The San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, California, is always a big week for comic publishers, and Rocketship Entertainment is ready to blast off with what looks to be a wide and varied showing for the company. The Ringo Award-winning publisher that puts webcomics to the printed page will return to SDCC this week, from Thursday, July 25th, through Sunday, July 28th, bringing merchandise, creators, and portfolio critiques. In addition, Rocketship will be hosting its own panel, Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment, with Leanne M. KrecicRyan BenjaminSanford GreeneThom Zahler, industry legend Marv Wolfman, and CEO & Publisher Tom Akel.

The publisher can be found at the Rocketship Way Station, Booth #2707, on the main floor throughout the weekend. For the full scoop, check out the entire press release below.

Rocketship Entertainment, the industry leader in publishing hit webcomics and the 2021 Ringo Award winner for Favorite Publisher, will make its appearance at San Diego Comic-Con from July 25-28, 2024 at the San Diego Convention Center. 

 

The Rocketship Way Station (booth #2707) will be on the main show floor where fans can pick up graphic novels, games, and merchandise.

 

Creator Leeanne M. Krecic (Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath) will be at the Rocketship booth throughout the weekend for signings, along with scheduled signings with creators Ryan Benjamin (Brothers Bond, Stan Lee’s Genesis), Thom Zahler (Cupid’s Arrows, Warning Label), Reilly Brown (Outrage), Sanford Greene (1000), David Stoll (Metaphorical HER), Danni Shinya Luo (Bleeding Edges), Tom Akel (Stan Lee’s Backchannel, Stan Lee’s Genesis), Ryan Dunlavey and Adam Guzowski (Action Philosophers) and Rob Feldman (Cyko KO). The signing schedule will be posted at the Rocketship booth, and there will be free prints available for every signing while supplies last.   

 

Finally, the Rocketship booth will feature portfolio reviews for new and aspiring artists to have their work critiqued.

 

In addition to its activities at the Way Station, Rocketship Entertainment will be hosting its own panel Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment with Leanne M. Krecic, Ryan Benjamin, Sanford Greene, Thom Zahler, and industry legend Marv Wolfman. CEO & Publisher Tom Akel will also appear on the Kickstarter panel, Kickstarting Comics in 2024 and Beyond, and Ryan Benjamin will be hosting the Learn How to Draw – Comic Pro Boot Camp

 

Taking Off with Rocketship Entertainment

Saturday, July 27th 7:30 – 8:30 PM

Room 24ABC

Rocketship Entertainment, the 2021 Ringo Award winner for favorite publisher, has quickly become an industry leader in publishing hit webcomics and webtoons and a growing force in independent publishing. Hear from CEO & publisher Tom Akel, artist Leeanne M. Krecic (a.k.a. “Mongie,” Let’s Play, Dragon King Oath), artist Ryan Benjamin (co-creator of Stan Lee’s Genesis), artist Sanford Greene (1000), cartoonist Thom Zahler (Angry Birds, Cupid’s Arrows), and the legendary comics writer Marv Wolfman (Mekk and Me). They’ll talk about the transitions from webcomics to print and back and what’s coming to Rocketship, T-Minus 10 tabletop, and Bottlerocket! all ages comics.

 

Kickstarting Comics in 2024 and Beyond!

Thursday, July 25th, 4:30 – 5:30 PM

Room 29CD

In 2023 comics on Kickstarter grew creator revenue 31 percent over a year and maintained a 78 percent success rate. Kickstarter’s head of publishing Oriana Leckert, Rocketship Entertainment CEO & publisher Tom Akel, Bad Idea CEO Dinesh Shamdashani, Clover Press publisher Hank Kanalz, comics writer and Kickstarter Advisory Board member Kat Calamia, and Mythworks co-founder Ray Chou discuss best practices, success, and failures, and what’s next for crowdfunded comics!

 

Learn How to Draw – Comic Pro Bootcamp

Thursday, July 25th, 2:30 – 4:00 PM

Room 3

Whilce Portacio (Uncanny X-Men, Punisher), Ryan Benjamin (Batman Beyond, Grifter), and Alex Sinclair (Batman, Justice League) hold a hands-on drawing workshop focused on the process of creating comics. Don’t forget to bring your sketchbooks and art to follow along with Comic Pro Boot Camp.

 

About Rocketship Entertainment

Rocketship Entertainment, LLC, founded in 2019 by Tom Akel and Rob Feldman, is a publishing and entertainment company with multiple Eisner-nominated and Ringo award-winning series including Let’s PlayFox FiresBrothers BondLars the Awkward YetiFelix the Cat, Adventures of GodUrban Animal, and Stan Lee’s Backchannel. Rocketship’s partnerships include Legendary Entertainment, Simon & Schuster, Theta Network, Tapas Media, Substack, Dreamworks, The Gotham Group, and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment. Rocketship connects fans directly to the series they want, working hand-in-glove with creators to create definitive, premium editions of their work and a full array of consumer products. Rocketship is the 2021 Ringo Award winner for Favorite Publisher. For more information visit rocketshipent.com or follow on FacebookInstagram, and Twitter.