Hello again, and welcome back to another VIZ Media Pubwatch! Last month I was traveling and then recovering from COVID picked up while traveling, but I’m glad to be back in time to tell you all about these VIZ news and reviews! This month we’re revisiting some series and creators mentioned in earlier pubwatches and…
INTERVIEW: A History Lesson on The Comic Convention With Mathew Klickstein
Dragon Con. NY Comic-Con. Flame Con. SDCC. The comic convention as juggernaut may seem like a recent occurrence, but the journey to get there stretches back five decades. To understand the present (and what the future may hold), we must look to the past. Pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein’s new book, See You At San…
Comic-Con@Home Day One Roundup: Graphic Novels and Lovecraft Country in the Classroom
As always, the first big day of Comic-Con is dedicated to all things educational. I checked out two panels on July 22: LitX’s Graphic Novels are the New Textbooks and GeekED Rewind 20-21: The True American Horror of Lovecraft Country.
ComicCon@Home: My First SDCC Experience Was Not What I Had Planned
I’ve been a geek longer than I’ve known about comic conventions, but the moment I learned that spaces existed where people who liked the things I liked could hang out, I’ve wanted to be there. And ever since I learned about SDCC, I’ve been hoping to get there.
Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious Spans 10 Platforms For One Amazing Story
If you’re a regular reader of our Titan Comics PUBWATCH column, you know that a multimedia Doctor Who event is coming this September. Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious will feature several Doctors on the run to save the universe in a story that will span comics, novels, audio stories, vinyl, digital — even an escape room!…
His Dark Materials at ComicCon@Home: Trust Issues and a Hot Priest
Are you ready to go back to the Magisterium? The HBO/BBC adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials returns for a second season later this year. On the His Dark Materials ComicCon@Home panel, cast members Dafne Keen (Lyra), Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter), Ariyon Bakare (Lord Boreal), Amir Wilson (Will Parry), Andrew Scott (John Parry), and Lin-Manuel…
ComicCon@Home Day One: Conduits and Conspiracies
When the dominoes began to fall with the cancellation of Emerald City Comic Con back in March, it began to feel like convention season was over before it had begun. And while many conventions did their best to cling to the hope that this pandemic would blow over in time to keep their scheduled plans,…
Ashley Eckstein on Geek Couture: Confidence On and Off the Her Universe Runway
The 2019 Her Universe Fashion Show has come and gone, but Ashley Eckstein is still on the move. Following the July event at San Diego Comic-Con, the voice actress and founder of the Her Universe clothing line was busy moderating another workshop for aspiring geek couture designers. Welcoming industry professionals who discussed everything from fashion…
Supergirl at SDCC: Shared Experiences
Like last year, I was privileged enough to attend the Supergirl press room at SDCC this year. Unlike last year, I was also able to sneak into the panel later in the day to catch that news as well. Much like last year, the press room was a highly emotional event for me, this time…
Catching Up With Rosemary Valero-O’Connell at SDCC
Rosemary Valero-O’Connell is everything I thought she’d be the moment I ran up to the 01: First Second booth. I was ten minutes late, sweating and anxious from navigating the crowded maze-like aisles of the San Diego Comic-Con Exhibitor Hall. In contrast, Valero-O’Connell embodied the effortlessly stylish vibes of the book she so lovingly illustrates….
Tom Bilyeu & Steve Aoki’s Neon Future Looks Bright
Tom Bilyeu always has his eyes set on a the future and inspiring people to unlock their full potential. He is the co-founder of the highly successful nutrition company, Quest Nutrition, who moved on with his wife Lisa to found Impact Theory, a for-profit media company that is designed to “leverage the self-sustaining power of commerce to…
SDCC 2019: The Batman Experience
The trouble with museums is they’re not very exciting. Now that I can hear all of my friends in history and academia removing their earrings and cracking their knuckles, what I mean is that museums are meant, in their general design, to be more of a quiet, contemplative experience. While that’s a perfectly enjoyable thing…