52Q | #49: Conventions As News Outlets Jul29

52Q | #49: Conventions As News Outlets

Every week Comic Book Daily asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers; we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans Daily for the inspiration and Scott VanderPloeg for this week’s question. Are conventions, especially San Diego Comic Con, still relevant as THE place for announcements? Anthony Falcone (Writer of Whosoever Holds This Hammer) I think that comic conventions have increasingly become THE place for announcements of television shows and movies. The con helps generate good buzz and lets the industry gauge interest in certain projects. Tron Legacy was made after...