Conventions

This was, everyone agreed, the make or break year for the third year show. Champ or chump? Read on.

Oh man! We thought the epic Con Wars of the Aughts were settled? But it seems Canada's Hobby Star is not happy with how Wizard has used the phrase Toronto Comicon. Hobby Star throws the huge Fan Expo in Toronto every year, and, as CBR reports, had been engaged in a feud with the former Paradise Comic-Con...which was eventually acquired by Wizard and morphed into the Toronto Comicon...while things had been peaceful for many a moon, the fight is on again!

Via Omg Dj Judy and Agent M. Did she say yes? Unknown.

You've answered the call! You've crossed the thresholds! You've initiated, achieved, and booned! So now you're set to return triumphant! Gone is that stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder. You are now a brawny, heroic, stuck-up, half-witted nerf herder! But first, there is one more task, one more trial to complete... you must pack!

After several years of "e for effort" turnout at for C2E2, today's show seems to have actually broken the floodgates and sent a ton of cosplayers, media fans, comics readers, and general nerd army participants into the cavernous McCormick Place. It was easily the busiest day we've seen here.

We present the first-time experience of a long-time comics fan, as he experiences C2E2 in Chicago. (Be Gentle.)

McCormick Place is sooooo big....one feels like a tiny ant crawling over a marble floor as you trudge from massive hall to massive hall. We turned on our GPS yesterday and logged more than 2 miles in no time. Today's distance was probably more like 5 or 6 miles as we took it easy. C2E2 is definitely in a crucial year. The first two years underperformed, but advance ticket sales are way up this year, so maybe this will be the time that the show draws the massive crowds that everyone thinks are possible. Saturday is going to be the big day.

How to get around McCormick, with notable locales and suggestions for stress-free nooks and crannies.

Heading towards C2E2 this weekend? Here's how to get there!

Day Zero at C2E2, Part One!

It's coming! What to do? What to bring? Where to go? How to act?

Speaking of C2E2, the website uses a particular kind of format so you can search for programming...but can't see it all in one place, which makes it hard to see who's who on what panel until you get there and get the program. The organizers have graciously given us the whole document, so you can see if one of your favorite creators or entertainers is appearing on a panel and at what time: