Only four months until Comic-Con!
While the next 120 days will, for comics pros, be filled with planning for all the shows between now and San Diego -- C2E2,...
2014 San Diego Comic-Con badges sold out in about 90 minutes
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...
Jimmie Robinson on Five Weapons, the Convention Craze and Digital Challenges
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...
San Diego Comic-Con Badge-o-ween takes place this Saturday!
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...
Measuring the Comics Convention Wave: Wizard World Sacramento Hits Local High Water Mark
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...
Two conventions forget what year it is with questionable promotions
Over the weekend there was a kerfuffle or two! Are you shocked?
These involved comic cons which had promotions that seemed to forget that about 40% of the con going audience is now female.
Project: Comic Con in St Louis cancelled for 2014
With seemingly everyone putting on a comic-con, as business booms and it seems like easy money, we're finding more and more people who bit...
The Beat is on the move again: Middle Georgia Comic Convention and Emerald City
Hey kids, two shows coming up this month, First:
Middle Georgia Comic Convention 2014
This is a BRAND NEW SHOW, held March 15-16 at the...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: A New Con for New York Conflicts with...
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi...
SDCC ’14: Hotel-o-ween kicks off with Early Bird Hotel sale!
Well, this is not really hotel-o-ween. It is a nice, orderly, adult process known as the Comic-Con International early bird hotel sale. Basically if you don't mind a brief 15-20 shuttle ride and paying the whole amount upfront, you can book a perfectly nice hotel room in Mission Valley or Hotel Circle RIGHT NOW.
