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In any case, not an amount to take casually). BOOM OR BUST! Boom has a few exclusive variants out for WonderCon…     CHASTITY BELT AND BRACES Marc Andreyko and artist Dave Acosta are revivig the Chaos comic, Chastity, for Dynamite Entertainment. In Chastity #1, in the 1980's, after a career-ending injury shatters her (and, really, her mother's) Olympic dreams, 17-year-old Chastity Marks finds an[...]

Before it's debut this weekend at Wondercon, DC's All Access has a preview for the new Batman Beyond short done by Darwyn Cooke Cooke is best known for his The New Frontier series that became an animated feature… [youtube]http://youtu.be/t0HVPmRSD3c[/youtube] Before it's debut this weekend at Wondercon, DC's All Access has a preview for the new Batman[...]

Valiant has pulled together their plan for Wondercon April 18th-20th in Anaheim, CA This will be their first chance to bring their Valiant First initiative to the fans and focus on Rai, Armor Hunters and The Delinquents. Guests for the show include writer James Asmus (Quantum And Woody, The Delinquents), colorist David Baron (Archer & Armstrong, Shadowman:[...]

This one-day con focuses on "anime, cartoons and comics with a heavy emphasis on whimsy, imagination and the creative process." The show runs from 9AM to 6 PM and costs $15 (online or at the door). WonderCon, April 18th – 20th at the Anaheim Convention Center I reported last month that badges were not being sold[...]

Alternatives mentioned such as WonderCon in Anaheim were just not enough Indeed it got an audience laugh, as if such a place were intrinsically funny. But why? For a start, tickets have just gone on sale online… and they are still on sale And they will be by the time you've finished this article[...]

Evic Oropilla wrote for Bleeding Cool from WonderCon; It was a dream of Doug Mahnke to become a superhero when he was growing up However, he couldn't become one so he did the next best thing… he drew them! The comic book world definitely has benefited from that decision as Doug has been illustrating for the[...]

David Blake Lucarelli writes from WonderCon for Bleeding Cool. I could question the wisdom of having held Wondercon over Easter weekend, especially since Sunday is traditionally "kid's day" at conventions, but it didn't seem to hurt attendance, and the drive home was surprisingly painless Here then is my final installment about being a[...]

Charlene Ellen wrote for Bleeding Cool from WonderCon; If you can get away with being a seat squatter at a Comic Convention, it may be the only way for you and your friends to see the panels you want and still have time to eat or pee (all in different locales, of course) Not knowing what[...]

David Nieves wrote from WonderCon for Bleeding Cool During the final hours of WonderCon weekend in Anaheim California, comics power couple Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner hosted an unconventional spotlight where the couple let the audience know about their relationship, the comics industry, and their movie dates. With no moderator, the panel opened as the two took[...]

Spring is finally in the air, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, and Walking Dead were on TV, and convention season is underway in earnest… but I think Dark Horse stole the weekend with The Star Wars: At WonderCon, Dark Horse announces new eight issue Star Wars series for September – The Star Wars[...]

The LA Times reports that, at WonderCon, Dan Slott may have shared more than he intended to. After a technical worker hooked up Slott's laptop to the large display screens in the room at the Anaheim Convention Center, the writer's desktop was visible, and it included a couple of items labeled with the name of a[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Dark Horse was to adapt George Lucas' original pitch proposal "The Star Wars" into its own comic book series, as announced at WonderCon. No one else seemed to report it, so a number of sites and commenters thought we were basically making it up. Now Dark Horse have sent out[...]

Joshua Stone writes from WonderCon for Bleeding Cool; At WonderCon, Dark Horse announces new eight issue Star Wars series for September – The Star Wars Based on George Lucas' original concept that eventually became the Star Wars films. Featuring Darth Vader not as a Sith/Jedi but just a General Anakin Starkiller An old General Luke Skywalker[...]

Evic Oropilla writes from WonderCon for Bleeding Cool; Moderator Rob Pereyda opened with the animation then introduced the panel The panel consisted of Rob Paulsen (Emmy Award winner), Dee Bradley Baker (Annie Award nominee), Romi Dames, Murray Bain, Matt Moylan, Dax Gordine, Randy Rogel and Tommy Pedrini. As each panelist introduced themselves the attendee's could see the[...]

But Will Romine keeps on tweeting at WonderCon for Bleeding Cool And here are his latest tweets from the DC Access All Areas Panel! Jimmy Olsen's parents die and leave him a billion dollars Raven joins Teen Titans, more sympathetic to trigon Kid Flash will go to his home time Titans must get him back. Booster Gold in[...]

Maxwell Heesch here reporting for Bleeding Cool at WonderCon! Just a few notes about tonight's Under The Dome panel in the Anaheim Convention Center— The show, an adaptation of the lengthy novel by Stephen King, concerns the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill as a mysterious Dome seals them off from the rest of the[...]

Aaron Hale writes for Bleeding Coo from WonderCon; One of the highlights of WonderCon 2013 are the Spotlight Panels These panels give one an opportunity to get up close and personal to the going ons of the featured creator The Spotlight on Ann Nocenti was moderated by DC Comics very own superstar executive and artist Jim[...]

Maxwell Heech writes from WonderCon; Okay, this is it! My first panel of WonderCon! (yes, I did get here late due to the intolerable traffic of Anaheim and the Disneygoers) The lights dim and I sit back for three panels from Sony's upcoming slate for the summer. THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES First up is the panel[...]

Aaron Hale reports for Bleeding Cool from WonderCon The panel was represented by most of  the show's principal cast: Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok, Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, and  George Blagden as the Anglo Saxon monk Athelstan Sadly missing was Gabriel Byrne, who plays the main antagonist Earl Haraldson, the tribal Chieftan   Vikings is a show[...]

Kyle Fukumoto writes from Wondercon; Saturday night at WonderCon held the return of the Masquerade It was hosted by Phil Foglio, the artist and writer with his wife Kaja on Girl Genius Fans almost filled the arena seats and cheered on the contestants There were thirty-five entries with fans dressed in their own creations and also[...]

Charlene Ellen writes; Hello again from WonderCon 2013. I noticed a big increase in crowd numbers today But the mood was still upbeat. After 4 hours in panels and roaming the main hall, I stepped outside in search of those trendy lunch trucks There were several on hand, but the wait for food was monumental So… I started[...]

Will Romine writes; Hello friends! Officially, Marvel had no presence at Wondercon There was nary a panel nor booth representing the House that Lee built However, The Starro costume has a drawing power unlike any other When I walk down artist alley at any con, I feel like a topless woman walking past a construction site[...]

Day Two of Wondercon from David Blake Lucarelli Day two of my maiden voyage into the realm of being a creator/booth exhibitor saw sales go up to 22 copies sold Full disclosure, three of those were bought by people I know, and I'm not counting the two trades for other people's books If you're keeping track[...]

Joshua Stone reports from Wondercon; At the Spotlight on Jeff Smith, Jeff announced his next project – Tüki Save the Humans He said he missed the humor and fantasy of Bone and wanted to get back to that. It will be about the first human to leave Africa It takes place about 2 million years ago during[...]

© Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons Joshua Stone reporting from Wondercon; The Creator's Role In The Future Of Comics Publishing panel featured Chris Brandt, Jimmy Palmiotti, Kraig Rasmussen, and Brian Schimer The panel tried to focus on helping those people in the audience who were looking to create their own comics The panel started focusing on the[...]

Will Romine writes; Hola fan-boy-ritos, It's your old pal Will Romine again at Wondercon  After thousands of miles logged on convention floors from sea-to-shining sea, I've picked up my fair share of swag  A limited editon print here, an autograph there, I've seen it all. However, in my old age, I've gotten philosophical[...]

But the DC New 52 panel is underway at Wondercon So what do we know? Well, plenty of people were wanting to ask about Wally West, Donna Troy, Cassandara Cain and Stephanie Brown Then there were those wanting to ask about Joshua Fialkov and Andy Diggle And those wanting to ask about John Stewart Or even[...]

Joshua Stone writes in for Bleeding Cool from Wondercon; I asked Frank Cho at his panel about doing more Liberty Meadows He said that Marvel pays way more than he makes on Liberty Meadows and he is divorced with two kids and child payments But he said he is going to announce in September a Liberty[...]

Peter S Svensson is giving us bullet points from the IDW panel at Wondercon. We know the Mark Waid/Paul Smith news on Rocketeer/The Spirit as Pulp Friction… Well, we also have Andrea DiVito drawing and Phil Hester writing T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents with Jerry Ordway and Dave Sim on covers. And there's an arc of the IDW Star Trek ongoing[...]

We were wondering what might be happening with The Spirit no longer being published by DC Comics. And now we have an answer. As well as the question we