Looking back on our complete New York Comic Con
coverage through a single page!

 

Without further ado, let the 2008 coverage begin...

 

 

New York Comic Con ... Game On

 

Russell Burlingame interviews Paul Maybury (the artist on Aqua Leung) at the
CBLDF Drink and Draw event leading up to the New York Comic Con 2008.

 

 

 

Learn more about Paul Maybury at www.deliciousbrains.com.

 

Our New York Comic Con coverage begins with this video update and will continue

until April 21st. Full wall-to-wall, take over the entire site coverage begins tomorrow.

 

 

 

Early Coverage Begins To Explode Around The Site

 

April 16th, 9:48 PM - Site creator Chuck Moore here... I'm posting to leave a note for all you faithful Comic Related readers. I'll be traveling to New York for about half of tomorrow. In the afternoon, I'll kick off the site's full wall-to-wall coverage loading every scrap of information we can find. That said, you don't have to wait until then for coverage to begin!

 

Russell Burlingame kicked off a blog here at Comic Related last week and as video from the convention and events surrounding the show are loaded, he'll be sharing early links there. I'll follow up with front page stories on every feature and a mountain of additional coverage, but I know he'll be loading content in the overnight tonight and I want you to have access to everything as soon as it's available. It's a great additional spot to get an early read on all the action.

 

Click here to take a look and be sure to refresh often!

 

Our New York Comic Con coverage began with this video update and will continue

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Live From New York!

Site creator Chuck Moore reporting

 

April 17th, 5:28 PM - All flights were on time and I found myself wheels down in New York at 11:55 PM. I didn't make it to Manhattan until about 2:30 PM (but that's a story for a blog entry later tonight). Since making it to town, I made my way over to the Milford Plaza Hotel and set up shop for the weekend.

 

Before settling in and rolling out the event coverage, I hopped over to the Javit Center, grabbed my credentials and snapped a few quick photos of set-up day here in New York. All the serious craziness gets underway tomorrow (starting about 9AM).

 

Across the Comic Related site, you've been reading a lot of content from contributing columnist Russell Burlingame. He and I will be meeting face-to-face for the first time his evening and we have a lot to discuss in terms of the weekend's coverage. I also plan to check back in at the Javit Center and see how everything is coming together.

 

It should be a blast and I think it will be a show you enjoy. We should have a solid wi-fi connection at the Javit so, if all goes as planned, Russell and I (along with the rest of the Comic Related crew) should be updating regularly live from the convention floor.

 

A couple starter photos (with the low res camera) just to tease...

 

 

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Out of Boneville and Into Another Dimension: Jeff Smith on RASL

by Russell Burlingame

 

 

It should be said that Jeff Smith's Rasl release party, which took place on April 16 in New York, was not part of this week's New York Comic Con.

The reason it should be said, is that Smith is doing his best to live up to his word, and not to appear at any comic book conventions in 2008. Smith says that after the ending of his long-running creator-owned series Bone and a world tour that saw him touching down all over North America and Europe in 2007, he decided that 2008 would be a year of rest, and an opportunity to work on his new title, Rasl.

But when the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund came calling on Smith to be part of their "New York Comics Week" leading up the convention, he didn't say no. While it may seem unusual for the creator of one of comics' most successful all-ages books to take up the cause of an organization that he would almost certainly never need help from, Smith says that it's important to support the fund because comics are an art form. "When someone deems it inappropriate, whether it is or not, it's usually because they don't understand comics," Smith says of the cases that the CBLDF spends most of their time defending. "Most of the works I've seen under attack are usually pretty good and so [I'm here] mostly in defense of the art form."

"Technically, I still haven't gone to any comic book shows this year," Smith jokes, "and yet here I am--on the fringes!"

Ironically, Smith acknowledges that there are concrete benefits to the creative process that come from attending conventions. With a fairly simple, iconic group of characters like those found in Bone, Smith said, the quickie convention sketches that he does for almost everyone who seeks his signature, informed how the characters were later drawn in the comics. Smith explains that often, creators who grow more familiar with their characters--he used himself as well as Hellboy creator Mike Mignola as examples--tend to simplify their style over the years, allowing the characters to take on a more distilled, iconic version of their appearance.

Rasl--which debuted in March from Smith's Cartoon Books, sold out its first issue at the distributor and has gone back for a second printing. The premise of the series, as explained by Smith, is that his principle character can, using an electronic device, step between dimensions. For (a great deal of) money, he'll use that device to enter an alternate dimension where he will steal you a copy of one of the world's great pieces of art. "...But it's got to be a lot of money, because it really hurts a lot."

Of the work itself, Smith says that it's not Bone II. While the success of Bone was helped along by teachers and parents' groups who bought the collected editions in droves for young readers, Smith says of Rasl, "I think it's definitely more PG-13. Not everything that I want to read or that I want to create is all ages." The tone, he says, will match the content, and be a little darker, too.

"It's going to be a little more like The Maltese Falcon meets Jason Bourne--it's going to be a little more adult," Smith explains. "It's not going to be porn or anything, but I wouldn't give it to a ten-year-old."

Smith hopes to wrap the Rasl story in nine or ten issues, which he guesses will take him between two and three years to do. He says that while most mainstream comics owned by companies like DC and Marvel are designed to go on forever, "I think comics as a medium are as capable as any other thing--novels, movies, anything--of telling a good story. So the first thing you have to do when you tell a good story is to have the ending."

 

Like many comic creators who have an outline but no scripts completed at the head of a project, though, Smith says that the task itself can seem a little daunting. "I do know what the ending is, but I don't know a lot of the details so it's a little bit nervewracking. Because I don't know what's going to happen--and so I feel like a little bit like a person who's right up at the edge of the cliff, and I step off, and I don't know where the bottom is."

 

 

 

Full wall-to-wall, take over the entire site coverage is officially underway.
We'll continue our show coverage until April 21st.

 

 

Our first round of New York Comic Con Photos!

 

Welcome to New York Comic Con	Displays are everywhere outside the show	Fans five hours before the show floor opens to the public
Your first look...	...at those new...	...Watchmen figures
Joe Sinnott	The Art Car!	Manga Leia

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Two

 

Tony Moore signs for a fan	Stephen Lindsay hanging with Bryan J.L Glass	Massive Incredible Hulk promos
Oliver Nome doing a sketch	Eric Maruscak starts a chalk sketch	Check in on the Alex Ross Booth
Neal Adams readies for the show	Ethan Van Sciver sketching for fans	Golden/Silver Age comic legend Dick Ayers

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Three

 

The doors open at 3:00 PM and fans flood the show floor	Krypto's in the house	Devil's Due Publishing
Sean McKeever at rest	Avatar Press puts out the comic spread	Rob Liefeld autographing for fans
Monte Moore does a sketch (with popcorn)	Spinnin' at New York Comic Con	Yes, this man has full press credentials

 

New York Comic Con - Day One

by Chuck Moore

 

 

Looking back on Friday at New York Comic Con, I can only begin this update with one simple word… “wow”. 

 

This is a convention on a whole new level from anything I’ve enjoyed or covered previously.  It’s bigger, it’s badder, it’s louder, it’s massive and it’s LOADED with mainstream comic talent.  If you run down the list of individuals setting up shop and presenting work here (or in any of the related satellite events), the show shares a major slice of all the big names within our industry, old and young.   Despite the somewhat daunting crowd, I found most creators to be readily accessible through much of the day.  That said, I’ve been warned that Saturday will be utterly unbelievable, busy and possibly an altogether different story in terms of crowd volume.

 

Today, the doors opened EXACTLY at 3:00 PM and as the fans raced into the room you could hear their cheers ring across the hall.  It’s about as excited as I’ve ever seen a group entering a comic convention.  What surprised me was how, once that funnel was open, it simply didn’t stop pouring in people.  The show floor was packed from 3:00 PM until the close of the day around 8:00 PM.  (I don’t know the exact time as I was lost in panels by that point.)

 

Just off the main entrance there is a mix of comic and media companies.  To the immediate back of this side of the room is a nice podcast alley playing host to Indie Spinner Rack, Comic Geek Speak, Geeks Unite and a host of other great shows.  The artist alley is on the other side of the show hall and is massive to say the least.  There’s a show stage in the back of the room that hosted mock light saber duels and zombie poetry readings (among many more performances) throughout the day.  There’s also special areas for creator signings, a gaming area which I didn’t even find time to see and an army of retail vendors selling comics, toys, memorabilia and even a back rub or two.  

 

Honestly, I’m still getting the lay of the land and I explored the convention floor for most of a day.  As an example of just how big this convention can be, I saw the Top Shelf booth early in the day and tried, in the late afternoon, to find it again to pick up a few things.  I didn’t find it again.  A map would have help (and was available everywhere), but that just kills the fun of exploration for me. 

 

Volunteers at the show were solid, numerous and quite helpful.  It seemed like there was always a red or yellow shirt around exactly when I had a question and I give the event high marks as a well planned show.  New York Comic Con has come a long way since the days when the fire marshal had to get involved and people like Jim Lee couldn’t even get into the show (year one).  By this year (year three), everything is going off like a well oiled machine and fans were even able to cue up inside the building while they waited (though this year the amazing weather doesn’t really call for it).

 

I was equally impressed by the way in which press are treated in New York.  Before moving back into covering comics in October of 2004, I spent about seven years working in the shadow of ESPN doing internet based sports coverage.  I’ve seen what a professional media room should look like and I can say that New York Comic Con has set a nice bar for treating the media with respect at this year’s show. 

 

The event opened its doors at 10:00 AM for the media giving them five full hours to explore and organize their coverage.   They offered us a spacious, fully equipped media room and even had wi-fi access available (for a price).  Admittedly, we didn’t get the royal treatment (Newsarama and MTv News had their own skyboxes above the show floor) but I won’t hold that against them.  The room was well staffed throughout the day and, all in all, well handed and appreciated by this reporter.

 

The panel rooms are likewise quite comfortable and the theater in which they’re unveiling screenings and footage is massive enough that a packed crowd for the X-Files/Chris Carter panel couldn’t even fill the room (and the crowd present for that trailer viewing and talk would have killed any panel or theater room I’ve seen at ANY prior show). 

 

This show space is HUGE, packed with a sound system that could actually knock you out of your seat and quite comfortable.   Case in point for me, both when the X-File theme sounded and when Sci-Fi Friday night began with the Dr Who theme, I found myself getting cold chills.  The music mixed with that sound system and the fan reaction was easily worth the price of admission in my eye.

 

What did we here at Comic Related get done today?  Honestly, today wasn’t so much a day where we targeted major achievements.  Today was all about exploration and survival.  We got our bearings, plotting out our attack plan talked to creators, shot some footage, grabbed some audio and enjoyed the day. 

 

Comic Related is well represented here in New York.  We are a crew of three covering the show this year.   Russell Burlingame is doing interviews and commentary.  Zach Roberts is shooting video and I’m running around teaching people about Comic Related and gathering information for our coverage.  That said, due to work commitments at Forbidden Planet (a great local New York comic shop), Russell didn’t make it to the show until later in the day.  He covered a mix of panels but never actually made it onto the show floor. 

 

The video maestro (and future Comic Related columnist) Zach Roberts spent the day gathering video from around the convention which he and Russell plan to spend a chunk of the night editing to share with you tomorrow.

 

In the afternoon I did a really fun interview with the creator, the artist and the writer of Ayre Force (which will be one of two focal point interviews for next Friday’s Related Recap podcast).   As you’ve probably seen from the front of the site, I also took a mix of photos (more of which will go onto the site first thing tomorrow).  

 

So far, New York Comic Con is as much a thrill ride as it is a comic show.  I can say following this half day press access, half day public access “preview” that I’m already satisfied and it’s just getting started.

 

When it comes to mainstream comics, I will go on record as predicting that New York Comic Con could certainly rise to the bar set by San Diego Comic Con in just a few short years.  Especially considering the extreme focus San Diego has taken on Hollywood properties and the role they plays within the comic industry.  Media related properties and companies are certainly present here, but it isn’t quite the same focus as in San Diego and I would hazard a guess that over time this could elevate New York Comic Con to, at the very least, equal footing with the currently undisputed comic convention powerhouse, San Diego Comic Con.

 

Time will tell…

 

 

Check Out What's Going On Tomorrow

from the organizers of New York Comic Con

 

 

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Four

 

David Finch sharing a sketch	Captain Action caps could be seen everywhere	Dark Horse is positioned directly at the entrance
Newsarama's sky box... (Someday we'll have a sky box)	Fearnet preps a floor character for the day	Ardden Entertainment's new Flash Gordon series
The coolest Dr. Who item spotted so far this weekend	Ah, the Endless...	Cosplay on display

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Five

 

The creative team behind Bodog's Ayre Force	Billy Tan (who we followed here from Gem City) does a sketch	Anna Mercury posing at the Avatar Press booth
ASP's booth is loaded with creators	Chris Carter during last night's X-Files panel	Penny Farthing Press
Burger Trooper... The strangest stormtrooper yet	New Captain Action Statue	The fan! The Ray!

 

New York Comic Con - Day Two

by Chuck Moore

 

 

Some highlights from the news coming out of the convention today:

 

Marvel will be doing a “Marvel Apes” event this fall

 

Richard Corben and Mike Mignola will roll out Hellboy: The Crooked Man in July

 

Robert Kirkman will be doing a Destroyer Max series with Cory Walker

 

Virgin Comics will be doing Grant Morrison webisodes as he begins working with the company

 

Hurwitz, Swierzynski, Gischler set to replace Garth Ennis on Punisher

 

Mike Choi and Sonia Oback are now exclusive at Marvel and will be working on X-Force

 

Dark Horses Umbrella Academy heads to DH Presents in July and series 2 in November

 

Mark Waid will join the writing team on Amazing Spider-Man

 

Conan the Cimmerian is the next chapter of Conan's life and will show him as a mercenary

 

The Incredible Hulk film contains at least one Captain America reference

 

Seth McFarlane will voice the character of Johann Kraus in the upcoming Hellboy film

 

Geoff Johns stated that in the 2009 DCU "The dead rise. They kick a lot of ass."

 

DC’s Final Crisis will be seven issues complimented by Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds

 

Gail Simone said there will be a new Wonder Woman who is a man

 

Absolute editions of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier  and Miller's Ronin are coming

 

Catwoman is being cancelled

 

Some thoughts on the fun that was New York Comic Con Saturday:

Friends of mine who had experienced New York Comic Con before warned me that Saturday would be unreal in terms of attendance.  They were not kidding.  The crowd, as it entered the show floor, was a tidal wave of people.  The Javits Center itself is a massive facility that was packed with body mass throughout the day today.  It was so full that, at points, it felt more like swimming than walking as you traveled from point “a” to point “b” across the show floor. 

 

Lines would form for event signings and traffic in certain areas would grind to a complete halt.  Volunteers would step in to attempt to organize the line or reroute the traffic, but it was anything but an easy task due to the volume in attendance.

 

What is truly astounding was watching as the crowd would shift when certain celebrities entered the hall.  I watched as the room almost tilted a few steps to the left as Milo Ventimiglia (aka Peter Petrelli from Heroes) entered doing a signing at the Devil’s Due booth in support of his new series Rest.  Being in the area at the time, it was interesting to say the least. Others garnered similar responses.

 

With the increase in crowd density comes stress on the convention and its staff.  Today, I have to say it showed just a bit.  Shades of the craziness of 2006 arose at the edges of the event as crowds overwhelmed the convention limits and actually shut down the panel rooms for part of the afternoon.

 

An onslaught of fans already attending the Venture Brothers and Robot Chicken presentations were compounded by Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia and later Marvel’s Cup of Joe panel (and other offerings).  This set the stage and formed a bottleneck that caused security to eventually shut down the area, turn off the escalators, form a physical barrier, deny entry, push back the crowd and address fans with bull horns. 

 

Frustration raged as presenters were even denied access to their panels.  Some made it through and some simply gave up.  Even once the area reopened, access to the area was limited and slow going as organizers waited for fans to leave before allowing new guests to enter staggering access. 

 

Personnally, I think it’s great to have an amazing panel schedule and New York Comic Con undeniably has just that, but it’s also clear there needs to be a bit more planning in terms of moving, managing and directing people.

 

Small issues of set-up seemed a bit odd in retrospect looking at the layout.  They have a fun Variant Edition Stage that serves as a showcase for music, dance and action sequences that sits at the back of the hall.  This area is filled with booming music and invites crowd participation on and off all day.  Sadly, this area was placed right next to Podcast Alley.  This is an area dedicated to podcasters who are trying to record audio shows live from the event.  Those poor podcasters with their backs to the Variant Stage couldn’t escape having their mics pointed directly at the mayhem behind them.  These two areas are both excellent ideas, but probably shouldn’t have been placed back to back. 

 

I’m certainly not meaning to paint a grim picture here.  The show content and the presentations I was able to attend were impressive, news coming out of the show in some areas is solid, but there are rough edges still being resolved.  This is entirely due to the extreme popularity and powerhouse line-up presented here.  The quality is evident, but so are a few growing pains.

 

 

Check Out What's Going On Tomorrow

from the organizers of New York Comic Con

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the X-Files: I Want To Believe Panel!

 

I was able to personally attend the X-Files panel at New York Comic Con and was actually part way through putting together a report on what was shared, what was said and what was revealed by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz when a local videographer contacted our site pointing us to video of the non-trailer discussion portion of the panel. Rather than share our summary, we invite you to check out these video...

 

Part 1

 

 

Part 2

 

 

We've learned that the great footage was shared by Zachary Roberts is a photographer, videographer and documentary filmmaker living in Manhattan.  He is the head producer for Greg Palast Investigations and manages the Palast website.  Prior to working for the Palast Investigative Fund, Roberts had experience in politics and journalism, and studied film at SUNY Purchase.

 

 

Grant Morrison Panel from Saturday at New York Comic Con

 

 

One of the most original and inventive writers in the comics medium, Grant Morrison, served as a Guest of Honor at this year’s New York Comic Con. Today, Morrison spoke on a mix of topics and we're pleased to share excerpts from his panel...

 

Part One

 

 

Part Two

 

 

Grant Morrison is widely recognized as one of the top writers in the comics industry and is acknowledged as one of its most imaginative storytellers. His revisionist Batman book, Arkham Asylum (with artist Dave McKean) sold over 500,000 copies worldwide and won numerous awards, making it the most successful original graphic novel to be published in America.

 

In his time in comics, Morrison has revived many titles and contributed groundbreaking and best-selling runs of popular stories for the major companies including DC Comics characters; Batman, Superman, JLA, Doom Patrol, Animal Man and for Marvel Comics the best-selling monthly, New X-Men, Marvel Boy and Fantastic Four.

 

In addition he has created a number of revolutionary original series including, We3, The Invisibles, The Filth, Zenith, Sebastian O, Marvel Boy, and the cult classics Kill Your Boyfriend, The Mystery Play and Seaguy.

 

His Graphic Novels and Comic Book collections have been translated into over a dozen languages and are sold worldwide.

 

 

 

Neal Adams at New York Comic Con

 

 

This week, both Conscientious Sequentials (tonight) and our Hot Shot of the Week (tomorrow) will be videocasted from the New York Comic Con. For Conscientious Sequentials, we're featuring a video interview with artist, editor and industry giant Neal Adams, one of the creators behind the 1970s Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman, both runs on which reinvented and reinvigorated the characters.

 

Part One - Weird Science

 

 

Part Two - An Interview with Neal Adams

 

 

 

Learn more about the work and theories of Neal Adams at www.nealadams.com.

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Six

 

Lucio Parrillo on a sketch	The DC Comics area of the show floor	Carmine Infantino talks with a fan
Passing by the Ape Entertainment Booth	Russell Burlingame chats with Perhapanauts Todd Dezago	Classics Illustrated is back
Peter David on hand promoting books and comics	Bean bags were everywhere at New York Comic Con	True Confessions of a Fanboy

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Seven

Checking in with our good friends at Indie Spinner Rack as they played
host to a mix of great small press creators in podcast alley

 

Indie Spinner Rack's Charlito and Mr. Phil	An Indie Spinner Rack correspondent hard at work	Charlito invades Mr. Phil's personal space
Jeff Lemire adds to the comic jam	Charlito jumps into the Jamie Tanner shot	Jamie Tanner sketches inside The Aviary
Liz Baillie and her title My Brain Hurts	Geoff Sebesta creator of I Am The President of Ice Cream	Geoff (back to us), Charltio and George LaVigne

 

New York Comic Con - Day Three

by Chuck Moore

 

 

It was surprising just how different Sunday at New York Comic Con felt when you compare it to Saturday.  Same show, but it had a completely different feel on the last day of the 2008 event. 

On Saturday, the show floor was so packed with people it was hard to experience many parts of the event, let alone get around.  On Sunday, the “Kids Day” focus and its associated panels and presentations seemed to act as a relief valve taking a bit of the pressure out of the event.  Throughout the day you could see the delight on kids faces as they rushed the con and were catered to by the event itself and the creators was a fun sight.  I’ve never seen the Archie Comics booth so busy as when they began doing free sketches for kids.  Nice!

 

On Sunday, I kicked off the day with Stan Lee who was doing a presentation on his new book Election Daze, a mix of political photography and satirical balloon captions.  It was clear that this topic, which is a bit different from the usual Spider-Man/Fantastic Four questions he’s hit with, was a topic he was excited to discuss.  Reciting his personal history working with this kind of project (which is actually the kind of book he first created at the start of his career) had him (and everyone else in the room) smiling.  The organizers of the panel shared cover shots from that early work leading up to the current project which clearly surprised Stan.  All in all, it was a fun presentation and a great way to start out Sunday at New York Comic Con.  We ran some audio on this one so we’ll share part of the presentation in an upcoming Related Recap.

 

Throughout the day, many of the panels and presentations not geared toward the younger audience took place earlier in the day and the show floor, though still full, wasn’t nearly as hectic.  Today, it was much easier to shop, visit with creators and experience all the displays.  For this visitor, the final day of the show proved the best of the weekend.  I finally had the chance to really explore the artist alley and learn the stories of a host of new creators.  For me, that’s what I look for and why I enjoy going to these shows.  I go to comic shows to come home with books from creator’s and companies I’ve never heard of before.

 

In retrospect, I believe Saturday’s crowd push can be explained in part by the late hour which the show opened to the public on Friday (3:00 PM) and the earlier close (5:00 PM) on Sunday.  Saturday activities ran from 10:00 AM to well past 8:00 PM.  Additionally, most of the premiere panels all seemed to be focused on Saturday.  If I had only been able to attend one day of this show, that would have been the day I could have gotten the most bang for the buck from a single day ticket.  In my eye, the setup and prep could have happened in the early hours of the day on Friday and the public should have earlier access to the event to spread out some of the push as this event continues to grow.

 

Getting back to the events of Sunday, after leaving Stan Lee, I moved over to the IGN Theater and sampled many of the trailers I had been hearing about throughout the weekend.  This led directly into a 12 minute Moonlight feature coupled with a panel featuring two of the shows lead vamps, Alex O’Loughlin who plays Mick St. John and Jason Dohring who plays Josef.  The two fielded questions from the audience, discussed the show and even commented on whether or not they would opt to vamp-out given the chance in real life.  Both answered yes, but would regret the impact on family and friends.

 

Over the course of the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the event, the depth of the crowds but found myself just a little bit disappointed by the individual and small press creator representation.  Indie Spinner Rack did a great job sharing their table, hour by hour, allowing indie creators to do signings.  Top Shelf, Fantagraphics, NMB and some of the mid-range publishers were represented, but overall this was a very mainstream show.  Not a bad thing in any way if that’s what you’re looking for as all the stars were certainly out at this event.  Being New York though, I expected more diversity of content and complete representation.  Instead of a true cross-section of ALL comics, this felt more like a supersized 3Wizard World type show.  For me, that was surprising as I expected more.

 

Russell and Zach were absolutely IN MOTION throughout the weekend talking to creators, grabbing video and spreading the word about Comic Related.  Between the three of us, it’s clear that our New York Comic Con coverage (photos, video and audio) will continue beyond the recent close of the show.  We’ll continue to share convent through a good chunk of this week leading up to episode 3 of our Related Recap podcast which will feature two mid-length interviews (10-15 minute range) conducted during the show plus the Stan Lee panel sample mentioned above.

 

Stay tuned… Much more to come!

 

 

A Special New York Comic Con

by Russell Burlingame

  

 

The Perhapanauts #1

 

Our Hot Shot of the Week this week is Perhapanauts #1.  The series, which features a motley crew of monsters, psychics and other supernatural beings and investigators, is a fun and funny look at the same kind of top secret government organization that employs characters like Hellboy and Nick Fury.  Created by writer Todd DeZago and artist Craig Rousseau, The Perhapanauts started its life as a pair of miniseries from Dark Horse Comics and recently relaunched with an annual and a new number one from Image Comics.  Our video features an interview with Todd and Craig, in which I tried to stick to our standard "ten questions" format, but as questions started to bleed together and I asked whatever popped out of my mouth...may have gone to nine or eleven. Watch and enjoy!

 

 

Ten Questions ... Part One

 

 

Ten Questions ... Part Two

 

 

Don't miss the variant cover by Arthur Adams!

 

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Eight

Costumes take center stage for this gallery!

 

So this mystical green flame falls to Earth	A veritable bat-rogues gallery (plus Zatanna)	Cutest costume of 2008 award has to go to this little one!
He was looking for an undersea kingdom	What happens in New York stays in New York	Spider-Woman poses for photos
Wait, aren't you dead?	Best V for Vendetta Costume, Period!	The emerald archer awaits

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Nine

Costumes take center stage once again for this gallery!

 

Nightwing poses with a Batman statue	Best hat at the convention... Period!	Captain America poses with a family
Colossus? Yep, Colossus!	Ladies and gentlemen... KISS	Russell chats with Anna Mercury
		.
Ready for action	And the creepiest costume of '08 award goes to...	Grrr... Grrr... Grrr... Aargh!

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Ten

We move back to the creators with this round of nine.

 

Mice Templar's Michael Avon Oeming (R) and Bryan JL Glass (L)	Pogrom creator Matthew Tomao shows his approval	Rock star creator Jim Steranko does a special signing
Dueling chalk art (shot 1 of 2)	Ayre Force promo backdrop	Dueling chalk art (shot 2 of 2)
Suburban Folklore creator Steven Walters	The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs' Stephen Lindsay and Lauren Monardo	C.B. Cebulski gives an interview

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Eleven

In this gallery we take a look around the con floor and check in with a few creators and celebs

 

Fans line up for the IGN Theater

 

The MoCCA booth	Floor shot!	The Upper Deck play arena
The Dresden Files Marat Mychaels	Andy Lanning signing for Marvel	Milo Ventimiglia supporting Rest for Devil's Due
Mark Brooks booth was well covered in art	John Morrow from TwoMorrows Publishing	Lou Ferrigno scores a line for autographs

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Twelve

In this new gallery we return to the creators!

 

Sculptor Clayburn Moore of CS Moore Studio	Dairy of a Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney	The legendary Bob Layton
Kevin Grevioux poses with his UVC Magazine cover	Stan Lee mixes with the crowd during a panel	Inker Bob Almond, organizer of the Inkwell Awards
Alphonse Connor of Fantasy Comics shares a sketch	Angry Drunk Graphics are in the house	Ivan Reis takes time out from a sketch to say hello

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Thirteen

In this new gallery we run through more creators!

 

Chris Staros, publisher of Top Shelf Productions	Comic Related sponsor Tall Tails	Screenwriter and comic author Christos Gage
Steve McNiven poses for a shot	Group shot at the Fantagraphics booth	Joe Staton doing a sketch
Tom Smith preps some art for a fan	Stopping by the Archie Comics booth	Andy Lanning hard at work on a sketch

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Fourteen

In this gallery we take a break from the parade of creators and check out some cool stuff!

 

Silver Surfer highlights one aisle 2500	Did we mention that this place was big?	A full size Spider-Man statue for sale
Checking in on the convention floor	A better look at those Watchmen action figures	Comic art, come get your comic art...
Joker... You just have to love him!	Here come the Groovie Goolies	Dark Horse shares some Manga Star Wars video

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Fifteen

In this gallery we continue our look at some cool stuff from New York!

 

DC's rolling out the action figures	World's Coolest Penguins... No question about it!	Hellboy was well represented
Let's not forget there is a new Indy movie coming	Interesting toys come in all shapes and colors!	Spacedog brought a bike!
More action figure fun	The Gender Bender	Jaw dropping sculpture

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Sixteen

Checking in with more creators from this year's show!

 

Drew Johnson does a sketch for a fan	Vincent Ferrante of Monarch Comics and Witch Hunter	Rick Remender works on a sketch
Dark Horse's Mike Richardson chats with Jim Steranko	U.A. Morrison and Amanda Kajen of Roadkill Productions	Jason Aaron signing at the Marvel booth
Legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird	Leonardo Fernandez doing a signing	Ron Marz works his way through a stack of comics

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Seventeen

In this gallery we continue our look at some cool stuff from New York!

 

DC goes Manga	The finished chalk art Cap	Outstanding new Batman bust
Another look at the art car	A bit of sexy display art	Groovie Goolies Frankie
Step into the driver's seat	Upcoming action figure goodness	Groovie Goolies Wolfie

 

Full size statues line-up for fans

 

 

New York Comic Con Photos ... Round Eighteen

We're back to the artists and show floor with this round of nine.

 

Todd Nauck skeching in artist alley	Checking in with the DC Comics area	Chris Batista sketching at the DC booth
Check out the amazing looking Leviticus Cross	Archies Sketches created a rush on kids day	Rich Bernatovech supporting Sentinels and Neverminds
Joel Gomez sketching in the DC Comics area	Crowds swarm the Marvel Comics area	Jamal Igle chats with inker and artist Josef Rubinstein

 

Believe it or not, we really do have more New York Comic Con photos coming!

Watch for yet another gallery coming soon...

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