A little Friday afternoon gossip
* Just got off the phone with a well-known, award winning cartoonist who was advertised as appearing at an upcoming convention. Apparently he was...
Gas explosion dims hopes of getting a hotel room for San Diego in 2009
Fourteen workers were injured Monday when a gas explosion ripped through the Hilton San Diego Bay Front hotel which is under construction behind...
This Weekend: Emerald City Comicon
Meanwhile, up in Seattle, it's the Emerald City Comicon, marking the second big comics event in the Pacific Northwest in three weeks. The guest...
This Weekend: Bristol International Comic Expo
England's biggest comics bash takes place this weekend: the Bristol International Comic Expo, home of the Eagle Awards which will be presented at a...
Stumptown Stuff
Sounds like Stumptown was totally teh awesome, and we wish we could have been there. Tom Spurgeon:
Portland is also the home to dozens of...
Open source dumbass program
This has been going around in email and blogs, and we're not really going to get into it too much, but apparently this dude...
This weekend! Stumptown!
If we could muster up the energy we'd be at Stumptown for sure. The guest list is stellar from Nicholas Gurewitch to Brian Bendis...
Tom’s really, really crappy con
As opposed to the people who had a fun time, Tom Spurgeon says NYCC 08 was "bland and pointless, the kind of event that...
NYCC ’08: Now Voyager
In about 2 hours 13 minutes and 14 seconds, any mention of last weekend's New York Comic-Con will be thoroughly passé, as Free Comic...
NYCC: No indies allowed?
Were indies and lit comics squeezed out of New York Comic-Con? Josh Neufeld says yes. Discuss.
I hate to be a hater, BUT I THOUGHT...
Special Report: Women who Kick Ass by Steve Bunche
Special Beat Correspondent Steve Bunche went to the closely-watched "Women Who Kick Ass" panel and explains what happened:
Is there any more tired panel that...
NYCC: The Photo Parade
You must see high quality photo streams by
Kevin Church -- above Bully!
And Seth Kushner in a new series he calls "Fandom."
Some more:...
