Conventions

ReedPOP, the masterminds behind New York Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration, and PAX have officially announced a new event in Seoul!  Comic Con Seoul will...

2017 will bring us yet another new year of comic conventions. When one thinks of San Diego and comics, it’s not difficult to summon...

  Yesterday a rather curious message went out from Wizard World to vendors with a new table policy: they will no longer accept credit card...

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...

Another weekend, another when a con is crap, this time in Los Angeles.

  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...

Los Angeles has gone from NO NFL teams to TWO in the 2017! WOW! After years and years of threats and ballot measures, San...

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...

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...

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,

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...

As we reported a few days ago, the New Years Eye themed con Marvelous Nerd Years Eve had a lot of problems: people...