Englishman In San Diego

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (28th February 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cs858t4088hg8osnmt9t94s3oe0 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CTd9-rGvqc ~~ MOVIES AND COMIC-CON ~~ Sunday 28th saw the biggest day in the Hollywood calendar, when the beautiful people of the silver screen bestowed the shiniest of baubles on each other - the 88th Academy Awards! Movies and San Diego Comic-Con have had a long and fractured relationship over the years; comic purists feel that that Hollywood has overtaken their own party while it can't be denied that the presence of cinema glitterati has been a strong element in the events growth and success, from a very early time. With the biggest panels of the world's premiere 'Celebration Of Pop Culture' occupying the largest rooms, drawing the longest lines and filling the most column spaces of the world's media, Leonard, Alyssa and special guest Russ Burlingame (comicbook.com) talk

Oscar-nominated composer Marco Beltrami (FANTASTIC FOUR, WORLD WAR Z, SNOWPIERCER, THE HURT LOCKER) has reunited with visionary director Alex Proyas (DARK CITY, I, ROBOT, THE CROW) to create an epic score reminiscent of Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre, and John Williams. Beltrami’s musical palette has since expanded to virtually all film genres and he has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Score. First, for 3:10 TO YUMA, and shortly after for the Best Picture winner, THE HURT LOCKER. GODS OF EGYPT opens Friday 26th February (US) / 6th April (UK) with the soundtrack digitally available the same day. The CD will get a release on March 18th, 2016 through Varèse Sarabande.

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (21st February 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) interact on the Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cnl45pum1asrk2nabqscn843dn4 watch along LIVE on the YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCnNdF2YT_Y -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~ OPEN BADGE REGISTRATION - THE AFTERMATH! ~~ On Saturday 20th February, the Last Chance Saloon for potential attendees of San Diego Comic-Con 2016 gets underway, with the Open Badge Registration - the one and only opportunity to land those prized badges - taking place from 9am PT (Midday ET / 5pm GMT). Badges will most likely sell out within the hour... But this is assuming everything will go smoothly. In this episode, Leonard and Alyssa will be looking over the events of the Badge Sale to commentate on the highs and lows of the day. We'll be joined by hangout regular and fan favourite Mark Searby to talk about his efforts as part of a badge team

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (10th January 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c6svkll52vhgc0b24e1jhgsvftc YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7eKN8Z0bFc -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~ WE'RE BACK, BABY!! ~~ We've taken a well earned break for the holidays, we've eaten too much turkey, we've indulged in too many vices... But now the New Year has arrived and we've got to get back in the game! Leonard, Alyssa and some very Special Guests kick off the regular run of Cup O' Tea hangouts between now and July's extravaganza! And we've got a lot to talk about! ~ the new seasons of big TV shows are just around the corner - what shows should we be watching out for? What are our picks of upcoming highlights on the small screen? This, and a whole lot more on the first #CupOTeaSDCC of 2016! --------------------------------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP

Recorded at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, held in Kendal UK, on Saturday 17th October 2015 (Please note: this recording ends abruptly, due to the recording medium losing power - trust me when I say, the panel ends with rapturous applause!) "Award-winning artistic chameleon and Marvel Architect Stuart Immonen began his comics career in 1988, and he's worked for most of the industry's major publishers - including Marvel, DC and Image - in the quarter-century since. During his decade-long tenure at DC, in addition to writing and pencilling Adventures Of Superman, Stuart illustrated the critically-acclaimed mini-series Superman: Secret Identity. For Marvel, as well as 2011's Fear Itself event, he has drawn such high-profile series as Ultimate Spider-Man, The Mighty Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers and the cult favourite Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E. After joining forces with Mark Waid to inaugurate Marvel's digital Infinite Comics line, in the Marvel NOW! era, Immonen launched All-New X-M

Recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal UK, on Saturday 17th October 2015 "Jock is an award-winning British artist, renowned for his edgy, dynamic style and gritty design aesthetic. He is best know for co-creating The Losers with Andy Diggle for Vertigo. He's also behind the original graphic novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium for DC Comics, and stunning covers for numerous titles such as X-Men, Daredevil and Scalped, which lead to his nomination for Best Cover Artist at the Eisner Awards. Jock recently completed writing and drawing his first mini-series for Marvel Comics, Savage Wolverine, and is currently drawing a major new creator-owned ongoing series, Wytches, with Scott Snyder for Image Comics. Here, Chris Thompson from Orbital Comics find out about the many different faces of Jock."

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (4th October 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/crn0elmkiv8usu8rvbjpbmul410 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-1SNcN7jG0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~ NEW YORK COMIC CON (NYCC) SPECIAL, Pt. TWO ~~ With one more week to go, New York Comic Con is literally just around the corner -  comics, film, television and pop culture companies are gearing up to present the massed throng with everything new and shiny at this incredible event. One such company that you would have expected to already be a staple fixture of the Exhibition Floor is actually one that will be showing off their wares for the very first time - cultural phenomenon FUNKO! They've already conquered the rear corner of SDCC and now they are planning to do the same to New York - Funko Marketing Coordinator Cameron Deuel will be joining us to talk about what they have up their sleeves! ----

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (27th September 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/c89l3sme10u5096kb25sjrfiip4 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68MOhUIJFKE ~~ NEW YORK COMIC CON (NYCC) SPECIAL, Pt. ONE ~~ Sunday 27th September will mark the two week countdown to the biggest comics and pop convention to be held on the East Coast of the U.S. - New York Comic Con is coming to town, baby, for its Ten Year Anniversary! Reed POP are the organisers of the biggest conventions worldwide, with Star Wars Celebration, C2E2, PAX, Paris Comic Con and many more on their books but NYCC is definitely the jewel in their crown. Fans cannot wait to see and hear what they have in-store for their big first decade party! ReedPOP's Mike Armstrong joins us to talk about what it takes to put on this huge nerd extravaganza - we can't wait to hear what they have in store! -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (20th September 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/ct9efqt9ent1unicr540349g7l4 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ2yVVFow5Q ~~ COMIC CONS BEHIND THE SCENES - FROM THE GROUND UP ~~ This could be one of the most exciting Special Guest lineups we've had for some time and it's a pleasure to have these two gentlemen joining us on the Hangout this week. First up, we're going to be joined by ICE (International Comic Expo) creator/organiser/chief bottlewasher, SHANE CHEBSEY, a man whose surname I seem to be incapable of pronouncing properly so this Sunday should be a hoot! Held in Birmingham each year, ICE has become one of the premier highlights of the UK convention calendar and Shane will be on hand to talk about what it actually takes to put on such an event: the history, the headlines, the highs and lows, the relationships that are forged (and those that are tested), the spinning of plates req

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (13th September 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) interact on the Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/c7j3mckg4efolp2pqssk2oheai8 or watch along LIVE on the YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU6BfVnxTwQ ~~ CGC / COMICS GRADING SPECIAL ~~ You know my regular co-host,+Alyssa Franks of Friends Of Comic Con Forum? I may have to have words because she's starting to get ideas above her station! I mean, arranging her own guests and themes for Cups O' Tea... What the hell?? I'm the Boss around here, dagnabbit!! Okay, seriously, Alyssa has invested a lot of time and effort to bring together this fascinating roster of guests for this Hangout and I, for one, am incredibly interested in what they have to say about comics collecting, grading and archiving - consider this episode a 'Comics Investment 101'. We have three Special Guests joining us: Brittany McManus from industry standard bearers CGC (Certified Guaranty Company),

International Comics Expo (ICE) 2015, The Geek Syndicate 'Is It Time For Dredd To Take The Long Walk?' Panel (5th Sept 2015) On Saturday 5th September, AEISD attended the International Comics Expo in Birmingham, UK, and was intrigued by the title of a panel that was scheduled: I was planning on moving on but the next panels title intrigued me: 'Is It Time For Dredd To Take The Long Walk'? Really? That's what The Geek Syndicate (Barry 'Nuge' Nugent and David 'Monts' Monteith) had the balls to ask? In Birmingham, one of the biggest selling demographics of 2000AD in the UK?? Many people, when faced down with the hungry, rapacious fan base of a character that many assume belongs in the annals of comics history, are gobsmacked by how many will come out of the woodwork when it comes to Dredd - Nuge and Monts certainly gave it the 'rabbit in the headlights' when they glanced and were struck that they were now talking to a full room, standing room only, all of whom were adamantly against the idea of their anti-hero

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (6th September 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/ct5fhu3cocqfniuf6hdun1dn64c YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WSZN8ick0g ~~ IT'S FIGHT CLUB!! ~~ So much to talk about this week: of course it was Force Friday this week, in which +Star Wars came out of the woodwork to pick up their prime toys as the ramp up began for the promotion of #TheForceAwakens, departments of Marvel Studios found themselves on the opposing ends of a PR war as Kevin Fiege took direct control of the film department - for better or worse? - and this weekend has seen DragonCon take place in Atlanta and ICE (International Comic Expo) has been running in Birmingham in the UK. Busy weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP O' TEA WITH AN ENGLISHMAN IN SAN DIEGO is the weekly San Diego +Comic-Con International Live Show, a Hangout On Air taking place every S

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (30st August 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/c8ku1qm177udq47s3es9oshk1ik YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBR7cVHAVc ~~ THE 'FOREPLAY' EPISODE! ~~ Bit of a short one this week, as we don't have a massive amount to talk about - it's a Bank Holiday here in the UK so everybody's all buggered off for the weekend. However, there are cons on the horizon, the new television season is about to kick off and we have some big guests joining us in the next couple of months - lots to look forward to. So, join Leonard, Alyssa Franks, Mark Searby and Natasha Willams (The Nerd Element) as we look at the shows that made a big splash at +Comic-Con International 2015 and what appears to be the big shakers, especially on the small screen in the forthcoming weeks. Have any of the impressions made at SDCC translated to anticipation for the shows to come? Did any shows slip under the radar? What are you goin

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (23rd August 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/clf35rn7rditqmtpuqrecljm22k YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px2TbTKTU6c ~~ OUR D23 RECAP SHOW... WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY THERE! ~~ We had one or two technical hiccups last Sunday, which meant our guest Marc Velez was unable to properly join us from D23 Expo (I'm blaming the cat, I always blame the cat!). The good news is, now that the event is done and dusted, not only can Marc come back on the show with a bit of hindsight, we can also invite some other D23 attendees to let us know what their impressions of this mammoth event was. From what we've heard, D23 Expo has turned into quite the monster, with a couple of glaring glitches, but on the whole, everyone had one whale of a time - how did Disney actually pull this off? And are there any lessons that can be learned for 2017? -----------------------------------------------------------

This is an interview between Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) and Guy Delcourt, the man behind Delcourt Publishing, who prior to San Diego Comic-Con 2015, announced an historic deal, struck with digital comics platform comiXology. On the SDCC comiXology Booth on Sunday 12th July, Guy and I - along with comiXology PR head Chip Mosher - talked about the impact of the collaboration and what it meant for French speaking titles to gain exposure to international audiences through the power of this digital medium...

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (16th August 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) supported by Marvel Collector Corps, powered by Funko! Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/ckiolun340s4arfrusguh57qv1g YouTube: https://youtu.be/GhYVR1vle2s ~~ REPORT FROM D23 EXPO and SHEFFIELD FILM & COMIC CON! ~~ This is Season 3 Episode 4 recorded on the 16th August 2015 - and this is the episode that finally beat us - Leonard Sultana and Alyssa Franks from the Friends Of Comic Con forum were hoping to be joined by Marc Velez, a good friend and SDCC G+ Community contributor who was attending the D23 Expo in Anaheim California - however, thanks to some cruicial technical issues, it appeared that it was destined not to be... Also, after Alyssa's' little excursion around Boston Comic Con a couple weeks back, Leonard is getting his chance to wander around a small UK con, held at the Sheffield Motorpoint Arena, the Sheffield Film & Comic Con, organised by Showmasters. Some great

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (9th August 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/ckiolun340s4arfrusguh57qv1g YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3rlQR13w4 ~~ DRAGON-CON SPECIAL!! ~~ Leonard, Alyssa Franks and a number of special guests will be looking at the recent Comic-Con International announcements, regarding Pre-Registration Badge Sales, as well as discussing what we can do right now to prepare for Comic-Con 2016. We are also joined by Kevin Bachelder who will be giving us the full skinny on the forthcoming DragonCon event this September. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about Kevin's podcasts here: tuningintoscifitv.com/ the DragonCon Community, here: dragonconnewbies.org/ and watch the Lost Girl G+ hangout refered to in this episode, here: drinksatthedal.com/live/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON:

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (2nd August 2015, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/ce4gi47ue35vnbn4iv4pf7fucuo YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ej8RjOOGEU ~~ THE ROAD TO SDCC 2016 STARTS RIGHT HERE!! ~~ Really? We're kickstarting a fresh stretch towards San Diego already?! We've only just finished the last one, haven't we?? Ha! Yes, you're absolutely right, we're still picking up the pieces of SDCC 2015 but, as has become more and more apparent, San Diego Comic-Con has become a year-round marathon.  In this, our first episode of the 2015/2016 season, we look forward to what's next on everyone's horizon, we talk about what you can do now to prepare for SDCC 2016, and we chat about the current state of con culture. We're joined by +Mark Searby to talk about what his San Diego adventure was like, along with his trip to London Film & Comic Con recently. Also on the hangout - in roving reporter mode - Alyssa Franks beams in, d

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (26th July 2015) Sunday 26th July 2015: 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT interact on the Google+ Event page: https://plus.google.com/events/cmvkji73larvr23jba4ljteebqg or watch along LIVE on the YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjOKQAP1jvI ~~ OUR FIRST CUP O' TEA PROPER, SINCE SDCC 2015 ~~ We had 'A Bottle Of Water...' on the Monday after San Diego +Comic-Con International, with Leonard and Alyssa giving some immediate impressions of the event - now that a couple of weeks has passed, we can give a more considered take on what many can call one of the best SDCC's of all time. Join Leonard, Alyssa, and some special guests with their memories of an incredible week in San Diego! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP O' TEA WITH AN ENGLISHMAN IN SAN DIEGO is the weekly San Diego  Live Show, a Hangout On Air taking place every Sunday (6pm GMT / 10am PT / 1pm ET) and hosted by L

Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) and Alyssa Franks (Friends Of CCI Forum) take an hour to look back at this years San Diego Comic-Con in the first of our post-con wrap-ups. This years event was certainly one of the most intense and stressful in recent memory, with so much to see and do - and also so much effort required to see what you could.