Xcursus: X-happenings at the NYCC 2011!

Remember all the SDCC 2011 coverage I provided y'all?? Well the New York Comic Con 2011 is almost upon us & you guessed it- you'll get all the X-dope on the NYCC '11 out here too!

This year the NYCC takes place from October 13–16. Started in 2006, the NYCC celebrates all things related to comics, graphic novels, movies, TV, video games & toys. In 2010 the NYCC incorporated the New York Anime Festival, thus including anime & manga into the mix as well. It's always been held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC. The center offers an exhibit space of over 675,000 square feet which accommodated about 96,000 attendees last year! The following are the X-Men-related events that are gonna take place at the NYCC '11:

October 14

Marvel: Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn
Marvel has rebooted their Ultimate Comics Universe & Ultimate X-Men's Nick Spencer , Senior Editor Mark Paniccia & Marvel Editor In Chief Axel Alonso will fill you in on what's coming next!

Marvel Television Presents: Anime on G4
At the SDCC '11, this panel gave us coverage on the Iron Man & Wolverine Anime shows. So expect Head of Marvel TV, Jeph Loeb to dish out info on the X-Men & Blade Animes. Casting news for Blade is gonna be out! I do hope they announce the rest of the X-Men Anime cast!

October 15
Marvel Interactive: Marvel Video Games
Learn more about the X-Men Destiny, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Marvel Universe MMO, Marvel Pinball, Super Hero Squad Online, Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat & Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet games than you did at the SDCC. Plus more on the future of other Marvel games via trailers, surprise reveals & a Q&A with the game creators.

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Panel
UMVC3 releases in a month's time from now! Join producer Riota Niitsuma, Marvel's Manager of Licensed Games, artist Chris Baker & Capcom's Francis Mao, Miguel Corty & Seth Killian to get the latest updates on what you've heard before & a behind-the-scenes peek.

Marvel Television Presents
This panel announced the development of more motion comics for the Joss Whedon runs on Astonishing X-Men at the SDCC. Let's hope there' more on that this time around. Jeph Loeb will give a sneak peek of the Ultimate Spider-Man show along with other animated shows (most probably including Earth's Mightiest Heroes: The Avengers S2).

Marvel: Cup O’ Joe
Expect something BIG from Marvel's trademark Q&A panel with Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada! BleedingCool reports that all retailers across the US have received a postcard from Marvel signed by Editor In Chief Axel Alonso. (< see left).

Hasbro: Marvel Action Figures
Hasbro showed of these toys in the SDCC. Let's see what they have in store this time.

October 16
Disney/Marvel Kids Panel
Join writer Rich Thomas (The Uncanny X-Men: An Origin Story) & artists Val Semeiks (The Courageous Captain America: An Origin Story, The Incredible Hulk: An Origin Story) & Craig Rousseau (The Invincible Iron Man: An Origin Story) as they take a behind-the-scenes look at the Origin Storybooks & Picture books, with Disney’s Director of School & Library Marketing, Dina Sherman, & special guests Ruwan Jayatilleke, Marvel's Senior VP, Michael Siglain, Disney Publishing Worldwide's Senior Editor & Nachie Castro, DPW's Editor. Check out the first 3 pages from The Uncanny X-Men: An Origin Story below (via Amazon)!
Marvel: X-Men Regenesis
Writers Jason Aaron (Wolverine & The X-Men), Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men), Peter David (X-Factor), Greg Pak (Astonishing X-Men), Editor Jeanine Schaefer and Editor in Chief Axel Alonso provide more news on the fate of the X-Men after the Great Divide that was Schism! ^ The split of the X-Men into Wolverine's Gold & Cyclops' Blue Teams respectively in Regenesis.

Unlike with SDCC 2011, these panels have been announced on the NYCC website so it may be subject to change via Marvel. Of course there are other Marvel panels besides the ones mentioned above, the most notable being the MARVEL STUDIOS: Marvel’s The Avengers panel which will screen new Avengers movie footage! :D

Xcavate: SDCC 2011's Hasbro: Marvel Panel

OKAY OKAY! So the wrap up post was to be up next but then I figured- hey, this is gonna be my first time posting about X-toys so why not commemorate that with it's own post?! Loads of Marvel toys are being released in the coming months to next year, but I'm only discussing the X-toys :) Though this is supposed to be an SDCC Hasbro-Marvel Panel post, I'll be posting the X-toys that are in the offing from other toy companies which are definitely worth a look...

Hasbro
Marvel Universe:
^#1 & 2- Astonishing Beast (#1 has inset of the back of the costume too. #3-5 - Scarlet Witch
^#1- Astonishing Wolverine (with Kraven) & 1st appearance Wolverine in the background.
#2- Marvel Universe X-Force (here showing Deadpool, Wolverine & Warpath) with Fantastic 4 & Thor
#3- Magneto with Thor & Spiderman, #4- Iceman with (Thor's alien ally) Beta Ray Bill & Storm behind

^#1 A better look at Storm, #2- Magneto with glimpses of Cyclops & Psylocke, #3- The towering Sentinel

Marvel Legends:

< Hope Summers

Daken is also gonna be released in this line but I wasn't able to get a pic of his toy.


Marvel Greatest Battles:
^#1 & 2- Mister Sinister & Gambit, #3- Wonder Man & Quicksilver, #4- Captain America & Wolverine, #5- Wolverine & Silver Samurai

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Now onto the other X-toy release news! (This was not part of the SDCC '11 Hasbro-Marvel Panel)

Gentle Giant
^ #1- Hawkeye & Deadpool, #2- Deadpool on scooter, #3- Black Widow & Wolverine, #4- Deadpool Corps (Deadpool, Squirrelpool, Lady Deadpool), #5- Squirrelpool.

Tonner
^ Tonner's Dark Phoenix & Scarlet Witch

That's all for now folks! The wrap up post IS coming next. Promise! :) Oh! And all the exhibition pics are straight from SDCC '11 itself from MarvelousNews!

Xcursus: X-happenings at the SDCC 2011!

So now I'm guessing you know what the SDCC is all about, & you're aware of all the main SDCC happenings that are gonna be taking place this year...For starters, the SDCC 2011 Marvel booth is looking nothing short of EPIC!! The pics aren't X-related, but are TOO amazing to not be posted!
Now let's see what are all the X-events that are gonna be storming the Con in CA! (Click on the panel titles to get to its related post!)

July 21
Marvel: The Next Big Thing Panel
Learn where all your favorite heroes will be heading in the coming year! Panelists Nick Spencer (ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN), Greg Pak (Incredible Hulks), Jonathan Hickman (FF), Jim McCann (Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol), Editor in Chief Axel Alonso & others will be answering questions & giving a sneak peek at what's to come from Marvel!

July 22

Year of the X-Men Panel
Currently in X-Men: Schism, the X-Men have been broken between Team Cyclops & Team Wolverine- threatening to tear the X-Men apart. So what next? X-Men Regenesis! And this panel- consisting of writers Marjorie Liu (X-23), Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force), Chris Yost (X-Men: First To Last) and Editor in Chief Axel Alonso- are out there to discuss just that!

Marvel Television Presents: Anime on G4 Panel

You know EXACTLY what this means dontchya?! Yup, Marvel’s Head of TV, Jeph Loeb & some "surprise guests" will be giving you the low-down on the Wolverine & X-Men anime TV shows! Plus they'll be screening a sneak peek of the X-Men anime's first episode!

July 23
Activision Panel Featuring (Spider-Man: Edge of Time &) X-Men Destiny
Comic book legend Stan Lee will talk about the fate of his creations in these games with Marvel writer Peter David (creator of Spiderman 2099) & Marvel VP of Games, TQ Jefferson. Jullian Spillane, project director of Silicon Knights will give an inside look into X-Men Destiny. Expect the cast of both these games to drop in! Get an exclusive preview of never-before-seen footage for the upcoming games! Moderated by Editorial Director of Marvel.com, Ryan Penagos (aka Agent M).

Marvel Television Presents Panel
Jeph Loeb will give your first look at The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Season 2, a sneak peek at the Ultimate Spiderman show & expect "a few other surprises from Marvel Television"...Will these surprises include more X-stuff on the tube? We'll have to wait & see!

Marvel vs. Capcom Panel

Yet another game series featuring X-characters I have to discuss about here- get a behind-the-scenes look at Marvel vs. Capcom 3 from producer Ryota Niitsuma, followed by Q&A.

Marvel Video Games Panel
Besides several other Marvel games set for release this year learn more about X-Men Destiny, Super Hero Squad Online, Super Hero Squad 3DS/uDraw, Marvel Pinball, Marvel Universe MMO as well as the future of Marvel vs Capcom 3, with exclusive trailers (like the XMD Choice trailer below), surprise reveals and a Q&A with the games' creators!


Hasbro: Marvel Panel

Along with that of the Thor, Captain-America: The First Avenger & Spider-Man toy lines, the marketing and design teams of the Marvel Universe figures (that including toys of several X-characters- check the pic below) present all their latest! Get a sneak peek into the 2012 lines!

Cup O' Joe Panel

The highlight of Marvel's program at all the major Cons! Why? Cos it's a no-holds-barred Q&A with Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada. And with surprise guests always dropping in- guaranteed fun for any Marvelite!

July 24
Disney/Marvel Team-Up Panel
Marvel wraps up the SDCC with editors of Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) & Marvel unveiling their new Marvel Origin Storybooks for kids, that retell the stories of Marvel's icons, including, you guessed it- the X-Men. Check out the artwork, film adaptations & beginner books with Marvel's Senior VP, Ruwan Jayatilleke, DPW's Global Editorial Director, Rich Thomas & DPW's Senior Editor, Michael Siglain.

And of course besides all these X-updates we'll be getting new details on The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man & Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance movies besides the toons too! I for one, am looking forward to see what news lies ahead!