Now that the comics industry has overtaken film, its outstanding writers are starting to step up to the biopic bar. Subversive brainiac Grant Morrison is up next, with a dedicated documentary due in time for next year’s Comic-Con International. “He has an uncanny ability to tell stories that are both accessible and progressively avant-garde,” explained indie [...] Related...
San Diego is home to the annual Comic-Con, an absolutely massive and super-colorful gathering dedicated to the comic book (and movie) world. The truth is, this sprawling metro area is a great spot to shop for comic books all year...
San Diego's Comic-Con is hard to beat in terms of marketing dollars or Hollywood heavyweights. But when it comes to artists welcoming fans into their back yards, King Con has a local flavor all its own. This Brooklyn-based comic and animation convention prides itself on celebrating all the creative types who have set up shop [...]
Although now known as part of the San DiegoComic-Con’s portfolio of events, APE, the alternative Press Expo, as the brainchild of SLG president Dan Vado, and was held in San Jose for its first few years. Although Vado’s involvement with APE ended a while ago, he’s back at it with the San JoseComics [...]
Now that the comics industry has overtaken film, its outstanding writers are starting to step up to the biopic bar. Subversive brainiac Grant Morrison is up next, with a dedicated documentary due in time for next year’s Comic-Con International. “He has an uncanny ability to tell stories that are both accessible and progressively avant-garde,” explained [...]
Comic fandom's rarely held to be a welcoming place for girls. But one correspondent remembers fondly her trip to the 1978 San DiegoComic-Con, when she was a wee 8-year old. Other females, however, were few and far between.
Comic fandom's rarely held to be a welcoming place for girls. But one correspondent remembers fondly her trip to the 1978 San DiegoComic-Con, when she was a wee 8-year old girl. Other females, however, were few and far between....
, one of the brains behind the world's biggest comic book convention, Comic-Con International, has died - just two weeks after co-founder Sheldon Dorf passed away.
I first met these guys at the New YorkComic Con's Happy hour, a fledgling group of writers and artists working to put together their first anthology. After hearing some of their Ideas, I said to myself, " Hey, this sound like a group of guys I can work with!" A few months later the group's comic anthology For a Price: Bounty Hunters and Other Scum is out and we are well under...
KEN KRUEGER, one of the brains behind the world's biggest comic book convention, Comic-Con International, has died - just two weeks after co-founder SHELDON DORF...
Gareb Shamus has purchased yet another comic book convention; this time the New England Comic Con. This expands the Wizard World Comic Con. The complete press release is after the jump, and there’s plenty of room for the Legion of Spoilerites to voice their opinions. Press Release Gareb Shamus, CEO of New York based Wizard Entertainment, announces [...]
When we ran the press release announcing the new New England Comic-Con last week, we were puzzled by one aspect of the acquisition by con impresario Gareb Shamus: namely that the show acquired had been running for 35 years. As revealed in the comments section and now a post by A. David Lewis, that’s [...]
Laura / Dylan and Cole Sprouse Fan Site Sprouseland.com Hey guys! It’s time for a “Blast From the Past” post and here’s a really nice video that you guys probably remember Dylan and Cole signing a lot of autographs at San DiegoComic-Con event back in 2007 enjoy it! TAGS: 4. Blast from the past. Read full article at Dylan and Cole Sprouse Fan Site Sprouseland.com
Media Release -- Comic-Con International, the largest comic book and popular arts event in the United States, announced today that submissions are now being accepted for consideration by the judges for the 2010 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards. Publishers wanting to submit entries should send one copy each of the comics or books they wish to nominate and include a cover...