eccc2012

The Internet is telling me that today, May 25, is Geek Pride Day, which Wikipedia describes as "a non-denominational holiday to be celebrated by nerds and geeks who do not feel ashamed of showing their unconventional interests in public." I'm incredulous...

Spanning three floors of the Seattle's Washington State Convention Center, this past weekend's Emerald City Comicon 2012 was piled high with two of ComicsAlliance's favorite things: comic creators and their fans. This cross section of creators from different corners of the medium and their readers not only gave us plenty of news to report, but served up a feast for the eyes...

Although impossible to top the blitzkrieg of news that came out of the Image Comics Expo in February, this year's Emerald City Comicon did come with some cool news from the indie comics publisher who this year celebrated its 20th anniversary...

Jeff Parker and Erika Moen's Portland-based murder mystery webcomic Bucko will be released in print this September by Dark Horse Comics, the publisher announced today at Emerald City Comic Con. The collection will include the entirety of the online strip, plus "tons of extras, including brand-new strips, commentary, and info on the real-life inspirations for Bucko...

Oni Press announced at Emerald City Comic Con today that it is now the official publisher of Penny Arcade, a massively popular gaming webcomic that revolves around Gabe and Tycho, the alter egos of creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins...

Image Comics dropped some stunning new Prophet imagery today at Emerald City Comicon, specifically from Brandon Graham and Farel Dalrymple. The latter will be drawing issue #24 of the much acclaimed Graham-written sci-fi series based on the Rob Liefeld character, while Graham draws his own script for issue #26...

Today, IDW Publishing announced exclusively to ComicsAlliance that James Stokoe will be both writing and illustrating a new Godzilla miniseries titled Godilla: Half Century War for release this August. Stokoe, who is best known for his work on Orc Stain, may also be familiar to ComicsAlliance readers for his Spider-'Nam fan comic and gargantuan Galactus drawing...

This evening at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, Washington, Bryan Lee O'Malley announced that his hugely acclaimed and best-selling Scott Pilgrim, a six-volume black and white graphic novel series from Oni Press, will be reissued as a deluxe, resized, full-color hardcover series beginning this year...

Seattle's Emerald City Comicon is known throughout the comic book industry not just as a more truly comics/cartoonist-focused event than the multimedia blitz of Comic-Con International in San Diego, but also has a show that's just more fun in the sense of community and craft...