comic con

We've had a look at how English comic cons, festival and shows will be returning in 2021, with MCM and The Lakes in October, Thought Bubble in November - and the London Film And Comic Con in July! That latter show from Showmasters has picked up flack for launching a) before everyone has been offered[...]

The London Film And Comic Con event for March 2020 went ahead, despite coronavirus fears and the odds are it was probably a superspreader event, despite all the hand sanitiser around It was a different time In the light of the British government promising vaccines offered to all 17-year-olds and over by the end of[...]

And why not do it all in one place? At sea? They are calling it the Image + Skybound Immersive Comic Convention. SURVEY: Comic Convention Cruise Would You Be Interested In A Cruise in 2022? Calling All Comics Lovers!It’s been a wild year, to say the least, and we’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about ways[...]

This morning, Bandai Namco and Comic-Con announced that Pac-Man will be inducted into the Comic-Con Museum Character Hall Of Fame. A first for the Hall as the character will be the first video game character to be added to the list, as the character is being recognized and honored for "his profound impact on the […]

Thought Bubble is either the best or the second-best comic book arts festival in the UK. Based in Leeds and Harrogate over the last couple of decades, it is not happening in a traditional sense this year as planned, but instead a whole host of panels, socialising and purchase opportunities have been put online. You […]

There were a lot of things that had to be canceled in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and conventions, specifically Comic Con's, was one of the most obvious things that weren't going to make the cut A Comic Con on a good year is about packing hundreds of thousands of people in small[...]

I wondered why ReedPOP has not just replaced New York Comic Con with the online Metaverse, announced earlier this week - but also ran a Metaverse event with panels, meet-and-greets, exclusive vendor sales and merchandise for this weekend as well with little warning, rather than wait until October Was it a way to test the[...]

Director Colin Trevorrow promised fans of the Jurassic World franchise that Dominion will deliver an experience unlike its predecessors with its mix of digital and practical effects. Speaking to Collider at Comic-Con@Home on the "Directors on Directing" panel, Trevorrow returns to follow up on J.A. Bayona's 2018 sequel Fallen Kingdom. He discussed how far along […]

It is not uncommon for someone to accuse someone else on social media of misconduct in recent years. I have covered several such revelations within the comic book industry, and they all take time. Bleeding Cool EIC Kaitlyn Booth has held the firm line that we don't repeat accusations on Bleeding Cool without the agreement of […]

We are grateful to Comic-Con’s organizers for finding a way to bring us all together, and can’t wait to be back in San Diego next year!”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOdC74lbpdEYou will be able to watch Z2’s Comic Con @Home panel, Gorillaz and all, from Thursday at 3pm PST right here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuNM_QkZ_e4Z2 are publishing the Gorillaz Almanac for October 2020. Inspired by[...]

It's pretty good to be Peach Momoko. The respect of an Italian nation, two hit comic book series, a cover deal with Boom, your own animated TV series and now a San Diego Comic-Con variant for Titan Comics' Horizon Zero Dawn comic now made available for San Diego Comic-Con@Home later this week… Horizon Zero Dawn […]

This week would have been the San Diego Comic-Con 2020. It is not, after a global pandemic hit hard and the idea of bringing half a million people from around the world and cram them into a few buildings in California and turn up the air conditioning, struck people as not the best way to […]

free), Matt Kindt (Folklords), and John Allison (Giant Days) discuss the diverse imprints of BOOM! Studios, Archaia, BOOM! Box and KaBOOM! and more surprises! Moderated by Filip Sablik (president, publishing and marketing, BOOM! Studios).Sunday July 26, 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm Comic-Con@Home   1: Programs, ComicsTags Comics11:00amJack Kirby 101: An IntroductionWatch When Available!YouTube: https://youtu.be/goc5NSe_waoComic-Con legend Mark Evanier (onetime Jack Kirby assistant, and author of Jack Kirby: King of Comics) and The[...]

He will be joined by GI Joe writer Larry Hama, Poison Ivy writer Amy Chu and Chew co-creator Rob Guillory, for a new comic joint project called Outta This World.No idea what it is - but "outta this world" appears prominently in Run DMC song You Talk Too Much. Which is always good advice for anyone[...]

Vance in a conversation moderated by Sarah Rodman, executive editor of Entertainment Weekly.Saturday July 25, 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm Comic-Con@Home   1: Programs, Horror and Suspense, TelevisionTags Horror and Suspense, Television4:00pmHow Do Ya Figure: A History of Comic Con Exclusive Action FiguresWatch When Available!YouTube: https://youtu.be/-36hMQvK534Comic-Con has been home to some of the greatest action figures of all time, and every year fans try their hardest to[...]

Two weeks from today, fans of the TWD universe will get more intel on what the future holds for the franchise- and they won't even need to leave their homes. All three series will be bringing as many of their team members as they can muster for online panels during Comic-Con@Home, running on Friday, July […]

The results of the voting will be announced in July (further details will be announced later).The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are presented by the San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con International), a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public's awareness of and appreciation for comics and[...]

Two weeks away from Comic-Con@Home, the free online replacement for San Diego Comic-Con and they are trying to keep the rituals the same. So we get Wednesday's programming released two days, Thursday's programming yesterday and Friday's programming today… and rather than room locations, we have YouTube links for where the panel will be. All pre-recorded, […]

Could there be more collaboration to come after lockdown? Here are some official quotes:Chloe Green, Thought Bubble Festival Manager "Having San Diego Comic Con, such a huge name in the comics industry, team up with Thought Bubble is really exciting! The SDCC and Thought Bubble teams are really like-minded, we both pride ourselves on our educational[...]

As a lifelong Southern Californian, I've attended San Diego Comic Con since I was a teenager myself and served on the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards jury I also served on the 2018 We Need Diverse Books Walter Dean Myers Award Jury and am past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)[...]