This week we have the first of two issues worth of Comic-Con International coverage! So many announcements were made and surprises revealed last Thursday and Friday in San Diego and we need to talk about so much of it. Plus, we saw a couple of movies last week, went to a beauty pageant and caught some anime. And, amazingly, there’s a bit of non-Comic-Con news to share. Listen now! Continue reading GW1 Issue 164 – Here Come the Con
The geek new year is almost upon us – Comic-Con International: San Diego (aka SDCC) is coming up this week! So we want to give you a preview of the awesomeness so you’re prepared for what’s to come, whether you’ll be there or (like us) catching details as they drop online. There’s also a lot of news from the past week too, including the Emmy nominations, some new comicbook tv shows in development and further developments on the Disney/Fox front. Plus, it’s time for another Oddmall at the end of this month! Listen now! Continue reading GW1 Issue 163 – The Con Approacheth
Unless you live under a rock (or were vacationing there for the weekend), you know that Comic-Con International (aka San Diego Comic-Con aka SDCC) took place last weekend. It stopped being a true comic convention years ago and is now a pop culture and media convention. Of course, a lot of today’s pop culture is based on comicbook properties, so there’s a full circle thing going on anyway. The fact remains: SDCC is the grand-daddy of comic cons and it’s now where Hollywood lets loose with the vast majority of announcements and surprises for the year in pop culture to come. Continue reading She Geek Critique – All the Things
A lot of media companies have confirmed their presence at Comic-Con International (better known as San Diego Comic Con) and panel schedules are taking shape. So we’re talking about the properties that are big enough to get some time at the con and the huge ones that warrant a place in Hall H. But, of course, we have plenty of geek chat and news to hit first. Listen now! Continue reading GW1 Issue 111 – Prepping for Comic Con
I recently went to an old school comic con. If you’re lucky, you know what I’m talking about – a bunch of dealers crammed into a hall, maybe a couple of artists selling original sketches, but no celebrities or photo ops in sight. Sure, a few people showed up in costume (I think there was an actual costume contest at some point, though I didn’t stay for it), but it was primarily a crowd of comic book lovers looking for deals. I would say about 80% of the space was long boxes and most of what was on offer was golden, silver and bronze age issues with some current releases thrown in (especially ones with variant covers). Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – Kickin’ It Old School