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Taylor Swift at this weekend's Megacon Orlando? Not quite, but she is there, at least in spirit, courtesy of Alé Garza. Alé Garza (short for Alejandro Garza) has spent a lifetime in comics Creating comics since he was eighteen, with Ninja Boy, he began working at Wildstorm on tiles such as Gen-13, Dv8, Stormwatch and WildC.A.T.S before[...]

The doors of Megacon, the new London comic convention have opened at the ExCel Centre, usually home to MCM This show is organised be the folk who used to run the MCM until they sold to ReedPOP ten years ago Yes, that will be interesting, won't it? I'll be reporting from here all day And[...]

And then at the Marvel Fall Of X panel at MegaCon Orlando, it all went official as Jordan D White,  Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Percy and Joshua Cassara started talking about, and showing off their stuff As Shadowcat becomes darker and edgier in full ninja gear as… Shadowkat That K instead of a C makes all[...]

If you were planning to bring your 1991 Undertaker classic WWF rookie trading card to get signed at MegaCon in Florida on May 20th, think again! The Undertaker will not sign your 1991 Undertaker rookie card or, for good measure, any 1991 trading cards, just in case The Undertaker will also not sign any event[...]

Hosting events in the UK and around the world, including London, Birmingham, the Midlands, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Manchester, Scotland, Stockholm, Malmö, Copenhagen, Belgium, and Hanover, in 2017 Bleeding Cool broke the news that NYCC/C2E2/ECCC organisers ReedPop would acquire MCM and all of its events throughout the UK. Original Founder Of MCM Launches Rival UK Comic[...]

We hear that his last issue with be #85, which would take him up to the end of 2019. We understand that this decision went down during Megacon in Orlando this past weekend No one is going on the record, no one is giving unqualified confirmation, but significant people appear to believe this just went down[...]

I just had no idea they were going to be at MegaCon in the first place. It wasn't until I was in the middle of talking to comic book creator/writer Martin Dunn that I was introduced to Joshua Werner, co-founder and art director of Source Point Press, and Kasey Pierce, writer of the comic Nora and the[...]

On Friday, 11AM, at Megacon in Orlando, Florida, a new underground comics imprint will launch, but with quite a bit of steam behind them already Punkhouse Press has a lot of big ideas, including operating outside the Diamond distribution system, and if you're in the Orlando area this weekend (or if they manage to livestream their[...]

Christine Alger joins the team after spending a decade with MegaCon where she worked along side her mother, the founder of the convention. "A lot has changed since we hosted our first show in Long Beach seven years ago" said Martha Donato, Executive Director and Founder of MAD Events "We continue to outpace the industry in[...]

Thanks to Erin Manzo for filming this one… John Barrowman singing as Ariel The Little Mermaid at Megacon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy0XKD6IgAAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: John Barrowman Sings Little Mermaid – Bleeding Cool (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy0XKD6IgAA) Thanks to Erin Manzo for filming this one… John Barrowman singing as Ariel The Little Mermaid at Megacon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy0XKD6IgAAVideo can't be loaded[...]

So of course, it's only natural that developer Versus Evil teamed up with MegaCon Games to make a board game version – right? Anyway, the Kickstarter has been funded in under thirty minutes after launching yesterday, and to celebrate that fact, it's revealed a few more details about the game: Based on the successful and critically acclaimed[...]

We brought it to Orlando's Megacon as our first show and did really well We were subsequently in the top 200 of Diamond orders for our very first issue Students of the Unusual is a horror adventure series and follows a community as they're infiltrated by evil forces and the children who decide to do[...]

Also Mike shares an interview he did at MegaCon with Timely Comics/Marvel golden age legend Allen Bellman Did we mention Lando is getting his on Marvel Miniseries? Mighty Marvel Geeks NCBD picks for April 22, 2015 are: True Believers: Infinity Gauntlet #1, Avengers: Millennium #4, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4, Avengers: Operation Hydra #1, Star Wars[...]

Bleeding Cool welcomes back We Be Geeks, hosting a variety of guests and covering a wide range of geek topics. This week the We Be Geeks gang recaps their experiences at two different cons: MegaCon in Orlando and Steel City Con in Pittsburgh And we are joined by a special guest: Mike's wife Malissa, who shares[...]

Summer came early this year to Florida, making the weekend of MegaCon in Orlando a particularly steamy one This is my second year now at the convention (purchased just recently by the company that runs FanExpo out of Canada), and it was a mixed bag for me as a writer about comics and conventions and[...]

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[...]

Megacon is the Orlando, FL based comic book convention that takes place in the spring Their mascot, a gator, has been drawn by many people over the years including Frank Cho and George Perez Christine Alger posted on Twitter a sneak peek at the 2015 MegaCon Gator by Sergio Cariello and Laura Martin MegaCon will[...]

By Ian Mageto This is Part 3 of 3 of Comics and Cosplay's visit to MegaCon at the Orlando Convention Center in Florida hosted by our Senior Bleeding Cosplay Correspondent Ian Mageto Part 1 was a "conumentary" and Part 2 covered the 80's Animation party in cosplay Watch this last installment of all the amazing cosplayers[...]

By Ian Mageto This is part 2 of 3 of Comics and Cosplay's visit to MegaCon at the Orlando Convention Center in Florida, hosted by Bleeding Cool's Senior Cosplay Correspondent Ian Mageto This video features the 80's Cartoon after party produced by Moshi Moshi Productions See all the amazing cosplayers from this awesome party. You can follow[...]

Our Bleeding Cosplay Columnist and Senior Cosplay Correspondent Ian Mageto was at MegaCon and has been creating more of his Comics and Cosplay videos. This is part 1 of 3 of Comics and Cosplay's visit to MegaCon at the Orlando Convention Center in Florida catching up with some amazing cosplayers. You can follow Comics and Cosplay here: TWITTER[...]

Plenty of pirate goodness awaits in new comic Anne Bonnie from Blue Juice Comics, and they've kindly provided Bleeding Cool with this preview, as well as the reminder that you can get your print copy in its first available location at MegaCon in Florida this weekend, booth #635. Anne Bonnie springs from the full-color imagination of[...]

The Scenario Packs were a modest success. For our new book, we decided to expand the comic book portion, making it a full-fledged comic book, telling the tale of how the Ghouls arrived on Earth and how they became a global threat and the dangers faced by our heroes — David Lake, Pamela Gray and Cornealius[...]

Stan Lee pulled out of the Amazing Arizona Comic Con over illness. It has just been announced that he has also pulled out of Megacon, based in Orlando Florida running from the 15th to the 17th of March. The Megacon Facebook account states; I regret to announce that Stan Lee has canceled his appearance at MegaCon 2013[...]

Yesterday, not only did Gene and I, two nerds that 99.9% of the nerd community has never heard of before tonight, make a statement with the Nerd Nation Artist's Alley Spotlight Panel at MegaCon 2012 – but it was truly the beginning of something that will no doubt become a MegaCon annual event. And naturally, like[...]

Since it's looking like March Madness is going to be a bust for me this year, it's particularly nice to see con season picking up steam: better weather is right around the corner, the industry is shaking off the last of its winter frost, and con panelists and other guests start dropping info of interest[...]

Siike Donnelly is reporting for Bleeding Cool from Megacon Seriously, you try to stop him  Photo at right by Pat Covey. Like all things when I'm involved, it started with a bang! I'm not the shy type anymore I'm not easy to intimidate And my philosphy when it comes to asking anyone a question is simple… "the[...]

Siike Donnelly is attending Megacon for Bleeding Cool And he just bumped into Darwyn Cooke, briefly, who is appearing at the show Guess what they talked about… Siike: I'm a big fan I loved your work back to the Batman Beyond intro on the cartoon… can you give me any details on Minutemen? When it takes[...]

In fact, MegaCon in Orlando, FL is this weekend (Feb 17-19) and I know just the panel that would make a great first: the Nerd Nation panel Gene Hoyle is a fellow nerd who after reading my article about meeting Geoff Johns, has become a great friend Not only has he made me a part[...]

He's the gift who keeps on swiping. From Ty Templeton, a man whose work Granito swiped; From Adam Gorham... From met2art; From Yoni Limor; From Tananda

A stealth video taken of Rob Granito's stall at Megacon… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeAYgmiRDcY[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Qsvo_JJu8[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCUS732VuKE[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdyD9ooS61s[/youtube] Not how his credits have suddenly faded[...]