Tag: wondercon
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WonderCon Anaheim 2020 Postponed Due To COVID-19 in California
Comic-Con International, the organizer of WonderCon, announced today that WonderCon Anaheim has been postponed. This announcement comes out of the recommendation of California Governor Gavin Newsom that any public gathering of more than 250 people should be postponed or canceled through at least the end of March. Although the event was scheduled for April 10-12,…
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Secrets of the Making of Marvel and Star Trek Films and Shows from Award Winning Creatives
Emily Coutts and Ariel Barer moderated a panel of several of the creative visionaries behind music, make-up and costumes for Marvel shows, movies, and Star Trek. Emily Coutts stars on Star Trek: Discovery, and Ariel Barer is on Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways series. Among the panelists were Ruth Carter – costume designer for Black Panther, Jeff…
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Effects Supervisors & Art Director From Marvel and Star Trek Films Share Insights into Creating the Blockbusters
WonderCon has a wide variety of panels that highlight behind the scenes of comics and movies, and even when those are combined. At the Sights and Sounds of Animation, CG, and VFX, panelists described work they do and how it comes together. Among the panelists were Bryan Grill and Jordan Crockett who have worked on…
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Highlights of WonderCon 2018 From the Show Floor to Panels
WonderCon is a great gathering of geekdom whether comic books, sci-fi, anime, or even some video games. It’s a great time to see what’s new in these avenues and to check out something different. Here’s some highlights from this year’s convention. Show Floor A main feature of any of these cons is the show floor. …
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Nichelle Nichols Delights Guests at WonderCon
Nichelle Nichols is best known as the iconic “Uhura” in Star Trek the Original Series and in the feature films starring the original cast. She has a broad career that even includes singing with Duke Ellington. She’s appeared in other television series including Heroes on NBC. At WonderCon 2018, Ms. Nichols spent three days signing…
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Recap of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Panel at WonderCon 2018
Jeph Loeb moderated the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at WonderCon 2018. It celebrated the 100 episode mark for the show with a great sizzle reel of past seasons. Almost all the cast were on hand for fans, except Clark Gregg who was in Washington DC. He eventually was able to FaceTime with Chloe Bennet to…
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Star Trek: Discovery Visionaries Explains the Making of a Modern Trek
Mary Chieffo, who played L’Rell, moderated the panel of visionaries who have shaped the new Star Trek series. The Executive Producers, Gretchen Berg, and Aaron Harberts headed up the group. Mario Moreira – property master, Gersha Phillips – costume designer, Glenn Hetrick – special f/x makeup, James MacKinnon – head of prosthetic and special f/x…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Fresh Start Spider-Man, Captain America and Thor
This week contains more previews of Fresh Start Marvel beginnings including Captain Marvel and Amazing Spider-Man. More info on the wedding event of Kitty Pryde and Colossus. Also a Marvel Television panel schedule for WonderCon, which will be later on this month. We will be covering the annual comic convention, so be sure to follow…
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Wondercon 2017 – My First Experience
I have been to comic conventions before, but it has been a long time. I went when comics were not that cool, and it was random college students putting them on so that they had a reason to read super hero magazines and maybe dress up like one. Comic Con has changed things for comic…
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Marvel Comics News Digest 3/7 – 3/11/16
It’s time for another very filled news digest containing Marvel Comics’ upcoming books. Star Wars is having Han Solo go solo in his own limited series. There are a few Civil War 2 previews as more have not chosen sides yet. The X-Men deal with Apocalypse more and more. Captain America gets a special 75th…