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As I perused the various pages of comic production art at this year's New York Comic Con I was surprised to see how often the post-production art on display, and for sale, was not the original hand-inked art, inked over the original hand-penciled art. Historically if there was a separate penciler and inker on a particular[...]

Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, hosted their third annual MootCon on Thursday, the first night of New York Comic Con weekend Last year, I found out about MootCon 2 days after the fact, so I made it a point to keep an eye out for this year's event. The group of trivia[...]

At New York Comic Con, Dark Horse unveiled Richard Corben's Rat God, a new series beginning in February A new woodland-set horror, it's a new story inspired by H P Lovecraft. There's a lot of that about right now, but this comic also merges that with Native American stories… Corben has a reputation to disturb… and something tells me[...]

by Ale Bodden Nerdist Writers Podcast hosts, Ben Blacker and Heath Corson, were joined on NYCC stage by creators Greg Pak (X-Treme X-Men) and G. Willow

By Ale Bodden and Ray Flook UPDATE: Andre Tessier writes, First and foremost. Let me say that I was misquoted. The discussion was that Big Finish does not

By Shawn Perry 'Sup from the Big City, Bleeders! Among the many creators that I had the pleasure of speaking with during New York Comic-Con one of the

By Timothy Carson I’ve always had this dream that I’d someday be surrounded by a horde of adoring fans, clawing and pushing one another to simply bask in

June Vigants writes, I made a point to seek out Bioshock cosplayers throughout the NYCC weekend. They appeared every so often but when they did, there was

June Vigants writes, NYCC can be exhausting for fans, press, exhibitors, and professionals alike. There are many times that you just want to drop your

June Vigants writes, This is the first year McCall’s has exhibited at NYCC. I passed by their booth on Saturday en route to a panel and knew I had to stop

Ale Bodden writes, Weekly magazine, Shonen Jump, outdid itself during NYCC. Eric Eberhardt (Marketing director for Shonen Jump) was joined on stage by

by Ale Bodden Once again Kodansha Comics makes its presence be known by announcing many upcoming titles and new titles for some on-going series. The panel

by Ale Bodden One of the biggest issues during conventions, lately, are the lines/wait to get into panels. The only way that you're able to secure a seat

by Ray Flook "The Block brings together art, design, collectible toys, pop-tech and fashion of the underground pop culture scene along with the tastemakers, trend setters, artists, thinkers and the brands that they create." (ReedPOP) I'm amazed by how much more popular The Block has become since its inclusion into New York Comic Con several years back[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. The Hasbro/IDW partnership has been a fruitful one with the blockbuster success of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the ongoing saga of the Transformers The panel was all IDW consisting of John Barber (w), Amy Mebberson (a), Katie Cook (w+a), Mairghread Scott (w),[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. With the action figure industry in a transitional state, I was curious how the factor of scale was impacting the industry We've recently seen Hasbro offer 6" Star Wars in The Black Series, and Mattel downscale to ~4" for its DC Multiverse series Were these[...]

By Paul Gullas Brian K. Vaughan stepped to the podium and gestured to his other panelists to cheers, "first of all, isn't this the most badass panel?". It

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. The Broad City panel was a popular one with every seat taken and many standing A highlight reel of the first season aired followed by the Missy Elliot song 'Work It' This song coaxed creators Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer out to the floor, dancing[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. After a the second time the IFC highlight reel ran (now with audio), the host of Comedy Bang Bang!, Scott Aukerman, took to the stage to find his mic was not live The technical snafus would not end there, but Aukerman used them to his[...]

Jon Johnson wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con, Conventions are always going to be loaded full of weird, wild products by hopeful creators aimed at an amazingly indifferent audience When I attend, I always look for that one thing, that one particular item I think is hands above the creative genius of all[...]

Andy Bentley wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. As I waited for the cast of Bob's Burgers to arrive on stage, I realized the show was entering its 5th season Could the Belchers continue past the lifespan of most live action sitcoms? If the fellowship of the cast and creator is any indication,[...]

By Adi Tantimedh New York-based writer Zachary Mortensen talks about his cyberpunk graphic novel The Gatecrashers and his artist Sutu’s Augmented Reality

June Vigants writes from New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool: I attended the Transgender themes in comics panel this Sunday at NYCC. The panel was moderated by Charles Battersby, a playwright and theatre critic and a member of PressXY, a website exploring transgender issues in gaming. They regarded the term "Transgender" in a rather broad sense, connecting[...]

Jemal Flores writes from New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool: Invisibility: have you ever wanted that power? You could do what ever you like You could go anywhere,do anything at any time To be invisible is cool, you think, right? But what if you actually were invisible ? What if no one cared if the[...]

By Amanda Gurall Executive Producer Matt Miller and the lead actors of ABC's Forever (Tuesdays at 10/9 central) visited us this last weekend at NYCC to

By Adi Tantimedh Ales Kot talks eloquently about the themes of war, violence and politics in his writing, all present in Zero, Secret Avengers and Bucky

These were some of the rumours we ran before New York Comic Con – compared with what was actually announced at or around the show There were a number of female-focused comic books announced by Marvel, including Erica Henderson on Squirrel Girl who we had mentioned earlier – but not those on the checklist Not[...]

By Timothy Carson The panelists for “The Future of Gaming” discussion included: Garett Fuller, David Brevik, Michael Gluck, and James Schmalz. You might

So, a lot happened at New York Comic Con last week, and Bleeding Cool reporters were on hand to report it all There's plenty more coming down the pipe, but here's what Bleeding Cool has run so far…. "What You Are Seeing In Rocket Girl Is Me Being Happy" – Amy Reeder, NYCC's Special Guest For[...]

By far the hottest book coming out of New York Comic Con was the Wytches #1 NYCC Variant. The book was limited to 500 copies, and only 150 were released a day People started lining up before the convention floors opened and by the time the crowds were let in, many were out of luck Image[...]