Events around town
We'd just like to point out again that tomorrow, as part of the Festival of New French Writing , Francoise Mouly will interview Chris Ware and Marjane Satrapi. And it's FREE. The event takes...
To Do: February 23 – 28
San Francisco's Wonder Con is the big event this weekend, along with Florida's MegaCon, but there's plenty of other comic events across the country all week long. Take a look!
Monday, February 23
Columbus, OH, 11...
Maine Comics Arts Festival announces lineup
Down Easters are getting into the graphic novel game with the Maine Comic Arts Festival, planned for May 17th in Portland. Now you can enjoy reading comics while wearing your lobster bib!
Maine...
Webcomics weekend
This should be fun:
Fleen explains what's going on, although we liked Unshelved's description, as well: The accent will be on hanging out, with some additional focus on chilling.
MoCCA exhibitor info available
Received via email, info and applications for this year's MoCCA Fest are now available. The new venue will hold 100 more booths than the Puck Building -- and they are taking applications, so get...
NYCC: Party Poop
Our collection of parties and events during NYCC is a bit curtailed, due to the fact that we are going down the tubes healthwise, and won't be able to hit any parties, but here's...
Tomorrow: ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference
Tomorrow, as is customary, the NYCC pre-game kicks off with the expanded ICv2 Graphic Novel conference. The schedule is below, and the Beat will be bringing you all the notable quotables. All events take...
Show news: BEC canceled; more on Reed moves
Even as Reed Exhibitions was announcing a new comic show for Chicago, they were also announcing that Book Expo Canada, Canada's biggest book show of the year, has been canceled after a slew...
Go see Evan Dorkin at Maxwell’s tomorrow
If you live in Hoboken and want to be in the live audience for a radio taping, Evan Dorkin writes to tell us:
I am going to be a guest on next week's Second Second...
To Do: February 2 – February 8
The big event this week is the New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javits Center from Friday through Sunday, but there are plenty of other comic-related events happing coast-to-coast:
Tuesday, February 3
Montreal, QC, 7...
Angoulême dispatches
The Angoulême International Comics Festival, the biggest most amazing comics-themed gathering of the year, is well underway in France, and if a bomb was dropped on this small French town, no one would...
