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Valiant Entertainment is announcing a Virtual Portfolio Review programme during what would have been convention season. Instead, Valiant will offer a

It's better known to Bleeding Cool readers as the home of the MCM London Comic Con, run by ReedPOP And as may be expected right now, they have cancelled their October show, just as they had their spring-delayed-to-summer show In an announcement sent to Bleeding Cool, ReedPOP states; Today, ReedPOP has an important announcement to make[...]

Blogger Tom Croom has been embedded and reporting to his readers about the kind of risks being taken, and we have highlighted his reports before. Hero Hype – Comic Cons Still Going On in Florida Photos by Tom Croom. Last weekend Croom went to Hero Hype Tampa, in Florida as the previously scheduled Orlando Animeday had a[...]

July 10th sees the sizeable Tamba Bay Comic Convention run from July 10th to the 12th because, well, it's Florida But they have been beaten to it. Yesterday Sunday, June 14th, saw the Orlando Area Toy Collectors Summer Pop-Up Show in Apopka, Florida (a town with nominative determinism to host pop up shows) from Florida Toy[...]

San Diego Comic-Con@Home will be FREE ojn the weekend it was originally planned for, just remote, online and all that jazz.

The London Film and Comic Con from Showmasters was planned for July 24th to the 26th, the same weekend as was intended for the San Diego Comic Con Dan DiDio was even planned as a guest But as of today, and to be honest, as expected, the show has been postponed. Events and guests planned for[...]

The Denver Pop Culture Con has been canceled for 2020 but will return in 2021. Here's what you need to know about the latest convention cancelation.

At every comic con attended by Marvel Comics, they have a lot to give away Plenty of promotional items and swag to fill your massive convention bags But this year, there are no such conventions So Marvel has decided to send all the free stuff they'd already made to comic book stores, so that they[...]

It may be the first major comic convention to take place since C2E2 and the London Film And Comic Con Spring Tampa Bay Comic Con will be going ahead as planned on the weekend of Friday July 10th to the 12th at the Tampa Convention Center. Tampa Bay Comic Con Will Happen in July, Pandemic Or[...]

Today, ReedPOP has announced the cancellation of four MCM Comic Con shows in the UK, a number of which had already been postponed to a new date They state "despite all efforts to bring fans the most epic pop culture events in the UK, 4 MCM events scheduled to take place in 2020 have been[...]

All The ReedPOP Comic Cons They Haven't Cancelled Logo from ReedPOP. ReedPOP is the pop culture show subset of Reed Expo, and covers the international gamut of shows and conventions covering comics, gaming, TV and movies They have started their own shows and have bought others, making them the biggest player in this field in the[...]

For the first time in its 50-year history San Diego Comic Convention, the organizers behind the annual pop-culture celebration, announced today with deep regret, that there will be no Comic-Con in 2020 The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021 The organisers say that "recognizing that countless attendees save[...]

No one is going to have the money to spend on $300 exclusives. At the moment, there haven't been any announcements regarding ReedPop events such as Star Wars Celebration in August or New York Comic Con in October Still, considering the circumstances, we should probably all wash our hands of 2020 and move on Both of[...]

Several groups have been launching virtual comic conventions, in the wake of so many cancellations, Wizard World has launched its online-only events Kaleidoko, Experience Level Entertainment, Legion M, and Collider are putting on a Wondercon replacement, but one publisher has more recent experience in doing such things, Zenescope Zenescope Entertainment is running its second online[...]

"We will capture the excitement of interacting one-on-one with celebrities and creators in a format that will be unique and compelling." Hope there's swag… Here are the current remaining dates of still-scheduled actual Wizard World shows Wizard World Comic Con St Louis June 5th-7th Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia June 19th to 21st Wizard World Comic ConChicago August 20th-23rd [...]

In 2010, Bleeding Cool went to Wizard World Chicago. Who, amidst the wrestlers, cosplayers and William Shatners, was a very unusual guest. One Rod

Convention season is here, and you know what that means -- making sure you have everything you need to survive a long weekend!

This is one of my favorite times of the year — I love convention season! And to celebrate, why not get yourself a fancy new bag to carry your swag in? These bags will be the envy of your fellow con attendees — and they'll protect your stuff from those grueling three days on the[...]

Transformers have arrived and this time it looks like its time to take it offroad! At the Dortmund Comic Con in Germany, Hasbro has given us the give of the future with an upcoming look at some new Transformers figures Each one is a Deluxe Class figure and comes in at 4.5 inches tall and[...]

The Big Apple Comic Con is the longest-running comic convention in New York Started by retailer Michael Carbonaro in March 1996 in the basement of the St Paul the Apostle Church, it switched from 2001 to 2008 to the Penn Plaza Pavilion, a location that Heidi MacDonald once described to me as an 'eight pounds[...]

Rob Liefeld has been attending the Saudi Arabia Stan Lee Super Con in Riyadh and has been posting to Facebook. I just had the best time ever

Some comic conventions are about comics Some about wrestlers Many are somewhere in between But Lake Como Comic Con is about artwork The guests are all comic book artists – some write as well, but it's all about the art It's a place to buy original art from the artists, get commissions, buy sketchbooks (sketched[...]

Last night at New York Comic Con, was the invite-only Marvel Comics Talent Party at New York Comic Con There was singing And Ant-Man-shaped balloons Other ballons Masks Drink Pizza And it all got a bit glittery when people also partying at The Wicked + The Divide Wake party arrived and spread it all around[...]

I'm very far from the first comic con that does this But playing films is different from having a film festival You can't just plop words and titles onto things and make it what you want it to be It is very insulting to those of us who actually do this work in real life,[...]

But, most specifically for Marvel Comics plans, for his standout role in the Luke Cage TV show as Cottonmouth. And now, Blade for Marvel Phase 4… here's the announcement in full. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve4Vl4e1Pq0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Marvel Studios Announces Mahershala Ali as 'Blade' – Comic Con Full Panel 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve4Vl4e1Pq0) You can check all the[...]

San Diego Comic Con 2019 is about to kick off The 50th anniversary of the show And Bleeding Coolers Dan Celko and Mike Sangregorio are chomping at the bit to get in But until the magic doors open, there's plenty around the place to have a nose out, even this early on. Garth Ennis and Darick[...]

Netflix is bringing two hotly-anticipated series to San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) this month: "The Witcher" and "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance."

Watch for the circular high-in-the-sky booth sign for Red 5 Comics, at Booth 1717 at San Diego Comic-Con in a couple of weeks or so, as the publisher debut a number of new titles coming out for us mere mortals later in the year… and you can keep an eye on other SDCC exclusives with this[...]

You know Neal Adams' massive San Diego Comic-Con booths. Less a comic store booth, more a fully stocked corner store. And here's what he'll be filling it

Might I suggest that the standard copy of Canto #1 going for $27 on eBay mean that the Canto #1 SDCC exclusive variant selling for $10 may be a) rather