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I'm told, via press release, that Skybound/Image Comics announced at their convention panel at ECCC that Tech Jacket by Joe Keatinge and Khary Randolph would be returning as a new ongoing series. It follows up on the Tech Jacket digital comic that launched at Image Expo, and it will be released from July. And handily there's a Tech Jacket[...]

So, yes, basically, this is what Marvel will be spending most of ECCC talking about, Original Sin A perfect time to tease art from the #0 prologue issue by Mark Waid and Jim Cheung, featuring Nova, The Watcher and Galactus, walking into a bar… Who shot the Watcher? And who now holds the deepest, darkest secrets[...]

Jim Lee is a keen poker player. He's rather good. He beat me solidly and I've never forgotten it. Going up against him is a heady experience for anyone.

Might be worth a spoiler warning, though it's probably the kind of thing they'll be talking about at ECCC. One is that Batman Eternal, the new weekly series from DC Comics, will begin with a family betrayal That of the psychopathic James Gordon Jr against his father, Commissioner Gordon. Might that explain the handcuffs? Don't dare miss the[...]

Well, at ECCC starting tomorrow, it looks like his new book will be announced, with a rather exciting artist. Should be an announcement regarding a new DC project this weekend at @emeraldcitycon with @TerryDodsonArt stay tuned! — Jeff Lemire (@JeffLemire) March 27, 2014 It's not the only big announcement he had, a certain someone is getting some TV[...]

DC Entertainment are running two more retailer roadshows, where the execs turn up and talk turkey with local retailers. And we have two in March, one in

Dustin Hall writes; Amidst the fluffy fan-service and spoiler-teasing reveals at the Emerald City Comic Con, one panel sought to put some heavy

ECCC had it all They didn't under deliver on any of their promises to make this a con for the fans not to just enjoy but to remember for years to come. Now in all honesty for someone who has gone to a lot of ECCC's I wasn't ready for the floor change In fact I[...]

Gavin Lees writes; Brian Posehn is best known as a stand-up comedian, and for his roles in Just Shoot Me and The Sarah Silverman Program.  It's clear from

Gavin Lees writes; Jae Lee made a rare convention appearance at this year’s Emerald City Comicon, so I took the opportunity to speak to him about his work

Matt Harding writes; First part here. To start off part two of my story covering the ECCC's Artists Alley, I'd like to share with you the comic "Martin Monsterman" by Manny Trembly After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Manny is working full speed on his comic featuring a comedic look at a poor sap cursed to spend every[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned… from lots of people Mathew Southworth said that he really enjoyed working the Greg Rucka on "Stumptown" and love to do a follow-up A third volume, however, is entirely up to Greg and he is moving[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Mark Waid really is one nicest creators in the industry I've ever met Marcio Takara also echoed the same sentiment when I asked him to sign my paperback copy of "The Incredibles: Family Matters;" Mark also[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Brian Wood  might stay on Conan after his contract is up with 25 but no official word yet. He promised last year that Massive would have backmatter pages exclusive to the comic but they disappeared[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. David Petersen is a total Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan! He spoke about how much fun he had doing first six covers for the TMNT Microseries for IDW without a hitch It wasn't until issue #7,[...]

Gavin Lees writes; The Bushwick Book Club is a fascinating organisation. Like other book clubs, its members all read the same book before their monthly

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Two more creator owned pieces coming out this summer his planned series with Chaykin and one other he was very quiet about. Fraction was very clear with FF, he writes it He does not co-plot it with[...]

So his signature on such items is often in demand. And you might sometimes consider he's a bit down on the whole signature game. But as a result of this, he did make a Sandman fan sad… I was so stoked when I found out Mike Dringenberg was going to be at ECCC Co-Creator of Death, designer of[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Remember the SHIELD comic with Jonathan Hickman that seemed to just… stop? Dustin Weaver said that while issue #5 of S.H.I.E.L.D is done, issue #6 won't be finished until after he's with his issues of Avengers[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Nate Bellegarde is very unassuming sketching in Artists Alley and is very surprised to have all the attention and see a girl wearing the "Science is the new Rock N' Roll" t-shirt from Nowhere Men around[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Bruce Timm, like many of us, was disappointed with Cartoon Network's decision to not pick-up Green Lantern the Animated Series for second season since he said it was one the best things he's ever worked on,[...]

The artwork is fun and clean, yet conveys a sense of drama, therefore capturing the storyline perfectly.  Jason's artwork outside of the comic is thoughtful and sweeping in its line work and motion with a little bit of Paul Pope influence stirred in, and drew upon aspects of characters that I hadn't personally experienced before. [...]

Dustin Hall writes from ECCC: IDW had the unenviable task this year of closing out a monumental Emerald City Con They seemed eager, though, happy to finally have an opportunity to show off story details on their upcoming projects, from the 3-title GI Joe relaunch, to the return of THUNDER Agents, and even the My Little[...]

Strange Nation is a comic book debuting at ECCC right now By Paul Allor and Juan Romera On sale at Table G-01 in a limited run… the comic will be distributed by Diamond in the autumn. Strange Nation is a comic book debuting at ECCC right now.     Strange Nation is a comic book debuting at ECCC[...]

From the sparsely-attended but big-name-filled Dynamite panel at ECCC last night, with the likes of Chris Roberson and Mark Waid amongst Matt Wagner, Ron Marz and more.  Roberson was credited with scripting over Joe Michael Straczynski's plots on the Superman Grounded arc, though has stated that he wrote the whole issues, but had to give[...]

Robb Orr writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC. I usually only attend comic book related panels at conventions, but I was willing to make an exception for the Titmouse Inc: We make Cartoons panel at ECCC Titmouse produces some of the best cartoons out there, including: Metalocalypse, Black Dynamite, The Venture Bros., Superjail, and many more[...]

We previously had an interesting bit of Hawkeye news from the ECCC Pint O' CB Panel, now here's a full write-up thanks to BCer-in-the-field Dustin Hall. I find editor Jeanine Schaefer's comment about tracking Wolverine's life with charts, spreadsheets, and timelines interesting, because I think we all wonder how the big-universe publishers do that and it's[...]

Gavin Lees writes; Wendy Pini is one of the great stalwarts of fandom, having created one of the great alternative comics series -- Elfquest -- which has

Gavin Lees writes; Dark Horse's Hellboy panel was a very casual affair this year, with no official, pre-prepared announcements from the creators, no

The cosplay of ECCC Can you see yourself there? The top bathroom photo was by Fantagraphics' Jen Vaughn.     [...]