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Kelly Davis writes from ECCC for Bleeding Cool. And gives us a first look at The Walking Dead Compendium One in the wild, no longer just in its standard form but now in its limited-to-1000 Bible style edition, hardcover, gold trim, the lot. Skybound is selling a very limited amount each day, with the remaining stock destined[...]

More hotel rooms. 24 hour shuttles. But there's still only so many rooms that can be grabbed in the Hyatt, the Hilton or the Marriott. Pros, publishers,

A year ago, Sam Humphries was one of the writers for the Fraggle Rock anthology. But a year is a long time in comics. His self-published-and-distributed

The San Diego Comic Con Resale went live slightly before 8am PT yesterday But 8:02 am if you weren't in the queue, you had no chance of getting the few thousand tickets being resold, which sold out half an hour later And unlike the first time, many people found they couldn't actually get into the[...]

Tickets to the San Diego Comic Con 2012 sold out in 90 minutes of being onsale But there were problems with the forwarding link sent out to people by mail, which crashed leaving many willing customers none the wiser while the queue for tickets filled up. Well, the organisers of the show are giving one last[...]

You didn't get a ticket to San Diego Comic Con And you've realised with the crackdown on ticket scalpers this year, you probably won't get one later either Hell, even next year is looking dodgy So what to do? Here are seven thoughts. 1 Come Anyway As San Diego Comic Con has outgrown the convention centre,[...]

The awards, as always, will be presented at the San Diego Comic Con in July… I wonder if Markosia submitted the Royal Wedding comics? Probably not…   March the 6th is the last day publishers or creators can submit their work for the 2012 Eisner Awards. The tentative categories are best short story, best single issue, best continuing[...]

In half an hour ticket sales open for San Diego Comic Con 2012 If you didn't register for a Member ID, I'm sorry but you are out of luck No begging, borrowing or pleading will suffice here And hopefully the site will stay up Hopefully. Last year, let's face it, was a clusterfuck This year, they[...]

February 28th. That's the cut off date to sign up for a Member ID to attend the San Diego Comic Con, whether you are professional, press, exhibitor, volunteer or fan. If you're not signed up, you won't get to buy a ticket or register for a pass. So basically if you are going, if you are thinking of[...]

There are many ways to get into San Diego Comic Con One is to work for a publisher, studio, vendor or attending retailer Another is to be a legitimate member of the press which also includes working for Bleeding Cool Another is to be lucky enough to be allowed to buy tickets, after fighting through[...]

Sam Humphries is well known to Bleeding Cool readers. He's scored monster self distribution hits with Our Love Is Real and Sacrifice. But before writing

Going to San Diego Comic Con this year? Remember how tricky it was last year? Well this year it's different. This time, before you register, you have to pre-register for a Member ID. And this is how you do it. I'm doing mine now Let's see how it goes. UPDATE: Done it Got my Press Member ID[...]

Well that was quick. Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on news that Warner Bros and DC Comics were to merge booth space. Comic book publishers had been

Here are the judges for next years Eisner Awards, to be held at the San Diego Comic Con! In Western-traditional reading order, they are… Brigid Alverson, comics journalist and reviewer After earning an MFA in printmaking, Brigid worked as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter She started MangaBlog to keep track of her[...]

US federal agents, working with Mexican counterparts seized seventeen tonnes of marijuana earlier this week, as attempts were made to smuggle the haul through two 400 yard long tunnels under the border between San Diego and Tijuana. After visiting Tijuana a couple of times while attending San Diego Comic Con… yeah. And in true All-American branding fashion,[...]

It's the largest pop cultural gathering in the world - official. And this year's Guinness Book Of World Records has a Comic Con spread to celebrate. It

Along with threats to the funding for the extension of the San Diego Convention Center, it looks like the announced nationally televsised San Diego Costume Parade will now not be going ahead But it's not down to the local government it seems, but Comic Con International: San Diego City Council President Toby Young tweets; Comic [...]

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; One of the most interesting stories San Diego Comic Con this year was that of the "Batgirl of San Diego" – a Stephanie Brown Batgirl cosplayer who grilled DC executives at panel-after-panel about the lack of both strong female superheroes and the lack of female creators in the DC universe. The[...]

It was one of the hotter items at this year's San Diego Comic Con The glow in the dark variant cover for Chew #19 Bleeding Cool covered it at the time And it now goes from anywhere from $24 to $50 on eBay No wonder some people tried to hoard them… But in November, I understand[...]

I saw this image briefly at the Retailer Presentation at San Diego Comic Con by DC Comics, but wasn't quite quick enough to capture it Thankfully DC Comics have included it in this week's comics As part of DC Nation, this reworked version of Justice League Of America #28 seems to both reference and mock[...]

Thanks to Jamie Colville and his mighty recording devices, we have fifteen panels from the San Diego Comic Con in audio, as well as the Eisner Awards It's just like being there if you close you eyes And queue up at the computer for an hour And have a large bag digging into your shoulder. Maggie[...]

Under the banner Comic-Con Groupies Escape Reality & Leave Others To Save Dark Economy, news network RT America ran a piece on San Diego Comic Con that questioned the entire basis of the show Noting the homeless problem in downtown San Diego, and that attendance to the show cost individuals a thousand dollars or more,[...]

At San Diego Comic Con, one thing you couldn't escape from at the DC panels was the issue of gender Thanks to one woman (known as Kyrax2 on Twitter) dressed as the Stephanie Brown Batgirl who went to all of the panels to ask question, then follow up question, then follow up question, creating a[...]

Aaron returns to A Comic Shop in Florida from San Diego Comic Con and Tri-Force Mike with plenty of San Diego swag and a chance to check through tomorrow's comics today But no store exclusive cover of Amazing Spider-Man #666, Aaron? For shame… Weekly TOP PICKS: 7.27.2011 Top Books AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 – DAN SLOTT! SPIDER-ISLAND! For[...]

Although half an hour earlier when he just arrived, he was accosted by one person who believed he was an excellent Doctor Who cosplayer. So what else did I learn at San Diego (that I haven't all ready written over the last few days?) Well firstly, while the Nokia X7 is a lovely phone, when you[...]

Silke Donnelly writes for Bleeding Cool. As expected, I had a great time at Comic-Con this year. And though I may have pushed myself a bit too hard over

 And things look different on the ground, particularly in the middle of Captain America: The First Avenger release week, than they do via website traffic. That said:  Going by simple pageviews, Marvel vs DC during San Diego is… too close to call in a meaningful way  Though it's probably worth noting that various Marvel movie-related news[...]

But that was just the half of the Doctor Who panel at San Diego Peter Svensson writes; Clips from future episodes were shown at the final day of Comic Con, giving glimpses of the second half of season six Stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, writer Toby Whitehouse and producers Piers and Beth spoke about the[...]

Some fascinating behind-the-scenes stuff here: During today’s Designing the New DCU 52 panel at SDCC, attendees were invited to see how characters are

Event fatigue seems to be setting for Dan DiDio who is reaching manic levels on the podium right now, but he thinks people on the flor are feeling better