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Dispatch From The Vertical Inc. Booth At NYCC
They're a smaller outfit than Viz, Yen Press or Kodansha, and thus publishes less titles than they do, but by now, they have and continue to put out a substantial list of titles. They didn't have any new titles to announce at New York Comic Con this year because their ongoing manga titles are already taking[...]
129 Things We Learned At New York Comic Con 2016
From the writers of Bleeding Cool at New York Comic Con 2016, Brian Goldberg, Richard Epstein, Amanda Gurall, Paul Gullas, Octavio Karbank, Hugh Sheridan, Adam Wolfe, Ray Flook, Alejandra Bodden… and Rich Johnston 1 The NYCC wi-fi, this year, was sent from the gods The hardest working, most reliable, freest, no password login, bestest ever wi-fi[...]
How Real Is Too Real? From Alex Ross To Cosplay At NYCC
by Chuck Brouillette As determined as any comic convention attendee may be in their efforts to traverse the convention floor, they are certain to be stumped by more than a few roadblocks and bottlenecks along the way. And amid the occasional overheard cellphone conversations of fellow attendees listing chores to loved ones and or holders back[...]
Donald Trump's Crazy Is the New Normal, From NYCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDK8cye_U6EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: TRAILER – Crazy Is The New Normal by Tom Tomorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDK8cye_U6E) Dan Perkins' comic book strip This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow is getting developed as an animated series by Film Roman. But if you can't wait to see his drawings fully animated with celebrity voice impersonations, IDW had this take from[...]
Lying In The Gutters – The Late Post-NYCC Version
Today We Say Goodbye To A Much Loved Walking Dead Character (SPOILERS) 2. Justice League Vs Suicide Squad #1 Cover – Looks Like There's Some Explaining To Do Here [Spoiler]  3. What Happens When A Slave Leia Cosplay Designer Starts Doubting The Holocaust? 4. JonBoy Meyers Walks Off DC Rebirth Teen Titans Over "Creative Differences" 5. Final Fantasy XV Is A Hot Mess[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List 10th October 2016 – Batman Yes, Champions No
Delayed due to New York Comic Con (And I'm compiling this on a flight right now…) This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the[...]
Steve Orlando's Only Original Series in 2016 Hits FOC…
Steve Orlando got some major kudos from Dan DiDio at the DC Secret Origins Panel at New York Comic Con this weekend After garnering critical praise for his original series from Image Comics – Virgil and Undertow – he's moved on to do the same at DC Comics with Midnighter Nominated for a GLAAD Award and[...]
A Comic Con Virgin At NYCC 2016 – What I Experienced, What I Learned
Danielle Mick writes for Bleeding Cool, New York Comic Con 2016 was my first time ever going to any kind of "geek" event (Unless you count all the midnight releases I attended for the Harry Potter books and movies.) I'm very happy that I had the opportunity to spend time with my friend Amanda, interview people[...]
Peter David Is Ashamed Of Himself
By Luigi Novi Peter David went to New York Comic Con where he was asked about the treatment of Romani characters in comic books And exploded. Bleeding Cool gave a full report at the time, but now David has had time to think further The following is reposted below from his blog, with permission. So now that the[...]
Five New Comics And Novels And Their Fairy Tale Inspirations At New York Comic Con
Well, that, and the issue of public domain translations and copyright issues. Ashley Poston is a self described "part time author, full time fangirl." Her novel, Geekerella, takes place at a comic con of sorts, ExcelsiCon The protagonist is a young girl who is obsessed with a classic sci-fi series entitled Starfield Poston promised that her[...]
New York Comic Con 2016 Had A Record Attendance Of Over 180,000
Announced by Reed Pop's Lance Fensterman today at New York Comic Con And reported into Bleeding Cool by Ray Flook. New York Comic Con 2016, over all four venues in the city, had a combined attendance of over 180,000 attendees over four venues at this afternoon's event Q&A. That's… quite a lot Up on the reported figure[...]
Misty Knight Will Wield The Captain America Shield – But Only Briefly
By Hugh Sheridan reporting from the True Believers panel at New York Comic Con… Dan Slott, Robbie Thompson, Nick Spencer and Peter David were panelists on Marvels True Believers panel today This panel was supposed to be for Marvel Unlimited Digital subscribers only (though there seemed to be no problem with anyone getting in) and they[...]
Spider-Man News And Art From The Marvel True Believers Panel
By Hugh Sheridan reporting from the True Believers panel at New York Comic Con… Dan Slott, Robbie Thompson, Nick Spencer and Peter David were panelists on Marvels True Believers panel today. This panel was supposed to be for Marvel Unlimited Digital subscribers only (though there seemed to be no problem with anyone getting in) and they[...]
Get Caught In The Bubble – My Favourite Discovery Of New York Comic Con 2016
Bubble Comics is a Russian comic book publisher, exhibiting at New York Comic Con publishing collections of all sorts of truly excellent, beautiful and drop dead gorgeous comic books, they have also started turning some of them into movies, and have been showing off a clip of an upcoming bank heist movie adaptation, with robbers[...]
Scheduling Some Of The Black Mask "Class Of 2016" Comics… For 2017
From the Black Mask panel at New York Comic Con… we got some clarification on when certain comic books originally promised from this year as part of their Class Of 2016 promotion would be coming out… We have The Dregs for January… Run For The Shadows for March…. And the second collection of Space Riders for April… Start saving your[...]
Frank Miller's Surprise Signing In Artist's Alley At NYCC Right Now…
Happening right now…. …Frank Miller signing at New York Comic Con… …and raising money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund… …and Mike Negin who helped make it all happen here.   Happening right now…. …Frank Miller signing at New York Comic Con… …and raising money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund… …and Mike Negin who helped make it all happen[...]
Taking Apart The New York Comic Con Catalog For 2016
by Chuck Brouillette If you've been around long enough, or at least have heard the stories, you'd know that in the earliest days of comic fan conventioning, patrons were not greeted by the glossy full-color Comic Con bibles of activities that come with admission to most comic conventions these days. The word is, back then, you were[...]
And Finally… Get Off Your Ass And Vote, America
One cosplaying Captain America at New York Comic Con had a simple message to convey. Voter registration for Americans is getting closer – and shortening in some states One cosplaying Captain America at New York Comic Con had a simple message to convey. Voter registration for Americans is getting closer – and shortening in some states[...]
Final Fantasy XV Is A Hot Mess At New York Comic Con
Madeline Ricchiuto writes, At the Square Enix Expo for New York Comic Con, I was able to get my hands on the latest demo for Final Fantasy XV A representative of SquareEnix referred to XV as "the modern Final Fantasy" which isn't an inaccurate statement, as XV leaves behind some of the more long-standing tropes of[...]
Walking Dead's NYCC Panel: 15 Important Notes And A Spoiler…
By Amanda Gurall, from New York Comic Con's Walking Dead panel… 1 We WILL find out who gets the bat in the season premiere 2 AMC will air a special look at the entire series to this point called The Walking Dead: The Journey so Far on October 16 at 9/8C 3 This season will focus on performances 4[...]