New Super7 x Mishka NYC Keep Watch Mummy Boy Release Coming Soon!

New Super7 x Mishka NYC Keep Watch Mummy Boy in a swirled fusion of red and purple will be released Thursday April 16th. More details TBA.

New Products From DST This Week

Diamond Select Toys announces these new products that will be hitting your local comic shops/specialty stores on Wednesday, April 8th.

Batman Classic TV Series The Joker Vinyl Bust Bank
A Diamond Select Release! The clown prince of crime is now his own worst enemy! With its ability to store your pocket change, this 8″ vinyl bank of The Joker is the perfect target for The Joker, who loves himself even more than he loves money. Based on the likeness of Cesar Romero as he appeared in the Batman Classic TV Series, this vinyl bust bank has a coin slot on his back and an access door in his base. Packaged in a clear polybag. Sculpted by Jean St. Jean!  (Item #NOV142177, SRP: $22.99)

http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/batman-classic-tv-series-joker-vinyl-bust-bank

THE STAR WARS DIGITAL COLLECTION

Disney, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox Announce

 

The most iconic movie collection of all time

Becomes available for the first time

On Digital HD on April 10, 2015

 

Now the Force will be with you - everywhere!

As anticipation builds for the December release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first new film in the Star Wars Saga in a decade, The Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm Ltd., and 20th Century Fox today announced the upcoming release of The Star Wars Digital Movie Collection. For the first time ever, all six epic films in the Saga, from The Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi, will be available on Digital HD throughout the galaxy - or at least here on Earth - globally beginning Friday, April 10.

J-POP SUMMIT Announces Dates & New Format for 2015 Festival

J-POP SUMMIT ANNOUNCES DATES FOR

2015 FESTIVAL THAT WILL OFFER A WIDER ARRAY OF JAPANESE POP CULTURE ATTRACTIONS

The Bay Area’s Premiere Japanese Pop Culture Event Moves To Historic

Fort Mason And Transitions To A Ticketed Event Offering An Even Wider Variety Of Japanese Film, Food, Fashion, Music And Entertainment

San Francisco, CA, April 6, 2015 – The J-POP SUMMIT, the Japanese pop culture celebration held annually in San Francisco since 2009, has announced that its 7^th annual event will take place Friday, August 7^th through Sunday, August 9^th.

The 2015 J-POP SUMMIT kicks off on Friday, August 7^th with a very special Friday night premiere event at the historic Castro Theatre in association with the 2015 Japan Film Festival of San Francisco.

This year, the popular Bay Area annual celebration of Japanese pop culture, music, art, anime, fashion, and film moves from Japantown, where it has been held since 2009, to the historic Fort Mason Center in San Francisco’s Marina district.

The J-POP SUMMIT also transitions to become a ticketed attraction this year. Tickets will go on-sale on April 10^th. Details and information on featured performers and events will be posted at www.J-POP.com.

Mondo's The Boxtrolls 2XLP Release

Continuing in the tradition of CORALINE & PARANORMAN, we're honored to present the soundtrack to Laika's third animated gem: THE BOXTROLLS, available for the first time on vinyl. Composed by Dario Marianelli, and featuring songs by Loch Lomond, the soundtrack perfectly captures the whimsical & frantic energy of the fictional world of Cheesebridge, where a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls must stop a sinister exterminator from his selfish campaign to rid the town of the titular scavengers. The record will go on sale at a random time tomorrow, April 7th.

Funko Announces Star Wars Celebration Hikari Exclusives

Funko announced their Star Wars Celebration Hikari Exclusives which are Verdigris Greedo, Matte Black Boba Fett, Icey Storm Trooper and Star Clone Trooper. Pick these up at Booth #1410.

Gentle Giant's Star Wars Celebration Exclusives

Gentle Giant Announced their Star Wars Celebration Exclusives which is C-3PO Droids Jumbo Figure and General McQuarrie Mini Bust. If you are a Premier Guild Member you have the chance to pre-order right now unless they are sold out. C-3PO will cost $100 and General McQuarrie is $120.

Previews Exclusive TMNT Figures From Good Smile Company

Exclusive Good Smile Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures are coming to comic book shops (BALTIMORE, MD) – (April 6, 2015)- Get the pizza ready for the crime fighting brothers who are looking to kick some serious butt as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) are posed and ready for action with the final release of the PREVIEWS Exclusive TMNT Donatello figure from Good Smile. Donatello is available to pre-order from the April edition of the PREVIEWS catalog and will release in comic book shops in late September 2015.

Based on the acclaimed artwork of James Jean's original rendition of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Good Smile has created four individual sculptures of Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo that combine into one large diorama! Each figure is crafted with outstanding detail, right down to the battle damage on each shell, skin texture, and weapon of choice. Each figure is posed on a faux marble rooftop base that connects to the others in the series for one large TMNT scene that any TMNT fan would proudly want to showcase.

Diamond Select Toys Reteams with Nickelodeon on SpongeBob SquarePants Minimates

Diamond Select Toys Reteams with Nickelodeon

on SpongeBob SquarePants Minimates!

Following the successful launch of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collection, Diamond Select Toys announced today the expansion of its Nickelodeon partnership with the release of a brand-new SpongeBob SquarePants Minimates line.  The collection will include SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Grandpa Redbeard, Perch Perkins and Plankton designed as 2-inch-tall mini-figures with multiple points of articulation and interchangeable parts and accessories. 

TNT Unveils New Trailer & Key Art for Season 2 of the "The Last Ship" at Wondercon

TNT has unveiled a new two-minute trailer and key art for the upcoming second season of the blockbuster hit The Last Ship. Fans of the series, which topped the charts as basic cable's #1 new show of 2014, got to see the trailer on the big screen this afternoon at WonderCon Anaheim 2015. They also got to hear about the upcoming season of The Last Ship during a panel discussion with series stars Rhona Mitra (Strike Back) and Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Chuck), Travis Van Winkle (Heart of Dixie), Charles Parnell (Pariah), Christina Elmore (Fruitvale Station), John Pyper Ferguson (Unforgiven) and Jocko Sims (Masters of Sex), along with executive producers Hank Steinberg (creator of Without a Trace, The Nine), Steven Kane (The Closer) and Jack Bender (Lost). The panel was moderated by TV Guide’s Rob Moynihan.

The Beast is Back Wondercon Exclusive Oversized Select Your Hero Prints

The Beast is Back aka Chris Lee will be releasing 2 Exclusive Oversized Select Your Hero Prints at Wondercon this year. The first exclusive is Juggernaut ruins birthday parties which is an 8x10 print. Edition of 50 and will cost $20. The second exclusive is Gizmo is ready to unleash some sweet marshmallow justice which is a 5x7 print. Edition of 50 and will cost $10. Stop by Booth #502 to pick up these awesome prints! Btw, if there are any left over these will be put up in their store.

The Munsters POP! Vinyl

Pre-order The Munsters POP! Vinyl Figures at Entertainment Earth for $9.99 each. Lily, Herman, Eddie and Grandpa are waiting for you! Scheduled to arrive in August.

STARZ RELEASES FIRST LOOK TEASER TRAILER AND ART FOR “ASH VS EVIL DEAD”

Original filmmakers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell Serve as Executive Producers on the Series starring Campbell and Lucy Lawless among others

"COSPLAY DREAMS 3D" WORLD'S FIRST 3D FILM ABOUT "COSTUME PLAY" TO HOST TWO PANELS AND 3D SCREENING AT WONDERCON

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 1, 2015) -The documentary film Cosplay Dreams 3D, which examines the fascinating and highly visual world of costume play, will host back-to-back panel discussions, an interactive 3D exhibit, and a theatrical screening in 3D during the WonderCon convention Friday, April 3 through Sunday, April 5 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
 

Cosplay is short for "Costume Play", a growing worldwide phenomenon in which millions of ordinary people called "Cosplayers" create costumes to emulate and pay homage to their favorite anime, comic book, video game, TV, film and manga (Japanese comic book) characters.

NEW COMIC PUBLISHER GOLDEN APPLE BOOKS SET FOR DEBUT AT WONDERCON ANAHEIM 2015

April 2015 in Anaheim, CA:  Golden Apple, the legendary comic shop, is pleased to announce the first book release of 2015. Golden Apple's publishing imprint Golden Apple Books will debut Dead Future King: the Collected Edition at this year's WonderCon Anaheim.

"This book was over 2 years in the making" says Ryan Liebowitz, owner of Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles and Co-Publisher of Golden Apple Books. "I met Creator David Flores through a friend and he showed me issue #1 of his then self-published comic." After many emails, phone calls and meetings, my production company partner Matt Fleckenstein and I decided the world was ready to read the first chapter of this compelling story. We even received an amazing forward by Eisner award and New York Times Bestselling Author Jim Krueger. He exclaims "this breathes new life into the zombie genre".