HeroesCon 2012: Summer of Valiant

Valiant Comics is back with a vengeance!  Get the full story behind the most anticipated comics’ return of the decade right here at HeroesCon 2012!  Join the Valiant team along with creators Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar), Cary Nord (X-O Manowar), and Clayton Henry (Archer & Armstrong) for surprise announcements and a behind-the-scenes behind the Summer of Valiant!

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HeroesCon 2012: Vertigo Visions

Only one thing can stop Skinner Sweet and Pearl Jones and that is a stake made from wood from Geppetto’s Mystic Grove [TM].  Join Bill Willingham and Scott Snyder (and Adam Hughes) with moderator Jimmy Aquino of Comic News Insider as they discuss writing great horror/fantasy for us meat puppets/future meals.

Runtime 1 hour 10 minutes 41 seconds

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Discussion: HeroesCon 2012 Wrap-Up

Image by Robbi RodriguezIts finally here folks, the HereosCon 2012 wrap-up show.  Join Adam, Brian, Shawn, Ted, and Tee as they discuss their latest trip to HeroesCon.  If we say anything snarky that offends you or completely forgot you then I apologize.  6 hours of sleep over 4 days will do that.  In short, we had fun.

Runtime 1 hour 57 minutes 12 seconds

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Announcement: Stan Lee to Appear at HeroesCon 2012

 

It was just announced today that Stan Lee will be at HeroesCon 2012.  Lee has hit a few east coast shows over the past few years, but this will be the first time since 1984 he’ll be a guest at HeroesCon.  What better way to celebrate the enormity of the 30th HeroesCon than to shake hands with Stan Lee, the most well known name in comics?  I know the Dollar Bin will be there. Congratulations Shelton, and Happy Anniversary.

HeroesCon 2011: Color Me Talented

HeroesCon 2011:  Color Me Talented

Join Dollar Bin’s Adam Daughhetee as he sits down with Laura Martin (Planetary, Astonishing X-Men), Rachelle Rosenberg (Captain America), Charlie Kirchoff (Hellraiser, Doctor Who), Matt Wilson (Thor), Brian Reber (X-Men) discuss this integral aspect of comic art—the coloring.

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Heroes Con 08 - The New Art Comics

From critical favorite his like MAGGOTS and POWR MASTRS, to prominence in influential anthologies like KRAMER’S ERGOT, “art” or “abstract” or “out” comics are pushing boundaries of the avant garde in comics. Join Tom Spurgen of the Comics Reporter as he sits down with Picturebox publisher Dan Nadel, KRAMER’S ERGOT editor Sammy Harkham and publisher Alvin Buenaventura for a frank discussion of this leading edge of art in comics!

Heroes Con 2008 - The New Art Comics

HeroesCon 2008: Interview with Laura Martin

HeroesCon 2008:  Interview with Laura Martin

DSC_0010.JPGShe was our first interview at Heroes Con 2007, and we wanted to make her our first interview at Heroes Con 2008 as well. And we did just that…sort of. Brian’s lack of technical savvy cost he and Kris a great interview with our favorite colorist Laura Martin on Friday, But the newest member of Gaijin Studio, is as nice as she is talented and she gave Brian and Adam another shot on Sunday. Listen in as we discuss her work on Thor, Secret Invasion, Astonishing X-Men and more on this interview edition of the Dollar Bin.

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Collaboration and Story Telling in Todays Comics

Super panel moderator Tom Spurgeon conducts this chat with a who’s who of artists and writers, featuring Darwyn Cooke (DC NEW FRONTIER), Matt Fraction (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN), Jimmy Palmiotti (COUNTDOWN), Cliff Chiang (GREEN ARROW & BLACK CANARY), and Barry Kitson (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN). From collaboration with other creators, editors, or big company-wide crossovers, it can be tough to get your creative vision out there sometimes. This is sure to be a great discussion by some really entertaining creators!

HeroesCon 2007: Interview with Laura Martin

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Laura Martin: digital color artist

We made a great new friend this year at Heroes Con in Eisner award winning colorist LauraMartin. Listen as we talk with her about her work with Bryan Hitch on The Authority and Ultimates, working with John Cassaday on Planetary and Astonishing X-Men, coloring the new Thor series for Marvel, the trials of left-handedness in a right hand world, and much more on this edition of the Dollar Bin.