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Here's a quick runround my inbox from the last few hours… Electric Man "The Maltese Falcon meets The IT Crowd" – Allan Hunter, Screen Daily. "Really f**king funny" – Screened "Quirky little comedy gem." – Media Muppet "An intelligent and well choreographed storyline" – Cinehouse Electric Man, the micro-budget comedy shot in Edinburgh, has been selected for the prestigious San Diego[...]

And unlike Rick, this has all its hands intact. This will only be available at the Skybound booth at San Diego Comic Con, booth number 2729, for $85, limited to 500, signed and numbered by Robert Kirkman.     I have my Vannen Walking Dead Watch But dammit if my other wrist isn't suddenly aching for the[...]

The San Diego Comic Con site makes it clear There will be random badge checks throughout the show, and you will need a Photo ID that matches your badge at all time, or risk being thrown out of the show. However this has not stopped people continuing to sell tickets outside of the show Previously security[...]

The final day of San Diego Comic Con, two weeks away…   10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-to: Publishing Industry: From Manuscript to Industry— So you have the desire to write a book and get it published, but what does that really mean? Agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, self-publishing, traditional publishing, print on demand, ebooks, foreign language-the list goes on[...]

It's Saturday, traditionally the biggest day of San Diego Comic Con (although as we know, these days Wednesday is the new Saturday And here is what's waiting for you.. 10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-To: Anatomy of a Fight Scene, Part One— Stories are about conflict, and there is no purer form of conflict than a good ol'[...]

Hush peasant! This is an article on San Diego Comic Con exclusives that are not for the likes of you Unless you own a comic shop that is Then, the more the merrier. Diamond are holding a retailer event on the Friday of San Diego Comic Con, in which retailers receive a number of presentations from[...]

It's San Diego Friday in two weeks And here's what you might be doing… 9:30-10:20 ComicsPRO "Fresh Start"— Your day at Comic-Con gets off to a friendly and professional start with ComicsPRO, the retailer trade association Retailers, publishers, and distributors are welcome to kick off their convention day with colleagues, coffee, bagels, and conversation[...]

Well, look like all our speculation was wrong. It's Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe all over again for the third time... Punisher War Zone begins in

More San Diego PR from my inbox… Warner Bros on new signing rules; Comic-Con and Warner Bros announced today that the Studio will once again follow the official Comic-Con® International: San Diego ticket distribution system for autograph signings at Comic-Con 2012, with the Con implementing a new procedure for 2012 The Studio will present more than 20[...]

DC's new San Diego Comic Con advertising campaign… and Image's Experience Creativity advertising campaign that has been running for months. DC Comics rarely use images of creators on advertising campaigns I wonder what could have inspired them to change their minds? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

It's time folks… San Diego Comic Con Programming for Wednesday and Thursday! 6:00-9:45 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings— Comic-Con and Warner Bros Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition, with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of five of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2012–13 television season: 666[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that three of the eight traditionally distributed covers for The Walking Dead #100 have sold out. The covers by Todd McFarlane,

Every morning I wake up to more San Diego Comic Con promotional activity So now, so can you. Marvel Studios: MARVEL STUDIOS will be hosting its Hall H Comic-Con panel on Saturday, July 14 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. Marvel Studios presents Iron Man 3 Join Producer Kevin Feige and special guests as they provide an inside look at[...]

Ultron War? Reckoning War? Whatever it is, folks, with Wolverine, Thor, Cap and Iron Man, it's going to be War War!

We're terribly proud. Two weeks to San Diego… two weeks to Walking Dead #100.  This week was a little low on rumours, but I get the feeling that's about to change sharpish Already today we've got what seem to be details on Ant Man and Guardians Of The Galaxy movie with the goss about to spill[...]

We're starting to hear lots of rumours about what will be happening with various Marvel comics in October, November and December - and with whom - but

It's often fun to take a quick spin around Craigslist before San Diego Comic Con. It's not clear why GT Events need lighter skinned males when they are to wear "furry" costumes And what constitutes lighter skin anyway? We demand a swatch Note the $22 an hour, we should compare company to company…   $145 for a 6[...]

Alas, let us focus on the Snuffleupagus in the room. Earlier this year when the Eisner nominees were announced, one category was noticeably absent; the

In a thumbing-their-nose-at-One-Million-Moms act, Archie Comics is reprinting again Life With Archie #16 that featured the same-sex wedding of Kevin Keller and his boyfriend, for a specil San Diego Comic Con edition. Co-CEO Jon Goldwater told Bleeding Cool; "LIFE WITH ARCHIE #16 is a landmark issue for Archie and comics in general We broke new ground with[...]

Here is Will Romine's Cosplay costume as Starro that he will be wearing for San Diego Comic Con… and the cover that inspired it!   Here is Will Romine's Cosplay costume as Starro that he will be wearing for San Diego Comic Con… and the cover that inspired it!   Here is Will Romine's Cosplay[...]

We were the first to tell you about this second Walking Dead Vannen Watch, debuting at San Diego Comic Con alongside Walking Dead #100 and the Michonne poncho figure. But when does Robert Kirkman find the time to sign the watch cases? Actually… right now He's doing it right now Here's the proof. I wonder if[...]

Here's a batch of San Diego Comic Con exclusive items that can be pre-ordered by retailers to pick up at the show, or shipped afterwards, though the latter option may be moot if they run out, and priority will be given to retailers who are also exhibiting at the show. So… what will you do to[...]

So they've made a film about Comic Con, including all the strange and wonderful toys sold there. And now they are strange and wonderful toys sold there.

Yesterday, people and companies who had applied for panels at San Diego Comic Con 2012 were told if they were successful And it turns out I have quite the busy Thursday. At 10.30 am I'll join the likes of Rick Offenberger, Alan Kistler, Chris Thompson, Bryan Young, Dan Manser, Heidi MacDonald, Holly Golightly, Kiel Phegley, JC[...]

Time to call out the lawyers. SpurrierWatch: Here is the cover to the second print of Extermination #1. SanDiegoWatch: Five thousand single tickets for the San Diego Comic Con 2012 go on sale today This is your last chance folks 8am PT, 11am ET, 4pm BST… DigiWatch: The New York Times the new mainstream of digital comics. Mr[...]

In July, The Walking Dead Escape: San Diego is a new public obstacle course event, timed for Comic Con and the release of Walking Dead #100 It will take place at the nearby Petco Park, transformed into a San Diego starting to lose its civilisation Whish is what San Diego usually looks like during Con season[...]

Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and I got my own mother a copy of Crossed. Since then she has disowned me, and called me ‘ungodly’ and ‘an accident’. Maybe

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool Long time Comicon attendee Ray Bradbury gets honored this year with the San Diego premiere of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury Edited by Bradbury biographer Sam Weller and internationally published horror writer and editor Mort Castle, the anthology collects twenty-six stories written in honor of the[...]

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool; It’s May already? Time certainly does fly when you’re discussing good comics, but passes by more slowly when

Walking Dead #100 comes out the same day San Diego Comic Con 2012 opens And it is so on. I've already got a Vannen Walking Dead wristwatch signed by Kirkman and Adlard It's sweet But for San Diego, they are bringing out a Walking Dead #100 Vannen Watch or $85, featuring Rick with one hand, based[...]