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Alex Wilson went to San Diego and NEw York for Bleeding Cool Time for a grudge match; New York Comic Con (NYCC) and San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) are a few of the biggest events in the comic book industry NYCC sits around 105,000 people while SDCC just pushes over that with 125,000 but let's face[...]

I needed to go right to where I wanted to go… but in San Diego I would have turned left Suddenly I forgot where I was It felt like San Diego. Admittedly I was probably jetlagged and/or hungover, but still The people, the corwds, the booths and more importantly the vibe – New York Comic Con[...]

Today San Diego City Council will be asked to vote on the future of the half-a-billion dollar proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, an expansion that the continued presence of San Diego Comic Con depends upon. This will include the plan's environmental impact and port agreement, an increase on of special tax on local[...]

This year's San Diego Comic Con was huge as always, and Bleeding Cool had more people on the ground than ever before, at one point posting stories every ten minutes But it seems one or two articles may have disappeared in the cracks Including the report on the Gays In Comics panel, celebrating its 25th[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbnSC0OBsw[/youtube] As part of Bleeding Cool's Between The Pages, Grace Randolph talked to the cast of Tron Uprising at San Diego Comic Con. Tron Uprising explores life on The Grid on Disney XD, and host Grace Randolph caught up with Bruce Boxleitner, Tricia Helfer, Charlie Bean, Robert Valley, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. [...]

Mark Robert Bourne wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con Jack Kirby. Mention his name to anyone in the geek community and you'll get the same response.  He elevated a previously static and mundane form and sent a shockwave of powerful illustrations into the minds of unsuspecting readers.  He's a legend, responsible for the creation[...]

Joshua Stone wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con; This last weekend advance tickets went on sale for the 2013 San Diego Comic Con, and for the first time in five years, I do not already have tickets to the next year's Con by August As I covered the event as press for Bleeding[...]

However now I come home with something much more exciting and interesting, a stack of indie comics, grabbed in the Small Press Pavilion section of the gargantuan San Diego Comic Con floor. Some of the books I grabbed on the recommendation of this very website, such as Rob Hanes Adventures, of which I picked up[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgH6YH97xkA Adventure Time just debuted a brand new comic book from the Boom Studios all ages imprint KaBoom! So host Grace

We all live in San Diego He's helped us from the beginning, was our initial artist, and introduced us to Bill Galvan He also set us up with Dan Bois who did a great job designing the book and additional lettering duties We had a whole gang of Chunk's young cartoonist friends from San Francisco[...]

It may have just been for people who attended San Diego Comic Con this year But the pre-registration taking place today seems to have gone rather smoothly, compared to previous ticket sales Rather than the tweeting frustration common to this activity, we have had the likes of; In and out in 13 minutes At 08:00:15 I[...]

Dean Butters attended San Diego Comic Con for Bleeding Cool; I thought I'd start this article at the end, as I managed to have a brief private chat with Cooke following his spotlight panel We talked a bit about James Robinson, and Cooke recounted that he was a dear friend, and what a talented writer he[...]

But people are starting to receive notification that pre-registration for San Diego Comic Con 2013 will begin this Saturday at 8am PT That's 11am ET And 4pm in the UK. This is just for people who already bought a ticket for Comic Con 2012 There were no on-site sales for 2013 this year Sales to everyone[...]

     Chris Thompson attended San Diego Comic Con for Bleeding Cool; When The Walking Dead shambles its way back on to TV screens later this year, the backdrop will shift from Hershel's farm to the infamous prison featured in the comic books For many fans this was a major turning point for the series as it[...]

You may have even experienced (which is really the only way one can take it in, you don't "watch" it) one of the Godkiller illustrated films, available streaming on Netflix. This year in San Diego I was lucky enough to meet Matt Pizzolo, who not only writes comics but directs and is the principle organizer of[...]

As a result, from February, they are planning to launch five new books and relaunch five books, Ten For Ten, once each month in 2013. It's a bit like DC's New 52, just New 10, and over ten months instead of one… Alex Wilson reported the following Aspen Wrap Up from San Diego for Bleeding Cool; There are[...]

He also contributes to Bleeding Cool with words and/or photos when the muse strikes him accordingly… Before going I get into the details of my first San Diego Comic Con, let me just say this, especially for people who have yet to ever attend "the big dance" or otherwise haven't attended it in recent years. San Diego[...]

Mark Robert Bourne wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con; When the schedule of panels for this year's Comic Con came out I was immediately drawn to one entitled "Wrinkle in Time." I read the classic novel for the first time in 5th grade and own one of the original editions in hardback –[...]

Will Romine wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con; Now that the initial hubbub of Comic Con footage and breaking news has died down, I thought I'd give some ink to the little guys of the Con These folks don't get nearly enough recognition  The big boys of Comic Con roll in with their[...]

Dean Butters attended San Diego Comic Con He travelled further than most people to get there. The last time I was at San Diego Comic Con was five years ago, even then it was huge and busy, nevertheless this time around I felt like I was standing in lines more often. Not that there weren't lines back[...]

Mark Robert Bourne write for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con. 20 years ago, working from the back porch of Dave Olbrich's Southern California home, Tom Mason was viciously attacked by a deranged slobbering Squirrel Havoc ensued. Well, that's sort of what happened, if you told the story stone drunk. Actually, because Malibu Comics, then Malibu Graphics,[...]

Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool; The Fantagraphics/Drawn & Quarterly panel is simultaneously not like other panels, yet very much like other

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovQiwqHKfLM[/youtube] The Walking Dead Season 3 is fast approaching on AMC, but instead of a trailer why not live the experience with The Walking Dead Escape in San Diego during Comic Con? To celebrate The Walking Dead issue 100 and the upcoming The Walking Dead Season 3, this live action zombie obstacle course was built in[...]

I charged the floor at San Diego Con for the first time as a 12 year old boy in 1982  I had a clear head and no idea what to do or who was who  That was the greatest con I ever went to. Every year since, they have become a massive attempt at pre-planning chaos and mayhem[...]

I don't know if its down to gendercrunching exposes, feminist critiques or increased air conditioning in the Show Hall. But apparently at San Diego Comic Con this year, there were more male Slave Princess Leias than female Princess Leias. Here was everybody's favourite, manning a booth at the show. I don't know if its down to gendercrunching[...]

Steve Robles wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con The dream of just about any artist is to attain a solid measure of financial and artistic success and still retain their individuality and credibility. Few in the comics industry have achieved that goal as thoroughly as Harvey Pekar. Pekar wrote about his daily dealings with the[...]

Steve Robles wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con At the panel for Bryan Fuller, the man behind "Pushing Daisies", "Dead Like Me" and the new "The Munsters" reboot "Mockingbird Lane", I received a ticket for a t-shirt promoting his new NBC project "Hannibal" It's based on the early interactions between Thomas Harris' Det[...]

Steve Robles wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con As his very self-congratulatory promo video reminds me, J Michael Straczinsky is a very prolific man. His panel starts with a series of stops Technical difficulties bring a little levity to the room as JMS battles a faulty projector and bumbling technical staff to announce the[...]

Steve Robles reported for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con From cosplayers to artists, Comic Con represents something like the realization of a dream Dreams of a career representing fantasy on paper or walking the crowds costumed and adorned, slipping into fantasy itself and becoming a dream. The common thread seems to be a line[...]

Thank you Jamie Colville and your amazing mutant powers of recording combined with HTML mastery and photography! Sixteen San Diego Comic Con panels, recorded with audio I even appear to be on a couple of them, but don't let that put you off… How to Get News Coverage (53:51, 49.3mb) Moderated by Rik Offenberger, a bunch of[...]