wondercon Archives

On Sunday, Bleeding Cool reported from WonderCon in Seattle that the Bad Idea Panel would be giving every attendee a copy of the exclusive Hero Trade Fourth Anniversary Special Collecting the original Hero For Sale story by Matt Kindt and David Lapham and its sequel Sell Out, both now in colour courtesy of Bill Crabtree,[...]

In a couple of hours, the Bad Idea Panel will take place at Wondercon in Seattle, and they are giving away to every attendee the Hero Trade Fourth Anniversary Special Collecting the original Hero For Sale story by Matt Kindt and David Lapham and its sequel Sell Out, both now in colour courtesy of Bill[...]

On Saturday, March 30th, WonderCon (Room North 200A) will be the home to an official panel where Cusack & Hadel will offer a "special look" at the upcoming season Here's the official overview for the session: "Adult Swim's SMILING FRIENDS – Get ready for the return of Pim, Charlie, and the rest of the gang[...]

This may be announced at WonderCon this weekend, but it hasn't been announced yet That is, of course, what Bleeding Cool is for DC Comics will be crossing over the current Batman and Catwoman ongoing titles into a new crossover being dubbed "Showdown" Written by series writers Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard, and drawn by[...]

And the news just keeps getting better, with Billinger sharing a heads-up reminder that the animated series will be screening a sneak peek teaser during a panel discussion at WonderCon on Friday, March 24th Lord, Miller, Erica Rivinoja, Erik Durbin, and voice actors Nicole Sullivan & Will Forte will be on hand to reminisce about[...]

Bob's Burgers creators and cast come together for this first look at The Bob's Burgers Movie, the Belcher family's jump to the big screen to a packed panel at WonderCon 2022 After being introduced himself, creator Loren Bouchard took the dais and mentions how happy he is to be back at a live con and[...]

WonderCon 2022 has made it to day two and hordes of cosplayers have descended upon the Anaheim Convention center in anticipation of this evenings world famous Masquerade contest It has been a long & somewhat scary road since the rise of COVID forced the entire world into lockdown, canceling everything, including Comic Conventions This year[...]

Pop culture icon Kevin Smith (Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revelation) got more than a little emotional during his "The Panel with Kevin Smith" panel at WonderCon 2022 last night The final panel of the day was billed as 'the world's worst Kevin Smith salesman tries to sell you on Kevin Smith as a person,[...]

Cosplay is back! Like the swallows to Capistrano, just a few miles south, nerds and pop-culture enthusiasts have swarmed back to WonderCon 2022 It has been a long, somewhat scary, road since the rise of COVID-19 forced the entire world into lockdown, canceling everything, including Comic Conventions This year marks the first time since 2019[...]

The next set of Funko exclusives has been revealed as Funko gets ready for the upcoming WonderCon 2022 A nice set of Soda Vinyl and Pop Vinyl collectibles are coming our way with a love Hanna-Barbara, Disney, Marvel, and DC Comics WonderCon is not a big convention, so it is surprising to see a nice[...]

And it also replaced DC Comics having a big presence in any of the online comic conventions organised by Reed POP Expo or Comic-Con International. DC Comics Confirms DC Fandome Online Event For 16th October 2021 The presumption is that this will be the same for 2021, even as big comic book conventions like C2E2, San Diego,[...]

WonderCon would be the newest convention that fans would be getting ready, but the physical event has been canceled However, the fun for the con does not end there as Funko continues the trend of making their own virtual convention Taking place between April 21st, 2021, and April 23rd, 2021, funatics will be ready for[...]

 Then, you go, "Hey, let's get some more licenses."  We've been going ever since. And even to Bleeding Cool's Ian Melton, At McFarlane's first Toy Fair he had next to nothing to show, not one fully done "action figure", but the assistant of the buyer for Toys R' Us had talked up McFarlane so much that the[...]

WonderCon announced today that they are officially going digital with events on March 26th and 27th. 2020 was a difficult year all around For the first time in the history of our organization, we were unable to have in-person events for WonderCon or Comic-Con We have hoped that by now, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic might have[...]

Many people would have been setting off to Wondercon in Anaheim today However, the famous comic convention cancelled last month, leaving folk with airfares and hotel rooms that would be very silly to use now One such regular attendee is our very good friend Pam Noles Three years ago, Bleeding Cool ran an article on[...]

This time Anaheim's WonderCon was the next convention to postpone their launch so it's time for another virtual con! Funko announced that they will be doing a Virtual Con 2.0 and if you forgot it starts tomorrow With the convention there comes Funko Exclusive collectibles and they are set to go live tomorrow. That's right tomorrow[...]

We finally got to see all of the WonderCon exclusives from some classic Funko Pops to new Funko Soda figures Most of the time we don't get to see what collectibles are getting a shared release until days before This time things are a little different as WonderCon has been postponed and a Virtual Con[...]

Funko was planning on attending WonderCon this year and unfortunately, it has been postponed However, that will not stop Funko as they are planning on a second virtual con to celebrate this convention wit the fans This is the first time we are actually getting exclusives out of this con and we have already seen[...]

This is great news for sticker collectors as these new figures will be sporting the WonderCon sticker on the packaging Enough of this talk and let us dive right on into the first set of exclusives announced First up is new Disney and Pixar Pops are heading our way This time we are getting the[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Comic-Con International had cancelled April's WonderCon in Anaheim No sooner had the word dropped that Mike Wellman of Atomic Basement in Los Angeles has picked up the baton and is running with it. He has just announced Atomi-Con A few miles north of Anaheim, to be held in the[...]

Comic-Con Museum, a subsidiary of the nonprofit organization that also runs San Diego Comic-Con and WonderCon, has announced that, following the recommendation of the California Department of Public Health, they will cancel all upcoming events to be rescheduled at a later date That includes Pop Culture Science: The Science of Get Out, originally scheduled to[...]

Bleeding Cool has received the following statement from Comic-Con International regarding the planned staging of Wondercon in Anaheim, California, for April 10th to 12th. REGARDING COVID-19 March 12, 2020 To protect public health and slow the rate of transmission of COVID-19, the California Department of Public Health announced a recommendation that gatherings and events of more than 250[...]

Emerald City Comic Con cancelled? So why does anyone think WonderCon in Anaheim is going to be any different? There will be more infection, many more deaths, no vaccine ready… still, nothing ventured, nothing gained Which is why Boom Studios has decided to announce their WonderCon panel plans today, taking place between April 10th and[...]

BOOM! is pressing forward, announcing plans to exhibit at the next big comic on, April's WonderCon In addition to holding a panel on Saturday, April 11th, BOOM! will also have creators signing at their booth all weekend (hopefully with a liberal supply of hand sanitizer). Check out the press release with BOOM!'s full schedule below. LOS ANGELES,[...]

Hot off the heels of his smash two-part The Death of Superman/ Reign Of The Supermen, Liu grabs a chair at WonderCon 2019 for a discussion of his latest epic Justice League vs The Fatal Five A love letter to fans of the original voices and visual style the series, it also serves as bridge[...]

This year at WonderCon 2019, the Terrific Trio sat down to gab about their epic reunion in Justice League vs The Fatal Five A love letter to fans of the original voices and visual style the series, it also serves as bridge between the veteran heroes and the new generation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_AlCgcH9x0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

Following up on our interview with Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph at WonderCon 2019, the amazing Emma Lahana (Haven, Afterparty) graced us with her time for a round-table interview to discuss what fans can expect for the second season. To start, Lahana opens up about the huge change in her character, explaining the mysterious Mayhem/ O'Reilly dichotomy: "There[...]

During the madness that was WonderCon 2019 stars Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph sat down for a chat about what we can expect from the second season of Freeform's hit series. Holt and Joseph In season one, the titular heroes Cloak & Dagger start off as reluctant friends To begin, Joseph tells us how the characters are[...]

Now that Superian has been unwittingly proven a fraud, Overkill has promised not to kill, and Dot has discovered she may have some blossoming super powers what can we expect from the crazy mind of creator Ben Edlund as his hit series rounds second? At WonderCon 2019, Brendan Hines (Scandal, Suits), Valorie Curry (Veronica Mars, The[...]

Now that our heroes have returned the VLM to normal size and defeated the Terror, what can we expect from the crazy mind of creator Ben Edlund in this sophomore turn? Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy, Shaun of the Dead) and Griffin Newman (Our Cartoon President, Draft Day) took a few minutes out of their[...]