R.E.B.E.L.S creator and writer Tony Bedard talks to us about the book, it’s Blackest Night tie-in & more!

Some highlights from the 2009 SuperCon. Stay tuned for more from the convention!

This was our first time attending Florida SuperCon, and we really enjoyed ourselves. It was small enough to not be overwhelming but large enough for there to be something for everyone. Everywhere you went there was something going on. Artists and vendors filled the bottom floor, while panels, work shops, and video games where going on in numerous rooms upstairs.

During the day Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi entertained guests on the main stage. After the vendor area closed the convention turned its attention to the anime crowd with JPop star Stephanie Yanez performing followed by the costume contest and Smash Brothers Super Show.

We interviewed a lot of great people like Benjamin Button and Pirates Of The Caribbean star Peter Badalamenti. X-Men Noir artist and creator Dennis Calero and his wife,  illustrator Kristin Sorra, R.E.B.E.L.S writer Tony Bedard. Mitch and Elizabeth Breitweiser were so great they let us interview them not once but twice (the camera man had some problems with the footage taken from the first interview)! We also talked to Hugh Rookwood from Kosmic Comics about his current project Lung- Mei, and The Hive author Chris Berman. We first met Austin Janowsky earlier in the year at Mega Con, this time we got a chance to talk to him about his new project Stanley The Snowman.

We ran into some familiar faces too. The crew from Saint James were there showing off some of their new projects, we met one of the villains from Lucky Streak and the Crime Fighters, the Heroes Alliance were all there in some more amazing costumes, Arthur The Legend Continues writer Marin Pierro was in attendance.

We  met a bunch of local artists: Ozzy Fernandez from Razor Blade Apple Studios, Michael Valle from Tribunal Publications, Maurice Novembre , Hikaroo, Echo Chernik, Marcos Rivera, and Celine Chapus.

We met some people from the South Florida Browncoats and will be attending their event Can’t Stop The Serenity (a double feature of Serenity and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog with proceeds going to the Humane Society and Equality Now) on June 27th.

We also got the chance to met Amanda Stevens and Test Subject X from the Super Human Experiment, and legendary comic book artist Allen Bellman.

We had a great time at the convention, check back next week for our interviews and footage from the show.

Attending the panel were: Tony Bedard, Dan Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan DiDio, George Perez, Ethan Van Sciver, Director of Sales Vince Letterio, and Billy Tucci. The panel started off with Dan DiDio announcing that the Mayor of Orlando had declared February 28, 2009 George Perez day. Of course Batman was a big topic; Dan announced that after the conclusion of Battle of the Cowl there is going to be a relaunch of Batman and Robin, Detective Comics, and Batman (they will pick up with the current issue numbers).

New Batman Titles:

Red Robin and Batgirl are both going to have their own series. Dan would not say who would be behind the masks of these heroes.

Batman Streets of Gotham & Gotham City Sirens will both be written by Paul Dinny. This is the first time that the creator of Harley Quinn will be writing her in DC continuity.

Rebirth:

Green Lantern Rebirth and Flash rebirth will be combined to create Absolute Rebirth.

There will be a Superman/Flash Race in Flash Rebirth #3!

Blackest Night:

Bruce Wayne will be addressed in issue #0

The Hawks will be very prominent in Darkest Night

Jonah Hex:

Issue #50 will be a double sized issue with Darwin Cook as the artist.

Red Circle:

There will be four one shots featuring four different Red Circle characters.