Wizard World now requires cash up front for booths, leaves TicketLeap
Yesterday a rather curious message went out from Wizard World to vendors with a new table policy: they will no longer accept credit card...
Whatever happened to Comic-con? A Veteran Vendor speaks
by Bryon@miniworld
(Here's an op-ed written by a veteran vendor who attends many comics events a year. We've been hearing a lot of viewpoints on...
Con report: Comics Excitement was anything but
Another weekend, another when a con is crap, this time in Los Angeles.
C3: The Comics Creators Conference is coming to Long Beach Comic Expo
MAD Event Management, the organizers of Long Beach Comic Con and Expo, are launching C3 (Comic Creators Conference) at this year's show. It's a...
San Diego Chargers Skedaddle to LA, Taking Dreams of ‘Convadium’ with them
Los Angeles has gone from NO NFL teams to TWO in the 2017! WOW! After years and years of threats and ballot measures, San...
It’s live! Please go take the 2016 Indie Creator Convention Survey
As we warned you a few days ago, the Devastator/Beat 2016 Indie Creator Convention Survey is coming, and now it's here!
This is THE survey for...
Con Games: Paying to Volunteer at Commercial Events
A new framework for volunteering raises serious questions about law and business strategy.
The Beat's recent articles on volunteering at Dragon*Con and Phoenix Comic-Con highlight...
Phoenix Comic Con: changes in volunteer structure are because of labor laws
In a week chock full of con-troversies, the Phoenix Comic Con suddenly asking volunteers to pay to volunteer has created a major rift in the local community with hotly tempered opinions on both sides. And now PCC director Matt Solberg has sent a letter to staff and volunteers making it clear these changes are because of labor laws,
Okay I lied: there is still room for a comic-con in Pocatello, Idaho
Yesterday in writing about the glut of comics/media events, I wrote "There are too many comic cons."
But I was wrong, or at least...
Even more complaints about Marvelous Nerd Years Eve
As we reported a few days ago, the New Years Eye themed con Marvelous Nerd Years Eve had a lot of problems: people...
Ahoy: The annual Devastator/Beat Convention survey is coming!
It's a little late but I've been in contact with Geoffrey Golden and Amanda Meadows of The Devastator, we they are putting together a...
Like Phoenix Comic Con, Dragon*Con also makes con volunteeers pay to volunteer
And now a NEW wrinkle in the continuing con wars of the Terrible Teens! It seems that several conventions are now requiring volunteers to PAY to volunteer. An unusual situation to be sure, but one that perhaps has precedent and legal backing.
