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Those Dark Horse San Diego Comic Con 2014 Exclusives – Including An Itty Bitty Hellboy Plush I May Have To Kill Someone For
Here are Dark Horse Comics; exclusive sale items for San Diego Comic Con 2014… Game Of Thrones yet to come, but we lead with what may be the NYCC Rocket Raccoon of San Diego…. 1.         Itty Bitty Hellboy Plush: 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive  7.25" tall plush version of the colorful cartoon treatment of Mike Mignola's characters by Art Baltazar and Franco[...]
Boom! To Announce San Diego Announcements – Before Comic Con
Last year, Boom! Studios came to San Diego Comic Con after the merger/aquisition/whatever-actually-happened with Archaia, with newly exclusive signed George Pérez in their trophy cabinet. By merging their already-booked booths, Boom! and Archaia has quite a sizeable presence as a result So what for this year and what to announce for a publisher who's local show[...]
San Diego Star Wars Exclusive: A Bustivus For The Restofus
  This is the San Diego Comic Con 2014 Exclusive bust from Gentle Giant for Star Wars character Jek Porkins. Yes, the fat X-Wing pilot with a beard. And the one who most resembles many comic con attendees, including myself So he has a special place in our heart And while other busts may look like this… Or this… Or[...]
Glittering Transformers And San Diego Wampas From Funko
Each figure will be ultra-limited and will include a hand numbered card to prove authenticity and rarity. This week, that means Optimus and Bumblebee are available in a sparkling new look with the Hikari Transformers Clear Glitter Limited Edition Sofubi Figures, $50 each and limited to 3000…. And another Funko exclusive for San Diego Comic Con 2014…[...]
Exclusive Ghostbusters Funko Pop At San Diego Comic Con 201
From Funko… a set of Pop Vinyl figure sets, exclusive for San Diego Comic Con, the Ghostbusters, as well as a Re-Action figure for the Rocketeer. RT TO WIN THIS FUNKO #SDCC EXCLUSIVE PRIZE PACK! pic.twitter.com/zBbQN00onu — Funko (@OriginalFunko) June 23, 2014   Why do I think the six inch figure Stay Puft Marshmallow Man will be a stand[...]
How Paris Comics Expo Is Becoming A Little More… American, In November
France does comic conventions a little differently One tradition occurs around how comic creators create are at said shows And how the Paris Comics Expo is going to change things and make them a little more… American. I remember in the UK when it was traditional for comic book artists to appear at shows and sketch[...]
This Is Your Traditional Poyo San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Cover For Chew
Another San Diego Comic Con, another variant cover for Chew starring everyone's favourite warrior cyborg chicken, Poyo With orange foil and limited to 1000 copies, it will be on sale at John Layman's table at the show Which, as we know, attracts a line... And yes, it rather resembles a certain playbook…   Another San Diego Comic[...]
Everything Old Is New Again – SE:NYC Time Warps To Early Days Of NYCC
Very impressed. We hear it more and more from comic fans who attend New York Comic Con (NYCC), and it's a debate that's been waged over San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) for years: how much of the "comic" aspect of comic cons needs to be sacrificed to make room for other pop culture genres like video[...]
Chris Ware's Poster For Today's East London Comic Art Festival
The East Coast of the US may be full of comic conventions this weekend, but East London isn't doing too badly either, as this Chris Ware poster for the event implies On until 7pm tonight, with guests including the aforementioned Chris Ware, Seth, Anouk Ricard, Jesse Moynihan, Anne Simon, Mattias Adolfsson, Takayo Akiyama, Sjoerd van[...]