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These tidbits about the Trinity of Sin leave us with some questions: The Phantom Stranger is being renamed Trinity Of Sin: The Phantom Stranger. Now we

At the ECCC ComiXology panel, David Steinberger covered a lot of topics. How the French comics market is the same size as the US marker, with a sixth of the population How ComiXology is the top grossing app in France and that ComiXology sell 40% of their comics outside of the USA. How some people can actually[...]

At the Pint Of CB panel at ECCC, Matt Fraction teased the future of the Hawkeye comic book. As well as news that issue 10 will feature the man commissioned to kill Hawkeye, issue 11 will have Pizza Dog solving a crime "Pizza Is My Business", Clint's loser brother Barney moving in, and flashbacks to Clint[...]

(right to left) Sana Amanet, Daniel Way, Jeanine Schaefer, Mark Waid, Sam Humphries, Matt Fraction, Cullen Bunn, Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and CB Cebulski in the middle on the ECCC CB Panel without any PR people present to stop them… Recently a comics industry punter asked me what Marvel thought of the thread on Bleeding Cool in which[...]

It allows for ECCC to be a family-friendly show Yesterday, I met a couple attending their first convention with two toddlers and a tween in tow I could not imagine how the two might be able to weather the long trek from Penn Station to NYCC's Jacob Javits Center or even be able to locate[...]

Or 150% profit. Image/Skybound at Booth 1110 are selling the Walking Dead Governor Special ECCC Exclusive for $10 each Limited to a thousand. Meanwhile Get Cash For Comics at Booth 2118 are buying that comic for $25 cash Ten rows away. Could be the easiest $15 you've ever made Then go spend it on something in the small[...]

Rob Orr writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC. Dark Horse Comics is a force to be reckoned with at this year's Emerald City Comicon They put together (arguably) the best booth of the convention Their name and logo are emblazoned upon the lanyards which secure attendees' passes So what did they have in store for us as[...]

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC; 44Flood is the art collective headed by Menton Matthews III, Ben Templesmith, Kasra Ghanbari and Nick Idell Last year they ran a very successful Kickstarter program for their inaugural anthology, TOME. At his table at Emerald City Comicon, Templesmith had one of three copies of the book's companion piece,[...]

Here's a look at the Dynamite exclusive covers for ECCC, next weekend One for Shadow Year One, another for Masks and two for the Red Team. ComiXology and Red 5 are also trying something new, a convention-exclusive digital comic. Every attendee will find a code on their ECCC badge to download a copy of[...]

Taken by Alexander Añé at ECCC for Bleeding Cool, Tim Sale sketching Black Widow…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6IhDcivwo[/youtube] Taken by Alexander Añé at ECCC for Bleeding Cool, Tim Sale sketching Black Widow…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6IhDcivwo[/youtube] Taken by Alexander Añé at ECCC for Bleeding Cool, Tim Sale sketching Black Widow…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6IhDcivwo[/youtube] [...]

Uber-fanboy Jesse James hit ECCC in Seattle this weekend for Bleeding Cool This is what he brought back with him; One day my company offered me a new position in Seattle I lived in Florida at the time The Pay was awesome and the new perks I just couldn't resist However, he said "can you look[...]

Jeffrey Whitelaw attended ECCC for Bleeding Cool He was rather busy. Ah, the Avatar Panel This was the only panel at ECCC where I actually felt like a fanboy You're probably reading Bleeding Cool right now, so I don't need to explain to you why It's also the reason I didn't write up the plugs for[...]

Gavin Lees wrote for Bleeding Cool from ECCC This year marks the 20th anniversary of Mike Allred's Madman, a landmark that he's celebrating in style with a huge 11×17 hardcover collection — the Madman 20th Anniversary Monster! — which features a new story from Allred (with trademark colours from his wife, Laura Allred) and contributions from[...]

Thanks to Kristen Leigh, and her photographic skills at ECCC, here's a look at some rather fun cosplay and a little celebrity to boot… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Thanks to Kristen Leigh, and her photographic skills at ECCC,[...]

Matt Funk wrote, and took photographs, for Bleeding Cool at ECCC In my first piece here on Bleeding Cool, I outlined my first day strategy at Emerald City Comic Con It was all about meeting people and making connections Getting my face and my work in front of as many professional eyeballs as possible Day 2[...]

Jeffrey Whitelaw attended ECCC for Bleeding Cool Amongst other websites… I initially approached Darick Robertson so that I could get some quotes for an article on The Boys I'm working on for another site [Bastard – Rich] As the conversation progressed he said some fantastic things that I had to share with Bleeding Cool readers[...]

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool Paul Tobin is one of the most prolific and versatile writers in modern comics.  From his indie work with his wife and

Matt Funk went to ECCC for Bleeding Cool This is what he discovered; There is lots of random stuff I talked to creators about at ECCC wandering the show floor that I thought was interesting or amusing but didn't necessarily warrant an article by itself Here are but a few: –Anthony Del Col of IDW's Kill Shakespeare[...]

Jeffrey Whitelaw talked to Chris Roberson at ECCC for Bleeding Cool; Saturday at the ECCC Vertigo: New Blood panel, in a story that is familiar to Vertigo readers, it was announced that IZombie is ending Bleeding Cool has a reputation for announcing the cancellation of Vertigo titles at comic conventions but I was curious about the[...]

Judd Morse writes from ECCC for Bleeding Cool; NFL Superpro, Hobgoblin, and The Street Poet Gamma Ray Ladies and gentlemen, it's a Marvel Q&A panel. Hosted by C.B Cebulski, the Marvel's Next Big Thing was made up of Jeff Parker, Dan Slott, Chris Yost, Sam Humphriess, Rick Remender, and Greg Rucka The panel dispensed with any type[...]

Matt Funk talks to Kurtis J Wiebe for Bleeding Cool from ECCC; Kurtis J Wiebe is the author of the Image Comics series' The Intrepids, the critically acclaimed Green Wake, the recent sell-out debut Peter Panzerfaust and the upcoming Debris I caught up with him after his "Writers Unite! Pitching Your Own Creator-Owned Comics" panel to[...]

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool from the floor of ECCC; Despite his abrasive reputation, I've always found Erik Larsen to be a very personable and entertaining creator to speak to.  I try to make it a point of order to chat to him each year and have him hold forth on some aspect of the[...]

Cameron Hatheway reports from the streets of Seattle, round and about ECCC We are not picking up his bar tab. I don't appear to learn from my mistakes After being terribly hung over from Friday's reporting, I went out once again to get equally smashed last night Only I originally had one event I was planning[...]

Jeffrey Whitelaw is attending ECCC for Bleeding Cool He writes; Yesterday at ECCC I talked to a few Image creators about what they're working on next. First up was Charles Soule, writer of two fantastic books, 27, and Strongman, I apologize because I had a recorder malfunction, but I did find out a few things. The first thing[...]

Cameron Hatheway is Number 8 Months prior to the convention, I saw an ad on the Emerald City ComiCon website for a speed dating service for nerds called

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool from the floor of ECCC; Jonathan Case really established himself on the comics scene last year with the release of both his long-awaited graphic novel, Dear Creature, and his stark, disturbing work on The Green River Killer with Jeff Jensen.  With an illustrative style that hearkens to the golden[...]

Kelly Sean writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC; In attendance we have Eric Trautmann, Steve Lieber, Brandon Jerwa, Shelly Bond, Bill Willingham, Mike Allred and Dustin Nguyen. Having technical difficulties with the laptop to projector no slides yet. Shooters is a contemporary military graphic novel from Trautmann, Jerwa, Lieber Centers around a special ops soldier with post-traumatc stress[...]

Judd Morse writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC, and collated a few highlights from yesterday's Dark Horse panel. The Black Beetle, Francesco Francavilla's new book will be featured in an upcoming Dark Horse Presents Francavilla described the book as a tribute to old pulp heroes with a different spin on the genre He said the DHP[...]

 But today was largely about ECCC on Bleeding Cool, with our convention correspondents — including Judd Morse, Gavin Lees, Cameron Hatheway, Matt Funk, Jeffrey Whitelaw, and Kelly Davis — providing some rather stellar coverage  Posts about a pair of DC panels was widely discussed today, but we've got much, much more coming from the show[...]

Here's another missive from ECCC's front lines: Not a ton of new info was given out during DC's New 52 panel, but there were some gems Batman editor Mike Marts put a good deal of emphasis on the company's "New Wave" of titles arriving in May. A cover was shown for new New 52 Title Earth 2[...]