Holy shit SDCC owns the term "comic con" now

"a jury in San Diego today decided in favor of Comic-Con International... in its long-running battle with Dan Farr Productions and Bryan Brandenburg, organizers of Salt Lake City Comic Con, over the use of the term "comic con" (or comic convention) as a descriptor for a pop culture fan event.... jury decided that the Comic Con mark is valid and that Salt Lake City used it in a way likely to cause confusion to customers."

READ ARTICLE HERE

"In upholding the trademark, the Court ruling allows SDCC to seek licensing agreements with over 140 events in the US that call themselves comic conventions, or else require those events to rebrand."

 WHAT THE FUCK?

I mean, as a toy retailer who exhibits at such events without selling a single comic book, I can't say that a rebranding of say NYCC would harm my toy business. But I can see this being a HUGE FUCKING ISSUE for comic book-centric events around the country. Some of the smaller events like Five Points Fest do not incorporate the term "comic con" into their names... but still... this is going to be a major annoyance for a whole boatload of events who probably already have their own trademarked names, websites, LLCs, etc that incorporate the term comic con...

-Benny Kline

JUST LAUNCHED: Sweaties Unite: Rise of the Uber Nerd Documentary Film by Jon Schnepp on Kickstarter

"Sweaties Unite!: Rise of the Uber-Nerd!" is a feature length documentary that follows the global rise in popularity of Comic Book Based Films and Series, as well as the downsizing in Comic Book Publishing, in its shrinking sales year after year, as more and more comic book stores close each year. With Comic Conventions having now turned into basically Mass Culture Cons, most of the people attending these Conventions have never actually read any of the comics that the characters that they love seeing in the theaters or on the television screen are based on. What has created this rise and fall and total separation between these mediums, what can be done to help, and what is the future of both?

Back the next AWESOME doc by my man Jon Schnepp, and make sure to visit Jon at our NYCC booth in October!

Furry Feline Creatives Kawaii Kaiju for SDCC

Furry Feline Creatives have 4 exclusive handmade plush for SDCC Booth 5149, in an edition of only 10 pieces each. Ringo the cat has reconstructed himself into "Ultra Mega Ringo", this soft fleece plush will be available for $50ea, and will be utilizing all his superpowers to fight the Kaiju frenemies sharing his booth.

Go-Go Supaiku Dude is bringing sexy back, in Kaiju form. Aside from those six pack abs and his neon green colorway complexion, he is carrying a spiky shell on his back.  Measures 12 x 10 x 8.  This will be at $50.

Lastly, Purridge dressed up we have two colorways of "Kawaii Kaiju Purridge"  in Tangerine and in Lightning Blue in style of the Japanese kaiju figures.  Measures 13" These will at $60 each

Find these handmade fleece plush pieces at SDCC booth 5149

-Tasha Zimich

Plaseebo And Dragatomi SDCC Exclusives

This is Plaseebo's "Magma Night Gamer" for Dragatomi SDCC Booth#5350. Just look at this guy. He's awesome. He could only be more awesome if he lit up- Oh wait;

LED Eyes A-glowin'!

Dragatomi's San Diego Comic Con booth #5350 is host to a huge lineup of new artwork from artists both new and well-loved. If you're at the show, it'd be criminal not to swing by the booth and scope all their offerings out.

Ardabus Rubber

April "MaloApril" Elliott

Jerimiah Ketner

-Tasha Zimich

Dragatomi SDCC Booth Exclusives Part1

There are LOTS of fun things in the works with Dragatomi and their lineup of SDCC artists & offerings! More things than we can cover in one post.

Dragatomi can be found in booth #5350 in the North-West part of the exhibition hall.
Print off a copy of this map, and staple it to the back of your hand if need be, because some of these exclusives are one-of-a-kind and will disappear fast!

 

 

 

Dril1 custom Doktor A Bella Delamere



Dril1 Custom CMR Crumbeater

 

 

Stay tuned to the SDCC Exclusives announcements by following Dragatomi's Facebook, or Instagram/Twitter @dragatomi

 

-Tasha Zimich

Furry Feline Creatives x Dragatomi SDCC Exclusive

 

Furry Feline Creatives has teamed up with Dragatomi to bring us a special exclusive SDCC plush- "Puffridge Dragatomi". Puffridge Dragatomi will be available exclusively at Booth #5350 at San Diego Comic Con, in an edition of only 10 handmade pieces.

You can find Dragatomi right across from WeLoveFine and Merit International. Be sure to follow Dragatomi's Facebook or Twitter and Instagram @dragatomi for more updates on new exclusives.

Sculptor Cig Neutron At SDCC

 

 

We've introduced you to Cig Neutron of Bizaro Au Go-Go's previous releases before. He does amazing sculptural work like this;

 

 

 

For shows like Unnatural Abduction with artists like Chet Zar, John Mahoney and Jose Lopes. And this year Cig will be at San Diego Comic Con booth 1633 with live cosplayers modeling his sculpted masks. If you're going to the show, swing by table 1633 and say hi to Cig and the Bizarro Au Go-Go team. Whether or not you go to SDCC, be sure to give Cig a follow on Instagram @cigneutron

 

 

 

-Tasha Zimich