Relax, Twilighters getting their OWN conventions
Creation is launching a 20-date series of TWILIGHT conventions, writes Geoff Boucher at the LA Times:
The three-day weekend fan conventions will tour around the country and internationally over the next three years, with...
White man’s burden: Mr. James
Huffington Post's Disgrasian picks up on Mr. James, the mascot for a new ad campaign for McDonald's in Japan, which features an awkward white man in unflattering, ill-fitting clothes (rumpled pleat-front khakis) hawking four...
A Wendell Willkie carven from the living lard
Our usually on-the-ball Junior Woodchuck Torsten Adair may have missed the ball by not linking to this fantastic gallery of butter/lard sculptures from the Iowa State Fair. The majestic heritage of the butter carving...
The Big Tent was pitched long ago
I own a comic gallery, an art gallery in New York that sells comic art and stuff; the guy that runs the art gallery also runs a comic store and we do a lot...
SD09: The New Invaders
Before I get into this, let me state unequivocally that San Diego Comic-Con is a fantastic experience, and despite any kvetching that follows, it's an incredible, inspiring event and I remain amazed by the...
Comic-Con's culture clash
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether an internet feud is just an excuse to type or lot or a manifestation of an actual conflict. We'd kind of decided that the Con-vs-Twlight feud was halfway...
Asian American ComicCon
Yesterday's first ever Asian American ComicCon was a pleasant, laid back affair. As a non-member of the group the show was aimed at, I'm leery of making any pronouncements on how the show functioned...
Asian American ComiCon announces guests, schedules
The first ever Asian American ComiCon will be held next Saturday, July 11th in NYC, and they are only selling 250 tickets, so we advise buying one in advance! The guest list and programming...
Larry Hama to receive inaugural Kiyama Award
If you ask us, there is not a person more deserving of an award than Larry Hama. Also, dig into the press release for a bold historical claim. The organizers of the First Annual...
Penthouse guide to con hookups
Shari Goldhagen at Penthouse looks at the idea of meeting members of the opposite (or same, we suppose) sex at conventions . The article is very tongue in cheek while reinforcing some of the...
Latest Femmenerd snubs
Charlie Jane Anders (again) rounds up the two most recent clueless dissings of female genre fans. In the first, as Johanna reported, the huge, Fox-owned gaming site IGN ran a contest for a trip...
Hours of fun: Government comics archive
Did you know that The University of Nebraska-Lincoln library archives contain a digital archives of 175 free government comics from around the world? It's true!
Duck and cover! Conserve water! The war against drugs! The...
