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San Diego Comic Convention 2013

MISSION STATEMENT
Comic-Con International: San Diego is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.

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One of the big comic conventions has come and past. So much happen this year listed below are several news sites that you can find in-depth coverage. If you happen to know of another let me know.

Bleeding Cool Comics ComicsAlliance Comic Book Resources
Newsarama

Pics or It Didn’t Happen

Will it did happen and there’s some amazing photographs of this year’s convention. Here are some sites showcasing various photographs from cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure], short for “costume play”, panels, and the convention floor. If you happen to know of another let me know.

ComicAlliance Flickr IMDb

Tons of announcements, panels here just a few.

SDCC: Mark Waid’s Thrillbent Tutorial

“Mark Waid and a panel of fellow Thrillbent.com contributors pulled back the curtain on how they create their digital comics content during Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Rather than spend the panel promoting current and upcoming Thrillbent work, Waid used the time to give the audience an in-depth look at how the online publisher is exploring the new storytelling potential digital comics provide.”

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SDCC: The Legend of Korra, “Spirits”

“Nickelodeon’s first trailer for The Legend of Korra – Book 2: Spirit has arrived online, giving fans their first big taste of the Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel’s second season. Set to debut in September, Book 2 will begin to more fully explore new Avatar Korra’s connection to the spirit world, and its reaction to the technological sprawl of the modern nations.”

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SDCC: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013

The big winners at the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, sponsored by Syfy, were… Come on I can’t tell you read it form the source 🙂  

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Thank you for reading, back to making comics.

Regards,

DGC