I think I’m a Diaclone now! Announced at San Diego Comic-Con, The Transformers Generations Selects Legacy Deluxe DK-3 Breaker figure is based on the 4WD Hi-luxe Diaclone figure, originally released with black, blue, and yellow deco variations The blue deco was changed to black for release as Trailbreaker in 1984. Now, the DK-3 figure is finally joining the Autobots in the classic (but very rarely seen) pre-Transformers deco. This 5 1/2-inch figure converts from robot to truck in 19 steps and comes with blaster accessory.
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Announcing the 5th annual Mad Cave Studios Talent Search winners! With submissions open to creators all across the globe, there’s a massive amount of talent that sends submissions to the contest. By running this talent search, Mad Cave Studios‘ goal is to give aspiring creators the opportunity that many people can only dream of: having their work published!
This year marks the 5th anniversary of Mad Cave Studios’ highly-anticipated annual talent search. For the first time, they’ve expanded the talent search to include two colorists and two letterers, along with two writers and two illustrators.
Here are the eight winners of the Fifth Annual Talent Search!
Writers: Rachel Pinnelas, Keith Frady Illustrators: Ricardo Cecchi, Marco Tortella Colorists: Marco Pelandra, Marcello Iozzoli Letterers: Renato Quiroga, Andriy Lukin
IDWPublishing has announced a bold new direction in Star Trek comics, beginning with a brand-new flagship ongoing oseries that goes where no one has gone before! Debuting in October 2022, Star Trek #1 features art by Ramon Rosanas, and scripts by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, the creative team behind Star Trek: Year Five.
Star Trek #1 weaves an epic and unprecedented adventure story that spans the far reaches of the Star Trek multiverse, bringing together characters from across the galaxy—and all eras and variations of the beloved franchise—who must band together to prevent the mysterious murder of the gods.
It’s stardate 2378, and Benjamin Sisko has finally returned from the Bajoran Wormhole omnipotent. But his godhood is failing with every minute. Sent by the Prophets on a mission to the deepest parts of space aboard the U.S.S. Theseus, he witnesses the unthinkable: Someone is killing the gods. And only Sisko and his motley crew of Starfleet members from every era of Trek can stop them.
Star Trek #1 will be available in October with eight variant covers for fans and retailers to enjoy, including Cover A by series artist Ramon Rosanas, Cover B by Declan Shalvey, Cover C by David Aja, Cover D by Rachael Stott, and a sketch Cover E, as well as three additional retailer incentive covers by Rosanas and Francesco Francavilla. Fans will also be delighted to read a Star Trek #1 prelude story from Rosanas, Kelly, and Lanzing in September’s highly-anticipated Star Trek #400, a monumental anthology issue!
Mezco Toyz is having a bit of a virtual convention to go along with San Diego Comic-Con. They’ve revealed a trio of Summer Con Exclusives for fans of Frank Miller’s Sin City.
These Special Edition Capsules consists of three sets. Each set includes a hand silk-screened art print poster on acid free rag paper and paired with an exclusive 5 Points figure and is limited to 1000 pieces per set.
This limited edition Collector’s Capsule spotlights popular Sin City characters from the graphic novel Sin City: The Hard Goodbye.
Marv: Framed for a murder he didn’t commit Marv spirals into a violent and unstable exploit of vengeance and retribution. Included is a limited edition, hand silk-screened poster with die cut “bullet holes”, and a black and white decorated 5 Points figure.
Nancy Callahan: One of the biggest attractions at Kadie’s Club Pecos, Nancy is enchanting and sensitive yet tough as nails. Included is a limited edition, screen-printed poster, and a black and white decorated 5 Points figure with multiple interchangeable parts.
Death Row Marv: When his bloody odyssey comes to an end Marv must answer for his actions and the electric chair is his last stop, but hurry it along- he ain’t got all night! Included is a limited edition, hand silk-screened poster with special glow-in-the-dark ink, and a black and white decorated 5 Points figure with light and sound features.
As San Diego Comic-Con looked to start, a strike at the Hilton Bayfront loomed over the convention. The hotel is one of the major ones for the convention and a strike would be a potential major disruption.
Unite Here Local 30 which represents the hotel’s workers instructed the workers to cease picketing after it received what it regarded as a fair proposal. The details haven’t been released and won’t until workers vote on the new agreement.
While it’s not definitive, an individual implied the strike taking place during such an important week helped with the agreement.
The hotel is not only sold out but it also holds events for the convention in its Indigo Ballroom. The convention staffs tht room during panels.
The walkout initially began on Wednesday morning after talks stalled on Tuesday night. The hotel’s 600 unionized employees haven’t had a contract since November and signaled they’d strike last Friday.
Leaders of Unite Here, which represents more than 6,000 hotel, gaming and food service workers throughout the county.
Some services were unavailable at the hotel Wednesday while the workers striked.
The decision to strike was around two issues, pay and a hotel policy of not having housekeepers clean rooms daily. That became more common during the pandemic. The rooms are cleaned when guests check out unless requested. That reduced room attendant hours by 30 percent.
Hourly pay for non-tipped workers ranges from $19.30 to $20.65 and while it’s more than minimum wage, it’s still not enough to meet the area’s high cost of living.
What if a contested Presidential election plunged America into turmoil? What if political violence consumed the streets? And what if a raging Supreme Court, in a strict interpretation of the Second Amendment, legitimized and deputized all militias—transforming the entire country into a paramilitary police state? What if a freedom fighter emerged from the chaos, raised a civilian army, and carved out a territory across the United States–pushing out police, militias, and National Guard… enforcing its own laws… sovereign. What if Americans refused to be governed?
This is the world of Rogue State, the new ongoing graphic novel series that marks writer Matteo Pizzolo’s return to comics for his first new series since 2017’s acclaimed CALEXIT, reuniting with artist C. Granda (who illustrated 2018’s CALEXIT: San Diego comic book that raised funds for families separated at the US-Mexico border) and CALEXIT cover artists Soo Lee and Ashley A Woods. Rogue State will launch this October from Black Mask Studios. Together, Pizzolo and Granda have created a timely title about rebelling against tyranny, reconquering stolen land, punching fascists in the face, and building a better nation.
In Rogue State, a crew of young vigilantes will rise against an authoritarian state robbing Americans of their rights. The ongoing series tells the story of Vya Of Brightstars, a mysterious freedom fighter rising from the unrest, and Clara Cruz (she/her), a young professional who becomes activated in Vya’s movement when her fiancée Taylor Sanchez (they/them) is disappeared as militias take over their Mission District neighborhood. As a nationwide police state takes shape following a contested Presidential election and The Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling to deputize paramilitary groups, Vya and Clara’s rogue state will blaze a path across America, inspiring others to raise their own armies… some in solidarity, others in opposition. Each issue of Rogue State will also include non-fiction material about building local support networks and grassroots campaigning for coming elections.
The first issue of Rogue State will be available from Black Mask Studios in October 2022, with a special preview book available in extremely limited quantities this week at Comic Con International in San Diego. Black Mask’s full slate of exclusives can be found below, and fans can find out more at the company’s panel on Saturday July 24!
Black Mask SDCC exclusives:
Calexit: Our Last Night In America [Uncut] (limited to 66 main cover, 25 clean art) An extended version of the FCBD 2021 Calexit story which was edited and had pages cut for FCBD’s T+ format. Exclusive cover by Sunando.
Godkiller: For Those I Love I Will Sacrifice #1 advanced issue (limited to 66 main cover/25 clean art of a censored cover, and another 66 main cover/25 clean art of an uncensored cover) Complete issue for upcoming series launch. Exclusive cover by Jasmin Darnell.
Godkiller: Tomorrow’s Ashes Collected Edition Hardcover & Softcover (limited to 200 hardcover/200 softcover) Collected editions in hardcover and softcover with limited edition art by Maria Llovet
Rogue State ashcan (limited to 50) Preview book for upcoming series
Destiny, NY Chapter 1 (limited to 99 of main cover, 25 of clean art) Special edition of Destiny, NY’s first chapter. Exclusive cover by Amancay Nahuelpan (Calexit, Batman: Detective Comics)
Black Mask: Debuting Tomorrow’s Legends Saturday July 23, 2022 5-6pm, Rooom 28DE Black Mask has made a name for itself as the hottest launchpad to debut new talent and as the home for some of the coolest, most provocative comics around, including BLACK, Destiny NY, CALEXIT, 4 Kids Walk into a Bank, and Alice In Leatherland. Black Mask co-founder Matteo Pizzolo (CALEXIT) joins creators Kwanza Osajyefo (BLACK), Pat Shand (Destiny NY), Adam Egypt Mortimer (Ballistic), and others for a wide-ranging discussion of how new ideas are changing comics and how you can be a part of it.
BAIT comes together with Eisner Award-winning comic book publisher BOOM! Studios for an all-new capsule collection for BRZRKR – the comic series created and co-written by film icon Keanu Reeves, co-written by NYT bestselling co-writer Matt Kindt, acclaimed artist Ron Garney, colorist Bill Crabtree, and letterer Clem Robins.
Debuting exclusively at Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, the first collaboration between BAIT and BOOM! Studios features all-new BRZRKR artwork by revolutionary comics artist Tradd Moore, who instantly became one of the industry’s most recognizable and sought-after talents with his comics debut, Image Comics’ The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, in 2011 before going on to deliver critically acclaimed runs on Marvel’s Silver Surfer: Black, All-New Ghost Rider, and more over the ensuing decade.
In tandem with the capsule collection, BAIT will also debut its first comic book exclusive of all time with two, highly limited BRZRKR #1 x BAIT variant covers featuring Moore’s new artwork. These SDCC-exclusive printings of BRZKR #1 will feature both color (limited to 1000) and B&W (limited to 600) variations of Moore’s artwork and will be made available individually or as a set at the BAIT booth (#4145).
The BAIT x BRZRKR collaboration will coincide with several seismic events for the record-setting comics franchise at Comic-Con, including “Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR: The Immortal Saga Continues” panel presentation in Hall H on Friday, July 22 from 3 – 4 pm PT, featuring Reeves and his fellow creators as they detail what’s next for his half-mortal, half-god warrior on page and screen.
Super7 returns to San Diego Comic-Con with a booth full of exciting exclusives, as well as a G.I. Joe Cobra takeover at Super7’s San Diego retail location! Check out the exclusives you can find at the show!
Cobra Recruitment Center
During SDCC, report to the Cobra Recruitment Center pop-up at the Super7 San Diego store at 701 8th Avenue!
Join Scout Comics and Thunder Comics at San Diego Comic-Con International (July 21-24), booth #2615, for exciting exclusives, signings, panels, surprise guests and more! From creator-owned titles Azza the Barbed to Don’t F With Karen, fans won’t want to miss the chance to score an Eternus promo bag or a limited metal cover ashcan.
Don’t F With Karen Exclusive Ashcan Preview (Lucas Culshaw, Rui Silvera)
(W) Joel David Moore, Mike Capes (A) Rui Silvera (C) Verónica R. López (L) DC Hopkins.
Karen Campbell is a soccer mom who isn’t afraid to wield everyday household objects as a monster-killing weapon. She is a descendant from a long line of women who have been passed down the CURSED AMULET – a shard of glass that grants the bearer power over horrible monsters that can only be seen by children.
Azza The Barbed #1 – Metal Cover (Liana Kangas)
(W) Pat Shand (A/CA) Rio Burton
Writer Pat Shand and artist Rio Burton launch a new fantasy epic! Azza was born into a family that, for generations, served in the Obsidian Guard, a military unit of holy warriors. During Azza’s Coronation, a magical ceremony that would imbue her with a holy glowing power, something went wrong. Instead of the sacred Obsidian tattoos, she became marred with thorned, black markings and was banished by her people. Now, Azza lives in solitude guarding a great evil… but when that evil escapes and begins to spread its wicked power, Azza must make a choice: save the people that expelled her or allow her home town to fall to evil. With an emotional, comedic, and awe-inspiring story of empowerment, Azza the Barbed blends fantasy, adventure, mythology, horror, and action in this unforgettable new series.
Life & Death Of The Brave Captain Suave #1 – Metal Cover
(W) Joseph Sieracki (A) Kelly Williams
In this action-packed, debut issue, we are introduced to the madness and heroism that is Captain Suave! A champion beyond measure, Captain Suave’s journey follows a modern-day retelling of Cervantes’s classic, Don Quixote, only this hero is convinced that he is a Golden Age superhero. Ready yourself for an adventure that must be seen to be believed, as Captain Suave and his trusty sidekick, Champ, battle the imaginary forces of evil in Cleveland, Ohio!
West Moon Chronicles #1 – Metal Cover
(W) Frank Jun Kim (A/CA) Joe Bocardo
The elusive creatures of mud and blood known as the dokkaebi live just off of Route 4 in east Texas, in the ancient pine forest known as the Tanglechase. Joon-Ho, a Korean immigrant with a shadowy past, and his estranged grandson Jae-Sun are the only people in the nearby town of Vane who know the true nature of the dokkaebi. Together, they must figure out what’s causing the creatures to turn hostile. Perhaps it has something to do with the interdimensional portal at the heart of the Tanglechase, for it is from here that the past comes knocking, demanding a reckoning from both men.
Forever Forward #1 (John Giang)
(W) Zack Kaplan (A) Arjuna Susini
Sci-fi writer Zack Kaplan and artist Arjuna Susini take you on a sci-fi adventure like no other, one that imagines time traveling through “the future” as an Odyssey-style mythic journey home. When brilliant young scientist Dr. Lewis Moody accidentally launches himself, his secret longtime crush and three best friends 33 years into the future with his unproven quantum time machine, they find a mysterious message from their future selves: “The Only Way Back Is Forward.” Now, as they jump again and again through strange future times, will they one day find the technology to time-travel back, or are they doomed to hopelessly travel forward… forever?
TranceExclusive Ashcan Preview (Joey Capuna)
(W) Joey Christmas (A) Pablo M Collar
While investigating his ex-lover’s disappearance amidst a string of murders in Savannah’s gay community, a broken-hearted drag queen taps into the magic of his coven of queer witches only to uncover a powerful evil lurking closer than he ever imagined.
Eternus #1 Aaron Bartling Exclusive Cover & Metal Cover
(W) Don Handfield, Anastazja Davis (A) Karl Moline, Andy Owens (CA) Rob Prior
From creators Andy Serkis and Andrew Levitas! 360 CE. The great god Zeus is long dead, brutally murdered in his own temple some thirty years prior. Heracles, Zeus’s son and champion, spends his days drunk and depressed as the old gods struggle to stay alive after decades of Christian disruption. When Athena’s Temple is sacked by a mysterious Centurion looking for a powerful relic that once belonged to Zeus, the old gods are convinced they have found Zeus’s killer. Now the mighty Heracles must sober up long enough to keep the lone witness, a 9-year-old blind priestess, alive long enough to identify the killer and finally find justice for his dead father. The main cover features beautiful Rob Prior wraparound artwork!
Signings
Panels
ANDY SERKIS, SCOUT COMICS & THUNDER Present 2022 Comic Slate
Join award-winning and groundbreaking motion-capture artist, ANDY SERKIS (VENOM 2: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, LORD OF THE RINGS) via video feed, actor producer JOEL DAVID MOORE (Avatar Franchise), director ANDREW LEVITAS (Minimata), writer-producer DON HANDFIELD (The Founder, Knightfall), producer TIM ZAJAROS (The Peanut Butter Falcon, Mudbound), JAMES HAICK (Scout Comics President) and writer MIKE CAPES (Don’t F With Karen) as they discuss their upcoming titles and how comics are revolutionizing the film and television industry.
DATE: Thursday, July 21 Time: 5:00PM – 6:00PM Room: 32AB
CHISPA 2022 Slate & Latinx Representation in the Comic Industry
DAVID BOWLES ( Co-Editor in Chief, writer of Clockwork Curandera), HECTOR RODRIGUEZ (Co-Editor in Chief, Creator of El Peso Hero) discuss the 2022 inaugural slate of Chispa Comics and the impact of the first direct to market Latinx imprint featuring the creators of Chispa’s first upcoming title Mashbone and Grifty.
Date: Friday, July 22 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Room 9
Making Your First Comic: The Good, The Bad & The Business Side
Join brand new comic creators and 2020 Script2Comic Prize Winners HEDWIG HALE (She Bites), FRANK J. KIM (The West Moon Chronicle), JOSH EISERIKE (Charm City) and JOEY CAPUANA (Trance) as they discuss the process of making their first titles with Scout Comics’ President JAMES HAICK Scout Comics’ Chief Creative Officer DON HANDFIELD (Unikorn, Eternus), Scout Comics’ Co Publisher CHARLIE STICKNEY (White Ash), and Scout Comics’ Creative Executive JORDAN MOORE.
Date: Saturday, July 23 Time: 4:00PM – 5:00PM Room: 9
Anime producer Masazumi Kato will be a guest at Otakon 2022, according to Otakorp Inc. He is the producer for “My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU.”
Kato built his career at Media Factory, producing titles such as “The Sacred Blacksmith,” “The Familiar of Zero” series, “Aria the Scarlet Ammo,” “Soul Eater,” and “Medaka Box.”
Now with the Music and Video division of Marvelous Inc., he continues to succeed, working on titles such as “Sengoku Night Blood” and the recent hit series “My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU.”
