New York Comic Con is back and The Beat is on the scene! At the end of each day, we’ll round up our NYCC ’19 coverage so you don’t miss a single headline, whether you’re on the con floor at the Javits Center or following along from somewhere else. Saturday’s Comic Con news included a new Star Trek: Short Treks short, a premiere date for Star Trek: Picard, sneak peeks at upcoming DC YA titles, a new AfterShock graphic novel, and more.
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Without further ado, here’s all of Saturday’s Comic Con news in one place!
- M. Night Shyamalan gives a first look at SERVANT for Apple TV+
- Milligan and Fegredo’s ENIGMA comes back into print from Dark Horse
- Ash Ketchum voice actress Veronca Taylor answers POKÉMON fan questions
- Archie, Archie, Everywhere
- Interview: DARK PLANET Comics is making sure vampiric heist stories have a presence on the convention floor
- Vertigo founder Karen Berger brings some of comics’ best storytellers to Berger Books panel
- WATCH: A closer look at the BIRDS OF PREY costume display at NYCC ’19
- VIZ Media panel features CASTLEVANIA, announces STAR WARS & FROZEN 2 manga, and more
- When it’s more than teen angst: Trauma in speculative YA fiction
- The World of Capcom just got a little bigger
- IDW’s BERMUDA unites dinosaurs and pirates
- WATCH: Let’s chat about the powerful women of NYCC 2019
- New STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS now available to stream on CBS All Access
- Black Heroes Matter panel reflects on the importance of mentorship and representation
- STAR TREK: PICARD premieres January 23, 2020
- The future is bright now that we know about STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE
- Cliff Chiang to write and draw DC Black Label book
- Interview: Christopher Cantwell and Martin Morazzo talk conspiracies and mental illness in SHE COULD FLY
- THE WALKING DEAD is coming back for more, and so is Lauren Cohan
- DC’s “Super-Powered YA” panel reveals first looks at upcoming titles
- Afropunks & Blerds: The Black Nerd Resistance Part 3
- Chris Claremont may write again for Marvel next year
- Kamala Khan is the main character of the Square Enix MARVEL’S AVENGERS game
- STAR TREK: DISCOVERY S3 jumps forward in time — here’s what that means
- Get a sneak peek at TNT’s SNOWPIERCER show
- AfterShock’s new title, KILL A MAN, combines MMA with LGBTQ+
- PAPER GIRLS creators take victory lap, discuss series
- GIBIATE anime unveils voice cast and new characters
- WOLVERINE joins the DAWN OF X in February
- STAR TREK: PICARD panel reveals release date and more series details
- Todd McFarlane, team set world record with SPAWN
- Water, Earth, Fire, Air: Continuing the AVATAR legacy
- Titan Comics announce huge DOCTOR WHO team-up for 2020
- Chris Claremont and C.B. Celbuski take a trip down memory lane at the Marvel Fanfare panel
- Stuart Immonen joins Hill House Comics for PLUNGE with Joe Hill
- SYFYWire’s “The Great Debate” panel draws laughter and thumbs up (and down)
- Runaways Season 3 panel brings the love to Madison Square Garden
In case you missed it, here’s the news from Friday:
- New STRANGER THINGS miniseries coming from Dark Horse
- Comic creators team-up at DC World’s Finest panel
- A HARLEY QUINN Black Label series is coming from Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
- “Comics and the Clinic” panel explores comics and mental health with creators & experts
- Revisiting Y THE LAST MAN & talking the future in Y for FX
- Scholastic reveals THE HUNGER GAMES prequel novel cover and title
- Rooster Teeth’s RWBY panels let loose new information, spoilers and maybe some Grimm
- Dark Horse and Panda Mony Toys partner for ALTER NATION graphic novel, digital comic
- DC Comics is fleshing out a timeline, defining four generations of heroes
- THE GRUDGE reboot goes R-rated and promises to give ‘f’ed up’ a whole new meaning
- Sturgill Simpson and Jason Aaron team up for SOUND & FURY
- Making comics the Marvel way
- Marvel’s Runaways Season 3 trailer teases magical mayhem, plus CLOAK AND DAGGER
- Amy Reeder to write and draw AMETHYST for DC Comics
- New Marvel STAR WARS ongoing series and more from the Lucasfilm publishing panel
- Ewing & Cabal relaunching GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY in January
- LGBT+ Artists in Artist Alley Round-Up
- THOR relaunching in January with Cates & Klein
- Is Billy Dee Williams the original Star Wars daddy?
- Sana Amanat in conversation at NYPL
- A bird’s eye view of the first day on the con floor
- WATCHMEN panel wows fans with first episode screening
- Grab a cricket protein bar at the SNOWPIERCER pop-up experience
- BOOM! Studios announces new series from Si Spurrier and Evan Narcisse, ALIENATED
- The Kingpin comes to Joe Quesada’s Cup O’ Joe Panel
- So, what’s “Marvel’s Next Big Thing”? Iron Man 2020 & more
- DC Nation panel talks continuity, new stories
- Friday’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING panel was a joyously lively affair
- Presenting the 2019 Harvey Awards winners
Once you’re caught up on Friday’s and Saturday’s Comic Con news, here’s Thursday’s news:
- Kelly Thompson’s STAR gets her own mini-series
- Javits construction continues concurrently with comic con
- Lion Forge and BINC’s new Forge Fund to invest in comic retailer market
- THE NEIL GAIMAN LIBRARY coming next year from Dark Horse
- Dumplin’ author Julie Murphy narrates Faith Herbert’s teen years in new book FAITH: TAKING FLIGHT
- MONSTRESS creators Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda discuss hit comic
- AMC unveils second THE WALKING DEAD spin-off show
- Christopher Eccleston reflects on his first act
- Jim Lee, Brad Meltzer to team on story about Batman, real-life war hero
- How the cast & crew moved “From Page to Stage” with THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL
- James Wan is heading to GIDEON FALLS
- Bringing the Force to VADER IMMORTAL: A STAR WARS VR series panel
- Hasbro reveals new Marvel Legends figures, including Stan Lee & more X-Men
- Nick Kroll announces BIG MOUTH spin-off, HUMAN RESOURCES
- Molcher, Ennis, Vansant, Thompson & de Campi explore the history of war comics
- DC publishers reiterate line-wide plans, tease future
- NYPL welcomes fans to the Nerd Palace, a.k.a. the New York Public Library
For more NYCC ’19, including what we covered pre-show, click here.
