Conventions

By Nicholas Eskey If you label yourself a “nerd” and wear it with pride, undoubtedly you already follow Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist News. The quick witted...

By Nicholas Eskey San Diego publisher IDW have grown steadily beyond their beginnings of comics. Though comics are still their main focus, the company in...

Wow, this story has it all. Unattainable glamour, a desperate scheme, legal drama. And a mystery I can't answer.

Held the day before Emerald City Comic Con, Image took their Image Expo on the road to The Showbox in Seattle for all the creator announcements of upcoming projects. The location was unique and perfect when you consider the many independent and up and coming bands that rolled through The Showbox in the past—plus how long Image has been associated with independent. The Showbox offered a sexy venue with lighting, chandeliers, and was already decorated for Image's Spring Formal later in the evening. Image Expo would offer many highlights and it was interesting to see when the audience connected most with the presentations during the day.

If you were at MoCCA you probably heard the "rumour" that Gabe Fowler wouldn't be putting on a Comic Arts Brooklyn festival in 2016....

Well that was a heck of a day for Image Expo. The return of the Batgirl of Burnside team with motorcycles, and of the award-winning Azzarello/Risso team with Moonshine were big, but the appearance of Karen Berger brought down Twitter, and I'm sure, the house in Seattle. Berger is a genuine comics legend, and while editing one book is just a smallish thing, just having her back on deck feels right somehow. It's worth noting that SURGEON X, the book she's editing, written by Sara Kenney, is funded by a grant from Society Award from Wellcome Trust; perhaps the charitable nature of the project helped lure her to the Image Expo stage.

Anyone fascinated by the emerging world of digital comics was in for a treat at C2E2, thanks to a panel made up of a...

Come on, you know how the story goes. You put on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.  You cue up The Wizard of Oz. To your...

If you thought getting a hotel room for SDCC was bad, just try getting a pro badge for NYCC. Registration is open until Friday,...

The San Diego hotel room lottery, known variously as #hoteloween (by a few old timers) and #hotelpocalypse (by the current generation), took place this...

The 2016 edition of the MoCCA Arts Festival is upon us!  This Friday and Saturday, cartoonists from all over the world will gather to...

   I'm still in SoCal enjoying a few days of sunny skies and fresh produce, and I'll have a full report on WonderCon for Publishers...