Conventions

Don't worry, we're not going to spend the next five weeks going over reactions to New York Comic Con...probably just this post, our own wrap-up and whatever news fallout emerges. Fun Fact #1: This year, it's been hard to find personal blog accounts of the show. Like San Diego, NYCC has become the province of a lot of professional bloggers and journos, so even a Google blog search comes up with lots of variations on "Marvel vs Capcom!". Fun Fact #2: Even though our own immediate reaction to the show was that it worked for what it was supposed to be, there have been a lot of complaints. This isn't really surprising -- there were a lot of rough patches in security, crowding, scheduling and more -- but it shows that the crowd had high expectations for the kind of experience they were going to get, and when it fell short, they felt it.

The definitive account of SD10, just as great as it began. Can't wait for the Uncivilized Books version of this epic of epicness.

While we consider NYCC a complete success from where we stand, it wasn't without problems -- mostly in security and crowd control. While we're working on our full write-up, Evan Dorkin has some comments that give the other side:

Wow, there was SO MUCH going on at New York Comic Con. Kevin Melrose has a great roundup of salient news points, and CBR had an insane number of panel reports. Newsarama has streaming video, and Comics Alliance has their own link roundup. But if you can't digest all that, here's the Slimfast version, specially prepared just for you.

It's been a long year of change in the comics industry, and New York Comic Con feels like the end point of an arduous but rewarding journey. We were just doing a search for blogs posts about the show and already found fairly fascinating two think pieces that show the ascendance of nerd culture as a boon -- or a threat, depending on how you view it.

§ Hank Kanalz has been promoted to Senior VP-Digital of DC Comics, it was announced at this morning's DC Nation panel. He was formerly...

There has never been a harder partying comic con than NYCC 10. For those who can drag themselves out one more time, here's tonight's party poop report with three big parties:

It seems that the action kicked off early today at the Diamond retailer breakfast this morning, which due to its 8:30 start time was...

Well, we knew everyone was excited about NYCC, but didn't know it was THIS exciting. Saturday is already sold out. You can still get tickets for Friday and Sunday and a weekend pass will get you into all three days, but no more single ticket sales. PR below

Only available as an image, but all things Marvel at NYCC can be found here.

BOOM! STUDIOS GUESTS INCLUDE:  Eisner & Harvey Award-nominated IRREDEEMABLE & INCORRUPTIBLE's Mark Waid DARKWING DUCK's Ian Brill & James Silvani 28 DAYS LATER's Michael Alan Nelson FARSCAPE & CARS: THE ADVENTURES OF TOW MATER's Keith R.A. DeCandido

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 CARTOON NETWORK: Firebreather Exclusive Screening and Panel 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. jgLocation: 1A08 Talent: Phil Hester (co-executive producer), Andy Kuhn (co-executive producer), Peter Chung (writer/ director) Fans will get the first look at Cartoon Network’s original CGI movie, Firebreather, with an exclusive screening! ... Robot Chicken Signing Location: Room 1C02 Talent: Seth Green, Matt Senreich MAD Signing at the DC Comics booth #2243 Childrens Hospital Signing Location: Show Floor - Autograph Alley Talent: Rob Corddry, Jon Stern, Rob Huebel and Erinn Hayes, Lake Saturday, October 9 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. 2:00–3:00 p.m. 3:45 -- 4:45 p.m.