Tag: Conventions

This weekend, while everyone else was at Heroescon, I checked out the Grand Comics Festival at Brooklyn's Bird River Studios on Saturday. It was a pleasant sunny day, the show was free, and the...

HeroesCon is kicking off today in Charlotte, and those of you already on the scene are already having a good time, for sure. This year, as with everything "comic con" HeroesCon has gotten bigger and stronger: the show floor has DOUBLED in size from 100,000 to 200,000 square feet. The local newspaper has a general preview with a few more facts and figures:

by Bob Calhoun It's a small room in the back of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, but every spot on its three wooden benches is taken, with an overflow crowd standing along the...

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,...

Phoenix Comicon didn't look anything like it did last year. While there was a smattering of industry news, it seemed like the industry in the southwest was pretty dormant. Which was a bit surprising with...

Unexpectedly long lines and preemptive attempts to avoid the same have caused some ruckus on the con circuit. This past weekend's Motor City Comic Con in Detroit was the latest show in a growing...

Even indie comics are getting to be, if not big business, then extremely popular. More popular than a street fair, even. The last two years, perhaps inspired by BCGF and TCAF, have seen indie...

C2E2, Stumptown and the Calgary Expo are all far behind in our rearview mirror, and I meant to write this up last week, but even as everyone is scrambling to get ready for TCAF, I felt like this year's C2E2 in Chicago—the fourth one—finally defined it as a show that serves a local need and belongs on the comics calendar, and the confluence of a weekend when two other major shows in other categories were taking place demonstrated the strength of not only fandom but the creator contingent.

When the Image Expo 2013 was announced there were, understandably, questions about why it was on a Tuesday instead of a more accessible weekend date. Well, tickets are on sale (as of this morning) and aFAQ now answers this and many other questions: As explained, this is really a press and retailer event but open to the public for $20. And there will be panels and signings and stuff but no vendors.

As reported last week, the incarceration and legal maneuvering of accused sex offender and Drgon*Con founder Ed Kramer has led more people, including professionals, to call for a boycott of the con while Keamer is receiving money for it. Tony Isabella, who attended the con far in the past, still has what might be termed a vivid account of it:

This weekend sees the first-ever Oxford Children Comics Festival, held on Saturday 4th. I'll be heading over meself, and there promises to be heaps of stuff going on, including workshops, tables, ice cream and...

Spekaing of sellouts, this weekend's Calgary Expo, which boasts a huge media and comics guest list of everyone from Stan Lee to Norman Reedus, has ALSO sold out before its doors even open: ****IMPORTANT: THERE...