Englishman In San Diego

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

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! -------------------------------------------------------------------------