NYCC 10: Dark Horse #2023

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Dark Horse has a battalion of signings and creators and two exclusives: a limited edition Hawaiian Print Domo and a limited printing Xerxes Lithograph! Get ‘em while you can!

NYCC 10: Top Shelf #

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Top Shelf has the usual gang of outstanding creators plus Japanese illustrator/manga-ka Akino Kondoh!</strong>

NYCC 10: Abrams Comics Arts

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Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, returns to New York Comic Con to showcase the 2010 line up of high-quality comics related titles.

NYCC 10: Ben 10 on 10-10-10

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We haven’t been covering a lot of the media stuff at New York Comic Con but we’ll make an exception for Ben 10 because a) it was created by the underrated gang at Man of Action and b) it is doing a cool 10-10-10 promotion, and what better way to celebrate this special day?

NYCC 10 Party Poop — Thursday and Friday — UPDATED

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Wow, this is going to be a VERY crowded schedule! There are a ton of things to do throughout New York Comic-Con and no matter what you choose, you’re sure to get a little cultural edification, whether it’s comics of Kirby Krackle. There are so many events and parties we had to slit this into two. We’ll have Saturday’s line-up later on.

NYCC 10: Conan's hints

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Click for a larger, printable version — do it Conan’s way!

NYCC 10: Image Comics #1647

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As you might expect, Image has a huge presence at this year’s show with Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen and Jim Valentino — just to name partners at the show.

NYCC 10: Com.x #1769

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Com.x, a small publisher with some top talent, has a few things cooking for the show.

NYCC 10: Top Cow #2129

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As usual, Top Cow has some cool variant editions, including one of their best-selling ARTIFACTS mini series.

NYCC 10: IDW #2115

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IDW debuts at New York Comic Con and the new book The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke is already one of the buzz books.

NYCC 10: First Second — #2314

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Jane Yolen, Matt Madden, and Faith Erin Hicks are just a few of the fine authors signing at the First Second booth.

NYCC 10: Terminal Press and Elite Gudz #2883

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The Cultyard pavilion of designer toys and other cool collectibles will be the a place to get your style on. Here’s what’s going on from TErminal Press and Elite Gudz

NYCC 10: Vanguard (#2088)

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Hall of Famers, Steranko and Kubert highlight the activities here.

NYCC 10: The ICv2 Digital Comics Conference

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Industry analyst Milton Griepps site ICv2 is known for holding thought-provoking conferences each year before New York Comic Con and this year is no exception as the ICv2 Digital Comics Conference tackles the digital comics world, with virtually all the major players in attendance and ready to spill the beans. Note, the Beat is one of the sponsors of the event.

NYCC: Team up with Maphook and The Beat to win prizes — UPDATED

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While we haven’t been too wild about software that delivers an ongoing RSS feed of your movements, when we were approached to look at the new location based social networking platform Maphook, we were more intrigued. Instead of just telling the world where you are and what you are doing, users collaborate to create a “story” about an event using “hooks” — tweets, photos, posts, scores, Wikipedia entries, factoids and so on. It’s sort of localized social networking combined with journaling, which is why we like it. Instead of having to go all over the place and search for info, it’s archived in one spot.

EXCLUSIVE: Updated COMPLETE New York Comic Con programming

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Here it is!. A ton of comics, manga, anime and TV programming.

UPDATE: We’ve been provided with a text file so you can see who and what is on each panel. Over 300 panels, and surely the most extensive anime/manga program ever in NYC…and the comics aren’t bad either. A lot to look at but we’ve already marked this one down: