I’m jumping ahead to the ultimate costume contest winner because I have nearly 1000 photos to go over for the costume contest main post and I didn’t want to hold up all the rest of the Baltimore Comic-Con 2016 content. There will be a future post with some video and photos of all the contestants. There will also be a post for non-contest cosplay as the final post for the event. ...
Kevin Eastman is responsible for creating the characters that ended up in the cartoon show I was obsessed with as a kid. I spent every dollar I could find on the toys. I saw all three of the 1990s movies. Later, as an adult, I learned it had been a comic book that was set up as a parody of Daredevil and other comic tropes. So it was a no-brainer that I had to attend this spotlight panel. ...
When I first started watching Game of Thrones I hadn’t read the books yet and I had no idea that a mentally impaired character who only said one word, “Hodor”, would become such an emotional storyline for this series mostly involving intrigue and war. At Baltimore Comic-Con’s spotlight panel we were able to meet Kristian Nairn, the actor behind Hodor. At the panel he spoke about his love of World of Warcraft, his time on the set with the actor who plays Bran, learning of the world’s reaction to his big episode in season 6, and being involved in the music scene. ...
Christy Blanch, who Comic POW! readers will know as the writer of The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood and the professor behind the MOOC that led to the redesign of this site, was the moderator for all the spotlight panels at Baltimore Comic-Con 2016. If you haven’t seen her moderate a panel at BCC, you’re in for a treat. Ms Blanch has a talent for keeping the conversation going thanks to her research and her ability to key in on the right questions to ask the panelists. ...
As the first day of Baltimore Comic-Con 2016 came to a close, some comic writing luminaries got together to discuss how pulp fiction (the genre, not the 1990s movie) inspired them and set the foundation for the comic book industry in the USA. https://youtu.be/MEqpqtBzyUc Paul Levitz on Pulp Roots of Comics panel Howard Chaykin at Pulp Roots of Comics Panel ...
Valiant realized that their characters aren’t quite as well known as those in the Big Two, so they held a panel to introduce new fans to the series. Afterwords they took questions from the audience, some of which were about how Valiant may or may not be joining the big two in having TV shows and movies based on their characters: https://youtu.be/yn3CfdYrJUI
When you pass by a booth with as varied a selection as the books at Monica Gallagher’s, you have to stop and ask about the books. In this interview we talk about the influence of magical elements, roller derby, and coming to terms with the body one is born into. https://youtu.be/EvFWSaoo84E Check out her website: http:www.eatyourlipstick.com Some of Ms Monica Gallagher's books More of Ms Monica Gallagher's books Boobage by Ms Monica Gallagher Bonnie N Collide by Ms Monica Gallagher ...
On the first day of Baltimore Comic-Con I was able to score two awesome interviews - John Layman and Rob Guillory of Chew. In order to allow them to man their table, I conducted two separate interviews. In this interview we discuss the evolution of Rob Guillory’s art style, the evolution of Mason Savoy, those background Easter Eggs, and how race plays into Mr Guillory’s career in comics. https://youtu.be/UpI6DgmYgFw While I’ve been waiting for the end of Chew to give it the full Comic POW! treatment, Dan and I did cover it a couple times early in Comic POW! history when we used to do the Weekly POW!s: ...
On the first day of Baltimore Comic-Con I was able to score two awesome interviews - John Layman and Rob Guillory of Chew. In order to allow them to man their table, I conducted two separate interviews. In this interview we discuss the significance of Tony Chu’s race, Applebee’s hate for Chu, and John Layman’s favorite way to eat chicken. https://youtu.be/yjO7J3MY4wk While I’ve been waiting for the end of Chew to give it the full Comic POW! treatment, Dan and I did cover it a couple times early in Comic POW! history when we used to do the Weekly POW!s: ...
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