Conventions

The sprawling New York Comic Con gets a little brother with Special Edition, a cartoonist-centric show held in the north hall of the Javits...

EternalCon runs all weekend at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY. Guests include Mick Foley, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Adam Kubert,...

From the makers of the Asbury Park ComicCon, it's the New York Comic Fest, held at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. Guest...

So this weekend there will be THREE comics/pop culture shows in the metropolitan New York area. What's a fan to do?

  What a great idea for a comic programming focus: this year's Small PressE Expo, to be held September 13-14 in Bethesda, MD, will spotlight...

As convention centers around the nation max out their capacity due to the public's rabid frenzy over comic-cons and "nerd" culture, off-site and spin-off...

by Angeline B. Adams and Remco van Straten 7th June 2014, King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Typical Belfast: it was raining, and the bus was late....

Is it too soon to start talking about this? No, not really. San Diego is coming right for us, and already you can get...

The issue of harassment at cons isn't going to go away, and seems to get highlighted more each day as women, men, organizers, cosplayers and interne bystanders deal with the growing injection of actual hormonal humans into abstract fan scenarios. When I went to shows as a youngster, I thought of cons as a "safe space" believe it or not. Compared to the rock scene I was involved with, the relatively few women in comics were in a mostly hands off zone, mostly because most congoers were afraid of them, and should anything amiss happen there was a huge crew of friends to back you up. Notice that I just said "COMPARED TO THE ROCK SCENE"; it was far from a paradise of equality, but I felt safer at a comic con than I did at most places.

A few days back I ran a rundown of one particularly crowded weekend for comic cons, among them one called SuperFan ComicCon in Toronto,...

Will every single comics creators be at a show this weekend? Since we know comics culture is booming I thought it might be interesting to check out just WHAT is happening around this nation of outs. I got most of these from Convention Scene but it didn't include the biggest show, Big Wow.

If you're going to one of these shows, feel free to report back to us here! We're keen to hear about comics culture around the world.

The parade of the CAFs continues with MeCAF in Portland, Maine, a one day event to be held this Sunday, May 18th. This year the show has moved to a new venue, The Portland Company Complex at 58 Fore Street. It's still near the ocean, and has bigger space, free wifi and food vendors. Guests include Sean Gordon Murphy, James Sturm, Kazu Kibuishi, Jimmy Gownley, Zack Gialongo and Maris Wicks. Programming is here. This is a comics focused event with a big emphasis on all-ages material that everyone likes going to. There is also an emphasis on lobster, Shipyard beer and other nautical fare. The local paper has a nice preview.