NYCC Archives

Diamond Select Toys Wants To Be In Your Freezer
By Jeremy Konrad Diamond Select Toys held a panel on Saturday morning at NYCC, and they are an interesting company to look at right now They hold many licenses including Star Wars, Marvel, Ghostbusters, Lost in Space, and Star Trek What is interesting about them is that they mostly seem to focus on making products that[...]
How Dark Horse Creators Pitched To Robot Chicken
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTC9xa9Tac[/youtube] At the Robot Chicken panel at NYCC, Dark Horse Creators Eliot Rahal (Hunter Quaid) and Donny Cates (Buzzkill) wanted to pitch to Robot Chicken Despite not legally being allowed to So they found a way to get round the barriers of law… 13 minutes in, if you want to skip straight to the squirming.   [...]
Wikia's The Masters of Animanga – Look It Moves NYCC Special by Adi Tantimedh
Adi Tantimedh writes; One of the events at NYCC 2013 that was a big deal but went under-reported was the Masters of Animanga panel to commemorate the successful conclusion of their fan-driven collaboration with several manga and anime masters The Wikia website started out as a variation on Wikipedia, a web hub for fans of anime, manga,[...]
New York City Is Doomed – A Walking Dead Experience
Dan Celko went to NYCC for Bleeding Cool; New York City is DOOMED!!!! Yes you heard me right, New York is doomed and I am the one who caused it. Sit back and listen close because I'm about to tell you the story of how it all happened It all started when me and my friend Joe Glass[...]
Look! Up In The Sky! It's A Pork Bun! It's George Washington!  No! It's…"Creating Educational Comics That Kids Actually Want To Read"!
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[...]
What Ray Flook Learned At New York Comic Con
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[...]
The Evil Of Speculation Unleashed At NYCC
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[...]
Creating Comics The ComiXology Way
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[...]
Surviving Kevin Smith: Tales Of A First-Time Live-Blogger
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[...]
A Nerd Girl's Stroll Through NYCC's Artist Alley
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[...]
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Most Dedicated Creative Team of All Time
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[...]
Grace Randolph's Stacktastic – The Return Of Stephanie Brown At NYCC
[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 Walking Dead: Escape NYCC, Via Google Glass
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[...]
Skin Tight USA – A Front Row Seat
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[...]
NYCC Organizers Face The Fans With A Post-Con Q&A
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[...]
Eleven NYCC Panels In Full Glorious Audio From Jamie Colville
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)[...]
NYCC Through Google Glass: Why Glass Will Be Great For Cons
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[...]
Lining Up For Korra
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
An All New Spider-Man 2099 #1 With Simone Bianchi? (Superior Spider-Man Spoilers)
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[...]