Robert Kirkman's Skybound to Hold Digital Comic Convention in July

With the cancellation of San Diego Comic-Con and many other comic book conventions in 2020, publishers are finding new ways to promote new projects and bring fans together. Skybound Entertainment has announced Skybound Xpo, a new digital-only event aimed at filling the void left by SDCC. Taking place on July 18 and 19, Skybound Xpo will feature a series of panels, creator interviews and footage of upcoming Skybound games, all of which will be livestreamed on Skybound Entertainment’s YouTube channel and the company's official Facebook page. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=art-preview-fire-power-1&captions=true"] Among the panels featured at Skybound Xpo is "Fire (Power) Side Chat," as Skybound co-founder and The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman sheds more light on Fire Power, his new collaboration with Daredevil artist Chris Samnee. You can check out IGN's exclusive reveal of Fire Power to learn more about the martial arts fantasy series. Other major panels will include a Skybound retrospective that celebrates the company's first ten years and hints at what's to come, and a new episode of Kristan Harloff's trivia competition series Movie Trivia Schmoedown. “Like the rest of our community, we miss the comic-cons we go to every year,” said Skybound CEO David Alpert in a statement. “In this off year, we wanted to make sure we could still connect with fans in some way. We’re excited to share the awesome content from our new wave of creators as Skybound turns ten.” The announcement of Skybound Xpo comes shortly after DC's reveal of DC FanDome, another all-digital, Comic-Con-esque event taking place in August. Not to be outdone, SDCC itself will be hosting a digital event called Comic-Con@Home, one which will take place on July 22-26, the same days the regular Comic-Con event was meant to be held. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/02/walking-dead-creator-on-comics-surprise-ending-ign-now"] In other recent Skybound news, Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard are reuniting for a new Walking Dead special called Negan Lives. That standalone comic will reveal the fate of the titular villain and will be offered entirely free of charge to comic book retailers. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

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