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Shel Dorf basically founded the San Diego Comic Con, now a massive media event event, bringing in billions of dollars. Dying in 2009, he is buried in an unmarked grave in Home of Peace Cemetery. During the Detroit Fanfare convention, which hosts the Shel Dorf Awards, one group began raising money for a gravestone to commemorate the[...]

As I just said to my wife, "you know, if I applied for this job, I might just get it" to her response "we are not moving to San Diego just so it would be easier for you to go to Comic Con." She has a point. But if you disagree; IDW is actively seeking discussions with[...]

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[...]