Nashville’s longest running comic book convention returns this weekend with a brand new location and a wide range of guests. In addition to comic book writers and artists, the Nashville Comic & Horror Festival features a number of celebrities from television, animation, and wrestling. Some of the featured guests include...
Stockton-Con announced yesterday that beginning this year, the show’s annual art contest will be named Tony DeZuniga Memorial Art Contest. DeZuniga, best known for his work on Jonah Hex, passed away last year. He made Stockton his home for years and worked with many local artists, mentoring them when he...
Following a previous attempt at a comic convention that was delayed as a result of a city-wide manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers, organizers for the Boston Comic Con announced today that the show would go on–albeit in a different bat-time and different bat-location. The convention will now be held...
For those who weren’t following us all weekend long, or just didn’t know, there was a flurry of activity in the comics business over the weekend, as publishers small and large trotted out big new plans for the future. IDW and Dark Horse were really the dominant announcers of news...
During the Diamond Comics Retailer summit in Chicago today, Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson officially announced Image Expo 2013. The event will take place in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on July 2, 2013. Image Expo 2013 will be an all-day event featuring announcements from Image Comics,...
Despite a valiant effort by organizers to have the Boston Comic Con go on as scheduled, the situation has been taken out of the hands of the organizers. With one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings still at large, the city of Boston is still on lockdown. While earlier today,...
The organizers of the Boston Comic Con have reached out to exhibitors on the convention’s Facebook page, telling them that while load-in has been delayed by the current heightened security in and around the city, they still plan to hold the convention this weekend as planned. “EXHIBITORS: Load in at...
As reported yesterday, the Boston Comic Con is going forward with plans to hold their event this weekend, just blocks from yesterday’s apparent terror attack on the Boston Marathon–but there’s a catch. Convention organizers are asking cosplayers and other fans who might have them, to leave their prop weapons at...
The deadly explosion that took place earlier today near the finish line of the Boston Marathon has got New England scrambling to make sense of the situation but organizers of the Boston Comic Con say that, at least at present, the show is expected to go on as planned this...
Fred Hembeck, Joe Sinnott, Ron Marz and Matthew Dow Smith and other comics professionals will headline the Woodstock Day School Comic Convention on Saturday. Admission is $5, with proceeds going to the school. Besides the signing appearances, demonstrations, photo opportunities and other convention-related fun, the show (which runs from noon...
For quite some time, there have been rumors that Ethan Van Sciver is working on a project involving the languishing DC Comics character Plastic Man. The project, rumored to be tentatively titled “Bedlam,” was semi-formally announced at the Phoenix Comic Con last year, with Van Sciver telling fans that it...
Today at noon, VIP and four-day passes to this year’s New York Comic Con went on sale online. Officials note that due to the high volume Ticket sales for NYCC 2013 will be rolled out in waves. VIP and 4-Day Tickets are limited so Fans are encouraged to buy their...
Earlier this morning, Wizard World announced that Nathan Fillion will be joining their Wizard World Philadelphia convention. Fans will also be able to purchase “Nathan Fillion VIP” tickets, for the full experience including photos, autographs and reserved seating at the Fillion programming panel, sure to be an extremely popular event....
This evening at the Emerald City Comic Con, Michael Rooker and Danai Gurira of AMC’s The Walking Dead held court at a Talking Dead panel, discussing their roles in the series and experiences on the set. After about 30 minutes of discussion with a moderator, they opened the floor to...
During today’s Talking Dead panel at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, actors Danai Gurira (Michonne) and Michael Rooker (Merle Dixon) were holding court, talking about their characters on AMC’s The Walking Dead, when a question came from the audience. “We’re doing questions now?” Rooker asked, puzzled, when a man...
