The anticipation for next month’s Kapow Comic Convention 2012 continues to build today, with the London-based event releasing a glimpse of its jam-packed schedule for the weekend of May 19th and 20th. Promising a heavy editorial presence from Marvel, DC and Image with Joe Quesada, Dan DiDio and Eric Stephenson all scheduled to host their own panels, not to...
While comic book piracy is a growing concern for major publishers, it was probably the last thing on Gordon Mclean’s mind when he self-published the first issue of his debut comic book No More Heroes in the UK a few weeks ago. He was surprised then when, in an unprecedented turn of events, his small press title was discovered being pirated on a torrent...
Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu’s Supercrooks hit the stands this week, and while Millar has been busy with co-plotter and director of the planned movie adaption Nacho Vigalondo in promoting the title with inspired viral videos, the creative team are also using the attention being garnered by the book’s publicity for a worthy cause. Following a...
So unless you’ve been living under a rock in a cave on the moon of late, you may have heard that the Ultimate Universe’s Peter Parker died in Ultimate Spider-Man #160. Furthermore, a new Spider-Man will be making his debut in Ultimate Fallout #4 next week and taking Parker’s place in the all new ongoing Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1 this...
It’s a little known fact, but outside of New York and London, Glasgow has the third biggest community of comic book professionals. At least, that’s what the organisers of Glasgow Comic Con are telling me and when they’ve gone to the effort of putting on the first event of its kind in the city for fifteen years, who are we to argue? It’s...
It’s been a few days now since the end of the inaugural Kapow! Comic Con, and on reflection I think most would agree the event was a success. It brought together major UK and US comic book talent, a Marvel and DC presence unlike many smaller UK cons that take place over the year (although there’s still plenty to be said for the smaller cons,...
Saturday afternoon at Kapow! saw a packed auditorium (panels at full capacity becoming a running theme) come together for the Green Lantern panel. Things got underway with a trailer from upcoming video game Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters – a snazzy little preview that looks to be in keeping with the continuity of the Ryan Reynolds movie that’s...
It was the end of day one of Kapow!, and with all recording devices checked in prior to entering the auditorium, security was tight for the panel for upcoming Marvel movie Thor – but what would you expect when the security team included a gentleman who looked exactly like Odin, the God of Thunder’s father?Given that this article discusses a preview...
Day two of Kapow! kicked off with the Creator Owned Panel (formerly known as the Millarworld panel), and saw a host of comics professionals come together to announce new projects, discuss the current state of creator owned comics and compare hangovers from the previous night’s revelries. If there were any hangovers it didn’t show, as all of the...
One of the final events of day one of Kapow! Comic Con was the inaugural Stan Lee Awards. With nominations selected by a panel that included Seth Rogen and Damon Lindelof and voted for buy the comic book buying public at large, the event, hosted by comedian Billy Kirkwood, was a great way to honour ‘The Man’ himself. Here’s a lowdown on those...
It was late on in the day when a large crowd scurried away into Kapow!’s auditorium to escape the sun, only to find themselves sweltering in a full house for the panel of Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block. Set around an alien invasion from the perspective of a gang of youths and other denizens of their council estate, Attack the Block was one of the...
The very first event of the very first Kapow! Comic Con was always going to play a part in setting the tone for the weekend, and to its credit the Fans Vs Pros Quiz did just that and then some. Moderated by the UK’s most prominent talkshow host and Turf writer Jonathan Ross, the quiz turned in an effortlessly irreverent mix of banter and geek...
We’re a few days away from the start of the inaugural (and recently sold out) Kapow! Comic Con, and with the lid on the final line-up for the event being lifted, what better time to take a look and see what panels, screenings, signings and general geeknip (catnip for geeks) that will be on offer at London’s Business Design Centre over the coming...
Comic Booked HQ has just recieved the following sneak peak of the first issue from the forthcoming Moon Knight relaunch! Relocating the man once known as the Fist of Khonshu from New York to Los Angeles, Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev look sure to bring some of the magic that served them well on their modern classic Daredevil run and on current favorite...
