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

SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot at the Oakland Museum of CA

SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot at the Oakand Museum of CA starting Saturday, April 19th and the show runs until July 27th 2014.

Max Toy x Teresa Chiba's Kibunadon Fish Kaiju Pre-Order

Max Toy has up for pre-order Teresa Chiba's Kibunadon Fish Kaiju of the first painted USA release for $40 HERE. Teresa Chiba was the winner of the Kaiju Gals design a Kaiju contest. The size of Kibunadon is slightly bigger than Negora. Estimated delivery is late May 2014.

The Midnight Six Alavaka

The Midnight Six Alavaka will be released Saturday 4/19/2014 in the DHP Store.

As the sunlight fades a warm green glow burns like an ember from the inside out. Golden flecks shine like stars embedded in their skin as daylight dies giving birth to the purple haze of midnight. Clear vinyl with gold glitter and a double pour GID inner vinyl. Metallic blue, purple and gold sprays with subtle neon accents on the faces and horns. Made in Japan. Not intended for children under 14 years old. Saturday April 19th in the DHP webshop.

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. 

Kidrobot x Soundwall

Kidrobot x Soundwall x Frank Kozik creates 5 Limited Edition, Signed/Numbered Smorkin Labbit pieces. The whole area of the art is a speaker. You can't tell that it's a speaker. Pretty cool and these cost $1599 and sold exclusively at Kidrobot.com or Select Kidrobot Stores. It looks like these are sold out online. Not sure if any stores got them but if you are interested you should give them a call.

Entertainment Earth's G.I. Joe Pimp Daddy Destro Wacky Wobbler Daily Deal

Entertainment Earth's Daily Deal is their Funko Exclusive G.I. Joe Pimp Daddy Destro Wacky Wobbler (Bobble-head) for $4 HERE. Limited Edition of 1008. 7" Tall. This deal is only good for today, April 11th!

Funko POP! Major League Baseball Mascots

Just in time for Baseball Season, Funko Announces the release of POP! MLB Mascots which will be available in May. The first 7 Mascots to be released are Mariner Moose, Mr. Met, Mr. Redlegs, Orbit, Phillie Phanatic, Swinging Friar & Wally The Green Monster.

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!

DST Announces Marvelstore.com's Exclusive Marvel Select Unmasked Captain America Figure

Diamond Select Toys (DST) Announced that Marvelstore.com will have an exclusive Marvel Select Unmasked Captain Americal Figure first starting May 19th. After May27th, these will be made available to DisneyStore.com and to Disney Store Shelves. 

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."

Amazon.com to Acquire comiXology

comiXology announced today that they will be acquired by Amazon.com. Read their press release below:

Amazon.com to Acquire comiXology

SEATTLE—April 10, 2014—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, the company that revolutionized the digital comics reading experience with their immersive Guided View technology and makes discovering, buying, and reading comic books and graphic novels easier and more fun than ever before.

“ComiXology’s mission is to spread the love of comics and graphic novels in all forms,” said David Steinberger, co-founder and CEO of comiXology. “There is no better home for comiXology than Amazon to see this vision through. Working together, we look to accelerate a new age for comic books and graphic novels.”

“Amazon and comiXology share a passion for reinventing reading in a digital world,” said David Naggar, Amazon Vice President, Content Acquisition and Independent Publishing. “We’ve long admired the passion comiXology brings to changing the way we buy and read comics and graphic novels. We look forward to investing in the business, growing the team, and together, bringing comics and graphic novels to even more readers.”

Founded in 2007, comiXology offers a broad library of digital comic book content from over 75 of the top publishers as well as top independent creators. Following the acquisition, comiXology’s headquarters will remain in New York. 
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Subject to various closing conditions, the acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014.

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.

TAG x Yakimon's Springtime Takoshi Release

Toy Art Gallery (TAG) x Yakimon will be releasing the Springtime Takoshi vinyl figure this Friday, April 11th at 12 PM Pacific HERE for $125.  

Springtime Takoshi is on a pale yellow vinyl with fluorescent green, purple, red, black and gold spray. Takoshi stands 8” tall and is articulated at the arms, head and waist. He features a removable mask and a miniature Tako vinyl! Produced by Toy Art Gallery, painted by Shirahama, made in Japan.

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?