How did you like your CAKE?
This past weekend saw the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo roll out, a much anticipated foray into the CAF circuit for one of the biggest markets in the US. If you look at the debuts,l...
On the Scene: How Awesome is Heroes Con
Heroes Con, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, is so awesome that its progam has 12 pages of listings for Artists Alley, and in fairly small print, too. It’s so awesome that it has...
On The Scene: LA Zoo hosts ‘Wild’ Comics Event + Photo Gallery!
Comics are everywhere. In the boom of the small comics event, even the LA Zoo staged a “Comics Jungle” event last Saturday geared at kids but drawing in families, artists, illustrators, and cosplayers. The...
Autoptic Festival: official poster, more guests announced
We promised to keep you updated and so here we are with more details and updates from the new Minneapolis-based comics/art/music festival, Autoptic. Back in February,when the festival was initially announced, the only special...
Reign of the CAFs: DCAF and KentCAF are coming
First came TCAF...then MeCAF...and just a week ago VanCAF...and now DCAF and KentCaf. It is the age of the CAFs, or Comic Arts Festival. I have no idea if the TCAF founders and originators of the CAF label are glad that it's practically become a brand name, but that ship has sailed and bought some silk-screened mini comics
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Jimenez, Perez, Fradon, Kelly Find Wonder Woman...
Sunday morning a crowd of die-hard fans gathered to hear some Wonder Woman artists discuss their favorite character, her appeal, and why her translation into other media has been so “problematic” over time. Phil...
Beanotown Arrives in London – Softies Beware
As part of a collaboration between DC Thomson, the Southbank Centre, and designer Wayne Hemingway (the one from off of The Big Breakfast), Beanotown has officially been opened for a short-term stint on the...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con Bounces Back and Cosplay Abounds
As reported previously, Saturday posed some serious challenges to both the Denver Comic Con attendees and the staff trying to handle unprecedented numbers seeking entrance to the convention center and the show floor. Luckily,...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Too Much+Too Fast=Too Slow
The good news is that Denver Comic Con has sold out for its Saturday access, in the sense that the numbers (50,000) are here. The bad news is that things are breaking down pretty...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Life as a Moving Picture in Chris...
William Kuskin, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado, Boulder, introduced Denver Comic Con’s keynote speaker, cartoonist Chris Ware, as a man who presents “honesty” as an “antidote to the emptiness we see in culture...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Then and Now
Denver Comic Con is one year old. When it opened in 2012, the con directors hoped for a total of 12,000 attending to make the grand effort worthwhile, but might have been content with...
Nice Art: Charles Burns at Adam Baumgold this Thursday
It's an event and an art gallery and a parade of cultural history this Thursday an exhibit of Charles Burns's portraits for The Believer magazine opens at the Adam Baumgold Gallery.
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