Wondercon Freebies, Exclusives etc...

First off, everyone who attended Wondercon received this Program Book. There were some freebies that we picked up.

Forgot to take pics of the Free Previews Catalog we picked up....

Picked up these 2 cool exclusives from Super7.

Also scooped up a few blind boxes of these guys!

There weren't too many freebies. There were comic books from Dark Horse but when we stopped by they were having a signing. It's a pretty relaxed environment at Wondercon. Less exclusives meant more time to enjoy the show and less time standing in line!

Wondercon 2014 Recap

Wondercon 2014 was held at the Anaheim Convention Center during Easter Weekend. The weather was bit cloudy in the morning but cleared up to be a nice sunny day. As you walk towards the convention center you will see the Wondercon banners hanging on every post which one side showed Wondercon and the other was from NBC's upcoming TV show Rosemary's Baby.

This is the line to pick up your badges. This area of the line was towards the end but it probably went further back.

IDW Publishing's Panels, Signings & Exclusives for Wondercon

IDW Publishing announced their panels, signings and exclusives for Wondercon. Check out their press release below:

Son of Batman Premiere & Signing Info at Wondercon

Son of Batman," the 20th DC Universe Animated Original Movie, will have its World Premiere as the featured event at WonderCon on Friday, April 18 in the Arena starting at 6:00pm. The premiere will be followed by a panel discussion amongst voice cast and filmmakers, including several members of the stellar voice cast -- Jason O'Mara (Batman), Sean Maher (Nightwing), Xander Berkeley (Langstrom), Stuart Allan (Damian) -- and filmmakers James Tucker (producer), Ethan Spaulding (director), Phil Bourassa (character designer) and Andrea Romano (dialogue director).

Warner Archive Collection Panels at Wondercon

Warner Archive Collection presents an incredibly eclectic quartet of panels at WonderCon this coming weekend, April 18-20, spotlighting everything from popular animated super hero TV series and kooky cartoon music to real-life heroes in animation (and back again) and the original transforming toy robots, The GoBots.

Shiprock & Anchordog Comic to Premiere at Wondercon

Premiering at Wondercon is Gregery Miller & Evan Currans's Shiprock & Anchordog Comic Book. More info below:

The comic, "Shiprock And Anchordog" is co-written and illustrated by artist Gregery Miller and creator Evan Curran. It is based on the adventures of two dogs as they travel through surrealistic and imaginative landscapes in the search for one thing: food.

The comic has already been receiving tremendous feedback from the Reddit community nearing upwards of 7,000 views in only a few days. The concept of Shiprock and Anchordog comic was built from the musical rock opera Evan Curran started in western Massachusetts in 2009. Hundreds of kids have already fallen in love with the characters and their story through the music and summer camps Curran runs. Here is a Huffington Post piece by Curran that gives some background about his inspiration for creating this work: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-curran/make-music-for-everyone_b_2287673.html

 

Stop by Gregery's booth at AA-018 in the artist's alley to receive a copy of the comic and to learn more. Gregery is also a traditional artist and professional illustrator having industry experience working with companies like Adult Swim, Disney, and Microsoft. His other work can be seen here: http://www.gregerymiller.com/

DC Entertainment Celebrates 75 Years of Batman at Wondercon

Attention Batman Fans! Check out the press release below of  DC Entertainment's events during Wondercon to Celebrate 75 Years of Batman.

DC ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF BATMAN 

AT WONDERCON 2014 WITH STELLAR COLLECTION 

OF TALENT AND EVENTS

All-Star Batman 75th Anniversary Panel includes Jim Lee, Kevin Smith, Kevin Conroy, Bruce Timm, Ralph Garman And Peter Girardi

Dark Horse's Wondercon Schedule

Dark Horse announces their Wondercon Schedule for Signings and Panels. More info below from their press release:

Join us for free signings by visiting Dark Horse at booth #519 and come see our panels! Details are below!

Free comics, prints, or posters will be available at each signing. There will also be items available for sale. Certain restrictions may apply. Please note that signings will be ticketed or capped as needed. All events are subject to change. 

Comics featuring WonderCon exclusive variant covers are available in limited quantities.  All proceeds from the convention variant of The Witcher will benefit Sharon and Stan Sakai. 

Nerdist at Wondercon

Nerdist will be at Wondercon this year! Stop by Booth #1410. Besides having a booth at Wondercon they will have a bunch of panels to keep you busy. Check out their schedule below:

Friday 6:30-7:30 (RM 213)

The Indoor Kids - The Indoor Kids is a Nerdist Industries podcast about video games, sure, but it's also about all the other things that keep us from frolicking in the sunshine - games, movies, TV, books, apps, and more! Come watch as comedian/actor Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, Portlandia, Adventuretime) and writer Emily V Gordon (Flower Deranger) bring their podcast live to you at Wondercon! With special guests Kevin Pereira (Attack of the Show), comedian Jordan Morris and more! 

Friday 7:30-8:30 (RM 213)

James Bonding - Who doesn't love 007? James Bonding is the podcast where everyone's favorite MI6 agent gets analyzed and discussed by Matt Mira (The Nerdist Podcast, Attack of the Show) and Matt Gourley (Superego, Drunk History). Come watch as the pair get into the ultimate debate of who is the best double O alongside a panel of fellow Bond lovers fighting for their James. 

Saturday 3:30-4:30 (RM 213)

Nerdist News Live - Jessica Chobot (Mass Effect 3) and the Nerdist News team will catch you up on the latest in movie, TV, comic book, gaming and tech news. The Nerdist team is going to break down the days' news, interview guests and then turn some of the questions (and jokes!) over to you. 

Sunday 12:00-1:00 (ARENA)

The Nerdist Panel - Join Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central's @Midnight, AMC's Talking Dead) and some very-relevant-to-your-interests talent from across the growing Nerdist Empire. Chris and friends will engage in lively conversation about the big things to come for Nerdist in the near future. Surprises, big announcements and, of course, quemments await!

Sunday 2:00 - 3:00 (RM 207)

Cosplay 101- Come explore the ins and outs of cosplay with the fabricators and cosplayers leading the way. Join Chloe Dykstra (SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay) and Johnny Wickham (JustCos, Cosplay Confidential) as they find out how some of the best cosplayers around the world create their looks, exploring fabrication, design, and character. Are you a cosplayer? We want to see it! Come show off your work!

Dark Horse Announces Wondercon Exclusives

Dark Horse just Announced their Exclusives for Wondercon!

"First up, Dark Horse brings an all-new variant cover for a critical hit and fan favorite, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with an exclusive Season Ten first-issue cover by Tomb Raider art director Brian Horton! Limited to 1,000 copies, these are sure to be scarce!

Second is a variant for Angel & Faith Season Ten #1, by Buffy cover artist Steve Morris! Again, with only 1,000 copies produced, these will go fast!

These two special WonderCon exclusives will retail for $5 and are limited to five per person."

Super7's Pocket Exclusives for Wondercon!

Super7 announced 2 more Wondercon Exclusives today. Stop by booth #1453 and pick up your very own Mellow Yellow Pocket Rose Vampire & Spring Training Pocket Baseball Boy for $25 each. Both pocket figures are 3" tall.

The CW Series Star-Crossed Panel at Wondercon

Join the stars and producers of The CW series STAR-CROSSED for an exclusive screening of an upcoming episode followed by a cast Q&A at Wondercon. The cast will choose one lucky fan from the audience to name a star after!

Cast in attendance includes Matt Lanter, Aimee Teegarden, Chelsea Gilligan, Titus Makin, Jr., Jesse Luken, Victoria Platt, Greg Finley, Brina Palencia, Malese Jow, and executive producers Adele Lim and Meredith Averill. 

Panel Info:

Friday, April 18th

3:00 – 4:00PM

Room #300AB 

ABOUT Star-Crossed:

It’s a war of the worlds when an epic “Romeo and Juliet” romance ignites between a human girl and an alien boy, as he and others of his kind (Atrians) are integrated into a suburban high school after being banished for ten years. As this romance causes a violent encounter between their two families, can this couple’s love – and peace between the species – survive?

TNT's Falling Skies, Legends and The Last Ship Panels at Wondercon

Check out TNT's Falling Skies, Legends & The Last Ship Panels at Wondercon next week! Legends & The Last Ship will be your first chance to take a look a these new shows before they premiere this Summer. Here's TNT's schedule:

Falling Skies

Saturday, April 19

11:00-12:00 p.m. (PT) – Falling Skies Panel & Presentation (Room 300AB)

Panelists: Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), Sarah Carter (Final Destination 2), Seychelle Gabriel (The Last Airbender), Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth) and executive producer/director Greg Beeman (Smallville, Heroes)

Falling Skies – Season 4 Premiere: Sunday, June 22, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)

TNT's epic drama Falling Skies – from Amblin Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg – tells the extraordinary story about life and survival in the wake of a catastrophic alien invasion. Noah Wyle stars as Tom Mason, a college professor who became an unlikely resistance leader. Moon Bloodgood is Dr. Ann Glass, a pediatrician who became the survivors' primary physician and eventually fell in love with Tom. Will Patton is Colonel Weaver, the gruff and emotionally scarred commander leading the battle against the invaders.  Also starring in Falling Skies are Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Maxim Knight, Colin Cunningham, Seychelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho, Sarah Carter, Doug Jones and Scarlett Byrne. Since premiering as basic cable's #1 new series of 2011, Falling Skies has ranked as one of the Top 20 original series on basic cable with total viewers and key adult demos. In addition to Spielberg, Falling Skies is executive-produced by Amblin Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank, along with David Eick and Greg Beeman.

Cartoon Network's Wondercon Panels & Signings Schedule

Cartoon Network Brings Fan Favorites to WonderCon Anaheim 2014

Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa, Clarence and Teen Titans Go!

Among Featured Panels

The Land of Ooo will go quiet, the streets of Aberdale will be empty, the Gem’s temple will be dark, the park will be closed and Uncle Grandpa is packing up his RV because Cartoon Network is taking Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa and Clarence, respectively, to WonderCon 2014 held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Fans will get an inside look at the Network’s hit original animated comedy series with exclusive clips and answers to all their burning questions from series producers and voice talent at Cartoon Network panels scheduled for Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19.

Making their WonderCon debut this year are the newest original animated comedy series Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa and Clarence from Cartoon Network. All three series originate from Cartoon Network Studios’ prolific shorts program. Steven Universe, created by Rebecca Sugar, is about the misadventures of a boy named Steven, the ultimate “little brother” to a team of magical guardians of humanity—the Crystal Gems. The hilarious series, Uncle Grandpa, created by Pete Browngardt, is about everyone in the world's magical Uncle and Grandpa and his gang that travels in an RV, bringing magical fun everywhere they go. From first time series creator, Skyler Page, Clarence tells the story of an optimistic, spirited, lovable boy who sees the best in all things and wants to try everything. Because everything is amazing!

Cartoon Network’s WonderCon Anaheim 2014 panel and signing schedule is detailed below. Please note all times, dates and locations are subject to change. 

Super7's Toxic Garbage Dump Fossilla Wondercon 2014 Exclusive

Super7 will be releasing the Toxic Garbage Dump Fossilla at Wondercon this year! $95 each at booth #1453.

World Premiere of "Son of Batman" at Wondercon

If you're going to be attending Wondercon in a couple of weeks, you'll be able to watch the World Premiere of "Son of Batman" on Friday, April 18th at 6PM in the Arena.

The premiere will be followed by a panel discussion amongst voice cast and filmmakers, including Jason O'Mara (Terra Nova, The Good Wife) and Sean Maher (Firefly, Serenity), the voices of Batman and Nightwing, respectively. More panelists to be announced.

If you are unable to attend, "Son of Batman" will be released on DVD/Blu-ray on May 6th.