Comic Convention
Central Canada Comic Con 2011: Day 2
Being only my second convention, C4 2011's day two was a blast. It was almost everything that you could have seen yesterday - the wrestling, the cosplay, grown men attacking eachother with foam weapons, video game tournaments, costume contests, and more. Read More »
Central Canada Comic Con 2011: Day 1 [Update]
Due to some technical difficulties we were unable to catch many pictures of the event on this opening day but there's still plenty to discuss in terms of expectations for the weekend as well as highlights from this opening day at the Central Canada Comic Con. Read More »
Winnipeg’s C4 Comic Con 2011 Begins This Weekend!
It might not have been the best year for our local convention here in Manitoba, what with Wizard World acquiring and then unacquiring the event within a 9 month span but, as they say, the show must go on... and go on it shall, this weekend! Read More »
NYCC: Phoenix Rises From Marvel’s ‘Point One’?
If you needed another reason to pick up Marvel's upcoming Point One comic, which arrives in November, they've just given you one: Phoenix. Marvel has teased fans for years of an official return and it seems like that trend will be continuing into the release of the book if Marvel's latest teaser is to believed. Read More »
NYCC: Remender & Hardman Take On ‘Secret Avengers’
Fans of Rick Remender's current run on Venom will be pleased to know that the writer will be teaming up with artist Gabriel Hardman on Secret Avengers early next year and will feature connections with the other titles that the writer has been working on lately. Read More »
NYCC: Yost and Stegman Bring Back Scarlet Spider in 2012
If the 'Point One' teaser a while back wasn't indication enough of his eventual return, Marvel's now made it official: Scarlet Spider is back... or at least he will be when writer Chris Yost and artist Ryan Stegman officially relaunch the character early next year. Read More »
FanExpo 2011: ‘Alpha Flight’ Now An Ongoing Book
Official word from Marvel coming out of FanExpo has Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak and Dale Eaglesham's current eight issue Alpha Flight miniseries getting the go-ahead to continue as an ongoing book with both the writers and the artist staying on to see this thing through. Read More »
FanExpo 2011: Robinson & Scott Bring The JSA To New 52
After being completely absent from DC's upcoming 'New 52' lineup of writers, James Robinson has officially gotten the call to bring the Justice Society of America back into the fold... sort of. According to Robot 6, Robinson will team with artist Nicola Scott to bring the JSA back to life within Earth-2. Read More »
FanExpo 2011: Brian Wood Clawing Into Wolverine?
While we weren't quite able to make it out to this years FanExpo in Toronto as we originally planned, there's still a fair share of news that we're able to digest from this year's event even here from home including news that formerly DC-exclusive writer Brian Wood will be working on a Marvel title beginning next year. Read More »
SDCC: Concept Art for The Avengers Released
Marvel Studios has released seven individual pieces of concept art for the upcoming Avengers film and thanks to a forum member over at SuperHeroHype we now have a look at the banner they form when all put together. Read More »
SDCC: Fraction & Dodson Launch ‘Defenders’ This December
While I (along with several other people on the internet) was under the impression that Marvels latest batch of teaser images were setting up the next big crossover event following Fear Itself, that apparently isn't the case... at all. Read More »
SDCC: Bill Willingham Announces ‘Fables’ Spinoff
Yesterday evening, during the Fables panel at San Diego Comic Con, writer Bill Willingham announced that a brand new series titled 'Fairest' would be spinning out of his popular Fables title with Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella as the book's main characters during the first two story arcs. Read More »
SDCC: Marvel’s Spider-Man Panel Gallery
Giving us a number of previews regarding the upcoming Spider-Island, Spider Island tie-ins, and Avenging Spider-Man arcs, Marvel was able to provide a glimpse into what's next for our favorite wallcrawler of the 616 at their Spider-Man panel. Read More »
SDCC: Brian K. Vaughan Returns With ‘Saga’
After a year off from the world of comics, writer Brian K. Vaughan has announced his next project to follow-up Ex Machina, which concluded back in August of last year. Next up? A ongoing space epic drawn by Fiona Staples titled Saga launching in 2012 through Image Comics. Read More »
