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A bunch of new comics and other major news will roll out at ECCC over the next few days, and here's an announcement of a new creator owned Dark Horse tilte: Bankshot by Alex de Campi, artist ChrisCross (Convergence: Justice League of America), and colorist Snakebite. It's described as all out action by de Campi. The five-issue mini series launches in June.

Seattleish has a thorough report on a class-action lawsuit filed by volunteers, known as "minions" for the 2014 and 2015 Emerald City Comic Cons. Minions worked various duties in exchange for access to the...

What sets Emerald City Comic Con apart from all the rest? Emerald City Comic Con seemed to grow so quickly, both in popularity and growth. That's what I was curious about as a first time attendee. Since it was only my first time at Emerald City I took to asking the people who might know best.

  Rounding up the news aout of Emerald City Comic Con which certainly seems to have become the spring news drop. In addition to the fine-looking new Tarzan/Planet of the Apes book we told you of earlier,...

The Comic Book Women, an advocacy group helping raise the profile of women working in comics, had a great showing at Emerald City Comic Con this year with several panels this year. This wasn’t a case of putting women on a panel and focusing on their gender perspective. It was about providing a group of talented women that could share their experience and provide insight into how to make it in the comic book industry—resulting in a panel for everyone. What secrets did they share on selling your comic book?

Comic books continue to reach mainstream audiences and have stretched into academia. At the Panels and Pedagogy: Teaching Comics panel, panelists aimed to help answer questions that arise about—teaching comic books, formal instruction for creators, and establishing the academic discipline of comics. Where do comic books fit in your academic life?

Yesterday The Mary Sue published an article suggesting that for-profit comic-cons could be violating federal labor law by not paying minimum wage to workers improperly classified as volunteers. However, a recent case involving Major League Baseball shows how ReedPop and other commercial comic-con ventures could beat the tag.

By the time you read this, The Beat will be on our way to Seattle for The Emerald City Comic Con, now just about the third biggest comic con in America (although I'm working...

For years people have been telling me to go to this show. "It's a comics comic-con." I just want to say right of fthe bat, if you didn't get in to San Diego Comic-Con...

Comics boom time seems to be continuing, is this weekend's Emerald City Comic Con was any indication. While we wait for Beat correspondents Henry Barajas and Amy Chu to regain consciousness, you can read all our panel coverage here and just follow along on the #eccc hashtag until you get tired of seeing people talking about how awesome the show was.

Time to break in those shoes and hydrate -- big con season is back starting today with the Emerald City Comic Con. The tribe has already gathered, if our twitter feed is any indication, and a plethora of exclusives and signings will be available. ECCC, as it's known, has definitely become one of the finest regional cons on the circuit and we expect to hear a lot of news as everyone explains what they did on their winter vacation.

All of you Scott Pilgrim fans, here's a whole new edition to purchase and display with pride—a reprint of the one that started it all, SCOTT PILGRIM'S PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE, in full color by Nathan Fairbairn, in a deluxe 6x9 hardcover. AND a new cover! The news was announced at tonight's spotlight on creator Bryan Lee O'Malley at ECCC.