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In order to make your Comic-Con weekend planning easier, Comic Con has release a planning tools. The tools allows you to manage your schedule by check all of the events by time slot and then selecting your desired events. Once you are done just print your schedule with all the needed details. Pair that with the event map link below this should make your weekend planning much easier.

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Check out the event map below

Let the Comic-Con information storm begin. Comic-con has released the schedules for Thursday and Friday. Please check out the links below and our personal highlights.

Thursday July 22nd:

10:30-11:30 TheOneRing.net Talks The Hobbit - Must see if you are a Tolkien or "Rings" movie fan.

11:00-12:00 BOOM! Irredeemable/Incorruptible Panel - If you don't know, we are freaks for both of these books.

11:30-12:30 DC Nation Convention Kickoff! — Rumor is DC plans to own the party this year.

2:00-3:00 Radical Publishing Panel - Radical is radical… really!

2:15-3:15 World of Warcraft: Epic Loot - Lost 1/4 of my life to these guys.

And so much more...

Click here for full Thursday schedule

Friday July 23rd:

Morning: Nurse hang over, sleep in or just do whatever.

12:00-1:00 The Official Aspen Comics Panel — Could be interesting.

12:45-1:45 The Big Bang Theory - Gotta love geek comedy.

1:00-2:00 Star Wars Day: Beyond Solo - My pick for Star Wars Day.

2:30-3:30 The Image Comics Show — Image is a must see for me.

7:30-8:30 Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods - See a genius at work.

Again way to much to see…

Click here for full Friday schedule

What do you think? Comment below if you like.

Comic-Con International, the largest comic book and popular arts convention in the Western Hemisphere, today announced the first round of winners in its comics sweepstakes for the 2010 show. In addition to the eight pairs of four-day passes (including Preview Night) already given away, eight more fans will win pairs of passes on Friday, July 9 and on Friday, July 16.

You must be 18 years old and a resident of the United States to eligible for the random drawing. Simply click on the promotion’s banner ad at one of the following four comics websites:

• ComicsReporter.com

• ComicsBeat.com

• ComicBookResources.com

• TCJ.com (The Comics Journal)

Comic-Con features more professionals, programming, and publishers from the comic book industry than any other convention. The show will be held July 22-25 at the San Diego Convention Center, kicking off with Preview Night on July 21. Badges have been sold out for months.

Below are the sweepstakes winners for the week of July 2:

Chris C. - Pleasant Hill, Calif.

Donald S. - Ottsville, Penn.

Greg N. - Billings, Mont.

Jake N. - Bloomington, Ind.

Lisette O. - Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Marc P. - St Augustine, Fla.

Orlando T. - Pleasant Hill, Calif.

Sandra P. - San Diego, Calif.

Complete rules are available at:

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci10_more_comics_contest.php?ck=#rules

About Comic-Con International:

Comic-Con International is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture. In addition to its San Diego convention each summer, Comic-Con International organizes the San Francisco-based WonderCon each spring and the Alternative Press Expo each fall.

Nekocon is thrilled to announce 5 new guests for the 2010 convention, 2 of which will be making their US East coast Premier!

Nekocon welcomes Chris Rager for the first time making his US East coast Premier!

Chris, an American voice actor for Funimation studios is most well known for his role as Mr. Satan and King Yemma on "Dragonball Z", and Arlong from "One Piece"!

Nekocon is thrilled to also welcome for their US East coast Premiere Yan "Kern" Gagne and Mary "Kite" Garren of the popular webcomic "Drowtales"!

Making their Nekocon Premiere coming from across the border to our north we are very proud to have Sohmer & Lar, creators of the hugely popular webcomic, "Looking for Group"!

Making a return to Nekocon, artist/illustrator Newt Ewell brings even more new workshops and seminars to offer to those interested in getting into the industry or must improving their skills!

Lastly we are proud to announce Bettina Kurkoski as a Featured Panelist. You know her work from My Cat Loki & Seekers available from Tokyopop! She will be conducting several panels from her long experience and is looking forward to meeting everyone!

Remember for all the latest Neko information check out www.nekocon.com where you'll find more on our Guests and Featured Panelists, Nekocon Road Show appearance dates, and information about our Street Team!

Nekocon 13, 2010 Hampton, VA
URL: www.nekocon.com

Press Release for July 3rd, 2010