Mike Wieringo remembered at Baltimore Comicon
Through his art, stories and personal appearances at conventions, artist Mike Wieringo touched the lives of fans, collectors, fellow professionals and most of all...
A tale of two cons: Dragon and Polcon
§ The Ledger-Enquirer previews DRAGON-CON the freakiest show of them all.
There's only one weekend when you get the chance to see Spiderman, Doctor...
“Comics are not literature” now online
Via Colleen Coover the "Comics are not literature" panel from San Diego that was practically the only provocative one, as far as we...
SPX adds Smith, Deitch, Wagner
Joining already announced guests Gilbert Hernandez, Rutu Modan and Bill Griffith, this year's SPX has added three more intelligent and exciting guests: Matt Wagner,...
A few links
§ Toronto Fan Expo link round-up at Sequential.
§ Round-up of cupcakes in comics courtesy Rachel Kramer Bussel:
§ Jon Spencer Geek explosion interview at Daily...
Canadian comics shocker: Boyd to Hobbystar
Sequential weighs in with a very lengthy interview with Kevin Boyd, whose move from the Paradise comicon to the Toronto FanExpo has written a...
More TCAF Stuff
Man, these pictures look like the greatest two days in comics history or something. Bummer we have to wait two years to go. Doug...
TCAF in 195 pictures by Jamie Coville
Just what it sounds like/ Looks like it was lovely.
More on the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Mark Siegel/First Second
Rey Ortega
Jasmine C
Dayuse, who says there...
Comiket kicks off
Think San Diego was stressful? Imagine half a million otaku streaming through Tokyo Big Sight hunting for their favorite doujinshi. :
About 36,000 organizations...
Yet MORE Chicago scuttlebutt
Zeitgiest-baring tidbits keep creeping out regarding last weekend's Wizard World Chicago. As the "end" of "big con season" it's a time for reflection and...
More 80s comics memories
The Forbidden Planet blogposts a Brit con flyer from 1985 where you could rub elbows with everyone from Alan Moore to Alan Davis and...
A little bit more Chicago
WE haven't had much to say about the recent Chicago con, because no one did: by all accounts most folks were exhausted. However good...
