Comicons 2010

One thing I would like to do (probably not this year because of funds, though) is go to a comicon. Honestly, until I googled it, I had no idea geekdom was so prevalent. So, here are some of the Cons I found coming in 2010.

SDCC (Sandiego ComiCon) possibly the most well known of cons, it is taking place on July 22-25 at the Sandiego Convention Center. One caveat: it is large. Very large. Also, I've heard its more media than comic-oriented, so if your really a comics collecter, it might not be for you. It's usually the place where all the big news for the year is announced, however.

Wizard-Con Hosted by the popular Wizard magazine, there are three main Wizardcons this year. Chicago (Aug. 19-22), NYC (Oct. 7-10), and Anaheim (April 16-18). There's also a host of other Wizardcons scattered around the country. You can see them all here. It seems reasonably priced too.

C2E2 The first one, this con is run by the same people who do the London Book convention and a multitude of other book/comic cons. Geoff Johns and Alex Ross are going to be there, as well as lots of others. Its April 15-17, and is also pretty cheap.

So, anyone going to a con this year?

Whe Words Collide

I found a pretty cool column on comic books on Comic Book Resources. It's called When Words Collide. Check it out. The guy who writes it also has a blog.

2010 DC News

Since its a new year, DC announced a bunch of new Batman news, and there's also some stuff going on with DC in general.

-This year marks two big birthdays: DC's 75th and Batman #700. Hooray!

-Batman: Earth One a series of original graphic novels set on an alternate earth and written by Geoff Johns (YES! YES!) has its first installment sometime in September.

-Bruce Wayne comes back (supposedly)

-The extremely popular maxiseries Batman and Robin is ending with issue 15 or 16, depending on when Grant Morrison comes back to the book.

-DC also announced a Batwoman comic coming "sometime soon". I take that to mean we will either have a comic or substantial news by the end of the year.

This is going to be an exciting year. Some of this stuff I'm not thrilled about, but DC thankfully has a way of defying and exceeding my expectations, which is probably why I keep coming back.

Happy New year, all!

Interesting...

I was reading The Ten-Cent Plague, about the 1940-1970's comic industry, and I cam across an interesting fact. Apparently, DC Comics used to be called National Periodicals in the 30's, took its name from Detective Comics.

Take that, Superman.

I Stand Corrected

There is actually a third possibility for Batman's future, now, as seen in this Newserama video. In their regular 20 Questions with Dan Didio (the editor in chief of DC Comics), they asked what would happen once Bruce returned, and if Dick would give up the cowl.

Didio said, basically, 'Why can't we have two Batmen? It won't tie up as neatly as you think.'

We'll see how this plays out.