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At the Diamond Retailer Summit at Chicago, retailers met to judge the winners of the inaugural Best Practice Awards, given to retailers for the following categories And here are the winners, with links to the stores in question! Best Window Display – Level Up Entertainment in Mays Landing, NJ Best Counter Display – Heroes and Villains in[...]

Retailers got a look at some Before Watchmen pages in black-and-white at the Diamond Chicago Summit As I'd previously heard, and now have confirmed, only Amanda Conner is using the 9 panel grid format that so defined the original Watchmen comic for Silk Spectre, and that everyone else is breaking format Though some return to[...]

At the Diamond Chicago Retailer Summit, taking place right now, IDW announced to the retailers present a new project, teaming up Danger Girl and GI Joe. They've also been telling the assembled retailers that while their digital sales are up by ten prcent, so are their print sales. And given a list of upcoming attractions from The[...]

Announced at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago, there are now one percent more comic stores now than this time last year That could be as many as twenty It's usually news that stores have closed, it's nice to see that for every comic store that is removed, one and a hundredth more will take[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool It's a good year to be a comics fan in Chicago In addition to C2E2, Wizard World, a plethora of comic shops and numerous events throughout the city; this year sees the Windy City gain its own indie comics showcase: CAKE: The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. The expo has posted the[...]

Thankfully most of it will be happening in the East of London and I'll be out in the far South West but I know I'll get inconvenienced several times. I'd much rather attend the Retailer Olympics, being organised at Diamond's upcoming Chicago summit, held directly before and in the same location as C2E2. We reported this event[...]

We already reported on some of the swag retailers who attend the Chicago Diamond Summit before C2E2 will be getting Well here are three more to make the trip sweeter. Avengers Vs X-Men #2 and Hulk #50 DCD Summit editions, limited to 3000 copies And a Boba Fett Is Dead #1 DCD Summit Edition, limited to[...]

He is putting on a comic convention in Chicago He says; My goal is to showcase independent comic book creators and people trying to break into the business primarily from Chicago.  I plan to have artists booths to showcase their wares and a pre-party to have an opportunity to have a one on one with the artists. [...]

This year's offiical poster for C2E2 in Chicago, by Olivier Coipel, will see X-Men and Avengers duking it out in the vicinity of Chicago's Buckingham Fountain Not sure exactly who is meant to be to scale here.   This year's offiical poster for C2E2 in Chicago, by Olivier Coipel, will see X-Men and Avengers duking it[...]

Before C2E2 this year, at the same location, Diamond will be hosting one of their Retailer Summits. Where retailers gather to discuss issues, raise

I know, I know, feel my pain. Well, at the Chicago retailer summit before C2E2 this year, comic store retailers from around the country will be encoraged to compete in the Retailer Olympics, with disciplines including timed comic storage box assembling, timed checking in of a Diamond shipment, accomplished comic store displays and more. I'm hoping for[...]

As in 2010 and 2011, Diamond Comic Distributors is holding its annual Retailer Summit at the Chicago McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago in the days before, and in the same building as, C2E2. But rather than the one day of programming, talks and presentations on the Thursday and a retailer breakfast on the Friday, this[...]

Superman is the champion of a shimmering city, forced to confront it's seedy underbelly, while Batman must protect a city with a notorious reputation, without forgetting the beauty it offers.   New York is a Gershwin tune, but Chicago is a Sandburg poem; lyricisms reflected in Superman and Batman.   Metropolis is New York Gotham City is Chicago[...]

So it has moved to earlier in the year, March 16th-18th in Anaheim Convention Center, California, instead of San Francisco's Moscone Center. Reed's C2E2, planned for March in Chicago, will now move to April 13th-15th in the smaller North Hall of the usual McCormick Place Convention Center. And Wizard World has postposned its own April 2012 show[...]

David Doub writes for Bleeding Cool; First let me give you some perspective on where I am coming from in my comparisons of Wizard World Chicago and the Baltimore Comic Con Dusk Comics is a small indy press out of Dallas Texas Our main focus is on horror but we have everything to Malaysian manga[...]

Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, have you seen this man? This is Kenneth Arron, or Kenny Aaron, or Kenny Yochelson… or whoever he is today Bleeding Cool has previously reported on his fictitious claims as to having co-founded Image Comics. He's been in and out of jail for years posing as a variety of people from a[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool I get asked on occasion why I still go and cover Wizard World Chicago It's not quite the event it once was, lacking any major publisher presence from the big guns (Avatar Press maintains a presence; in the gun metaphor they're one of those sexy-deadly numbers that get tucked into[...]

FX are going to be filming the pilot of Powers, based on the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming comic book, in Chicago between July 12th and the 30th And they need people to play policemen. We will need lots of POLICE (M/F) for both of our upcoming projects  We want to use[...]

Have you seen this man in the Chicago area? Hanging around in a comic shop? This is Kenneth W Arron, notorious conman and user of many aliases He's been in and out of jail for years posing as a variety of people from a marine, a laison to the White House, a TV producer, an events[...]

But enough of food talk, this is not Comics Beat, or indeed Newsarama, this is Bleeding Cool at C2E2 in Chicago. And the show is starting to creak into action before the doors open in an hour It feels a slower start to yesterday  morning, last night in the Hyatt bar went on[...]

So basically I just realised I'm flying out to Chicago's C2E2 comic convention on Thursday For some reason I thought it was happening the week after No biggie. Saturday will be the big day for me, I'm on the Year Of Warren Ellis panel at 4.30pm (room 475a) and then running next door to present the[...]

And Chicago is a hell of a commute So… anyone else fancy taking them up on their offer? Brainstorm Movies, Comics and Gaming, located at 1648 W North Avenue is up for sale Since 2003 when Brainstorm first opened, we've raised the bar and set the standard for customer service Our customer loyalty is unprecedented and[...]

Comic fans have a new place to see original art and meet comic creators in Chicago This Friday saw the opening reception at The Rogues Gallery, a comic art gallery opened by adjoining comic book store Challengers Comics + Conversation. "I'm really grateful they brought me out for the opening," said Batwoman artist Amy Reeeder, whose[...]