Tag: Conventions

Following yesterday's post on Salt Lake Comic Con's attendance this weekend—widely reported as somewhere between 120,000-130,000—in which I examined some doubts about this number that have been expressed to me, I received a press release on the numbers, and some clarification from Bryan Brandenberg, Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of the show. He told me, "We feel real good about our numbers. The capacity for the Salt Palace is 150,000 not 82,000. We not only were in the Convention Center, but our film festival was at the Gateway two blocks away and our gaming tournaments were offsite as well. Besides ticket sales, we gave away over 15,000 tickets to schools, military, first responders and charities and we counted free kids."

The third Salt Lake City Con was held this weekend, and it was by all measures a success, becoming the largest convention in Utah,...

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...

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...

It was recently revealed to us olds that YouTube and other social media stars are actually more popular with teens than celebs old enough...

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...

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,...

A happy camper @WizardWorld #ChicagoComicCon ! XX pic.twitter.com/Jo4ZR63UGs — Elvira (@TheRealElvira) August 23, 2014 Wizard World Chicago was this weekend, a now four-day extravaganza of...

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...

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...