Tag: Seattle

Boom! and Kaboom Exclusive Variants for Emerald City Comicon

Planet of the Apes #9 courtesy Boom! Studios and Emerald City Comicon

  It’s the 10th Anniversary of Emerald City Comicon in my home, Seattle. Boom! Studios is helping fans celebrate with 6 exclusive variants for this year’s big event. From Planet of the Apes and Hellraiser to Peanuts and Adventure Time there’s a cool cover for a comic fan of every age.

Peanuts #1 courtesy Boom! Studios and Emerald City Comicon

  My favorite was Planet of the Apes #9 by Mitch Gerads with gorillas storming the Space Needle and Matt Whitlock’s Peanuts #1 featuring Ace pilot Snoopy flying around our iconic landmark – which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in April. You can check out all 6 exclusives at this ECCC link.

Emerald City Comicon Exclusive Prints

Emerald City Comicon Exclusive by Alex Ross courtesy Emerald City Comicon

  Emerald City Comicon revealed two stunning images featuring Seattle’s most stunning icon! These are exclusive prints for ECCC’s 10th anniversary. Alex Ross created a beautiful image starring the ECCC Crusaderette flying by the Space Needle. Jeremy Haun features The Darkness on top of the icon watching the Emerald City.

 

Emerald City Comicon Exclusive by Jeremy Haun courtesy Emerald City Comicon

  Yours truly works across from the Space Needle and way back in 1999 I was on the very tip-top with KOMO 4 News Anchor and Super Guy Dan Lewis on a production shoot. KOMO 4 is in Fisher Plaza right across the street from the Space Needle and doubles as Seattle Grace Hospital on Grey’s Anatomy.

  Emerald City Comicon is March 30th-April 1st. April 21st is the 50th anniversary of the Space Needle and the Seattle World’s Fair. If you’re visting for ECCC you must include a trip up to the Space Needle while you’re in Seattle.

X-Factor and Seattle’s Dead Heroes

X-Factor #235 courtesy Marvel

  Someone is killing Seattle’s super heroes and X-Factor Investigations is on the case.

  In Marvel’s May solicits for X-Factor #235 a new villain called Scattershot debuts and Shatterstar goes berserk! This new bad guy sure looks like a hybrid of two mutants – maybe a Super Skrull is at work?

  Here’s the link about the new Seattle heroes debuting in X-Factor #234, the story about real self-proclaimed super heroes and more reasons why the hometown of Comics Blend is so comic book cool!

Find Geek Love at Emerald City Comicon!

 Emerald City Comicon is giving fans a stellar cast of movie stars, television stars, comic book creators and even Jay and Silent Bob.

 Now your chances of finding the geek love of your life may skyrocket at the Seattle spectacular March 30th-April 1st.

  The Sci-Fi Speed Dating crew and stars of TLC’s Geek Love are coming to ECCC on Saturday only.
 To sign up just go to the  Sci-Fi Speed Dating link and complete the form.

Good luck, “May the Force be with you” so you can find “The One” then “Engage!”

Seattle’s Newest Heroes in X-Factor #234

X-Factor #234 courtesy Marvel.com

  I love Seattle. It’s been my home for 13+ years. We have great comic book stores, cafes and cons: Emerald City Comicon, Geek Girl Con and Jet City Comic Show. Ed Brubaker calls Seattle home so that makes us pretty cool too. Oh and we have a Troll eating a volkswagen under an overpass…seriously.

 We already have a real life masked crime fighter named Phoenix Jones, leader of the Rain City Superhero Movement. 

  Now Peter David is giving us two new super heroes in X-Factor #234. Marvel’s April Solicitation for the issue “introduces Seattle’s new heroes: The Insignia and Shutterbug. (One of whom may not make it though the issue.)”

  Will they be mutants? Does this mean X-Factor Investigations latest case will take the detectives to the Emerald City?

 The teaser promises a catfight too. Monet and Layla have a showdown and a dead X-Factor member returns. I’m in! You really should come check out ECCC-it’s March 30-April 1 and budge some time to go see the Troll.