Wonder-Con announces more guests: Lay, Snyder and Wheaton
Carol Lay, Scott Snyder and Wil Wheaton have been added to the Wonder-Con guest list. In another Wonder-Con note, hotel rooms are now available at the Anaheim Hilton, and they are pretty reasonable. Another reason why WonderCon is the relaxing con!
Continue ReadingIdea: Move Comic-Con to giant new convention center in Queens!
Finally a place big enough for Comic-Con -- a proposed 3.8 million square foot exhibition hall and hotel suggested by New York State governor Andrew Cuomo. the vast complex would also house a casino nearby -- very handy to gamble your profits from selling mint copies of Spider-Man #583. Sure it's in Jamaica, Queens right next to the Aqueduct race track....but at least it's big enough!
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Nice Art: Adi Granov covers Emerald City Comicon
Adi Granov has supplied the cover for the 2012 edition of MONSTERS & DAMES, the art book crated in conjunction with the Emerald City Comicon each year. The cover provides both a monster and a dame, so it is well within the theme. Check out the link for much more art. This year's ECCC will be held March 30-April 1st in Seattle, WA.
Continue ReadingTo do tonight, Staten Island: Comic Book Jones anniversary party
The Comic Book Jones crew really know how to put on a show, so if you're near by, stop by.
Continue ReadingImage Expo gets guests, more details
Image Expo, the February show that both fills the Northern California comic-con slot and gives Image a place to publicly celebrate their 20th anniversary, has announced more guests, including Blair Butler, Kevin Mellon, John Layman, Rob Guillory, and Nick Spencer. In addition, Jennifer de Guzman interviewed the principals for PW Comics World:
Continue ReadingSCOOP: New chairman talks about the new Wizard World
Wizard World without Gareb Shamus. The entire idea would have seemed ridiculous until just a few days ago when an SEC filing revealed that Shamus, the owner and founder of the company, had been removed as CEO. It was startling news which left everyone wondering what would become of the Wizard brand — once mighty in both media coverage and entertainment shows. Answers are beginning to emerge. In an interview with The Beat, Wizard’s executive chairman Mike Mathews revealed that a new era has already begun at Wizard World, which will include outreach to the entire industry in a move to repair damaged relationships with both other industry players and fans. In one of the most notorious examples of the bad blood which the old Wizard had given rise to, subscribers to the print magazine had not been given any make-up subscriptions for issues paid for but never mailed. However, according to Mathews, a letter is being sent out to old subscribers offering them a $100 credit towards Wizard shows.
Continue ReadingTo do tonight, Berlin: Erik Mark Sandberg
As they say, if we were in Berlin, we'd go to this. Maybe. We have no idea what it is but the invite was too cool not to post. Erik Mark Sandberg is actually an American artist, based in LA, who has exhibited worldwide. He's best known for his images of hairy children mixed with startling pop culture tableaux.
Continue ReadingWonderCon announces new guests
WonderCon has added a bunch of new guests to their lineup including Arthur Adams, Ernest Cline, Joe Hill, Richard Kadrey, Mark Waid, Marv Wolfman, Jim Lee, and Richard Starkings. They join Sergio Aragones, Fiona Staples, Steve Niles, and others you can see in the above link. WonderCon will be held for the first time in Anaheim next year, but it promises to be the same kind of star-studded show as usual. WonderCon will be held March 16-18, 2012.
Continue ReadingSan Diego city council okays convention center expansion
Oh yeah! Your feet are going to hurt even more if the San Diego CityCouncil has its way. The controversial plan to expand the convention center was okayed by the city council, 6 to 2. Although everyone agrees that a bigger convention center would allow even more lucrative convention business every year -- and room for an additional 3,000 Slave Leias at Comic-Con -- what is still in dispute is who will pay. The present plan calls for hotels with more than 30 rooms to fund the bond over a period of several years. Of course, these costs will probably be passed along to guests.
Continue ReadingTo Do tonight: Retrofit Comics Release Signing with Pat Aulisio, Josh Bayer, and Box Brown
It's all happening at Jim Hanley's Universe. Retrofit Comics is Box Brown's line of pamphlet/floppies that is bringing the periodical back to the indie comics world. Some releases thus far:
Continue ReadingWant to go to WonderCon? Now you can!
Registration for next year's WonderCon in Anaheim has suddenly become available. You'll recall that after 20+ years in the Bay Area, construction has forced the show to move to Anaheim for the first time. Prices are as follows:
Continue ReadingTo do: JACK DAVIS tonight and tomorrow
Damn. This is a once in a lifetime chance! Legendary -- and we do mean LEGENDARY -- artist Jack Davis is speaking at The Strand tonight and is headlining an opening of his art at the Scott Eder gallery tomorrow. Strand info here. Davis will be interviewed by Gary Groth but you must buy either his new art book or a $10 strand gift Card in order to attend.
Continue ReadingHow much does it cost to buy a convention? $77,500
Thanks to some SEC filings, you can see how much a good-sized regional convention is worth -- in the case of Wizard World's 2010 acquisition of the Mid-Ohio Con, the amount was $77,500. $60,000 was to be paid in royalties on booth sales and sponsorships only over a period of several years, with a five-year consulting fee of $3,500 to be paid out after $60k in royalties was reached. The Wizard World page doesn't have booth costs for Mid-Ohio, but several people complained that they were raised this year, so everyone was getting their share of the till. Wizard World has just announced its first 2012 show, January 28-29 in New Orleans, and the current lineup for next year is a modest 4 scheduled shows -- with the Big Apple con and Austin still TBD.
Continue ReadingTo do tonight: Crime Stoppers Club with Kate Beaton & Michael Kupperman
Kate Beaton and Michael Kupperman team for a night of comedy comics cabaret. Special guests Julia Wertz, Lizz Hickey and Lauren Weinstein according to various things on Google! 7 pm SHARP, Luca Lounge, 13th St & Avenue B, NY NY
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