Love them or hate them, conventions have become the industry standard for fan-engagement and giant announcements. Of course, very few fans can make it to any one con. Fortunately, Retcon Punch is there when you can’t be with our exclusive con coverage, ComicConPunch.
Whether you’ve been distracted by full-page ads or inundated with teaser emails, the buildup to the New York Comic Con has been all but unavoidable. NYCC promises an all-star guest lineup, and panels on everything from the All-New Marvel NOW to an in-depth look at our newest favorite series. Whether you’re interested in potentially earth-shattering announcements or just a quiet conversation with your favorite creators, NYCC has it all.
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So, I put together a tentative panel schedule, but Patrick and I haven’t talked about potentially splitting up to cover more. There were some hard cuts to make (I opted for the Lazarus panel over the Women of Marvel panel, for example), but I’m reasonably happy with this. Please let me know if there’s something we are idiots for missing.
Thursday
Deadpool Signing & Drink-Up
Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, Declan Shalvey
2:00-3:00
Women in Comics
Claudia McGivney, Megan Kociolek, Amy Chu, Becky Cloonan, Amily Weisenstein, Erica Schultz, Laura Pope-Robbins
3:00-4:00
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle – PBS Documentary
Michael Kantor, Prof. Laurence Maslon, Steve Rotterdam, Dennis O’Neil, Ed Catto, Louise Simonson, Mark Waid, Phil Jimenez
5:00-6:00
NYCC Thursday Night Kickoff with COmedy Mutant
Brian Posehn, Jeaneane Garofalo, Mike Drucker, Myq Kaplan
8:00-10:00
Friday
Marvel: Amazing X-Men and the Marvel Universe
Brian Wood, Dennis Hopeless, Gerry Duggan, Majorie Liu, Nick Lowe, Peter David
11:00-12:00
DC Entertainment – All Access
Amanda Conner, Derek Fridolfs, Dustin Nguyen, Kyle Higgins, Lee Bermejo, Scott Snyder
1:30-2:30
Marvel: Avengers
Al Ewing, Dennis Hopeless, Jonathan Hickman, Lauren Sankovitch, Nick Spencer, Tom Brevoort
4:00-5:00
DC Comics – Batman
Ann Nocenti, Greg Capullo, James Tynion IV, John Layman, Peter Tomasi, Scott Snyder
5:15-6:15
Bleeding Cool – the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll of Comics, Revealed
Dan Hart, Grace Randolph, Hannah Means-Shannon, Richard Johnston
8:00-9:00
Saturday
Archer: Discussion and Q&A
Adam Reed, Aisha Tyler , Amber Nash, Chris Parnell, H. Jon Benjamin , Jessica Walter, Judy Greer, Lucky Yates
11:00-12:00
Superman 75th Celebration
Dan DiDio, Mike Carlin
12:15-1:15
Marvel: Inhumanity & All-New Marvel Now
Axel Alonso, Jonathan Hickman, Kieron Gillen, Mark Paniccia, Nick Lowe
1:15-2:15
The Mary Sue Presents Representation in Geek Media
Jill Pantozzi, Susana Polo, Jamal Igle, Kate Leth, N.K. Jemisin, Phil Jimenez
2:45-3:45
Marvel: Cup o’ Joe
Axel Alonso, Joe Quesada
4:00-5:00
DC Comics – The New 52
Brian Azzarello, Brian Buccellato, James Tynion IV, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Nicola Scott, Paul Levitz
5:15-6:15
Vertigo: Defy
Lee Bermejo, Rafael Albuquerque, Robbi Rodriguez, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy
6:30-7:30
Sunday
Sunday Conversation with Dan DiDio
Dan DiDio
10:45-11:45
Marvel: House of Ideas
Kristin Vincent, Nick Lowe, Ronald Perazza, Ryan Penagos, Stephen Wacker
12:00-1:00
Lazarus, Family, Wealth, and Violence in the Near-Future
Greg Rucka, Michael Lark
1:15-2:15
Green Lantern – Lights Out!
Bernard Chang, Charles Soule, Justin Jordan, Robert Venditti, Van Jensen
2:30-3:30
Marvel: Superior Spider-Man & Friends
Dan Slott, Ellie Pyle, Nick Spencer
4:00-5:00
I am insanely jealous that you’ll be at that Deadpool panel.
and also that you’ll get to see H Jon Benjamin, even if I know him better from Bob’s Burgers than Archer.
Anyone checking this list against the official NYCC schedule might notice that the Deadpool signing isn’t actually an NYCC-sanctioned event. Duggan, Posehn, and Shalvey are just meeting up at a nearby bar to sign stuff. Patrick and I are happy to drop everything to check that out.
Even if it WAS a sanctioned event, I still imagine it would take place in a bar. Where else could they possibly hold it?!
A chimichanga stand?
Need to give the Atomic Robo guys a hug and just a little ass squeeze, nothing sexual, just something in between a friendly pinch and a “Way to go Terry”..
Well, I have no idea what Scott Wegener or Brian Clevinger look like, but I’m committed to doing this for you. How about this: I’ll just hug and squeeze the ass of everyone there. Sound good?
Probably none of these will get answers, but if you get a chance:
– harass Brian Buccellato/Francis Manapul about what they’ll be writing in 2014
– ask Ann Nocenti when she’s retiring (mean one, had to jam it in when I saw her name in the Batman panel, sorry)
– and more seriously, is the cool timeline stuff from the letters column in Lazarus ever going to get included somehow in the trades? I just picked up the first trade today and it isn’t featured, so I’m kind of hoping they’re holding out to include a longer piece of it with volume 2.
If you get an answer to that last one I’d be super grateful, Enjoy the con!
Haha. I don’t know if I can bring myself to speak to Ann Nocenti (I, too was peeved to see her name on a Batman panel), but I can definitely promise to at least try to get answers for the other two. I kind of expect DC to announce Manapul and Buccellato’s next project at the New 52 panel. Either way, these are great questions, and I definitely want to hear them answered.
Looks like the Booch/Manapul question is off the table, they‘re taking over Detective! I‘d read a rumor about this last week but being under the impression that they were starting a new series, I didn‘t want to get my hopes up. I‘m stoked, but between that and Batman Eternal, next year is gonna be EXPENSIVE.