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Harlem To Host Its First Black Comic Book Festival To Launch In January
On Saturday, January 12th from 10am to 4pm, The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture of Harlem, New York, will be launching their first Black Comic Festival. It is described as "a dynamic festival for young people that celebrates the rich tradition of black superheroes and features a screening of the film "White Scripts and[...]
White Luke Cage Gets A Talk Show – Afterwards, They Will Explode
White Luke Cage invites Galacta onto his talk show at the New York Comic Con… courtesy of Patrick Willems. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkak9ySqm9o[/youtube] White Luke Cage invites Galacta onto his talk show at the New York Comic Con… courtesy of Patrick Willems. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkak9ySqm9o[/youtube] [...]
Scott Pilgrim And New York Comic Con Security – Afterwards They Will Explode
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abUQkZjv6M[/youtube] Patrick Willems went to New York Comic Con and filmed this example of comic convention security in action. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abUQkZjv6M[/youtube] Patrick Willems went to New York Comic Con and filmed this example of comic convention security in action. [...]
SDCC VS NYCC – Deathmatch
Alex Wilson went to San Diego and NEw York for Bleeding Cool Time for a grudge match; New York Comic Con (NYCC) and San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) are a few of the biggest events in the comic book industry NYCC sits around 105,000 people while SDCC just pushes over that with 125,000 but let's face[...]
The Best Booster Gold Cosplay In The World Ever – Afterwards They Will Explode
Patrick Willems went to New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool This is what he found… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQPaHBLau18[/youtube] Patrick Willems went to New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool This is what he found… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQPaHBLau18[/youtube] Patrick Willems went to New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool[...]
The Fecal Swastika Graffiti Of NYCC
Louis Falcetti reports from a hopefully-unusual sight from New York Comic Con And provides photographic evidence. Isn't that lovely? A swastiki painted on the wall in poo I'd keep an eye on the brown speckled Stormtroopers myself Of course, some people had other points to make in the Javits Center toilets during NYCC.   Spics? Really? [...]
When Bill Jemas Met Paul Levitz At NYCC
Even today after DC's reorganisation and Jemas' departure from Marvel, DC's Bob Wayne has stated that the two companies wouldn't work on crossovers while Joe Quesada was still at the company. I am told that at a meet-and-greet for New York Comic Con I attended (but arrived too late for this moment), Bill Jemas and Paul[...]
NYCC 2012: A Unique & Common Experience
Everyone is in. My New York Comic Con was a lot like my last New York Comic Con, which was a lot like other Cons, but only in the comforting familiarity of one's favored environment For example, it's not a Comic Convention unless I end up standing or walking next to Paul Levitz It happens every[...]
The Doctor Via Cyanide And Happiness
This is what people send me after comic conventions. Honestly. Hey, I ran into the guys who create the web comic "Cyanide and Happiness." I asked them to
The World At Noonan – Too Much Nolan In My Diet
At the New York Comic Con, I happened to find myself at one of the DC Comics panels And I couldn;t help but hear a most entertaining conversation behind me, before the panel began Turning round, I met Lucy Noonan And now you get to meet her too… Recently I attended the Arrow panel at New[...]
When Hollywood Steals From Comics
Mike Greear wrotes for Bleeding Cool from NYCC. Photo by Seth Kushner. If any aspiring comic book creators were still under the impression that bringing
Surviving The Public: Unshelved
"Are you a librarian? Do you know any librarians?" It's not a frightening twilight zone interrogation scene, it's the Surviving The Public panel at the New York Comic Con, put on by the webcomic (and more) Unshelved. Despite the small number of actual librarians in attendance, it turns out that like Kevin Bacon, pretty much everyone knew[...]
Eight NYCC Panels In Audio – From Morrison To Mignola
Go see his 126 photo-strong gallery of New York Comic Con 2012… and then the audio of eight panels you may not have had time to go to. Irwin Hasen Spotlight (51:21, 47mb) [audio:http://www.TheComicbooks.com/Audio/12-10-11-NYCC-IrwinHasenSpotlight.mp3] On the panel was Irwin Hasen, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth and Paul Levitz The panel was moderated by Danny Fingeroth[...]
The Hot Sellers of NYCC 2012
Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool; The New York Comic Con isn't all about book announcements, parties, sketches and cosplay Believe it or not, a huge chunk of the show is dedicated to the acquisition of cash For every person who complains about conventions not being about comics, I say that you have not hung around[...]
Garth Ennis And His Big Reveal
Alex Wilson reported from New York Comic Con There was small hush over the room as all eyes turned to the corridor between the two sections of seats Then, a roar of applause as Garth Ennis himself walked into the panel I was ecstatic Garth Ennis is one of my favorite writers with titles such as[...]
Raven The Wonder Bomb Sniffing Dog Of NYCC
Alex Wilson writes; Meet the girl who kept you safe during New York Comic Con Raven worked hard, walking the convention center, blocking out the smell of sweaty comic book geeks and nerds to keep her ever vigilant nose on the prize of safety and explosives Her ears and nose perked up at each passer by,[...]