#LBCC ’14: Did Cosplay drive up Attendance and Sales?
Long Beach Comic Con 2014: Did Cosplay drive up Attendance and Sales?
by Pamela Auditore
Ticket sales for the Long Beach Comic Con held the weekend...
WonderCon Anaheim announces first five guests for 2015
Soon 2014 will be a memory and 2015 will be an itinerary from Travelocity. And WonderCon Anaheim—to be held April 3-5 in Anahaim has...
Furry Attack Follow-Up
This weekend's poison gas attack on a furry convention continues to be the source of much talk. New York Magazine interviewed Keu, a furry...
Controversial artist Pat Broderick is planning to start a four-show convention circuit
You heard it right. Strike while the iron is hot. In an announcement on his Facebook page, Broderick has announced his intentions to start...
SF Comics Festival ist now in the works
I'm not going to give updates on this every time there's a post, but just to keep up with various developments, that indie comics...
Comics Arts LA was a success it seems
SIMPSONS creator @mattgroening4 just popped into #thinktankgallery for the @ComicArtsLA event. Only 3 HOURS LEFT! pic.twitter.com/1AjbgP7VEy
— Think Tank Gallery (@ThinkTankDTLA) December 6, 2014
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19 hospitalized in poison gas attack at furry convention
That is certainly not a headline I ever thought I would write. Thousands of people attending MidWest Furfest, a large gathering of Furry enthusiasts,...
An Open Letter to Pat Broderick: On Cosplay, Entitlement, and Gatekeeping
by Zachary Clemente
In October, comics veteran Patrick Broderick announced that he was returning to DC for an unnamed project after 20 years. A few days ago,...
Ríos, Robinson and Graham join Image Expo
Just what it says. Brandon Graham, Emma Ríos and James Robinson are joining the crowd at Image Expo, to be held January 8th in...
SoI announces jury for 2015 MoCCA Awards of Excellence
The jury for next year's MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence -- a prize for cartoonists has been announced and it's stellar: Charles Burns, Annie...
CAF update: MoCCA exhibitor reg due date and LIneworks info
Speaking of CAFS, a couple of other newsy notes for the burgeoning crop of events next year,
TCAF opens pop-up shop with Zdarsky event
TCAF—The Toronto Comic Arts Festival—is expanding with a holiday pop-up shop at the Toronto Reference Library, home of the yearly comic festival. The shop will kick off with an event for "Just The Tips" the Sex Criminals spin off book by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky this Wednesday, December 3rd at 6 pm. Home town hero Zdarsky will be present to sign.
