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 Marvel has just confirmed this at WonderCon, revealing further details  The ongoing series is written by DeConnick with art by Dexter Soy Marvel also revealed covers for issues #1 and #2 of the series by Ed McGuinness. "My pitch was called 'Pilot' and the take can pretty much be summed up with 'Carol Danvers as Chuck[...]

Peter S. Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool. Some other bloke without a middle initial writes for the Associated Press. Don’t mix us up. The Boom Panel was

Svensson transcribes furiously for Bleeding Cool. Mark Waid announced his digital comics plans funded by the sale of his entire comic collection at his Spotlight Panel at WonderCon May will see the launch of Waid's new digital publishing imprint alongside writer John Rogers Waid will begin a regular ongoing digital series with art by his Irredeemable[...]

He gave some headlines the other day, today, he talks about yesterday's IDW Panel at WonderCon in full. The IDW Panel at WonderCon 2012 announced their gaining the rights to Judge Dredd, Mark Waid writing the Rocketeer with Chris Samnee, and fifty-five variant covers to Mars Attacks #1. The panel got off to a start with the[...]

Joseph Salas, writing for Bleeding Cool from WonderCon emails in to let us know Scott Snyder has just announced that "the next story arc after Court of Owls is a big game changer in the Batman world Will be the most epic Batman story ever " Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Knightfall, Batman Inc…[...]

Siike Donnelly writes for Bleeding Cool from WonderCon He has just drunk the Nerdist Kool-Aid. Finally a channel for nerds! Walking the floors at WonderCon yesterday reminded me, much as MegaCon did in Orlando a month ago, just why I was put on this planet I'm here to absorb and be a part of this very unique[...]

Saturday is about to begin in Anaheim. Dum dum dum dum dadum dum dadum... Thanks to Sean Neprud ‏@baddeacon

He's been talking to Eric Powell at WonderCon. Ryan King: Allow me to begin by saying congratulations on the constant success of your Dark Horse comic series The Goon The quirky sense of humor, dark seriousness, and glorious monster mayhem make it a top of the pile read whenever an issue is released Not to mention[...]

Raymond Brown writes for Bleeding Cool at WonderCon from the Vertigo and Superman panels. Vertigo: The New Blood The panelists for the Vertigo panel were senior editor Will Dennis, writer Scott Snyder and artist Dustin Nguyen. Dennis discussed several upcoming Vertigo releases.  To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Fables, Vertigo will be rereleasing the first trade paperback collection[...]

FreeWatch: Marvel are giving out free digital codes for X-Sanction #1 at WonderCon Here is one for the fastest Bleeding Cool reader on the draw It is only valid for the first person who tries to get this… PreviewWatch: The Beat runs a preview of The Other Side Of Howard Cruse StageWatch: Batman Live comes to America[...]

Joseph Salas is reporting for Bleeding Cool from the DC All Access Panel at WonderCon As well as a shot of the art from Superman Earth One in full costumed glory, he  hands down some handy bullet points… Superman Earth One Vol 2 by Joe Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis in November. Arcane is coming back in[...]

Writer/producer Jane Espenson has just tweeted; Less than an hour to the announcement. What could it be that would appeal to fans of #HusbandsTheSeries as

Here is a new trailer for Ultimate Spider-Man, The Animated Series, showing at WonderCon this weekend. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr6gDStjewA[/youtube] Marvel have asked us to say this; Can't wait until April 1st to catch your favorite Super Hero in action? Check out Marvel's new Ultimate Spider-Man trailer debuting on Marvel.com! Watch as Nick Fury offers Spider-Man the biggest opportunity of his[...]

Marvel were set to announce this at Wondercon.  But it's just gone public on the Diamond site, so… In June, Thunderbolts will be renamed Dark Avengers, with issues #175 and #176. Smart viewers may have noted in this week's Avengers who might be making up the team… Jeff Parker and Declan Shalvey will still be creating the book[...]

Tomorrow sees the start of Wonder Con in Anaheim, California. Bleeding Cool has a number of people on the ground (and very likely with their head in the

I don't even know the people working on the book. But I guess by WonderCon we all will Let me know how it goes. I think I'm going to be saying that a lot today. Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch, wrote Steve Gerber But what lights up Man Thing? Marvel are going one more time[...]

Talk about an aggressive convention schedule!  Avatar Press will be setting up at tons of shows across the United States and Canada in 2012, and they're kicking off the year next week with a trip to sunny California for WonderCon (March 16-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center). Conventions can be pretty overwhelming at times, with thousands[...]

Some people complain that there's just too much movies, TV, toys, games, cartoons and cosplay at comic conventions., And not enough of the comics. Well, just to prove that wrong, here's the programming schedule for WonderCon from March 16th to the 18th, with all the non-comics programming removed And it's stil massive What will you be[...]

And the three main comic book convention organisers, Reed (behind C2E2 and NYCC), Wizard World and CCI (behind San Diego and Wonder Con) have decided to play nicely with each other. Wondercon lost its slot because its traditional convention centre was undergoing repairs So it has moved to earlier in the year, March 16th-18th in Anaheim[...]

The annaul WonderCon comic convention in San Francisco had a record turnout this year, almost topping 50,000 in attendance And positive feelings in abundance So next year is expected to be an even bigger blast. Except… Except there's a problem. The Moscone Center when the show is held, and frankly the only local venue able to put on[...]

Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool Boom Studio's Director of Marketing Chip Mosher and Editor in Chief Matt Gagnon held court at Wondercon for a panel on editing comics Sadly, I was only able to attend the last half. A fan asked about how Boom acquires its licensed titles Mosher explained that licensed properties[...]

He wrote; "The reason I was attending Wondercon was that Activision brought me out to promote "Spider-Man: Edge of Time." Since I was out here on their dime, I wanted to make sure that anyone who wanted to see me had to come to the panel But I didn't want[...]

At WonderCon this week, there were a few hundred copies of Nonplayer by Nate Simpson for sale, ahead of this Wednesday's release They sold fast, one per person I understand it looked a little like the above. And here's the response on Twitter. shopofideas Wed NONPLAYER #1 NATE SIMPSON! This book is beautiful! The plot is actually[...]

The WonderCon Green Lantern footage was the big buzz of the day, and seems to have turned perceptions of the flick around substantially  Announcements from the con dominated conversation both here and elsewhere, but on another subject I suspect that the Sucker Punch that Brendon snuck in with Zack Snyder is just the opening round[...]

Seriously, who do Archaia think they are? IDW? At C2E2 they announced the graphic novel adaptation of Jim Henson's A Tale Of Sand. Yesterday they

Svensson is at Wondercon, writing for Bleeding Cool. At the DC Nation panel at Wondercon 2010, DC announced a series of one-shots to come out this summer featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash and Green Lantern with classic creators from the 70s, 80s and 90s On the panel were Len Wein, JT Krul,[...]

Scott Dunbier was the man who created the Absolute format at DC, showcasing comic book work in a very European high quality oversized fashion. Then at IDW

But it's just one of the exotic delights from WonderCon right now Here are some rather representative examples Big up to the Wolvertrooper and Stormzombies cosplayers… Why did Ex-Marvel Editor Nate Cosby take out his frustration on Amazing Spider-Man artist and Crimson creator Humberto Ramos? We may[...]

WonderCon has just opened This is how it looked before… This is how it looks today… And these are the people queuing outside who are about to make it look like something else… And here are a badges, signs and teasers to get you all in the San Franciscan Wonderconian mood… And watch out for these Thor movie/car[...]

This weekend, while I'm signing my new comic book at Forbidden Planet (have I mentioned that at all?) Wondercon, from the people who bring you the San Diego Comic Con, is kicking off in San Francisco. Everyone will be there Marvel and DC of course, but also Avatar, Aspen, IDW, Slave Labor Graphics, Boom!, Archaia, Image,[...]