Englishman In San Diego

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego s04e03 - 21st August 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT ~~ SDCC 2016 RECAP: CONIVAL 2016 OFF-SITE SPECIAL ~~ How manic was this year's SDCC?? So much to see, so much to do... The event is no longer 'San Diego Comic-Con, held at +San Diego Convention Center', it's 'San Diego Comic-Con, held in SAN DIEGO' - we take over the town! And the action spreads to some of the other iconic buildings in the city, including Petco Park Stadium which hosted in 2016, for the second year, the incredible Nerdist/ Geek & Sundry off-site, CONIVAL, which saw an amazing array of talent from the big and small screen on stage in a small intimate conversation set up - all for free! Such a thing is an impressive feat of organisation - how on earth do they pull it off? We're joined by Nerdist Editor-In-Chief Rachel Heine to answer that question, as well as looking back at some of the highlights of CONIVAL this year... And there were TONS of them! We are also joined by

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego s04e02 - 14th August 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT ~~ LIVE REPORT FROM BOSTON COMIC CON 2016 ~~ It's our first live con report of the new season - these are always fun and we love doing them, reporting from the ground, giving you a taste of what the sights, sounds and smells of the world's best conventions. Okay, maybe not the smells. Alyssa Franks will be taking a wander thru the halls of Boston Comic Con and maybe bumping into some surprise guests along the way - we're also doing our best to try and organise a really coincidental conversation with one of the organisers, too. Don't hold your breath, you know how this works! We also get into the recent controversy about content recording at events such as SDCC, and the challenges made to channels such as Flicks And The City for uploading such panel content, especially when challenged by a large entity such as Comic-Con International and Comic-Con HQ. Should be a blast - hope you can joi

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego s04e01 - 7th August 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c0fv85il72g4r7u7262p9mkmpbc YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZceKZuGosY --------------------------------------------------- ~~ IT'S THE ALYSSA FRANKS POST-CON BLUES SHOW ~~ The dust has settled, the banners have been taken down, the tents have been put away for another year and San Diego Comic-Con is over and out! We've already said our farewells (in our Special SDCC Recap Episode), and Leonard is determined to have a couple of weeks off at least! ...but Alyssa wants to keep the momentum going, with a wrap-up show of her own, especially checking in with the efforts of #SDCCfit and also to look ahead to cons on the horizon, including Boston Comic Con, New York Comic Con - NYCC which is fast approaching, and more. Alyssa is joined by Jeff Mueller (The Mighty Jerd), Aaron Nabus (#SDCCfit) and Michael Leventhal (FoCCI) to talk abou

SDCC 2016 - 'The British Invasion Spirit Of '86' Panel (Friday 22nd July 2016) moderated by Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) featuring Paul Levitz, Kieron Gillen and David Lloyd recording by Alyssa Franks (Friends Of CC Forum) This is a recording of THE BRITISH INVASION: SPIRIT OF ’86 panel held at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, in which we discussed a period in comics history in which a number of artists and writers from the UK – creatives such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Brian Bolland, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan and more – were lured by their American counterparts across the pond and, in doing so, had an immeasurable impact on not only the creative approach and literary recognition of comics, but also the lasting business of the industry itself, to this day. In this 30th Anniversary year of the 1986 release of Moore/Gibbons/Higgins‘ seminal comic WATCHMEN, I felt that this was a timely opportunity to show light on this period, celebrate the key works of the Invasion and see where their influen

On Sunday 24th July 2016, CCI President John Rogers addresses the concerns, questions and acknowledgements of various attendees at the Annual Talkbavk Panel - warning. amongst the praise, swears may be involved....

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (25th July 2016, 1200 PT / 1500 ET / 2000 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/ci8gloifahfh7jqttqhmvghjpd8 YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GRsmqP4_9c --------------------------------------------------- ~~ IT'S OUR SDCC 2016 RECAP EPISODE - WE'RE ON A BOAT! ~~ And so, after all the planning, the preparation, the questions and answers, the interviews, the live reports and all of the fun we've had on this season of Talkin' Comic-Con, the party has to come to an end after what has most certainly been the most epic of Comic-Con International events of all time! As is our want, Leonard Sultana and Alyssa Franks will be meeting up to discuss our own highs and lows of this years SDCC... but this year we're doing it slightly different! Thanks to our friends at Dark Bunny Tees, we'll be broadcasting live from the Pegasus, a ship moored in Bayside (you may have seen her through the fence while waiting in line!). Joined

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (17th July 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cdeq59n1iopsnseto9ou4l1pg14 YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_MMxM3FhKE --------------------------------------------------- ~~ LIVE REPORT FROM STAR WARS CELEBRATION... AND ONLY DAYS TO GO TO SDCC 2016! ~~ It's the last #CupOTeaSDCC show before San Diego Comic-Con... People will be pouring into the city and flights will be packed with nerds, geeks and fandoms, ready to get up close and personal with their pop culture idols! Exciting stuff! Leonard won't be their just yet, though - he's still going to be in London, surfing off the high of attending the biggest party for Star Wars fans on the planet, ReedPOP Supply Co. and LucasFilm's Star Wars Celebration! Leonard will be reporting LIVE from the ExCeL London, before heading off for the first flight out of the capital to head to the West Coast. He'll be joining Alyssa Franks to talk

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (10th July 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c4nm3kvjvovvhu64ca6cjsihcko YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUC2wQgz0CQ --------------------------------------------------- ~~ SDCC SCHEDULES ANALYSIS EPISODE ~~ Over the course of the days from Thursday 7th July to the transmission of this hangout, Comic-Con International have been revealing the eagerly awaiting programming schedules for this years San Diego Comic-Con. Leonard Sultana and a select panel of special guests will be pouring over the highlights, clashes and surprises of the schedules, as well as giving their immediate thoughts on the Sunday schedules as they are unveiled live on the show! Not long to go!! --------------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP O' TEA WITH AN ENGLISHMAN IN SAN DIEGO is the weekly San Diego +Comic-Con International Hangout On Air taking place every Sunday (6pm GMT

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (7th July 2016, 0900 PT / 1200 ET / 1700 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c6no8qtre3q4f88aeiaveio1rps YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_fAbd4B94 --------------------------------------------------- ~~ AN SPECIAL 'INCIDENTAL ONE-SHOT' EPISODE: A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID GLANZER ~~ We are incredibly lucky to have been able to arrange time to speak to +Comic-Con International's Director Of Marketing & Public Relations,+David Glanzer- this is the man who is very much the voice of Comic-Con and the ideal person to talk to when it comes to any questions who may have about this years event. With mere weeks to go, SDCC 2016 is already promising to be one of the truly historic events in the convention's history. A raft of new features and off-sites have been introduced, brand new locations have been opened and the 'comic-con campus' of San Diego Comic-Con continues to grow. This presents a whole new series of chall

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (3rd July 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/crvosphjf9t5epvorea6ujtbv0k YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FugGpxiTysk --------------------------------------------------- ~~ SDCC OFF-SITE EVENTS SPECIAL ~~ You only have to look at the various maps that fans like Roy Hembree have put together (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rwgbrtDpkafyUgbX-JrCwaz3mxU&usp=sharing) to see that the city of San Diego really has embraced the 'Comic-Con Campus' approach that CCI have encouraged, with parties, meetups, fan encounters and events taking place across every corner of the city. From the Star Trek Beyond World Premiere event, taking place on Preview Night, to the various Suicide Squad attractions, to Nerd HQ from The Nerd Machine, and to Entertainment Weekly's CON-X feature, the appeal outside of the convention itself is immense! In the episode, we talk to a panel of special guests about the highli

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (26th June 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/c9el23qkcrkeq9ua61mfs7t0le8 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqOWeQeT6wA --------------------------------------------------- ~~ NYCC 2016 SPECIAL ~~ We may be only weeks away from San Diego Comic-Con but the calendar also marches closer and closer to New York Comic Con - NYCC, held at the Javitz Center in NYC this October. Very soon, tickets for this massive event will go on sale, with a number of changes to ReedPOP's operating procedure, doing away with direct-to-customer sale and moving to an online process. ReedPOP's Mike Armstrong - the company's N. America Event Director - joins us to talk about the changes that the company are planning to introduce and also discuss the new online procedure. We'll also cover all of the headlines of the past seven days, including the updates unveiled from the Comic-Con International Toucan Blog, panel ann

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (19th June 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cld4c879njn7ns4dmiag2qgbsjs YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVKlH3OfALE --------------------------------------------------- ~~ THE MOVIES OF SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON ~~ Yes, there are plenty of comics content to be seen and enjoyed at that there San Diego comics convention...! But San Diego Comic-Con has prided itself, from its very inception, to be a Celebration Of Pop Culture, of all disciplines - and the movies that are presented at SDCC certainly attract the lion's share of the worlds media headlines. As film companies continue to roll out more and more information about what attractions will be on display at this years con, Leonard Sultana and Alyssa Franks are joined by Empire Magazine's Editor-At-Large Helen O'Hara to talk about what attendees can expect to see on stage, why some companies attend SDCC and why some don't, and what it me

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (12th June 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/co0k1sm6j1odoqcpoqom62kdre0 YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52sGdtBgXno ------------------------------------------- ~~ A COMIC-CON NOOBS SPECIAL! ~~ San Diego Comic-Con is the Big Daddy of comic conventions - it can be a daunting proposition for the experience convention goer. So, for a first-timer, it really is an experience to behold! But those first trips to San Diego can also be a minefield, if you're not prepared: Where do you go? Where do you lineup, and when? How do you fit the most of your con in? What can someone realistically expect to see and do and enjoy? Why do I have to queue up for everything? And what's with the salted pretzels at the +San Diego Convention Center?? Alyssa and Leonard are joined by Stephanie Wilson (The Geekiary) to walk you Comic-Con Noobs through the highs and lows of SDCC, asking our audience for

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (5th June 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/ck946m5a0dhch6a615es8kh3av0 ouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuxKUA60nGY ------------------------------------------- ~~ ON THE SUBJECTS OF HOTEL SALES AND FUNKO FUNDAYS... ~~ With the weeks counting down to San Diego Comic-Con 2016, the news headlines are rattling in thick and fast, along with sales for both the long-awaited Hotel Waitlist and also the frantic Funko Fundays ticket sale... It's all kicking off, isn't it?? Leonard and Alyssa, along with special guest Michael Pea will be covering all the major news of the week from 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm GMT - hope you can join us. ------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP O' TEA WITH AN ENGLISHMAN IN SAN DIEGO is the weekly San Diego Comic-Con Hangout On Air taking place every Sunday (6pm GMT / 10am PT / 1pm ET) and hosted by Leonard Sultana. Each week, the best

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (15th May 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) interact on the Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c3vtaigh8k89shocr734r1e8c2k watch along LIVE on the YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfCnvTmT2yc ------------------------------------------- ~~ SPECIAL GUESTS: FLICKS AND THE CITY ~~ As we get closer to SDCC 2016, we'll be inviting special guests to come on the hangout and talk about their relationship to the event - our guests this week have become portals for pop culture fans to experience the con, even if they can't make it to San Diego in person. Flicks And The City is a UK-based pop culture site, specialising in movie & TV reviews, interviews, comic con panels and easter egg & movie facts videos - their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/flicksandthecity) is bursting at the seams with high-quality, broadcast standard clips which, if you're a SDCC fan, you will have seen online... And yet, they attend Co

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (8th May 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) interact on the Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/coaf0oprsitr5pk38v7rb4ra4bg watch along LIVE on the YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rx1BP9ctao ------------------------------------------- ~~ LIFE INTERRUPTED... ~~ for the first time, we've had a guest no-show on the podcast - we were going to be joined by the Baker Street Babes but things that got away and left us wanting. The good news is there's been plenty for myself and Alyssa to talk about this week, including SDCC parking, hotel sale waitlists, Comic-Con HQ and Free Comic Book day. At the back end of this episode we're also joined by Andy Behbakht to talk a spoiler-heavy conversation about Captain America Civil War - don;t worry, we give you a big heads-up when to turn off if you haven't yet seen the film... Our competiton prizes this week are provided, as always, by the wonderful Dark Bunny Tees - head to dar

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (1at May 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) http://www.anenglishmaninsandiego.com/thebluediary/talkin-comic-con-a-cup-o-tea-with-an-englishman-in-san-diego-1at-may-2016 ~~ #SDCCfit ~~ A truly packed show this week. We've had two weeks of Leonard, shanghai-ing the show and getting his preferred guests on! And now it's only fair to give Alyssa a crack at the invites...! Today's show features a bunch of people who are doing their best to help a lot of people get themselves physically ready for the rigours of San Diego Comic-Con (and, indeed, the expanse of the modern con) - people who are embracing the motivational #SDCCfit hashtag. This is a great episode in which we give you hints and tips to prepare yourselves over the coming months. We're not going to turn you into Lou Ferringo, overnight... But we do give you some pointers to make sure you don't Hulk out during your con! We are also be joined by somebody who we haven't had on the show

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (17th April 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) ~~ SPECIAL GUEST: THE SNEAKY ZEBRA ~~ After all the stress, trials and tribulations of recent weeks - what with the SDCC Hotel Sale still being a bone of contention - the Cup O' Tea show takes its foot off the accelerator for the next couple of weeks to welcome some special guests who you may encounter in San Diego this July. First up, we will (hopefully) be joined by the incredibly talented Gary Scullion and Nick Acott - aka The SNEAKY ZEBRA - the pair behind some of the most visually striking, slickly produced and downright entertaining video shorts out there. If you've YouTube-ed con videos in the past, you will have come across their work - work like this, which they filmed at last months WonderCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKV8LelE1k They really are a cracking collective of filmmakers - so much so, that they have worked with Nerdist, Geek & Sundry and London Super Comic Convention a

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (10th April 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cnq36urf2hmosbcd8arts6s5pu8 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuvA2iny8w4 ------------------------------------------- ~~ SDCC HOTELPOCALYPSE: THE AFTERMATH ~~ It's been an emotional week and no mistake - the SDCC Hotel Sale that took place on Tuesday morning has become the hot topic of this years event and will be the basis of conversation for weeks, if not months, to come. With a lack of a clear message strategy from sale organisers onPeak, the multiple levels of randomisation, the seeming absence of oversight by the organisations involved and the resulting frustration of many attendees made this Hotel Sale an emotional minefield. The conversation will be fraught and the discussion lively as Leonard and Alyssa try to sort through the mire of this divisive chapter of San Diego Comic-Con 2016... ------------------------------------------

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (13th March 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1500 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c1l3vc0vvit6hmvg6c98oi7sha4 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqIS9LmYzpI ------------------------------------------------ ~~ GETTING OUR BOBBLEHEAD ON!! ~~ You cannot find a bigger success story, inextricably linked to the explosion of the modern pop culture convention, than FUNKO. With a rabid fanbase, superglued to every release from their many expanding, multi-headed product lines, Funko continue to thrive and grow... It's one company that could even move on to hosting their own con!! But not yet. The company still represents at the biggest events in the pop culture calendar, including two huge shows on the immediate horizon: WonderCon Los Angeles and C2E2 - Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. We are joined this week by Cameron Deuel and Yoko McCann from Funko's Marketing Team to talk about what attendees can expect at the ever-rammed