Conventions

By the time you read this, The Beat will be on our way to Seattle for The Emerald City Comic Con, now just about...

Hawthorne High School in New Jersey has been throwing a comic con for seven years, and thanks to the help of art teacher Alan Rosenberg's great contacts, they always have a stellar line-up of great cartoonists. This year's show, to be held May 10th, will be a Tribute to Joe Kubert, and I'm guessing it will be one of those small intimate shows that so many folks enjoy. Guests include Walt Simonson, Herb Trimpe, Joe Staton and more.

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It’s been an age since I went onto a Marvel conference call – heck, it’s been an age since I did anything over here...

Are you a comics professional? (Comic Retailers, Toy Retailers, Librarians, Educators and Professional Creators (Professional Creator category includes Professional writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists, letterers...

Another report of a bunch of youtube perverts harassing cosplayers while posing as a legitimate camera crew news outlet has emerged from London Super Comic Con, as reported by a cosplayer known as Lady Noctis. The event is similar to the one that took place at New York Comic Con last fall, with a camera crew asking women in costume to be interviewed and then asking them vulgar and harassing questions.

While the next 120 days will, for comics pros, be filled with planning for all the shows between now and San Diego -- C2E2,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2zGNJP94k I was away from the computer for Badge-o-ween but Kevin Melrose proves he's at good at live-blogging as he is everything else with a...

By Bruce Lidl The Sacramento Wizard World convention was an opportunity for comic fans in Northern California to gather and celebrate their passions with other...

The general scrum for badges for this year's Comic-Con opens on Saturday at 9 am Pacific Time. But it order to purchase them you...

By Bruce Lidl As the on-going explosion of interest in comics and pop culture conventions continues seemingly unabated, companies like Wizard World are rushing to...