Avatar Press is following up a big presence at Denver Comic Con this past weekend with an equally awesome presence at Phoenix Comic Con this coming weekend. Avatar's guests for signings will be: Max Brooks, Jacen Burrows, and Christian Zanier. Avatar's con exclusives will be: Crossed #75 VIP Pure Art cover – free to our […]
Cartoonist Josh C Lyman, a full time illustrator working the convention circuit across the USA, has a tale of woe to share with Bleeding Cool and its readers. I flew back from Phoenix Fan Fest this past weekend to my apartment in Austin; and exhausted from the aforementioned, I decided I would take a nap […]
I spent this last weekend at the Phoenix Comic Con working my table and taking pictures of the cosplayers that passed by. I noticed that the bar on originality has been raised as you can tell by the inclusion of Cyberman Freddy Mercury. Also the scope of accessible has expanded to include television commercials as […]
We've got a couple more Phoenix Comic Con panels from Nai Wang (check out his youtube page for more). Here we have the panel with Stan "The Man" Lee (with guest Todd McFarlane), the Batman Reunion Panel with Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar and the Power Rangers Reunion Panel with David Yost, Austin […]
We've got some more panel coverage from the Phoenix Comic Con by Nai Wang. This time we have Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle), Mark Sheppard (Dr Who, Supernatural) and Bruce Campbell (Army Of Darkness, Burn Notice). Check out Nai Wang's youtube page for his other videos. [youtube]http://youtu.be/0Bq388xfFuY[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/PiuPbjth_FA[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/KZKseyRlRs0[/youtube]
For those of you who were not able to get to the Phoenix Comic Con this weekend… or were like me who was at the convention but never got away from his table long enough to watch a panel… we're luck because the incredible Nai Wang went and video taped most of the actor spotlight […]
By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent With summer just a few weeks away, the season of cons and expos are upon us and liable to break more than a few budgets and cause some to consider taking a second mortgage. One of the things I noticed when looking at the various events, […]
I have been watching (and attending) as the Phoenix Comic Con grows into one of the larger shows in the country. The first one I went to was in September of 2006 and had an attendance of 2,500. By 2010 they were just under 14,000 and in 2013 they were at over 55,000 attendees. The […]
Armor Hunters is the big summer event for Valiant and folks at this years Phoenix Comic Con will get an opportunity to get an early copy of #1 with an exclusive Tommy Lee Edwards cover. Creators at the show for Valiant include writers Robert Venditti (Armor Hunters, X-O Manowar), Fred Van Lente (The Delinquents, Archer & […]
One of my favorite conventions every year is the Phoenix Comic Con. Between the amazing staff and the incredibly friendly and appreciative attendees it is my 'don't-miss' show on the convention circuit. And I will be there again this year. I've talked the show up to everyone I could over the years including Avatar Press […]
Anabel Martinez posted the above image comparison talking about artist Jeff Pina and Phoenix Comic Con's decison to invite Paul Bradford to their show again this year, saying, Jeff's original art on the top left. Bottom left was Paul Bradford's theft of his art, which he made into a t-shirt to sell. When he was […]
The Comedy Comics Magazine The Devastator ran a poll among indie comics creators to learn what their needs are when it comes to conventions and shows in an effort to help make those shows more welcoming for creator-owned projects. The wide array of shows that the survey ended up reporting on is truly impressive, including […]
Si Spurrier has posted about a new comic book project. He writes; See, there's this comicbook project which I've been working-on secretly for 3 years. It's epic and it's dark and it's deconstructive and it's gorgeous and it's mythic and it's sleazy and it's brutal and it's at one and the same time the most […]
I've just landed at Phoenix, Arizona (after the air stewardess told us that if we looked out of the left windows, we could see fire and smoke) and have been whisked to my hotel room for tomorrow's Phoenix Comic Con. No sooner had I settled in and wrangled the wifi, than a young man knocked […]