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Thank you to Phil Boyle, Ryan Boyle, Kevin White, everyone behind the Instore Convention Kick-Off 2016, the sponsors, the publishers, the creators, thanks to Dan Wickline and Christine Marie for providing me with some temporary relief, I hope you guys watching the show at over 300 stores enjoyed yourselves, and for those who couldn't, I hope that[...]

IDW showed the trailer for the new Syfy series Wynonna Earp at the Instore Convention Kick-Off, based on the comic created by Beau Smith and now published by IDW Entertainment – and who are also making the show. Beau Smith talked about going on a set visit for the TV show only for the director to ask him[...]

Jeff Parker and Evan Shaner were at the Instore Convention Kick-Off to talk about the Hanna Barbara revival at DC Comics, especially their Future Quest series, cramming every available action adventure character from the archives together, with at least thirty characters – and cited that this as being Darwyn Cooke's fault for drawing them all together and[...]

And then he would return to Star Wars. But, at the Instore Convention Kick-Off live streaming event, he announced he would be staying on for a further five issues instead of going back to the Force. However working with Bendis with more panels an page, and more characters a panel he has found his speed has reduced[...]

So the trio took to the Instore Convention Kick-Off streaming event , live from a picnic they were at with supporters of the original crowdfunding,  to promote it "It's truly a beautiful comic book" They promised the second webseries will drop in late October and that Fillion and Tudyk will spend a lot more time together[...]

Diamond Select Toys showed off their new figures at Toy Fair 2016 in a video for the Instore Convention Kick-Off, including the iZombie statues, X-Files, Aliens and Teenage Mutant Turtles Minimates, Gotham and Ghostbusters figures, Batman '66 busts, and Nightmare Before Christmas cloth characters…. Take a look… [...]

James Tynion IV has been talking at the Instore Convention Kick-Off event about all manner of comics, The Woods, Batman/TMNT and writing Batman #52. As for the future, as well as a big new project being announced in April, he gave every indication that he would be writing one of the DC Comics Rebirth titles and gave[...]

 At the Marvel panel at the Instore Convention Kick-Off event, streaming to comic stores across America, the question of the Deadpool movie was brought up and what effect that might have on other movies. As the man who brought R-Rated comics to the modern Marvel superhero universe with Alias, now adapted as the R-rated Jessica Jones[...]

Questions asked and answered to the Marvel panel at the Instore Convention Kick-Off included the whereabouts of the Fantastic Four during Civil War II, stating that the Human Torch would be there as would the Thing as the Guardians Of The Galaxy get involved but that was "probably" all "The Fantastic Two" Tom Brevoort dubbed[...]

Written by Cullen Bunn, and announced at the Instore Convention Kick-Off, the X-Men series spin-off series from Civil War II, with Magneto getting rather interested in the Inhuman with a power set that will divide the Marvel Universe over their reaction to the individual in question… It's X-Men Vs Inhumans, folks! UPDATE: Cullen Bunn later stated that the[...]

Tom Brevoort and Brian Bendis represented Marvel at the Instore Convention Kick-Off, streaming to comic stores across the USA today And were happy to show off David Marquez' art from pages 3, 4 and 5 of Civil War II... Follow the rest of our In Store Convention Kickoff coverage here. Tom Brevoort and Brian[...]

Jim Zub was happy to talk Dungeons & Dragons and Figment for the InStore Convention Kick-Off streaming event today, but there was only so much he could talk about the new Thunderbolts series. But he did give us this visual to debate over… "In order to get rolling I had to find out what's happening in the[...]

At the Instore Convention Kick-Off, streaming to stores, Dark Horse senior editor Randy Stradley talked about a recent summit in Los Angeles with Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, other Buffy and Angel writers and Dark Horse staffers to decide just what was coming for Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a comic book And with Season Ten[...]

At the Instore Convention Kickoff streaming to stores right now, Jimmy Palmiotti announced that Harley Quinn is travelling back to the classic Superman Vs Muhammad Ali comic book by Neal Adams, with Harley Quinn taking Muhammad Ali's role. Muhammad Harley? What's more, Neal Adams is drawing the new art… including redrawing this cover with many different celebrities[...]

But at the Instore Convention Kick-Off, streaming to comic stores across the land, Matt Hawkins said he wasn't formally announcing this But his comic book Postal from Top Cow about a place where, despite its inhabitants, no crime is allowed and local postman and Asperer's sufferer Mark Shiffron sees a town struggling to keep its fragile peace, is being developed[...]

As part of the Instore Convention Kick-Off, Matt Hawkins, publisher of Top Cow Comics announced they are giving away fifty free Top Cow comic books, digitally to all. From Think Tank, to Genius, to Sunstone, to Postal, to IXth Generation… take your pick. And follow the rest of our In Store Convention Kickoff coverage here. Click here to download Think[...]

The BOOM! Studios panel at the Instore Convention Kick-Off started off with a bang as Sam Humphries wasted no time showing us the new cover for Jonesy #2.    From there, the conversation rotated between Humphries (Jonesy), Hope Larson and (Goldie Vance), Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Joyride) The group was eager to promote their titles, and while Goldie Vance and Joyride aren't out yet,[...]

  Chrstopher Hastings has been talking Gwenpool on the Instore Convention Kick-Off. As the comic begins, Gwenpool starts off thinking she is fictional, so nothing bad can happen to her, because of the rules of fiction she believes in… but now she is in the Marvel Universe bad things can happen to her… Batroc The Leaper will be a[...]

Skottie Young took to the screen for the In Store Convention KickOff event today. Kevin White started off with saying that he’s a huge fan of I Hate

And here's a look at Howard Porter's art for Scooby Apocalypse, courtesy of Dan DiDio, par of the Hanna Barbara comics he refers to as his pet project at

Dan DiDio peered in to the Instore Convention Kickoff, streaming to comic stores across the USA. He talked about how the DCTV shows are creating tight continuity between them, just as DC Comics was walking away from that in their own continuity with DC You and more, and Dan saw this as DC abandoning their greatest[...]

It's a question that's been asked as DC Comics move a number of their comics to a bi-weekly $2.99 state. Will the page count be cut for the new schedule

That's a KISS figure breaking into Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction presentation to the Instore Convention Kickoff, streaming to comic book stores all day long in the USA. They talked about their work, and working together and apart, and also that together they've written a TV pilot with Krypton/Man Of Steel/Dark Knight David Goyer, a product/concept brought[...]

Hunter and Josh were up from Valiant Entertainment  to talk at the InStore Convention KickOff. Promoting Valiant's upcoming 4001 AD event with all the lovely art below, including an all new Bloodshot with the surviving nanites from Ray Garrison carrying out their final mission – and promising more than just a head. And a brand new female[...]

Marguerite Bennett took to the screen for the In Store Convention KickOff event streaming to stores live today. And she was here to talk Red Sonja, her

Kevin White talked to DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee to kick off the In Store Convention Kick Off, streaming to stores across the USA. Jim Lee talked

This year, we understand we have a little competition. God luck everyone! And if you are at a participating store for this live stream event from publisher to creator to store, do send in photos, comments and observations to richjohnston@gmail.com. They have been practising… practice run for the @InStoreKickOff on saturday revealed @cullenbunn might actually live in a[...]

Big news for the In-Store Convention! The first tentative schedule and guest list has been announced. This one-of-kind live streaming event is sure to be

The In-Store Convention Kick-Off on March 5th will see a number of stores running streaming live video presentations from creators and publishers to comic

Here are the In-Store Convention Kick-Off 2016 variant covers that participating stores can order. The ISCKO is an event coordinated between a number of