comiccon

One of the great and unique things about comics as an art form is the readers' ability to bring the combination of words and images to live at whatever speed and in whatever manner they choose, but at Comic-Con 2011 this year, ComicsAlliance asked a series of creators to give us a live interpretation of their own comics in a series of Dramatic Readings...

Whilst covering Comic-Con International this year, Senior Writer Chris Sims decided to take a spin around San Diego in one of those totally rad Game of Thrones pedicabs based on the Iron Throne of the George R. R. Martin novel series and HBO TV show -- not, as Chris erroneously identifies it, the non-existent "Throne of Swords...

As ComicsAlliance continues processing all the news, controversy and liver damage of Comic-Con 2011, we've brought in a professional to help us make sense of the massive comics mega-event with an exclusive series of infographics by Tim Leong, the former Editor-in-Chief of Comic Foundry magazine and current Art Director at Wired magazine...

If you thought that ComicsAlliance's Senior Batmanologist had finished all of his Batman-meeting with his recent interview of voice actor Kevin Conroy, you were grievously in error, dearest reader. After meeting the voice of Batman at Comic-Con, I sent Chris Sims to interview the man who played Batman in the 1966 television series -- and himself on Family Guy -- the one and only Adam West... Read

During our recent escapades at Comic-Con 2011, the ComicsAlliance encountered something very special in the Gaslamp District of San Diego: an Adventure Time-themed parade organized by the Cartoon Network that made the rounds in the area every afternoon, featuring Jake and Finn cosplay and most especially a Chinese dragon-style Lady Rainacorn...

This week on ComicsAlliance's War Rocket Ajax Podcast, we're finally back from San Diego! Chris and Matt are joined by CA's own Andy Khouri and David Brothers for a roundtable discussion on the highs and lows of the biggest comic book event of the year, and you can listen to the whole show right here...

As ComicsAlliance continues processing all the news, controversy and liver damage of Comic-Con 2011, we've brought in a professional to help us make sense of the massive comics mega-event with an exclusive series of infographics by Tim Leong, the former Editor-in-Chief of Comic Foundry magazine and current Art Director at Wired magazine...

Yet more cosplay goodness from Comic-Con! This comes via the Star Wars blog, where Bonnie Burton interviews cosplayer Jennifer Landa about her totally awesome Death Star dress (and TIE Interceptor hair accessory)!

More dreams came true at Comic-Con 2011 this year, where I sent our Senior Batmanlogist Chris Sims to interview not only actress Stana Katic, the voice of Talia in the Batman: Arkham City video game, but Kevin Conroy, who has been the voice of Batman since 1992 in animated shows, movies, and video games...

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving community of costuming that exists today and cosplay communities such as Cosplay...