Tag: Comic Con

Warren Ellis Is Bringing WildStorm Back to DC Comics

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Warren Ellis will return to DC, to work on some of the characters that made him a household name among comic book fans, as the curator of a new pop-up imprint called WildStorm, ComicBook.com has learned exclusively. Following on the heels of the success of Gerard Way’s Young Animal imprint, WildStorm will take a similar approach, with Ellis writing the “main” book and curating the others. WildStorm will debut mid-February 2017 with a regular monthly comic titled The Wild Storm, written by Ellis with art by Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo’s Clean…

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What is Stan Lee Doing These Days

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With its fifth annual event coming in late October, Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo has been renamed as Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con. Originally launched as Comikaze Expo in 2011, the event was re-branded in 2012 as Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo in a deal made between Comikaze Entertainment and Lee. Since its launch, the convention has grown from an estimated 35,000 attendees to 70,000 with its last event. The 2016 Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con is scheduled for October 28 – 30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Stan Lee: The…

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Brian Michael Bendis at Rose City Comic Con

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Last weekend we had a chance to speak with Marvel’s writer Brian Michael Bendis and ask him some qustions about Marvel Comics and what he is doing plus we saw him at his teaching best in the panel “Teaching Comics with Bendis and Walker”. Walt: Brian, who’s idea was it to kill Bruce Banner? Bendis: That was my idea. Walt: In the past the dymamic between Banner and his alter ego was part of a great over all story done so well by Pak and Aaron and others. Why would…

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The Flash Season 3 Comic-Con trailer:

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“I think we can state Flashpoint does not last all season long,” Gustin said. “But there are permanent ramifications.” “The Flash” Season 3 premiers Tuesday, October 4th also starring Jesse L. Martin, Tom Cavanagh, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Keiynan Lonsdale and Tom Felton. Watch The Flash Season 3 Comic-Con trailer:

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The Flash Season 3 Started Filming

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Season 3 of The Flash is officially underway! Grant Gustin took to Instagram to post the news along with an image of himself from the first episode as Barry Allen. “Look who’s back. Baby faced Barry,” Gustin said and added the hashtags: “#Day1 #TheFlashSeason3” to the post. Regarding “Baby faced Barry” we know the first episode for The Flash Season 3 is titled “Flashpoint” as the Season 2 finale saw Barry go back in time to save his mother, which we expect to have massive ramifications on the timeline. It’s…

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WB Launches DC Super Hero Girls

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Girls now have their very own Super Hero world, DC Super Hero Girls, where they can play, watch, read and be inspired to discover their full super power potential alongside legendary DC Comics female Super Heroes, including Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl, in this all-new universe that was created just for them. DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, in partnership with Mattel, announced today the activation of many elements to this highly anticipated initiative, including the rollout of the new DCSuperHeroGirls.com website, which kicks off with the U.S. launch…

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Suicide Squad Official Comic Con Trailer

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In a recent interview, Australian actress Margot Robbie, who is playing bubblegum blowing, baseball bat wielding maniac Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, was quick to praise her co-star Jared Leto. She says his performance as The Joker is “pretty impressive” and “what he’s doing with the character is so cool.” Leto’s appearance for The Joker is dramatically different than the character’s previous on-screen iterations. Robbie grew accustom to the Oscar-winner’s appearance and was more frightened Leto out of makeup on the set. “At first it was kind of confronting (to…

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Paul Bettany As The Vision and Trailer Avengers 2

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Paul Bettany, who actually wears a suit this time around as opposed to simply voicing J.A.R.V.I.S., was a guest on BBC’s The One Show. While most of the conversation was dominated by talk of the Age of Ultron premiere, Comic-Con and his mysterious character, he also brought with him a clip from the movie. Though there’s no sound, you can watch a cape-less Vision emerge and even grapple with Thor for a hot second at the 5:07 mark in the video above. The origins of Vision in the film is…

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Boston Comic Con Postponed Over Area Security Concerns

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As a consequence of the ongoing security concerns in the area as law enforcement officials pursue a suspect in this week’s tragic Boston Marathon bombings and violence in nearby Watertown and at MIT, the Hynes Convention Center has suspended all events. Among those is of course the Boston Comic Con, scheduled for this weekend but now postponed until further notice. The convention explained the situation in an update to the Comic Con’s website: Due to the unfortunate events that have transpired here in Boston, a lock down has been put…

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Boston Comic Con Goes on Even With Bombing

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MEDIA RELEASE CBR: Today during the Boston Marathon, two explosions hit the finish line around 673 Boylston Street nearby the Hynes Convention Center, the location of this year’s Boston Comic Con, leaving 23 injured and 2 dead at last report. The explosions sparked concern on social media across the world for friends and loved ones in the Boston area amongst the comics community. Many local comics professionals including writer Marjorie Liu and artists Ming Doyle, Joe Quinones and Maris Wicks have sounded off on Twitter that they are safe, and…

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Emerald City Comic Con Seattle 2013

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Emerald City Comic Con just gets better and bigger and is one of the Comic Conventions to attend on the west coast. Many artist and writers live in the northwest and attend every year this year was no exception. The city is beautiful and the convention center is big enough for a large convention. And in the last few years the big names in the entertainment world have attended. This year they did something I have never saw before they streamed panels so you would not have to fight the crowds.…

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Portland Comic Con from Wizard World

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I just attended the Wizard World Portland Comic Con and was pleasantly surprised all three days were filled with enough excitement to fill the convention center. I am not sure what the final attendance numbers were but for a main event in a city the size Portland, Oregon it was very crowded. More than enough to have Wizard World to reschedule in 2014 for January 24, 25, and 26, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wizard World has the pull to bring many of the big names in entertainment and pop culture…

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Doctor Who : New season to premiere on BBC

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BBC America has announced that the new season of Doctor Who will debut on September 1 at 9 p.m. ET, EW has confirmed. The network will broadcast five episodes of the 49-year-old British science fiction show this fall, starting with season premiere, “Asylum of the Daleks” and ending with an episode which will feature both the Weeping Angels and the departure of the Doctor’s companions Amy and Rory. The second half of the season is set to be broadcast next year. “We have, I think, our biggest range of stories…

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Comic Con 2012: The Judge Dredd World Premiere

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Lionsgate and the Masters of the Web panel co-sponsored the world premiere of Dredd 3D to a packed house at San Diego Comic Con Wednesday night. Dedicated fans lined up around the block for a chance to get into the screening, and the chance to hear stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby intro the film. The two play judges in a burned-out, post-apocalyptic metropolis, and as Urban cautioned before the screening, rambunctious crowd grabbing Dredd tickets better like their movies to be “dark and gritty.” Needless to say, that got…

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