Comic-Con International

Westword Book Club: Ryan Demers on filmmaking, furries and Gone Girl

Ryan Demers, a Denver-based filmmaker, is the co-founder of Gaylord St. Productions, and has managed the impressive feat of helming two independent films without going completely bankrupt and abandoning the dream. The Honey Cooler, a farcical detective story set in the milieu of an economic ... More >>

Custom beers: Great Divide rolls with Chipotle while the Wynkoop rides with Elitch's

Local breweries have been teaming up for years with Colorado restaurants on custom-made beers, but other kinds of businesses and organizations have been raising a pint to the collaborative spirit as well, from Denver Comic Con, which joined forces with Breckenridge Brewery, to Oskar Blues, which wor ... More >>

Last call! Westword is organizing its first Comics issue -- and we want to include you

Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first Comics issue on May 30, 2013 -- and we want you to be a part of it. We're accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who'd like to create a cartoon about life in the Mile High City, and we'll ... More >>

Photos: Colorado Springs named second-worst-dressed city despite these great looks?

Motovo, the same website that said Denver was the tenth nerdiest city in America, recently declared Colorado Springs to be the second-worst-dressed city, behind only...well, the complete list is below. Really, Motovo? We think you're being unfair to our brothers and sisters to the south -- and to p ... More >>

Beer calendar: Renegades, superheroes and American Craft Beer Week

Did you know that Italy has a thriving craft-beer scene? Neither did I. But Brian Jansing and Paul Vismara, two longtime suds slingers at the Falling Rock Taphouse, did, and they've traveled all over Italy, researching the movement as it grew from fewer than twenty craft breweries in 1996 to nearly ... More >>

Denver makes nerdiest city top ten: Can Comic Con and Nan Desu Kan 2013 help it climb?

Denver recently finished tenth in Motovo's list of the ten nerdiest American cities; see the complete roster below. And while that's quite an accomplishment, we have a feeling the Mile High City's number will rise thanks to a couple of big upcoming events: Denver Comic Con 2013, which starts May 31, ... More >>

It’s Square To Be Hip

Five TV shows that were canceled much too soon

Futurama has been cancelled...again. Fans are keenly aware that the show was nuked back in 2003 by Fox, then brought back by Comedy Central after it bought the rights to the four movies in 2007. But this season will reportedly be the last one, with the series finale airing on September 4. Yes, Fut ... More >>

Westword is organizing its first Comics issue -- and we want to include you

Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first Comics issue on May 30, 2013 -- and we want you to be a part of it. We're accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who'd like to create a cartoon about life in the Mile High City, and we'll ... More >>

Denver Comic Con: Tickets to meet Stan Lee go on sale Wednesday, April 24

Our Spidey senses have been tingling with news about this year's Denver Comic Con for days now, and today that news is finally out: The godfather of comics himself, Stan Lee, will be stopping by Denver Comic Con on Sunday, June 2, for his first visit to the Mile High City in more than two decades -- ... More >>

Ka-pow! Subterfuge threatens Denver Comic Con's beer-naming contest, the earth itself

There are evil villains on the loose, trying to twist a naming contest for the special beer that is being brewed in honor of Denver Comic Con, coming up at the end of May. Last week, the organizers of the second annual festival posted a notice on their Facebook page decrying someone or someones who ... More >>

Twenty best costumes at Animeland Wasabi 2013

This past weekend, Animeland Wasabi turned the Doubletree Hotel into a veritable fashion week for wannabe manga characters, video-game stars and anime legends. And this is not kidstuff, as you will see: The most serious cosplayers spend months and big bucks preparing for their closeups. Our photogra ... More >>

Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Comic Con will team up again on a superpowered beer

Some people need a phone booth to become super heroes. Others need a mask and a utility belt or just a lot of stress and anger-management issues. But in Denver, it takes a little something different to turn a man into a myth: their local brewery. On Thursday, the heroes of Denver Comic Con, who wil ... More >>

Denver Comic Con announces Chris Ware and more celebrity guests for 2013

Denver Comic Con streaked out the gate last summer in its inaugural year; in 2013, the popular fan convention is already on track to surpass last year's success, at least from the looks of the guest list. Yesterday, DCC announced that New York Times bestselling graphic novelist and illustrator Chri ... More >>

Primos Wrestling goes worldwide for Sunday's International Fight Club 3 showdown

Wrestling worlds collide this weekend when Primos Hardcore & Wrestling welcomes fighters from Canada and Mexico to throw down with some of the company's biggest stars. This Sunday, January 27, Primos will host a first-ever exhibition of three unique wrestling styles with Fight Club 3, bringing Hardc ... More >>

Local filmmakers tackle zombie culture with Doc of the Dead

Denver has zombie walks, zombie proms, zombie races, zombie car washes and zombie fashion shows, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a pair of Denver filmmakers have launched an ambitious zombie documentary. Alexandre O. Philippe and Robert Muratore, the pair behind the Star Wars doc The People ... More >>

Ten best concerts in Colorado this weekend, Friday, August 24, through Sunday, August 26

Welcome to the weekend! If you haven't made plans yet, there's an unreal number of shows, from five different festivals to several CD release shows to old school hip-hop. Of course, we have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious, print that bad boy out and bre ... More >>

Superheroes for Aurora

What's in your bag? Back to school with hairspray, mints and more!

This week marks the return to school for many students, and with the start of a new school year comes a blast of new fall fashion. Even temperatures still in the 90s won't dissuade some students from going for extra-credit in their autumn attire -- sun or no sun. Keep reading to find out what today ... More >>

Up on the Roof

Now, That's Funny

Denver County Fair Geek Pavilion: "Stormtroopers, zombies, steampunks ... it's going to be pretty dang cool"

Fear not, geeks (and geek-curious): The Geek Pavilion at the second annual Denver County Fair, which runs from Friday, August 10 through Sunday, August 12 at the National Western Complex, is in excellent hands. That's because Dana Cain, the Denver County Fair's director, is passionate about nerd lif ... More >>

Q&A: Artist Daniel Crosier of Mother Mind Studios

Mother Mind Studios is turning into a motherlode of creativity. The new digital media company, which promotes and produces feature films, comic books and other artistic endeavors, has developed a strong team including visual artist Daniel Crosier, director/producer Dane Bernhardt, writer Cuyler Mort ... More >>

Ten best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes

Star Trek: The Next Generation fans will get a special treat tonight, when National CineMedia brings two episodes of the classic series (complete with newly polished special effects) to the big screen, including the United Artists Denver Pavilions 15. That's the good news. The less good news is the ... More >>

Denver Comic Con announces 2013 dates and confirmed guest Stan Lee

This year's Denver Comic Con was too good to be true: Drawing more than 27,000 comix gawkers to the Colorado Convention Center over three days in June, the inaugural expo exceeded all expectations, proving once again that Denver is one lovably geeky city. We can dress up like Wonder Woman and the Hu ... More >>

What's in your bag? Spirituality, Chipotle and more!

While there have been fires in the forests and fireworks in the sky, the streets are also on fire -- with hot, hot fashion. Check out this week's eclectic mix of frontwoman and skater styles. See Also: What's in your bag? Anime and spray paint at PrideFest and Comic Con What's in your bag? Dinosau ... More >>

What's in your bag? Anime and spray paint at PrideFest and Comic Con

Last weekend was jam-packed with events all around Denver. The inaugural Denver Comic Con, PrideFest, Juneteenth and Father's Day, to name just a few, brought very diverse crowds out around the city. And that meant that very different fashion styles were seen on the street -- everything from the rai ... More >>

Photos: Geek celebs from True Blood and more at Denver Comic Con

If you caught last night's ep of True Blood, you witnessed actress Kristin Bauer, aka the vampire named Pam, at her most viciously hilarious. But plenty of locals had already seen her in person at this weekend's Denver Comic Con -- and she wasn't alone. Celebs from The Walking Dead, Tron and more we ... More >>

Photos: The memorable costumes of Denver Comic Con

In its first year, in Denver Comic Con put on quite a show at the Colorado Convention Center this past weekend. Amidst the celebrity guests, trade expo and Jedi training sessions we found a ton of memorable comic costumes. Page down for photos of some of our favorite superheroes, villains, zombies a ... More >>

Photos: The women of Denver Comic Con

The stereotype of comic book readers as overweight, nerdy men has been pounded into bits since Comic Book Guy made his debut on The Simpsons more than 20 years ago. That much was evident this past weekend at the first-ever Denver Comic Con, held at the Colorado Convention Center. Christopher Morgan ... More >>

Captain America is really popular in Denver

This past weekend we saw Captain America at a few different spots in Denver and Boulder, and while last summer's film left movie-goers unsatisfied, his role in The Avengers has returned him to the list of most popular super heroes. Here's where we spotted Captain American this weekend.

Reader: 1940s WWII Era Ball is worth every penny

Juneteenth. PrideFest. Denver Comic Con. The metro area is full of festivities this weekend. Some are looking to the future, some to the past -- like the fourth annual 1940s WWII Era Ball at the Boulder Airport.

Fight evil with the Fantastic Pour, a Denver Comic Con/Breckenridge Brewery beer

Super heroes aren't real. Sorry. But you can drown that sad truth this weekend with a superhero beer -- a collaboration between Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Comic Con, which kicked off yesterday at the Colorado Convention Center. The Fantastic Pour, a riff on the Fantastic Four, was settled on af ... More >>

Comic Relief

May the 4th be with you, nerds: A collection of photos from City O' City

On the calendar of nerd holidays, May 4 is certainly below Comic Con but at least a few pegs above the pirate convention that takes place each year near the airport. Yes, "May the 4th be with you," is a day every Star Wars fan can get behind obnoxiously -- and 100 percent. One such nerd is Dan Lande ... More >>

Photos: May the 4th be with you this Star Wars Day!

It's Star Wars Day, so May the 4th be with you -- and no, we're not lisping. We swear. To celebrate this annual excuse to shift into hyperdrive, we've assembled a slew of photos from our friends on Flickr that capture the pervasive cultural influence the Star Wars films (at least the first three) h ... More >>

The Walking Dead (actors) will be at Denver Comic Con in June

Denver Comic Con is pulling out all of the stops this year with many impressive guest speakers, including the just-announced appearances of three of the stars of AMC's The Walking Dead. Lauren Cohan, Steven Yeun and Chandler Riggs -- who play Maggie Green, Glenn and Carl Grimes respectively -- will ... More >>

The Art of the Con

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, January 27-29, 2012

As the end of the month approaches -- and the rent is due -- other expenses fall by the wayside. We start making bizarre food concoctions out of whatever is left in the fridge and skimp on luxuries, like shampoo. But even though the landlord is looking for us, it's no reason to skimp on fun. Here's ... More >>

Sea It All Here

Gotham Chopra isn't just a chip off the old block

​Deepak Chopra is a new-agey self-help spiritualist whose doctrines are rooted in Indian religion and culture; his son, Gotham Chopra, is an all-American boy who publishes comics and makes movies about superheroes across the ages. Together, they have written a new book, The Seven Spiritual Law ... More >>

In honor of San-Diego Comic Con, here are the five worst comic related music videos

​San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing this weekend, with nerds, dorks and geeks combining forces to create a Mecca of awesome in California. While we're stuck at home twiddling our thumbs and reading, ahem, books, we found our minds returning to comics no matter what we did. So, in honor of t ... More >>

The Resident Evil cancan fulfills your nerd quotient for the day

​Wishing you were at San Diego Comic Con but stuck at work/home? Wondering how you can fulfill your nerd quotient for the day? Or maybe you just always wondered what might happen if someone were to combine the world's most famous zombie video-game series with the infamous cancan song? If you ... More >>

Striking Gold

Amy Reeder Hadley spices up the Local Flavor Fest.

Twitter Tuesday: Lights, camera, Twitter!

Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @ColoradoFilm: What better place to start off the movie edition of Twitter Tuesday than the official Twitter feed of Colorado's Office of Film, Telev ... More >>

Friday Rap-Up: ytCracker, DJ AM , Eminem and No Limit

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel.

Store Wars

Crime may not pay, but the movie is Perfecto.