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San Diego Comic-Con is expanding outside of the US altogether: get ready for SDCC Malaga, Spain, this September
The first SDCC Malaga will be taking place September 25-28, 2025.
March 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios quietly cancels plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2026 and a tie-in MCU movie release
Marvel Studios bet big with Deadpool & Wolverine at SDCC 2024, but it's not doing it in 2026 anymore
August 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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San Diego's skyline is wrapped with ads due to Comic-Con International, but did you know they are mostly illegal?
San Diego Comic-Con's Hotel bulding wraps cost over $100k each, which makes the fact they're technically illegal only a small nuisance
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Deadpool Wolverine is the hottest ticket at SDCC 2024 - and that's not necessarily a good thing
Getting into Marvel's big Thursday Hall H panel was an event worthy of Deadpool in and of itself, fans discovered
July 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
San Diego Comic-Con has announced its 2025 dates
Book your flights and your hotel, because the Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025 dates have been announced.
July 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
SDCC 2024: Just how much would it take to go to San Diego Comic-Con?
Hopefully you have a couple thousand dollars handy if you want to attend Comic-Con International: San Diego
July 09, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
And the 2024 Eisner Award winners are...
SDCC 2024 hosts the biggest night in comics - the Eisner Awards.
May 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
When Stan Lee met Chuck Norris, & more to be revealed in stunning new San Diego Comic-Con documentary
SDCC co-founder Scott Shaw! talks about the upcoming documentary.
April 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Wonder no more - we have the WonderCon 2025 dates (and its not Easter weekend next year)
California's OTHER big comic convention returns in 2025
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Eisner Awards' comic journalism category isn't dead (yet), keep submitting
The Eisner Awards first decision was not to give comics journalism an award, but there could be a chance for a re-do.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
MegaCon 2025 dates are here - and it's head-to-head with the Superbowl & the San Diego Comic-Con's Cruise Ship
Fan Expo's MegaCon vs. Comic-Con International: San Diego - the battle in the deep south of Florida.
February 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Eisner Awards never figured out how to recognize journalism, and now it's given up
Instead of fixing the problem, this year's Eisners have decided to ignore it (or make things worse)
January 16, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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This isn't the first time the Eisners killed the Comics Journalism category
The Eisners have a history of canceling its focus on comics journalism.
January 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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San Diego Comic Con's leader is retiring, but returning as a volunteer
San Diego Comic-Con's leader is retiring after a 50+ year career
August 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Badder blood, even worse planning: how you just can't fault Rob Liefeld for missing his own panel
It's just impossible to be upset with him! He's too nice!
August 05, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Without Hall H, every SDCC panel became Hall H: A travelog of Comic-Con International: San Diego
A trojan horse of hope for comics? Time will tell more than anything else.
August 04, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: A Batman western, an all-new Outsiders, and more announced during DC's Gotham City panel
DC is bringing its own Batfamily to San Diego Comic Con 2023, with guests like Tom King, Tini Howard, Ram V and more.
August 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC 2023: Was Hall H's loss everyone else's gain?
Without the big movies to distract attendees, panel attendance elsewhere at the show was significantly up
July 27, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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San Diego Comic-Con says it "never worried about the strike," and fan feedback on-site seems to agree
For some the writers and actors strike was a dark cloud over SDCC ahead of time, but the organizers say they weren't worried at all.
July 26, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC 2023: All the big news, magic, and moments from San Diego Comic-Con
4.5 days of comics, movies, TV, and walking (sometimes running). Here's the highlights of SDCC 2023
July 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Get ready, the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con dates have been confirmed (and its a busy weekend)
What are you doing in late July 2024, anyway? We're doing Comic-Con International: San Diego
July 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
The most amazing cosplay from San Diego Comic Con 2023
All the best cosplay at Comic-Con International: San Diego
July 23, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Follow along live!Follow the Women of Marvel panel live from San Diego Comic-Con 2023!
It's time for Popverse's favorite Marvel Comics panel, Women of Marvel!
July 23, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Follow along live!Follow's DC's Young Readers panel talking about Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Dreamer, and more
Nicole Maines (Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story), Sina Grace (Superman: The Harvests of Youth), Penelope and Jerry Gaylord (Diana and the Hero's Journey; Clark & Lex), Jeffrey Brown (Batman and Robin and Howard), and Jim Benton (Fann Club: Batman Squad) talking comics
July 23, 2023
Jim McDermott
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SDCC 2023: Burnt food triggered fire alarm Friday night, but everyone's okay
A frightening moment leads to a positve resolution at San Diego Comic-Con 2023
July 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
And the winners of the 2023 Eisner Awards are...
Who took the gongs on the big night at SDCC 2023?
July 22, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
"A long time coming": This year's Eisner Hall of Fame inductees (and their family) honored in a SDCC ceremony
"I can see my people here, and I thank you"
July 22, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: Join Marvel EiCs past and present as CB Cebulski and Joe Quesada take the stage
Marvel's current editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski welcomes former editor-in-chief Joe Quesada to talk - what else? - comics
July 21, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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San Diego Comic-Con is expanding in 2025 - to a cruise ship headed to Cozumel
San Diego Comic-Con is bringing its trademark event to a cruise ship going from Florida to Mexico
July 19, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: What is Marvel's Next Big Thing? Find out here
C.B. Cebulski hosts an all-star panel of Marvelites including Nick Lowe, Zeb Wells, Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing at San Diego Comic Con 2023.
July 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: Star Trek Universe panel features Discovery, Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds
Star Trek Universe is back at San Diego Comic Con for 2023!
July 18, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: DC's World of Metropolis panel flies Superman to Comic Con
Joshua Williamson, Sina Grace, and Phillip Kennedy Johnson are at San Diego Comic Con 2023 for an all-Superman panel.
July 18, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: Amazon brings Invincible to Comic Con ahead of Season Two
Robert Kirkman leads the cast and crew of Invincible at San Diego Comic Con 2023.
July 18, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: Marvel's Heroes, Hulks, and Super Soldiers panel teases what's ahead for Punisher, and more
Marvel's EIC C.B. Cebulski leads a panel featuring J. Michael Straczynski, David Pepose, and Phillip Kennedy Johnson at San Diego Comic Con 2023.
July 18, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: The Dawn of DC is here, but not before some Knight Terrors
DC is bringing Joshua Williamson, Jeremy Adams, and Dennis Culver to San Diego Comic Con 2023 to talk this year's company-wide crossover Knight Terrors.
July 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Follow along live!SDCC 2023: A bright future for superheroes in the Dawn of DC panel
Ram V, Joshua Williamson, Tom King and more head to San Diego Comic Con 2023 to talk about the gleaming future of DC's superheroes.
July 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC 2024: Popverse's guide to making the most out of San Diego Comic Con
A veteran of 20+ years of attending the show offers some advice for San Diego Comic-Con newcomers
July 12, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC: Would San Diego Comic-Con ever leave San Diego?
It's an oft-asked question, but we think we have an answer
July 11, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC 2023: The best exclusive merch from this year's San Diego Comic-Con
Your wallet might not thank you for taking a look at this guide to the best merchandise at Comic-Con International: San Diego
July 07, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC 2023: How much impact does San Diego Comic-Con have on San Diego the city?
Comic-Con International: San Diego is a pretty big deal to San Diego, it turns out
July 05, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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The Eisner Awards have removed Thomas Woodruff's four nominations from consideration at his request
After two weeks of uproar surrounding the multiple nomminations for a controversial comic (and its author), the organizers of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have agreed to remove the nominations.
May 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Inside the Eisner Awards process for Thomas Woodruff: What happened, what went awry, and what could be changed
Thomas Woodruff and the Eisner Awards controversy, from the point-of-view of an Eisner Awards insider
May 28, 2023
Chris Arrant