Jim McDermott

nbsp nbsp As the convention slowly came to a close on this unexpectedly brilliant warm day what stood out to me were the little things that are easily overlooked in such a loud crowded space The creators who didn rsquo t have long lines of people waiting to get autographs like penciller K

Today was kids rsquo day at the Comicon and with it came many fantastic costumes and events I saw an 8 rsquo Chewbacca that except for the slightly pug nose you would have sworn was the real thing nbsp He even communicated only using the classic Chewie purr There continued to be many celeb

At the NYCC the space is divided into two main sections nbsp The lower floor has the panels nbsp And the upper floor offers a massive chamber in which some 400 or 500 booths have been set up nbsp This is the massively oversaturated overcrowded heart of the Comicon nbsp In many ways it rsq

As part of an effort to reach out to aspiring artists the NYCC also offered this year a session with the director of the New York TV Festival NYTVF The NYTVF is an independently sponsored that aspires to be the Sundance of independent TV a festival that puts the work of independent TV creators

The New York Comicon features any number of panels about comics but it also has a tremendous amount of content devoted to other industries including television film and video games While I hear from time to time about different video games my own personal experience with them pretty much stop

Kid nbsp I tried to add you on my X-Box Live and you wouldn rsquo t accept my friend request Writer nbsp Who are you nbsp Is this seriously your question Kid Seriously Matt why don t you respond What rsquo s up nbsp People said Goku should be Asian He rsquo s a freaking alien nb

I attended three comic book panels today two Marvel and one DC nbsp Panels public relations they bring together writers artists and editors connected by some sort of umbrella project like a big event or a product line such as the X-Men line which contains about 10 distinct titles within i

The world of comic books today is dominated by ldquo The Big 2 rdquo Marvel Comics and DC Here rsquo s a thumbnail on each nbsp nbsp Marvel Main heroes ndash nbsp Spiderman nbsp Iron Man nbsp The X-Men Wolverine The Incredible Hulk Captain America The Avengers Thor nbsp Puni

I will be blogging for America this weekend from the New York City Comicon a scifi comic book jamboree happening this weekend at the Jacob Javits Center nbsp On the agenda — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the 70th anniversary of Marvel Comics nbsp Jedi Lightsaber fights movie previews and man