Tag: SDCC

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...

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...

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...

Said to be “The Friendly, Intimate Comic Con Experience,” San Diego Comic Fest held a volunteer meeting on Sunday afternoon at the Pacific Beach...

Fantasy author Daryl Gregory’s newest novel, Spoonbenders. centers around the Telemachus family in the very distant and backwards year of nineteen-ninety-five. The Chicagoan family...

A lot is going on in convention world, so let's get to it! § The trial of the month is now taking place in San...

Some news that's been floating around for a bit: Comic-Con HQ, the streaming video-on-demand channel focused on all thing Comic-Con lifestyle, will stream as...