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After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ReedPop's New York Comic Con is back at Manhattan's Javits Center this October  And it would seem being forced to sit out NYCC last year has fans at a fever pitch to return, as ReedPop has announced that all badges to this year's event have sold out in just[...]

Penny Arcade and ReedPop have revealed more details about the return of the in-person version of PAX West 2021 happening in September After having to cancel six shows in a row and covert a few of them into online events in the pandemic (like the upcoming PAX Online East happening July 15th-18th), the two companies[...]

ReedPop and Metro Esports have announced this morning they're forming a new Valorant esports team to debut at PAX West But this is no ordinary team as they are looking to build a diverse co-ed team that will be unlike many of the other teams you see compete in the game Metro will be hosting[...]

ReedPop and Penny Arcade announced this morning that PAX East 2021 won't be happening and instead have changed it to PAX Online 2021 The company released the statement below from Kyle Marsden-Kish, who is the PAX Event Director at ReedPop, letting fans know they have scrapped the event in June in Boston and will be[...]

But how long? ReedPop Moves Both C2E2 and ECCC to December 2021 ReedPop Moves Both C2E2 and ECCC to December 2021 Well, ReedPop seem to think Christmas 2021 is about the right time, and so today, ReedPop announced new 2021 dates for EmeraldCity Comic Con (ECCC) and Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), and unveiled plans for a series[...]

Today, ReedPop announced their 10th Annual Charity Art Auction taking place during NYCC and MCM Comic Con's online-convention replacement Metaverse, which will benefit the St Jude Children's Research Hospital Running from the 2nd of October until the 11th of October, among this year's participating creators include Mike Mignola, Jim Lee, Yoshitaka Amano, Frank Quietly, Doug[...]

Yesterday, Donny Cates took to the ReedPOP Retailer Event to plug his upcoming Image Comics series Crossover with Geoff Shaw and Dee Cunniffe, telling the assembled retailers that it took three years to organise to get all the various creators to sign on regarding their own intellectual properties And about a comic shop owner who dares to[...]

Well, so many of those opportunities have gone this year, especially the big two, the San Diego Comic-Con Friday Retailer Lunch in one of the bits of the San Diego Convention Center no one goes, and the ridiculously early morning New York Comic Con Thursday Retailer Breakfast in the bowels of the Javitz Center. ReedPOP Runs[...]

As Doctor Who fans continue waiting for word on when production on Series 13 will start rolling again as well as when holiday special "Revolution of the Daleks" will be hitting out screens (more on both of those in a minute), ReedPOP's Metaverse virtual convention hosted a conversation that brought viewers back to a simpler[...]

Today, Marvel Entertainment unveiled the launch of Marvel Made, a new online platform powered by ReedPOP, the folk behind C2E2, ECCC, New York Comic Con, that will offer an exclusive line of Marvel products now that there are no comic book conventions to speak of And they are launching with a limited-edition enamel pin set[...]

It's better known to Bleeding Cool readers as the home of the MCM London Comic Con, run by ReedPOP And as may be expected right now, they have cancelled their October show, just as they had their spring-delayed-to-summer show In an announcement sent to Bleeding Cool, ReedPOP states; Today, ReedPOP has an important announcement to make[...]

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is a maker of scents and oils well-known in fandom circles for products inspired by the likes of creators such as Neil Gaiman and Clive Barker, and franchises like The Dark Crystal, Hellboy, Labyrinth, and Grendel, among others.  The company is also well known for its stance on social activism, explaining[...]

This morning, Penny Arcade announced they are moving their next convention online with the official reveal of PAX Online.

Today, ReedPOP has announced the cancellation of four MCM Comic Con shows in the UK, a number of which had already been postponed to a new date They state "despite all efforts to bring fans the most epic pop culture events in the UK, 4 MCM events scheduled to take place in 2020 have been[...]

All The ReedPOP Comic Cons They Haven't Cancelled Logo from ReedPOP. ReedPOP is the pop culture show subset of Reed Expo, and covers the international gamut of shows and conventions covering comics, gaming, TV and movies They have started their own shows and have bought others, making them the biggest player in this field in the[...]

Last month, ReedPOP postponed New York's BookExpo and BookCon 2020 from the end of May to the end of July, the same week as San Diego Comic-Con With the current global situation still ongoing, and New York City's Javits Center being transformed into a hospital, this looked less and less likely Yesterday, ReedPOP pulled off[...]

Check out the full statement below: Since its inception, fans have comprised the very core of Emerald City Comic Con and all of Reedpop We speak daily (and at great length!) about how to always put our fans first in everything we do The evolving situation with the COVID-19 virus and developments in and around the[...]

ReedPOP, owner of New York Comic Con, C2E2, ECCC MCM, and many more has announced that Crunchyroll Expo has joined its portfolio of global fan conventions. Just Crunchyroll Expo, rather than website and broadcaster Crunchyroll But it was they who created the Crunchyroll Expo (CRX) anime convention back in 2017 with organizational support from Left Field[...]

Maybe Gabe Yocum isn't a glutton for punishment after all? Less than one month after leaving his cushy job at ReedPOP to rejoin former boss Bill Jemas at Jemas and Axel Alonso's Artists, Writers, and Artisans, Inc., Yocum has reversed course and announced he is leaving AWA and returning to ReedPOP Yocum posted on Facebook: Hey[...]

Nice one ReedPOP PR team, more of this kind of thing please. Running from October the 3rd to the 7th 2019, NYCC  states that tickets to the show are now fully refundable and exchangeable through ReedPOP's approved reselling platform, Lyte, which will help curtail ticket touting. Fan Verification accounts are only required for those purchasing badges during[...]

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Credit: (left) ReedPOP / (right) Syfy Wire ReedPOP and Syfy Wire are set to give fans who can't make it out to Chicago, Seattle or New York City this year the next best thing to being there, with the editorial arm of NBCUniversal's Syfy cable network striking a deal with the event producer to be the exclusive[...]

We were the first to break the news of ReedPOP's acquisition of the MCM Comic Cons here in the UK When the news broke, I had particular interest — after all, as well as writing for Bleeding Cool, I'm a comic creator in my own right and have been an exhibitor at MCM shows for[...]

Update: Original Forbes report from Rob Salkowitz is attributed/linked. Confirming what Bleeding Cool had been reporting on as far back as May 2017 and as recently as this past weekend (here and here), pop culture event organizer ReedPOP (a division of Reed Exhibitions) announced that it is acquiring MCM MCM is the organization responsible for the largest[...]

The Harvey Awards is one of the most prestigious events within the comic book industry and, on the heels of its 30th anniversary, it appears the ceremony will be taking-up new residence in iconic cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman's hometown. ReedPOP announced today that New York Comic Con (NYCC) will now stand as the new home for the[...]

While ReedPOP and Lucasfilm tried to keep people from starting a line before the originally announced 8pm starting time, there were too many people to try and keep everything under control. Our little group ambled along, consisting of myself and various members of the MarkingStarWars network who graciously allowed me to camp with them, we made[...]

It's likely that ReedPOP was just overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people that wanted their pins. There were rumors starting last night that ReedPop was already rapidly coming to grips with the situation and implementing changes for today They had even made a statement on the website acknowledging they were aware of the issues and[...]

 However, as we know, sometimes event the best-planned conventions end up with some challenges during their first day of operation – namely, the flow of attendees and line management. ReedPop, the company who puts on Celebration (as well as more than 30 other large-scale events around the world), issued this statement this evening on their website: Entrance to the show[...]

Look, a press release! We're excited to announce that Nerd Block has partnered up with ReedPOP once again to bring you the Limited Edition ECCC Block! Attending Emerald City Comicon and want the hottest, most exclusive collectibles? Can't make the event, but want to get your hands on epic merch and gear, only available at ECCC? We've[...]

By Joe Glass One thing with reporting on NYCC, or any comic con really, is that you find yourself so busy running around to panels that you want to report