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Emerald City Comic Con 2022 Spotlight
Steve Burns' Blue's Clues viral video was even more raw and unrehearsed than we thought
The heartwarming video brought us back to the conversation
Veronica Valencia
Blue's Clues former host Steve Burns reveals that he almost WASN'T the host of the Nick Jr. show
Can you imagine anyone else in his place?
Veronica Valencia
Remember when Elmo met Steve from Blue's Clues? Steve Burns shares the story behind the epic meeting
When Blue's Clues and Sesame Street collide
Veronica Valencia
Blue's Clues: The star of the show was always you, according to original host Steve Burns
Over 20 years later, we are still in conversation with Steve, and that's the way he likes it
Veronica Valencia
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Watch the One Piece reunion panel with Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, Sonny Strait from Seattle's ECCC!
Voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, and Sonny Strait come together to talk about the anime One Piece at Emerald City Comic Con
Chris Arrant
Watch Ready to Roll share the secret origin of their live-action D&D gameplay series, as shared during Emerald City Comic Con
The true story of the RPG players who make Ready to Roll a reality!
Chris Arrant
Who is the ultimate Waifu? Watch Nerds Know & Emerald City Comic Con search for an answer
Tears shall be shed and hearts will be broken in this heated bracket competition! No one is safe in this tournament of waifu champions!
Chris Arrant
Emerald City Comic Con 2022 Feed
Steve Burns' Blue's Clues viral video was even more raw and unrehearsed than we thought
The heartwarming video brought us back to the conversation
Veronica Valencia
Blue's Clues former host Steve Burns reveals that he almost WASN'T the host of the Nick Jr. show
Can you imagine anyone else in his place?
Veronica Valencia
Remember when Elmo met Steve from Blue's Clues? Steve Burns shares the story behind the epic meeting
When Blue's Clues and Sesame Street collide
Veronica Valencia
Blue's Clues: The star of the show was always you, according to original host Steve Burns
Over 20 years later, we are still in conversation with Steve, and that's the way he likes it
Veronica Valencia
Watch the One Piece reunion panel with Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, Sonny Strait from Seattle's ECCC!
Voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, and Sonny Strait come together to talk about the anime One Piece at Emerald City Comic Con
Chris Arrant
Watch Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reunite (and reminsce) about The Mummy 2+ decades later
The Mummy's Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reunite to talk about the 1999 film - and you can watch the hour-long conversation for free
Chris Arrant
Watch the Our Flag Means Death panel with Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn from ECCC FREE!
Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn hoist the flag of Our Flag Means Death at Emerald City Comic Con '22
Chris Arrant
Watch the full Harvey Guillén spotlight panel from Emerald City Comic Con- FREE!
Watch everyone's favorite vampire fan chat about his life and career at ECCC
Tiffany Babb
"It was a real-life adventure": A conversation with Brendan Fraser on The Mummy, Leslie Grace, and the joys of being in Seattle
A reflection on work and life with Brendan Fraser
Veronica Valencia
Problem with your cosplay? Don't despair—head over to Cosplay Repair!
The Cosplay Repair room is a lifesaver for cosplayers who have run into mishaps
Tiffany Babb
Watch Ready to Roll share the secret origin of their live-action D&D gameplay series, as shared during Emerald City Comic Con
The true story of the RPG players who make Ready to Roll a reality!
Chris Arrant
Who is the ultimate Waifu? Watch Nerds Know & Emerald City Comic Con search for an answer
Tears shall be shed and hearts will be broken in this heated bracket competition! No one is safe in this tournament of waifu champions!
Chris Arrant
Inside Monsters & Dames artbook, a longstanding Emerald City Comic Con tradition
Sales of Monsters & Dames and related artwork raise money for childrens hospitals
Tiffany Babb
Watch fantasy authors Tracy & Laura Hickman bring their stories to life with Dragonhearth panel at ECCC 2022
Watch the full Emerald City Comic Con 2022 panel Dragonhearth live with Tracy & Laura Hickman
Chris Arrant
Disney Don't Forget The Lyrics (Nerds Know)
So you know the lyrics to every Disney song ever made? Well then it’s time to prove it!
Chris Arrant
Blue's Clues' Steve Burns is back, and he's still listening
Steve Burns talks about his post-Blue's Clues life
Tiffany Babb
Do YA characters need to be likeable? Watch G. Willow Wilson, LL McKinney, Alys Arden, and Kami Garcia dig into that from ECCC '22
YA authors G. Willow Wilson, LL McKinney, Alys Arden, and Kami Garcia dig into one of the touchiest subject of YA: do the characters have to always be likeable?
Chris Arrant
Cursed Commercials From Around The World (Nerds Know)
Gathering the most bizarre commercials from around the world. They are weird. They are crude. They just might be banned.
Chris Arrant
Watch ECCC's YA Trivia game with Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden, David F. Walker, LL McKinney, and Julio Anta
Watch the Full YA Trivia Game panel from Emerald City Comic Con with Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden, David F. Walker, LL McKinney, and Julio Anta
Chris Arrant
Brendan Fraser says that Batgirl's Leslie Grace was "dynamic" in the HBO MAX DC film
Brendan Fraser, who played the villain in the now-canceled Batgirl movie at Warner Bros, talks about his appreciation for the movie's star, Leslie Grace.
Graeme McMillan
Watch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman present Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time at ECCC '22
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time panel with Max Mittleman, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond
Chris Arrant
Unvarnished, truthful convention horror stories from Jim Zub
Watch an Emerald City Comic Con tradition - the Convention Horror Stories panel with Jim Zub
Chris Arrant
Cringe together as Dragonball Evolution and other live-action films based on anime are lampooned
Enjoy bad cinema as we take you on a tour of the worst live-action adaptations of anime
Chris Arrant
Watch Shawn Crystal, Jim Mahfood, and Matteo Scalera talk about turning your art into a career from ECCC '22
Watch the full Emerald City Comic Con panel 'Turning your art into a career with Shawn Crystal, Jim Mahfood, and Matteo Scalera'
Chris Arrant
Drawing the line: The boundaries and joys of YA cartooning
The triple threat of the YA cartoonist panel at Emerald City Comic Con
Chloe Maveal
Watch a showcase of the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Full recording of Seattle's ECCC Cosplay Central Showcase
Chris Arrant
Re-Live Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with 40 filmed panels, over 20 articles, and video interviews with Jinkx Monsoon, Bendelacreme, Harvey Guillén
Popverse went to Emerald City Comic Con, and has alot to show for it
Tiffany Babb
Queer As In “More, Please”: Discussing Queer YA at ECCC
Setting the Standard for Queer YA at ECCC
Chloe Maveal
The Making of Transformers: Beast Wars
A discussion with the original toy designers and television show creators of the classic Transformers: Beast Wars and Transformers: Beast Machines toy lines and television shows
Chris Arrant
Good Trouble and Entertaining Comics: Celebrating 100 Years of William M. Gaines at ECCC
Wholesome Beginnings, MAD Ends
Chloe Maveal
Kat Leyh, LL McKinney, and Margaret Owen talk about how queer stories are here to stay at ECCC '22
Watch the full 'Queer Stories are Here to Stay' panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with LL McKinney, Kat Leyh, and Margaret Owen
Chris Arrant
Indie Darlings: What To Know About Working With Independent Publishers
David F. Walker, Julio Anta, Liana Kangas, Robert Wilson IV, DJ Kirkland, and Jazzlyn Stone talk indie comics publishing at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Chris Arrant
Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme have an appetite for more - including their own TV show
Ru Paul's Drag Race all-stars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon talk about success and upcoming plans
Ashley V. Robinson
Fish Out of Water: An ECCC Spotlight on Doug Jones
Mac Tonight, Fish Tomorrow
Chloe Maveal
Tapas Media's ECCC '22 panel showcased the strength of webcomics (and the size of webcomics fandom, too)
Four webcomic creators offered information and advice to a literal roomful of fans at the Seattle show
Graeme McMillan
"Being different is your power": Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn talk perseverance at Emerald City Comic Con
A quick peek at the Con O’Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn Our Flag Means Death panel
Tiffany Babb
Jim Zub shares the secrets behind Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons at ECCC '22
“We’re ripping on your IP and we’re tearing apart your rules, and you’re okay with it?” Zub remembers asking Wizards of the Coast at one point.
Graeme McMillan
ECCC '22 ends with an eye towards the future
Fans and staff at Emerald City Comic Con are looking forward to a new building, more late night programming, and maybe a solution to app issues, too
Graeme McMillan
Harvey Guillén was not an overnight success
Harvey Guillén on making his own way—all the way back when he was a kid
Tiffany Babb
Celebrate the winners of ECCC 2022's Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay!
The winners and photos of the amazing costumes from the Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay tournament at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Chris Arrant
Guillermo and Nightwing: Stepping out of the shadows of others and out of the closet with award-nominated actor Harvey Guillén
Harvey Guillén chats being at the height of his power as a performer, creator, and advocate for queer representation.
Ashley V. Robinson
Watch the voices behind Pinky & the Brain - Rob Paulsen and Maurice Lamarche - at ECCC '22
Maurice Lamarche and Rob Paulsen talk about the epic Pinky & The Brain in a panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Chris Arrant
All the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022!
All of Emerald City Comic Con's very best cosplay
Chris Arrant
This cosplayer crochets her cosplays!
Jae showed off her new Poison Ivy costume at Emerald City Comic Con
Tiffany Babb
SheProp! celebrates female, non-binary, and transgender cosplayers by building a supportive cosplay community
SheProp! is an inclusive community for people of marginalized genders of all levels of cosplay expertise
Tiffany Babb
Watch Jonathan Hickman, Mike Del Mundo, and Mike Huddleston's VIP Three Worlds Three Moons panel from ECCC!
Popverse gets you into the closed-door VIP 3 Worlds 3 Moon panel with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Del Mundo, and Mike Huddleston
Chris Arrant
Watch the Remembering Tim Sale panel from ECCC 2022
Friends and family of the late Tim Sale gather at Emerald City Comic Con to memorialize and celebrate him
Chris Arrant
"Everybody hates something" Peter Bagge describes how he named his classic alternative comic
A look inside the 30 Years of Hate panel at Emerald City Comic Con
Tiffany Babb
Watch as YA cartoonists unite! Hope Larson and Liana Kangas talk about the writer/artist/colorist triple threat at ECCC
Hope Larson and Liana Kangas take part in the Cartoonists: The Triple Threats of YA Graphic Novels panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Chris Arrant
Watch the full ECCC Crown Championships of Cosplay competition from your home!
The Crown Championships of Cosplay competition returns to ECCC
Chris Arrant
Watch Cait May, LL McKinney, Liana Kangas, Lauren Walsh talk about the evolution of queer stories for teens at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Cait May, LL McKinney, Liana Kangas, and Lauren Walsh talk queer stories for teens at ECCC '22
Chris Arrant
Watch Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme Q&A panel from ECCC 2022
RuPaul's Drag Race all-stars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon do a tell-all Q&A for those at Emerald City Comic Con '22
Chris Arrant
Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reminisce about The Mummy at their reunion panel
The stars of The Mummy return to their years ago experience at an Emerald City Comic Con panel
Tiffany Babb
A beginner's guide to Yaoi manga - watch Emerald City Comic Con's Boy's Love panel
Nerds Know helps you get to know Yaoi at ECCC
Chris Arrant
Watch Saturday Morning Cartoons with Nerds Know at ECCC
Tune in to Emerald City Comic Con's Saturday Morning Cartoons panel
Chris Arrant
Watch wrestling and comics collide with Headlocked with Michael Kingston and the Bollywood Boyz at ECCC 2022
Michael Kingston and the Bollywood Boyz talk wrestling, comics, and wrestling comics at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Chris Arrant
Follow along with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Huddleston and Mike del Mundo's private ECCC event, live and direct!
Popverse is liveblogging the 3 Worlds/3 Moons ticketed event in Seattle, just for you
Graeme McMillan
Watch Christopher Eccleston regenerate into a Doctor Who panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2022 live!
Christopher Eccleston holds court for a Doctor Who panel at ECCC '22 - and you can watch live
Chris Arrant
Watch live as Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook reunite for She's all That panel at ECCC!
The stars of the 1999 romcom classic She's All That - Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr. - reunite, and you can watch it live!
Chris Arrant
Watch the Ready to Roll cast play D&D from the ECCC 2022 stage!
DM Roz and the Ready to Roll cast roll into Emerald City Comic Con '22 for their own live D&D adventure
Chris Arrant
Watch the How to Survive a Horror Movie panel from ECCC 2022!
The gang from Nerds Know did into how a person could (and should) survive being in a horror movie
Chris Arrant
Find local artists and makers at Emerald City Comic Con's Homegrown
A tiny spotlight on local artists featured at Emerald City Comic Con
Tiffany Babb
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's Oh Japan, What Have You Done?! panel
Taking a look at Japanese television from a North American perspective
Chris Arrant
Watch Barry Gordon, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, & Townsend Coleman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion at ECCC 2022
Watch the livestream Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion panel at Emerald City Comic Con
Tiffany Babb
Jim Zub, Rod Reis, Tini Howard, and Danny Khazem talk about breaking into comics - the Marvel way at ECCC '22
The Marvel creators discussed their comic origins, and what keeps them in the industry at the Seattle convention
Graeme McMillan
Watch the Twisted Toonz panel with Grey Delisle, Rob Paulsen, and Maurice Lamarche from Emerald City Comic Con 2022!
Voice actors Grey Delisle, Rob Paulsen, and Maurice Lamarche get twisted with ECCC '22's Twisted Toonz panel
Chris Arrant
Watch Zack Davisson, G. Willow Wilson, Terry Dodson, Valentine Barker, Jim Zub embark in super comics fun time on stage at ECCC '22
Super comics fun time with Zack Davisson, G. Willow Wilson, Terry Dodson, Valentine Barker, Jim Zub at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Graeme McMillan
Follow the Remembering Tim Sale panel live from ECCC '22
Friends, collaborators, and peers of the late artist remember his life and work at the Seattle event
Graeme McMillan
Watch Steve Burns chat about why he left Blues Clues live from Emerald City Comic Con!
Livestreamed panel of Steve Burns' 'What Happened to Steve' panel
Tiffany Babb
How to create an Image comic (and the worldbuilding, thematic layout, and structure involved)
On the Image Comics 30 years of storytelling panel at Emerald City Comic Con featuring Julio Anta, Kyle Strahm, Daniel Warren Johnson, David F. Walker, Kyle Higgins, and Mirka Andolfo
Tiffany Babb
Watch the Norse mythology panel Tales from Yggdrasil from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Get schooled on Norse mythology with Nerds know in ECCC's Tales from Yggdrasil panel
Chris Arrant
Watch Tracy & Laura Hickman and Jim Zub's Tabletop RPGs design panel from ECCC '22
Level up your RPG design skills with Jim Zub and Tracy & Laura Hickman with this panel filmed at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Chris Arrant
Watch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman bring L.A.V.A. Live show to ECCC!
L.A.V.A. Live comes to Emerald City Comic Con with Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman
Chris Arrant
Watch the Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons panel with Jim Zub from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons - the hit comic book crossover turned tabletop RPG is now a comics panel
Chris Arrant
Learn the art and science behind building worlds and characters from Janet Lee and Amy Chu at ECCC '22!
Watch the two acclaimed creators discuss the secrets behind creating new worlds live from the comfort of your own home
Graeme McMillan
Watch Hope Larson, Isaac Goodhart, and Kat Leyh talk YA comics at ECCC '22
Popverse brings the Breaking Into YA Comics panel to you live and direct from ECCC
Graeme McMillan
Watch Funkon 2 invade Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Funko returns to Emerald City Comic Con with surprises, giveaways, and announcements... and you can watch the whole event!
Chris Arrant
Watch Tracy and Laura Hickman talk Skyraiders of Abarax from ECCC '22 live!
The creators of the Kickstarter RPG funded in less than 90 minutes share all live from ECCC
Graeme McMillan
Which is better: dubbed anime or subtitled anime? The Dubs. vs Subs debate goes live from ECCC '22 stages
The gang from Nerds Know hold court to decide the winner of Dubs vs. Subs
Chris Arrant
Watch Genshin Impact's Cristina Vee, Erika Harlacher, Todd Haberkorn live on stage from ECCC '22
The big voices of Genshin Impact - Erika Harlacher, Cristina Vee, and Todd Haberkorn - tell secrets and stories
Chris Arrant
These are the droids you're looking for-- Lego droids, that is, at Emerald City Comic Con
Lara and Shawn Steele build working droids out of Lego
Tiffany Babb
Watch Doug Jones' Spotlight panel from ECCC 2022 live!
Watch the legendary actor and contortionist Doug Jones chat all about his fabled career live from Emerald City Comic Con
Tiffany Babb
Visit Emerald City Comic Con's Brick Nation to see scenes from all corners of pop culture in Lego form
Yes, there is a giant Lego Galactus
Tiffany Babb
Novelist Marissa Meyer spills the bean on her writing secrets (and secret origin) at ECCC '22
The Lunar Chronicles and Gilded author shared all with fans at the Seattle convention
Graeme McMillan
Watch Tochi Onyebuchi, Alys Arden, Kami Garcia, LL McKinney, DJ Kirkland's discussion of the book censorship from ECCC '22
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's The Burden of Truth in YA panel featuring Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, and Tochi Onyebuchi
Tiffany Babb
Jim Zub, Amy Chu, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger reveal the secrets of comics writing at ECCC '22
What does it take to make it in the industry, and what should writers remember at all times? Four leading writers explain all.
Graeme McMillan
Watch Amy Chu, Jim Zub, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger's comics writing workshop at ECCC 2022
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's How to Write Comics Workshop panel with Amy Chu, Jim Zub, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger
Chris Arrant
Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, Isaac Goodhart, and Julio Anta talk the Art of Collaboration in YA for ECCC '22 panel
Watch the Art of the Collaboration (YA Edition) panel with Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, Isaac Goodhart, and Julio Anta from Emerald City Comic Con
Chris Arrant
Oni Press confirmed to exhibit at Emerald City Comic Con after SDCC cancellation, layoffs, staff exits
The beginning of a new era for Oni Press?
Chris Arrant
