Tag: Conventions

It's the crazy fall season for comics and graphic novels, as the Baltimore Comic-Con blends into the Small Press Expo and then barnstorming cartoonists head north to the Brooklyn Book Festival, before everyone dons...

Summer 2014 behind us it's time to move on to 2015 planning, as Wizard World has confirmed two more dates for 2015, adding Louisville, KY and Reno, NV to its 2015 and bringing the total number of planned shows to 24. Tickets are now in sale for the first seven events of 2015, which will feature such nerdlebrities as Stephen Amell ("Arrow"), Evan Peters (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Tyler Posey ("Teen Wolf"), William Shatner ("Star Trek"),The Bella Twins and Michael Rooker. Get em while they're hot! Here's the complete 2015 schedule -- new events are noted with an *. Still no return to New York City.

I can't say this was unexpected, but here we go again: after the threat of endless legal battles, environmental group opposition, the lack of any real financing plan and perpetual local conflict, after spending...

It was recently revealed to us olds that YouTube and other social media stars are actually more popular with teens than celebs old enough to be funny old aunt/uncle. Some of these stars are...

Yesterday I pointed out some negative tweeting about last weekend's Intervention in Rockville, MD, a small webcomics/blogging focused show in its fifth year. Past guests Andrew Farago and Shaenon Garrity showed up in the...

With the scars and thrills of San Diego Comic-Con faded to memory, it's time to step into the arena for New York Comic Con, which kicks off October 9-12th. although Super Week events will...

A happy camper @WizardWorld #ChicagoComicCon ! XX pic.twitter.com/Jo4ZR63UGs — Elvira (@TheRealElvira) August 23, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Wizard World Chicago was this weekend, a now four-day extravaganza of mostly nerdlebrity stuff, but still, and it's said to be...

The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground is in B&W/  and Full color, HardCover  an exclusive Kitchen Sink Press imprint under Dark Horse  ISBN:978-1-61655-258-9 Intro by Stan Lee Forward by Denis Kitchen Designed and Edited by John Lind by Pam Auditore Tall,...

SPX just got more awesome with the announcement of the slate of international guests from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Iran, Colombia and more. Previously announced guests include BRandon Graham, Emily Carroll, and more more more. This is gonna be so great. Save money now!

Wizard World just released its Q2 SEC filings, reporting income up sharply on an increased slate of shows. You'll recall that Wizard World is a public company having gone "penny stock" a few years...

5pm EDT is the deadline for this year's New York Comic-Con panel submissions. I'm sitting on a train desperately trying to be coherent and lucid enough to put together a proposal that will pass...

It seems like every time SDCC rolls around, there's a referendum on the state of comic conventions in the mainstream media and in the comics media.  Sure enough, Comic Con '14 rolls around and...