NYCC Archives

Professor of Education, Long Island University) Ray Flook and Paul Gullas wrote from NYCC for Bleeding Cool; They gather from around the planet: Chinese delicacies come to life, fighting for freedom and honor; an axe-wielding, powdered-wig-wearing ex-President of the United States, telling the truth and chopping down cherry trees; an organization looking to bring graphic textbooks into[...]

Alejandra Bodden writes; Dark Horse publicist Aub Driver and Scott Allie (Editor in-chief) were joined by Mac Walters (MASS EFFECT), Tommy Lee Edwards

Good year for some price-haggling… ●Glenn Hauman (Comic Mix) pronounces his last name "human"…whether he likes it or not. ●There were three types of BREAKING BAD costumes this year: Walter White in Heisenberg-mode Walter White in "cooking meth"-mode Walter White in both modes…but apparently showing that the cancer had been in remission for QUITE some time and Walter got his[...]

Timothy writes; After taking a few days to process my experience at NYCC, I have discovered a few things: A diet of foot-long hot dogs and coffee does a number on your digestive system; New York City never sleeps The streets are just as alive at 3 AM; And finally, being a reporter for Bleeding Cool is a lot[...]

Jeremy Konrad attending NYCC for Bleeding Cool; When I first heard that I would be going to NYCC, I knew it was the chance of a lifetime I also knew that it was going to be quite expensive Knowing that money was tight, I decided to bring some comics from my personal collection to sell at[...]

Ray Flook attended NYCC for Bleeding Cool; There are some panels that are very structured, with a moderator; a set panel; audio/visual presentations; and usually time at the end for a "Q&A." There are other panels that are less structured, usually where the "Q&A" starts earlier and the conversations have a structured-yet-loose flow to them.   Then there's[...]

Alejandra Bodden (@alebodden11) writes from NYCC; I have to say that I was a non-believer I was adamant against trying digital anything (even having a kindle, which I had to get as an English Major), but even more so toward digital comics What can I say? I am an old fashioned girl; I like the smell[...]

Ray Flook write from NYCC for Bleeding Cool;   "Your very first live blog is Kevin Smith! You're a fan…you know his stuff Noooooo problem! – My Fanboy Voice in My Head Trying To Talk Down From The Ledge My Writer Voice In My Head Kevin Smith isn't easy I thought I understood this as someone who's watched[...]

Alejandra Bodden writes; The part I was looking forward to the most during NYCC was walking Artist Alley—I'm always in awe when I walk around admiring the beautiful art that covers every booth This year it didn't disappoint; the opposite actually: it was the best part of the whole convention (apart from getting to talk to[...]

Elizabeth Heyman wrote for Bleeding Cool from NYCC When I first sat down at this past weekend's "The Year of Mouse Guard" panel, I did not at all expect to sit through a slideshow of perfectly accurate to scale models of all the mythical locations from the series That's not to say that I was disappointed[...]

Alejandra Bodden writes; Hello Whovian nation! I attended the 50 Years of Doctor Who panel on Saturday, and it didn’t disappoint. The Panel consisted of:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkctEMZpcZA[/youtube] Grace Randolph writes; My review of the NYCC 2013 highlights from Marvel and DC Comics! Stephanie Brown joins the New 52 as Spoiler in weekly title Batman Eternal! Nightwing and Superboy will DIE! Guardians of the Galaxy will crossover with the X-Men, while Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers will join them! Loki grows up to become[...]

The following is part of a series of videos by Marq Romero of his NYCC experience using Google Glass. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFM5HSU2Fkg[/youtube] My beautiful Walker wife, via with Google Glass. The Walking Dead Escape was an event held outside of NYCC and is the official zombie obstacle course of The Walking Dead[...]

Joe Glass writes; Capes, tights, and insane bulges are common at NYCC but no more so at gay con party Skin Tight USA. The lycra superhero brigade joined together en masse last Saturday night at Stonewall Inn to take part in the con special edition of STUSA No costume? No problem, you can rent something tight and[...]

An interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Kevin J. Foxe presents his new project: Mandala, the upcoming Dark Horse comic and his reality-hacking

Paul Gullas wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con At 4pm on Sunday afternoon, as the 2013 New York Comic Con was winding down and that familiar mixture of sadness, relief and exhaustion was setting in for the masses at the Javits Convention Center, the braintrust of NYCC gathered in room 1A15 to hear[...]

Elizabeth Heyman writes for Bleeding Cool: This is a continuation of an interview with comic legend Neal Adams and his academic partner Dr Rafael Medoff

By Nikolai Fomich New York Comic Con kicked off last Thursday night with Brian Posehn’s Mutant Comedy Crew, featuring performances by Mike Drucker, Myq

From left: Charles Kochman, Editorial Director, Abrams ComicArts; Dr. Carol Tilley, Associate Professor, GSLIS, University of Illinois; and Charles

One man and his dictaphone who goes around conventions, picking and choosing panels, and then recording them, as well as taking some great photos. And here's what he came home with. [audio:http://www.TheComicbooks.com/Audio/2013-10-09-NYCC-ICV2-GraphicNovelsInADigitalWorld.mp3] Graphic Novels – Growing in a Digital World (1:01:51, 56.6mb) This was moderated by Calvin Reid (Publisher's Weekly)[...]

Amanda Gurall writes; The Walking Dead panel was the epicenter of the main stage insanity today and those of us who waited all day (including a couple of

The following is part of a series of videos by Marq Romero of his NYCC experience using Google Glass.  Like most of you who attended NYCC, I too am going through con withdrawal Thankfully editing these videos has been helping me cope Looking back at this past weekend, I have to say Google Glass definitely enhanced[...]

8 is available at NYCC for sale- but if you are not here: it will be hitting stores on October 29th There will also be an ATTACK ON TITAN GUIDEBOOK: INSIDE & OUTSIDE that will be coming out soon It will be full of special content such as characters intro and concept art… Kodansha Comics just[...]

Sofia Annunziata writes for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con After marching around queue barriers and getting a decent seat inside, it was time for

With the following premise… but who will work on it? Well, I'm told by Chris Rupps that in the Marvel Unlimited Plus panel, accessible only to members of the Marvel Unlimited Plus digital subscription plan, they announced a new Spider-Man 2099 series… …to be drawn by Simone Bianchi. These are the other launches/relaunches from Marvel announced at[...]

Today sees the release of Star Trek: Khan #1 in all good comic book stores. You may need to prepare yourself. Here, thanks to New York Comic Con is a

Check out his Saturday coverage of Day 4 at NYCC.  Also see his cosplay photo galleries from day 3, day 2 and day 1… that's over 800 cosplay photos in total And each a real gem! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

I had a very enjoyable, if hard working New York Comic Con. But for some, it was rather difficult. Here's a report by one volunteer working at the show,

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool: At NYCC, Lone Wolf & Cub creator Kazuo Koike offered a pro-tip for writers and aspiring writers who struggle to write their stories: Create the villain first. For Koike, once a writer has a well-defined villain with motives and the antagonism he or she might wreck, it gives something for the heroes[...]

An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Gen Manga are the only publisher in West that brings out indie and underground manga from Japan. We catch