Conventions

A few years ago, comics water cooler gossip (and message boards) were enlivened by Con Wars, a series of conventions—mostly run by Wizard World—that...

By Bon Alimagno I hadn’t been to San Diego Comic-Con in five or six years. I swore it off when I was walking through one...

By Carolina Cooney After having to cancel their original mid-April date due to the Boston Marathon bombing, Boston Comic Con was back this past weekend...

Oh yes, more from SDCC, you're all going to be thrilled. But wait! This time round the reporting doesn't come from anyone at The...

As the comics live event business diverges into Cons and CAFs (comic arts festivals), both seem to be thriving. In 2013 Fort Wayne got...

Okay we don't run too many contests here at The Beat, but when the prize is as awesome as this—a piece of original art created for you by Neal Adams—it is something we can't pass up offering Beat readers a shot at.

As past of my San Diego Comic-Con experience, I was lucky enough to be given a Mophie Juice Pack Plus to test as a back up power source for my iPhone. I always meant to get one but never had the $$ and the time to pick one up. Of course, zillions of people already have one, so I'm not spilling any secrets when I say that the Mophie made this Comic-Con a breeze compared to past ones, where finding a power outlet every six hours or so was my main goal in life.

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...

I know Comic-Con is long gone and people have moved on to the TV Critics Association tour and actual vacations and what not, but...

On the Saturday night of Con I was walking back from the Hilton Bayfront to the Manchester Grand Hyatt and happened upon the end of a line of campers. While once the madness of Hall H—where the biggest show biz spectacles are held—fell poignantly silent on Sunday, now it was a titanic blockbuster—Sunday's line-up included the final appearance of Breaking Bad, the final appearance of Matt Smith as Doctor Who and the appearance of Supernatural in the fulsomeness of its midlife.

Last weekend also saw the Manchester Comic-Con take place over here in the UK, a one-day event last Saturday. And again, public demand for...

Following the news earlier this year that the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is now no more, it appears a new festival has just...