SDCC ’17 – The Quiet Introspection of THE LOUD HOUSE
As one of Nickelodeon’s most popular shows on air currently, The Loud House presents viewers with its dichotomous nature right off the bat. While borrowing the aesthetics of a classic fifties comic strip and...
SDCC ’17: Jack Kirby Tribute Panel Talks Centennial Birthday, Disney Legend Status, and Projects...
This year, on August the twenty-eighth, comic legend Jack Kirby would have celebrated his one-hundredth birthday. For family and friends, not a day passes that they don’t think of the icon, to whom...
Is the Comics Industry Collapsing? Let’s Talk About the Hyperbole and DC’s New...
During the convention, there was an incident of sorts. Somebody at a movie site wrote about the comics industry collapsing. There was a quote mis-attributed to Jim Lee and all sorts of people got...
DC and Marvel’s Digital Announcements – What Do They Mean?
Marvel and DC are once more making digital announcements at Comic-Con. Marvel with a bit of gusto, DC more like NBC-era Paul Schaffer saying “Gee Dave, I don’t know if this is such a...
SDCC ’17: Anna Paquin schooled husband Stephen Moyer on X-Men universe for Fox’s THE...
The X-Men will be making an appearance on Fox this fall with the new series The Gifted - a one hour drama by Matt Nix starring Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as the Struckers, parents of mutant children who have to take their family on the run to protect it. Though the show will be set in a distinct and separate timeline from the movies, it will still inhabit the X-Men universe and features characters like Blink (Jamie Chung), Polaris (Emma Dumont), and Thunderbird (Blair Redford).
Spotlight on Marjorie Liu – SDCC ’17
By Gabriel Neeb
Having received Eisner nominations for her work on Marvel's HAN SOLO limited series and her series, MONSTERESS, Marjorie Liu was given a spotlight panel Friday at the San Diego Comic Convention.
Introduced by writer David...
SDCC ’17: Women of Marvel panelists remember Flo Steinberg as the original Woman of...
The panel began on a bittersweet note with the news of Flo Steinberg’s passing. Many of the panelists have worked directly with Flo at some point in their Marvel careers, noting that she was more than Stan Lee’s assistant – she was the original Woman of Marvel, someone who forged a path for female comics creators and whose legacy will continue to do so.
SDCC ’17: Mark Evanier and Others Discuss What Makes for Good Cover Art
The phrase goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I don’t know anyone who follows it. For that reason, an eye-catching cover is necessary to catch the eyes of potential buyers. At this...
Talking Eisners and Politics with The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye’s Sonny Liew
By Nancy Powell
When The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye was released last June, the book became such an instant classic and media darling that it ended 2016 at the top of many critics’...
SDCC 17: A Conversation About Inclusivity and Diversity in Comics and the Comics Market
By Andrea Ayres
At Comic-Con there’s been a great deal of discussion about how to increase diversity among creators and artists but what about within the marketplace itself? That’s what a number of panelists, assembled...
SDCC ’17: Watchtower Wrap-Up: The Dead Dog Party Ate Up the Afterparty
Well, it's all over, even the shouting at the Talk Back panel.
I took Sunday off... had to be an adult in the morning, and then spent the rest of the day relaxing, happy...
SDCC ’17: Talk Back Panel Possibly Reveals Failures in Hall H Wristbands and ADA...
This year, at the end of San Diego Comic-Con, president of Comic-Con International John Rogers was met with a room full of constant noise. The end of show “Talk Back” panel nearly had every...