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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all in many different ways, but pop culture conventions needed to find a way to adapt and adapt quickly once it became apparent that the virus wasn't going to go away in the summer. And so the virtual convention was born. In the first part of this essay, […]

We teased this was coming a couple of weeks ago and now it is. Rapper and comic book creator Darryl McDaniels, of Run DMC, has created a brand new Darryl Makes Comics comic book, written with Poison Ivy's Amy Chu and drawn by Chew's Rob Guillory and GI Joe's Larry Hama, debuted on Playboy.com. With […]

Titan Comics has hosted a V.E. Schwab panel at Comic-Con@Home with Victoria talking about the Steel Prince comic books they have been publishing, spinning out of her A Darker Shade Of Magic novels. But it won't be stopping there. V.E. Schwab told the assembled audience "So I have two really big fantasy or science fiction […]

In a panel recording a short time ago, so Chris Ryall is still IDW President, Publisher and CCO here, IDW EIC John Barber talked about upcoming plans for their Star Trek comic books. Barber started talking about how, before the shutdown, they "brought together the writers for the Star Trek Year Five series we do, […]

The San Diego Comic-Con's "SDCC@Home" initiative has shown us many things so far this weekend. From a panel interview with Junji Ito to some teasers involving various comics, television shows, and the like, SDDCC@Home has had it all. This means it's no surprise that, as usual, the team responsible for Magic: The Gathering made a showing, […]

In October, Abrams is releasing the first of three graphic novels that adapt the original Frank Herbert Dune novel into comic book form, to be published on November 24th – previously October 27th, though not everyone has caught up with that yet. At the Comic-Con@Home Dune publishing panel they took the opportunity to show off […]

It's been a long summer without classic comfort cartoon Bob's Burgers, but fear not! No SDCC would be complete without shenanigans and clips from the cast and crew of the wholesome FOX animated show. Show creator and executive producer Loren Bouchard hosted a fun and fan-driven panel with fellow producers Nora Smith and Janelle Momary […]

Superhero drag queens? Yes, please! No, it's not the final challenge from Drag Race All Stars 1, it's a new all-ages queer identity comic book about finding yourself and anti-bullying. From the comic artist, Mister Loki and author Raymond Litster comes their new comic book collaboration Lights, Camera…Identity: Never Alone. It features drag queens and Drag Race alums […]

During today's Comic-Con@Home virtual panel, publisher VIZ Media interviewed Junji Ito, the acclaimed manga writer and master of horror media. During the conversation, the masterful mangaka spoke of varied inspirations and answered questions posed to him by his audience across the globe. The interview started off solid with Ito being asked what the secret is […]

History Channel may not have many drama series, but the one that really hit for them is Vikings. The bloody brutality of the show's six-season run is almost at an end, but they're back for one last comic con panel to talk about the first half of the final season and tease a bit of […]

Top Cow has reinvented themselves in recent years with indie creator-owned hits, such as Stjepan Šejić's wildly popular erotic romance Sunstone, as well as Postal, the crime thriller that put Batman and the Outsiders' Bryan Edward Hill and Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale's Isaac Goodhart on the map. The Image imprint has not forgotten its roots, though. The Top […]

As a part of Marvel's SDCC panel, editor Nick Lowe introduced the creative team of the upcoming horror comic, Werewolf By Night, which introduces a new character while also spotlighting Red Wolf. The series is co-written by Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, who is exploring his own Native roots in this new title. Co-writer Ben Jackendoff, fresh off his […]

X-Men Editor and Karaoke king Jordan D White stated on the Marvel Next Big Thing panel at San Diego Comic-Con@Home panel that " I probably would say I'm most excited about something with Captain Britain" to which Tini Howard replied "that email, you sent, we saw some good art, that's even better than I imagined […]

The DC SDCC panel today highlighted their young adult books, which have been reintroducing their iconic heroes, reimagined for a younger generation. Many of these books have been written by YA-authors most known for prose, which has allowed DC to explore new perspectives on legacy characters. Jim Lee introduced this portion of the DC@Home panel during […]

Talking Empire on the Marvel Next Big Thing panel at San Diego Comic-Con@Home and thanks to Dan Slott and Al Ewing we got to hear more of those big Fantastic Four-changing plans that Marvel has been teasing of late. Specifically Kree and Skrull children picked up by the Fantastic Four, Jo-Venn and N'kalla, "the Kree […]

I know one of my favorite parts of SDCC every year is seeing all the fantastic costumes and cosplay there: it's like the best of the best. Between that and well-known costume party convention DragonCon both being canceled in person this year (curse you, Corona), I started wondering if there was any way I could […]

Our good friend Chris Morrow hasn't let the absence of a physical San Diego Comic-Con stop her and she has been wandering around San Diego Convention Center taking shots of what would have been, and curating it all for us at home. And it turns out she is not alone. So she gives us a […]

It's pretty good to be Peach Momoko. The respect of an Italian nation, two hit comic book series, a cover deal with Boom, your own animated TV series and now a San Diego Comic-Con variant for Titan Comics' Horizon Zero Dawn comic now made available for San Diego Comic-Con@Home later this week… Horizon Zero Dawn […]

This week would have been the San Diego Comic-Con 2020. It is not, after a global pandemic hit hard and the idea of bringing half a million people from around the world and cram them into a few buildings in California and turn up the air conditioning, struck people as not the best way to […]

Gentle Giant has unveiled one of their San Diego Comic Con 2020 exclusives Coming our of a galaxy far, far away, the Star Wars bounty hunter Boba feat has arrived This is not the Boba Fett that everyone knows and loves as its the Ralpha McQuarrie concept Boba The mini bust is 1/6 scale and[...]