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We interrupt your regular weekly Dieselfunk Dispatch with three reports from the floor of WonderCon in Anaheim Read previous issues of the Dieselfunk Dispatch here. Tim Fielder writes for Bleeding Cool from Wondercon: Greetings Dieselfunkateers! I have been on my #mattysrocketbooktour for the last few weeks and had to make a few stops in California[...]

WonderCon in Anaheim has steadily increased its major studio presence over the past few years, and in 2018 that meant Warner Bros Specifically, at least from looking at how packed the area was during the presentation, Ready Player One. The Ready Player One panel at WonderCon 2018 Moderator Scott Mantz, author Ernie Cline, screenwriter Zak Penn, cast[...]

Announced at IDW's panel at Wondercon tonight, DC executive and superstar artist Jim Lee is getting an Artifact Edition hardcover edition from IDW this fall Bleeding Cool ace reporter Joshua Stone was on the scene at the panel to send us the breaking news. Jim Lee DC Legends Artifact Edition will be a 144 page book[...]

Erika Svensson is writing from WonderCon 2018 in Anaheim this weekend. Krypton! Are we excited for it? I think there is more to come Audiences have had a taste of the first episode Here at WonderCon SYFY gave us about a small sneak peak scene of what's to come in Episode 3 Cameron Cuffe our[...]

Jimmy Leszczynski writes from WonderCon 2018 for Bleeding Cool: Jim Lee, DC Entertainment's co-publisher (Batman, Justice League, Superman Unchained, The Immortal Men), talks about his 30+ years in the comics industry and sketches your favorite characters live on the big screen This is a great opportunity to watch the creative process firsthand and learn the tips[...]

Jimmy Leszczynski is on base at the Power Rangers Panel at WonderCon If it breaks, he's feeding it out to us in London. The first announcement from the Power Rangers comic book panel from Boom! Studios at WonderCon today was big enough for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fans over the identity of a certain figure who has[...]

Joshua Stone is writing from WonderCon 2018 in Anaheim this weekend.  The Gail Simone panel at this year's WonderCon was moderated by her husband Scott The panel started with Scott jokingly asking Gail what it's like being a woman in comics Gail said cheekily that divorce proceedings will be beginning. Mark Waid wasn't on stage but made his[...]

Joshua Stone is writing from WonderCon 2018 from Anaheim this weekend And for this panel, he went ninja… As a Bleeding Cool writer, I knew that sitting in the front row of the Mark Waid panel probably meant that I had to make sure that I kept my badge turned backwards the entire time Even though[...]

We talked to David Glanzer, longstanding executive and currently Chief Communications & Strategy Officer at Comic-Con International, for both WonderCon and San Diego Comic-Con He's been a little busy… but we just got the word back. Rich Johnston: So what was new for WonderCon 2018? David Glanzer: There are always new and cool things This year we[...]

In it, with a plot line you just might recognise, a Mirror Universe alternate version of a Star Trek character is hiding as their other self in the Next Generation universe. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita, beginning in August and announced just now at WonderCon, will tell a series of "done-in-one" stories with the[...]

Jimmy Leszczynski is on base at the DC Comics Publishers Panel at WonderCon If it breaks, he's feeding it out to us in London. Announced at WonderCon, as part of DC Comics new branding of New Justice they are launching two new Justice League titles: Justice League Dark and Justice League Odyssey. Justice League Dark by James Tynion IV, Alvaro[...]

Jimmy Leszczynski is on base at the DC Comics Publishers Panel at WonderCon If it breaks, he's feeding it out to us in London. We knew that the Titans and Teen Titans comics were coming to an end, with specials to cap off the run, in June. At the DC Publishers panel at WonderCon, Scott Snyder has[...]

Jimmy Leszczynski is on base at the DC Comics Publishers Panel at WonderCon If it breaks, he's feeding it out to me in London. Scott Snyder has stepped up to inform the Anaheim crowd that in his upcoming No Justice and Justice League comics he will be bringing back the Hall of Justice and the League[...]

[Editor's Note: This piece comes to us from Bleeding Cool contributor Dana Han-Klein] There's no denying that Olivia Holt (Tandy "Dagger" Bowen) and Aubrey Joseph (Tyrone "Cloak" Johnson) have offscreen chemistry, but the big question at the WonderCon Marvel's Cloak & Dagger panel was how would they be together onscreen? The answer is: time will tell. Marvel Television just screened the[...]

Jimmy Leszczynski writes for Bleeding Cool from the IDW booth at WonderCon 2018: Is it the early morning coffee that has my heart racing, or is it creeping around on the show floor before security catches me? NAY! It is because I just nabbed a sneak peek at the highly anticipated fourth and final volume of[...]

Publisher's Weekly has the report on the deal, which will be officially announced at Wondercon at the DC Publishers panel The graphic novel will be aimed at young adults and feature art by Ben Caldwell. Miller, according to DC Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, is part of the overall picture of DC's expansive publishing strategy. "We're[...]

The final volume of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill is to receive its first eyes on Friday March 23rd at Wondercon in Anaheim, at the IDW booth (Where you will be able to pick up a copy of The Tempest.) I understand it will be an ashcan with the front cover[...]

If you're planning on going to Wondercon later this month and unlike us, you don't wait until the last minute and then frantically google things as you try to figure out your schedule, you might be interested to know what the comic book publisher known as BOOM! Studios has planned for the weekend BOOM! will[...]

Animation will be rolling out the big guns on March 23th-25th in Anahaim for WonderCon Presentations will feature four WBTV series and three WBA series giving fans early looks at The 100, Teen Titans Go!, Unikitty!, Krypton, Lucifer, Black Lightning and the new animated Constantine series. Stars and producers scheduled to attend WonderCon 2018 include: • The[...]

At Wondercon 2017, I had the pleasure of getting a chance to meet with and interview the amazing Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith (screenwriter of 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, The House Bunny, and more), and Kurt Lustgarten Both were at Wondercon to promote their new book, Misfit City, from Boom Studios imprint Boom[...]

When you are doing an interview, the pain in the butt about it is transcribing everything word for word afterwards. To make sure I get everything right

One year to the day after it's television premiere on Syfy, Wynonna Earp had a bit of a birthday bash at Wondercon 2017 The panel prior to Wynonna Earp's scheduled time  was fairly well filled up with what were clearly Earpers (the affectionate name given to fans of the show) who had gotten there to make sure they[...]

Emilie Badaboom writes for Bleeding Cool At at Queering Comics panel, panelists presented scholarly dialogue presenting their reviews of various comic

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Written by Nick Kazden Every time I walked through artist alley my eyes kept wandering to Mike Matola’s booth.  The artist creates pieces unlike anything

Jimmy Leszczynski wrote for Bleeding Cool from Wondercon, Cartoonist, writer, and star of the Real World, Judd Winick told stories and anecdotes on topics ranging from Real World to the Exiles, Under the Red Hood to his latest creation Hilo. He spoke at length about what I would consider to be his masterpiece, Under the Red Hood and[...]

Jones at WonderCon 2017 Gordons alive? That zitty high schooler working at the drive in that used to pretend he was fighting Ming the Merciless along side Brian Blessed and James Bond just got kicked in the Mongos! I met a lifelong hero Sam J Jones I'm wondering thru WonderCon show floor, my head spinning from all the[...]

Nick Kazden wrote from Wondercon 2017…. Tony Kim founder of CrazyForComicCon and CEO of HeroWithinInc moderated a spirited conversation between a few hardocre fans who have launched nerdy careers of their own Kim was joined by Chris Gore, founder of Film Threat and an old regular on G4's Attack of the Show, Andre Meadows the man behind[...]

Syfy teased the last three episodes of The Magicians at Wondercon this weekend The footage shows some pretty interesting scenes including Quentin (Jason Ralph) and Julia (Stella Maeve) searching for a dragon… who hates millenials. The Magicians airs Wednesdays at 9 PM on Syfy. https://youtu.be/YsQoUGv1qfwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: THE MAGICIANS at WonderCon: Supertease[...]

An unknown guy convinced security that their guest, Hope Larson (Batgirl), wasn't going to make it. Here's my Wondercon schedule See you tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/BZgnVoiEZ3 — Hope Larson (@hopelarson) 30 March 2017 Hope was was due to be at Room 213 of the second day of Wondercon … and indeed Ms Larson was actually there, but at no point[...]