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Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, hosted their third annual MootCon on Thursday, the first night of New York Comic Con weekend Last year, I found out about MootCon 2 days after the fact, so I made it a point to keep an eye out for this year's event. The group of trivia[...]

At New York Comic Con, Dark Horse unveiled Richard Corben's Rat God, a new series beginning in February A new woodland-set horror, it's a new story inspired by H P Lovecraft. There's a lot of that about right now, but this comic also merges that with Native American stories… Corben has a reputation to disturb… and something tells me[...]

by Ray Flook By now, most of you who read Bleeding Cool and were following its New York Comic Con coverage are familiar with what became known as "Wristbandgate." Now, I'm not looking to rehash what went down because that's not my purpose in writing this; so if you're interested in some background on it, you[...]

by Ale Bodden Nerdist Writers Podcast hosts, Ben Blacker and Heath Corson, were joined on NYCC stage by creators Greg Pak (X-Treme X-Men) and G. Willow

By Ale Bodden and Ray Flook UPDATE: Andre Tessier writes, First and foremost. Let me say that I was misquoted. The discussion was that Big Finish does not

June Vigants writes, I made a point to seek out Bioshock cosplayers throughout the NYCC weekend. They appeared every so often but when they did, there was

June Vigants writes, NYCC can be exhausting for fans, press, exhibitors, and professionals alike. There are many times that you just want to drop your

June Vigants writes, This is the first year McCall’s has exhibited at NYCC. I passed by their booth on Saturday en route to a panel and knew I had to stop

Ale Bodden writes, Weekly magazine, Shonen Jump, outdid itself during NYCC. Eric Eberhardt (Marketing director for Shonen Jump) was joined on stage by

by Ale Bodden Once again Kodansha Comics makes its presence be known by announcing many upcoming titles and new titles for some on-going series. The panel

by Ale Bodden One of the biggest issues during conventions, lately, are the lines/wait to get into panels. The only way that you're able to secure a seat

by Ray Flook "The Block brings together art, design, collectible toys, pop-tech and fashion of the underground pop culture scene along with the tastemakers, trend setters, artists, thinkers and the brands that they create." (ReedPOP) I'm amazed by how much more popular The Block has become since its inclusion into New York Comic Con several years back[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. The Hasbro/IDW partnership has been a fruitful one with the blockbuster success of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the ongoing saga of the Transformers The panel was all IDW consisting of John Barber (w), Amy Mebberson (a), Katie Cook (w+a), Mairghread Scott (w),[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. With the action figure industry in a transitional state, I was curious how the factor of scale was impacting the industry We've recently seen Hasbro offer 6" Star Wars in The Black Series, and Mattel downscale to ~4" for its DC Multiverse series Were these[...]

By Paul Gullas Brian K. Vaughan stepped to the podium and gestured to his other panelists to cheers, "first of all, isn't this the most badass panel?". It

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. The Broad City panel was a popular one with every seat taken and many standing A highlight reel of the first season aired followed by the Missy Elliot song 'Work It' This song coaxed creators Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer out to the floor, dancing[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. After a the second time the IFC highlight reel ran (now with audio), the host of Comedy Bang Bang!, Scott Aukerman, took to the stage to find his mic was not live The technical snafus would not end there, but Aukerman used them to his[...]

Jon Johnson wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con, Conventions are always going to be loaded full of weird, wild products by hopeful creators aimed at an amazingly indifferent audience When I attend, I always look for that one thing, that one particular item I think is hands above the creative genius of all[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. As I waited for the cast of Bob's Burgers to arrive on stage, I realized the show was entering its 5th season Could the Belchers continue past the lifespan of most live action sitcoms? If the fellowship of the cast and creator is any indication,[...]

By Adi Tantimedh New York-based writer Zachary Mortensen talks about his cyberpunk graphic novel The Gatecrashers and his artist Sutu’s Augmented Reality

By Amanda Gurall Executive Producer Matt Miller and the lead actors of ABC's Forever (Tuesdays at 10/9 central) visited us this last weekend at NYCC to

These were some of the rumours we ran before New York Comic Con – compared with what was actually announced at or around the show There were a number of female-focused comic books announced by Marvel, including Erica Henderson on Squirrel Girl who we had mentioned earlier – but not those on the checklist Not[...]

By Timothy Carson The panelists for “The Future of Gaming” discussion included: Garett Fuller, David Brevik, Michael Gluck, and James Schmalz. You might

By far the hottest book coming out of New York Comic Con was the Wytches #1 NYCC Variant. The book was limited to 500 copies, and only 150 were released a day People started lining up before the convention floors opened and by the time the crowds were let in, many were out of luck Image[...]

From Rich Johnston, Jake Barlow, Ray Flook, Ra'Chaun Rogers, Richard Epstein, Anthony Hammock, Arno Bogaerts, Christine Marie Vinciquarra, Ale Bodden, Liz Hey, Daniel Löf, Derek Trum, Hannah Means-Shannon… Mike Costa has the softest hands in comics and it is like shaking hands with a marshmallow. Charles Soule's Artist Alley signage (left) by Ryan Browne is awesome. The Women In[...]

As is traditional, taken on our hotel beds, swag shots of New York Comic Con What we bought, what we were given, what we most loved from the show… Ray Flook Kirk Staley Christine Marie Vinciquarra Rich Johnston Hannah Means-Shannon Ale Bodden Chuck Brouillette (with Alessandro Vitti Red Lantern art) As is traditional, taken on our hotel beds, swag shots of New[...]

At the New York Comic Con, one of the oft-discussed stories was the settlement between the estate of the late Jack Kirby, co-creator of the Hulk, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Captain America, X-Men, Silver Surfer and so much, represented by Marc Toberoff, and Marvel Comics, now owned by Disney. The suit, if successful, would have redefined work-for-hire[...]

This is what happens after everyone leaves the show... awww... poor pink unicorn...

But we are really expecting a new comic starring the alternate universe Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman from Edge Of Spider-Verse to be announced at the Spider-Verse panel at New York Comic Con at pm today. And at the Women Of Marvel just now we even got an inkling at a possible creative team. Could it really be Ellie[...]

One of the stories coming out of the Axel In Charge panel is what's going to happen to Hawkeye post Matt Fraction and David Aja. The series is going to