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NYCC Debut: Five Ghosts
Frank J. Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham will be at table BB7 at NYCC to debut their new comic, a 32 page story, oversized, printed on vintage newsprint with
Batman Gets Drunk To Launch A Beer For New York Comic Con
  Launching next month for the New York Comic Con is a new beer, The Defender from Brooklyn Brewery It will be available at the show, and also from a number of local bars: BROOKLYN + Barcade + Mugs Ale House + Kent Ale House + Pine Box Rock Shop + Nitehawk Cinema QUEENS + Sunswick MANHATTAN + Pony Bar (Hell's Kitchen & UES locations) + New York Beer Company + Beer Authority + Rattle N Hum + Ginger[...]
Are You Ready For New York Comic Con? – Afterwards, They Will Explode
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGn_Ezu0qAM[/youtube] Patrick Willems gets put through his paces ahead of the New York Comic Con 2012, for Bleeding Cool – are you ready? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGn_Ezu0qAM[/youtube] Patrick Willems gets put through his paces ahead of the New York Comic Con 2012, for Bleeding Cool – are you ready? [...]
Where To Find Me At New York Comic Con
I fly out even later on the Sunday. And for that period I'm in New York for the New York Comic Con. I'll be staying at the New Yorker Hotel You want to leave anything for me, you can do it there My phone number for the show will likely be +619-623-9871 And I'll be on or[...]
Venom Comes To Philadelphia. Local Press Hold A Party.
The local media is getting excited… just not necessary the local media in Philadelphia. Either way Marvel comics character, Venom, is leaving New York for Philadelphia Both the writer Cullen Bunn and editor Tom Brennan went to Philadelphia's Drexel University, and they're giving their alumni their own superhero. Or, at least, something close to it. Bunn is quoted[...]
The New New York Forbidden Planet On Broadway
Frazer Brown writes for Bleeding Cool on the new location for Forbidden Planet New York… right round the corner of the old one. Walking in to the new NYC Forbidden Planet flagship store (conveniently approx 3 doors own from the old Forbidden Planet store on Broadway), I was slightly underwhelmed, The shop has a sense of[...]
Launching A New Kind Of Comic Store With Kickstarter
Bleeding Cool has reported about the attempts of the comic industry to encourage existing comic shop owners to open up new comic shops. But what if you could open up an entirely different kind of comic shop? Escape Pod Comics is planned to open in New York, and using Kickstarter to fund its first year of operation[...]
Wednesday Runaround – Two Weddings And The Walking Dead
WeddingWatch: The New York Times reports on today's same-sex wedding at Midtown Comics Downtown, to coincide with the launch of Astonishing X-Men #51. In honor of the release of "Astonishing X-Men No 51," in which the mutant superhero Northstar marries his boyfriend Kyle, Midtown Comics will present the wedding of Scott Everhart, 39, and Jason Welker,[...]
Closing A Comic Shop, Eighteen Months On
New York Comic Con was coming up and we had commissioned two Convention Exclusive Variants for the show Another Transformers cover and one for GI Joe We booked Michael Bell, who had voiced many characters in both original cartoon shows to attend and sign autographs, as well as cover artist Casey Coller and cover colourist[...]
The Ghostbusters Tour Of New York – Patrick Willems' Afterwards They Will Explode
Patrick Willems has moved to New York In his new Afterwards They Will Explode, he celebrates his new location as only he knows how, for Bleeding Cool. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c85kOdXyIpY[/youtube] Patrick Willems has moved to New York In his new Afterwards They Will Explode, he celebrates his new location as only he knows how, for Bleeding Cool. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c85kOdXyIpY[/youtube] [...]
Montasy Comics Changes Name Because Of Midtown Comics
The other week, Bleeding Cool reported that New York store Montasy Comics was to open a new outlet in Manhattan Midtown, going up against Jim Hanley's and Midtown Comics. The location has now been confirmed on the second floor of 431 Fifth Ave on 38th Street. It is up the street from Jim Hanleys and about halfway[...]
Taking Cocktails With Stan Lee And The Fonz
Not everything is happening in Seattle right now you know. Mike Carbonaro kicked off this weekend's New York Comic Book Marketplace (NYCBM) with an exclusive cocktail reception featuring guest of honor Stan Lee Stan was in fine form and during a brief stint on stage he had the crowd hanging on his every word. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HSaC78SfN8[/youtube] "It's great to[...]
Doonesbury Status – From The New York Printing Presses
This is in upstate New York. The Utica Observer-Dispatch, a Gatehouse Media paper, is NOT running these Doonesburys I think they shy away from the controversial ones in general We've been printing this paper less than a year, and from what I gathered from reading it, when they switched over the format when they started printing[...]
Cute Avengers Cute Assemble!
We begin with a few Avengers Bobble Heads at Toy Fair 2012, courtesy of Paul Nicholasi of Idle Hands, slide through the Avengers Super Hero Squad figures
New York Times Put Real Life Superheroes On The Front Page
Today the New York Times has put Real Life Super Heroes on the front paage of their paper in an article talking about Salt Lake City's own Utah saints, Black Monday comprised of  Red Voltage, Asylum, Nihilist and more. "Red Voltage, who in mild-mannered daytime life is a 23-year-old residential leasing manager named Roman Daniels, casually[...]
The Lion's Head Pub Of The Marvel Universe
But next time I'm in New York? I'm popping in. The Lion's Head Tavern is on the corner of 109th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan It's been open since 2002, offering "wings, beer, and sports".  You know the kind of place. But not only can you find it in our universe, it seems to have[...]
Fifty Things I Discovered At New York Comic Con
And they're not even based in New York and so were without home advantage. 3 Asking Dan Slott to hug members of the audience is a running joke that looks like it will well continue into the next year It starts to come over as almost office bullying But Dan doesn't seem to mind… too much. 4[...]
When Blind People Go To New York Comic Con
It may seem a rather stretched juxtaposition, a New York Comic Con being a litany of visual treats, but that's never stopped Tommy Edison before And here's his video report… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPdk6A8fRLI[/youtube] Previously… Edison reviews Scream 4. It may seem a rather stretched juxtaposition, a New York Comic Con being a litany of visual treats, but that's never[...]
Sunday Runaround – The Disappearance Of Thor… And Amy Reeder?
Two characters, a rebel with a magic mask and the titular young prostitute, find themselves about to be united in revolution. Justice League: Doom Trailer Debuts | Superhero Hype Straight from its premiere at New York Comic-Con, IGN has debuted the trailer for the next feature-length animated DC Universe fim, Justice League: Doom Check it out in[...]