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gdeo

07-07-2011, 01:00 AM

Well folks ,as the grand daddy of all comic cons looms over Southern California in a couple of weeks...I thought that a thread should be started to post all the info, pics, and experiences that are sure to follow.

Those of you who are fortunate to be attending this year,please share pics ,swag ,and tales from the BIG show!!!

-All Awesomeness that is Mignola can be found at
booth 4901

-Dark Horse Comics will be at
booth 2615

I will try and update all panels and appearances here.

Have fun!!!

Big Boss Man

07-07-2011, 11:19 AM

gdeo, Christine mentioned in her art of mignola email sent last night that a print will be available for purchase at the Con and also on the website from August.
Any chance of a sneak peek of the print?

BBM

gdeo

07-07-2011, 12:06 PM

BBM....that's up to CBM.
I'll ask her.

gdeo

07-07-2011, 12:30 PM

Sneak Peek of print image coming soon! :biggrin:

Big Boss Man

07-07-2011, 01:06 PM

Cool, look forward to it

CBM

07-07-2011, 02:11 PM

80527
Here it is...

noble_enough

07-07-2011, 02:23 PM

If its a limited edition of only 150, do I have a better chance of getting it online in August or by begging someone whos going to SDCC to get one for me?

Anyone willing to pick one up I'll pay for shipping and all that jazz

JoshuaIzzo

07-07-2011, 02:26 PM

I'm gonna be going to SDCC this year. Heading out to be there Wed - Fri. Let me know what the story is and if anyone wants anything, and I'll help folks out! I plan on swinging by the Mignola-family booth sometime Wed afternoon...

CBM

07-07-2011, 02:37 PM

noble_enough

07-07-2011, 03:11 PM

We only plan to bring 50 to San Diego so you might want to wait until August...

Alright I'll plan on waiting for August.

Thanks Joshua for offering to help hellboarders though!

Ivar_L

07-07-2011, 03:48 PM

This image is in the latest sketchbook! For me it's not a problem that it makes the print less exclusive...
:smile:

CBM

07-07-2011, 04:02 PM

This image is in the latest sketchbook! For me it's not a problem that it makes the print less exclusive...
:smile:

It's also Mike banner at conventions...just wanted to put it out there...so it's not exclusive to a print...

brentmcd

07-07-2011, 04:03 PM

Fellow San Diego resident Marisa and I have talked about some sort of informal Hellboy get-together outside of ComicCon. Wondering how many Hellboarders will be in town for the convention? And if so, would you be game for something like that? Throwing out ideas -- perhaps dinner or drinks where we could gather and discuss all things Hellboy-related, flaunt our cool collectibles and collections, etc. What do y'all think?

Kees_L

07-07-2011, 04:14 PM

that it makes the print less exclusive...
:smile:

It doesn't make this print less exclusive 'though. The 'image availability' maybe, but the print in its size and color quality will be limited to its limit, of 150.

I think it's gorgeous, so it seems August has a date with me.

JoshuaIzzo

07-07-2011, 04:26 PM

I'd be down with a meet up...I'm working at the show and have meetings, but would love to maybe gets drinks or something.

Ivar_L

07-07-2011, 04:50 PM

It's also Mike banner at conventions...just wanted to put it out there...so it's not exclusive to a print...My remark was just because I remembered one recent discussion here, nothing more.

CBM

07-07-2011, 05:12 PM

My remark was just because I remembered one recent discussion here, nothing more.

Ivar...I know:smile:

MarisaSmith

07-08-2011, 11:18 AM

It's up!
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci11_prog_thu.php

gdeo

07-08-2011, 11:52 AM

This panel takes place Friday in Room 4 from 11-12pm
If y'all want to meet up this would be a good time and place.

grogtheslayer

07-08-2011, 12:36 PM

Excellent! I'm looking forward to ordering this poster for myself. It might make good birthday and other holiday gifts, too.

Kees_L

07-08-2011, 02:21 PM

My remark was just because I remembered one recent discussion here, nothing more.

Uhm, not for over-estimating myself, or for it being vital as an absolute, but you explaining that made me feel glad, kind of like finding there'd still be a flavoury bit to a piece of (quality) bubble gum. So thanks for that.

Ivar_L

07-08-2011, 04:50 PM

I was trying to read CDCC's program here and found those -

Friday:
11:00-12:00 Mike Mignola: Worlds at War— The world is falling to chaos in B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Hellboy's facing his demons in a big way in Hellboy: The Fury, and monsters are overrunning Europe in the upcoming Baltimore: The Curse Bells. Join creator Mike Mignola, editor Scott Allie, and new B.P.R.D. artist Tyler Crook for exclusive insights on what has been and will continue to be an epic year in the Mignolaverse and beyond. Room 4

12:15-1:15 Relativity Media: Raven and Haywire— Two fantastic films from Relativity Media debut in this Hall H presentation.
Raven -- The film is a gritty thriller in which Edgar Allan Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis for a string of brutal murders. Raven stars John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe, Luke Evans, and Alice Eve and is directed by James McTeigue.
Hall H

2:00-3:00 Spotlight on Dave Stewart— Eisner Award-winning color artist and Comic-Con special guest Dave Stewart is one of the busiest colorists in comics. Known for his work on such titles as DC: The New Frontier, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Lobster Johnson, Conan, Batwoman, and The Goon, Dave will talk about his work and how he brings comics characters to colorful life. Room 4

2:00-3:00 Dark Horse Presents— As Dark Horse celebrates its 25th year of publishing, the company is proud to reintroduce the title that started it all: the game-changing anthology Dark Horse Presents. Known for featuring the industry's top talent and launching some of the most successful titles in comics history, Dark Horse Presents was, is, and will continue to be a highly fertile breeding ground for new characters, concepts, and more. Find out what makes this book so important to the comics medium, with Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson as well as a cast of top talent past and present, including Eric Powell (The Goon), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Sanford Greene (Deadpool), and more! Panel attendees will receive a Dave Gibbons minicomic exclusive to Comic-Con. Room 25ABC

THE REAL kirk

07-08-2011, 08:39 PM

This panel takes place Friday in Room 4 from 11-12pm
If y'all want to meet up this would be a good time and place.

Son of a...

That's a great idea but I fear I will be already sitting outside room 6 awaiting that event. Damn these programing conflicts and the lack of a clone! I will need details, people!

Middenway

07-09-2011, 05:03 AM

That "Spotlight on Dave Stewart" panel sounds interesting...

CBM

07-09-2011, 11:10 AM

Wow is all I can say..."I'd like to come to your party but I have some place better to go..."

MarisaSmith

07-09-2011, 11:30 AM

Son of a...

That's a great idea but I fear I will be already sitting outside room 6 awaiting that event. Damn these programing conflicts and the lack of a clone! I will need details, people!

I know that BrentMCD and I were talking about meeting up later on Friday outside the con. Is anyone else interested in meeting up later, at a time when most of us will be done with panels?:confused:

THE REAL kirk

07-09-2011, 02:52 PM

Wow is all I can say..."I'd like to come to your party but I have some place better to go..."

Sorry. :frown:

Not exactly what I meant. But crass none the less.

Mack

07-10-2011, 11:59 AM

10 days!

:eek:

brentmcd

07-12-2011, 10:26 AM

As for a SDCC meet-up, haven't really seen much response. Hope to meet some of y'all at the Friday panel, but I've got another one of interest right afterwards. Maybe some of us can get together for dinner or beers later that evening -- play it by ear, I suppose. Cheers

gdeo

07-13-2011, 10:57 AM

Mike Mignola signing at the Dark Horse Booth
SAT. 11am
SUN. 3pm

Big Boss Man

07-13-2011, 01:08 PM

Brent, I'll be there in spirit! Hope you and Marisa have a beer for me.
BBM

Mister Tyler Crook

07-14-2011, 12:25 PM

Hey everyone! I'm getting super excited for San Diego Comic-Con!

I just put up my signing schedule on my blog (http://www.mrcrook.com/2011/07/san-diego-comic-con-2011.html). If you aren't able to drop by the Dark horse booth while I'm signing, I'm sure you will be able to find me at the Oni Press booth.

I look forward to meeting everybody!

MarisaSmith

07-14-2011, 04:17 PM

Brent, I'll be there in spirit! Hope you and Marisa have a beer for me.
BBM

Oh we will, but you have far better beer over there! :biggrin:

gdeo

07-18-2011, 10:38 AM

:eek: $175
here's all the info!
http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_reg_2012.php

black eyeliner

07-20-2011, 09:32 PM

Hey everyone! Have a good time :)
Wishing I was there but NJ is just too far away haha :tongue:

Take some pictures if you can!

noble_enough

07-21-2011, 04:10 PM

I read on Dave Stewarts FB today that Mike and Christine sold out of the 75 prints they brought! Cripes thats scary fast....

Christine, it going to be an August 1st thing like the art used to go up on the site?

I have my money ready..

gdeo

07-21-2011, 05:17 PM

Half of the prints are indeed gone!!!
Don't sleep on this one folks... They won't
last long.

Middenway

07-21-2011, 07:27 PM

Looking forward to hearing about Worlds at War panel tomorrow.

CBM

07-21-2011, 08:04 PM

MarisaSmith

07-21-2011, 09:18 PM

:eek: $175
here's all the info!
http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_reg_2012.php

That AND the line is ungodly. They're only selling so many tix per day and they're also capping the line at a particular time. It's insanity. :mad:

xjmjx

07-23-2011, 04:18 PM

So I'm a long-time lurker, have only posted a few times, but I thought I'd get some feedback on this and see what you guys thought. I had a friend try and get one of the prints for me, but he missed out. He was told that they go on sale tomorrow between 8-9 AM west coast time tomorrow. He didn't say whether this was a reliable source or not. Can you guys shed any light on this? Will be available through Mike's site? I've never gotten one straight from the source! Thanks guys!

PS I know the release info said August but I just want to double-check.

E. Spears

07-23-2011, 04:23 PM

I'm glad I didn't go this year. Lines, crazy people, more lines, money...not for me, unless I'm able to score a pro badge next year. :P

I do have good news, though. My cousins are there, and they've scored me the two Zarana figures from the Hasbro Toy Shop. On top of all that, our very own David Petersen's Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard won an Eisner for Best Anthology of the year!!! Why is nobody crapping their pants about that over here?!?!

Read it. It's good shit.

Middenway

07-23-2011, 09:23 PM

Anything interesting happen at the Worlds At War panel?

Big Boss Man

07-24-2011, 08:42 AM

Hi Christine, a friend just missed out on purchasing a print for me, so I'll be looking to purchase one online with everyone else. Any chance you can confirm the time they will go sale online so I can set the alarm clock accordingly?
Thanks
BBM

gdeo

07-24-2011, 10:25 PM

Mr.CROOK

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p217/gdeo/CopyofIMG_0175.jpg

gdeo

07-25-2011, 09:53 AM

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p217/gdeo/IMG_0507.jpg

Storey74

07-25-2011, 12:28 PM

Great photo, but... WHAT DID THEY SAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

brentmcd

07-25-2011, 12:45 PM

I arrived late to the HB/BPRD panel and didn't take notes, but it seemed like there is going to be a lot of things happening with Abe. Scott and Mike were fairly tightlipped as usual about future developments, but I got the impression there's major stuff going on with Abe. They said there would be more one-shots or miniseries involving our favorite fish-man.

Not sure if this is news, but they also mentioned a Lobster Johnson -- "Year One" type series was in the works.

Anyone else remember anything? Sorry I didn't get a chance to meet anybody; had to rush off to another panel.

Tyler Crook seems like a nice guy. Very young -- I'd guess he's in his mid-twenties. I also went to a Dave Stewart panel, and he seems like a really nice guy as well -- in addition to obviously being very talented.

Big Boss Man

07-25-2011, 12:52 PM

brentmcd

07-25-2011, 04:44 PM

The Left Hand of Doom

07-25-2011, 07:24 PM

Tyler Crook seems like a nice guy. Very young -- I'd guess he's in his mid-twenties. I also went to a Dave Stewart panel, and he seems like a really nice guy as well -- in addition to obviously being very talented.

I met Tyler at WonderCon and I also got the impression that he's a pretty good guy. I do know he's been married for 13 years, so he may not be in his mid-twenties. However, no one minds being thought of as a 25 year old, so I think you're safe there.

Jackson Brody

07-26-2011, 04:30 PM

I wish one of the comics news sites had reported on the Worlds at War panel. But no... just people reporting on every dumb thing that happens at the big two.

MarisaSmith

07-26-2011, 10:51 PM

Hi BBM,
Unfortunately Prof. Smith and I did not connect at SDCC, however we have raised many glasses together in the past and will undoubtedly do so again in the near future. In fact, I hope to pay a visit across the pond where she has promised to show me her favorite pub and maybe even take me to Stamford Bridge.
Cheers!

Yes! The professor's here! No pints that day. :frown:

I really wish I'd heard more from Tyler about his role in the series. It was touched on a bit, mostly asking how he got along with MM, but I really would have liked him to discuss his process for creating the works for the series.

It was cool meeting Scott for the first time and Brent pretty much hit upon the main points. I was quite happy about the Abe and LoJo news. I think we can all look forward to some GREAT new stuff coming out. :biggrin:

Middenway

07-27-2011, 02:51 AM

I wish one of the comics news sites had reported on the Worlds at War panel. But no... just people reporting on every dumb thing that happens at the big two.
Yeah, it's a shame. I felt sure there'd be be some interesting news given that it was a one-hour panel, but nothing. We've known about the upcoming Abe stuff for a long time (there's a three-issue mini coming up) and the Lobster Johnson stuff we've literally known about for years. Oh well.

Storey74

07-27-2011, 10:38 AM

Thumbs twiddling... waiting.

CBM

07-30-2011, 07:22 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5j_qNGIEg

Kees_L

07-30-2011, 07:49 AM

Tonci Zonjic on LoJo = epicly fantastic news.

Very reminiscent an art-maker of like Zaffino and Mignola so, he seems a great addition.

Just like Tyler Crook or Dave Johnson for covers seem great and welcome additions to me.

Although a new writer? Huh!? A non-Mignola writer? Like M. Moorcock or something? Or Haruki Murakami? Chuck Palahniuk? Stephen King? Or who else would be alive and writing?

Plus it's great to hear that Corben and Fegredo will be staying on, both as Davis or Severin hopefully.

It's only the second time for me to see and hear mr. Scot Allie at work. It seems so great that he'd be this comic-lovin' enabler, turning publishing budgets into great new comics. Popular comics but also real horror comics containing adult-like or whoa!-type-of-stuff. Really excellent I'd think.
(One of these days mr. Allie should be getting like a nod or cameo thing in a Mignola-book. Like someone in the background, probably called 'Curly' or something, with getting to say something blunt or snappy yet tremendously appropriate.)

MarisaSmith

07-30-2011, 12:34 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5j_qNGIEg

LOL! My head's in the camera shot. :redface:

Big Boss Man

07-30-2011, 02:18 PM

LOL! My head's in the camera shot. :redface:

M, were you the only person in the front row or were you sitting next to small people? ;-)

MarisaSmith

07-30-2011, 02:23 PM

M, were you the only person in the front row or were you sitting next to small people? ;-)

I'll tell Mom you consider her 'small people'. :tongue::biggrin:

Neil Hill

07-30-2011, 06:08 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5j_qNGIEg

Thanks for including this! I was fortunate enough to actually attend the panel, but it's nice to watch again to catch the things you may have missed the first time through.

Lots of great stuff on the horizon! Personally looking forward to Mike's DHP story and House of the Living Dead.

Middenway

07-31-2011, 05:08 PM

So, quite a bit of news actually! To recap:

We already knew this, but Mike Mignola is doing a short follow up to the Hellboy in Mexico story in Dark Horse Presents.
Duncan Fegredo is doing a BPRD story (and doing the cover too).
Joe Querio is drawing a Lobster Johnson story for Dark Horse Presents. (Check out his work at http://forkscrawl.deviantart.com/)
The Burning Hand #1 will come out in January.
After The Burning Hand there will be more Lobster Johnson in the form of one shots and short two-issue minseries.
There's a new BPRD project in the works by a new writer.
There will be multiple BPRD projects coming out in a single month in 2012.
The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories trade will come out in February (I may have heard the date wrong, I am very, very, very tired right now).
There is a lot more for Abe Sapien in the future. After The Devil Does Not Jest the series will shift from being a flashback series to being set parallel in time with the ongoing BPRD stories. There are no plans for anymore flashback stories.
Duncan is (or will be) working on an original Hellboy graphic novel like House of the Living Dead.
There's no Witchfinder for a while. The next chapter of Sir Edward Grey's life doesn't really need to be told right now.

So, it's a lot of the other universe stuff. MM even said 2012 is gonna be a big year for Hellboy, even though there won't be much Hellboy coming out.

jimm

07-31-2011, 07:48 PM

Querio's stuff looks good!

Jelio

08-01-2011, 06:16 PM

So, quite a bit of news actually! To recap:

Wow thanks for the list of stuff to look for next year!

noble_enough

08-01-2011, 07:06 PM

[LIST]
We already knew this, but Mike Mignola is doing a short follow up to the Hellboy in Mexico story in Dark Horse Presents.

Duncan Fegredo is doing a BPRD story (and doing the cover too).

Joe Querio is drawing a Lobster Johnson story for Dark Horse Presents. (Check out his work at http://forkscrawl.deviantart.com/)

Duncan is (or will be) working on an original Hellboy graphic novel like House of the Living Dead.

This news is most interesting to me

Middenway

08-01-2011, 08:53 PM

I was reading that Duncan Fegredo's BPRD story is gonna be in Dark Horse Presents. However, Mike's Hellboy story will be coming out in DHP as will Joe Querio's Lobster Johnson story two months later, with Duncan's BPRD in between. I was under the impression that DHP was bimonthly. Is it shifting to monthly now?

UPDATE:
It is indeed. This ought to be interesting.

Middenway

08-09-2011, 11:45 PM

This is from the article CBR has up full of spoilers for Hellboy: The Fury #3, although this particular fragment has nothing to do with those spoilers. Actually it's about Abe. MM elaborates a bit on the future of the Abe Sapien series that he mentioned at SDCC:
I can say this because we mentioned it on the panel, but another thing that's happening is that in Guy (Davis's) last issue of B.P.R.D., we saw Abe Sapien get shot to pieces, and as a result of his injuries, things are going to happen with that character. And I sheepishly asked John Arcudi whether it was okay to remove him – not right away but eventually – but to start sliding him out of the regular B.P.R.D. book and let him have his own story for a while. Part of this is just that logistically, so much is going on in this world that having just one book makes it really difficult to show a wide range of what's happening in the world. So to have Abe go off and see a part of the world that the regular B.P.R.D. doesn't see, we get a little more range from that as far as the global disasters building. Scott Allie and I have written or are writing a few one-shots or two-issue mini series here and there that will be B.P.R.D. stories running parallel with the regular book to again show what's happening here or there. So there's a lot going on, and it is very much The Year of B.P.R.D., and my Hellboy book will be coming before too long.
I guess this is really going to change the format of the Abe Sapien stories for a while. I'm actually hoping the series will gain an ongoing artist. It would certainly set the stories apart from the ones that preceeded it.

grogtheslayer

12-12-2011, 12:41 PM

This is the Con print I had framed for a friend for Xmas. I decided to go with 2 frames, 1 for the print and 1 for the COA, but do matching frames (color & wood) and UV filtering anti-glare glass. I think it turned out pretty well; I used a white mat with a reverse bezel cut to create a shadow edge line, so the eye goes from the frame to line to dark of the print. For mine I might do something a bit different.