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Sunday, October 20th 2024 concluded the annual New York Comic Con in New York City. For the past 3 days, the Big Apple has been the epicenter of pop culture. Big news has dropped concerning movies, tv, comics and more topics.
With one last hurrah, fans made another swing through the Javits Center looking to celebrate their fandoms. Their wishes were met. Let’s take a parting view at Sunday’s events
Image Comics broke some new ground with a lead-off Panel on Sunday. Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar (BUG WARS), Charles Soule and Ryan Browne (The Lucky Devils), Pornsak Pichetshote and Michael Lee Harris (The Horizon Experiment), and Paul Azaceta (The Seasons) addressed fans about their new projects. Image has been on a roll with their latest series. These new books look to continue that hot streak into 2025 and beyond.
MARVEL CLOSES THE SHOW!
Marvel Comics had some big news drop on Sunday. It was announced during the Women of Marvel Panel that a highly anticipated one-shot was forthcoming. WOMEN OF MARVEL: SHE-DEVILS #1 would be released in 2025. Stephanie Phillips and Alison Sampson lead an all-star creative line-up when the one-shot on February 26th.
During the same panel, “One nation under DOOM” grows further in the Marvel Universe. DOOM ACADEMY is slated to be released on February 19th. The kids of the Strange Academy are now under the tutelage of Doctor Doom. Mackenzie Cadenhead and Pasqual Ferry are overseeing the young magicians in their new status quo.
With the “Venom War” rolling along, the Marvel Comics: Spider-Man and his Venomous Friends Panel dropped some big news. Eddie Brock has been many things but never this! Eddie Brock: CARNAGE debuts in February 2025. Charles Soule and Jesus Saiz will be taking the creative reigns. This will be an ongoing series running parallel to ALL-NEW VENOM!
As for Spider-Man, a new arc hits the LCS on November 13th. Starting in Amazing Spider-Man #61, “8 Lives of Spider-Man” by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness starts its’ 10 issue saga. Doctor Doom’s status as Sorcerer Supreme crashes the world of Spider-Man. The trailer of the event was shown to fans. Suffice to say, the House of Ideas has some BIG plans in motion for 2025.
FINAL THOUGHTS ON NYCC 2024 FROM THE N.I. TEAM!
Before closing the book on NYCC 2024, some of the N.I. team gave their picks for the Best of the event. Joining in on this call is Padawan J (N.I. Comics/ODPH podcast), Rich (Wrestling Night Live) and yours truly (Ken – Editor-In-Chief/ODPH Podcast)
BEST PANEL:
Pad: Star Trek Universe. The whole thing felt like a “Hall H” moment and dropped a lot of incredible news for fans. This was a must attend panel
Rich: Ghost Machine. A year after their launch and they made everyone feel like family. They also came with a lot of really good announcements.
Ken: DC ABSOLUTE/JIM LEE AND FRIENDS. DC Comics won the weekend hands down (which says a lot because Image/Ghost Machine/Skybound & Marvel had strong panels). With the new movement going on and the bombshells dropping (VERTIGO IS BACK! H2SH! ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER!), the buzz had fans screaming they were “All In”!
BEST INTERACTION:
Pad: There is way too many people to name. From the team at N.I. (NICK was there!!!) to the other fans in attendance. It’s always great to see so many people celebrate being a fan
Rich: There were so many awesome people we got to meet in person! I can’t say them all because I’m told that’s a cop out lol. So with that being said, I’ll limit to 3: 1. Ricardo Lopez Ortiz & Clay McCormick from Hard Style Juice (Comixology). 2 – Joey Esposito & Sean Von Gorman from The Pedestrian (Magma Comix). 3. Michael Kingston & Vampiro (Masked Republic/Massive Pulishing/Headlocked). I know that’s actually five but pairs count as one in my world.
Ken: Every creator I bumped into was great. Plus NICK WAS THERE!!!!!!
That said, meeting Gary Vaynerchuk was amazing and everything going on with VeeFriends needs to be hyped more. Plus I need to shout out some incredible people that deserve a monster THANK YOU: Pamela from Comixology/Superfan, Kat from Ghost Machine and Shannon from Skybound. All are amazing people that play a bigger role in making our comics dept. the success it has been and they deserve all the praise possible. Thanks again!
BEST EXPERIENCE:
Pad: all the shops on the show floor. There was a HUGE variety of stuff sold this year
Rich: Getting to meet and hangout with the Nerd Initiative Team. Especially Lauren & Nick who it was my first time really meeting. Dinner on Friday was an amazing team builder.
Ken: Do the 4 days in general count? If not, The Comixology showcase and Fandom 20th Birthday NYCC bash were two outstanding events. Can’t forget about seeing the G.E.O. & N.I. Team in person. As Lauren says “we’re all friends in real life now” so *cough* Matt, Megan *cough* you’re up for next year!
That’s it for NYCC 2024. A special thank you to Reed Pop, all the volunteers and creators who give their time and energy to make such an event run like clockwork and give fans a one of a kind experience.
Till next year…. IS IT OCTOBER 2025 YET?
