Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

‘The Star Wars!’ Dark Horse gives Lucas script comic book treatment

2013-04-05 11:52:24

<![CDATA[‘The Star Wars!’ Dark Horse gives Lucas script comic book treatment]]>

Hero Complex the magazine: Spring issue available now

2013-03-27 06:02:27

<![CDATA[Hero Complex the magazine: Spring issue available now]]>

Emanuel names Desiree Rogers chairman of Choose Chicago

2013-05-20 06:14:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday appointed former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers as board chairman of Choose Chicago, as has been expected. Rogers, now CEO of Ebony and Jet parent Johnson Publishing Co., steps into the volunteer post vacated...

'Chicago Fire' renewed, just like Jesse Spencer expected

2013-04-29 07:29:00

It's difficult to tell who should be more excited NBC officially picked up “Chicago Fire” for a second season Friday: The cast and crew of the firefighter drama or the Illinois Film Office. The good news allows the Dick Wolf-produced show to...

Chicago studio switches up DC Comics universe with 'Injustice' game

2013-04-19 12:56:00

Superman goes super-berserk in the opening sequence of the DC Comics-centric video game "Injustice: Gods Among Us." After learning the Joker has tricked him into murdering a pregnant Lois Lane and setting off a bomb that's destroyed the entire city of...

C2E2 2013 recap: Comics, costumes and cosmic bliss

2013-04-28 17:11:00

The Boy Wonder folded his hands before him on the table and waited for the next question. It was one of those archetypal comic book convention moments, the kind you can picture even if you've never come within 100 miles of a comic book convention. Burt...

Day 2 of C2E2: Too much

2013-04-27 21:57:00

A few notes from the second day of C2E2 -� a.k.a., the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo - which runs though Sunday at McCormick Place, and in its fourth year, shows signs of not only getting bigger (attendance wise), but becoming comfortingly...

C2E2: Comic book stars walk among us

2013-04-27 12:51:00

C2E2 -- the annual, gargantuan Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place -- opened Friday, and as usual for the first day of a major comic book convention, things started slow, geeks were still arriving, B-list celebrities just settling in,...

'Walking Dead' stars to draw hordes at C2E2

2013-04-24 14:44:00

If you're really excited about meeting “The Walking Dead” cast members Laurie Holden, Chandler Riggs and Chad Coleman — and attending Coleman's Q&A — at this weekend's C2E2 convention at McCormick Place, get in line. More than...

How to take CTA to C2E2

2013-04-25 12:34:00

The second phase of the Wells Street bridge overhaul begins Friday night, which will reroute some trains heading into the Loop through early May 6. Next week, rush hour Brown Line riders will see some southbound trains operate until the Merchandise Mart...

Comics buff Israel Idonije unveils his superhero tale at C2E2

2013-04-25 15:52:00

Israel Idonije doesn't wear a helmet or absorb punishing blocks while performing his side job as a comic book creator. Yet the former Bears defensive lineman insists that developing his superhero title "The Protectors" has been more difficult than...

Marvel vs. DC: Inside dope from the kings of comics

2013-04-25 06:08:00

Around this time last year during C2E2 — the busy, sprawling Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo held each spring at McCormick Place — we spoke with the heads of DC Comics and Marvel Entertainment. We told them that, because we're curious, we...

Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo 2013 Costume Gallery

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Fans take photos of the costume contest during the second day of the annual C2E2 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo Saturday, April 27, 2013 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Convention goers watch the costume contest during the annual C2E2 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place in Chicago.

2013-04-26 00:00:00