Tag: CCI

By: Nicholas Eskey Those who were unfortunate enough to not be at San Diego Comic-Con’s Ballroom 20 missed out on the world premiere of the animated movie Batman: The Killing Joke. The movie is based...

By: Nicholas Eskey Artist Dave McKean is in every aspect a Renaissance Man. He expresses himself in illustration, art installations, music, theatre, writing, graphic design, and more. Notable for his work with author Neil Gaiman...

By: Nicholasville Eskey Predominate over this last decade, there have been great discussion, controversy, and positive changes in the LGBT community. It is sad that such advancements for those that identify as queer has taken...

By: Nicholas Eskey Hasbro Entertainment, the fine purveyor and partner to franchises like; Transformers, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Nerf, and Magic the Gathering, has continuously been growing and developing their branding. So loved...

By Nicholas Eskey I didn’t need to attend this year’s DC Collectibles' Press Room to know that this is an exciting year for both DC Entertainment and DC Collectibles. I did attend, though, so I...

By: Nicholas Eskey Much of San Diego Comic-Con will be a tiring blur once you reach Sunday. Technically the last day of the convention, many of people are already tired of the crowds, greasy foods,...

By: Nicholas Eskey Typically, around this time each year downtown San Diego is well underway in a temporary face lift for our very own Comic-Con International. As one of the largest comic and popular media...

Last year, Lionsgate and the San Diego Comic-Con announced a joint venture to launch a SVOD (subscription video-on-demand) channel themed to all things nerd and con. Now they've just announced that a free beta of the service, named Comic-Con HQ, will roll out on May 7th (Free Comic Book Day). Plans for programing include including original scripted and unscripted programming, such as Kings of Con, a show based on the Her Universe fashion line, and an interview series with Adam Sessler, The ad-free service will also offer programming from Comic-Con's archives, and that should be an eye opener for comics historians.

As Comic-Con International approached, the comics media wonders: "Might CCI move from San Diego?" This year it became a more intriguing discussion for Bar-Con, as CCI's contract with the convention center expired next year,...

By Nick Eskey It’s one week and counting until the geek fest known as San Diego Comic-Con, a celebration of popular culture in television, comics, movies, cartoons and more, begins. Once known as “San Diego’s...

The people who work at Comic-Con International, the non-profit organization that put on next week's extravaganza, keep a pretty low public profile—SDCC president John Rogers (who now works full time for CCI) and executive...

As was mentioned in a recent Comic-Con blog post, the Marriott Hall in San Diego has been demolished to make way for a new, larger ballroom facility. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d890.6473726447065!2d-117.16661578290748!3d32.708919468497534!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1434824198966&w=600&h=450] The project has three components: Marriott Hall "A lower...