Comic Con: a place for fans
With hundreds of panels and 130,000 attendees, San Diego Comic Con is arguably the biggest fan event of the year. It’s a place where fans can get exclusive sneak peeks of movies, TV shows,...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published July 22, 2013 · Last modified November 10, 2013
With hundreds of panels and 130,000 attendees, San Diego Comic Con is arguably the biggest fan event of the year. It’s a place where fans can get exclusive sneak peeks of movies, TV shows,...
Celebrities / Comics / Movies / Observations / Pop Culture / Trashwire
by Alexis Gentry · Published July 20, 2013 · Last modified December 2, 2015
Every year, I go to Comic Con for Trashwire to cover the event, from the cosplayers to the celebs on panels. But, every year, there’s always something special that becomes my personal Comic Con...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published July 19, 2013 · Last modified November 10, 2013
Trashwire is in the hizzouse (yes, I realize how ridiculous and dated that sounds) for San Diego Comic Con 2013. Pop culture mecca is bustling again with celebs, superheroes, a fair share of obscure...
In celebration of the upcoming release of Oblivion on Blu-ray, here is a new image of a post-apocalyptic 2017 San Diego Convention Center in ruins, created by Andree Wallin, the concept illustrator for Oblivion....
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by Byron Graves · Published June 24, 2013 · Last modified July 22, 2013
Gerard Way is far beyond a simplistic lyricist, he is a storyteller. The first issue of The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys carries his powerful message of never giving up in a rambunctious thrill ride with Becky Cloonan’s art work as a brilliant compromise of their colorful, futuristic world, while also feeling like a familiar canvas of early 90’s titles.
by Pat Sue Gentry · Published September 21, 2012 · Last modified October 22, 2012
If you’ve watched Tosh.0, you’ve probably heard of Brickleberry, the new animated series on Comedy Central. Trashwire sat down with creators Waco O’Guin and Roger Black at Comic-Con in August for a round table...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published July 16, 2012 · Last modified September 14, 2012
We’re back! Trashwire has made the annual pilgrimage to San Diego for Comic Con and we’re taking pictures, recording video, and posting all over Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Flickr. We’ve got costumed superheroes, a gallery of...
Back in 2004, I wrote a Trashwire review of Spider-Man 2 under the pen name Dicky Cockerson At the time, Spider-Man 2 was the best Marvel movie to date, surpassing X2. Although Christopher Nolan‘s...
No matter if you have attended San Diego Comic-Con or not, the impact of this mega convention has probably affected your life. Author Rob Salkowitz explains how so much of mainstream entertainment has seen...
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by Pat Sue Gentry · Published April 9, 2012 · Last modified August 3, 2012
Perhaps the most overused word when describing fans is “passionate”, but that is the best way to describe all those who attend the behemoth convention that is Comic-Con. Morgan Spurlock has taken on the...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published August 1, 2011 · Last modified September 5, 2023
In anticipation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’re bringing back a throwback post from Comic Con 2011 when we sat down with John Boyega to discuss his film debut in Attack the Block, a funny and innovative sci-fi comedy from Joe Cornish.
One of the cool parts of Comic Con that wasn’t housed inside the Convention Center was MoCA: Museum of Conan Art. Also dubbed the Flaming C Gallery, it was filled with Conan O’Brien inspired...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published July 23, 2011 · Last modified August 12, 2011
We’re doing Comic Con recaps here, but the Comic Con coverage runneth over on our blog. Today, for example, we’ve got LL Cool J, Vivica Fox, True Blood’s Ryan Kanten, the cast of Lost,...
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by Alexis Gentry · Published July 22, 2011 · Last modified August 5, 2011
Wednesday was for media, but the real fans flocked to the San Diego Convention Center on Thursday for the real kick off of Comic Con. The cast of Napoleon Dynamite signed autographs at the...