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The 33rd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards was held tonight as a virtual ceremony on for the second time as part of San Diego Comic-Con@Home.

This Saturday sees the return of the Big Apple Comic Con in New York, the first of the long-running comic conventions to return to a physical show after lockdown With a scaled-down "Prelude" show, the Big Apple Comic Con had rearranged its planned date from next weekend to this, to accommodate the schedule of Rob[...]

The weekend represents the first of the long-standing physical comic conventions to return, even in a reduced format, The Big Apple Comic Con in the New Yorker Hotel on Saturday. Rob Liefeld's Anniversary Tour But it seems that their star guest, Rob Liefeld, has announced that he will no longer be attending Liefeld posted to Facebook stating; Once[...]

The Big Apple Comic Con is the first of the big US city comic-cons to make a return, for Saturday, the 17th of July Taking place at the iconic New Yorker Hotel, its special guests are Rob Liefeld, Marat Mychaels, Jeff Shultz, John O'Hurley, Diane Salinger, Steve Cardenas, and Brett Azar Calling it a Prequel[...]

After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ReedPop's New York Comic Con is back at Manhattan's Javits Center this October  And it would seem being forced to sit out NYCC last year has fans at a fever pitch to return, as ReedPop has announced that all badges to this year's event have sold out in just[...]

The Thought Bubble Festival is returning to in-person comic conventions this November, a week before San Diego Comic-Con does the same Located in Harrogate in the North-East of England, with Frank Miller as their big draw (I really want to see a Sin City version of Betty's now), they have just issues their social distancing[...]

With the return of large comic conventions on the horizon, with ReedPOP and Comic-Con International bringing back big shows, as well as the likes of Thought Bubble and Lakes International starting up, so we have had the return of the #Barcon discussion Barcon is the idea that at comic book conventions, there are later night[...]

For over a decade I have worked with creators at New York Comic Con, C2E2 and Emerald City Comic Con and I'm thrilled to add these two amazing events to that list I truly look forward to working with so many of you!" Negin also let possible vendors know that they will be introducing a new[...]

Here are your 2021 nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Voting for this year's awards ends on June 30th!

Quite a Bat-heavy show it seems… Photo by Daniel Benavides CC:2.0 The Thought Bubble Festival will take place in and around the city of Harrogate in Yorkshire from the 8th to the 14th of November, withe the main comic convention taking place at the Harrogate Convention Centre on the 13th and 14th of November[...]

We encourage everyone to follow healthcare recommendations to ensure the safety of everyone (yourself included!), and plan for a fun return to Baltimore this fall! The appeal of the Baltimore Comic-Con is its focus on comics and comic book creators, which stands as a refreshing change to other big comic conventions that are now more geared[...]

But maybe, just maybe, something closer to the San Diego Comic Cons I first experience in the nineties, when I actually exhibited with Mike Meyer as Twist And Shout Comics I won't be doing this this time Tickets badges and passes should be a lot easier to come by. But I plan to be reporting from[...]

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.

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

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[...]

Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow describes how far practical and digital effects are going into the dino animatronics.

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

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!" You 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_e4 Z2 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

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

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, Comics Tags Comics 11:00am Jack Kirby 101: An Introduction Watch When Available! YouTube: https://youtu.be/goc5NSe_wao Comic-Con legend Mark Evanier (onetime Jack Kirby assistant, and author of Jack Kirby: King of Comics) and The Jack[...]

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, Television Tags Horror and Suspense, Television 4:00pm How Do Ya Figure: A History of Comic Con Exclusive Action Figures Watch When Available! YouTube: https://youtu.be/-36hMQvK534 Comic-Con has been home to some of the greatest action figures of all time, and every year fans try their hardest to get[...]

Some friends from The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and The Walking Dead: World Beyond need you to do them a favor: wear a mask.

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