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Saban Brands’ Power Rangers to POWER Up San Diego Comic-Con International

Cast appearances, press events, activities and merchandise to celebrate the Iconic Power Rangers franchise LOS ANGELES (July 10, 2012) – Saban Brands’ Power Rangers will be back again at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, taking place July 12-15….

SDCC News: Warner Bros Update

On Friday (7/13) at 7:00pm, Kevin Smith will be doing a live recording of his podcast, “Fatman on Batman” with special guest Bruce Timm at the “Extra at Comic-Con” stage next to the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.  Go here for all…

ComicsOnline Comic-Con Special

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Last year, ComicsOnline brought together some of the talent at Comic-Con to answer the most important question of our time. What is that question? You have to watch the video to find out! Check out…

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Warner Brothers Comic-Con Autograph Updates

BURBANK, Calif. (June 28, 2012) — Comic-Con and Warner Bros. announced today that the Studio will once again follow the official Comic-Con® International: San Diego ticket distribution system for autograph signings at Comic-Con 2012, with the Con implementing a new…

Cosplayer Spotlight: Roxanna Meta

Our exploration of the stars of the cosplay world takes us this time to the San Francisco/Bay Area, catching up with Roxanna Meta. She’s been one of the Big Three of the NorCal cosplay scene for some time, and last…

Editorial: Geek Christmas in July

by Kimberly Learned Kane, Reporter Remember being a kid? The days leading up to Christmas were the best; the pomp and circumstance, the tree, the lights, the Rankin/Bass and Peanuts specials. Christmas Eve was the best, the anticipation drawing to…

Movie Review: The Cabin in the Woods

Hey guys, the cellar door just flew open loudly. Let’s check it out!

by Aliki Taylor, Reviewer

Sure, we all love Joss Whedon and we’re already salivating over his upcoming blockbuster The Avengers, but Dollhouse has been off the air for a while, so what’s he been doing? It turns out he spoiled us years ago.

At the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse) announced on stage that he and Drew Goddard (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cloverfield) were co-writing something, describing, “It is a film called Cabin in the Woods, and it is the horror film to end all horror films. Literally. And more about that, I will not say.” Nearly five years later, we now know what he meant.

(Spoiler-free review ahead!)

 

Movie Review: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

“When a woman tells you to grow up, that’s God’s way of telling you to get a new woman… There’s three billion women on the planet, and not a lot of great comics, so it’s an easy choice.” -Chuck Rosanski, Mile High Comics

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief

San Diego Comic-Con is the cultural Mecca of geeks everywhere, the one place where we can all gather together and gaze across the vast landscape of all our varied fandom obsessions from superheroes to sci-fi to fantasy to horror to anime to video games and every related subject–Where we can not only hang out with each other but we can meet the creators and stars of all our favorite stuff–where ‘Trek and ‘Wars nerds can take up their sabers and phasers, not to battle each other but to pose with the next generation of geeks or to drink with the real Green Lantern or Duke Nukem and listen together to bands play songs about Aquaman or Laurence Fishburne and then look over and say to each other in the words of Joss Whedon: “Are we not dope?”

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SDCC11: Costumes

by Kendrick Gaussoin, Junior Editor Here’s another assortment of costumes from San Diego Comic-Con 2011. Who is your favorite? All photos credit: Kendrick Gaussoin