Conventions

Located on the north side of Hall G, near the Gaming Lounge and comics publishers! Learn about the art of graphic novels, comics, illustration, and...

Friday, June 22 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM LIBRARY CON 2018 Location: Morial Convention Center, Room Rm 348-349 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Graphic Novel Friday Forum:...

Once again, librarians of all sorts are converging on New Orleans, for the 2018 edition of the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition! ALA was one...

Holy Collectible Variants, Batman!

The director of the upcoming Aquaman joins Funko's Director Line of Vinyl Figures

No lie, this might be the biggest change at the San Diego Comic-Con since they started moving events to the hotels. The city of...

Shut up and take our money, Funko!

InterGalactiCon is the brainchild of former Playstation and DEF CON EXEC Steve “Captain” Kirk, who The Beat interviewed last month. When asked the reason for creating InterGalactiCon, Steve had said, “We wanted to design this as an experience. Something broad like Comic-Con can be, but more accessible and more-easy to get into. More space and easier to interact with your friends.” InterGalactiCon has been Steve’s passion project for more than sixteen-months now, consuming his days and nights with planning.

Some SDCC' 18 toy highlights

Virtual Reality is only now starting to come out of its infancy. Hardware makers such as HTC, Oculus, and Sony are consistently bringing new...

One notable memory she shared was from her work on the movie The Hidden. In it, she played as a stripper with an alien housed inside her body. “I sort of lied to get the role,” she said. The director had fired one actress for the role Claudia auditioned for, due to not having a look right for the role. Claudia cupped her hands in the air just in front of her chest to explain what she meant by this. “I was really skinny at the time, so I was pretty much all straight there.”

Remedy Entertainment is the studio best known for the gaming properties Max Payne, the psychological horror Alan Wake, and the live action/gaming experiment Quantum...