Emerald City Comicon announced the final celebrity guest announcement and it’s a huge addition to their stellar lineup.
Hayley Atwell will be appearing Friday only at the pop culture event in Seattle.
Atwell played Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The popular character got her own ABC television series. The Marvel’s Agent Carter season finale is this Tuesday on ABC. Continue reading HAYLEY ATWELL at EMERALD CITY COMICON 2015
Will a Marvel movie win an Oscar?
Two Marvel movies are nominated.
The Academy Awards are this Sunday but here are our Superhero Movie Awards.
The 2014 Superhero Movie Season began with the Marvel universe changing Captain America movie that shattered S.H.I.E.L.D. and the status quo then Spidey came out swinging against an army of super villains then X-Men from past and present united to reshape the franchise and finally a motley crew from outer space conquered the planet!
Here are our picks in some geeky categories you won’t see Sunday: Continue reading OUR COMIC BOOK MOVIE AWARDS 2015
Emerald City Comicon fans will get a chance to see not one but two Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at this year’s big event.
Emerald City Comicon announced Chloe Bennet will join the cast of celebrity guests including Clark Gregg (aka Director Phil Coulson) at the Pacific Northwest pop culture event.
Bennet plays Agent Skye on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but comics fanboys and girls now know she’s really Daisy Johnson aka Quake. When the series returns we’ll know more about Skye’s new super powers and that she may be the first Inhuman to appear in the Marvel Cinematic/TV Universe. Continue reading CHLOE BENNET of AGENTS OF SHIELD at EMERALD CITY COMICON
As we celebrate Black History Month we’re inspired to salute African-American superheroes and update fans on their status in their comic book universes.
With Anthony Mackie’s breakout performance as Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chadwick Boseman (42) cast as Black Panther and the return of Milestone Media with new and returning heroes – a lot has happened in a year.
Fictional superheroes are not as critical as real civil rights leaders, scientists, boundary breaking athletes and artists but it’s important to celebrate diversity in comic books. Most of these black characters were created by white males but we hope by recognizing these characters it might inspire new writers, artists and editors of all backgrounds to push for new voices and greater diversity in making comics and inside comics. Continue reading CELEBRATING BLACK COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS
It’s officially February.
Can you feel the Mad Love for Harley Quinn?
The Clown Princess of Crime is definitely having a moment:
Her solo series is a hit plus she’s co-starring in New Suicide Squad and guest starring in an exciting arc of Deathstroke.
Hot rising star Margot Robbie is playing in the Suicide Squad movie the big screen in 2016.
She was the number one new story of 2014 here on Comics Blend based on your views.
DC is celebrating Harley with 22 variant covers this month plus don’t forget the Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special this month in which she makes a move on Batman.
But why should the Dark Knight have all the fun. We’re loving the dueling Superman shots with Harley and how she plays cupid for the Man of Steel and Wonder Woman.
Here are our favorites: Continue reading HARLEY QUINN MONTH
Two of Marvel’s biggest box-office champions are going head to head in a charitable bet over Super Bowl XLIX.
The showdown evolved over Twitter with Chris Evans (in support of the New England Patriots) and Chris Pratt (cheering for the Seahawks.) Continue reading CHRIS PRATT vs. CHRIS EVANS in SUPER BOWL BET
Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon’s record growth leads to a big partnership just months before the big comic book event. ReedPOP is the world’s largest producer of pop culture events and is getting bigger with the biggest comic book show in the Pacific Northwest.
The company announces that Emerald City Comicon the ‘premiere comic book and pop culture convention in the Pacific Northwest’ has joined its family of leading experiential fan events. The partnership will take effect for the eagerly anticipated 2015 event taking place March 27-29 in downtown Seattle, Washington. Continue reading EMERALD CITY COMICON Joins REEDPOP
Start making the cherry pie and fire up the “damn fine and hot” coffee!
Showtime announced Kyle MacLachlan has officially signed on to headline the Twin Peaks revival. The new nine-episode series will start production in 2015 and is scheduled to premiere in 2016 on the 25th anniversary of the original series finale on ABC.
Original creators David Lynch and Mark Frost are back to executive produce the follow-up series set 25 years later.
MacLachlan played FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper who came to the Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of Laura Palmer.
Fans of the beloved series will remember Cooper’s dream in which Laura said, “I’ll see you again in 25 years” and they were together again 25 years in the future.
MacLachlan hinted at his possible return to the lead role in the cult classic series. Continue reading KYLE MacLACHLAN Joins New TWIN PEAKS Series