Conventions

Embed from Getty Images This was announced last year but no one really paid much attention to it: Conan O'Brien is once again producing his...

Celebrating the Man of Tomorrow, Today!

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It's mission is to "promote...

Detroit FanFare, which was held this past weekend, was the first show this year that I spent mostly behind a table, being a dutiful guest of the show. It was a welcome change from the usual running around and helping Ben McCool work his table meant I got to see comic-con culture from a new viewpoint. And I learned some things.

Okay, who's going where? Heroes Con in Charlotte, or WW Philly? Sound off in the comments. Also, first time posters are still being...

By all accounts one of North America's biggest fan events -- along with San Diego, WonderCon and NYCC -- the Fan Expo Canada in Toronto has kicked off as we speak. With five separate events under one roof -- for comics, horror, sci-fi, gaming, and anime -- The Expo draws a huge presence from major publishers, including full presentations from Marvel and DC. While there's a huge media guest presence -- cast members of TRON, BSG, and so on -- the comics section remains healthy -- quick fact sheet here -- with an artists alley, a small press section, and so on.

APE is this weekend in San Francisco, but there are plenty of comics events between now and then across the USA and Canada to...

Writer Shawna Benson has a Guide to San Diego in two parts that is quite sensible...as in this from Part One: Pen and paper. ...

Heroes the show. Heroes the games?

From November 9th to 14th, I had the honor and pleasure (duh) of being a Guest of the RIO Comicon, the first comics convention in Rio de Janeiro since 1993. The seven-day arty/indie comics fest took place at the Leopoldina Central Station, a cavernous former railway station, built in 1925, the sheer grandness of which lent the proceedings an epic surreality. Also instantly impressive was the mindful 360° design of the space. U.S. con-runners take note: art direction matters! From a cheerfully pervasive purple and orange color-scheme, to an upliftingly exquisite superbly-curated art exhibition of international masters & independent Brazilian artists, to a specially-constructed “castle” showcasing Italian living legend Milo Manara’s art, guests and artists alike were transported upon arrival.

This should be an awesome bash, and despite everything else going on tonight we'll be there. This Thursday, April 26, The Comic Book Legal...

Why yes, that is a flying hot dog