Tag: SDCC

My packing list for San Diego Comic-Con hasn’t grown much since starting these gear lists. If anything, I’ve been removing more and more from the list to become more streamlined and effective, inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupery: “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

One of comics most comics celebrations of San Diego Comic-Con is Aspen Comics 15th Anniversary as a publisher. The company announced its first wave of exclusives and plans for SDCC 2018 including con-exclusive covers...

Announced last year during the D23 Expo and brought to San Diego Comic Con, the Oculus exclusive virtual reality experience based on Marvel's biggest characters, Marvel Powers United VR is launching on July 26,...

Exclusive comics, toys, and even coasters will be available from the publisher at the show this year.

Shut up and take our money, Funko!

InterGalactiCon is the brainchild of former Playstation and DEF CON EXEC Steve “Captain” Kirk, who The Beat interviewed last month. When asked the reason for creating InterGalactiCon, Steve had said, “We wanted to design this as an experience. Something broad like Comic-Con can be, but more accessible and more-easy to get into. More space and easier to interact with your friends.” InterGalactiCon has been Steve’s passion project for more than sixteen-months now, consuming his days and nights with planning.

    Chloe Dykstra's troubling account of emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of Chris Hardwick has many companies in the "nerd space" scrambling to replace the man many thought of as the "Nerd...

Another founding exhibitor of San Diego Comic-Con is bowing out.

Looking back, Berger could see how the idea was very much in Shelley Bond’s and Vertigo’s interests. “The thing about Grimm Fairytales, the real fairytales, are that they are frick’n scary and bloody,” she said. “There is something domesticated about them nowadays… And I think most people today have their ideas of fairytales because of Disney.”

“[I believe] we have a better guest lineup than many other big conventions. Because of our intimate setting, you aren’t just sitting in front of these comic book legends; you’re hanging out with them.”

§ Nice art! Planet of the Apes Concept art. Spot the one that is still topical. https://twitter.com/WeirdlandTales/status/950140733360627712 § Sad news. Robert Crumb's son Jesse, 49, has died after a New Year's Eve car crash in which...

Last week the trial of the year ended when a six person jury ruled for San Diego Comic-Con in their trademark dispute with the Salt Lake Comic Con. I haven't had time to dig...