phoenix Comic Con with a large arsenal and a stated aim to kill Jason David Frank. The arrest which happened after a friend of the suspect called the police after receiving messages from Sterling, after Sterling had made his way in and up […]

The fallout at Phoenix Comicon after convention attendee Mathew Sterling was arrested in the possession of several weapons continues. In the aftermath of the incident, Phoenix Comicon had updated its rules to forbid the carrying of any weapons real or prop, regardless of their fabrication (meaning foam props were banned as well as those made from metal […]

More details have emerged via the Arizona Republic surrounding the arrest of Matthew Sterling,  who according to Phoenix Police arrived on Thursday at Phoenix Comicon carrying weapons with the intend to target specific individuals including Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank.  As noted in the probable cause filing against Sterling, weapons recovered from him included: A TWELVE GAUGE SHOTGUN, TWO 45 […]