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Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025 Begins Today

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The time has come. Yes my fiends, the always massive Comic-Con International: San Diego or if you prefer, the San Diego Comic-Con begins today and takes over part of the surrounding city as well as the San Diego Convention Center. For some of the industry professionals it launched last night with the Preview Night but for the major portion of the attendees, today is the day when the fun begins and while The PiercingMetal High Command will NOT be in attendance, I will be posting the reports and reveals that we find of most relevance to our readership in a rundown that can be found by clicking HERE Clicking that link will launch a new browser tab and let you peruse any of the content that has been and will be coming down the pike from the San Diego Comic-Con for 2025. Since we have such a vibrant Pop Culture section on PiercingMetal I’m most looking forward to new comic book series launches and trailers from the films that relate to our favorite things. Let’s see what happens.

Now I should mention that I have never actually attended the San Diego Comic-Con despite being very interested in doing so. It’s quite an adventure logistically and financially and with no proper sponsors or real advertiser income from the site, everything is out of pocket and one needs to be smart but I digress. I can tell you that while I am not at this one I do have the Anime NYC and New York Comic Con coming up and I’m very excited for both of those. As I wrap this up I wonder if you’re one of the diehards who will be out there in attendance at the SDCC. If so I wonder what you are most looking forward to and what is your overall opinion of this event. You can chime in down below and on that note I will see you again soon with more stuff.

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Nominees Announced For 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

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The Press Release:
Comic-Con is proud to announce the nominees for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The nominations are for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2024 and were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges.

Once again, this year’s nominees in 32 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the U.S. in comics and graphic novels, representing over 150 print and online titles from some 70 publishers, produced by creators from all over the world.

Fantagraphics received the most nominations: 24 (plus 1 shared), including 3 each for Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two, Olivier Schrauwen’s Sunday, and the anthology Now. DC Comics has 10 nominations (plus 9 shared), led by Mariko Tamaki and Javier Rodriguez’s Zatanna: Bring Down the House with 3. Other DC titles with multiple nominations include Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman.

First Second/Macmillan scored 7 nominations, including 4 for Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham. Abrams imprints brought 7 nominations (plus 2 shared), highlighted by 2 for Manu Larcenet’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Pantheon’s 6 nominations (plus 1 shared) are led by 3 for Leela Corman’s Victory Parade.
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