WonderCon 2024

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Inside Warner Bros.' aborted Buffy the Vampire Slayer cartoon that would have staked the franchise

Warner Bros. almost aired a Buffy the Vampire Slayer cartoon, and it would have been terrible.

Joshua Lapin-Bertone

Falcon from Avengers: United They Stand

Marvel's Falcon can fly - so why does he need a super-car? Inside '90s Marvel corporate offices

Why does a flying superhero need a car? And what would Spider-Man do with a motorcycle?

Joshua Lapin-Bertone

Cropped poster image from Star Wars Rebels

How Disney pushed Star Wars animation to be more kid-friendly from the inside, as explained by a longtime Disney cartoon writer

Star Wars animation writer reveals the kind of changes that came when Disney took over the franchise

Joshua Lapin-Bertone

A still from The Strangers: Chapter 1

The new movie The Strangers is a Lord of the Rings style epic, but for horror movies

A producer of The Strangers: Chapter 1 explains why the three films were shot back-to-back

Jules Chin Greene

Gail Simone / X-Men

Gail Simone quietly quit comics four years ago, until Marvel offered her Uncanny X-Men relaunch for 2024

Gail Simone is a bear of a comics fan... but that wasn't enough to keep her in the industry for years

Chris Arrant

A poster of Goliath from Gargoyles

Clancy Brown showed up to his Gargoyles audition in full character as Goliath

Gargoyles casting and dialogue director recalls Clancy Brown's memorable audition

Jules Chin Greene

Cropped cover of New Teen Titans featuring the teen titans

How the Marvel's Invisible Woman inspired the New Teen Titans’ female superheroes, according to Teen Titans co-creator Marv Wolfman

Marv Wolfman wanted strong female characters

Jules Chin Greene

The poster of The Spiderwick Chronicles

Christian Slater's Spiderwick Chronicles performance was inspired by The Shining

Christian Slater's Mulgarath performance has a Jack Torrance element

Jules Chin Greene

The comic book industry has a variant cover problem, and the upstart publisher Magma proposes a solution

Magma Comix wants to provide a simpler experience for both comic book readers and retailers.

Jules Chin Greene

Cropped poster for Boy Kills World

Ultraviolent and wacky was the plan from the start for Boy Kills World, as cast tells us

Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Sharlto Copley chat acting within the realms of a weird world with Boy Kills World

Tiffany Babb

Marvel's Blade creator Marv Wolfman has still never seen a Dracula movie (or most horror movies)

Marv Wolfman isn't a fan of horror movies

Jules Chin Greene

Photograph of WonderCon banner

A love letter to WonderCon

Comics legends, friendly staff, and tons of cosplay

Tiffany Babb

Gambit design

Uncanny X-men relaunch revamps it as a creepy Southern Gothic tale set in Louisiana

Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Jubilee are being joined by four new mutants in Uncanny X-Men

Chris Arrant

Photograph of potions

Comic con trendwatch: Potions, potions, everywhere

And not a drop to drink (don't drink the potions, friends)

Tiffany Babb

Photograph of panelists at The Write Stuff

A murderer's row of comics writers regale packed room at Wondercon

"It's our job to find out what's fun and exciting about these characters"

Tiffany Babb

The Beat logo with 20th Anniversary banner

The Beat celebrates its 20th birthday (and independent journalism) at WonderCon

The Beat Editor-in-Chief Heidi Macdonald led a panel full of contributors to chat one of comics' longest running websites

Tiffany Babb

Photograph of Doc Ock cosplayer

WonderCon 2024: The coolest cosplay of the show

Watch our cosplay roundup video to see the coolest cosplay at WonderCon 2024

Tiffany Babb

Wonder Woman #29 variant cover

Wonder Woman welcomes back Gail Simone - but the pair aren't teaming up for comics

Could Gail Simone be working on the long-simmering Wonder Woman video game? We think so

Chris Arrant

Nemesis from Rebel Moon

Zack Snyder wants a Rebel Moon spin-off for Doona Bae's Nemesis with Gail Simone

Zack Snyder wants to team up with Gail Simone.

Chris Arrant

Uncanny X-Men: From the Ashes

Revisit Uncanny X-Men's Gail Simone spotlight panel from WonderCon 2024

The Birds of Prey, Red Sonja, and Secret Six writer talks about her upcoming projects like Uncanny X-Men, and more.

Jules Chin Greene

Darick Robertson on the set of The Boys

The Boys co-creator Darick Robertson is launching his next franchise: Greaser

Here's what to expect next.

Chris Arrant

Wondercon/Marvel/DC

Marvel and DC are both skipping WonderCon for the first time in years... at least, officially

Neither publisher will field either a physical presence or panels at the Californian event this year

Graeme McMillan

Los Angeles Comic Con boasts it beat all its area competitors to be the biggest in the LA area

Los Angeles Comic Con says it just bested others as the biggest LA-area comic convention around

Chris Arrant