Prodigal will also meet the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Silver Surfer.
Stan Lee tributes, The Jack Kirby Museum, and William Shatner line up for this year’s Big Apple Comic Con
The Big Apple Comic Con is right around the corner! March 9-10 at the Pennsylvania Hotel in Manhattan.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/5/17: San Diego Convention Center expansion could be back on
§ Nice Art: James Stokoe’s cover for Aliens: Dead Orbit #1. All Stokoe art is nice art. Reviewed here. If you missed out on Stokoe’s Godzilla: The Half Century War then, aside from the obligatory “shame on you” because you can pick this up in trade through IDW, Aliens: Dead Orbit is not something you’re going to […]
Peter David is crowdfunding a dire financial situation
Peter David just launched via a plea for fan donations due to an $88,000 tax bill that stems back to some TV work he did many years ago. The IRS has been understaffed for a while, but they still have time to harass someone over a 20 year old tax debt. While my immediate advice to David […]
Bagley and David bring the Scarlet Spider back to the Marvel Universe in new Ongoing Series
Spoilers for Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy #3! Comics characters in a shared universe typically don’t stay dead for very long, which is why Ben Reilly is such an oddity in comics today. The hero first died in the infamous late ’90s Spider-Man event known as the Clone Saga and has stayed dead up […]
Marvel Teases Mysterious Upcoming Spider-Title from Bagley and David
A few short weeks ago, Marvel held a press conference for spoilers coming from Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy #3. In the conference, the publisher teased an upcoming Spider-Title that was coming directly from the events of the series. With a special Omega issue wrapping up the book, we can start to put some […]
Rromani representation: Peter David apologizes and Roma Pop responds with a statement and goals
One of the biggest stories at New York Comic Con involved a confrontation between Rromani activist Vicente Rodriguez and comics writer Peter David at an LGBTQ X-men panel. You can read Beat reporter Elana Levin’s initial report here; David’s first response here; and Levin’s follow-up interview with Rodriguez here. While he had doubled down on […]
NYCC’16: Marvel True Believers Panel
In what has become an annual tradition at New York Comic Con, Marvel held its members only panel, open only to Marvel Unlimited Plus subscribers and Marvel Mastercard cardholders. Ryan Penagos recruited A-List talent for the panel, which was comprised of Dan Slott, Robbie Thompson, Nick Spencer and Peter David. Fans were instructed to put all phones […]
Romani Open Society Fellow Responds to Peter David’s Anti-Romani Statements
By Elana Levin Peter David has written a blog post defending the anti-Romani statements he made at the New York Comic Con LGBTQ X-Men panel. You can read my own report of the panel here. David has apologized for the tone of voice he took but he is doubling down on the truth of […]
NYCC ’16: Anti-Romani Statements Made at X-Men LGBTQ Panel
by Elana Levin At Thursday’s LGBTQ X-Men panel a Romani fan asked the panel about the representation of Romani people in comics and how they are often characterized as thieves or unstable. Peter David responded in an elevated voice that when he was in Romania he saw a child being dragged by its parent. The child […]