SDConCast - The Official Podcast of the San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog

You did it! You survived San Diego Comic-Con 2016! So how did it go?

We’ll be discussing the highs and lows of this year’s convention – everything from premieres to empty Hall H to Conan to heat waves. Come join the SDCC UBlog team as we break down 2016!

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This is it! In less than a week we'll be at SDCC 2016! Join Kerry, James, Ben, Kim, and Robert as we go over the final deluge of news. We'll share our hopes and dreams for a great con as well as take your questions. Come join the fun!

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The SDConCast is back with its fifth annual “Breaking Down The Schedule” episodes – the most comprehensive Comic-Con schedule analysis you’ll find anywhere. Join James, Kerry and Kim as we look at what’s scheduled for the main panel rooms on Saturday and Sunday; give insight and analysis on how you can get into the big panels; and give our dark horse picks you can use as your back-up choices – or even your main one!

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The SDConCast is back with its fifth annual “Breaking Down The Schedule” episodes – the most comprehensive Comic-Con schedule analysis you’ll find anywhere. Join James, Kerry and Robert as we look at what’s scheduled for the main panel rooms on Preview Night, Thursday and Friday; give insight and analysis on how you can get into the big panels; and give our dark horse picks you can use as your back-up choices – or even your main one!

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It’s July and that means we’re in the month of Comic-Con! We’ll be covering all the latest news, exclusives, panels, and more.

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Exclusives! Trolley wraps! Conan Pops! Panel announcements! Gerard Way! We’re going to talk about these and all the latest SDCC news from the past week. Plus, we’re also joined by Super7 founder Brian Flynn to talk about what’s involved in making an exclusive for San Diego Comic-Con, how last year’s awesome Skeletor offsite came about, and much more.

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We’re joined this week by Eric Goldman of IGN. We’ll be discussing which TV shows will or won’t be making an appearance at Comic-Con this year. There will also be the highlights of all the other SDCC news from the past week.

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We’re joined this week by Germain Lussier of io9. We’ll be discussing which movies will or won’t be making an appearance at Comic-Con this year. There will also be the highlights of all the other SDCC news from the past week.

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Forget everything you’ve heard about June Gloom. We’ve got big news about our Enchantment Under the SDCC party. In case you’ve been hiding all weekend, we’ll give you all the details. We’ll be discussing that and all the other SDCC news from the past week – like exclusives (SO MANY EXCLUSIVES), badge news, hotel waitlist updates (finally!), and so much more.

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:49pm CDT

The end of May brings all kinds of news. We have the beginning of panel confirmations and rejections, as well as news on the hotel waitlist. We’ll be discussing these and all the other SDCC news from the past week.

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The big news this last week was the announcement of the world premiere of Star Trek Beyond taking place on Preview Night. We’ll be discussing that and all the news from this past week.

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The news onslaught is starting! We’ll be discussing exclusive reveals, Funko Fundays, and all the news from this past week. We’ll also discuss the rumors of an all new fandom awards show that may be coming this year.

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This week Kerry is back! We’ll discussing all the latest SDCC news as well as anything Kerry wants to talk about. Anything to make Kerry happy so she never leaves us alone again.

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This week we are joined by special guest Jimmy Jay of Amazing Comic Con and Jay Company Comics. We’ll discussing his 20+ years as a comic retailer and his more recent endeavor as convention organizer. This week is all about comics, conventions, and SDCC over the years.

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We’ll be discussing this week’s news and taking questions about anything SDCC related. What happens when Kerry goes on vacation? Who is running this place? All those answers and more on this week’s SDConCast.

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We’ll be discussing the behind the scenes of being an artist at Comic-Con with the team behind The Ninjabot. What makes SDCC different? How do you decide on an exclusive? How much planning is involved? How much does your hand hurt? All those answers and more on this week’s SDConCast.

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness — it was Hotelpocalypse 2016.

Come join James, Kerry, and Kim as we dissect what went right, what went wrong, and what went totally random during this year’s General Hotel Sale.

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We’re going to have a lot to discuss this week on the SDConCast, as we’ll just be a few hours after this year’s Hotelpocalypse. How did it all go down? What were people’s reactions to the changes? We’ll be discussing all of that and more.

We’re also joined by Gary Miereanu, the “Super PR Guy” who helps host and put together some of your favorite panels every year at both WonderCon and San Diego Comic-Con.

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We’re back! The We-Have-No-Idea-Anymore-How-Many-Years-We’ve-Been-Doing-This annual SDConCast is back for another full season, and we’re kicking things off with our annual WonderCon wrap-up. This year is especially interesting as it marks the first use of the RFID system that will be used at SDCC later this summer, and it also marks the first (and possibly only) year for WonderCon at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

So how did they work out? Join James, Kerry, and Kim to find out.

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You’ve looked over the WonderCon 2016 panel schedule — but are there panels you might have missed? What time should you line up? Can you make it from one room to the other?

We’ll answer these questions and more as we break down the 2016 schedule.

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