Conventions

Image Expo has just announced more guests -- and you know what that means. They'll be coming up and announcing new series at the...

As in past years, the ReedPOP staff was kind enough to make the entire C2E2 programing list available in a handy text format. You can use their own site to set up a schedule, but this is easy to search. And many great panels, from John Cusack to cosplay how tos to Women of Marvel to the future of Hellboy.

With convention season swinging in high gear with C2E2 this weekend, followed by WonderCon, MoCCA and ECCC, let's review a little bit of convention...

Denver is getting its very own acronymed CAF now: DINK (Denver Independent Comic & Art Expo); it's organized by artist/podcaster/Denver Comic Con co-founder Charlie LaGreca. This...

The 2016 MoCCA Festival is just around the corner at its new (and we hope permanent home) at Metropolitan West, with the dates of April 2-3. The programming has just been announced, as as with last year, it will take place a block or so away at Ink48 at 653 11th Avenue at 48th Street. This year's Fest features Guests of Honor Stephen Universe's Rebecca Sugar, Diary of a Teenage Girl author Phoebe Gloeckner, El Deafo author Cece Bell, legendary illustrator, animator and graphic novelist R. O. Blechman, and artist Sonny Liew, suthor of this year's masterpiece. As in years past, the programming curated and organized by MoCCA Arts Festival Programming Director Bill Kartalopoulos and it covers all facets of the comics ublishing business.

With the proliferation of comic-cons and nerd-themed events in every country of the globe, there's also growing controversy about convention organizers who may be shady or ill-prepared to throw such events. One show that has received a great deal of scrutiny of late is the Wine Country Comic Con, which will be held April 23-24 in Santa Rosa, CA. The scrutiny has led to some exhibitors and guests pulling out of the show.

Looking inside some of the numbers on Comic-Con spending may reveal whether there's still hope for a convention center expansion.

The major convention circuit kicks off next week (!!!) with C2E2 in Chicago, and Valiant is going in in a big way with convention-only exclusives,...

The entire industry is anxiously awaiting the unveiling of what's behind the Rebirth curtain, and the big reveal is set for Saturday, March 26 at 9am PDT at a press conference during WonderCon that will be open to press and fans with valid WonderCon badges. The event takes place in in Petree Hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center and every attendee will get a a limited edition DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH-themed lithograph, by Jim Lee. 9 am is a little early for some, but a lithograph should be all the incentive you need.

Last year, SPX (The small Press Expo) announced it was joining with Nickelodeon to allow attendees to pitch animated shows to the net. The...

§ Mark Fiore won this year's Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. Already a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Fiore is the first to...

Comic-Con International has released the floor plan for WonderCon 2016, scheduled for March 25-27 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. After four years of steady...