Tag: Conventions
BookCon 2016 was a hit….will there be even more of them in the future?
Speaking of ReedPOP, BookCon, the festival of literary superstars that owes more to Comic-Con than to a book faire, was held as a one...
Emerald City Comic Con faces a class action suit over non-payment of volunteers
Seattleish has a thorough report on a class-action lawsuit filed by volunteers, known as "minions" for the 2014 and 2015 Emerald City Comic Cons....
Macaluso resigns, Maata and Kessler take over at Wizard World
John Macaluso has resigned as CEO, President board member of Wizard World (WIZD), proffering his resignation last week after four years running the...
The truth about that “$10,000 VIP room” at a comic con is actually pretty...
The other day I ran a story about a guy named Jonathon Wall who is being charged with a felony in Utah for trying to use his Federal ID to get into what was claimed to be a "$10,000 VIP room" at the Salt Lake City Comic Con.
Something about that didn't set right with me.
Kick Watch: Comic Book Convention Survival Guide tell you absolutely everything about going to...
I received a nice note asking me to promote this Kickstarter for aComic Book Convention Survival Guide by Kyle Rose and Matthew Bernard.
The...
The case of the $10,000 comic con VIP room
Wow, this story has it all. Unattainable glamour, a desperate scheme, legal drama. And a mystery I can't answer.
And now it’s Badge-o-ween for pros at New York Comic-Con
If you thought getting a hotel room for SDCC was bad, just try getting a pro badge for NYCC. Registration is open until Friday,...
San Diego Comic-Con #hoteloween 2016: the terror of the random
The San Diego hotel room lottery, known variously as #hoteloween (by a few old timers) and #hotelpocalypse (by the current generation), took place this...
C2E2: Viz Media Announces Amano, Miyazaki, and New Streaming Line-up
Viz media announces new Yoshitaka Amano and Hayao Miyazaki art books, in addition to picking up Terra Formars and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for their streaming collection.
Tolja! WonderCon cracking down on copyright violators
The great unsanctioned print crackdown we predicted a few weeks ago may be roaring down the highway. The following letter has been sent to...
The basics of tabling at conventions: #3 is something most people don’t know
With convention season swinging in high gear with C2E2 this weekend, followed by WonderCon, MoCCA and ECCC, let's review a little bit of convention...
San Diego Comic-Con still wants a contiguous convention center expansion – but is it...
Looking inside some of the numbers on Comic-Con spending may reveal whether there's still hope for a convention center expansion.
