Conventions

Marvel confirm Minimum Carnage, reveal the cover for Amazing Spider-Man #700, and celebrate KellySue DeConnick at SDCC

It's windup day here. All the glittering art displays and carnivals are being taken down; everyone has gone home but the poor cast of Fringe, who were left behind to cover the retreat. And the comicos are also joining the caravan to the north and east. We'll have a lot more to say in the days to come but today is a crucial day for the future of comics at Comic-Con. Most everyone we talked to among the comics publishers and artists told us this has been a slow show for sales. People who were sold out by Saturday at HeroesCon are sitting on stacks of books. We don't doubt that some people are doing well, but whereas in past years SDCC was definitely the biggest sales show of the year—justifying the enormous costs of attending — if booth sales slow, the exodus of comics talent may continue.

The 2012 Convention is winding up and news about who will attend next year is starting to emerge.

By Alexander Añé Saturday afternoon Jimmy Palmiotti introduced the panelists, Cindy Au, Vijaya Iver, and Batton Lash, for Kickstarter Changes Comics. Paul Levitz was originally...

Trying to keep up with all the Comicon News and Announcements? It's fast and furious (the convention, not the movie). Here are the links for the Saturday stories from morning to evening.

There's a new teaser poster for Man of Steel making the rounds at Comicon:

OK, so it's supposed to be the Iron Man 3 panel. And it is, but they started out by confirming a few thing for the second phase of the MCU. MCU? Marvel Cinematic Universe. What is there to be confirmed? Here's a handy list:

We always knew Shaq liked comics and it predated his turn as Steel on the big screen. Looks like he's going to publish them. Come to find out, Shaq has two comics lined up for the "Shaq Comic Book Company." This venture is a partnership between Shaq Entertainment and New Kingdom Entertainment. New Kingdom operates The Fanboy's Guide website.

Here are some visuals from Comic-Con... I'm taking a break.

By Todd Allen As you might have guessed, there wasn't a lot of new news at the Avengers Vs. X-Men panel.  Nobody wants to spoil...

Looking for a theme at Comicon isn't always the most sensible thing to do. It's a big show and there's a lot going on. I am, however, seeing some momentum being gathered -- in force -- from a trend that seemed to spin out of the Image convention this past spring. It's a little bit more than a movement back towards creator ownership, though that's certainly part of it. It's about the era of exclusive contracts dying and an age of , for lack of a better term, playing the field coming back.

Image have announced at least seven more titles today, from creators like Emma Rios, Chris Roberson, Joe Casey, Darick Roberson, Greg Rucka, KellySue DeConnick, James Robinson and Matt Fraction.