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Comic Con 2013 is from July 17th to July 21st. This is the 4th year of Zennie62.com’s coverage of Comic Con! In past year’s Zennie62, led by Zennie Abraham with guest bloggers and vloggers, has brought you interviews with some of the leading artists, performers, and personalities in pop culture. Sponsors click here! William Shatner, … Read more
Jim Kelly. This blogger received the news that the star of the classic film Enter The Dragon died, yesterday, Sunday, and after a day spent covering the Pride Parade in San Francisco, via this Twitter tweet at @zennie62: #Salute @zennie62 for @JimKellyKarate interview at WonderCon SF 2010 http://t.co/F08cq6AVoE & #Salute @THEKINGDMC for #Retweet #LOVE — … Read more
MTV Teen Wolf, along with MTV2, MTV News and MTV Geek, and and MTV2’s Guy Code will be, as they say, geeking out for Comic Con 2013. The press release reads: New York, NY (June 24, 2013) – MTV will be geeking out from Comic-Con International in San Diego all weekend long, beginning on Thursday, … Read more
Once again, Zennie62.com – Zennie62Media is set to cover Comic Con in San Diego from July 17th to July 21st, and this is the 4th straight year of coverage for this growing media brand. We’re seeking sponsors for our coverage this year, and for a special event, too! But, you may ask, what is Comic … Read more
Stephanie Thorpe , my friend who is now the co-manager of the legendary Elf Quest Franchise, has been trail-blazing around the country talking about her plans for the property. Last week she was in Seattle for The Emerald City Comic Con, and now she’s preparing for WonderCon 2013. Here’s Ms. Thorpe when we were at … Read more
Comic Con four-day and single-day badges have sold out and it took just one hour a 40 minutes for that to happen, and while not equaling the record sell-out pace of 2012, it reflected the fact that Comic Con has outgrown its space arrangement in San Diego. According to UT San Diego, which broke the … Read more
UPDATE: Comic Con badges sold out at 10:40 AM, PDT. Comic Con 2013 is fast approaching, and Comic-Con 2013 Badge Sales commence today. Here’s the email this blogger (already registered as press) received from Comic Con International: Dear Comic-Con Member, Comic-Con 2013 badges go on sale at 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) February 16, 2013. … Read more
FireFly: Browncoats Unite, on The Science Channel reunites Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion and the entire renegade crew of the Serenity for the first time ever to provide the complete oral history on the franchise that continues to explode in popularity – despite meeting its end a decade ago. Here’s a video preview: The 60-minute special … Read more
Roger Corman sat down to talk with a group of bloggers and journalists at Comic Con 2012, and what we got was a lesson in how the decision to make a 3D film can take even a legendary filmmaker down a path he didn’t expect. Corman, an Academy Award winning American film producer (Honorary Academy … Read more
David Glanzer is Comic Con’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, but every time we talk, I keep giving him a promotion to Vice President. It’s become a running joke that, one day, I’m going to really embellish. But the good-natured Glanzer enjoys the humorous opening as it lays the platform for a more serious … Read more
William Shatner (the original Captain Kirk of Star Trek) returned to Comic Con for the second straight year (Zennie62 trip sponsored by Tout.com), and in talking about his new movie Get A Life, which is a study of Trekkers, found that he was on a journey of discovery that is, as of this writing, still … Read more
Update: Starship Troopers: Invasion: Interview: Trailer: Starship Troopers: Invasion is a wonderful addition to the growing family of movies and games associated with the first movie, which used as its story platform the 1959 book by Robert Heinlein. But in the view of this blogger, Starship Troopers: Invasion is the best one of them all. … Read more
Morrie Turner, the legendary Oakland-born cartoonist of such popular titles as “WeePals” will be honored today at 2 PM in Room 6 A at Comic Con 2012 in San Diego (trip sponsored by Tout.com). Turner’s work spans 4 decades and he’s best known for bringing characters that had racially diverse friendships to the newspaper cartoon … Read more
Thanks to Barris Kustom Designs, the iconic builders of such television cars as The Monkees Monkiemobile, I had the chance to take my camcorder into the driver’s seat of the 1966 Batmobile. What an incredible, and incredibly restored car. More on it later, as I need to catch sleep, but it’s part of a giant … Read more
Readers may remember a video I posted of an interview I did with Richard Anderson, who played Oscar Goldman, the head of the Office Of Scientific Investigations, and the boss of one Steve Austin, better known as The Six Million Dollar Man. That was at the Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party of this year. … Read more
Comic Con 2012 got underway today, Thursday, July 12th, and for this Tout.com – sponsored blogger it opened with a number of emails of press updates – but not as many as in years past. There are, it seems, slightly fewer media outlets here, but far more personal and social media users than ever before. … Read more
IT’S A DISASTER. Well, not really at Comic Con. I was given the pleasure of previewing a new movie by the LA comedy group called The Vacationers, called IT’S A DISASTER. They describe the film in this way: IT’S A DISASTER is a new end-of-the world comedy from the twisted minds of The Vacationeers comedy … Read more
San Diego, CA – This is my third Comic Con, thanks to Tout.com but the first one where the airplane landing left me a bit shaky. See, I was in a deep sleep when the steward woke me up; I discovered the hard way we were landing. The first thing I saw was Downtown San … Read more
Comic Con Week is underway, and between today and Wednesday morning, when this blogger arrives in San Diego, it will all rise to fever pitch levels. This is the third time me, Zennie Abraham, and Zennie62.com, which also goes by Zennie62Media, will cover Comic Con (2010, 2011, and now 2012) in San Diego and the … Read more
Starship Troopers: Invasion and Resident Evil: Damnation are two CGI animated movies make intros at Comic Con 2012. Starship Troopers: Invasion is based on the popular movie Starship Troopers, and has Starship Troopers star Casper Van Dien and Starship Troopers writer Ed Neumeier as executive producers, with Shinji Aramaki as director. The movie has the … Read more
Tim Burton, the famous and famed producer and director of iconic movies like Batman, is coming to Comic Con 2012 to present his upcoming 3D black-and-white stop motion-animated science fiction movie Frankenweenie, and what Disney calls “A special look at the world of Oz The Great and Powerful.” This “special look” features Spider-Man Director Sam … Read more
Iron Man / Tony Stark returns to Comic Con for 2012 with a special panel introducing Iron Man 3. The panel will assemble in the famous Hall H on Saturday, July 14 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. According to Walt Disney Studios Publicity, Marvel Producer Kevin Feige and “special guests” will “provide an inside look at … Read more
ComiXology is celebrating its 5th anniversary and 3rd anniversary of its mobile app at Comic Con 2012. But if you’ve not seen ComiXology is action, check out this video review: And this press release gives the whole low-down on ComiXology’s plans for San Diego Comic Con: July 2nd, 2012 – New York, NY – ComiXology … Read more
Zombie Walk at Comic Con Friday The 13th Of July? Yes, and no Bath Salts. In fact, this blogger knows why Rudy Eugene tried to bite the face off Roland Poppo in Miami… since no bath salts were found in his system, just weed: the power of zombie suggestion. That right. So many people talking … Read more
Godzilla To Appear At Comic Con 2012? Yes! And Zennie62 will be there, thanks to Tout.com! Remember my 2010 interview with Godzilla producer Brian Rogers at The Variety 3D Summit? This one? Obviously they didn’t meet the 2012 deadline, that’s now for 2012, but.. Well, according to Latino-Review, … Not only is Legendary bringing the … Read more
MTV’s hit show Teen Wolf will be at Comic Con 2012! Comic Con 2012 is almost one week away and as Zennie62 is headed for coverage of the largest celebration of the popular arts for the third straight year (and with Tout.com as sponsor) I thought it would be fun and informative for you to … Read more
Comic Con 2012 is almost one week away and as Zennie62 is headed for coverage of the largest celebration of the popular arts for the third straight year (and with Tout.com as sponsor) I thought it would be fun and informative for you to present some of the press releases I have been sent thus … Read more
Wooh!! Morrie Turner, Oakland’s famed and treasured artist, is part of the list of special guests for Comic Con 2012. This is a real treat and fitting tribute to one of America’s great, pioneer cartoonists. The Comic Con bio says it best: Cartoonist Morrie Turner, a native of Oakland, CA, turned to cartooning full-time in … Read more
Morgan Spurlock sent a Twitter tweet reaction to my blog post called “Why Is Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope So White?” I wrote the post in response to the trailer for the movie I saw. In fact, just before I continue, I’m going to look at it again: And Morgan’s point-well-taken is that … Read more
Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope is a movie this blogger’s received email after email about, and friends and acquaintances have said “You have to see this!” And so finally I get time to stop and look at the trailer for the movie, this one: And it’s full of white people. That’s not being … Read more
This is what’s become my annual video-blog check-in with David Glanzer, Vice President Of Marketing and Public Relations for Comic Con International. This one after the 42nd annual Comic Con 2011 in San Diego (trip sponsored by Tout.com); the first one we did last year at Wonder Con 2010 – this will be the fifth … Read more
Comic Con 2011 is just six days away and the excitement is building for what will be the best Comic Con, yet. This is the second year for Zennie62 at Comic Con, and this time the media effort is aided by Tout. If you remember when Shaq announced his retirement, he did so using a … Read more