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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Profiles in History Comic Book Artwork Exhibit (#SDCC)

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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016.  This year, auction house Profiles in History had an all-artwork exhibit, with pieces from their upcoming Frank Darabont Collection on display, including Frank Frazetta works among the highlights.  Profiles has marketed “Sea Witch” as “The Only Million Dollar Art Piece at Comic-Con” and “The Single Most Important and Most Valuable Frazetta Painting to EVER be Offered At Auction (pre-sale estimate of $1,000,000 – $1,500,000)”, so it will be interesting to see if it meets the reserve at the July 30th auction.  I have been reporting on Profiles in History as registered press at Comic Con International every year for the past nine years (see articles from 2008, 2009 Part 1 & 2009 Part 2, 2010 Part 1 & 2010 Part 2, 2011, 2012, 2013 Part 1 & 2013 Part 2, 2014, 2015), but this is the first in which they did not exhibit any TV and/or movie props and costumes. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: HBO’s “Game of Thrones” Hall of Faces (#SDCC #GameOfThrones)

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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. This marked the third year in a row (see 2014, 2015) that HBO hosted a Game of Thrones interactive exhibit at the L Street Fine Art Gallery opposite the Omni Hotel. The Hall of Faces experience proved as popular as ever, with fans lined up one to two blocks.  However, this year had far less on display in terms of original props and costumes, with just one piece of wardrobe each for Jaqen H’ghar, Arya and the Waif from Season 6. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle” (#SDCC #HighCastle)

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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Across from the main activities at the convention center was “Amazon Village”, which included an experience for their original episodic series, The Man in the High Castle, which is based on Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel of the same name, which features an alternative history n which the Axis powers won World War II.  The experience also featured original props, costumes, and set pieces from the series.  The second season is expected late this year, though specifics have not been announced. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Weta Workshop’s “World of Warcraft” & “Ghost In The Machine” (#SDCC)

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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Weta Workshop had a few original production costume pieces on display this year, including King Llane Wrynn from World of Warcraft and an android from next year’s live action adaptation of Ghost in the Machine starring Scarlett Johansson. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: “Fan-O-Rama” Futurama Fan Film by Cinema Relics (#SDCC #fanorama)

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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016.  My personal friend Dan Lanigan made a splash this year with his first appearance as an exhibitor as Cinema Relics and their Fan-O-Rama, A Futurama Fan Film.  In addition to playing the trailer for the upcoming fan film short, they played video of interviews, behind-the-scenes, and ‘making of’ footage.  A big attraction for their booth in the main exhibit hall at Comic Con was their display of props, costumes, prosthetics, and miniatures. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Marvel Entertainment “Misses” with Exhibitor Booth (#SDCC #MarvelSDCC)

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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. In my 2015 feature on Marvel Entertainment, I opened by noting that “they elected to not have much of a presence or major announcements at Comic Con this time around” and compared their display of one Ant-Man costume to that of historic competitor DC Comics and their more impressive display of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman costumes as well as television costumes, all in stand alone displays that allow fans to get up close to check them out.  The divide between the lackluster and the impressive was widened further this year, as Disney-owned Marvel seems to have lost any sense of self awareness and their 2016 Comic Con presentation felt like it was invented by a hype machine-driven PR company.  Trying to get a glimpse of what was going on with Marvel this year had all the charm of a clumsy Target clerk trying to pressure you into signing up for one of their Target-branded credit cards (“make mine Marvel” is becoming “make mine MasterCard”).  They did put a few things from upcoming movies on display on their stage, but with overflowing crowds they would take it away and hide it before you could even snap a poor photo by trying to hold your camera over the heads of the crowd.  I guess the upside is, I can’t imagine a worse showing next year, so it leaves tons of room for improvement.  But 2016 seemed crafted for generating hype among those who weren’t there rather than those who were, as reading Twitter paints an entirely different picture (see #MarvelSDCC). [Read more…]

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Deckard’s Original Hero PKD Blaster from “Blade Runner” Featured on Adam Savage’s “TESTED”

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Adam Savage has published a video via TESTED with his hands on look at Deckard’s PKD Blaster from Blade Runner.  The iconic pistol used by Harrison Ford in the Ridley Scott film is now part of the collection of a good friend of mine, Dan Lanigan.  As part of this feature, you also get a glimpse of his incredible collection.  I kept waiting for Steve Carell to jump into the scene and exclaim, “that’s what she said”, but (spoiler) it never happens.  Profiles in History sold this at auction in 2009, and I did a feature with photos of how it was delivered to production at the time leading up to the auction event… [Read more…]

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Official Pix Offers First Autograph & Signing/Sketch/Artwork Opportunity With Colin Cantwell, “Star Wars: A New Hope” Prototype Model Builder

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Official Pix is offering their first signing opportunity to get autographs and personalized sketches from Colin Cantwell.  At 82 years old today, Colin Cantwell famously made the first prototype models for the first Star Wars films for George Lucas back in 1974/1975; the first realizations for the X-Wing Fighter, the Y-Wing Fighter, the Tie Fighter, the Star Destroyer, the Death Star, the Landspeeder, the Sandcrawler, and the Millennium Falcon, as well as the T-16 Skyhopper that Mark Hamill is seen using in the final cut of the film.  Prior to building these prototype models, Colin created original full color artwork as well as sketches based on his discussions with George Lucas in 1974, and was one of the very first artists to work on Star Wars.  I worked with Mr. Cantwell in 2014, helping him to bring some rare memorabilia to auction with Julien’s Auctions as well as recording a number of video interview with him about his work in and out of the film and television industries (see all Original Prop Blog articles about Colin Cantwell here: LINK). [Read more…]