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

We're very excited to announce our first special guest of the season, Dr. Ali Mattu from brainknowsbetter.com. He is  joined by the rest of the team from The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog to talk about The Psychology of Comic-Con, as well as the SDCC news of the week and other geeky pursuits.

If you didn't turnout for the live feed on Google+, you can watch it below. If you were, thanks for your questions! Make sure you listen to the audio version below, because each week we'll give everyone some bonus content that isn't available on the live video feed.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

SDCC 2013 - Most Memorable Moments - Kid "drops the mic" during the LEGO panel

Toy Fair 2014: NECA

The Good, Bad, and Ugly Psychology of Comic-Con

Comic-Con Response to Anti-Harassment Petition: "Safety and Security Is A Major Concern" [ComicBookResources.com]

‘Hannibal’ To Take A Bite Out of SDCC in 2014

Win an ‘Intimate’ Performance from Linkin Park During SDCC

Mattel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE MAY 29]

NECA’s San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE MAY 23]

Factory Entertainment SDCC 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE 2 - May 23]

DC Collectibles SDCC 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE May 28]

Mezco Toyz SDCC 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE MAY 26]

Offsite Calendar brought to you by Eventbrite

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow BoyOutro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 83.8MB, 2 hours 2 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGW8jgxMaQ8

Guest:

Ali MattuTwitter: @AliMattu Website: brainknowsbetter.com

The Hosts:

James Riley Twitter:@danregal Website: geekshotphoto.com

Shawn Marshall Twitter:@The_Con_Fluence Website: TheConfluenceCovers.com

Jeremy RutzTwitter:@spotanimeWebsite: About Me

Kerry DixonTwitter: @kerrydixon

Sarah Mertan Twitter: @consharknews Website: ConShark.com

Kim Twombly Twitter:@OutsideComicCon Website: OutsideComicCon.com

Today starts the unofficial start of summer, with Memorial Day (in the U.S., for our international readers) finishing off our upcoming three-day weekend. What are our plans? James is hanging out in Minnesota (and watching X-Men: Days of Future Past), Jeremy's finally going to see Godzilla, Kerry will be re-living The Truman Show, and Sarah's going to be staying right where she is. Literally. Like, she won't be moving from her seat until next week's podcast. Or so she claims.

This week with James chillin' in the North, Kim has returned to the podcast to talk with us about the parking pass sales and offsite events, and on a more serious note we discuss the impacts from the recent San Diego brush fires. We also take a closer look at the new exclusive announcements from NECA and Hasbro.

If you didn't turnout for the live feed on Google+, you can watch it below. If you did, thanks for your questions! Make sure you listen to the audio version below, because we gave everyone some bonus content that wasn't available on the live video feed.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

Hasbro SDCC Exclusives 2014 [UPDATE MAY 22]

NECA’s San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE MAY 16]

The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog Offsite Event Calendar for 2014

Ace Parking Sale for SDCC 2014 Failure Due to DDoS Attack

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow Boy

Outro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 47MB, 1 hour 9 minutes [Direct Link]Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Nb-A-pbM

The Hosts:

Jeremy Rutz

Twitter:@spotanimeWebsite: About Me

Kerry Dixon

Twitter: @kerrydixon

Sarah Mertan

Twitter: @consharknewsWebsite: ConShark.com

Kim Twombly

Twitter:@OutsideComicConWebsite: OutsideComicCon.com

It's May, and that means it's time for the return of the SDConCast, the official podcast of The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog. For those of you who are new to the blog and the podcast, the SDConCast is where the blog's team members get together weekly to discuss the big news items, catch up on their individual geeky activities, and help prepare listeners for the convention.

For this first episode of "season three", the team talks about the recent news regarding the badge resale (and lack thereof), the big exclusives for this year announced so far, and Jeremy professes his love for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Not. He does seem to have a man-crush on Dane DaHaan, apparently.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

No Badge Resale for SDCC 2014

Mattel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusives [UPDATE MAY 6]

Hasbro SDCC Exclusives 2014 [UPDATE MAY 5]

Funko San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusives [UPDATED May 8]

Entertainment Earth’s 2014 SDCC Exclusives [UPDATE MAY 5]

A Tour of Ace Parking’s New Comic-Con Parking Sales System

CONTEST: Win Two Passes for A San Diego Symphony Comic-Con Weekend Concert

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow BoyOutro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 52MB, 1 hour 15 minutes [Direct Link]Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg7cf_0QKLw

The Hosts:

Jeremy RutzTwitter:@spotanimeWebsite: About Me

James RileyTwitter:@danregalWebsite: geekshotphoto.com

Kerry DixonTwitter: @kerrydixon

Sarah MertanTwitter: @consharknewsWebsite: ConShark.com

What better way for the team to spend Easter weekend than to descend upon Disneyland Anaheim for WonderCon 2014!

Saturday's programming schedule was very SDCC-like, with big Hollywood and television network panels. Godzilla! X-Men! How to Train Your Dragon 2! And much more.

Kerry assembled the troops - Shawn and Kim specifically - for this special Saturday "wrap-up" episode live from WonderCon.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

Fox Takes Flight ‘With How To Train Your Dragon’ Events at WonderCon

Cartoon Network Makes WonderCon Plans Official with Panels and Signings

WB Roars Into WonderCon With Godzilla, Edge of Tomorrow, Into The Storm

20th Century Fox Bringing X-Men, Apes, Maze Runner, How To Train Your Dragon 2 to WonderCon

Music:

Intro/Inter/Outro: “Planning Theme”, The J. Arthur Keenes Band

Podcast Links: Download: 14.5MB, 21 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

The Hosts:

Shawn Marshall

Twitter: @The_Con_Fluence

Website: TheConFluenceCovers.com

Kim Twombly

Twitter: @OutsideComicCon

Website: OutsideComicCon.com

Kerry Dixon

Twitter: @kerrydixon

The hotel lottery is behind us (for now), but with WonderCon right around the corner there's good times ahead. Listen to Kerry, James and Jeremy as they talk about what happened during "Hotelpocalypse 2014" and break down the WonderCon Anaheim programming schedule to bring you the highlights and dark horse picks for each day.

And, did we mention our First Annual WonderCon Reader Meetup? Oh we did? Good. See you there!

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

Vote for James and Beth (Geekshot Photography) for "Best Photographer" in the Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice Awards!

WonderCon Anahiem 2014 Programming Schedule

WonderCon Reader Meetup Presented by Warner Archive – Friday April 18

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow Boy

Outro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 58MB, 1 hour 24 minutes [Direct Link]Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9EVG7KQdk8

The Hosts:

Jeremy RutzTwitter:@spotanimeWebsite: About Me

James RileyWebsite: geekshotphoto.com

Kerry DixonTwitter: @kerrydixon

One of the most exciting booths we were able to check out at Toy Fair 2014 belonged to Kidrobot, producer of designer collectibles and venerable Comic-Con exclusive exhibitor. The company was showing off its 2014 retail offerings, which included a treasure trove of licenses every SDCC attendee would salivate over: Futurama, The Simpsons, CAPCOM, and now Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marvel and DC. But what really got us excited wasn’t just what they were showing, but what they were talking about in terms of their big plans for this year’s SDCC.We spoke with Allen Richardson, Director of Product & Marketing at Kidrobot, about what we can expect at San Diego this July.

And when we were making our short list of booths to visit during Toy Fair 2014, Funko was at the top. The company's line of licensed Pop! Vinyls have always been a big hit with our readers and Comic-Con attendees, and the addition of Super7's ReAction line made Funko hotter than ever. We were also able to chat with Super7's owner, Brian Flynn, on how the ReAction line came to be, what the partnership with Funko might bring to the line, and - most importantly - what SDCC exclusives we'll be able to get our hands on this year.

Check out both of these interviews on this special Toy Fair 2014 SDConCast.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Music:

"Planning Theme", The J. Arthur Keenes Band

Podcast Links:

Download: 13.7MB, 20 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

The Hosts:

Jeremy Rutz Twitter:@spotanime Website: About Me

Sadly, San Diego Comic-Con 2013 is over, but the team re-lives the most memorable moments from this year's convention. Hear our biggest surprises, regrets, disappointments, and our top ten moments from SDCC 2013.

This is also our last SDConCast for 2013. We'll be back again in Spring 2014 with all the news, insight and analysis on San Diego Comic-Con. In the meantime, we'll be posting news on the pre-registration for 2014, as well as some other goodies in store to get us through the Fall and Winter months, so make sure you keep reading and following us!

Lastly, thanks to all of our readers, listeners and watchers for a banner year. We're already looking to one-up ourselves in 2014, to give you the most comprehensive coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2014, anywhere.

If you want to watch the video feed from the live broadcast, you can check it out here. Otherwise, you can download directly or subscribe to the audio version via the links below.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow Boy

Outro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 73.7MB, 1 hour 47 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

The Hosts:

Jeremy Rutz Twitter:@spotanime Website: About Me

James Riley Website: geekshotphoto.com

Kerry Dixon Twitter: @kerrydixon

Kim Twombly Twitter: @OutsideComicCon Website: OutsideComicCon.com

Shawn Marshall Twitter: @The_Con_Fluence Website: TheConFluenceCovers.com

Do you have Comic-Con fever? Well, we're not Doctors (although we do play them from time to time), but we do recommend you watch us on Thursday July 11 for a LIVE SDConCast with the team as they discuss the highly-anticipated Nerd HQ "Conversations for a Cause" schedule, a day-by-day look at the best offsites announced for this year's SDCC, and more. We'll embed the live feed in this post just prior to broadcast at 9:30PM ET/6:30PM PT. We'll also post the link on Twitter and Facebook. You can leave comments for us live on the broadcast's YouTube page. See you then!

http://youtu.be/VPAvgVnJahI

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

Nerd HQ 2013 ‘Conversations For A Cause’ Schedule Announced

2013 Offsite Calendar

FOX 5 San Diego [Twitter]

Fox 5 San Diego Morning News [Twitter]

SuperShuttle Offers Discount Code for SDCC Travelers!

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow Boy

Outro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 59MB, 1 hour 26 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

The Hosts:

Jeremy Rutz Twitter:@spotanime Website: About Me

James Riley Website: geekshotphoto.com

Kerry Dixon Twitter: @kerrydixon

Kim Twombly Twitter: @OutsideComicCon Website: OutsideComicCon.com

Shawn Marshall Twitter: @The_Con_Fluence Website: TheConFluenceCovers.com

If you missed the live video broadcast on Sunday night, you can now download and listen to the audio feed. Jeremy, James and Kerry go through the big rooms for the Saturday and Sunday announced schedules and let you know which panels you'll need to line up early for, as well as our sleeper picks that you might have otherwise missed.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Show Notes:

San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Programming Schedule

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow Boy

Outro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 76MB, 1 hour 51 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

The Hosts:

Jeremy Rutz Twitter:@spotanime Website: About Me

James Riley Website: geekshotphoto.com

Kerry Dixon Twitter: @kerrydixon

If you missed the live video broadcast last night, you can now download and listen to the audio feed. Jeremy, James and Kerry go through the big rooms for the Thursday and Friday announced schedules and let you know which panels you'll need to line up early for, as well as our sleeper picks that you might  have otherwise missed.

Site Links:

[SDCCBlog.com] [Facebook] [Twitter] [YouTube]

Music:

Intro: “Omg I <3 Livejournal (And My Livejournal <3s Me)”, Talkshow Boy

Outro: “Joss Whedon“, lo-fi is sci-fi

Podcast Links:

Download: 81MB, 1 hour 58 minutes [Direct Link]

Subscribe: [RSS] [iTunes]

The Hosts:

Jeremy Rutz Twitter:@spotanime Website: About Me

James Riley Website: geekshotphoto.com

Kerry Dixon Twitter: @kerrydixon