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When you don't have the discipline to hustle or bunker down, get work done, and avoid distractions, it's likely because the Lazy Lotus Lady is getting into your head. Of course, Nisil's goal with framing these problems as supervillains was to speak in a language the San Diego Comic-Con audience would understand He used the same[...]

Valiant Entertainment's upcoming series Generation Zero has seen them comparing it to "Archie Meets Authority". But, coming out of San Diego Comic-Con, I heard there may be something a little more literal in that regard. And an upcoming crossover between Archie Comics and Valiant Entertainment's characters. Well they are New York's two remaining comic book publishers. I'm sure we[...]

At the PECS Bar in the Hillcrest area of San Diego, Prism Comics, a group that supports LGBTQ creators and comics, ran a Drink & Draw event at a busy San Diego gay bar. Walking in, the models are the first thing to hit you, standing in poses for the sketches in the audience, of whom[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglkYMGRYlEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Justice League Special Comic-Con Footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglkYMGRYlE) By Hilton Collins Sunday was an exciting day for DC Comics fans who visited the company's booth on the exhibit floor at San Diego Comic-Con The new trailers for Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Suicide Squad played on a screen there repeatedly as[...]

Charlie the Choo-Choo was a giveaway children's book by Stephen King at San Diego Comic-Con that ties into and promotes the Dark Tower series of novels and the upcoming film With the fictional creator Beryl Evans signing copies, despite having died in 1942…. She was played here by actress Allison Davies, and the book was actually[...]

We already looked at some of the items people at San Diego Comic-Con had already flipped on eBay for exorbitant amounts, over $500. But there's plenty of money still to be made in them thar Hollywood hills… here's what people have been able to sell from $400 to $300… and Funko is ruling the roost. $480 – Funko[...]

Stories told in the Hyatt roof bar or the Bayfront basement, from intern to colourist, to assistant editor… you have been warned. Which infamous Group Editor was at the Hyatt on Friday night of San Diego Comic-Con  with what looked like a male DC staffer glued to his side all night? Making sure nothing unfortunate happened and no[...]

Thanks to Marilyn Weiss, Jeremy Konrad, Joshua Stone, Joe Glass, Erik Amaya, Mike Sangregorio, Kirk Staley , Anthony Desatio, Octavio Karbank, Hilton Collins, Alex Roberts, Janel Smith, Hugh Sheridan, Wil Romine, Peter Svensson and Daniel Celko… 150 things they learned at San Diego COmic-Con while reporting for Bleeding Cool. The off-site events are sucking traffic from the[...]

Get the swag you picked up San Diego Comic-Con Lay it on your hotel bed Take a photo Let Bleeding Cool post it up! From the writers of Bleeding Cool at San Diego… Joe Glass Janel Smith Anthony Desiato Erik Amaya Kirk Staley Joshua Stone Joshua Stone again Jeremy Konrad Frazer Brown And, somehow, even me! Thank you Skybound!   [...]

Strange inside Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con It was a noticeable upgrade from the first one we saw earlier this year The initial footage was scant on special effects except for Inception-style imagery of buildings folding in on each other from different planes and angles There was a lot of Benedict Cumberbatch as the[...]

Marilyn Weiss writes, This year San Diego Comic Con has shown its commitment to librarians and educators Attendees have been pouring into the San Diego Central Library to attend a series of comics panels without having to buy a hard to obtain badge for the whole con These panels have drawn in teachers, educators, families and[...]

Anthony Desiato (@DesiWestside) writes, So, who wants to be a comics retailer? Judging by the relatively modest turnout at Friday’s panel for aspiring

Anthony Desiato (@DesiWestside) writes, How do you protect an idea? For aspiring comic book professionals and curious minds alike, San Diego Comic Con's Comic Book Law School series offers insight both theoretical and practical. I spent three years in law school, and Thursday's panel made me feel like I was right back in the classroom[...]

By Marilyn Weiss Anyone familiar with the comics industry over the past couple of years is no stranger to the call for more diverse comics, both in terms

Hugh Sheridan writes Room 25ABC  hosted the “Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way” SDCC panel on Thursday afternoon. In attendance were Marvel’s Rickey

Bleeding Cool hears that Christopher Priest, or Priest, has regained the rights to Xerø, a comic about a tech secret agent he created for DC Comics and

Science fiction is a great framework to work this premise around as it has given us so much seemingly impossible technology, many of which have already been made reality by scientist. If you happen to be in the San Diego area on August 20th and 21st, the Ruben H Fleet Science Center where Latimer is the[...]

Janel Smith writes, Cosplay has been a part of my life for several years now and in that time I learned that myself and many other cosplayers have a

By Jeremy Konrad What is there to say about the new streaming channel Comic Con HQ? They certainly have a very ambitious plan to bring a load of content

So, that was San Diego Comic-Con 2016 The women and men of Bleeding Cool tried our best to embed you in the experience The comics, the swag, the trailers, the lines, the heckling A-list comic book writers in the crowd and finding yourself cited in the Hollywood Reporter, that kind of thing. But did you miss[...]

Thanks to Farzana Romine, Jeremy Konrad, Erika Svensson and Mike Sangregario for giving us a final days look at the cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con We'll miss you all, you wonderful people! To see all the Bleeding Cool cosplay galleries from San Diego, click here…. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]

Alex Roberts writes for Bleeding Cool: “In 1980, a star was born in London… Jamie McKelvie was also born.” This is how Kieron Gillen began the panel

If you attend San Diego Comic-Con and you haven't been to one of their fundraiser parties, you've been missing out on a wonderful experience as much as a great cause. The CBLDF operates many panels throughout the convention, providing information on the legal precedents and procedures of the industry One such panel, "Sex, Violence and the[...]

Black Mask Press have become masters at the making of collectibles for comic book conventions, especially those written by Matthew Rosenberg. And San Diego Comic-Con 2016 has been no exception. Tomorrow's Ashes #1 has sold for $50 Young Terrorists #2 has a confirmed sale elsewhere of $30. The Forevers #1 has a confirmed sale elsewhere of $125. But Four Kids[...]

By Marilyn Weiss First of all, I would like to congratulate Kate Beaton on her Eisner win. On Friday night, Beaton became the first woman to independently

By Marilyn Weiss Babs Tarr opened up her spotlight panel by asking for paper to do sketches. After a few technical difficulties and a quick discussion

By Jeremy Konrad Wrestling comics in the past and up until now have been...not so great. No matter what publisher has tried to do it, wrestling has not

By Jeremy Konrad Hasbro held their Marvel Legends panel Saturday afternoon, including plenty of reveals for their 3 3/4 and 6 inch scale lines, 12 inch

Syfy’s The Expanse is gearing up for its second season with the Martians taking front and center with the opening sequence of the new season set to

Hugh Sheridan writes for Bleeding Cool:  93- year old comics legend Stan Lee was a half hour late to his spotlight panel at SDCC tonight, but once he