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Gavin Lees writes; Brian Posehn is best known as a stand-up comedian, and for his roles in Just Shoot Me and The Sarah Silverman Program.  It's clear from

Gavin Lees writes; Jae Lee made a rare convention appearance at this year’s Emerald City Comicon, so I took the opportunity to speak to him about his work

Matt Harding writes; First part here. To start off part two of my story covering the ECCC's Artists Alley, I'd like to share with you the comic "Martin Monsterman" by Manny Trembly After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Manny is working full speed on his comic featuring a comedic look at a poor sap cursed to spend every[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned… from lots of people Mathew Southworth said that he really enjoyed working the Greg Rucka on "Stumptown" and love to do a follow-up A third volume, however, is entirely up to Greg and he is moving[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Mark Waid really is one nicest creators in the industry I've ever met Marcio Takara also echoed the same sentiment when I asked him to sign my paperback copy of "The Incredibles: Family Matters;" Mark also[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Brian Wood  might stay on Conan after his contract is up with 25 but no official word yet. He promised last year that Massive would have backmatter pages exclusive to the comic but they disappeared[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. David Petersen is a total Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan! He spoke about how much fun he had doing first six covers for the TMNT Microseries for IDW without a hitch It wasn't until issue #7,[...]

Gavin Lees writes; The Bushwick Book Club is a fascinating organisation. Like other book clubs, its members all read the same book before their monthly

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Two more creator owned pieces coming out this summer his planned series with Chaykin and one other he was very quiet about. Fraction was very clear with FF, he writes it He does not co-plot it with[...]

So his signature on such items is often in demand. And you might sometimes consider he's a bit down on the whole signature game. But as a result of this, he did make a Sandman fan sad… I was so stoked when I found out Mike Dringenberg was going to be at ECCC Co-Creator of Death, designer of[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Remember the SHIELD comic with Jonathan Hickman that seemed to just… stop? Dustin Weaver said that while issue #5 of S.H.I.E.L.D is done, issue #6 won't be finished until after he's with his issues of Avengers[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Nate Bellegarde is very unassuming sketching in Artists Alley and is very surprised to have all the attention and see a girl wearing the "Science is the new Rock N' Roll" t-shirt from Nowhere Men around[...]

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals And this is what we learned. Bruce Timm, like many of us, was disappointed with Cartoon Network's decision to not pick-up Green Lantern the Animated Series for second season since he said it was one the best things he's ever worked on,[...]

The artwork is fun and clean, yet conveys a sense of drama, therefore capturing the storyline perfectly.  Jason's artwork outside of the comic is thoughtful and sweeping in its line work and motion with a little bit of Paul Pope influence stirred in, and drew upon aspects of characters that I hadn't personally experienced before. [...]

Dustin Hall writes from ECCC: IDW had the unenviable task this year of closing out a monumental Emerald City Con They seemed eager, though, happy to finally have an opportunity to show off story details on their upcoming projects, from the 3-title GI Joe relaunch, to the return of THUNDER Agents, and even the My Little[...]

Strange Nation is a comic book debuting at ECCC right now By Paul Allor and Juan Romera On sale at Table G-01 in a limited run… the comic will be distributed by Diamond in the autumn. Strange Nation is a comic book debuting at ECCC right now.     Strange Nation is a comic book debuting at ECCC[...]

From the sparsely-attended but big-name-filled Dynamite panel at ECCC last night, with the likes of Chris Roberson and Mark Waid amongst Matt Wagner, Ron Marz and more.  Roberson was credited with scripting over Joe Michael Straczynski's plots on the Superman Grounded arc, though has stated that he wrote the whole issues, but had to give[...]

Robb Orr writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC. I usually only attend comic book related panels at conventions, but I was willing to make an exception for the Titmouse Inc: We make Cartoons panel at ECCC Titmouse produces some of the best cartoons out there, including: Metalocalypse, Black Dynamite, The Venture Bros., Superjail, and many more[...]

We previously had an interesting bit of Hawkeye news from the ECCC Pint O' CB Panel, now here's a full write-up thanks to BCer-in-the-field Dustin Hall. I find editor Jeanine Schaefer's comment about tracking Wolverine's life with charts, spreadsheets, and timelines interesting, because I think we all wonder how the big-universe publishers do that and it's[...]

Gavin Lees writes; Wendy Pini is one of the great stalwarts of fandom, having created one of the great alternative comics series -- Elfquest -- which has

Gavin Lees writes; Dark Horse's Hellboy panel was a very casual affair this year, with no official, pre-prepared announcements from the creators, no

The cosplay of ECCC Can you see yourself there? The top bathroom photo was by Fantagraphics' Jen Vaughn.     [...]

These tidbits about the Trinity of Sin leave us with some questions: The Phantom Stranger is being renamed Trinity Of Sin: The Phantom Stranger. Now we

At the ECCC ComiXology panel, David Steinberger covered a lot of topics. How the French comics market is the same size as the US marker, with a sixth of the population How ComiXology is the top grossing app in France and that ComiXology sell 40% of their comics outside of the USA. How some people can actually[...]

At the Pint Of CB panel at ECCC, Matt Fraction teased the future of the Hawkeye comic book. As well as news that issue 10 will feature the man commissioned to kill Hawkeye, issue 11 will have Pizza Dog solving a crime "Pizza Is My Business", Clint's loser brother Barney moving in, and flashbacks to Clint[...]

(right to left) Sana Amanet, Daniel Way, Jeanine Schaefer, Mark Waid, Sam Humphries, Matt Fraction, Cullen Bunn, Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and CB Cebulski in the middle on the ECCC CB Panel without any PR people present to stop them… Recently a comics industry punter asked me what Marvel thought of the thread on Bleeding Cool in which[...]

It allows for ECCC to be a family-friendly show Yesterday, I met a couple attending their first convention with two toddlers and a tween in tow I could not imagine how the two might be able to weather the long trek from Penn Station to NYCC's Jacob Javits Center or even be able to locate[...]

Or 150% profit. Image/Skybound at Booth 1110 are selling the Walking Dead Governor Special ECCC Exclusive for $10 each Limited to a thousand. Meanwhile Get Cash For Comics at Booth 2118 are buying that comic for $25 cash Ten rows away. Could be the easiest $15 you've ever made Then go spend it on something in the small[...]

Rob Orr writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC. Dark Horse Comics is a force to be reckoned with at this year's Emerald City Comicon They put together (arguably) the best booth of the convention Their name and logo are emblazoned upon the lanyards which secure attendees' passes So what did they have in store for us as[...]

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC; 44Flood is the art collective headed by Menton Matthews III, Ben Templesmith, Kasra Ghanbari and Nick Idell Last year they ran a very successful Kickstarter program for their inaugural anthology, TOME. At his table at Emerald City Comicon, Templesmith had one of three copies of the book's companion piece,[...]