What I learned at NYCC ‘07
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Yes it is the latest and lamest con report ever after hundreds of bloggers have already had their say. What can we say? We’re old and sick and we just couldn’t hack it. But there are a few points that no one has brought up(!) that we thought were still worth [...]
Continue ReadingA picture is worth a thousand blogs, unless it's Vertical
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Looking at this slideshow from a PHILADELPHIA TV station looking at the New York Comic-con you begin to see just why everyone wants to cover it: so pervy photogs can take pictures of half naked girls and cute anime chicks. Meanwhile, Vertical’s Anne Ishii delivers the final word in a MUST [...]
Continue ReadingColbert on NYCC: "This is penetration!"
Share this link on Facebook!TweetMopping up yet more images, thoughts and generational moments from NYCC ‘07. The New York Observer weighs in with a sharply written piece that captures much of the vibe: “This is penetration!” said Stephen Colbert, as he pointed to a poster of himself as Tek Jansen, the hero of a soon-to-be-released comic book. [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC: Day 1 pictures
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet[Unbelievably, in all the rush these photos were supposed to be posted on Saturday, and they weren't. Oh well.] Not much chance to take pictures on Friday alas, so these are even more random than usual. Looking out from the rear of Artist’s Alley, through Podcaster’s Alley. Molly Crabapple and friend. We spotted Scott Lobdell [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC Picture parade Days 2 & 3
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Crowds, sunlight and stormtroopers. What more could you want to create that eaux-de-comic-con? More pictures in the jump.
Continue ReadingNYCC: Voices, visions
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Tom has a huge link dump for the just completed second New York Comic-Con, and when we were down and out and too sick to go on we knew it would be okay because afterwards we could just read about what we missed online. Almost better than the real thing. Anyway, [...]
Continue ReadingWe're back!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAlive and more or less in one piece. We had a Black Plague relapse which prevented us from doing much at the con yesterday. We’ll have fuller comments later on, but the major log line is no big disasters, a few smaller ones, and everyone pretty much happy. Attendance guestimates we [...]
Continue ReadingUPDATE from the floor 1:45
Share this link on Facebook!TweetReporting live from the press room at New York Comic-Con. The line this morning was long, but everyone seems to have gotten in. There are traffic jams near Marvel and DC as there would be at any convention, but osmosis has created a fairly consistent density of people throughout the rest [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC: What happened Friday
Share this link on Facebook!TweetNot much time to blog this morning. Still at home, but just got a call from someone on the scene who says the line to get in stretches to 40th Street and the West Side Highway. From yesterday, so far no disasters. People were lined up at 7 am to get in, [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC: CAN YOU GET IN SATURDAY???
Share this link on Facebook!TweetNew York Comic-con may well be the first convention in history to sell out before a single fan has been let in. The Saturday of the show is SOLD OUT, as in there are no more advance tickets available. We heard that tickets for Saturday were selling for $75 on eBay [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC Pix Day 0
Share this link on Facebook!TweetJust a few to whet your appetite. Calvin Reid (Publishers Weekly), Larry Gonick (Cartoon History of the Universe), Marisa Acocella Marchetto (Cancer Vixen), Thomas LeBien (Hill + Wang) and George O’Connor (Journey into Mohawk Country) at the non fiction panel. We got the chance to meet Gonick afterwards and he is quite [...]
Continue ReadingICv2 Graphic Novel Conference Report
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe whirlwind of New York Comic-Con kicked off yesterday with the ICv2 graphic novel conference. Attendance was up from last year, according to organizer Milton Griepp, with a mix of cartoonists, publishers, librarians, retailers, agents, buyers, and other folks from Graphic Novel World. While there were a few people from what [...]
Continue ReadingNYCC: what's really important
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFinally, we’ve blogged the hell out of New York Comicon, just so you know what is going on. but as we sit back in wheezy, queasy exhaustion, perspective begins to rear its ugly head, and we remember that what is really important about this show is the basics: getting jiggy. For instance, [...]
Continue ReadingBiggest NYCC post ever!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetEvan Dorkin Brian K. Vaughan: Steve Niles Colleen Doran Joanna Estep Cecil Castellucci Act-i-vate Tania Del Rio Rivkah
Continue ReadingNYCC: Tokyopop
Share this link on Facebook!TweetTokyopop is set up at booth #731 with creators including Eric Wight, Rivkah, Svetlana Chmakova, T Campbell, Amy Mebberson, Joanna Estep, Melissa DeJesus, M. Alice LeGrow, Federica Manfredi, Shannon Denton, Dan Hipp, June Kim, Frank Marraffino, Stuart Moore, James Barry, Joshua Ortega, Drew Rausch, Amy Hadley, Megumi Cummings, Steven Cummings, [...]
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