Conventions

Last weekend,  MidAmeriCon II hosted the 2016 Worldcon, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention. Every year, the big gala is the Hugo Awards banquet. What makes...

With over a million turnstile visitors, the 2016 Iowa State Fair concluded eleven days of amazing, unbelievable, outrageous fun that is so incredible, it's...

Well here's a new spin on the convention scene: Tradeshow.net, a proposed startup of virtual conventions as reported by Beat pal Paul Nicolasi....

Wizard World has been the subject of scrutiny after Tom Spurgeon reported that gun dealer DS Arms, Inc. would be attending the Chicago show as a vendor. The news prompted a series of back-and-forth moves - that DS Arms was attending, not attending, attending, and as of today back to not attending, according to Bleeding Cool. Spurgeon's report also mentioned that the dealer was rumored to be attending Dragon Con in Atlanta, which seemed to be confirmed by DS Arms' Facebook page:

This year's SPX already has a top notch guest list, but here's an added bonus: five of the most exciting Spanish indie cartoonists, Santiago García, Ana Galvañ, David...

Check out Dragon Con's first ever award nominees

We already told you that this year's Small Press Expo, to be held Sept. 17-18 in North Bethesda, MD, is spotlighting Fantagraphics 40th anniversary...

It's listed in 1000 Places To Visit Before You Die (the international version). It offers a variety of gastronomic "gastrocities" and many local delights. Over a million people...

As long as we're talking Baltimore Comic Con -- which is only a few short weeks away–and will be held over the Labor Day...

It's been over a decade since Samurai Jack aired, but an ending for the series - in the form of a movie or otherwise - has been on creator Genndy Tartakovsky's mind since. After last year's announcement that the series would finally return with a fifth season, Tartakovsky sat down with press at SDCC to explain what that return would look like and what brought it about.

Oh no not again! The likely dates for the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con have been revealed – the traditional July 19-22, time frame– but...

The comic book industry fought hard to establish that comic aren't just for kids. But with an ever growing world of young readers, the industry has been working hard to remember that comics are also for kids. So how do publishers spot trends that will resonate with young readers? Are comics forever lost to the adults? Trends in kids graphic novels or are kids graphic novels a trend?