So I’ve been attending San Diego Comic Con since 1987 (when I was 14 years old), so I have a lot of history with the world’s most famous annual pop culture gathering. Some years are better than others, though for several years running it has, from a subjective standpoint, felt like it was overall in decline (weighing the positives and negatives). However, I believe that things have shifted direction in 2018, so here are my thoughts on Comic-Con International this time around. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2018. Marvel is centrally located in the Exhibit Hall as per usual, and they’ve updated the props and costumes on display daily. This feature will cover both Saturday and Sunday. The photos further below are as the exhibit appeared on Saturday, which featured women as portrayed in MCU films and then Sunday, which featured villains. Also see Wednesday/Part 1 with Iron Man, Thursday/Part 2 with Captain America., and Friday/Part 3 with Thor. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2018. Marvel is centrally located in the Exhibit Hall as per usual, and they’ve updated the props and costumes on display daily thus far, so this is the third feature in this series. The photos further below are as the exhibit appeared on Friday, and feature Thor costumes as worn by Chris Hemsworth as well as his Mjolnir and Stormbreaker hammers from his appearances in Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Infinity War. Also see Wednesday/Part 1 with Iron Man, Thursday/Part 2 with Captain America and Part 4/Saturday “Women” & Part 5/Sunday “Villains”. [Read more…]
Sometimes I get busy and simply don’t have the time to publish a preview of each and every auction, particularly ongoing, monthly, online-only auctions (though I list everything of relevance that I am aware of in my monthly auction calendar feature). This site and my efforts here are all done essentially pro bono (any advertising revenue collected does not come close to offsetting my costs accrued over the years), so I’m always a bit surprised when dealers get demanding with me for overlooking whatever for profit endeavor that they expect me to promote for them (gratis), especially when they’ve never made any contribution to the resource that is this website…. In any event, I was on the receiving end of e-mails and a phone call from the people at Nate D. Sanders in the past few weeks for not previewing their February auction (which is listed in my February calendar); said auction ended yesterday. One of the notable sales was a collection of Jaws memorabilia, but more interesting to me was that the lot that realized $50,000 with Nate D. Sanders could have been had for around $7,000 at public auction on eBay two months ago. [Read more…]
This is actually the lightest year in some time for original props and costumes on display at Comic Con International: San Diego, apart from the usual showing by Profiles in History and Prop Store. Nothing from Disney this year (who usually exhibit every other year) and much of what is on display is material from films not yet released. [Read more…]
Josh with Disney D23 has published a great video featuring an interview with Kevin Fiege, Producer of The Avengers and President of Marvel Studios. They take a tour of props and costumes from films set in the Marvel Universe. [Read more…]