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San Diego shoppers are facing multiple petitions at their favourite stores in support of an initiative to keep San Diego Comic Con in San Diego. But the petition is called "The Citizens' Plan for the Responsible Management of Major Tourism and Entertainment Resources" and proposed by attorney Cory Briggs of San Diegans for Open Government. It would increase hotel room[...]

It's about that time of year when everyone starts looking back on the year that was. Well, in March we saw the first In-Store Convention Kick-Off, a day

John (Original Red Power Ranger), voice actors from Sailor Moon and Return of the Jedi, three gang members from The Warriors, Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy), wrestling legends Mick Foley and King Kong Bundy, Cosplay Queen YaYa Han (who will be hosting the amazing cosplay contest) and… Santa Claus! Of course if you go to a comic convention you might be[...]

For the last few years, Wizard World Comic Cons the country over have given away copies of The Walking Dead #1 with specially commissioned covers by guest artists at the shows. Well, with Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con running from January 8th to 10th, it's all change, for a Michael Golden cover of Civil War[...]

https://twitter.com/PageFortyFive/status/670024840548601856 Well not everyone feels that way... to wit, 100 people don't. Bleeding Cool has a couple of

Comic Con Wars! Here is the distance between the two shows happening on the same weekend. 24 miles down the road. So, you know, people could do both, But most likely won't Little Rock posted "Remember LRCC is the longest running fan run show in Arkansas by Arkansans, info and pricing for May 14-15 2016 show coming[...]

This appears to be Frank Miller's poster for CCXP Comic Con Experience, scheduled for Dec 3rd-6th in São Paulo, Brazil, created with Alex Sinclair, featuring the Wonder Woman from his upcoming Dark Knight III. In fishnets, hot pants, a basque, and a bloody sword and axe combo… In it's second edition, CCXP Comic Con Experience is set to[...]

The other day I noticed that a number of trademark registrations for the word "Comic-Con" made by Comic-Con International, the organisers of San Diego Comic-Con and WonderCon, had been suspended for the following categories Clothing, namely, shirts. Printed matter, namely, magazines, newsletters and event guide books all in the fields of entertainment, animation, comic books and popular[...]

Almost. The best comic convention in Britain Thought Bubble in Leeds The Festival is already taking place, and the convention itself starts on Saturday I'll be taking the 10am King's Cross train tomorrow… if you see me, do say hi If you are launching a book at the show, let me know and I'll run a[...]

#SDCCPreReg https://t.co/bK6ZNWrdxe — San Diego Comic-Con (@Comic_Con) November 10, 2015 Get ready folks… On Saturday at 8am PT, 11am ET, 4pm GMT,  those with the San Diego Comic Con Member IDs to undergo Attendee Preregistration Those who were lucky enough to attend last year's show, and validate their 2015 badge number before September 15th. Well it's time for those[...]

Frank Cho has been in Buenos Aires for the Argentina Comic Con Whereupon he visited Buenos Aires art museum where he saw two paintings by two of his favourite artists, William Bouguereau and Velazquez. Looks like Velazquez is a fan of Cho as well… Frank Cho has been in Buenos Aires for the Argentina Comic Con[...]

Coffee shops have them. And now comic conventions are about to have their first loyalty scheme. Wizard World Comic Con, who run more comic conventions that anyone else, are to launch a new loyalty scheme with Clutch, a consumer management platform producer. Incentives will include advanced admission purchase and pre-order photo op and autograph sessions[...]

Directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the upcoming Captain America: Civil War and The Avengers: Infinity War, Joe and Anthony Russo will

Chris Evans, Captain America from Marvel's recent films, will make his Wizard World Comic Con debut at the New Orleans Ernest N Morial Convention Center on Saturday, January 9th for Wizard World New Orleans. He'll be meeting fans, signing autographs, posing for photos with a live Q&A session. He'll be joined at the show in Saturday by Hawkeye[...]

Hunter S Thompson goes to New York Comic Con and discovers himself… in one case, rather literally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6KPqwx82aEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Gonzo Journalism at Comic-Con (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6KPqwx82aE) Filmed, directed and edited by Patrick Willems Written by Matt Torpey[...]

Michael Reade reported for the Times Colonist about a Canadia convention IFCON Victoria 2015 that was cancelled just before it was due to take place,

Jess Bradley is a regular exhibitor at MCM London Comic Con And my kids have become regular customers of here and I always know that passing her at a show with my girls in tow will leave me financially worse off. To be honest, if probably would even if they weren't there. But with Hallowe'en Week upon[...]

The MCM London Comic Con promotes the principle that cosplay is not consent It was being enforced as well, by staff and cosplayers alike. I heard a number of people ask photographers if they had permission to shoot the shots they were taking But people were looking after each other, inside and out of the show, and I[...]

  New Jersey, the home of Kevin Smith, of Charles Addams, of Jon Stewart, of Bruce Willis. And now, on November 21st (my birthday in fact), the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison is hosting the first New Jersey Comic Con So expect details of the attending talent to eke out over the next few days. First up are the[...]

VIP attendees will receive an additional black & white sketch version of the comic. "The Walking Dead" stars on the Wizard World Comic Con Louisville celebrity roster are Sonequa Martin-Green and Tyler James Williams Other top guests include "Arrow" stars Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey and Paul Blackthorne; Ben McKenzie ("Gotham," "The O.C."); John[...]

Joe Glass, who was exhibiting at MCM Comic Con, took photo of cosplayers who came to his table in Comic Village More cosplay pics from the past weekend's MCM London Comic Con Seems that Dragon Age is a very popular choice this time around, with Steven Universe also seeing an increasing presence at the show, which[...]

This weekend, Diamond held a retailer day at MCM London Comic Con Press were excluded, but Marvel and Mark Millar sent out PR summaries of what they wanted the world to know they announced Bleeding Cool was the only media outlet to have people at the actual retailer day reporting what was actually announced, that[...]

Mark Millar announced a lot of things at the Diamond Retail Summit at MCM London Comic Con yesterday But not everything made the PR burst that was sent to ComicBook. Such as how he sees Huck with Rafael Albuquerque as an 18 issue mini-epic, told over three years, with six issues a year. How the high concept of Empress is "what if[...]

Toby Johnston is eleven years old, and he attended this weekend's Nottingham Comic Con This marks his first published work for Bleeding Cool And, yes, he is my nephew. First Comic con ever – First time in a convention centre- Best time ever! There were a bunch of friendly comic authors to meet when I walked[...]

From MCM London Comic Con, a little audio provides by those folks at AudioBoom, coverage of games sch as Uncharted, Executive Assault and Dark Souls III… From MCM London Comic Con, a little audio provides by those folks at AudioBoom, coverage of games sch as Uncharted, Executive Assault and Dark Souls III… From MCM London[...]

From MCM London Comic Con, a little audio provides by those folks at AudioBoom, coverage of television show panels like Sherlock, Flash, Arrow, Eve, Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad and Battlestar Galactica Films like The Journey, YouTube stars like Tomska And Andrew Lee Potts and Augusta Woods from Wireless x From MCM London Comic Con, a little audio provides[...]

Cometh the hour, cometh the cosplay – on the tubes, in the bars, on he show floor, in the open air of London MCM London Comic Con October 2015 It's official, Homestuck has all but gone, but there was more Deadpool, Harley Qunn and female Loki here than at New York a couple of weeks[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Marvel were to publish a Doctor Strange

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Star Wars: Vader Down, the new Star Wars

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that April would see the the first ever printing