Tag: NYCC ’12

It's almost a week before New York Comic Con commences, and we here at Beat Central are beginning to panic as we contemplate the 4+ days of Nerd Homecoming™.  (Yes, that's my phrase.  Prom...

Disclaimer; we're a sponsor of this year's ICv2 Conference on Digital and Comics, which will be held Wednesday, October 10th, the day before New York Comic-Con kicks off, but it sounds like a line-up...

By Steve Morris Launching at NYCC but also available now as a free digital comic, DC's newest member of the Justice League is perhaps the best new superhero of the decade. Launched as part of...

How exited is the audience for this year's New York Comic Con? Very excited. Ticket sales are already way ahead of last year’s pace, says show runner Lance Fensterman, global group v-p at ReedPOP, which produces...

By Steve Morris Artist Jamie McKelvie and writer Kieron Gillen have taken the spotlight today, with several pieces of news - both good and bad - coming from their camp. The good news is that...

The programming schedule for this year's New York Comic Con has just been released...but in a hard to read format. As we have in past years, organizers have supplied a complete text document of all the programming. You'll note that there is a ton of great programming, but some of it is late at night -- 9 pm Friday for "The Truth about the Hobbit"? Some of us like our nerd stuff AND have a social life! Enjoy:

Pop culture business news site ICv2 has announced the ICv2 Conference on Comics and Digital II to be held in conjunction with this year's New York Comic-Con. It will be held on WEDNESDAY, October 10th,1:00 to 5:00 p.m. -- in previous years it was held on the Thursday prior to the Con but NYCC is essentially a 4 day show now. As in previous years, The Beat is a sponsor of this event. Here's the line-up of panels, with speakers to be announce. All of them sound extremely interesting.

by Merideth Jenson-Benjamin

In what has become an annual pilgrimage for the Benjamin family, last week we packed our Febreeze and granola bars, and headed out to San Diego Comic-Con. Once we got home, I had a post-mortem with my ten year old daughter about the experience. Our conversation follows:

The Comic Con International: San Diego holds a Talkback Panel every year to try and figure out what went right and what went wrong. The format of the Talkback Panel does not lend itself to formation of easy narrative. One representative from CCI sits behind a desk and answers questions from the line of convention attendees, taking down notes and suggestions, and responding when necessary. This year, the task fell to John Rogers, President of Comic Con International’s Board of Directors, to moderate the panel.

We're not going to stay on San Diego too long, but if the surge of traffic that just swamped the site is any indication — people just got home and want to see what they missed. Darlene Horn has a fantastic write-up onthe food at the show, from Anthony Bourdain to the kids who recreated the Avengers at the Shawarma shop.

As comics' fiscal year ends, and we take a collective week off to recuperate, celebrate, and gossip, it's time to note two pieces of advice that will make your Comic-Con 2013 much easier.

The 2012 Convention is winding up and news about who will attend next year is starting to emerge.