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In anticipation of his appearance at New York Comic Fest this weekend, here’s Mark Waid and a highly memorable convention encounter!
I haven’t done as many comics conventions this year as I usually do. By the end of 2015, I think I will have been to maybe five. That’s less than half of what I did a decade ago. It’s not that I don’t like comics conventions; in fact, I love them. Most of the larger…
People reporting from Comic-Con: Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing — a “voice post” Mark Evanier the ultra-fabulous, even-cooler-than-we-thought Maddy Gaiman Laurell K. Hamilton Irene Gallo: 1, 2, 3 Jeff Smith Heidi MacDonald of The Beat: photos, report Tom Spurgeon of Comics Reporter Brian Cronin of Comics Should Be Good Everyone’s reporting on DC’s new license to…
It was a lovely day in the Bronx yesterday, perfect for the 5-minute jaunt southward to attend the first ever Kids’ Comic Con at the Bronx Community College. I thought this was a terrific venture for the first time around. Lots of tables geared, as it should be, specifically for kids, who responded with wonder…
Sunday afternoon, John Gallagher led a standing-room-only workshop for kids to create their own comic book heroes. Gallagher, creator of Buzzboy and NASCAR Heroes, cited his own work as a model. For example, his villain, Doc Cyber, a mad scientist, saw the error of his ways and decided to use his abilities for good, thus…
There was a lot going on today, so let’s see if we can get these Quick Picks done in ComicMix Six words or less. A lawyer explains the Kirby lawsuit. Heroes ratings nosedive, its worst ever. Peanuts lookalike kids can win big. Daredevil movie reboot coming, no Affleck. Whedon confirms Buffy: Season 9 comic. Ghost…
Andi Watson has some nice photos to accompany his convention report from the Angouleme International Comics Festival. An excerpt: "I spent most of my time holed up in Salon Editeurs with publishers great and small. There was a separate manga tent way over on the other side of town that I never made it to….
