Friday, October 6th, at the Hammerstein Ballroom, youtuber of 12 years, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and “Tennessee Wonder Child” Olan Rogers alongside actor, filmmaker, and cat-faced bounty hunter Coty Galloway unveiled an explosive first look at Final Space, a new intergalactic epic cartoon making its way to TBS in early 2018. The […]
NYCC 2017: NYCC Staff Q&A: Lots of Good, But Could Always Be Better
Once again, we’ve reach the completion of another New York Comic Con. As always, things changed, things improved, things went awry, and as always, Lance Fensterman and staff met to listen to show attendees express their compliments, criticisms, and concerns. So, what were people talking about? Here are the main points: Torsten AdairI’ve been writing […]
NYCC 2017: We Can Be Heroes: Javits and New York Comic Con Support Puerto Rico Relief Efforts
Upon visiting the Javits website today, the first thing I saw was this: Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, and spreading the graphic novel gospel since 1994. I’m a bookseller, a librarian, an amateur scholar, a cool uncle, and a comics […]
NYCC 2017: The Show Floor: What’s the Big Picture, and What’s Unusual?
I was curious about the distribution of booths by type, wondering how big a comics show New York Comic Con is, and what else? I went and color coded the entire map of the show floor, as seen above, via MS Paint. I also did this so I would see every booth, and discover stuff […]
NYCC 2017: Prewalking the 7 Train
The 7 train now terminates at 34 St-Hudson Yards, one block from the Javits Center. This being New York City, it’s going to be crowded with people going to New York Comic Con. So… how to beat the hordes of humanity, your fellow fans, and the stray tourist headed for the High Line? PREWALKING! What […]
NYCC 2017: All the Maps!
ReedPOP has posted all of the maps for this year’s New York Comic Con, and there are lots of changes, as expansion of the Javits Center has forced some compression on site, and expansion elsewhere! Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, […]