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Another year, another New York Comic Con! We came, we saw, we scratched our heads in confusion as odd cosplays walked by our booth. 

We did the usual convention stuff. Sold lots of discounted (some autographed!) books, gave away lots of posters, and snuck away from our booth to explore the floor when downtime presented itself. We also had two fantastic signings with Doogie Horner (author of 100 Ghosts) and E.B. Hudspeth (author of The Resurrectionist). E.B. was even on a great panel, joined by a number of other authors talking about zombies, vampires, and various mythical beasts. 

My personal highlights from the convention floor? Running into all the many bloggers we work with on the regular, and dishing out high fives and hugs galore. Also, the fact that we were situated next to First Second and Topshelf Comics. I just wanted to give those guys all my money, and they were excellent neighbors. 

Read on to check out photos, as well as highlights from Blair, Nicole, and Brett! 

Episode 1: The Future

Episode 2: The Scroll

Episode 3: The West

Episode 4: Trend

Episode 5: Book Case

Episode 6: Water Log

Episode 7: It's Not Over

(Image via flickr)

It’s summertime, and you all know what that means: more comic book movies than you can shake a Mjolnir at (that’s Thor’s hammer, for you normals). This summer, comic book fans will get the chance to see RED 2, The Wolverine, 300: Rise of an Empire, Kick-Ass 2, and 2 Guns.

Personally, I’m pretty excited to see some of these and… not so excited to see some of the others. Despite the fact that the comic book movie has become one of the most lucrative parts of the Hollywood machine, there are many great comics which will never make it to the big screen—but still deserve the Hollywood treatment. Big producers looking for future summer goldmines, take note! Here are my suggestions.

I’m sure many of you went to see Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel and likely walked away pretty impressed, especially if you are not a regular reader of Superman comics. That’s because it is one of those rare comic book movies made for those of you who maybe haven’t read or even held a comic in more than a few years.

And now that you’ve seen Man of Steel, you are probably thinking you should check out some of those Superman comics you saw at the book store. Maybe see if they are as good as the movie.

But you get one look at the shelf and don’t even know where to start. You don’t want to come into the middle of a storyline and you want to make sure you know what’s going on from page one. Plus you want something that will remind you of what made Man of Steel so much fun and a blast to see in the first place.

Thankfully, Superman has a number of collections and graphic novels that are perfect for a new or lapsed fan like yourself. Each one listed below is not only an enjoyable page turner, but they are also all easy jumping on points that don’t require any previous Superman knowledge to enjoy.