Tag: San Diego Comic Con

Comic-Con Museum Hosts WonderCon Exhibition, Opening Night Gala w Jen Bartel

WonderCon 2020 Program Cover Image by Jen Bartel

Last March, the images that graced the walls of the Comic-Con Museum “Cover Story: The Art of Comic-Con 50” exhibition perfectly illustrated San Diego Comic-Con’s (SDCC) finger on the pulse of pop-culture, throughout the years. And the museum’s new exhibition, “Sense of Wonder: The Art of WonderCon Anaheim”, does the same for SDCC’s sister convention in Anaheim, CA, April 10-12.

Similar to “Cover Story’s” focus on SDCC program cover illustrations, “Sense of Wonder” (running select days from Wednesday, Feb. 19 through Sunday, May 31) exhibits the commissioned, WonderCon program cover illustrations in various stages of the creation process.

The Walls outside the exhibition display a mural of WonderCon Covers, while inside is a gallery of drafts, thumbnails, and original pieces!

Unlike last year’s event, that focused only on past SDCC program covers, the “Sense of Wonder,” opening night event on Wednesday, February 19, took the opportunity to also DEBUT the 2020 WonderCon program cover!
And to the delight of all attendees, the Comic-Con Museum invited cover artist Jen Bartel along to help debut the cover and participate in a panel Q&A!

Museum Curatorial Director Gary Sassaman and Artist Jen Bartel debut the WonderCon Program Cover to resounding applause!

From cover debut… to past covers exhibits… to an entertaining and informative panel/Q&A… Comic-Con Museum charter members and guests were treated to a nice night celebrating WonderCon and this year’s talented cover artist.

Flyer, bookmark, and signed (In the rocks!) WonderCon program cover poster!

AND BEST OF ALL… Attendees walked away with glorious SWAG, in the form of a BEAUTIFUL poster showcasing the WonderCon 2020 cover illustration, SIGNED by Bartel!

DuckTales: Incorporating The Disney Afternoon Universe

In the 90’s, quality children’s animated programming could be found on broadcast syndicated television every weekday afternoon.

Young viewers were ready for an escape after arriving home from school. Some of the most memorable programming came from Disney Afternoon with shows like TaleSpin, Chip ‘n Dales Rescue Rangers and Gargoyles.

One favorite, DuckTales was recently relaunched in 2017 — bringing the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and company to a new generation.

The show’s second season has served as a springboard to reintroduce characters from Disney Afternoon. Already, new versions of Darkwing Duck and Don Karnage have debuted.

Then at this year’s DuckTales panel during San Diego Comic Con, it was announced even more fan favorites will be making a comeback in the third season. These include Darkwing’s Gosalyn Duck and Taurus Bulba and TaleSpin’s Kit Cloudkicker and Molly Cunningham.

Appearing from other cartoons will be the Rescue Rangers and obscure characters, Rhinokey and Butterbear from The Wuzzles. Even classic characters, Daisy Duck and Goofy plan to visit Duckburg.

Many of these announced characters (and those unannounced like Bubba the Caveduck and Gene the Genie) join the already extensive existing cast on the awesome poster given to attendees at the signing.

Talent included:

Matt Youngberg – Developer
Sergio Angones – Developer
Tad Stones – Creator of Darkwing Duck
Kate Micucci – Webby Vanderquack
Ben Schwartz – Dewey Duck
Bobby Moynihan – Louie Duck
Paget Brewster – Della Duck

The original art serves both as a nod to the present and a glimpse to the future of DuckTales, making the poster great promotional SWAG. Knowing that beloved characters from the past are coming next season generates excitement and nostalgia. Plus, meeting celebrities and receiving autographs is always a fun experience.

DuckTales recently returned from hiatus and the rest of the second season can be viewed weekday afternoons at 3:00 pm Disney Channel or weekday mornings at 7:00 am on Disney XD.