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And the 2018 Emmy Nominees Are…

Perhaps more than ever are we these days turning to television to provide insight about and empathy for—and, yes, an escape from—the turmoils of everyday life. So of course when the time comes to recognize which of the past year’s efforts in small screen artistry have wowed us with the greatest oomph, we’ve got our opinions locked and loaded. So what are yours? Are you pulling for The Americans to take home the gold at this year’s Emmy Awards, or are you sitting firmly in Camp Handmaid’s Tale? Check out the full list of Emmy nominees below, and weigh in with your votes!

Drama Series

The Handmaid’s Tale

Game of Thrones

This Is Us

The Crown

The Americans

Stranger Things

Westworld 

Comedy Series

Atlanta

Barry

Black-ish

Curb Your Enthusiasm

GLOW 

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Silicon Valley

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Limited Series

The Alienist

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Genius: Picasso

Godless

Patrick Melrose

Variety Talk Series

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Variety Sketch Series

Saturday Night Live

Portlandia

Drunk History

Tracey Ullman’s Show

At Home with Amy Sedaris

I Love You, America

Reality Competition Series

The Amazing Race

American Ninja Warrior

Project Runway

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

The Voice

Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow

Fixer Upper

Lip Sync Battle

Queer Eye

Shark Tank

Who Do You Think You Are?

Unstructured Reality Program

Born This Way

Deadliest Catch

Intervention

Naked and Afraid

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Ed Harris, Westworld

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Foy, The Crown

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Keri Russell, The Americans

Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale

David Harbour, Stranger Things

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Matt Smith, The Crown

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale

Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things

Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones

Thandie Newton, Westworld

Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Donald Glover, Atlanta

Bill Hader, Barry

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

William H. Macy, Shameless

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Ted Danson, The Good Place

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Pamela Adlon, Better Things

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Allison Janney, Mom

Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Issa Rae, Insecure

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Louie Anderson, Baskets

Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live

Henry Winkler, Barry

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Zazie Beetz, Atlanta

Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live

Betty Gilpin, GLOW

Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live

Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne

Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso

Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose

Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower

John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror (“USS Callister”)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Laura Dern, The Tale

Jessica Biel, The Sinner

Michelle Dockery, Godless

Edie Falco, The Menendez Murders

Regina King, Seven Seconds

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or MovieJeff Daniels, Godless

Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar

John Leguizamo, Waco

Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower

Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime StorySupporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar

Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult

Merritt Wever, Godless

Letitia Wright, Black Museum (“Black Mirror”)

 

The 2018 Emmys will broadcast on Sept. 17, so you’ve got plenty of time to vent about glaring omissions or sing the praises of your favorite contenders. Hit us up with your thoughts!

Image: Hulu

NIGHTMARE CINEMA is a Classic Horror Anthology with Varying Results (Fantasia Fest Review)

I’m a huge fan of the horror subgenre known as anthology horror or portmanteau horror, meaning a single film made up of several different short subject stories, usually unrelated to each other or knitted together by a framing device or theme. These used to be a staple of horror in the ’70s and ’80s, with titles like Creepshow, Tales from the Crypt, and The House That Dripped Blood. Horror legend Mick Garris is evidently a very big fan of these movies, as he’s put together a brand new, five-story anthology called Nightmare Cinema which is a fun, if uneven, night at the movies.

Garris is no stranger to the anthology, having produced both the Masters of Horror and Fear, Itself series, which saw various legends in the horror and sci-fi fields contribute self-contained episodes. For Nightmare Cinema, he’s joined by four other directors to offer five totally different (and all super gory) horror shorts all beginning and ending in a creepy old movie theater run by Mickey Rourke. The other directors include Garris’ old friend Joe Dante (himself a veteran of another anthology movie, The Twilight Zone: The Movie), David Slade (Hard Candy), Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), and Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train).

It’s a great lineup of filmmakers, but unfortunately the quality of the films varies wildly for seemingly no reason, though a couple of the stories are legitimately excellent.

We begin with Brugués’ story, which finds a teenage camp counselor (Sarah Elizabeth Withers) running from a psychotic killer in welder gear, fittingly called “the Welder.” What we get is basically the final act of a typical ’80s slasher movie, but done with an eye toward comedy. Everyone is profoundly stupid and the victims all die in hilariously graphic ways. I felt like this story went on a bit long, but a twist toward the end that gave it new life.

Dante’s vignette is up next, wherein a beautiful woman (Zarah Mahler) who’s had a minor but noticeable facial scar since birth is convinced by her supportive fiance (Mark Grossman) to get plastic surgery if she’s self-conscious about it. She then goes to see Dr. Mirari (Richard Chamberlain) and things take a rather sinister turn. This was a fun one, with a wicked sense of humor running throughout and an ending right out of the Cryptkeeper’s playbook.

Then we come to Kitamura’s entry, and I have to say, this is the one that almost made me pack it in. This story takes place at a small Catholic boarding school where a young boy commits suicide. After his death, other children begin exhibiting cruel, even demonic tendencies and outbursts. Eventually, Father Benedict (Maurice Benard) and Sister Patricia (Mariela Garriga) realize the horrific truth and take matters into their own hands.

This section was flatly awful, with bad acting, gratuitous violence (and not at all in a funny way) and it ultimately doesn’t make any sense. For context, Kitamura is the director who made his mark in 2000 with the bananas yakuza-fight-zombies-in-the-woods movie Versus, and he brings that same gonzo approach to violence here, but it’s in a story that is completely not the right vehicle for it. I cannot convey enough how much I disliked this section of the movie.

And as I said, I very nearly wrote the whole movie off right there…until the next story. David Slade has been a director not only of features, but of some tremendous episodes of TV shows like Hannibal and American Gods. He also directed the Black Mirror episode “Metalhead,” and he brings that stark, greasy monochrome look to his story, which adds some much needed visual dynamism to Nightmare Cinema.

Slade’s story has a mother (Elizabeth Reaser) in the waiting room of a psychiatrist’s office with her children, and everything looks gross and creepy. She evidently has some sort of disorder which makes people look hideous to her, evidenced by the evermore upsetting faces of the people around her. This story was truly nightmarish and weird, and of a completely different kind of horror than anything up to this point. This one leaves you unsettled and you wonder where that’s been prior.

And the final story comes to us courtesy of Garris himself, who also directed the wraparound segments filmed at Pasadena’s historic Rialto Theatre. His features a young boy (Faly Rakotohavana) who has a near death experience at the hands of psychopath (Orson Chaplin) and begins seeing restless spirits while in hospital, all while the psycho tries to finish the job. This final vignette brings some real emotion to the film and features some incredible tense moments in various hospital rooms.

Overall, Nightmare Cinema is certainly not a runaway success. It’s uneven to say the least, and I think each of the stories could have benefited from a little more length to flesh out story, characters, and ideas. The premise also doesn’t quite coalesce the way it ought to, though the idea of a movie theater from hell is solid. But you watch an anthology horror movie for the strength of individual stories. While the first three stories never get higher than “just okay” (with Dante’s the clear winner of the bunch), and that third story that just did not work, the final two are so good and so strong I ended up walking away feeling good about the whole thing, and ultimately are enough to make me recommend it. Just maybe go get some popcorn when Father Benedict shows up.

3 out of 5

Images: Mike Moriatis/ Cinelou Films

Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor for Nerdist. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Twitter!

Childish Gambino Releases Two New Songs For Summer

After seducing his way across the galaxy as Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Donald Glover once again taps into his alluring, sensual side with his latest Childish Gambino EP Summer Pack.

Unlike “This Is America,” whose political music video is full of hidden symbolism and references, Glover wears his easy, breezy laid back attitude on his sleeve with his latest drop. Comprised of two new singles entitled “Summertime Magic” and “Feels Like Summer,” Summertime Pack is for those hot and humid summer nights at the poolside by your boo’s side. The former song in particular calls to the heat of the night, with Glover’s swooning lyrics and sultry synth acting as a perfect soundtrack for those late night summer lovin’ sessions with your S.D. (Significant Droid). “Feels Like Summer” strays from this lustful attitude, focusing on his growing discontent and how dying bees putting a bit of a damper on the bird and the bees feels. Yet, the infectiously smooth vocals and light guitar strumming of the song will keep you and your bees in the mood.

Honing in on his Atlanta trap-based roots with “This Is America” and then returning to his Kauai-inspired chill summer vibes with Summer Pack, Glover is straddling between trap and ballads like he did on his double mixtape STN MTN/Kauai. With his upcoming “This Is America” tour on the horizon, there is still no clear indication of what musical style Glover will choose for his last album. Will he return to rap, or will he surprise again with another unpredictable genre?

Image Credit: Facebook/Donald Glover

Breaking Down the First Official Look at Shazam’s Costume

When it comes to throwback superheroes, they don’t get any more old school than Shazam. In 1940, C. C. Beck and Bill Parker may have created the hero formerly known as Captain Marvel as a response to Superman, but the hero struck a chord with readers and he even briefly more popular than the Man of Steel. Next year, director David F. Sandberg is bringing Shazam! to the big screen with Zachary Levi in the title role. Fans were less than pleased with the leaked pics of Levi’s superhero costume a few months ago, but now we’ve got an official first look at Shazam’s latest outfit. Today’s Nerdist News is breaking down the details.

Join host and the DC Universe’s Edna Mode, Jessica Chobot, as she examines the Shazam picture from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. The early takeaway is that the costume blends elements from the classic Captain Marvel outfit and Shazam’s incarnation from the New 52 reboot. So the boots, belt, and hoodie are from the modern era, while the cape is decidedly Golden Age.

The thing that sets Shazam apart from most heroes is that he is literally a kid at heart. Asher Angel is playing Billy Batson as a young boy, while Levi will portray his heroic alter ego. Essentially, this is Big with superheroes, so we’re expecting some charmingly childish antics as Billy gets used to having an adult body at his command. But he’s still relatively good at heart. Even in this pic, Billy isn’t chucking a beer. It’s just generic soda.

Jack Dylan Grazer is also in that picture as Freddy Freeman, the alter ego of Captain Marvel Jr. in the comics. Freeman became part of the Marvel family and had his own variation of Shazam’s powers. While that may eventually happen in the movie, for now, it appears that Freddy is in on Billy’s secret and enjoying the ride.

What do you think about the official first look at Shazam’s costume? Let’s discuss in the comment section below!

Image: Warner Bros. Pictures

OVERWATCH League Will Air and Stream Through ESPN, Disney, and ABC

Over the past year, the Overwatch League has been a breakout for eSports, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. On Wednesday morning, ESPN reported that the League will be broadcast on ESPN, Disney, and ABC as well as their corresponding digital platforms. After the first regular season ended, we discussed how the Overwatch League is changing the way we think about eSports, and it appears that those measures Blizzard took to make it stand out are paying off.

This is a big deal because it not only shows how far the mainstream has come in taking eSports seriously, but it also puts competitive gaming in front of new eyes. The League is known for being accessible to new viewers, with its city-based teams, beautiful new arena, and spectating tools. Now that the games will be broadcast on major networks, many who would never consider watching, or don’t even know what eSports even are, could be tuning in.

The multi-year broadcast deal will include the playoff games, which begin this week, the season one grand finals in New York City, and season two. Overall, the games will be shown on ESPN, ESPN 2, Disney XD, and ABC in some way, shape, or form. Both ESPN and Disney have broadcasted eSports events before, but never in this capacity.

Blizzard put a lot into the Overwatch League in order to make it a success, and now that it’s seen that success, we hope to see more eSports organizations following suit. Check out ESPN’s website for the full broadcast schedule of the playoff games.

Images: Blizzard Entertainment

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Y: THE LAST MAN TV Series Cast Announced

Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s beloved Vertigo comic book series, Y: The Last Man, languished in development for over a decade as a feature film. But now, it’s looking like the comic will finally get a live-action adaptation. FX ordered a Y: The Last Man pilot episode in April, and now the full cast has been revealed.

Via Variety, Dunkirk co-star Barry Keoghan has been signed to portray Yorick Brown, an amateur escape artist and the only human male who survived a catastrophic plague that nearly wiped out his gender. Yorick and his Capuchin monkey, Ampersand, may be the only two male mammals left alive. Imogen Poots will play Hero Brown, Yorick’s sister and an EMT who has her own burdens to bear in the new world. Man of Steel‘s Diane Lane will co-star as Senator Jennifer Brown, Yorick and Hero’s mother.

Captain Marvel co-star Lashana Lynch has nabbed the fan favorite role of Agent 355, a Secret Service operative who becomes Yorick’s protector and one of the most memorable characters in the comic. Juliana Canfield will portray Yorick’s girlfriend, Beth, while Marin Ireland will play Nora, “the president’s senior assistant and right hand.”

The original comic ran for 60 issues, so if FX orders Y: The Last Man to series, they have lots of source material. Vaughan is executive producing the adaptation and he helped develop it as a series. Michael Green (American Gods) and Aïda Mashaka Croal (Luke Cage) are the co-showrunners.

What do you think about the cast of Y: The Last Man? Let us know in the comment section below!

Images: Vertigo Comics

BBC Unveils First Thirteenth Doctor Toys for SDCC

It’s getting to that time of year again. That time of year when people descend on San Diego like many individual hordes of insects to partake in celebrating the stuff they love in the form of watching panels, waiting in line, cosplaying, and picking up the kind of swag you can get nowhere else but there. When it comes to Doctor Who stuff, not only are the BBC’s wares exclusive, they’re the first of their kind.

Since her brief appearance at the end of “Twice Upon a Time” last Christmas, and a few official images and posters, Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker has appeared in no official capacity on anything, so these are the first toys of any kind for Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor.

The first is the latest in Titan’s long line of facially accurate Doctor figures, with a fabulous likeness of Whittaker herself sporting her blonde hair and sky blue lilac jacket. Second is a Thirteenth Doctor in the Kawaii style, which is sort of anime-inspired. Both look fantastic and stand 6.5″ each. They will debut at SDCC 2018 in the BBC Shop at BBC AMERICA booth #4129 and at Titan Entertainment booth #5537. Following Comic-Con, remaining supplies of both TITANS will be available to buy at Hot Topic and shop.BBC.com in the U.S. and from Forbidden Planet in the UK. Pending availability, pre-order for these opens after the close of SDCC 2018 on Monday, July 23.

Next up are the Doctor Who Funko figures (you knew there’d be some). We have the coveted Thirteenth Doctor POP! vinyl figure, as well as the Rock Candy brand variant. These will be available at the BBC America booth as well as at Funko booth #5341/5347, and in retail in both the U.S. and UK this fall.

A new Doctor also means new costumes and Her Universe is debuting the Thirteenth Doctor’s fashionable rainbow striped top, long coat, and blue trousers, which will be available at the Her Universe booth #1321 and later in the fall at Hot Topic stores in the U.S.

And for those of you who aren’t going to be at SDCC and still want a Thirteenth Doctor before autumn, Character Options–who’ve been the home of Doctor Who action figures for a long time–have begun pre-orders for a Jodie Whittaker 10″ action doll with fabric clothing, full articulation, and an unseen sonic screwdriver which I’m sure they don’t want to spoil just yet. These will launch on July 23.

So now you should definitely have all the Thirteenth Doctors you could want, right? At least until the new season premieres in the fall.

Images: BBC/Funko/Titan/Her Universe/Character Options

Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor and the resident Whovian for Nerdist. Follow him on Twitter!

THE FLASH Writer Joshua Williamson on Flash War’s Epic Finale

This week’s The Flash #50 concludes the four part Flash War storyline. It’s not only an ending to that story, but a culmination of almost everything series writer Joshua Williamson has set in motion since he took over the title at the beginning of DC Rebirth two years ago. It’s a whole new beginning for the Flash mythos as well.

Flash War sees Wally West, Barry Allen’s nephew and heir to the Flash legacy, become a changed man. With his memories of his previous life restored–including the knowledge of his two children–he decides to run into the Speed Force to rescue his kids. But Barry Allen knows messing with the Speed Force can lead to disaster and races after his nephew to stop him. With the epic conclusion arriving today, we chatted with writer Joshua Williamson about the genesis of the entire saga.

“I pitched the story twice. I just had questions, questions about Rebirth and its ramifications, and I know the readers did too,” Williamson shared with Nerdist. “But I was lucky in that I was in the room with the people behind Rebirth (and Wally West’s return) and I could ask them questions, and I started to think, ‘Something has to give on this right?’ And two years later, I pitched Flash War, and I said, ‘I know this is a crazy idea, but if we’re going to do it, we’re going to have to do it big.'”

And big it has turned out to be, with appearances by the Justice League, the Titans, a trip into the 25th century, and even hints of Crisis on Infinite Earths–a storyline famous for killing off Barry Allen for nearly 25 years.

“At one point I had a smaller version of this that I was working on, and DC was smart about it and pushed me into making it something bigger. They said we don’t have Flash events very often, so treat it like it’s a big deal. I’m a big fan of Geoff Johns’ Flash run, where he would do these really big stories; I learned from that to make the story as big as it could be,” Williamson said.

The most compelling thing so far about Flash War so far has been there has been no wrong or right side in the argument between the Flashes. While Barry might want Wally to learn from his mistakes when it comes to changing reality (see Flashpoint), Wally wants to save his children from being consigned to oblivion. What parent wouldn’t do what Wally does? No clear side was exactly what Williamson was going for in this story. “That was one of things I wanted from the very beginning, making sure that the argument felt real, and that there was a compelling reason both ways,” Williamson told us. “It starts one way, where you see this conflict between Barry and Wally, and then we twist it around to show that ‘oh no, this really isn’t about Flashpoint. This is about Wally’s kids.’ I wanted fans to come into this thinking, ‘We’ve seen how this can go wrong.’ I wanted doubt, not only in Barry’s argument, but also in Wally’s.”

Howard Porter’s art has been another highlight of Flash War. Most famous for his epic run with Grant Morrison on JLA in the late ‘90s, we had to ask Williamson, who grew up with that run of JLA, how it felt to see Porter return to the classic League characters and for a story he wrote. He said, “It was so awesome. I’ve been a fan of Howard since he did The Ray. And I followed him from that book to eventually Morrison’s JLA. So I was always a big fan. And we worked together on Justice League/Suicide Squad, and this is the longest arc we’ve been able to do together. But it was awesome.”

Maybe the most significant part of Flash War has been the revelation of the other elemental forces in the universe besides the Speed Force, like the Strength Force and the Sage (mind) Force. Much like when Johns created the various different colored Lantern Corps during his seminal run on Green Lantern, Williamson’s introduction of these other elemental forces, each separate yet connected to the Speed Force, is poised to be a huge game changer for the overall Flash mythology. And yet it all feels like a foregone conclusion.

“We weren’t sure how we were going to do it” Williamson told us. “We started to talk about the different Lantern Corps and came up with the similar idea of these different forces. But I feel like there have been hints towards them for years. When Mark Waid was writing Flash, he had Wally’s son Jai have the ability to increase his mass and become strong. It made me wonder if that was an early sign of the Strength Force coming in.”

He continued, “And Gorilla Grodd has always had mental powers, and he has always been connected to the Flash family in some way. Could his powers be an early example of the Sage Force, which is a mind power? Then there is also the Still Force, which they are introducing in Justice League. That’ll be a big part of The Flash over the next year, these new forces…and there may be more. Eventually Barry is going to have to investigate some of the things that are introduced in issue 50.”

The conclusion of Flash War also brings back a long missing character to the Flash family, one fans have been clamoring for. Without getting into spoilers , Williams hinted that before he’s done with the world of the Flash, he wants to touch on every member of the extended speedster family. “Ever since I got the job, people have been wanting to know where other members of the Flash family like Jay Garrick, Max Mercury, and Jesse Quick are, and my answer to that is I want to write all of it. I want to touch every bit of the Flash mythology.”

Images: DC Comics

Find Out Which FOUNDRYSIDE House You Are with This Quiz

Imagine a world where magic is industrialized and monetized. That’s the setting of Foundryside, the first book in a new series by fantasy novelist Robert Jackson Bennett. The story will follow Sancia Grado, a former slave who’s stolen from the four elite, wealthy merchant houses in Tevanne to survive. But then she finds herself in the possession of a powerful magical artifact and in a dangerous situation. In this place where the mechanics of magic mirror our technology, Sancia must confront a threat that could end reality.

Those merchant houses in Tevanne are Company Candiano, Dandolo Chartered, Michiel Body Corporate, and Morsini House. Each has different tenets and motivations for getting ahead. Which house would you be part of? We’re excited to exclusively debut a quiz to help you discover just that!

Which house did you get? I’m Michiel Body Corporate. I’m looking forward to reading the book to see how I feel about that. Be sure to visit the gallery below to see the house symbols!

If you’re attending San Diego Comic-Con from July 18-July 22, you can take this quiz in person during exclusive times (listed just below!) and receive a pin representing your house. Crown Publishing will be at booth 1515-J.

Thursday – 3:00

Galley giveaway: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet and an exclusive pin (Booth 1515-J)

Friday – 10:00-10:30

Galley signing and giveaway: Robert Jackson Bennett, Foundryside and an exclusive pin (Booth 1515-J)

Saturday – 3:00

Galley giveaway: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet and an exclusive pin

Sunday – 10:00 – 11:00

Galley giveaway: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet plus an exclusive pin and a Foundryside flash tattoo (Booth 1515-J)

Even if you’re not at SDCC, you can still fill out this form to receive your house pin and a signed bookplate after you preorder your copy.

Officially out August 21, Foundryside is available for preorder everywhere books are sold, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Indiebound.

Images: Crown Publishing