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The Emerald City Comicon is a wrap and below are some more updates and news coming out of the convention.  We’re also adding in a new section covering comic book reviews from other sites.  Hope you enjoy!

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Digital Spy – DC reveals future ‘Earth One’ plans –  I loved Superman: Earth One, so looking forward to see what DC has else in store for the line.

Bleeding Cool – ECCC: Nick Spencer Is Marvel Exclusive – Spencer is a hot property right now with a few pretty popular books with a few publishers, so Marvel grabbing him is a pretty big deal.

Bleeding Cool – The Emerald City Comic Con Sketches of Chris Samnee – Conventions are a great opportunity to get meet your favorite writers and artists as well as being able to get unique sketches.

Bleeding Cool – Garth Ennis to Return To Marvel? – I can only imagine this will be either a MAX or Icon book, but we’ll see.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Buzzfocus – Daytippers Trade Paperback

Fangoria – I, Zombie: Vol. 1 Dead to the World

Shadowlocked – Hero: 9 to 5 Graphic Novel

Fangoria – Skullkickers: Vol. 1 1000 Opas and a Dead Body

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We couldn’t be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend, but that doesn’t mean other blogs weren’t there to bring coverage.  We’re not giving you excerpts, cause the titles pretty much explain themselves.

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Bleeding Cool – Mike Mignola Regular Artist On Hellboy Again – The BPRD Panel At Emerald City Comic Con

Bleeding Cool – The DC Vertigo Panel At Emerald City Comic Con

Comics Alliance – Watch the Complete Emerald City Comicon ‘Ask ComicsAlliance’ Panel! [Video]

Bleeding Cool – Odin Is Not The All-Father… CB Cebulski’s Marvel Panel At Emerald City Comic Con

Bleeding Cool – Marvel Architects Panel At Emerald City Comic Con

Bleeding Cool – Top Cow Panel At The Emerald City Comic Con

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It’s the first major convention of the year as the comic industry descends this weekend on Seattle for the Emerald City Comicon.  We’re descending on our couch for…. well, sloth.

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The Chomichron – February 2011 comics orders slightly up in a more normal month – While we’d love to break down sales, Chomichron does an amazing job in doing it for us!

Marvel – Tune In To Year of the X-Men Live Blogs – Marvel sat down with the “X” team to go over it’s upcoming year of the X-Men.

Alternet – Braaaains: How Pop Culture’s Hunger For Zombies Reflects the Tea Party Nation – Sarah Jaffe takes a stab at how zombie tales may be the perfect political allegory for our times.

Bleeding Cool – Seven Things I Learned About Emerald City Comic Con – Some of this is pretty funny.

MTV Geek – Chris Eliopoulos Sells His Graphic Novel for $2 – And Has a Hit – A good look at digital sales and the collapse of the publisher and need of brick and mortar stores.

Newsarama – Bill Rosemann on Marvel’s Custom Comics Program (And More!) – I’ve always wanted to take advantage of this for a political organization.

Daily Trojan – World of comic books continues to expand – Nick Spencer and Jonathan Hickman talk to the Daily Trojan about how comics has expanded from tights and guns.

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Boom! Studios @ Emerald City Comicon’11

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BOOM! STUDIOS @ EMERALD CITY COMICON ’11
MARCH 4–6
BOOTHS #402 & #502
 

DON’T MISS THE EXCLUSIVE
INTERLOCKING STAN LEE TRYPTIC
MADE UP OF STARBORN #3
THE TRAVELER #4 & SOLDIER ZERO #5

AND REMEMBER TO
GET YOUR OWN CUSTOM
“GET-A-SKETCH” COVER
EXCLUSIVE TO EMERALD CITY COMICON!

BOOM! STUDIOS GUESTS INCLUDE:
Eisner & Harvey Award-nominated
IRREDEEMABLE & INCORRUPTIBLE’s Mark Waid
STAN LEE’S STARBORN’s Chris Roberson
IRREDEEMABLE’S Peter Krause
DARKWING DUCK comic series artist James Silvani
28 DAYS LATER’s Michael Alan Nelson
MUPPET SNOW WHITE’S Shelli Paroline
DISNEY PIXAR’S CARS & TOY STORY’s Travis Hill
CBGB’S SAM HUMPHRIES

BOOM! Studios Booths #402 & 502

ECCCExclusive Covers
STAN LEE’S STARBORN #3 (Tryptic Cover)
STAN LEE’S THE TRAVELER #4 (Tryptic Cover)
STAN LEE’S SOLDIER ZERO #5 (Tryptic Cover)
DARKWING DUCK #9 “GET-A-SKETCH” Cover
THE MUPPET SHOW #11 “GET-A-SKETCH” Cover
CARS: THE ADVENTURS OF TOW MATER #4 “GET-A-SKETCH” Cover

SCHEDULED SIGNINGS & PANELS
Friday, March 4, 2011

All Day Signing – 28 DAYS LATER writer Michael Alan Nelson

All Day Sketching – DARKWING DUCK artist James Silvani, MUPPET artist Shelli Paroline and CARS artist Travis Hill

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause, Chris Roberson signing

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause, Chris Roberson signing

Saturday, March 5, 2011

All Day Signings – 28 DAYS LATER writer Michael Alan Nelson

All Day Sketching – DARKWING DUCK artist James Silvani, MUPPET artist Shelli Paroline and CARS artist Travis Hill

11:00 AM – 12:00PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – BOOM! Studios: Big. Bold. BOOM! in 2011Panel — Room 4C3-4

4:00 PM- 5:00 PM – CBGB’s signing with Sam Humphries

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

Sunday, March 6, 2011

All Day Signings –28 DAYS LATER writer Michael Alan Nelson

All Day Sketching – DARKWING DUCK artist James Silvani, MUPPET artist Shelli Paroline and CARS artist Travis Hill

11:00 PM – 12:00 PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Mark Waid, Peter Krause and Chris Roberson signing

About BOOM! Studios
Award-winning “Best Publisher” BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of bestselling comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent, including Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE, Stan Lee’s SOLDIER ZERO, THE TRAVELER, and STARBORN (the first new series in print from the industry icon in 20 years), new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker as well as 20th Century Fox’s PLANET OF THE APES, 28 DAYS LATER, and DIE HARD, Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, and The Henson Company’s FARSCAPE. BOOM!’s recently rebranded all-ages imprint, kaboom! will see publication of  PEANUTS, SPACE WARPED, Roger Langridge’s SNARKED!, Scholastic’s WORD GIRL and DUCK TALES, as well as continuing to publish fan-favorite Disney Afternoon series DARKWING DUCK, CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS along with Disney standards MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE, and WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES.

Adam WarRock And Oni Press Join Forces For The Oni Press Mixtape

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The internet’s foremost comic book nerdcore rapper and the comic industries creator-owned publishing powerhouse unveil twenty tracks inspired by Oni Press creators and their work.

The ONI PRESS MIXTAPE features master lyricist Adam WarRock giving his spin to Oni comics including: Queen & Country, Super Pro KO, Possessions, The Sixth Gun, Hopeless Savages, Wasteland, Salt Water Taffy, Guerillas, The Crogan Adventures,  and Stumptown.  The album also features interlude tracks with creators Antony Jonston, Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Greg Rucka, Jarrett Williams, and Jen Van Meter!

The best part about it?  It’s F. R. E. E.  So go grab yourself the ONI PRESS MIXTAPE at his website!

http://www.adamwarrock.com/

And if you’re in the Seattle area this weekend, Adam WarRock will be preforming tracks from his new album live at Kracklefest, on March 5th during Emerald City Comicon.

Adam WarRock and The Infinity Watch » Oni Press Mixtape – Now AvKracklefest 600

Prism Comics Expands Presence at Emerald City ComiCon

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Seattle, WA (2/25/11)—Prism Comics, the premier organization supporting LGBT comics, creators and readers, will be returning once again to Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, which takes place March 4th through the 6th at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Prism is expanding its presence at the show this year, hosting its first-ever panel discussion at the show on Friday evening as well as offsite social events at Pony on Friday and The Local Vine on Sunday.

All weekend at the convention, Prism will offer a wide selection of comics and related items that are of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers at their exhibitor booth. Prism also provides free space for comics artists and writers who do not have their own exhibition space, so that they can sell their books and meet with their fans.

Special guests this year include Jeff Krell, creator of the groundbreaking gay comic strip Jayson, Jon Macy, author of the graphic novel Teleny and Camille and Queer Press Grant recipient for his fantasy series Fearful Hunter, Sean-Z, creator of the erotic fantasy series Myth and comics fandom website Fanboys of the Universe.

The “LGBT Comics Panel” takes place on Friday at 6pm at the show, moderated by Charles “Zan” Christensen (President of Prism Comics and Publisher of Northwest Press) and featuring David Kelly (Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics), Erika Moen (DAR!), Jeff Krell, Jon Macy, Sean-Z and Stephen Sadowski (Warlord of Mars, JSA).

“How do mainstream comics stack up against indies on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters?” reads the official description of the panel. “Is there still a tendency to push gay characters to ‘mature readers’ comics? Or, with the launch of DC Comics’ Batwoman, featuring the first lesbian superhero to headline her own book, and the introduction of Kevin Keller, Archie Comics’ first gay character, is being gay simply becoming a non-issue in comics?”

Friday’s afterparty takes place at Pony (1221 E Madison St) at 8pm, and features t-shirts, comics and graphic novel door prizes donated by Northwest Press, Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf) and Paige Braddock (Jane’s World). On Sunday, Prism is organizing a “big gay dinner” at The Local Vine (1410 12th Avenue). Attendees are urged to RSVP through Facebook to give the venue an idea of the headcount beforehand.

This is the seventh Emerald City Comic Con for Prism, whose founder and current President, Charles “Zan” Christensen, is a Seattle resident and organizes Prism’s appearance at the show.

“I’m glad we’re at the show in an even bigger way this year,” said Christensen. “In addition to the panel and the offsite events, we’ve doubled our convention space this year and are really looking forward to our best Emerald City ComiCon yet!”

Prism was founded in 2003 and is funded by donations from the LGBT and comics communities. It provides an annual Queer Press Grant to support independent comics creators and appears at many other conventions during the year, including Comic-Con International in San Diego and WonderCon and Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco. This year, the organization will also be attending New York Comic-Con, Toronto Comic Arts Fest and C2E2 in Chicago.

Links:

Prism Comics

Prism Comics at Emerald City ComiCon (Facebook)

Prism Comics’ Big Gay Post-ComiCon Dinner (Facebook)

Full Emerald City ComiCon Program Schedule

Prism Comics is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) creators, characters, themes and readers in the comic book field. Along with convention appearances, Prism publishes an annual guide (Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics), and maintains a website with LGBT creator listings and features on all that’s queer in comics.

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