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Just ahead of Fan Expo Dallas, which is set to run from Friday, the 9th of  June through to Sunday, the 11th of June Diamond also plans to host the 2024 Retailer Summit in conjunction with Megacon Orlando as part of a two-year partnership with Fan Expo. Diamond states that "the 2023 Retailer Summit will offer[...]

And now the Fan Expo comic book conventions have locked down Frank Miller for three years.  Apart from San Diego and NYCC, he will only appear at their comic conventions until 2025, so no C2E2, ECCC, MCM, Lake Como, La Mole, Angouleme., Lucca, Comiket or Thought Bubble! If you are going to protest against Frank[...]

So everyone in contact with them is getting tested too… PR from Fan Expo Philadelphia   Dan DiDio's panel at FanExpo Philadelphia went long this weekend and we are so glad it did The former DC Comics Publisher kept Marvel fans – and Marvel EIC CB Cebulski waiting at the back while he rattled through everything he[...]

Though there might not be as many convention opportunities around, Frank Cho has taken to posting online listings for live auction sites and services such as Big Wow and Whatnot for some of his latest, though he did make it to the Fan Expo Philadelphia this weekend, including a live drawing session. Sketch cover by Frank[...]

Cebulski did at Fan Expo Philadelphia yesterday. All-Out Avengers From Derek Landy & Greg Land Hits The Ground Running Derek Landy tweeted "Soooo… looks like All-Out Avengers has been announced…! Yep, I am writing a brand new Avengers comic for Marvel with Greg Land on art, backed up by Jay Leisten and Frankie D'Armata!" All-Out Avengers From Derek[...]

Fan Expo is taking over Wizard World's conventions, according to a press release that is careful not to say that Fan Expo has purchased Wizard World outright Six of Wizard World's top conventions will be rebranded as Fan Expo events in 2022, and a FAQ on Wizard World's website says more could be added in[...]

Hasbro has revealed new details on six brand new Transformers coming soon. With new additions to Transformer: Generation Select and Studio Series!

Hasbro held panels this afternoon at Fan Expo in Toronto and new figures were shown off! Both Star Wars Black Series and Vintage Collection saw new figures shown off, and four new Marvel Legends, including a pretty sweet build a figure Let's dive right in. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

The publisher has just added eight new stops to their tour starting with the Fan Expo Canada on September 1st. Check out the list below and see if they're coming to a convention near you. Thursday, September 1st – Sunday, September 4th Fan Expo Canada Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, CA Friday, September 2nd – Sunday, September 4th Baltimore Comic-Con 2016 Baltimore Convention[...]

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo in Toronto This year's Fan Expo in Toronto (the third largest comic book convention in North America) really made it feel like conventions are less and less about comics as the big two made a very minimal appearance at this year's show. In previous years DC has made[...]

Though a lot of folks were focused on Wondercon this weekend, there was also the Fan Expo in Vancouver going on and one of the guests was Arrow's Stephen Amell The actor was of course asked about his being cast as Casey Jones for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 to which he said[...]

The Canadian comic book convention company Fan Expo has added MegaCon to its list of shows. Fan Expo, owned by Informa Canada, also recently bought Dallas Comic Con, and this seems a continuation of that expansion. MegaCon is run early in the year from Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, and has run since 1993[...]

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo in Toronto The final DC panel of the weekend was all about the Dark Knight. Titled Batman 75: The Eternal Dark Knight, the panel featured Larry Ganem, Greg Pak, Ray Fawkes, Jason Fabok and Francis Manapul Greg Pak spoke for awhile about his current run on Batman/Superman and the[...]

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo The first DC panel of the weekend at Fan Expo was "DC Entertainment: All Access 101", hosted by Larry Ganem from DC Entertainment It seemed like "All Access" meant "feel free to ask anything – but the answer will probably be No Comment." The panel started with a[...]

Copies of the book will be available for sale (including variants), and the artists will be on hand as well. Thursday August 28th – Sunday, August 31st Fan Expo is the biggest convention in Canada and it's happening in Toronto from August 28th – August 31st at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre This year's guests include huge[...]

So when the blood dries, who's still alive? So if you are looking for a different take on the zombie phenomenon, check out Bath Salts: A Zombie Novel by Goldenberg and Tran available in both digital and print formats. And here is an image from Fan Expo as the authors give Max Brooks a copy of their[...]

Scott Mills checks in after the recent Fan Expo Canada, with some more comics creator news he picked up… Becky Cloonan's next project is a written and drawn original graphic novel. Todd McFarlane said he is in talks with Marc Andreyko to bring back Sam And Twitch as a series and possibly collect Andreyko's previous work on[...]

Photographs by Scott Woods. The individual in a ticket search is Jeff McClinchey. Does he succeed? Let's find out...                    

Scott Mills writes in from Fan Expo Canada with a few more Marvel bits He tells Bleeding Cool that the Shuster Awards winner for best cover artist, Mike Del Mundo, said he has some interior work coming up at Marvel. Bleeding Cool managed to get confirmation that the title he'll be working on is Superior Spider-Man[...]

On Saturday at the Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, the 9th Annual Joe Shuster Awards were presented The awards focus on Canadian Comic Creators and with awards including: Outstanding Cartoonist, Artist, Writer, Colourist, Cover Artist and Publisher. As for the name of the awards: "They are named after pioneering Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster (1914-1992), whose clear, dynamic style[...]

Diana McCallum reports for Bleeding Cool from Toronto Fan Expo. Just got back from the DC panel There was no new information regarding Justice League Canada that we didn't cover already this morning but here are a few things the panel told us: Jeff Lemire said that the Dark City tie-in in Green Arrow #25 will explore[...]

In a letter handed out to vendors at Fan Expo Canada, it's been revealed that the show has been bought by show organisers Informa from Hobby Star. And that the deal occured over the summer, though the original organisers CEO of Hobby Star Aman Gupta and President Steve Menzle have continued to run the show, with[...]

Did we share comic book collections?. His ode to comic book collecting and was shot entirely at a comic book convention (Fan Expo Canada in Toronto 2012) and may well be the first rap video ever shot at a comic convention and it features a slew of cameos (including Marvel Comics artist Steve McNiven and Toronto[...]

 Diana McCallum is at Fan Expo Canada for Bleeding Cool; There was more than just the new Justice League America comic to talk about at Fan Expo Canada today. Greg Capullo discussed what is coming up for Year Two in Batman as 'Joker meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre' The Joker has stolen his face back from the Gotham[...]

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo Canada From Friday's DC Access All Areas panel Was kind of a thin panel, they didn't discuss any major titles except for Flash Only stuff worth noting was: Animal Man 13-17 is going to include a lot of the DC major players (especially Hawkman) Beast Boy, Black Orchid[...]

And it seems that Marvel are keen to repeat the experience. At the Avengers Vs X-Men panel today at the Fan Expo in Toronto, Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso stated that "hopefully we'll be doing more things like this in the future" and that it's "a model for future events at this point." As for the crossovers, Axel stated[...]

The Daily Mail ran a piece the other day in which it criticised Hayden Panettiere for charging $30 a signature at the Fan Expo Canada in Toronto this past weekend, claiming that she must have fallen on hard times. Weird, since I featured her doing the same at Big Apple Comic Con right in the middle[...]

From the Fear Itself panel held at Fan Expo Canada last night, come the following bullet points; The Fearless mini-series will focus on Valkyrie and Sin and what happens to the hammers. Battle Scars will be a murder mystery that turns into a conspiracy. Matt Fraction says to count the foot steps in this image as it is[...]

Jeff Lemire had a spotlight panel at Fan Expo Canada At which we learned; Sweet Tooth will probably end at around issue 50 His Atom back ups in Adventure Comics will tie in to his new Frankenstein series as Ray Palmer becomes a member of the S.H.A.D.E science team. Lemire sees S.H.A.D.E[...]

Jeff McClinchey got busy with the clicky at the Fan Expo this weekend in Toronto He told Bleeding Cool; The show seemed bigger then ever They changed the layout of the show from the past few years but it still suffered from extreme bottle necks between floors One friend said he got stuck on the middle[...]