SDCC ’16: We Shall Overcome – “March” with John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate...
By Nancy Powell
The line outside Room 23ABC at 9:20 AM Saturday morning was already two deep before staff let people filter into the room nearly half an hour later. School children - Muslims in burqas,...
SDCC ‘16: If You Create It, People Will Come: D.I.Y. Comics Reinventing the Mainstream
By Nancy Powell
Vita Ayala (Black Mask Studios), Ted Lange (Warp Zone) and Ronald Wimberly (The Prince of Cats) joined moderator Patrick A. Reed for a panel discussion on how evolving tools and technology have changed...
#SDCC ’16 Special Guest Ben Hatke Talks About His Work, His Eisner Nomination, and...
By: Nicholas Eskey
During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, writer and artist Ben Hatke is spending time with publisher First Second to help commemorate their 20th anniversary.
Fortunately for me, I got a chance to sit...
SDCC ’16: Sergio Aragonés Receives the 2016 ‘Icon’ Award
At every San Diego Comic-Con for the last ten years, the festival organisers have handed out an "Icon" Award. This is given to people who are credited with bringing comics to a wider audience,...
SDCC ’16 Cast Interview: NBC’s ‘Powerless’ “fills in the blanks of the comic books”
NBC brought SDCC-goers a sneak peak at Powerless, a hybrid of a workplace comedy and a DC superhero show, in a special preview night screening.
The comedy involves a group of non-superpowered characters living in the...
SDCC ’16: Grant Morrison: The Transforming Power of Myth
by Donald Powell
Anyone who has followed Grant Morrison knows that he loves to get his myth in.
No comics creator since Jack Kirby has pushed the transformational power of the super hero archetype, how...
SDCC ’16: Wonders, Marvels, and Magic: A Photo Diary of a Saturday in Hall...
While Thursday and Friday's offerings in the convention center's biggest exhibit space focused more on television and other areas of interest, it was Saturday where the two 800lb gorillas of SDCC took the spotlight....
SDCC ’16: New Poster and Trailer Seek to Conjure Magic for ‘Doctor Strange’
November sees the launch of Marvel's Doctor Strange, putting Benedict Cumberbatch into the Marvel Universe for the first time. At the studio's Hall H event last night at SDCC, hosted by Chris Hardwick, the cast...
SDCC ’16: Brie Larson is Captain Marvel
Last night Marvel confirmed the reports that Oscar winning actress Brie Larson, best known for Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, and Room, has been cast as Captain Marvel herself, Carol Danvers. As part of the news,...
SDCC’16: Warner Brothers Offers A Record 18 Different Official Comic-Con Bags!
For the seventh year in a row, Warner Brothers once again has the official bags for Comic-Con International!
Over 135,000 bags have been produced in 18 designs, including two "mystery" designs for Suicide Squad and Fantastic Beasts and Where...
#SDCC ’16 Batman: The Killing Joke Kills the Audience, Complete with Call from the...
By: Nicholas Eskey
Those who were unfortunate enough to not be at San Diego Comic-Con’s Ballroom 20 missed out on the world premiere of the animated movie Batman: The Killing Joke. The movie is based...
SDCC ’16: Bryan Fuller Launches a New Ship Next January For ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
At the end of a 50th celebration panel for Star Trek, Bryan Fuller offered a huge announcement for those in attendance: the new Star Trek TV series he'll be showrunning next year will be...
