LBCC: Key Chains And Snow Storms, Give Me A Reminder
By Matt Maxwell
So this wasn't the first comic show in Long Beach. Not so long ago, Wizard used to have their LA-based show in...
NYCC ’10 party: Peter David/Paris Hilton Bowlathon fails to materialize
We popped over to Bowlmor Lanes off Union Square last night for the New York Comic-Con 2010 One Year Out party, and it was...
More on the SDCC Preview Night sellout — correction
It is surreal to be writing stories about San Diego Comic-Con selling out in October. But that is the reality we live in. We...
San Diego Comic-Con sells out…in 2010!!
That looming sense of anxiety and worry you've had since San Diego 2009 ended a mere two months ago? Totally justified.Thanks to Horace Austin...
Crisis at BICS; LBCC smooth sails
Rich Johnston has helpfully rounded up Twitter news of the weekend's three conventions -- BICS in Birmingham, UK; Mid-Ohio Con in...Mid-Ohio, aka Columbus, OH;...
This weekend: Long Beach Comic-Con
For West Coasters, the premiere event this weekend is the new Long Beach Comic-Con, running today through Sunday at the Long Beach Convention Center....
This weekend: Mid-Ohio Con
Now freed from competition with turkey and stuffing, Mid-Ohio Con kicks off Saturday and Sunday, October 3–4, in Exhibit Hall E of the Greater...
This weekend: Birmingham International Comics Show
The title of the UK's premier comics show was somewhat in flux after the Bristol show dwindled. but it seems like this weekend's BICS...
SPX memories…and there are a lot of them
This is far from a complete link dump, it's more just things that struck our fancy,
¶ The Critics Panel at SPX was much...
More on KingCon
We alluded a few weeks ago to KingCon, yet another new convention on the schedule, this one spotlighting BROOKLYN. The announced dates are November...
Good morning, SPX!
After a rocky start, our SPX journey got into gear yesterday, as The Beat, Jah Furry, Brian Heater and Josh Neufeld set off, after...
Windy CIty report
We got this open letter from Patrick Brower of Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago, and it's a little hypeish, but it sounds like...




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