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Aaron Hale reports from Wondercon; Jimmy Palmiotti confirms the return of Booster Gold, in a three issue story beginning in All Star Western #19. Previously on Bleeding Cool….   Aaron Hale reports from Wondercon; Jimmy Palmiotti confirms the return of Booster Gold, in a three issue story beginning in All Star Western #19. Previously on Bleeding Cool….   [...]

David Blake Lucarelli writes; So today I took the leap from fan to creator, from convention attendee to exhibitor, selling the first issue of my comic book "The Children's Vampire Hunting Brigade," at Wondercon As I promised in 'Twas the Night Before Wondercon, I'll give you the full report, the truth and nothing but. First things first:[...]

Last year, they announced Thrillbent at WonderCon, a website that wouldn't just host webcomics, but innovate the market by making comics designed to use their medium of being displayed on monitors and phones and tablets rather than displaying "photographs of comics." Waid and Rogers then went on at length about how this is the end result[...]

Warner Bros' cinematic handling of DC properties has been mixed except for in one area: animation.

Peter S. Svensson reports for Bleeding Cool. Scott Dunbier is one of the best editors in comics. IDW is blessed with great editors, but Scott is probably

You may have read his Ten Doctors strip. And this is James Gilarte's table at Wondercon featuring a very similar image in the centre of his table. No need to squint, that's table AA213. I wonder if there are any more examples or if it's the only one? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble[...]

And now, Peter Svensson send in this tiny titbit from Wondercon. Mark Waid will be announced today as the writer of a Rocketeer crossover book featuring a big name artistic legend, with a non-IDW controlled character. Well that could be anyone Mark Waid and Alan Davis with Rocketeer Meets… Hellboy? Mark Waid and Neal Adams with Rocketeer Meets…[...]

Evic Oropilla writes from Wondercon; The MTV Geek panel was composed of Tom Akel, Marc Silvestri, Emily Lazar and Bleeding Cool's own Heather Kenealy. The panel started off talking about The Seekers Tom went over the history of how The Seekers started out as a contest to find a new artist and writer that had not been[...]

 Charlene Ellen @VampireRanch writes for Bleeding Cool. Amid a lot of Zelda Hi from WC13! I spotted Felicia here in the lobby. Gracious as always to her

Clever, clever rat creatures. The latest of the IDW Artist's Editions, Scott Dunbier's continuing project to recreate original comic book artwork pages in

David Nieves reports from Wondercon, from the Batman and James Robinson panels… The jam packed room 208 in the Anaheim Convention Center could barely contain the amazing Scott Snyder and his writing chum James Tynion IV The two took the stage to tease the audience on the upcoming Batman Zero Year. Snyder thanked the audience for[...]

Joshua Stone writes the following article from WonderCon I am not reading it, just in case There may be spoilers, I don't know Maybe Brendon will tell me. I was super excited to attend the showing of the new episode of Doctor Who While there was no accompanying panel, I felt like there would be something[...]

The Batman Zero Year panel just concluded at WonderCon with Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and DC's John Cunningham on hand to talk about Zero Year and other upcoming projects We've got BC'ers on hand writing up the details, but for now, here's a few highlights: Greg Capullo and Snyder have plans for Batman that may[...]

Will Romine writes; Hey-o, It's your old friend Will Romine here from the Wondercon James Robinson panel He's a wonderful man who probably won't revisit Jack Knight any time soon A great magician doesn't revisit the same trick If this is the whole reason why you clicked on this article, keep reading There are still some nuggets[...]

I've got all sorts of Bleeding Cool writers running all around WonderCon But in London, it's late, it's school holidays and all that this entails and my bed is calling Also, Attendees will see tomorrow's episode of Doctor Who at 7pm their time (2am mine) and I just won't be able to take it. I[...]

Quite the highlight it seems… It moves and speaks and everything! So cool! #Wall-E #Wondercon — Daniella O.G (@allaboutmanga) March 29, 2013   Quite the highlight it seems… It moves and speaks and everything! So cool! #Wall-E #Wondercon — Daniella O.G (@allaboutmanga) March 29, 2013   Quite the highlight it seems… It moves and speaks and everything! So cool! #Wall-E #Wondercon — Daniella[...]

Convention season is well under way. Here's a Witchblade #165 cover exclusive to the show...

But who is under the mask?

Dear lord, the after party at WonderCon Who knew they made carbombs in SUV sizes? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43HLxSNwujc[/youtube] Cryptozoic and Udon were each given a huge list of possible properties to adapt into comics It had arcade games that everyone is at least slightly familiar with, down to strange properties that only got released in Japan about a pacifist[...]

The names have been removed to protect the guilty. If, as a senior comic book figure attending Wondercon, you happen to be attracted to a young lady and decide to try and make out with her, here is some advice. 1) Try to ascertain whether or not she would appreciate said move. 2) Ensure she is not the[...]

Svensson drove six hours to attend WonderCon for Bleeding Cool It was worth it. Every convention has a specific feel, a vibe This didn't feel like WonderCon Which is traditionally in San Francisco, held at the Moscone Center The building that WonderCon normally gets was under repairs this year, thus necessitating a change in venue to[...]

Jason Inman and friends have been very silly at WonderCon I have a weakness for this kind of this thing, feel free to indulge with me. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwaxOO_OXsk[/youtube] And a very entertaining outtake [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9X5At1KHtU[/youtube] Here's some more flavours of WonderCon from these folks… and others… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ8cvmc0ABw[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzkzDFZ201M[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxg3xD4KevI[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFjr9mR9yrA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5EqtZj0Spk[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgxHq0_rSRU[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R4CcVPzBYk[/youtube] Not everyone had a good time though… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdN-eUc9X0[/youtube] [...]

Svensson stumped Mark Waid at WonderCon for Bleeding Cool. Jonah Weiland of Comic Book Resources came up with the idea of doing a "Stump Mark Waid" panel where fans would come up with comics trivia questions, or just any sort of question really, to try and stump the man who knows Superman's social security number[...]

And I also got to draw Captain America and Iron Man." WonderWatch: The Beat asks where will WonderCon be next year? And doesn't get any answers… This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online One day I will rule[...]

It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Marvel mutants at Wondercon, and here's the latest… Marvel has just announced that Brian Wood will take over writing both X-Men and Ultimate Comics X-Men beginning in June with X-Men #30 and Ultimate Comics X-Men #13  More on this to come, I'm sure… It's shaping up to[...]

Svensson has been speaking to Lauren Faust for Bleeding Cool at WonderCon. Lauren Faust, acclaimed animator and director whose work has included Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Powerpuff Girls, and a relaunch of some show with horses that's all the rage, is finishing up her run on Super Best Friends Forever. There will be a total of only five[...]

Ray Brown talked to Ernest Cline at WonderCon for Bleeding Cool. Ernest Cline, the screenwriter of the movie Fanboys and author of the bestselling novel Ready Player One, is a special guest of the Con and appeared Saturday in a spotlight panel to discuss himself and his work. Regarding Fanboys, Cline said the movie that got released is[...]

Ryan King writes for Bleeding Cool, whilst lying in a gutter. One of the saddest parts of any WonderCon attendees' day is the climactic last minute ushering of fanboys and fangirls out of the convention center doors Out of nowhere, a jarring voice appears over the intercom telling the masses that the convention will be closing[...]

It was a busy Saturday for Wondercon news, with both DC and Marvel stories charting — not to mention Wondercon-related Prometheus tidbits and trailers, which completely swept the film side for the day Expect more on these and others in just a few hours… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Scott Snyder Changing The Game For Batman  Killing Joke, Dark[...]

 At WonderCon today, Marvel revealed that she would be one of the key characters of the title, along with alternate reality versions of Wolverine, Emma Frost, and Nightcrawler. The new ongoing series is written by Greg Pak and drawn by Stephen Segovia, with an issue #1 cover by Julian Totino. Pak wrote the Astonishing X-Men #44-47 storyline[...]