2014 Comic-Con: The Bag Designs!

San Diego Comic-Con begins in less than a week, and today Warner Bros. has released the bag designs. There will be 13 different looks this time, and a bag will be randomly given to attendees when they pick up their badges at registration. They are again designed like backpacks, but will not feature the "cape" addition that was popular at the 2013 convention.

All bags will have an image of the San Diego Convention Center on one side:

But the other sides will vary from popular live-action shows Arrow, The Following, The Originals, Supernatural (which I forget is still around), and The Vampire Diaries...

         

to animated series Teen Titans Go!...

to upcoming programs Constantine, The Flash, Mike Tyson Mysteries, iZombie, and Gotham...

and even a few to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Batman. 

Many Con goers trade bags to get the one they want, and you ca also donate blood during the Convention to get an extra bag. Which are you hoping to snag as your premiere souvenir from this year's event?

Giveaway Winners: Supernatural & Strike Back!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

We had two contests end yesterday, so we want to go ahead and announce some winners!

For his retweet of the #StrikeBack giveaway, @DJblaze_DJbooth won the Strike Back t-shirt!

photo by Jonathan Bredemeyer

 

 

 For "liking" the giveaway post, Valerie Dickens won the Supernatural swag bag! 

photo by Jonathan Bredemeyer

We've contacted both winners and thank everyone for entering these contests! Another one will go up later today (for The Neighbors!), and more to follow so keep checking back!

And, as always, we were sad to disqualify multiple entries for not following the directions, so please make sure to read carefully in the future!

Giveaway: Supernatural Bag!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

As we continue to move into the fall season, it seems that there's a new or returning show starting just about every single day! Supernatural returns to the CW for its seventh eighth season starting tonight, so we're giving away an official Supernatural swag bag from Comic-Con 2012! 

photo by Jonathan Bredemeyer

This bag is 30" x 24" x 3", and that includes the space built-in to hold posters. It has a single strap, and the Supernatural image can be seen above. The other side of the bag is the Comic-Con 2012 logo, as seen below. The Warner Bros. marking to the left of the picture is the narrow side of the bag and appears opposite it as well. This is a brand-new bag, handled gently in transit from Comic-Con.  

photo by Jonathan Bredemeyer

How to Enter: We're doing something a little different! In order to enter to win this giveaway, you have to like the Facebook post about this giveaway. And, in order to do that, you need to "like" TheTalkingBox on Facebook.

After you do those things, you can earn up to FOUR additional entries, for a total of SIX! For two entries, you can leave a comment related to the show below this blog post - talk about something you're looking forward to in the new season. You can also try following TheTalkingBox on Twitter for another entry. Finally, you can tweet out about the giveaway for another entry... do any or all of those options, but you MUST like us on Facebook AND like the post in order to win! 

Deadline: This giveaway will for a little over a week. No entries will be accepted after 12:01am ET on Thursday, October 11th, 2012. Then, a winner will be chosen via random number generator and notified.

Thanks for entering, and let us know if you have any questions!

Also, be aware that there is a concurrent giveaway going on for Strike Back! The rules are a little different, so be sure to read up, but there's no rule saying you can't win both so feel free to enter!   

Comic-Con Warner Bros. Bags Announced!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

One of the things I was super-excited about before my first Comic-Con was the swag bags. I didn't know what they were going to be ahead of time, so I had a great time on Thursday morning in line for badge pick-up, seeing people with bags they had received on Wednesday and trying to figure out how many different ones there were. Ultimately, I had my heart set on a ThunderCats bag, so I was a little dismayed when I was handed Fringe. Fortunately, so many people at Comic-Con are really nice, so I only had to ask five or six ThunderCats folks if they wanted to switch before finding someone more than happy to oblige. Well, I've been on the lookout this year to find out what the bags would feature, and was thrilled to see the selections when they were announced this morning! They're not all television shows, of course, but there's a great variety!

First up, the standard side that everyone will have: 

Now, onto the individual options...

Fringe

Arrow

Supernatural

The Vampire Diaries

DC Nation, featuring Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, and original shorts.

  and, The Big Bang Theory, which is the one I'll be shooting for this year.

Man of Steel and Pacific Rim will also be available, but the artwork on those is not yet available.