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Image Comics Expo Day Two by Peter Svensson
Svensson continues to write for Bleeding Cool from the Image Comics Expo. Day Two of the Image Comics Expo had the secret origin of Image Comics revealed! Massive lines for the Image Founders, Ed Brubaker and the Walking Dead cast members! And panels filled to capacity! This continues to be a wonderful, intimate convention The sort where[...]
The Not Quite Secret Origin Of Image Comics
Svensson is embedding on the West Coast at the Image Comics Expo If you see him, feed him chips. The second day of Image Comics Expo featured the Image Founders panel, celebrating 20 years of Image Comics Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri, Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman and Erik Larsen spoke about the history of Image[...]
The Image Revolution – A New Comics Documentary From Patrick Meaney
Announced simultaneously at the Image Comics Expo and on Bleeding Cool, the creators of the Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis documentaries have turned their eye to Image Comics – how seven artists left Marvel and founded a comics company that still makes the headlines and innovates in the medium today. Comics In Focus: The Image Revolution is a[...]
Jonathan Hickman And Bryan K Vaughan Talk To Ryan King
Ryan King is running around the Image Comics Expo for Bleeding Cool He stopped by to talk to Saga's Bryan K Vaughan and The Manhattan Projects' Jonathan Hickman This is what they told him First… Jonathan. Ryan King: Where to begin? You broke your way out with The Nightly News and you're doing all this amazing[...]
Setting Up At Image Comics Expo
Expect lots of announcements tonight from Eric Stephenson's address to open Image Comics Expo. Sadly, I'll be in bed when that's happening Which means they've still got plenty of time to set up. Here's how the show is looking right now, from our Bleeding Cool man on the floor, Mat Nastos. Please people, just buy me stuff[...]
Watch Out When Opening Your Walking Dead Watches
Bleeding Cool already pointed out that Vannan are creating special Walking Dead watches, to appear at the Image Comics Expo Well, Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard have created a special "golden ticket", original sketches by each of them, sized to fit in one of the watches They go on sale at midnight PST tomorrow, are $85[...]
John Layman And Rob Guillory Vs The Speculators On Chew
When hearing that, some sign it it to "The Successful Ebay Bidder" At Image Comics Expo, John Layman and Rob Guillory are trying something else. The convention exclusive edition of Chew  will cost $10. Unless you get it signed, personally, to you Then it will cost $5. It's the anti-speculator convention variant Here are a look at the other[...]
MCM London Expo Under Criticism From Orang Utan Comics
I attended the MCM London Expo this weekend Met up with friends, found some cool stories, saw lots of cool comics, costumes and finery and my two daughters enjoyed themselves too But not everyone seems to have had a great time. Ian Sharman is a comic book creator who has created his own mini-publishing empire as[...]
Cosplay Sunday At MCM London Expo
What a fun day that was. And what fun costumes! Stories to come tomorrow but for now, here are a few to enjoy,with special praise for the feline costume
Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl Poster For London MCM Expo
This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl poster for next month's MCM Expo London Comic Con, one of a hundred made for the show. Naturally Rufus will be there, also with the likes of Gail Simone,  John McCrea, David Hine, Hunt Emerson, Al Davison. And me, probably Well, it is my local. This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl[...]
The London Super Comic Convention For February 2012
Are there any other venues you could have chosen? Earl's Court would have been really handy for me… To provide an American style convention one needs to have the space and facilities to host and grow the show. The Excel centre is London's most viable venue, and although we did look at other sites[...]
BBC3's The Fades Promo Bits From MCM
BBC3's The Fades was previewed for the first time at the MCM Expo London today The footage shown involved ghosty things, old men, sexy women, yoots, people with guns, and lots and lots of shadows Oh and someone vomiting a live moth. They were also handing out these flyers Courtesy of my scanner, consider this a[...]
TokyoPop Sells Neon Company Sign On Craigslist
Has to go THIS WEEK! Just to remind, here is TokyoPop's stall at MCM Expo this weekend; This is how a comics publisher ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. And selling the company's neon sign on Craigslist Huge TOKYOPOP neon logo sign, used as the official hallsign at the TOKYOPOP US office. Dimensions: Width:[...]
Daleks, Divas And Dickheads – Bleeding Cool At MCM London Expo
So the Preview Day at MCM London Expo It's more of a meet and greet today, a chance for an extended set up as people without jobs come to the show. However, Emma Vieceli is in her tiara, Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood are in their waistcoats, Harry Markos is trying not to get thrown out,[...]
MCM London Expo Starts Friday. Will You End Up On Big Brother?
Frank Quitely and Warren Ellis are the star comic book creators at MCM London Expo this long weekend. With Kieron Gillen, Emma Viecelli, John McCrea, Gary Erskine, Becky Cloonan, Leah Moore, David Hine, Rufus Dayglo, Richard Starkings, Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood, Al Davison, Simon Davis and loads more, there's a lot to love Oh and me[...]
Comic Con Wars: MCM London Expo Vs Super Comic Con
We've already had one Comic Con War in London this year, what with Kapow and MCM London Expo blasting each other in the spring with rather pointed press releases and comments. Kapow PR, often via Mark Millar, deliberately ignored MCM, as if it didn't exist, proclaiming a uniqueness for Kapow over a number of attributes that[...]
MCM London And Kapow – Handbags At Dawn
And suddenly MCM London Expo in the Docklands jumps up and say "look at us!" Bleeding Cool has already covered the passive aggressive war between the two London shows, but things had settled of late But with Kapow continuing to claim that it's bringing San Diego Comic Con to London, while MCM thinks that's what they'd[...]
MCM London Expo 2010 – Friday And Most of Saturday
I'm not going to MCM London Expo today Oh I want to, don't get me wrong, but something (possibly in a bacon sandwich from the Fox pub) has seen me struck down with vomiting, shakes, diarrohea and the rest Bleeurghh. The Eagle Awards went off well Damn you CBR! I was very pleased to see Freakangels[...]
Three Conventions, Three Countries, One Long Weekend
1) This weekend, the MCM Expo 2010 in London at the ExCel Convention Centre in the Docklands The biggest comics convention in Britain with an attendance of 30,000.  Preview afternoon from 2pm today followed by the Eagle Awards, one of the oldest comic industry awards around I'll be there, don't be a stranger Big comics[...]
Britain's Biggest Comics Convention Starts On Friday
The MCM London Expo I used to be terribly snobbish about this sort of media/cosplay fair and had some bad experiences when young Then I went to this one and everything changed You get caught up in the joy, the love, the fact that there are stacks of seventeen year old women buying their first[...]