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Wizard World Gaming Atlanta In January Cancelled, Will Debut In Portland In February Instead
But now Bleeding Cool understand Wizard World Gaming Atlanta has been cancelled and all tickets are being refunded. Instead the first Wizard World Gaming event will be as part of Wizard World Portland Comic Con from February 19th-21st, which will provide Gaming-only tickets as well as access-all-areas tickets. Bleeding Cool understands that this is die to a number[...]
100 Comic Book Sales On Black Friday – Including 25% Off Wizard World Tickets
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Hannah Means-Shannon Joins Dark Horse Comics, As They Hire Four New Staffers
And now we can see where she's been driving to. She has been announced as Associate Editor for Dark Horse Comics in Portland, alongside Bekah Caden and Rachel Roberts, while Judy Khuu has been hired as an Executive Assistant "We're extremely proud of and confident in our new staff members They each bring with them unique talents and new skill sets,"[...]
A Bitch Planet Party In Portland With Kelly Sue DeConnick
Kelly Sue DeConnick is coming to Floating World in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, October 7th to celebrate the release of Bitch Planet Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine. De Connick has become a powerhouse figure in comics, inspiring dedication from her readers I wonder if Floating World is ready for them all? And ready for them all to[...]
Sandman, Statues And Sales – More From DC Comics At ComicsPRO
Bleeding Cool is continuing to bring you reports from ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer conference happening right now in Portland And more on yesterday's presentations from DC Comics, specifically the collectibles panel. The DC Collectibles panels ran through what they see as the more marketable of their upcoming products Which includes A Terry Dodson designer action figure[...]
DC ComicsPRO Gossip – The End Of Sales Calls?
Today will see Dark Horse and DC Comics give their big presentations at the ComicsPRO comic book retailer meeting in Portland. We talked about Dark Horse's plans earlier, and DC Comics will be reiterating much of what they told people at Burbank and Orlando recently. One thing I was told from a mysterious "1700 Broadway" fake e-mail[...]
The Look of ComicsPRO In Portland
And in the morning? Voodoo doughnuts!   Twitpics courtesy of Jack Gangi, Calum Johnston, Heroes Landing, Happy Harbor and Scott Allie… Follow more of our ComicsPRO Portland 2015 coverage here.   Dark Horse's Scott Allie and DC's Dan DiDio in the ComicsPRO bar last night… is it me or do they loo ka little like upside down images of each[...]
Dark Horse Comics Comes To ComicsPRO With Fight Club, Rebels And Beer
ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer activist organisation, is meeting in Portland today. Home to a number of comic book publishers and creators, including Dark Horse Comics. Which is why they have a very big presentation this morning to the assembled retailers who make it to Portland. You will have read Scott Allie talking to Bleeding Cool EIC Hannah[...]
Oni To Announce Invader Zim At ComicsPRO? And Their Solicits For May 2015
Oni will be giving their presentation there in two days after all… Follow more of our ComicsPRO Portland 2015 coverage here. Oh and here are those Oni Press May solicitations… RICK AND MORTY #2 (W) Zac Gorman (A/CA) CJ Cannon, Ryan Hill The stars of the hit [adult swim] show continue their first epic comic book adventure in Part Two[...]
Gail Simone And Matt Wagner Head To ComicsPro With New Project News From Dynamite
Simone has been working on a very long run with Red Sonja which I believe was coming to an end while Wagner recently teamed with Quentin Tarantino on the Django / Zorro series which just solicited its final issue. And here are the exclusive covers for Legenderry: Green Hornet, Legenderry: Red Sonja and Legenderry: Vampirella. [...]
The ComicsPRO Prometheus Variant Revealed – Plus Kelly Sue DeConnick In Q&A
 Those two elements best bridged the project. HMS:  Thanks very much for taking the time to talk to us at Bleeding Cool, Kelly Sue. Prometheus: Fire and Stone "Omega" lands in shops today, February 11th. Follow more of our ComicsPRO Portland 2015 coverage here. Things are gearing up for ComicsPRO next week, the conference of particular importance to[...]
Steve Lieber Raises Thousands For Hero Initiative At Wizard World Portland
reporting for Bleeding Cool in Portland Oregon, at Wizard World Portland. There are many heroes in comic books Mostly we see super heroes in the pages of comic books, sometimes every day heroes as well, but the heroes behind the scenes are truly rare.  There is also the Hero Initiative, a non-profit that in its own[...]
ComicsPRO's Annual Meeting Moves To Portland For 2015
ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer trade organisation are having their annual drink up meeting in Portland, Oregon, next year from February 19th to the 21st, Handy for Dark Horse and Oni, and for the sizeable comic book creative community in the city. Held at the Portland Hilton and Executive Tower, bricks'n'mortar retailers will arrive for a weekend of free[...]
Sgt Wu And Captain Renard Take Center Stage In Grimm – Portland, Wu
Wu and traveling to Portland all in a new one-shot from Dynamite Entertainment Kevin Pearl caught up with writers Kyle McVey and Marc Gaffen to talk about the new special and working with artist Daniel Govar. KEVIN PEARL: What can fans of the show expect going into the comic? Kyle McVey: They can expect to see Sgt[...]
Marvel To Do Exclusive Cover Series For All 16 Wizard World Shows in 2014
The first two covers will debut in Portland (Jan 24-26) and New Orleans (Feb 7-9). Comic's legend Neal Adams will be doing the first two covers Miracleman #1 with the Adams cover will be given out in Portland New Orleans will get their Adams cover on Miracleman #2 The covers will be interlocking and feature both[...]
John Schork Moves From IDW To Oni Press
Minutes later he tweeted; I'm very excited to announce that I'm moving back to Portland to become Director of Publicity for the mighty @OniPress! It was only January in 2012 that John moved from Portland where he was an assistant editor at Dark Horse, for the West Coast as Assistant Manager of Marketing And PR And now[...]
It's Con War In Seattle. And Portland.
And Wizard World have announced that they have a show a week earlier, down the road, in Portland from February 22nd to the 24th. Joe Parrington of Emerald City told Oregon Live You can't put two shows of this size that are almost identical together, put them five days apart and expect both to have maximum success…[...]
The BPRD Training Camp – Why It's Cool To Be A Kid In Portland
    It's been pointed out that Portland may have the greatest number of cartoonists and comic book creators per capita than anywhere else. So where do their kids go when they want to let off steam? Why the Official B.P.R.D Training Camp of course. Thoroughly Hellboy themed, this experience has been created by Trackers Earth in coordination with Mike[...]