Nathan Becker writesI'm a dad of 3 kids under 6, so anytime I want to go to my LCS or a Con I'm worried about what my kids can do, or not, and what activities there are, or not! I was very excited to see that the Baltimore Comic Con has a big area[...]
Comics book retailer and Bleeding Cool's mascot at Baltimore Comic Con, Dennis Barger, makes the case to Diamond Comic Distributors representatives that the same Diamond cardboard box of 20 years ago that held $50 worth of comics now holds $500 worth - and that there has to be a better way of distributing comics that[...]
This 11x17 original colour Wonder Woman sketch by Yanick Paquette was stolen out of Fred Bronaugh's car at Baltimore Comic Con.If someone tries to sell it to you, please let him - and us -know.This 11x17 original colour Wonder Woman sketch by Yanick Paquette was stolen out of Fred Bronaugh's car at Baltimore Comic Con.If someone[...]
Nathan Becker went to the Valiant Entertainment panel at Baltimore Comic Con today.At Valiant's panel today they talked all things Reborn, and what is coming up is going to be epic!Bloodshot #18, the epilogue to Bloodshot Island has a cover I want to slab For any Jaws fans out there, this is a must have[...]
This is what happens when everyone at Baltimore Comic Con has to evacuate the convention centre.......courtesy of our friend Dennis Barger who also found himself on the outs for a second show in a row.Find more from Baltimore... Is there a rule that at every comic convention someone has to trigger the fire alarm? It seems[...]
Devon Sanders writes from Baltimore Comic Con,The Marvel panel was a fairly uneventful one, short on news and announcements, opening in a Q&A format with some of Marvel's top talent, Daredevil writer Charles Soule, Champions writer Mark Waid, Totally Awesome Hulk writer Greg Pak, and FF artist Barry Kitson on stage.Hey! Note to all reading[...]
Nathan Becker writes,At the Boom! Studios panel at Baltimore Comic Con, two big reveals were announced!Grant Morrison will be reprising his Klaus series in December with Klaus and the Witch of Winter it's Santa Klaus in space! More details to come in the future.Boom! also announced that Kong of Skull Island is such a big[...]
Nathan Becker writes,I attended the Baltimore Comic Con's Future of Valiant panel and below is a never before seen first look at Divinity III art.Divinity is coming out in December 2016 with the same team as the Previous mini series.Valiant shared that you may recognize the guy in the photos! Nathan Becker writes,I attended the[...]
The comic will be colored when issue 1 hits in January, and I'm not going to spoil anything, but the comic has a compelling lead that leaves you wanting more.If you are at Baltimore, I recommend stopping by to talk, and if not, put him on your must visit list at your next Con.See more[...]
At the Baltimore Diamond Retail Summit, Aftershock announced that Animosity, the new comic by Marguerite Bennett and Rafael de Latorre, has seen orders for its third issue beat those of its second - a rare feat today and a sign of real hit The only other comic doing that right now is Green Arrow...
Aftershock are[...]
Nathan Becker writes,
This is James Tynion IV signing autographs at the Baltimore Comic Con.I had the pleasure to talk with the writer of the hit Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover series, as well as, the DC Rebirth series Detective Comics Not only did James sign some comics, he discussed Batman as well.
And[...]
Devon Sanders went to the DC Rebirth panel at Baltimore Comic-Con.DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio hosted the panel consisting of Batman writer Tom King, Batgirl writer Hope Larson, Detective Comics writer James Tynion IV, Doctor Fate writer Paul Levitz, Blue Beetle and Scooby Apocalypse writer Keith Giffen, Action Comics writer Dan Jurgens and Wonder Woman:[...]
At the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit, they announced that the Olive Branch hub of Diamond is to be completely made over, redesigned and retooled.
Increasing storage capacity.. how much stuff they can have Increasing throughput capaciyty - how fast it moves in and out.. And reducing mistakes and damages This got the cheer...
The proof, as[...]
Here are a few art commissions Frank Cho has been doing at Baltimore Comic Con this weekend His major art commission list is closed, but he'll still be doing head and torso commissions at the show at his table, Booth 2103.
You know, if you are feeling low on Outrage!
Here are a few[...]
Another product mentioned by Marvel SVP David Gabriel at the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit was this Premium Star Wars Slipcase Box Set containing all the comic book adaptations created by Marvel and Dark Horse for the 7 Star Wars movies so far, as well as the first year of Marvel's Star Wars and Darth[...]
Another product mentioned by Marvel SVP David Gabriel at the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit was the launch of a new Doctor Strange series, Doctor Strange And The Sorcerors Supreme.Marvel had mentioned it before but folk hadn't had a peek at Javier Rodriguez' artwork...his Premium Star Wars Slipcase Box Set containing all the comic book adaptations created by[...]
A run through the Dark Horse presentation at Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit from yesterday.. courtesy of retailer Dennis Barger who is our man on the ground!Mostly self-explanatory - but Dennis has held the Sin City: The Hard Goodbye complete oversized original art facsimile edition in his hands and has declared it a deadly weapon, a[...]
At the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit yesterday, Action Lab Comics took to the stage to announce their new plans, to give five million comics away to free to schools across America as part of a reading programme and industry outreach, partnering with Diamond, Pop Culture Classroom and Reading With Pictures, to create lessons to go[...]
Bleeding Cool has been providing an extraordinary amount of coverage to the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit, as even our rivals have noted.But next year we won't be covering it at all.Why?Because it's moving from just before the Baltimore Comic Con in the autumn to just before C2E2 in Chicago in the spring of 2017.Which also[...]
And they want to point out how they've been growing.At Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit they talked about how their plan to reduce the amount of titles thy published led to greater overall sales, able to more carefully curate the line, and market it.How they are selling blocks of their top twenty best selling first volumes collections[...]
