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More on that tomorrow. But as for a reboot? In the Marvel panel at ECCC in Seattle today, they made that clear. Marvel's CB Cebulski stated that what Marvel readers are getting is "not going to be a reboot, not going to be a revamp, not like everything's changing" while Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick reiterated[...]

> Announced at ECCC, in July Boom! will publish Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars, a new miniseries spinning out of the Cartoon Network show. And it appears to be a bit of a gaming special… Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars #1 (of 6) Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Author: Jen Wang Artist: Britt Wilson Format:[...]

We told you about the new Barb Wire a few weeks ago… but here are ten new Dark Horse comics announced at ECCC for the summer of 2015… from Aaron Lopresti to Scott Kolins to Pat Oliffe... Barb Wire #1 Chris Warner (W) Patrick Olliffe (A) On Sale in July Nail-hard tough and drop-dead gorgeous, Barb Wire is the baddest[...]

Just announced at the IDW panel at ECCC, Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez, new series Onyx, for this summer But you'll get to see more of it a lot sooner, in May… It's also just one of five new comics that Marvel is debuting in July. Onyx tells the tale of a female metal-suited warrior who comes to[...]

Their panel is happening at ECCC right now, maybe someone will ask them? X-Files Season 10 sees its final issues published in June But hot on its heels is X-Files Season 11, also written by Joe Harris I got the chance to ask him some questions… only to see this tweet go out. In the middle[...]

ECCC is two blocks from work All I can think is "If I walk by slowly with my 3DS, I will get SO MANY StreetPasses!!" — Reverend Mal (@ReverendMalcus) March 27, 2015 Photo by Jim Demanakos The doors to the Emerald City Comic Con have just opened Lots of comics, lots of publishers, lots of creators[...]

We talked about ComiXology ramping up their employee numbers recently. The digital comic book distributor and publisher bought by Amazon (we told you

We'll get to the conventions exclusives in a minute… But first, Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor #1 American Dream Comics variant cover by Brian Williamson and Luis Guerrero and the Pop Culture Paradise variant cover by Mariano Laclaustra. A couple more Christopher Action Figure variant covers for Secret Wars spinoffs… This is the part-finished Deadpool #250 Phantom Variant available to Phantom-affiliated stores, again[...]

ReedPOP is the organiser of a number of comic book conventions around the world, including the New York Comic Con. And today it has announced that they are adding something a little closer to home to their portfolio, the Emerald City Comic Con. ECCC was founded in Seattle twelve years ago by comics retailer Jim Demonakos and has[...]

While roaming the aisles and areas of ECCC 2014 Bleeding Cool reporter Ian Melton got to talk with a wide variety of creators who were happy to talk to Bleeding Cool Yes, he found some… Jim Zub was quite happy to talk about Skullkickers and how happy he was to have it back on shelves[...]

Seen by convention goers all day Saturday and Sunday, asking every person leaving the convention, calling out "done with your tickets?", these people were a new convention stable showing the popularity ECCC has gained. Some of these people might have been hopeful convention goers who hoped to get in by catching a leaving con-goer, but three[...]

By Chris Thompson After last week’s chat with the Artful Daggers crew, Josh Shalek, Fabian Rangel Jr. & Jai Nitz (which you can still listen to here),

Kilted Comics has put together a series of cartoons comparing working in a coffee shop to being at a comic convention. According to the website, the new

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool: Fables has been the landmark achievement of Bill Willingham’s career.  For over a decade, he has reshaped fairy tale

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool:  For the last twelve years, Mark Buckingham has been the definitive artist on Vertigo’s Fables series.  Although not

As Are Some Marvel Exclusive Creators New Batman: Bruce Wayne Murderers For Old The Ninth Generation To Launch From Top Cow In The Fall And Ten More From ECCC Matt Fraction To Pitch An Adventure Time Comic To Boom! ECCC: America, Comics And The Healthcare Gap The Magic Formula For Breaking Into Comics (The Marvel Way)  The Best Hats At ECCC and The Best Hats[...]

And he was doing so at ECCC. That's until these two were stolen, right from his table on Artists' Alley. Ok so someone stole these from my table! Just letting you guys know These are STOLEN WORKS! Please let me know if these goes up on Ebay Thank you! Now on the way to a bar and[...]

Announced at ECCC, Dark Horse is publishing Deep Gravity, a new four-part miniseries from Mike Richardson, Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko. Welcome to Poseidon! Gilise MG452, a.k.a "Poseidon," is Earth's deadly sister planet. A planet similar to ours, yet utterly alien, it circles a red dwarf just three years from Earth Maelstrom Science and Technology Corp[...]

Presumably for crowd control purposes, the organizer of ECCC let waves of fans in shortly before the official opening at 10 AM Propelled by the momentum of the crowd and by damn good luck, I found myself right in front of Kibiushi's booth with only a couple of other people around I got an autograph[...]

Matt Fraction held a question and answer session at ECCC on Friday, in which he discussed his work, his career, and his audience And slipped out a few gems… which I'm going to have to split up a bit I think. Talking Sex Criminals, he told us, "Chip [Zdarsky] and I are going to put out a[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran a piece on the Lemmy fezzes being sported by D.J. Kikbride and Adam P. Knave, authors of Amelia Cole. Following up a promise,

At the end of the Pint O' CB Marvel panel today at ECCC, a number of folk asked if their favourite characters would be getting their own series at Marvel Including a woman cosplaying as Spider-Woman asking if Spider-Woman would get getting her own series? Marvel's CB Cebulski told the questioner that later that year, she'll[...]

At the DC panel at ECCC, Gail Simone talked about upcoming issues of Batgirl from issues 32, 33, 34 as something that she's been asking for since the launch of the New 52 And now, finally, is being allowed to write. Batgirl has been dogged in controversy since the out-of-the-wheelchair reboot, but after having a transgender[...]

At the Pint O' CB Marvel panel at ECCC, there was only one character on people's minds Initially at least. Elephant Steve, whose origin was in a  Mini-Marvels complaining about the elephant in the room "okay, I'll leave", he has now become a fan favourite character after repeat appearances. And with folk at the panel asking for[...]

At ECCC, Top Cow's Matt Hawkins has announced a new comic, The Ninth Generation, a new series that will tie in together the original Aphrodite IX series, the recent version, and will crossover with the Aphrodite IX books and with Cyber Force And will also deal woith why the original book has a Greek name[...]

And some cosplayers at ECCC are not dressing up as characters from comic books and TV but from podcasts … Theresa Tyree spoke with the creators of the Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale at ECCC to find out about this unique event (with a little assist from Ian Melton). Perhaps you've been hearing[...]

Erik Grove writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC in Seattle, Every comic convention I've ever been to has had a "breaking into comics" panel It's a no-brainer When you ask creators what question they are usually asked most, most say it's "how did you break in?" I've been to several of these panels It's how I[...]

Bleeding Cool's Gavin Lees is at ECCC He writes One of the most unassuming panels in this year's ECCC program was Comics and Healthcare — with a title that was hardly inspiring, it hid what proved to be one of the most affirming studies in the power of sequential art. The panelists were led by Meredith Li-Vollner[...]

Bleeding Cool's Gavin Lees writes from ECCC, in Seattle. Ben Templesmith would like everyone to know that he is alive and well He promises that The Squidder will be released in May, and he has photos from his 4am drawing sessions to prove it! Terry Dodson is hard at work on a new European-album format graphic novel,[...]

Straight from the DC Entertainment panel at ECCC, Jimmy Palmiotti has been talking up the Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International: San Diego #1… and all the craziness that will fill this issue as she deals with cosplayer after cosplayer – including a room full of Jokers And a car full of Harleys, for a party… And[...]