Ringo Award-winning webcomics publisher Rocketship Entertainment has announced its plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2024, including creator signings and exclusives at booth #2707 on the show floor. But perhaps most exciting of all, Rocketship will provide free portfolio reviews for artists who’d like to have their work critiqued.
Rocketship’s full announcement follows, with more details to come.
Press Release:
San Diego, CA, July 22, 2024 – Rocketship Entertainment, the industry leader in publishing hit webcomics and the 2021 Ringo Award winner for Favorite Publisher, will make its appearance at San Diego Comic-Con from July 25-28, 2024 at the San Diego Convention Center.
The Rocketship Way Station (booth #2707) will be on the main show floor where fans can pick up graphic novels, games, and merchandise.
Creator Leeanne M. Krecic (Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath) will be at the Rocketship booth throughout the weekend for signings, along with scheduled signings with creators Ryan Benjamin (Brothers Bond, Stan Lee’s Genesis), Thom Zahler (Cupid’s Arrows, Warning Label), Reilly Brown (Outrage), Sanford Greene (1000), David Stoll (Metaphorical HER), Danni Shinya Luo (Bleeding Edges), Tom Akel (Stan Lee’s Backchannel, Stan Lee’s Genesis), Ryan Dunlavey and Adam Guzowski (Action Philosophers) and Rob Feldman (Cyko KO). The signing schedule will be posted at the Rocketship booth, and there will be free prints available for every signing while supplies last.
Finally, the Rocketship booth will feature portfolio reviews for new and aspiring artists to have their work critiqued.
In addition to its activities at the Way Station, Rocketship Entertainment will be hosting its own panel Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment with Leanne M. Krecic, Ryan Benjamin, Sanford Greene, Thom Zahler, and industry legend Marv Wolfman. CEO & Publisher Tom Akel will also appear on the Kickstarter panel, Kickstarting Comics in 2024 and Beyond, and Ryan Benjamin will be hosting the Learn How to Draw – Comic Pro Boot Camp.
Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment
Saturday, July 27, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Room 24ABC
Rocketship Entertainment, the 2021 Ringo Award winner for favorite publisher, has quickly become an industry leader in publishing hit webcomics and webtoons and a growing force in independent publishing. Hear from CEO & publisher Tom Akel, artist Leeanne M. Krecic artist Leanne M. Krecic (a.k.a. “Mongie,” Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath), artist Ryan Benjamin (co-creator of Stan Lee’s Genesis), artist Sanford Greene (1000), cartoonist Thom Zahler (Angry Birds, Cupid’s Arrows), and the legendary comics writer Marv Wolfman (Mekk and Me). They’ll talk about the transitions from webcomics to print and back and what’s coming to Rocketship, T-Minus 10 tabletop, and Bottlerocket! all-ages comics.Kickstarting Comics in 2024 and Beyond!
Thursday, July 25, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Room 29CD
In 2023 comics on Kickstarter grew creator revenue 31 percent over a year and maintained a 78 percent success rate. Kickstarter’s head of publishing Oriana Leckert,Rocketship Entertainment CEO & publisher Tom Akel, Bad Idea CEO Dinesh Shamdashani, Clover Press publisher Hank Kanalz, comics writer and Kickstarter Advisory Board member Kat Calamia, and Mythworks co-founder Ray Chou discuss best practices, success, and failures, and what’s next for crowdfunded comics! Learn How to Draw – Comic Pro Bootcamp
Thursday, July 25, 2:30-4 p.m., Room 3
Whilce Portacio (Uncanny X-Men, Punisher), Ryan Benjamin (Batman Beyond, Grifter ), and Alex Sinclair (Batman, Justice League) hold a hands-on drawing workshop focused on the process of creating comics. Don’t forget to bring your sketchbooks and art to follow along with Comic Pro Boot Camp.
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