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Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash

It’s new comic book day! What are you excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for shops to open, here’s some comic news from around the web to start the day.

Gizmodo – Striking Actors Are Allowed to Attend Los Angeles Comic Con – Interesting.

Publisher’s Weekly – Hyperion Avenue to Debut New Marvel Crime Series – Nice!

Comicbook – Activision Hasn’t Lost Old Transformers Games, Clarifies Hasbro – Phew.

Comicbook – Kevin Smith Announces Mail-Order Subscription Service for Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash – Good on them. Hope more stores embrace this.

Rocketship Entertainment lands at Los Angeles Comic Con and ThetaCon this weekend

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Rocketship Entertainment will appear at both Los Angeles Comic Con and at ThetaCon on Friday, December 2nd.  They’ll be at Los Angeles Comic Con December 2-4, 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center while Rob Feldman and Jon Heder will be discussing the animated adaptation of Feldman’s Ringo nominated comic Cyko KO during ThetaCon at the Le Meridien Hotel in Dania Beach, Florida. 

It will be Black Friday all weekend at the Rocketship Way Station (booth #208) at Los Angeles Comic Con on the main show floor where fans can pick up graphic novels, games, and merchandise from their favorite Rocketship titles with sales throughout the weekend!  

At the booth, Eisner and Ringo nominee Leeanne M. Krecic (Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath) and New York Times bestselling author Nick Seluk (Lars the Awkward Yeti, Heart and Brain) will both be doing signings each day of the convention. Let’s Play fans will get free bookmarks and an exclusive new print “BOWS” at signings with Leeanne M. Krecic, and Nick Seluk will be doing free sketches of your favorite characters from Lars the Awkward Yeti and Heart & Brain. On Saturday and Sunday, Rocketship CEO Tom Akel (Stan Lee’s Backchannel) and artist Ryan Benjamin (Brothers Bond, Stan Lee’s Genesis) will be signing prints from the upcoming Stan Lee’s Genesis tabletop game, and Ryan Benjamin will be doing live art of characters from the game.

Also, Rocketship Entertainment will be hosting the panel Knowing Your Worth – Creators Taking the Reins of Their IP.

Knowing Your Worth – Creators Taking the Reins of Their IP

Sunday Dec 4 from 10- 11, Room 304 ABC

2022 has been a referendum on fair terms for comic creators. Everything from work life balance and compensation to control of creator’s intellectual property and how their work is marketed have come to the forefront of industry conversations. With the explosion of digital comics platforms and crowdfunding, hear from creator’s who are taking control of their own destinies and what creators who have never been published before should be looking for in their contracts and representation. Join a panel of creators including Einser and Ringo nominee Leeanne M. Krecic (Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath), New York Times bestselling author Nick Seluk (Heart & Brain, Lars the Awkward Yeti), and Eisner nominee Ryan Benjamin (Brothers Bond, Stan Lee’s Genesis) along with attorney Matt Sugarman of Weintraub Tobin and Rocketship Entertainment CEO and creator Tom Akel. Moderated by ReedPop Deputy Editor Tiffany Babb.

In addition to appearing at Los Angeles Comic Con, Rocketship Entertainment will also be represented at ThetaCon in Dania Beach, Florida when Ringo nominee Rob Feldman takes the stage with actor and producer Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) for a panel on the Web3 animated adaptation of the hit webcomic Cyko KO.

The series is described as: 

SuperEarth’s greatest hero is here! Cyko KO is the fourth-wall breakin’, pinball-addicted, cereal eatin’, motorcycle-ridin’ hero you’ve been waiting for! Follow Cyko KO, his sidekick Peachy Keen and their pet Meemop, as he protects the colonies of SuperEarth from giant monsters and crazy characters in this Saturday morning cartoon-inspired, all ages title.

Cyko KO premiered as the first WEBTOON Originals “FX” series in the United States in 2015. It later went to print and received a Ringo Award Nomination in 2018 for Best Kids Graphic Novel. 

Now, Rob Feldman and Rocketship are producing the animated adaptation of his series with Replay and Verified Labs, and it is the first animated series ever to be funded on the Theta blockchain and distributed on Rewarded TV.  He will be discussing the series with its star Jon Heder during the panel Cyko KO Animated Series Discussion w/ Rob Feldman, Replay & Verified Labs.

Cyko KO Animated Series Discussion w/ Rob Feldman, Replay & Verified Labs

Friday, December 2 from 5:15 – 6:15, Aqua Vista Ballroom 

Join host Wes Sherwin as he sits down with creator Rob Feldman, streaming platform Replay and Tigon’s Verified Labs with special guest Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) as they discuss the groundbreaking Web3 animated series “Cyko KO” slated to debut next year on Rewarded TV!

White Ash Comics heads to Los Angeles Comic Con 2022

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Join Charlie Stickney, celebrated author, owner and creator of White Ash Comics, White Ash co-creator and artist Conor Hughes, and beloved comic artist Liana Kangas at Los Angeles Comic Con 2022 (Dec. 2-4), booth #614!

White Ash Comics founded by Charlie Stickney, the former Co-Publisher of Scout Comics, is the omniverse of White Ash, including titles such as Glarien and The Game. White Ash Comics is built by Charlie Stickney’s creative tales, its social media fanbase and through exemplary funding on Kickstarter, including fan-favorite, Glarien #1, which was one of the largest single-issue Kickstarters of all-time! 

Glarien tells the tale of two women and the different paths they take to overcome life-altering tragedies. Jumping from the elf realm of ancient Alfheim to the gritty streets of New York City circa 1971, two seemingly-unrelated tales will slowly weave together to reveal a critical piece of White Ash’s complicated past. 

Liana Kangas’ Glarien: Tavern Screams LACC exclusive is limited to 100 copies, and features interior art by Anna Morozova!

Glarien: Tavern Screams

LACC Exclusive Panels

Where’s the Front Door? Getting Started in Comics 
Comics/screenwriters David Avallone and Rylend Grant, cohosts of the award-winning Writers Block podcast, discuss the many ways to get started in comics, and the comics industry, with a diverse panel of their colleagues.  

Panelists: Charlie Stickney, Chuck Patton, Jody Hauser

Day: Saturday, Dec. 3rd
Time: 12:00 PM
Room: 402B

Do I REALLY need a publisher?

A spirited discussion between creators who have had success through traditional publishing and those who have gone it on their own by taking the self-publishing route. Is looking at traditional publishing really the best path for a new creator to take? And what are established creators missing out on by exclusively relying on publishers to put out their content. Moderated by Charlie Stickney.

Panelists: David Pepose (Savage Avengers, Fantastic Four), Barbara Dillion (Fanbase Press), Kelly Sue Milano (Hex 11) and David Avallone (Elvira, Drawing Blood)


Day: Sunday, Dec. 4th 
Time: 1:00 PM
Room: 308AB

Los Angeles Comic Con is Going Forward in December

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In a not totally head-scratching decision, Los Angeles Comic Con has announced they are going forward with an in-person event in December. It’ll be one of the first conventions in Southern California to do so. The new dates for the convention are December 11-13 pushing things back from its normal October schedule. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, September 29.

Chris DeMoulin, the general manager of Los Angeles Comic Con stated:

Over the past six months, we’ve been struggling with a very important question: “Should we even ATTEMPT to have L.A. Comic Con in 2020?

Since March, we’ve been living in some version of a ‘Lockdown/Safer at Home’ world, trying hard to stay safe, hoping and praying for the health and safety of ourselves, our family, friends, neighbors and all of our fellow human beings. We’re wearing masks, keeping socially distant, and remaining thankful for frontline workers, hospital personnel and everyone working hard to make a difference.

And yet, we all yearn for just a little bit of normality, to reclaim some aspects of our lives pre-COVID.

Precautions are being taken,

The convention will utilize more space renting the entire convention center allowing greater distancing for attendees. Activities like shopping, main stage guests, autographs/photographis will have their own hall within the convention center.

There will also be “split schedules” with each day divided into two five-hour sessions with “deep cleaning” before, between, and after each.

There will be fewer fans with the number of tickets sold for a given single session being half the number of fans allowed into the hall in the past.

There will also be a dual virtual experience with main panels being live-streamed for anyone that doesn’t feel safe or wants to mix up their physical and virtual experiences.

Add in plans for limiting lines, requiring masks, six feet social distancing, the organizers feel like they can hold the convention safely.

As has happened with other conventions, it doesn’t mean this will absolutely go on. If the event is canceled, all tickets will be honored for the next Los Angeles Comic Con.

California has been seeing mixed results in cases lately with Los Angeles being one of the more active centers of infection. While infections are lower than they were in July and August, the state still has a long way to go.

Currently, Los Angeles County is considered “widespread” which means schools and nonessential businesses are supposed to remain closed. The hospitalizations have been steady with 1,000 new cases and 23 deaths per day. While the area has seen a dip since July, it hasn’t seen the flatten line of infections to show conditions are improving. The California Health Department currently has ordered convention centers in Los Angeles County to remain closed.