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SDCC ’17: Danger and Eggs represents LGBTQ community both on and off screen
By Daniel Lodge
Danger and Eggs is a children's animated show on Amazon about D.D. Danger (Aidy Bryant), a "daredevil girl who is out for adventure", and her best friend Phillip the Egg (Eric Knobel),...
SDCC ’17: Interview: “Legend of Korra” Writer Michael DiMartino and Artist Irene Koh
On August the 8th, the first book in the Legend of Korra: Turf Wars graphic novel trilogy, published by Dark Horse, will be released. First announced two years ago, a lot of hype has...
SDCC ’17: Jack Kirby Tribute Panel Talks Centennial Birthday, Disney Legend Status, and Projects...
This year, on August the twenty-eighth, comic legend Jack Kirby would have celebrated his one-hundredth birthday. For family and friends, not a day passes that they don’t think of the icon, to whom...
Is the Comics Industry Collapsing? Let’s Talk About the Hyperbole and DC’s New...
During the convention, there was an incident of sorts. Somebody at a movie site wrote about the comics industry collapsing. There was a quote mis-attributed to Jim Lee and all sorts of people got...
DC and Marvel’s Digital Announcements – What Do They Mean?
Marvel and DC are once more making digital announcements at Comic-Con. Marvel with a bit of gusto, DC more like NBC-era Paul Schaffer saying “Gee Dave, I don’t know if this is such a...
Spotlight on Marjorie Liu – SDCC ’17
By Gabriel Neeb
Having received Eisner nominations for her work on Marvel's HAN SOLO limited series and her series, MONSTERESS, Marjorie Liu was given a spotlight panel Friday at the San Diego Comic Convention.
Introduced by writer David...
SDCC ’17: Mark Evanier and Others Discuss What Makes for Good Cover Art
The phrase goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I don’t know anyone who follows it. For that reason, an eye-catching cover is necessary to catch the eyes of potential buyers. At this...
Talking Eisners and Politics with The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye’s Sonny Liew
By Nancy Powell
When The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye was released last June, the book became such an instant classic and media darling that it ended 2016 at the top of many critics’...
SDCC 17: A Conversation About Inclusivity and Diversity in Comics and the Comics Market
By Andrea Ayres
At Comic-Con there’s been a great deal of discussion about how to increase diversity among creators and artists but what about within the marketplace itself? That’s what a number of panelists, assembled...
SDCC ’17: Talk Back Panel Possibly Reveals Failures in Hall H Wristbands and ADA...
This year, at the end of San Diego Comic-Con, president of Comic-Con International John Rogers was met with a room full of constant noise. The end of show “Talk Back” panel nearly had every...
SDCC ’17: Gays in Comics Panel: Iceman Uses Grindr and Midnighter the Backdoor
This year marked the thirtieth-year in which the Gays in Comics panel has existed. When Andy Mangels began the panel three-decades ago, he called for all those interested to get “out of the closet...
SDCC ’17: Activation brings BLADE RUNNER 2049’s world to life
Yesterday, the Beat had a front-row view of what's to come during yesterday's Hall H presentation for Blade Runner 2049, the highly anticipated sequel to my favorite film of all time. Look, I'm as...
