From soda pop to country singers, you just never know what you’ll find at San Diego Comic-Con. Unless you read this edition of Under the Tents, and then you’ll, well, know.
Let’s take a look at the news you might have missed:
- Things are about to get a little uncanny, as X-Men: The Animated Series series Jubilee voice actress Alyson Court mentioned that the “plan” is for her to be at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Court is also known for her voice work in the Resident Evil franchise. We’ll have to stay tuned for more details.
SDCC is the plan
— alyson court (@alysontheother) May 26, 2024
- Artist Steven Gordon is also celebrating all things X-Men this year with some X-excellent new sketches. Would you pick up this X-Men: Evolution Kitty Pryde print? Be sure to let him know.
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- Artist JYK All Day also wants to get in on the X-Men love, and showed off the beginnings of a new POP Wagon piece that’s destined for San Diego Comic-Con.
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- Eisner-winning comic book writer and artist Daniel Warren Johnson is having a very good week. Not only is James Gunn a fan of his work (as evidenced by his Threads tweet about his Wonder Woman Elseworlds), but Felix Comic Art also confirmed that Warren Johnson is scheduled for San Diego Comic-Con and there will be “special opportunities” for non-attendees.
So cool! DCEU leader @JamesGunn is the newest @danielwarrenart fan! Wait until he digs in more…read DWJ’s SUPERMAN: RED AND BLUE story, Mr. Gunn!
— Felix Comic Art (@FelixComicArt) May 27, 2024
Daniel has two shows scheduled for 2024: Heroescon and SDCC! We will have special opportunities for non-attendees. Keep following! pic.twitter.com/6cpJXZlXi1
- Toastymarshmellow, voice actress and “nerdstyle” content creator, is bringing to heat to the con, as she confirmed San Diego is on her list of appearances for 2024.
Con 🧵 Let me see your con list for the rest of 2024…trynna see somethin 👀
— Toastymarshmellow 🔜 Anime Expo (@Toastmarshmell1) May 27, 2024
Anime Expo
San Diego Comic Con
Anime NYC
NYCC
AWA?
- If this next sketch doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will. We bet you can come up with 101 reasons why you need this Cruella De Vil original from artist Vince Alvendia, otherwise known as Eggdrop Ramen.
Warmup/practice for one of the three fabulous ladies accompanying me to SDCC 2024.#sdcc2024 pic.twitter.com/TrHKTDB6I5
— Vince A 🥚🍳🍜🇺🇸🇵🇭 (@EggdropRamen) May 27, 2024
He also teased a behind-the-scenes look at his process into creating this Yzma original, which will also be heading to the con.
I was getting frustrated with this process and almost went back to pencil, and I had to remind myself that the messy imperfection of going straight to pen, construction lines and all, was the whole point of this. Trust the process.#sdcc #sdcc2024 pic.twitter.com/7cNdUQ28R8
— Vince A 🥚🍳🍜🇺🇸🇵🇭 (@EggdropRamen) May 30, 2024
- You’ll find Michael Alexandropoulos and his More Great Art at Booth #4500 this year, where he’ll be joined by Kaare Andrews, who is bringing along prints, artwork, and a Reign 2 #1 variant. Kaare will also be doing giveaways and remarks, in what is his first appearance at a con in more than eight years.
- Writer and creator of Zen Intergalatic Ninja, Stephen Stern, is charting a course for San Diego Comic-Con. You’ll find Stern at Booth #2001, where he’ll have a limited number of hardcover L’Amour Supreme’s ZEN available, and possibly even get it signed by Stern.
Super-exciting news for Comic Con! I’m delighted to announce that there WILL be a limited number of the hardcover edition of L’Amour Supreme’s ZEN available on a first-come basis at 1First Comics booth #2001 in San Diego! So even if you missed out on getting a copy during the… pic.twitter.com/2nIGFjTwq2
— Stephen Stern (@StephenLStern) May 28, 2024
- The boy(s) are back in town. And by the boy(s), we mean On the Mic Podcast, who is returning for another live show panel.
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- Syndicate Collectibles is heading to the con at Booth #4445, where they’ll have “thrilling reveals” and more.
- Stanley “Artgerm” Lau has a busy convention schedule planned for 2024, but luckily he is planning a stop at San Diego Comic-Con, and will also offering commissions.
- Get riled up for Frank Cho’s Outrage Book 4, which will be debuting at San Diego Comic-Con at the Comic Sketch Art booth. Cho showed off some of the final pages for the collection, which look outrage-ous.
- Country artist Reyna Roberts will be performing at San Diego Comic-Con. Where? When? Why? We have our suspicions (and they’re related to the fact that it was announced by IP3, which is led by Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman film franchise, who serves on the Board of Advisors for both San Diego Comic-Con and the Comic-Con Museum), but we’ll have to stay tuned for more details.
🎤 @TheReynaRoberts and her amazing voice on @AGT.
— IP3 (@IP3Official) May 29, 2024
She’s featured in Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album and will be joining the IP3 fam this year at @Comic_Con. Stay tuned! #SDCC pic.twitter.com/vH29nTSouY
- The fam’s all here. Artist Szerdy showed off a sketch cover for Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider that will be heading to the con, though we’ll have to stay tuned for more details on how to grab it.
- You’ll catch Brian Pulido and his Coffin Comics at Booth #5530 at the con this year.
- Beadle & Grimm’s have not one, but two, panels at the con this year, starting with “ROLL INISH! How to Turn TTRPGs into Live Entertainment” on Saturday, July 27 at 11:15am and “FASTER, PURPLE WORM! KILL! KILL!” live the same day at 4pm. Venues and panelists are still TBA.
- Great Pop Culture Debate will be debating the best superhero crossover comic at their own live panel on Thursday, July 25.
We're going to @Comic_Con! Join us Thu 7/25 for GPCD LIVE: Best Superhero Crossover Comic! VOT NOW in the poll that determines the 16 crossovers we'll debate. Please share!https://t.co/urev3l0IqR#comics #comicbooks #crossover #superhero #SDCC #sdcc2024 #polls pic.twitter.com/p5eLochmPE
— GreatPopCultureDebate (@culture_debate) May 29, 2024
- Get in tune with the dark side of nature with artist Henry Liao’s Poison Ivy piece, which will be available as a limited run of prints at the con.
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- It’s not just that purple haze in your brain. Writer Mellow Brown (Blade Runner: Origins, Station 19) will be making a rare U.S. appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, alongside writer Ben Ha Meen, to promote their Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze. They will have advanced copies of the book to sign, so be sure to follow along with them for more updates.
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- A pirate’s life for me! James Silvani is getting arr-ty with his Pirates: A Graphic History, and teased that stickers of some of the artwork could turn up at San Diego Comic-Con. You can back the Kickstarter project now.
Pirates: A Graphic History includes biographies of some of the more infamous scalawags. Here’s a look at the art that may show up on stickers at this year’s SDCC or as stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign. Sign up to be notified when it goes live at www.kickstarter.com/projects/sil…
— James Silvani (@silvaniart.bsky.social) May 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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- That sound you hear right now is a few thousand nerds crying in joy, because Wild Bill’s has confirmed they’ll be back at the con with more of their soda.
Anything we missed? Let us know by dropping us a line, or tweet us at @SD_Comic_Con.
If you missed our previous Under the Tents posts, you can find them HERE.
