Hey Friends, I am back with the second installment from the recent Big Apple Comic Con that was held only a few days ago at the New Yorker Hotel. As I’ve already mentioned, the convention now seems to be a one-day affair and has locked in the late fall and winter season as a “Christmas Con” of sorts. Let’s continue along with the awesome artist John Holmstrom from Punk Magazine and much more.
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Hey there my friends, this is just a quick notice to remind everyone in our sphere that the famed Comic-Con International: San Diego is starting up today over at the San Diego Convention Center. Those who are going to be in attendance already know this of course but there are a whole lot of geek-minded folks like myself who are sitting it out and waiting with baited breath for all the reveals in the comic book industry and of course the films and television shows that we lean most to. Down below you’ll find the cover image of their annual Souvenir Book which I am understanding is a downloadable PDF these days. I’ll put an official link down below just in case those not attending can download it as well. Truth be told I’d like to leaf through this myself even if I’d be doing so on Adobe Reader.
For those in the unaware, the San Diego Comic Con runs for four full days like the NYCC version with the exception of having a preview night for industry. Some might recall that New York used to have a half day only for industry and media but now its all-in at once. A preview night like that might be super fun and informative to attend but I digress. Now it might surprise you to learn that I’ve never attended the San Diego Comic Con despite having a considerable interest in doing so. Historically speaking, the PiercingMetal website has been attending the New York Comic Con since 2010, the Anime NYC convention since 2017 and of course Toy Fair since 2011 so this kind of massive media event is right up our creative alley and something that we’ve gotten quite good at covering. Sadly, the scheduling and financials involved in such a journey are not easy to work out when you do this as a solo artist and there is very little funding coming in if at all. That makes us just rally from behind our computer screen. So you might be wondering why I’d even help laud such a thing when we aren’t planning on going and well the answer is simple. The reveals and happenings will be coming in fast and furious and I will do my best to inform you on the ones that matter the most to our readership. I know that it’s probably too early for any video from DC Studios and James Gunn but perhaps some of the upcoming television shows from them will come to light along with things for Disney+ and Marvel Studios. Having the one single film of “Deadpool & Wolverine” being released tomorrow has made me hanker for what’s to come. Like I said I will share what I can cobble together so do please stay tuned. If you’re heading to the convention I’d love for you to chime in down below and let me know. Don’t worry I won’t be asking you to buy me anything. I mean you can but again, I’m off tangent here. See you next time and click on THIS TAG to see any San Diego Comic-Con posts from the 2024 Event. Ciao.
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Well my friends, we have arrived at the final show overview coverage of the 2022 New York Comic Con with Day Four Part Two. I thought I would have some more show stuff but the side special features stuff is all that remains (Metal band pun unintended). I’m going to continue from where I left off so let’s advise any of the new site visitors that they should be clicking HERE first to see all of these posts on one handy tab. Starting us off is Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch.
Continue reading Scenes From New York Comic Con 2022: Day Four (Part 2)
Well my friends we have made it safety and somewhat soundly to the fourth and final day of the 2022 New York Comic Con and I cannot believe how fast the days have gone by. Calendar wise the convention ended over a week ago but our presentations keep on posting until we’ve finished with everything. So Day Four is historically known as the “Family Day” and this means that children under a certain age can come in with a special “Kids Pass”. That also means that its now even more crowded on the Sunday than used to only be found on the Saturday session. Now if you are only just joining us we are going to hold up a “You Shall Not Pass” sign and instead suggest that you click HERE to launch a new browser tab with all of the posts that have preceded this one. You’ll thank me later for sure. So today I’ve arrived before the doors were even open because I was on the hunt for the 9th and final Topps “Garbage Pail Kids” trading card. I will have this card if its the last thing that I do LOL.
Soon after the doors opened I raced to Topps and got that coveted card and then did a quick errand for a friend of mine. Now it was time to announce our presence for the day like I’ve been doing in the short clips. For those new to the program, they’ve gone to TikTok, Instagram Reels and of course YouTube which is the one I like to include in these editorials since its one of our most important networks. Please consider subscribing to that to help us along.
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Hello there once again my fine-feathered fans of all things geek. You have safely arrived at the comprehensive coverage of the 2022 New York Comic Con and I am now up to Day Three, Part Three which actually amounts to the last installment of this particular day. Tenured readers can start their perusal but some advice for those just finding the website, please click HERE to see everything in the order that it was posted on a brand-new browser tab. As mentioned before, this kind of event is best enjoyed from the beginning. By this point in the adventure I was feeling the burn and trying to catch up with some friends and had a close encounter with Mr. Stay Puft…
We learned that our friend Miss Cheng was going to be at one of the dealer booths so headed over to see her for a few minutes. It’s always great to have a catch up.
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