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We're liveblogging the Image Comics Expo, you can read Hannah Means-Shannon's account here. But some things deserve their own headline... Such as From

We're liveblogging the Image Comics Expo, you can read Hannah Means-Shannon's account here. But some things deserve their own headline... Such as Rick

If you've ever met Papercutz Editor-in-Chief Jim Salicrup, you'll know that his fandom of Neil Gaiman's work is probably only matched by his Smurfiness.

This is what we're hearing this year... print it out, grab a pen and see how we do...

IDW are to license the BBC America TV series Orphan Black into a comic book. It's hard not to see this as a Doctor Who replacement, stylistically. The

Rob Salkowitz is the author of Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, columnist at ICv2 and specialist in the evolution of media and entertainment. Rob will be participating in four panels at San Diego Comic Con, including the "Future of Geek", where he will be presenting the Eventbrite survey data from this post. With fandom conventions setting attendance records all over the[...]

This is one of those stories you can only pick up while wandering the San Diego Comic Con floor…. Bleeding Cool has always believed that Marvel were to launch its Star Wars comics line with two monthly titles, now that they have the license after Disney bought both Marvel and LucasFilm And we expect to learn more at[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! Vampire Boogie (Limited Edition Preview) from the 7-nation-British army of Corey Brotherson (writer), James Daniels (artist) and Mike Stock (letterer and[...]

From the hotel room… these are $20 for a double set of Blind Box figurines from Skybound, available at San Diego Comic Con from tomorrow, both Invincible and The Walking Dead figurines. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzZPm5wFOVA[/youtube] So… which will you get? From the hotel room… these are $20 for a double set of Blind Box figurines from Skybound, available at[...]

It could also provide a model for other entertainment industries to follow. So this is the question to ask comics publishers talking about their digital strategy at San Diego Comic Con If ComiXology offers you a DRM-free distribution service for your comics – will you take it? ComiXology, recently purchased by Amazon, is the largest distributor[...]

Petco Park also appears to be going a similar direction. I can 'C' all… I clearly was rather overcome by the whole thing. And on the other side of the Marriott… we are back where myself and Hannah Means-Shannon began our photo tour. Good night San Diego, stay classy, and see you tomorrow for the night before San Diego[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab #1 by Dave Dwonch (writer/colorist/letterer), Anna Lencioni (artist) from Big Monster, Booth L-14 24 Full Color[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! The Guns of Shadow Valley by Dave Wachter and James Andrew Clark, Dial R Studios, 2103 Limited Signed/Numbered Edition hardcover, 256 pages, full color,[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! Virga: Sun of Suns – Vol.1 by Karl Schroder (creator), Jeff Moss (Script), Guy Allen (Art)  Blind Ferret Entertainment, Booth 1231 Softcover/TPB, $15, 128pp,[...]

San Diego Comic Con is his natural habitat, Gatorade is his drink of preference (this year) and he survives the week on peanuts, raisins and vodka from Ralph's Someone he will make it through the week and back in London in one piece But not before leaving San Diego in pieces. Joshua Stone has been collecting comics[...]

San Diego is upon us. As you read this, I am somewhere 35,000 feet in the air without any form of wi-fi. I am probably feeling more nervous about the lack

Cartoonist, archivist of great comics of the past, and parent, Craig Yoe is joining Stacie June of Unilever at San Diego Comic Con in an historic panel to introduce the comics community to a massive campaign, already underway, to help save the lives of millions of children in countries where basic educative needs are not[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! Hannibal Tabu is coming back to San Diego with a boatload of news. On Thursday at the Insights for Independent Creators panel,[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! Set List: The Marvel Art of Mark Brooks by Mark Brooks available from Booth #5557 50 page hardback art book debuting at SDCC[...]

All right folks, I'm off. San Diego bound, via Chicago. Anyone who needs to contact me, I'll be at the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, 333 W

San Diego Comic Con is days away And, despite the mainstreaming of Comic Con culture, some still hold to the stereotype that it's full of fat bald bearded 40 year old straight male virgins. When any glance at Craigslist will let you see that they're not straight at all. Indeed there's a lot greater variety… here are[...]

One of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are about and how to find them! The Contraptor by Free Isabelo & Jeremy Lassner at Desert Wind Comics booth #4201 The Contraptor will be a SDCC Exclusive (102 printed)[...]

The first of a series of articles looking at comics making their debut at this week's San Diego Comic Con, What they are, who they are by, what they are abot and how to find them! Gofu Part 1 and Part 2 by Deon de Lange. Tomica mini-comic #1 by David Covas Lourenco & Deon de Lange Find out[...]

San Diego Comic Con is less than a week away now I really need to think about packing And, yes, it is very likely that one or two things I pick up at the show, I may sell on eBay It has been known. But for some, it's a vocation. Such as the street posters that have[...]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivNr92BnzRQ[/youtube] Received from Disney the other day, the San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Baymax figure… in a lounge somewhere in South West London the week before… based on the animated Disney film and the Marvel comic book.   And here's a look at all the toys they'll also have on display at the show! ACTION FIGURES Deluxe[...]

We Frankensteined what we could about the San Diego Comic Con programming yesterday But this is the real deal, all the panels for Thursday, July 24th. And it starts? With Babylon 5 How appropriate Take it away Kosh… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYbVQu7YAQ[/youtube] 10:00am #FreeBabylon5: A Fan Campaign Jan Schroeder (freebabylon5.com) and Jon Del Arroz (flyingsparkscomic.com) discuss a growing fan campaign that sprang up after J[...]

Who watches the Watchman… eat? This San Diego Comic Con… it could be you. IDW have published the Watchmen Artefact Edition, reprinting selected pages from the mist celebrated graphic novel of all time, Watchmen, in a fashion that resembles the original art as closely as possible. But at San Diego, they will be creating an exclusive version that[...]

Yesterday, I'd received word that Boom! Studios was planning on making a number of announcements rolling into Comic-Con this year. Well, there's more.

Last year, Boom! Studios came to San Diego Comic Con after the merger/aquisition/whatever-actually-happened with Archaia, with newly exclusive signed George Pérez in their trophy cabinet. By merging their already-booked booths, Boom! and Archaia has quite a sizeable presence as a result So what for this year and what to announce for a publisher who's local show[...]

  This is the San Diego Comic Con 2014 Exclusive bust from Gentle Giant for Star Wars character Jek Porkins. Yes, the fat X-Wing pilot with a beard. And the one who most resembles many comic con attendees, including myself So he has a special place in our heart And while other busts may look like this… Or this… Or[...]