When Dark Horse announced that they would make a small replica of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” Stark Shield for San Diego Comic-On 2013, we here at ASM knew we had to get one. Initially asking Matt Guzy of Awesome Toy Blog to be the procurer, we were then pleased to find out that HBO Shop was going to put a limited supply on their website the opening night of SDCC. And by pleased we mean, “Holy crap they just tweeted that they put some up on their website I gotta get to my computer where’s my credit card RIGHT NOW HOLY CRAP!” Now,
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More Than 100 Hours Of Programming Set For Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, August 8-11
More Than 100 Hours Of Programming Set For All Four Days At Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, August 8-11 Q&As With Stars Stan Lee, Michael Shannon, John Barrowman, WWE® Superstar CM Punk®; Firefly, Smallville Cast Reunions; Tons Of Comics And Artist Panels; Costume Contests; Meet-And Greets; Evening Programming Also Featured At Pop Culture Festival At Donald E. Stephens Convention Center NEW YORK and ROSEMONT, Ill., July 29, 2013 – From interactive Q&As with celebrities like Stan Lee, Michael Shannon, Robert Rodriguez, John Barrowman and WWE® Superstar CM Punk® to reunions of the “Firefly” and “Smallville” casts to comics panels, costume contests, evening parties and more, Wizard World
Continue readingHasbro Reveals from Star Wars Celebration Europe
In Essen, Germany, this past weekend, Star Wars fandom converged at Star Wars Celebration Europe. As part of the festivities, Hasbro presented a panel highlighting new and upcoming Star Wars toys. The good people at Hunter PR and Hasbro sent over images of their reveals, which you can look at in the galleries below. Star Wars: The Black Series – 3 3/4″ Line Star Wars: The Black Series – 6″ Line
Continue readingJ. Scott Campbell, Alan Davis, Esad Ribic, Pasqual Ferry Headline Roster Of 325 Comics Creators At Chicago Comic Con
Harvey Tolibao, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Kenneth Rocafort, Neal Adams, Ramon F. Bachs, Francis Portela, Greg Land, 16 Eisner Award Winners And Nominees Also To Appear At Donald E. Stephens Convention Center In Rosemont, Ill. NEW YORK and ROSEMONT, Ill., July 22, 2013 – Wizard World has assembled one of its largest and most diverse collections of comics creators for next month’s Chicago Comic Con, headlined by such notable superstars as J. Scott Campbell, Alan Davis, Esad Ribic, Pasqual Ferry and others among the 325 scheduled to attend the show, August 8-11 at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. In all, 16 Eisner Award winners and nominees,
Continue reading#SDCC – Hasbro Reveals New Marvel Toys
Yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro revealed new toys from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3 and more! You can see the images in the galleries below. More images will be posted as they are made available to ASM. Captain America Toys Thor Toys Iron Man Toys
Continue readingScholastic comes to ComiXology
As part of their San Diego Comic-Con 2013 announcements, ComiXology sent over this press release regarding another new distribution agreement. Scholastic is bringing kid-friendly titles to the digital comics world. Now, I remember Scholastic when I was growing up, and while I’ve not read these particular titles, I remember other Scholastic favorites. Those of you with kids will love these titles. See the full press release after the jump. COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2013: ComiXology and Scholastic Announce Digital Distribution Agreement Kid Friendly Catalog Comes To ComiXology July 20th, 2013 – San Diego, CA. / New York, NY. – Today at this year’s Comic-Con
Continue reading#SDCC13 Hasbro Star Wars Reveals – Saga Legends
Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con 2013, Hasbro held their Star Wars panel, and now they’ve sent over pictures of new items they revealed. In this set we have figures from their Saga Legends line: Boba Fett Captain Rex Commander Cody
Continue reading#SDCC13 Hasbro Star Wars Reveals – Class II Vehicles
Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con 2013, Hasbro held their Star Wars panel, and now they’ve sent over pictures of new items they revealed. In this set we have figures from their Class II Vehicle line: Anakin’s Starfighter Boba Fett’s Slave I Obi-Wan’s Starfighter
Continue reading#SDCC13 – Hasbro Star Wars Reveals – Black Series 6″
Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con 2013, Hasbro held their Star Wars panel, and now they’ve sent over pictures of new items they revealed. In this set we have figures from their The Black Series – 6″ line: Boba Fett Greedo Han Solo Slave Leia
Continue reading#SDCC13 Hasbro Star Wars Reveals – Mission Series
Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con 2013, Hasbro held their Star Wars panel, and now they’ve sent over pictures of new items they revealed. In this set we have figures from their Mission Series line: From the Death Star – Han Solo and Chewbacca From Mandalore – Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul From the Tantive IV – C-3PO and R2-D2
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