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Follow him at @JoshuaLazarus It was Sunday at the Baltimore Comic Con, and even the awful weather couldn't keep thousands of fans away from the Baltimore Convention Center. Sunday has long been the day of the convention where Marvel and DC host their more open, discussion-based panels This year, due to Marvel's absence, the attention was all[...]

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; With the drama* of the previous year behind them, a room full of impressively talented comic professionals gathered at the Baltimore Comic Con last night to present the 2011 Harvey Awards. For those not familiar, the Harveys (named after comics legend Harvey Kurtzman, founder of MAD Magazine) are the Tony Awards[...]

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; One of the most interesting stories San Diego Comic Con this year was that of the "Batgirl of San Diego" – a Stephanie Brown Batgirl cosplayer who grilled DC executives at panel-after-panel about the lack of both strong female superheroes and the lack of female creators in the DC universe. The[...]

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[...]

They can kill a man if you catch him off guard, but you can't stop an armored vehicle with it.) Over the last few years the media presence has expanded, becoming more of a pop culture catch-all than a comic con. Anyone who's read my articles with any frequency knows that I write almost exclusively pertinent[...]

It was one of the hotter items at this year's San Diego Comic Con The glow in the dark variant cover for Chew #19 Bleeding Cool covered it at the time And it now goes from anywhere from $24 to $50 on eBay No wonder some people tried to hoard them… But in November, I understand[...]

Here are the credits; Created by: Stan Lee and Terry Dougas Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Written by: Max Work Artwork by: Skan Srisuwan In association with POW! Entertainment Available end of 2011 What does "created" mean in this context? Anyway, expect Romeo And Juliet: The War to debut at New York Comic Con from 1821 Comics and Pow!… Two groups[...]

The website for Rick Olney's latest attempt to slither his way back into the comic industry, the remotely located Adirondack ComicFest, is continuing to

I saw this image briefly at the Retailer Presentation at San Diego Comic Con by DC Comics, but wasn't quite quick enough to capture it Thankfully DC Comics have included it in this week's comics As part of DC Nation, this reworked version of Justice League Of America #28 seems to both reference and mock[...]

Looks like Cyborg is back for this one. So... who is going?

Thanks to Jamie Colville and his mighty recording devices, we have fifteen panels from the San Diego Comic Con in audio, as well as the Eisner Awards It's just like being there if you close you eyes And queue up at the computer for an hour And have a large bag digging into your shoulder. Maggie[...]

Under the banner Comic-Con Groupies Escape Reality & Leave Others To Save Dark Economy, news network RT America ran a piece on San Diego Comic Con that questioned the entire basis of the show Noting the homeless problem in downtown San Diego, and that attendance to the show cost individuals a thousand dollars or more,[...]

At San Diego Comic Con, one thing you couldn't escape from at the DC panels was the issue of gender Thanks to one woman (known as Kyrax2 on Twitter) dressed as the Stephanie Brown Batgirl who went to all of the panels to ask question, then follow up question, then follow up question, creating a[...]

Aaron returns to A Comic Shop in Florida from San Diego Comic Con and Tri-Force Mike with plenty of San Diego swag and a chance to check through tomorrow's comics today But no store exclusive cover of Amazing Spider-Man #666, Aaron? For shame… Weekly TOP PICKS: 7.27.2011 Top Books AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 – DAN SLOTT! SPIDER-ISLAND! For[...]

Security at San Diego Comic Con is generally tight Lots of security guards, plenty of eyes, stealing work is hard, if not impossible. But one would have though that original artwork would be safer at, say, San Diego Zoo Apparently not. The car of Astro City artist Brent Anderson was broken into at the San Diego [...]