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So, you think you're a good cosplayer? Do you keep sending your legions of social media followers off to beg to have you be a guest at a local convention?

KRS Comics is just one retailer (honest), with a few Wondercon Exclusive Variants to show off. Yes, I know it isn't even ECCC yet. This is called being

If you're into cosplay, Katsucon should be a con you check out. I was lucky enough to stop and chat with a few cosplayers over the weekend, but the sheer

Towering over me at a staggering 6'2 is the neon green Kiwi Fox. Kiwi was created over a long period of time, but his physical manifestation took about 2

I've never personally seen a real Japanese tea ceremony before, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see it live at Katsucon. The Comiku Girls hosted the

Katsucon has a long standing tradition of having some of the best cosplay. The following shots were taken Thursday-Saturday, and as you can see each and

Maid cafes are cute, in a word. They are cafes where young men and women dress up in maid or butler uniforms and serve you as if they are your personal

By Alejandra Bodden, Ray Flook, Jemal Flores At the New York Toy Fair 2017, Bleeding Cool got a chance to walk behind the walls of the LEGO booth to get a

San Diego Comic Fest, or SDCF, actually share some of its history with another well-known comic convention that occurs in the very same city. Back in 1969, teenage comic dealer Mike Towry helped found what would become known as San Diego Comic Con Serving as chairman in the 1972 con, held at the El Cortez Hotel,[...]

Ten of the episodes of the second series have streamed on Comic-ConHQ and it is absolutely as funny, as silly, as ridiculous as the first. Con Man is a web series that tells the story of Wray Nearly, played by the show's writer, director and producer Alan Tudyk, who used to be in Firefly and now[...]

There are many things that excited me about 2000AD's upcoming 40 Years of Thrill-Power Festival on 11th February. And not just that Hammersmith is just a

John Macaluso used to be CEO of Wizard World Entertainment but resigned back in April. He would be replaced by John Maatta, and has recently been referred

Universal Fan Con (@UniversalFanCon) passed their pledge goal of $25,000 a just after 22:00 est. Jude Terror previously told you about the convention,

We've been following the case between Wizard World and co-founder and ex-executive Stephen Shamus. Shamus has submitted a number of papers to the court

Here is a summons issued by the US courts on behalf of Wizard World against Gareb Shamus, co-founder of Wizard World. It is part of a new twist in the

A new multi-fandom convention was announced yesterday, "dedicated to inclusion, highlighting Women, LGBTQ, the Disabled and Persons of Color."  Called

With pop culture comic convention organiser Wizard World initially launching the case stating that Shamus had been stealing from the company, and engaging in fraud Wizard co-founder Shamus denied this, stating that he hadn't been paid what had been contractually stated And playing out against a background of Wizard World declaring it will be going[...]

Set up by the Shamus family, it becamee very, very popular, and from that span out into Wizard World comic conventions, with new shows held every two or three weeks across the country. Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that former Chief Marketing Officer of Wizard World and co-founder of the company, Stephen Shamus, had been fired[...]

According to court documents from the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Wizard World Inc. has filed a lawsuit against former

 Unveiled at the MCM London Comic Con, our first look at the cover to Justice League Of America, the new series from Steve Orlando and Ivan Reis And while we knew the book would have Killer Frost, The Atom, Vixen and The Ray, until now we didn't know to expect Batman, Black Canary… and Lobo. Old-style[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con today, at the Diamond Retailer event, Titan Comics will be publishing a new comic book series based on Kim Newman's award-winning Anno Dracula novels, written by Kim Newman and drawn by Paul McCarthy. Look for them next year… Watch for more stories from MCM London Comic Con here. [...]

Today is the first day of the MCM London Comic Con, Britain's biggest comic convention and the only show now at the Excel Centre in London's East End It is also the host of the Diamond UK Retailer Summit which I will be covering as in depth as they allow. I've spent a few days in[...]

As shown off at New York Comic Con, Justin Jordan has a new comic book looking for a home The Family Trade in ashcan form, written with Nikki Ryan,  painted by Morgan Beem and lettered by Rachel Autumn Deering We got a rather attractive piece of gothic fantasy storytelling. With a strong central character, Jessa Wynn, at[...]

A number of Romani comic book fans, concerned regarding the general representation of Romani character in mainstream superhero comic books have organised

A sneak peek of AMC's upcoming episode of The Walking Dead, Right Hand Man as seen at New York Comic-Con. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW_N5-ceitk In

by Jason Borelli On Thursday, I interviewed Kristen Cumings, an artist who had done a portrait of Wonder Woman, and would spend her New York Comic Con covering it in jelly beans at the Jelly Belly booth This is how it looked on Friday. Saturday was a hectic day for me, so I didn't check on Ms[...]

As near as I can discern, this is the first time Scruff have made an appearance "at" a comic con…but maybe not the last. It was certainly something new to me Has anyone else ever seen such app presence at a comic show? Or is this a first? Joe Glass is a Bleeding Cool contributor and comics[...]

We ran a piece by Derek Trum on this during NYCC. How attendees of the Young Animal panel got a free Gerard Way original recording, Into The Cave, on

Otto appreciated how vocal the Comic Con audience was. In the press room, producers Manny Coto, Howard Gordon and Evan Katz explained that the Jack Bauer character had become very beaten down and that they had cut off a lot of options by having him lose everything. Having a new lead character in Eric Carter (Hawkins) gave[...]