San Diego Comic Con 2014

By Jeremy Konrad Look out Star Wars fans: the new books are going to be canon from here on out, and they are celebrating in style for the release of the first book in that new canon A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller. The book will serve as a beginning not only for two […]

Homestuck was out, and gender swapping Loki/Thor were definitely in.Here are 81 photos of cosplay at San Diego Comic Con 2014:[gallery ids="355743,355744,355745,355746,355747,355748,355752,355754,355758,355759,355760,355761,355762,355779,355778,355777,355776,355775,355774,355773,355772,355771,355770,355769,355768,355766,355765,355764,355763,356994,356996,356997,356998,356999,357000,357002,357003,357007,357008,357011,357013,357014,357020,357021,357022,357023,357024,357025,357026,357027,357028,357029,357030,357031,357032,357033,357034,357035,356956,356961,356959,356958,356963,356962,356977,356981,356980,356979,356978,356983,356982,356984,356985,356986,356987,356988,356989,356990,356991,356992,356993"] Cosplay, cosplay, cosplay What would San Diego Comic Con be without it? Some of the most inventive costumes we've seen cropped up this year, and slightly zombified mashups were once again popular[...]

By Michele Brittany I come into this panel with a severe bias: I think Mouse Guard is a beautiful series and yes, I'm a fan girl. I've followed and collected Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 from the first single issues published in February 2006. While I got to meet David Petersen at the San Diego International […]

Bleeding Cool reporter at San Diego Comic Con, Joseph Kyle Schmidt brought home an enviable pile of goods to balance out all his hard work for us. He acquired the following: Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison, Vol. 1, OSSM Comics pack, How To guide: 24 Hour Comic Book Day, The Bus: A Camp Midnight Mini […]

By Ian Mageto[youtube]http://youtu.be/vASlTki3XZU[/youtube]In this episode of Comics and Cosplay, host and Senior Bleeding Cool Cosplay Correspondent Ian Mageto recaps all the big news and announcements from San Diego Comic Con 2014 Topics include Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, Batman Versus Superman: Dawn of Justice, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, Arrow, Antman, Fantastic Four, Marvel's[...]

The audience screaming for The Strain, the first show to make it into Hall H for its first season, were promised a cannister of gummi worms afterward, Straing style. What followed was a preview viewing of today's episode of the show so those traveling wouldn't miss out. After the screening, Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse, […]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMUm1jkp5s[/youtube] By Joe Glass Wednesday night, preview night of Comic­Con International 2014, and San Diego night life begins to come alive with the early parties of the convention. If you could manage to make the trip out to Hillcrest, however, you will have discovered something a little bit different. All the way out at Rich's […]

By Will Romine Hello friends o' mine! I'm in San Diego and I'm at the Hasbro booth looking over some upcoming figures.  I haven't seen such a large collection of  3.75 inches since I stopped to use the employee restroom on the Willy Wonka factory tour. While I was here, I was fortunate enough to […]

By Will Romine Hello Friends! I'm having a ball at SDCC.  Unfortunately, I can't bring all of my Bleeding Pals with me.  The next best thing is to try my level best to bring the con to you.  Therefore, I'm running a series of articles called "The People that you meet at San Diego Comic […]

Rich Johnston and I saw them setting up an interesting lot on 2nd Avenue on Tuesday with what looked like a massive Icelandic landscape shot, and we watched workers pulling in bales of hay, walkways, and other paraphernalia. We argued about what it could be and I finally said, "Vikings?" The next day confirmed this […]

Peter S. Svensson's daily swag included a commissioned art piece from Amy Mebberson, the Chew convention exclusive cover, and the convention exclusive Armored Black Power Ranger.

At San Diego Comic Con, in the Vertigo Defy Panel, Bill Benis announced a new November book for Vertigo, The Kitchen. Set in the 70's and the reference is to Hell's Kitchen with a high concept dealing with the wives of Irish Gangsters. They decide they want to take over "the racket" but when their […]

It was a full line-up of creators for Vertigo Defy at San Diego Comic Con, with Mark Buckingham, Tula Lotay, Shelly Bond, Lee Bermejo, Scott Snyder, and Simon Oliver, Mark Doyle, and Will Dennis. In fact, it was one of those dais-breakers where not everyone can quite fit and they better watch the chairs on […]

It's that time of year again, when the 2000AD crew turns out to have an interactive prize-wielding panel at San Diego Comic Con. Chris Burnham, Michael Carroll, Henry Flint, and Jock took the podium MCed by Michael Molcher, who was in fine form. Chris Burnham, new this year to 2000AD, appeared in the Free Comic […]

By Nikolai Fomich [The Gallery] San Diego's Chuck Jones Gallery, home to hundreds of classic art pieces by Jones and other animation legends, will be holding several events throughout Comic Con. On display at the Gallery are Jones originals many fans will recognize – including original Jones art based upon Roadrunner and Coyote cartoons, classic […]

Tom Huxley writes: On Wednesday afternoon Marvel Unlimited launched its San Diego Comic Con deal, a month's access to their library of over 15,000 comics for 99 cents. Get your first month of Marvel Unlimited (access to 15,000+ #Marvel digital comics!) for just 99¢! Here's how: http://t.co/tJpdHYgz61 — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) July 23, 2014 It […]

Wednesday night at San Diego Comic Con, Previews night, was characteristically packed with folks dazzled by the newly revealed displays on the floor, and also by the prospect of hitting up the Hasbro booth and Funko POP booth for exclusives. There was even some running from the eager heading in those directions. Here's a photogallery […]

At 6PM sharp on Preview Night at San Diego Comic Con, the legendary George R.R. Martin assumed his throne, gold-inked sharpie in hand to sign tomes of Game of Thrones for those who brought with, but primarily to celebrate comics, including his new series In the House of the Worm from Avatar Press. Those who […]

Wednesday night of San Diego Comic Con is Preview Night, and what that really means is that it's the best time to collect swag, or at least we tend to think so, before exclusives and such sell out. I did a pretty good job this year of checking things off my list on the first […]

By Abigail Raney Legendary's Comic Con booth currently houses a miniature Crimson Peak – dubbed the Gothic Gallery – for fans to walk through. I was allowed a sneak peak guided by the man himself, director Guillermo del Toro. The gallery is an echo of the film, having been put together to represent the film's […]