Weirdest Guest Of Wizard World Chicago – Rod Blagojevich Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors

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Weirdest Guest Of Wizard World Chicago – Rod Blagojevich Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors

Weirdest Guest Of Wizard World Chicago – Rod Blagojevich
Submitted by Rich Johnston on August 20, 2010 – 11:28 am (1) comments

What do you do when your political career is over, your name is a national joke and you have nothing left to live for?

You go to Wizard World Comic Con.

Disgraced Illinois politician Rod Blagojevich will appear at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con tomorrow – not to open it, but to set up his booth. Sign autographs and pose for photos for a few dollars here, a few dollars there.

Seriously, it feels like a Daily Show sketch.

Blagojevich was arrested for a series of fraudulent schemes including allegations that he wanted to sell President Obama’s vacant seat to the highest bidder – with video to back this up.

His recent court appearance saw him convicted of lying to investigators but, as jurors could not agree on the other charges, a mistrial was called. A new trial has been called on the remaining contested charges.

Bleeding Cool kudos points for the weirdest photo anyone gets.

MediumAtLarge.net: C2E2 Panel and Screening Schedule Online!

DAMMIT!  I wish I could go to this!

MediumAtLarge.net: C2E2 Panel and Screening Schedule Online!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
C2E2 Panel and Screening Schedule Online!

170. What’s that? That’s the number of panels, screenings, and special events taking place at C2E2. We’ve got close to a dozen theaters, conference spaces, stages, and workshop rooms running all three days with some amazing content. Want to hear the latest from Marvel and DC? Check? Want to meet some of Chicago’s comic book hometown heroes? Check. Want to learn, change, and grow with talks from Reading With Pictures, Diamond, the Comics Studies Conference, and ICv2? Check. Want to see some weird, wonderful, and eclectic performances? Check. Want premiere screenings? Check. C2E2’s got them all, and you can delve into all three days of programming right now at C2E2.com.

Note, though, that most of the schedule is now online, but much of our Hollywood and TV programming will be coming out later, and there are a few other events, too, that will be added to this list in the coming weeks.

[Press] Comicpalooza by Comics 2 Games/Blue Line

Comics 2 Game
8470 US 42
Florence, Ky 41042
859-647-7569
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Comicpalooza by Comics 2 Games/Blue Line

Date: September 19, 2009

UKO SMITH appearing at Comicpalooza 09

Uko’s work has appeared in Star Wars Clone Wars sketch card series, cover artist for the series Iron Sirens by JM Productions, Spiderman Archives sketch card series, DC Comics JLA sketchcard series, ashcan for Mid-Ohio Con exclusive, Columbus College of Art & Design instructor for the comic book class, forth coming work includes FX-six issue mini series to be published by IDW in early 2010, interior artwork and covers.
Also attending:
Eric Adams – Lackluster World
Brant Fowler – Wannabez
Scott Simmons – Wannabez
Chuck Moore – www.Comicrelated. com

events:
10:00 am
• Comics 2 Games Opens
• Store Wide Sale Begins
11:00 am
• Guitar Hero Video Game
• Star Wars Minis Demo
• How To Draw Animals Demo
11:30 am
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Demo
12:00 noon
• Uko Smith Signings Begins
• Star Wars Minis Tournament
(Sealed $25.00)
1:00 pm
• Art Contest (Comic Strip)
1:30 pm
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Demo
2:00 pm
• Smash Bros Brawl Video
Game
• Markers Demo (Art Bar)
2:30 pm
• Magic The Gathering Pack
Wars
• Battletech
3:00 pm
• How To Draw Comics Demo
3:30 pm
• Munchkin Demo
4:00 pm
• Star Wars Minis
• Yu-Gi-OH!
• Art Contest “Character
Design”
4:30 pm
• Mario Kart Video Game
5:30 pm
• Munchkin Tournament
6:30 pm
• Super Mario Bros 3
Tournament
8:00 pm
• Comicpalooza Ends
• Store Closes
Video Game Events are $2.00 Entry Fee
Other events may have a fee.

For more information contact:
Comics 2 Games 859-647-7568 / info@comics2games. com
Blue Line 859-282-0096 / info@bluelinepro. com

Comics 2 Games is owned and operated by Afterburn Media LLC. All Right Reserved. Blue Line Pro is owned and operated by Afterburn Media LLC. All Right Reserved.

[Press] – GEORGE PEREZ TO HELP LAUNCH “ASSEMBLED! 2″ AT DRAGON*CON

GEORGE PEREZ TO HELP LAUNCH “ASSEMBLED! 2″ AT DRAGON*CON

Famed Avengers artist George Perez will join Editor Van Allen Plexico and contributors Joe Crowe, Keith R. A. DeCandido, and George Kopec in rolling out the new book, ASSEMBLED! 2, at the Comics and Popular Arts
Conference held as part of Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia on Sept. 4, 2009.

Profits from the book go to the HERO Initiative charity for retired comics professionals!

The “Avengers Symposium on ASSEMBLED! 1 and 2” will be held at 1 p.m.  in the “Hanover H” room of the Hyatt Regency hotel. The official book release and a book signing session will follow in Dragon*Con Comics
Artists’ Alley.

“ASSEMBLED! 2 – Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Villains” is the sequel to the very successful ASSEMBLED! and an intensive examination of all things Avengers. This book focuses on the “Big Three”– Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America– plus the “Big Two” villains, Ultron and Kang! What makes each of them tick? How have their relationships
toward one another evolved over the years, through events such as the Kree-Skrull War or Civil War? What might become of the Big Three in the future?

Additional chapters look at the recent IRON MAN movie plus YOUNG AVENGERS, AVENGERS FOREVER and more. And to top it all off, Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort supplies a fascinating and quite surprising introduction.

The Jarvis Heads combine insightful analysis with humor and sometimes surprising opinions for a total package that will both inform and entertain.

Diamond Preview order info:
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Written by the Jarvis Heads of AvengersAssemble.net, created and edited by Van Allen Plexico, and with an introduction by Marvel Comics Executive Editor Tom Brevoort.

Cover by Anthony Schiavino
Book design by Danny Wall
Asst. Editor Joe Crowe.

Profits from the sale of this book benefit the HERO Initiative charity for retired comics professionals.

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A White Rocket Book. For more information, visit http://www.whiterocketbooks.com

Teen Titans: Games – Everyone Cross Their Collective Fingers… | Bleeding Cool Comic News & Rumors

I hope this gets done, I would love to see it.  The rest of the article is at the link below.

Teen Titans: Games – Everyone Cross Their Collective Fingers… | Bleeding Cool Comic News & Rumors

Teen Titans: Games – Everyone Cross Their Collective Fingers…
Submitted by Rich Johnston on August 13, 2009 – 2:04 pm (18) comments

gamescvrIt’s long been hoped that the previously-unpublished-and-once-thought-abandoned Teen Titans: Games graphic novel by Marv Wolfman and George Perez would be completed and published for next year. Because 2010 would be the 30th anniversary of the New Teen Titans comic by Wolfman and Perez.

Initially plotted by Marv Wolfman, with a number of pages drawn by George Perez and Al Vey in the late eighties, there have been a number of attempts to revive and complete the project. But George Perez appears to have been talking the possibility up at WizardWorld Chicago Comic Con. So how would this be achieved?

Chicago Comic-Con 2009 Day 3 and Wrap up

I slept in very late for me on Sunday, and didn’t make it to the con until about 1pm.  That game me about an hour to shop until the DC Sunday Conversation panel at 2

On the way to the panel, I ment “Pants” from the Comic Geek Speak podcast, my favorite Comic Book podcast; in line for the same panel.  It was really great to meet him, since I was able to let him know what I great enjoyment I get from their show.

After the panel, it was back for some last second shopping before the con closed.

In wrap up, I was asked on the Comic Geek Speak forums if it was worth the trip out to the con.  This is what I had to say

I would say yes and no. Yes in the fact that I really needed a little time away (long story), and the fact that I got to see Perez again and let him know he is still my favorite. As well as meeting the other creators that I got to meet.

No in the fact that I was more dissapointed on the lack of the DC and Marvel (Boom, Dark Horse, etc…) booths than I thought. Having all those tv, movie, and wrestling people kind of brought things down for me, since most of them were charging so much for autographs, photos, etc…

Overall it was a great time for me. I don’t have a local shop, but when I do get to go to one its always rushed and I don’t really get to spend the time that I want too. Being able to take all the time that I wanted to look at whatever I wanted too was really great and has really energized my enthusiasm for comics more than it has in a long time.

From a comics industry standpoint, it also gave me first hand knowledge on how we have heard on some of the podcasts on how Marvel is flooding the market with stuff. I can’t tell you how many $5 trade boxes i went through that were full of scores and scores of Marvel stuff, I would say 95% of it. Some of it was only a few months old. Today I was even able to pick up the first three Brand New day hardcovers for $5 a piece. I haven’t read Marvel for years, and I was able to get a lot of stuff that I have wondered about this weekend.

That is it for this con.  Coming soon, COMIC BOOK REVIEWS!

Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News & Reviews: Chicago Comic-Con: Edward James Olmos

Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News & Reviews: Chicago Comic-Con: Edward James Olmos

Chicago Comic-Con: Edward James Olmos

This was a pretty cool moment for me, getting to meet and briefly interview Admiral Adama (Edward James Olmos). I’m a big Battlestar Galactica fan and everything about that series was top-notch.

Also, Olmos told me that he’ll be working on the Green Hornet film.

Marvel’s most dangerous mutant has a deadly reunion with one of his toughest foes in WOLVERINE: MR. X | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com

Marvel’s most dangerous mutant has a deadly reunion with one of his toughest foes in WOLVERINE: MR. X | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com

Chicago Con ’09: Wolverine: Mr. X
Marvel’s most dangerous mutant has a deadly reunion with one of his toughest foes in WOLVERINE: MR. X

Posted: 2009-08-10 Updated: 2009-08-10 11:16:06

Chicago Comic-Con ’09
» Chicago Con ’09: Assault on New Olympus
By Tim Stevens

Mr. X carved out a reputation in the world as an unstoppable assassin until he tangled with the man he modeled himself on and lost. Wolverine has lived his life trying to contain his berserker rage and working on being an honorable human being-he found Mr. X’s amorality repulsive and would have ended the man given the chance. You just knew the next time these two met, things would not be pleasant. January 2010 marks the end of waiting for the unpleasantness to begin.

WOLVERINE: MR. X, a one-shot written by Mr. X creator Frank Tieri and drawn by Paco Diaz Luque, chronicles this rematch and reveals what Mr. X has been up to between his devastating loss to Wolverine in “Bloodsport” and his re-emergence in THUNDERBOLTS.

On the surface, these nemeses seem to have quite a bit in common: both men for whom violence comes almost second nature and who have used these skills to great effect over the course of their lives. However, as MR. X editor Jeanine Schaeffer tells it, the deeper you dig into the characters, the more complicated comparing them becomes.

“They may be similar in strength and in the ability to kill, but Mr. X, psychologically, is Wolverine’s exact opposite,” she points out. “While Wolverine was created to be the ultimate killing machine, Mr. X worked to transform himself into such.”

Given the long hard road Mr. X traveled in order to rival Wolverine, his defeat at his role model’s hands came as a shock to the system that he needed to overcome before he could move on. Facing off with Logan once more may be the next step in that process for him.

“Mr. X was introduced as this guy who couldn’t be beaten, who couldn’t be stopped, and who couldn’t be matched-what we saw during ‘Bloodsport’ was that he was actually none of those things, especially as he relates to Wolverine,” Schaeffer recalls. “You want to talk about pride, this is it! The best moment in a character’s journey is when his fatal flaw trips him up, and it’s cool to see him realizing it, too, and how he reacts to that.

Internal struggles can often be difficult to portray artistically on the page. While Diaz recognizes this fact, it did not scare him away for the project. In fact, it only made it more attractive to him.

“Mr. X is a very psychologically complex character, something which is incredibly hard to portray,” the artist acknowledged. “If we then consider his traumatic past, his telepathic abilities and his deep knowledge of combat techniques, we’ll end up with a character that not only represents Wolverine’s perfect antagonist but also a stimulating challenge for any artist.”

Meanwhile, another factor entirely drives Wolverine in this battle.

“Wolverine feels responsible for this guy, because not only has Mr. X basically modeled himself on Wolverine, but Wolverine was stopped from killing him the last time they met,” Schaeffer reveals. “This is like tying up loose ends. Also, he probably just wants to beat the crap out of him out of total disgust that he even exists.”

With such evenly matched combatants fueled by such personal motives, no one has a clear advantage. Schaeffer credits this ambiguity with fueling the story and giving readers a glimpse of a Wolverine that most are not familiar with:

“I really think the meat of this story is in the battle of wills, and it forces Wolverine to confront his instincts in a way he’s not used to doing. I also like Wolverine when he’s dealing with the responsibility he’s saddled himself with, rather than the responsibility that comes with being an X-Man. Frank has really hit upon a side of Wolverine’s story that we don’t often get to see or explore: the mental will that it must take to be everyone’s favorite Canuklehead that I think readers will be really pleased with what comes out of it.”

Diaz also stresses that the story allows for these beats to be delivered not just through combat but also through the ever mounting pressure he portrays in his art.

“The tension between Wolverine and Mr. X grows after every scene. I’m definitely thrilled with this story and I hope we’ll be able to transmit that energy and enthusiasm to the readers.”

Look for more coverage of Chicago Comic-Con 2009 all weekend long on Marvel.com!

Edward Olmos Cast in ‘Green Hornet’ – Cinemspy.com

Edward Olmos Cast in ‘Green Hornet’

Venerable character actor Edward James Olmos has joined the cast of The Green Hornet, Hollywood Snitch reports.

According to the site, Olmos made the revelation at last week’s Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con. No word yet on which character he might play, but the cast thus far includes Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, and Jay Chou—who was recently brought aboard to replace Stephen Chow as Kato.

“I’m on my way to do The Green Hornet,” revealed Olmos, who is recognizable for appearing in the recently-ended Battlestar Galactica series. “It’ll be a lot of fun with Seth [Rogen], Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz.”

Cage is reportedly in talks to play the film’s villain. Michel Gondry is directing The Green Hornet for release in 2010.

Olmos’ other memorable roles include playing Gaff in Blade Runner, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, the head of the Quintanilla family in the film Selena, and as a recently widowed father in the PBS drama American Family: Journey of Dreams

ForceCast.net: Special Report: Chicago Comic Con 2009

ForceCast.net: Special Report: Chicago Comic Con 2009

Special Report: Chicago Comic Con 2009
Posted by Jason on August 11, 2009 at 06:31 AM CST:

The Star Wars presence at the 2009 Chicago Comic Con was HUGE! Join Jimmy Mac as he braves the throngs to bring you interviews from the show floor with the talents behind some of the Saga’s most indelible characters: Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Tom Kane (Yoda in Star Wars: Clone Wars), Howard Chaykin (illustrator of the original Star Wars film adaptation from Marvel), Jerome Blake (Mas Amedda and others), Maria De Aragon (Greedo), Anthony Forrest (Sandtrooper), and Doug Wangler (Quinlan Vos). Chicago Comic Con brought Star Wars fans from across the country to the Windy City and The ForceCast brings it to you, leaving NO FAN LEFT BEHIND with this special report!

Keep checking ForceCast.net for more reports from Chicago Comic Con 2009 and be sure to listen to our interview with Steve Sansweet from the event!

Updated:Check out Jimmy Mac’s photos from Chicago Comic Con on our Flickr page.

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