2009 Comic-Con

Are you sad because you live out of the country and it's very difficult to make it to the legendary San Diego Comic-Con? Well, if you live in/near London, UK, you can always head to the MCM London Comic-Con being held later this week. And to make things ...  

Part memoir of the author's visit to San Diego Comic-Con in 2011, part analysis of the comic industry's place in a larger popular market, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture has multiple target audiences. Its talk of marketing trends and ...  

Legions of nerds will head to San Diego Comic-Con this summer not in their Scions, scooters or Priuses, as usual, but on-foot, with Star Wars lightsabers in-hand. In probably the most physical activity geeks have ever embarked upon, the Course of the Force ...  

Read on for all the info, straight from the fine folks at Entertainment Earth! Entertainment Earth Comic-Con Exclusive! Never-before-made 3 3/4-inch Brock Samson Action Figure! This macho secret agent is conspiring to get into your home and your ...  

"The Walking Dead's" 100th issue comes out on July 11, a date that just happens to be the same day as San Diego Comic-Con's Wednesday preview night. Though we doubt that series creator Robert Kirkman planned that perfect overlap back when he first started writing about the zombie apocalypse, he has announced today that he [...]  

The event, set to run in conjunction with San Diego Comic Con on July 12-15, will celebrate the 100th issue of the Image/Skybound Comic series that inspired AMC's popular zombie drama.  

Hasbro has just started to put out the figures that they announced at the Hasbro brand panel (check out our liveblog for all of the details) and we have some images of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con Bruticus (in Generation 1 colors) and Terrocon quot;Rust In Peacequot; Cliffjumper; Transformers Generations Soundwave; Kickback; Rumble and Ravage (complete with carry box); Transformers Prime Arachnid and Shadow Strike Bumblebee; and Masterpiece...  

MiamiHerald.comComic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (PG-13)MiamiHerald.comSuperman meets a young fan during the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con in 'Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope.' With: Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, Seth Green, Eli Roth, Seth Rogen, Harry Knowles. A Wreckin Hill release. Running time: 88 minutes.Amazing tales from a conventionSacramento BeeLatest boom in comic-book movies is making cultural heroes out of former...  

So you think you know everything about Shonen Jump? Put your knowledge to the test, and you could win two tickets to San Diego Comic-Con 2012! Just answer three questions in the Shonen Jump Alpha Trivia Contest before May 23, and you could score two four-day tickets to attend this sold-out show from July 12-15, 2012, or you could win a 1-year subscription to Shonen Jump Alpha....Read Full Post  

But geeks and nerds? They're forever -- and their ranks are growing. In "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope," director Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") follows several attendees to the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con -- the largest nerd mecca in North America ...  

Forget swimming in the ocean with dolphins or running with the bulls at Pamplona. For Walking Dead fans, the athletic activity of the year will be evading zombies during this summer’s Comic-Con in San Diego. “Our fans have been reading about ...  

It seems that anyone attending this year’s Comic-Con event may spot actor Elijah Wood there, but only if they can see through his disguise. The Hobbit star is a self-professed sci-fi and fantasy geek, but is always mobbed by film buffs whenever he ...  

Since 2008, Airlock Alpha and the GenreNexus has treated San Diego Comic-Con as exactly what it is: the "Super Bowl" of geekdom. It's a convention that is a must-travel for not only fans, but members of the entertainment media. And all the GenreNexus sites ...  

One of the great and super nerdy Google doodles, this Jul 23, 2009 logo celebrates the annual Comic-Con conference. On March 1, 2010 Google honored the 366th birthday of Sir Isaac Newton with its first-ever animated Google Doodle. This Google Doodle went ...  

Smith wrote the limited series Batman: Cacophony, with art by friend Walt Flanagan, which ran from November 2008 to January 2009. As announced at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con, the series featured the villains Onomatopoeia (a character created by ...