conventions

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all in many different ways, but pop culture conventions needed to find a way to adapt and adapt quickly once it became apparent that the virus wasn't going to go away in the summer And so the virtual convention was born In the first part of this essay,[...]

Many thought this would be over by the summer, but conventions still had to adapt as well As July 2020 rolled around, we saw the birth of the virtual convention.[caption id="attachment_1312481" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Comic-Con @ Home Logo Credit: CCI[/caption] The Rise of the Virtual Convention Comic-Con @ Home was the first major virtual convention out of the[...]

Not only are they splitting the audience by having both conventions so close together, but they are splitting it again for people who can't do two conventions in a year If Celebration was in the spring and D23 was in the late summer, that might be doable for some people, but this idea is a[...]

To be honest, barring anyone taking up series creator Damon Lindelof's challenge to jump into HBO's Watchmen universe sandbox, we figured the Emmy Awards would be the final chapter on our coverage. And a great note it would be to end on, with major wins for the series overall, for actors Regina King and Yahya […]

They say that God works in mysterious ways, and it appears STARZ's American Gods works in timely ways. On Tuesday, event exhibitor ReedPOP announced that this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) would be joining MCM Comic Con in London online for the virtual event New York Comic Con's Metaverse, running October 8-11th. Not long […]

With the series set to return on Sunday for its long-awaited fourth season, fans of Wynonna Earp were in for a treat at Saturday's Comic-Con@Home. That's when series creator and showrunner Emily Andras, as well as series stars Melanie Scrofano, Tim Rozan, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Katherine Barrell, and Varun Saranga, took part in a special pre-season […]

"How They Do It: 'Rick and Morty'" saw series co-creator Dan Harmon, as well as Chris Parnell, Sarah Chalke, and Spencer Grammer offer fans some insights via Twitch into what we can expect from the fifth season- and yes, that included a preview of what we can expect. In the preview, Rick is near death […]

can have you looking "badass spy" on the cheap.[caption id="attachment_1238695" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The logo for Comic-Con@Home 2020[/caption]While we all make the best of conventions at home, hopefully, this list can add a bit of happiness to your convention schedule Remember, cosplay is all about having fun, showing your love for a character, and self-expression[...]

With Amazon Prime's The Boys ready to infiltrate this year's Comic-Con@Home this Thursday, July 23, at 3 pm PT (6 pm ET), series writer, showrunner, and executive producer Eric Kripke is offering whatever uncoverted there may be remaining that their panel is definitely not one to miss. Sure, there'll be exclusives, surprised, sneak previews, and […]

We've got Comic-Con@Home, WarnerMedia's DC Fandome, Skybound Xpo, and a number of other "virtual conventions" taking place over the next two months, all doing their part to give everyone as close to a pop culture convention experience as possible without the "con flu" aftermath (we have enough real sickness to deal with) Now we can[...]

Hulu and Marvel Studios have had an interesting relationship over the past year, with "interesting" being the best way we can describe the bloodletting that saw a number of animated and live-action shuffle off the programming mortal coil.  But one series that made the cut was Helstrom and now interested fans will get a chance […]

While places like Disneyland have scheduled reopenings, conventions aren't the same animal It would be next to impossible to social distance on a convention floor Unlike Disneyland, who could limit their daily ticket sales to help with social distancing, a convention that sold tickets long before the pandemic became a thing could not possibly pull[...]

Denver Pop Culture Con has been canceled. The decision came after the State of Colorado announced it's intent to use the Colorado Convention Center through the end of the year. All tickets for the 2020 show will be refunded, while exhibitors have the option of a full refund or credit for their next event. "Due […]

Coronavirus is at it again, and most certainly is not pulling any punches. In a release made on their website, the staff of AdeptiCon 2020, the latest tabletop gaming convention to bite the dust (for this year, at least), had this to say: Since the very first AdeptiCon, held eighteen years ago, we've made it […]

On the final day of C2E2, for one day only, fans were treated to an hour of the Star Trek Enterprise's greatest captain. William Shatner came out to a shouting and standing crowd and the fans were immediately engaged in Shatner's wonderful knack for storytelling. Sitting close to the front of the audience, Shatner goes […]

Fantastic Worlds Comics and Terry's Comics are teaming up this November to co-sponsor the Scottsdale Comic Book & Comic Art Show in Scottsdale, AZ, and they've already announced four featured guests that will be in attendance. Artist Val Mayerik, co-creator of Howard the Duck and known for work on titles such as Conan the Barbarian […]

So this is the true story of why I left the cosplay community...You may want to put your seatbelt on, because this story is going to get a little bumpy.Now, if you're unaware, cosplay is a hobby where people dress up as in costumes, generally of characters from comics or movies or tv shows, and[...]

I'm not in the game so much anymore, but before I was a world-renowned television commentator/reviewer for Bleeding Cool? I was super active in it not so long ago and still hold costuming, conventions, and the culture close to my heart.For the most part, the interactions with other con goers, cosplayers, and the "civilians" are[...]

With The Walt Disney Company's D23 Expo 2019 officially running from August 23-25, Bleeding Cool is here in Anaheim, California, to bring you enough breaking news and rumors to make your our Mouseketeer ears bleed. Our very own Editor-in-Chief Kaitlyn Booth is reporting live from the three-day event – and you can join our live-blog […]

The Joker joins the ranks of the Xenomorphs from Alien! With the recent reveal of the Sinestro Predator and Green Lantern New York Comic Con (NYCC) two-pack set, I wanted to go back and show off the official images of the Joker Alien and Batman two-pack that releases with it. This is also an NYCC […]