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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnsdc7cTPuU I'm addicted to Russian dashboard camera videos. The best ones have loud Russian disco playing, but they are pretty much all good, revealing a...

[Ed. note: Chandler Banks is a 17-year-old cosplayer/journalist who went to Comic-Con for the first time this year, and agreed to share her experiences with us. Although folks in the comics business have our own dread and anxiety about The Big Show, it's important to remember that for many people, it's a magical experience. I'm sure you'll be as fought up in Chandler's enthusiasm as I was.] Before SDCC this year, I was a long-time nerd that had never been to a convention. And man, did I pick a hell of a con to start with. As a 17-year-old girl bound to a dinky little knee scooter for the weekend thanks to a recent ankle surgery (if you're reading this and you were there, yeah, that was me), I knew I had a weekend ahead of me that was as exciting as it was daunting. I had a general idea of what SDCC is about, but in the end it was bigger and better than I had imagined in just about every way.

We know Comic-Con is a crowded, tumultuous place, with a noise level akin to being sucked through a jet engine and a similar toll...

As long as we're harkening back to the internet of 10 years ago, as we are in this AMAZING THRILLING BEAT 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, one of the great hallowed traditions of the internet came under fire yesterday, with TCJ.com co-editor Tim Hodler wonderedif TCJ.com should turn off comments and encourage a "letter's page" instead. Oddly, this inspired a flurry of comments. The "letters page" idea goes back to Blood & Thunder the letters page on the old print Comics Journal where industry titans would throw rocks at each other. Seriously these are a goldmine of Bronze Age defensiveness and invective. Would the same spirit be upheld in a world with instantaneous communication in every medium known to humankind? Not sure.

Despite the glut of unscripted reality TV shows and the lack of recent breakout hits, there is still some slightly untilled ground. For years...

So BookCon was, like the very first New York Comic-Con, a raging success that caught everyone by surprise. It may be surprising that so...

This Saturday the previously business only trade show Book Expo America will turn into the very first BookCon, an event that is open to...

Everyone has milestone events which they remember (or wish to forget).  Some are small memories, like a first kiss, while others can be momentous...

I stole this link from Tom Spurgeon, and I'm just as fascinated by it as he is: it's a photo of the 1969 Comic...

People are mad about CBR's forum getting civilized, but it's only the latest move in a long battle over internet discussions. Which side are YOU on?

It's Monday morning and if you are feeling cranky I guarantee that browsing the We Are Comics tumblr will make you feel better. As reported by Steve Morris over the weekend, this is a Tumblr run by Rachel Edidin, Arturo Garcia, Elle Collins, and Sigrid Ellis, with social media help by Jen Vaughn, where people simply tell their stories about reading comics. All kinds of people, all ages, colors, genders...because comics ARE for everybody. I loved scrolling through and reading readers origin stories...they are so varied and enthusiastic and feel of love for imagination and creativity.

Well is seems that those Facebook demographic analysis that our own Brett Schenker has been delving into, can be used for just about anything....