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Mathew Quitney writes, At the Wonder Woman panel at Wondercon yesterday with the movie's director Patty Jenkins and DC President Geoff Johns, they showed a new teaser trailer and two clips The teaser shows a bit more from what we've already seen, expanding on Chris Pines' Steve Trevor washing up on the shores of Themyscira[...]

Svensson reports from WonderCon 2017 (No Fooling.) WonderCon It's like San Diego Comic Con only less insane, and without Marvel having any sort of official presence (Seriously.) DC is planning their actual big reveals tomorrow at Fan Expo Dallas, but today, let's see what they have in store! Perhaps there might be a surprise or two? (And[...]

Nick Kazden reports from Wondercon for Bleeding Cool: I know it's April Fool's day, but I'm not joking when I say the new footage for Valiant's upcoming Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe looks pretty damn good. Hunter Gorinson, VP of Marketing and Communications for Valiant Entertainment led a panel packed with key players in the company's future[...]

Joshua Stone lets us know from Wondercon at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles panel… Bobby Curnow announced that there will a TMNT and Usagi Yojimbo crossover in July, with Stan Sakai doing everything but coloring They will be fighting Jei, a Usagi villain This is going to be a crossover between the Usagi who knew the[...]

Written by Nick Kazden "Hi my name is Mark Waid, I've written everything." Comic veteran Mark Waid returned to Wondercon this year to moderate his own panel and talk about his 33 year-career in comics The prolific writer who is still juggling Avengers, Champions and Archie just brought Black Widow to a close on Wednesday. The man who[...]

Mathew Quitney writes, Moderated by Jamie Rich, the editor of Doom Patrol, the WonderCon panel today delved into Gerard Way's comics origin. Asked about his earliest comic memories, Way spoke about having his tonsils removed in third grade His Grandmother bought a three pack of random comics from the supermarket, and started the obsession. Way spoke about how[...]

BOOM! Studios was looking to have a big presence at Wondercon 2017 with a number of show exclusives as well having their creative people on panels throughout the convention But the big one for BOOM! was their Friday panel, BOOM! Studios: Discover Yours, where they covered all four of their BOOM! imprints – KaBOOM, BOOM![...]

Whether at SDCC or Wondercon The Mark, Sergio, and Stan Panel falls firmly into that category I must have seen some iteration of this panel at least 6-7 times over the years Why you ask Well, I'll tell you Because the panel never fails to bring a smile to my face. So what better way to[...]

Coming from DC Comics.Wildstorm later this year and announced at Wondercon, the Wildstorm 25th Anniversary comic book. A 200 page hardcover collection, including classic works, and early works of Fiona Staples, Sean Phillips and Lee Bermejo But there are new stories too A Brandon Choi and Jim Lee WildC.A.T.S story A Jeff Scott Campbell Gen 13 story,[...]

Emilie Badaboom reports from WonderCon with photos from Mathew Quitney The dream team! After Studio Ghibli and Marvel, DC finally has gotten on the Her Universe train and is now offering fashionable DC outfits exclusively at Kohls! These gorgeous and flattering pieces are workout attire, but chic enough to wear out. The Batman and Superman line, including[...]

Emilie Badaboom reports from Wondercon with photos from Mathew Quitney – the dream team! Bombshells aplenty! Cryptozoic was at it again delivering adorably packaged, beautifully painted DC Bombshells The anticipated sell-out of the newly premiered Lil Bombshells 1.5 includes the same sculpts of the first version, but with paint variants. Other newly premiered pieces include the larger,[...]

Emilie Badaboom reported from Wondercon for Bleeding Cool with Matthew Quitney taking photos – the dream team! Boom! Studios is hard to miss, their brightly colored booth still somehow manages to stand out amongst the dealer hall wares and prints The booth boasts having a comic for everyone, and they live up to their claim[...]

Emilie Badaboom reported from Wondercon for Bleeding Cool with Matthew Quitney taking photos – the dream team! DC's booth was a little small this year, but size doesn't matter when you have Wonderwoman standing front and center The booth hosts the costume from the upcoming movie Wonderwoman starring Gal Gadot The outfit was complete with her[...]

Cosplay photos by Bleeding Cool reporters Nick Kazden, Mathew Quitney and Jimmy Leszczynski from the floor of Wondercon 2o17… if you see yourself, let us know! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */     [...]

  Emilie Badaboom reports from Wondercon with photos from Mathew Quitney The dream team! Retro is back, and Disney has brought us gold with their online vinyl music store, now up as a pop-up shop this weekend in Wondercon! All of your favorites are on decorated playable vinyls, and with the purchase of 4 or more you[...]

Emilie Badaboom reports from Wondercon with photos from Mathew Quitney The dream team! Valiant has a history of richly developed storytelling meshed with beautifully detailed artwork, and after reappearing on the comic scene in 2012 they've kept the juggernaut rolling This Wondercon brought the appearance of a brightly yellow Golden Apple exclusive variant cover of X-O[...]

Announced by IDW at Wondercon… Rom Vs Transformers: Shining Armor Because everyone needs a little VS in their lives And space knights and Cybertronians must fight! From Christos Gage, John Barber and Alex Milne, from July. Also in July… a Tom Whalen themed variant cover month for IDW. It's all go! Announced by IDW at Wondercon… Rom Vs[...]

Just announced at Wondercon, Gabriel Rodríguez' new series Sword Of Ages. From the co-creator of Locke & Key, a new comic for the winter. In a fantastic long-ago world, the everlasting legend of the sacred sword is born through emerging leader Avalon's brutal clashes with rising tyrants in a world of fantastic creatures, ancient civilisations, alien forces and[...]

Old friend of the site, Hannah Means-Shannon, now at Comicon.com picked up on a few more things from the Young Animal/Gerard Way panel earlier today that

Wondercon! Is on! And there is cosplay, courtesy of Jimmy Leszczynski and other Bleeding Coolers on site… if you see yourself shout out in the comments! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ [...]

Emilie Badaboom writes from Wondercon for Bleeding Cool – and she's just been on a trip round the show… This year's Wondercon dealer hall is ripe with collectibles and con exclusives IDW does not disappoint with a wide arrange of comics to satisfy any fan The Wondercon comic exclusives vary in style and artwork with a[...]

Mathew Quitney provided Bleeding Cool with a snip-snap bullet form take on the future of Doom Patrol, courtesy of Gerard Way, from Wondercon today But Young Animal publishes other comics too Here's the skinny, in similar style, straight from the stage, courtesy of Mathew. We get a preview of Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #7 [...]

Bleeding Cool first reported that the Young Animal title by Gerard Way, Nick Berington and Michael Allred, Doom Patrol, had seen its orders for issues #7, #8 and #9 cancelled by DC Comics over extreme lateness.  We also pointed out the soonest they could return, due to solicitation schedules, was in July. Well, that's exactly what's happened. Bleeding Cool reporter[...]

The comics industry has come together for Wondercon in Anaheim, California Except it seems for DC Comics executives who are FanExpo Dallas, despite it being a lot farther to travel. Oh well Bleeding Cool has a number of reporters at the show, some veterans like Joshua Stone and Peter Svensson, and some brand newbies who are[...]

IDW Publishing, Valiant Entertainment and BOOM! Studios have released their plans for this weekend's Wondercon being held in Anaheim, CA IDW will be at booth #1109 that will include Traveling Stories, a San Diego-based non-profit committed to spreading literacy through community engagement BOOM! is set up at #1301 and Valiant at #1019. IDW exclusives include: Batman/TMNT Adventures #5 Kevin[...]

Wondercon is on Or will be by this time next week And here are some of the exclusives you can pick up there Do let us know if you are debuting a comic book at the show… A Tiny Teddy named Cuds Coloring and Activity Book It's the most adorable exclusive of the year and it's based[...]

However it seems they've come across a few more unused hours of the day as Bleeding Cool has found out that during their Roddenberry Presents panel next weekend at WonderCon, they'll be revealing the details around a new animated series, Rod & Barry. The series began as a web comic which ran from 2008 until 2013 featuring two purple aliens named Rod and Barry[...]

They'll be at the big shows like Wondercon, C2E2, and the Phoenix Comicon and some of the more obscure shows like the L.A Times Festival of Books and ID10T Music Festival and Comic Conival. Though the promotional poster includes the recently passed Emerald City Con, the next one the list is the SC Comicon in Greeneville, SC[...]

KRS Comics is just one retailer (honest), with a few Wondercon Exclusive Variants to show off. Yes, I know it isn't even ECCC yet This is called being ahead of the news cycle. Anyway, he seems to have got some pretty good names…. X-Men Prime #1 Tyler Kirkham Venomized Variant $10 Color Limited to 2500 $30 Black & White Virgin Cover[...]

I had the pleasure to sit down at Wondercon and conduct an interview with Hope Larson and Brittney Williams, the creative team behind the new BOOM! Box series, Goldie Vance The book is available in stores now and having had a chance to read the first issue I would recommend it to anyone who is[...]