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Are you all caught up with Voltron: Legendary Defender? I sure hope so, as season two of the Netflix animated series from DreamWorks was one of the most exciting, exhilarating, and enjoyable seasons of television that I think I’ve ever seen. (I recapped them all if you missed it; they start here and end here if you want to read.) But even though the season ended on a major cliffhanger, don’t count the paladin out yet. And if you’re a devotee of the sacred lions and their intrepid pilots, then you’ll want to catch up with Voltron: Legendary Defender at San Diego Comic-Con in just a few weeks.
There are some amazing and exciting things coming in the Voltron sphere in the coming months, and if you’re attending SDCC, you’re going to get to partake in some of them. Naturally there’s going to be a panel; why wouldn’t there be?! This year, the Voltron crew are taking over room 6BCF on Thursday, July 20, from 10:30 AM-11:30 AM. Join executive producer Joaquim dos Santos, co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery, and stars Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge) and Tyler Labine (Hunk), as well as Nerdist’s own Kyle Anderson (yes, that’s me) as moderator as we debut the first episode of season three for the audience and show and tell you a bit of what’s to come. (The big image at the top of this article? That’s a first look at the premiere!) We already showed you a glimpse of Prince Lotor, but we promise you’ll get more!
Every single attendee to the panel will receive the new Voltron chapter book “The Rise of Voltron” from Simon & Schuster and an exclusive poster, made especially for you by the crew of the show. Wanna take a look at that poster? Here ya go!
And a really cool thing? If you happen to have gone to NYCC last year and picked up the exclusive Voltron poster, the two join together to form the ultimate in lion-based artwork.
After the panel, on Thursday the 20th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, fans and cosplayers are encouraged to head over to PETCO Park for FANDOM Fest where Joaquim, Lauren, Bex, and Tyler will be on hand to check out your best Voltron cosplay and met fans.
This is followed on Friday, July 21, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, our quartet will be at the autograph area and in Sails Pavilion at the San Diego Convention Center for a ticketed signing.
And if you sadly can’t make any of these things, or even if you can and you just want to get your grub on, then all con long, you’ll be able to head to PETCO Park’s Interactive Zone and hit up the official Hunk food truck, serving every paladin’s (least) favorite snack: Green Food Goo! Don’t worry, though; it’s actually real tasty. The truck will be open from 11am-6pm Thursday through Saturday and 11-5 on Sunday. And, for all other Voltron things, the Lion Forge Comics booth (#1903) will be giving away Black Lion masks (while supplies last), massive 22″x 34″ 4-Color posters (while supplies last), 4-color bookmarks and will be selling Voltron Legendary Defender Volume 1 which collects issues 1-5 of the miniseries.
That good? Will your Voltron heart be satiated? Come! Join me and the good folks at Voltron: Legendary Defender and share your love of all things lion.
Image: Netflix/DreamWorks
Are you all caught up with Voltron: Legendary Defender? I sure hope so, as season two of the Netflix animated series from DreamWorks was one of the most exciting, exhilarating, and enjoyable seasons of television that I think I’ve ever seen. (I recapped them all if you missed it; they start here and end here if you want to read.) But even though the season ended on a major cliffhanger, don’t count the paladin out yet. And if you’re a devotee of the sacred lions and their intrepid pilots, then you’ll want to catch up with Voltron: Legendary Defender at San Diego Comic-Con in just a few weeks.
There are some amazing and exciting things coming in the Voltron sphere in the coming months, and if you’re attending SDCC, you’re going to get to partake in some of them. Naturally there’s going to be a panel; why wouldn’t there be?! This year, the Voltron crew are taking over room 6BCF on Thursday, July 20, from 10:30 AM-11:30 AM. Join executive producer Joaquim dos Santos, co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery, and stars Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge) and Tyler Labine (Hunk), as well as Nerdist’s own Kyle Anderson (yes, that’s me) as moderator as we debut the first episode of season three for the audience and show and tell you a bit of what’s to come. (The big image at the top of this article? That’s a first look at the premiere!) We already showed you a glimpse of Prince Lotor, but we promise you’ll get more!
Every single attendee to the panel will receive the new Voltron chapter book “The Rise of Voltron” from Simon & Schuster and an exclusive poster, made especially for you by the crew of the show. Wanna take a look at that poster? Here ya go!
And a really cool thing? If you happen to have gone to NYCC last year and picked up the exclusive Voltron poster, the two join together to form the ultimate in lion-based artwork.
After the panel, on Thursday the 20th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, fans and cosplayers are encouraged to head over to PETCO Park for FANDOM Fest where Joaquim, Lauren, Bex, and Tyler will be on hand to check out your best Voltron cosplay and met fans.
This is followed on Friday, July 21, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, our quartet will be at the autograph area and in Sails Pavilion at the San Diego Convention Center for a ticketed signing.
And if you sadly can’t make any of these things, or even if you can and you just want to get your grub on, then all con long, you’ll be able to head to PETCO Park’s Interactive Zone and hit up the official Hunk food truck, serving every paladin’s (least) favorite snack: Green Food Goo! Don’t worry, though; it’s actually real tasty. The truck will be open from 11am-6pm Thursday through Saturday and 11-5 on Sunday. And, for all other Voltron things, the Lion Forge Comics booth (#1903) will be giving away Black Lion masks (while supplies last), massive 22″x 34″ 4-Color posters (while supplies last), 4-color bookmarks and will be selling Voltron Legendary Defender Volume 1 which collects issues 1-5 of the miniseries.
That good? Will your Voltron heart be satiated? Come! Join me and the good folks at Voltron: Legendary Defender and share your love of all things lion.
Image: Netflix/DreamWorks
Writer: Mariko Tomaki / Artist: Joëlle Jones / DC Comics
Supergirl: Being Super is the biggest surprise hit on comic book shelves this year and the most thoughtful Kara Danvers story I have ever experienced, hands down. The depth of this series is incredible, focusing more on Kara’s internal dialogue and her struggle to find identity as both a regular teenager and an alien, making Kara and her support system feel genuine and relatable at the same time as being a superhero origin story. There are high stakes, real death, and authentic pain and emotion that make Supergirl: Being Super the most compelling origin story I have ever read.
The finale finds its climax when Kara discovers that her coach is not a coach, but a scientist – one whose ends have honorable merit but whose means include secret experimentation on an alien test subject. This is the same coach who was there at the earthquake, who saw Jen die, who checked on Kara to make sure she would be okay. When Kara finds out the earthquake that killed her best friend was an accidental side effect of the experiments, it does not matter that their discoveries could provide a renewable energy source, reduce climate change, or anything else it could potentially do – Kara recognizes her as evil, and at the same time meets Tan-On, the long-tortured test subject, the first Kryptonian Kara has ever known. Only Tan-On is less forgiving of humans, having known nothing but their torture, and wants to kill the savages who brutalized him and return home to Krypton and report what he learned. The Krypton that no longer exists, a fact he was unaware of having been tortured for science since 1981.
There are so many angles with which any reader can empathize, and that is what makes our conflict so absorbing. Can you blame Tan-On, a peaceful ambassador, for seeing humanity as savages, dangerous to the rest of the universe? Could you blame Kara for making either decision, to defend humanity or cling to Tan-On? Do you wholly condemn the band of scientists who sacrificed a new life to potentially save an entire planet’s future? You may, but you should at least pause at the Trolley-car-esque question of morality and responsibility. The landscape is laid with paths of defensible options, and so you ask what you – what Kara – should do. And then you watch.
The art, drama, personal discovery, and even occasional comedy courtesy of Dolly make for a 4-part series worth every bit of your time. What more can I say? Read Supergirl: Being Super, and read anything Mariko Tamaki writes for the rest of your life. I know I will.
10 out of 10
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