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Bleeding Cool's Mammoth San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Party List
It's been three years and it's time for the Bleeding Cool San Diego Comic-Con SDCC 2022 Party List Thanks to Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, SDCC Unofficial Blog, Facebook, my bulging inbox, and a little Google … what to do after San Diego Comic-Con when the clock ticks past 7 pm This is the second version of this[...]
Bad Idea SDCC
Bad Idea Comics, the comics publisher that is pretending it shut up shop last year, is launching a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive comic, Hero Trade: Sacred Heart by Matt Kindt and David Lapham Hero Trade was the first publication put out by Bad Idea Comics as a secret ashcan, and they are sticking to their[...]
No Free San Diego Comic-Con Passes For Comic Shops This Year
Normally Comic-Con International: San Diego offers retailers with Diamond Comic Distributors free passes for San Diego Comic-Con, part of their non-profit educative mission However this year, with rollover tickets from the cancelled 2020 show, as well as demand from new attendees, the show has had to be making cuts across the board over who can[...]
Bleeding Cool's Mammoth San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Party List
what to do after San Diego Comic-Con when the clock ticks past 7 pm If you want to add any more, contact richjohnston@gmail.com This is usually only the start, by the time it is finished it is usually three or four times the original length And I am sure that the NFT Cosplay Strip Club Event[...]
San Diego Comic-Con Will license Itself Globally
San Diego Comic-Con may be the world's best known comic book convention But there is only one of it While ReedPOP has big shows around the globe, such as C2E2, NYCC, ECCC, MCM and more, San Diego Comic-Con pretty much just stays where it is, with only WonderCon in Anaheim as a spin-off from the[...]
A Week After San Diego Comic-Con 2021 Special Edition, Final Thoughts
I started writing this in the departure lounge at San Diego Airport, Gate 51, about to catch the delayed direct flight to London I finished it almost a week after I'd gotten home again, and had recovered from the jet lag.  Delays aside, that British Airways are operating such direct trips will increase the likelihood[...]
Party San Diego
I started last night in San Diego in fine spirits with Michael Davis buying me dinner at Lou and Mickey's, after a successful San Diego Comic-Con: Special Edition And it was so great to catch up in person with the co-founder of Milestone Media after ten years We really shouldn't leave it that long next[...]
From One Side Of San Diego Comic-Con 2021 To The Other (VIDEO)
Three videos for you here from San Diego Comic-Con: Special Edition 2021, not just the regular From One Side Of The Show To The Other which you know and love (or at least tolerate) Though there is that, even if it started off as something else But as a special treat, it was actually before[...]
San Diego Mayor Opens And Walks Through Comic-Con Museum (VIDEO)
This morning San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Assemblymember Christopher Ward, Co-Chair Comic-Con Museum Steering Committee Patti Rosco and Comic-Con Chief Communications & Strategy Officer David Glanzer opened San Diego Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park A soft opening from today all weekend long, I'm at San Diego for Comic-Con Special Edition – or the "mini-Con" as[...]
I Am Not Entirely Sure The Hyatt Has Thought These Signs Through
It's San Diego Comic-Con: Special Edition time And while I may be staying in an AirBNB that used to be a brothel frequented by Wyatt Earp, I am hanging out at the Hyatt Because at San Diego Comic-Con, that is what one does It was hear that we witnessed Nicky Barrucci accidentally smash a very[...]
San Diego comic-con special edition
I flew into San Diego last night, after a fraught but rewarding journey After the hell of O'Hare, the heaven of Hall H for press check-in was rather welcome, and also full of Bleeding Cool fans too! That's what happens when a show is staffed by volunteers, they are all in it for the fun[...]
San Diego comic-con special edition
San Diego Comic-Con: Special Edition begins tomorrow And while there will be a lot less studio content at this show than at the summer equivalent, HBO's Peacemaker spin-off of The Suicide Squad movie starring John Cena is setting forth its stall First with a big poster over the Marriott Hotel, the only such poster I[...]
It's Always Sunny In San Diego- The Daily LITG, 25th November 2022
That's right, I am in San Diego for Thanksgiving and San Diego Comic-Con: Special Edition which begins tomorrow… if anyone wants to say hi, today would be the day – as tomorrow may get a little swamped. LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday LITG: San Diego here I came! – Rich Johnston It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The[...]
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 24 2016: Banners hang over San Diego Comic-Con, promoting the pop culture convention's various events.
That a) the San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition announced for November would be going ahead And b) that President Trump's ban on Brits going to the USA would be lifted by then And while the show seems to still be going full steam ahead for Thanksgiving weekend, entry into the USA for the UK remained[...]
New Comic-Con Museum Being Built In San Diego
It's getting less and less likely that the USA is going to let me into the country for San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition this November/December But I live in hope.  And now, San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC), the non-profit organization that produces the annual popular arts and culture celebration Comic-Con, has announced the start of[...]
The Eisner Awards 2021 Results In Full
The 33rd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards was held tonight as a virtual ceremony on for the second time as part of San Diego Comic-Con@Home Again, this year's event was hosted by voice actor Phil LaMarr Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the Eisner Awards, considered the "Oscars" of[...]
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 24 2016: Banners hang over San Diego Comic-Con, promoting the pop culture convention's various events.
I have booked flights (direct) from London to San Diego for the end of November, around Thanksgiving Weekend, for the not-actually San Diego Comic-Con event happening then. Photo credit: Sarah Mertan / Shutterstock.com. I have not been to the USA for… what, six years? Think so Which is insane in and of itself But, test willing, I'll[...]
Peach Momoko $10 Usagi Yojimbo SDCC 2020 Cover Sells For $500 on eBay
Okay, so San Diego Comic-Con swag was a very different affair this year It basically turned everyone into Hasbro, ordering in advance, getting swag posted out, rather than grabbing it in your hands, taking a photo with your phone and putting it up on eBay ASAP Nevertheless, the remote nature of the operation hasn't stopped[...]
Auto Draft
The respect of an Italian nation, two hit comic book series, a cover deal with Boom, your own animated TV series and now a San Diego Comic-Con variant for Titan Comics' Horizon Zero Dawn comic now made available for San Diego Comic-Con@Home later this week… Horizon Zero Dawn #1 is set to debut in comic stores[...]
Shrine Built to San Diego Comic-Con Across From Convention Center.
This week would have been the San Diego Comic-Con 2020 It is not, after a global pandemic hit hard and the idea of bringing half a million people from around the world and cram them into a few buildings in California and turn up the air conditioning, struck people as not the best way to[...]
Sunday Programming For San Diego Comic-Con@Home Is Here
Two weeks away from Comic-Con@Home, the free online replacement for San Diego Comic-Con and they are trying to keep the rituals the same So we get Wednesday's programming released four days ago, Thursday's programming three days ago, Friday's programming two days ago and Saturday's programming yesterday… and rather than room locations, we have YouTube links for where[...]
Run DMC Working With Larry Hama, Amy Chu and Rob Guillory on New Comic
On Saturday, July 25th, Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC will have a panel at Comic-Con@Home – as opposed to at San Diego Comic-Con as was originally planned He will be joined by GI Joe writer Larry Hama, Poison Ivy writer Amy Chu and Chew co-creator Rob Guillory, for a new comic joint project called Outta[...]
Saturday Programming For San Diego Comic-Con@Home Is Here
Two weeks away from Comic-Con@Home, the free online replacement for San Diego Comic-Con and they are trying to keep the rituals the same So we get Wednesday's programming released three days ago, Thursday's programming two days ago, Friday's programming yesterday and Saturday's programming today… and rather than room locations, we have YouTube links for where the panel[...]
Phil LaMarr Will Host 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
The 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, often referred to as the "Oscars" of the comics industry (making Angouleme the Cannes) are held on the Friday of the San Diego Comic-Con With the show cancelled, replaced online by Comic-Con@Home, The Eisner Awards will still take place, hosted by Phil LaMarr, actor/voice actor/comedian known for[...]
Friday Programming For San Diego Comic-Con@Home Is Here
Two weeks away from Comic-Con@Home, the free online replacement for San Diego Comic-Con and they are trying to keep the rituals the same So we get Wednesday's programming released two days, Thursday's programming yesterday and Friday's programming today… and rather than room locations, we have YouTube links for where the panel will be[...]
Thought Bubble and San Diego Comic-Con Together For Comic-Con@Home
British comic book convention much beloved of Bleeding Cool, Thought Bubble, is teaming up with San Diego Comic-Con to deliver online content to each other's respective online offerings this year I am a big fan of both, so this is all digital gravy for someone like me. The first will be Thought Bubble & Comic-Con@Home: Tula[...]
Thursday Programming For San Diego Comic-Con@Home Is Here
Two weeks away from Comic-Con@Home, the free online replacement for San Diego Comic-Con and they are trying to keep the rituals the same So we get Wednesday's programming released yesterday and Thursday's programming today… and rather than room locations, we have YouTube links for where the panel will be All pre-recorded, it also means you[...]