Tag: Conventions

Since planning for Comic-Con is now a year-round endeavor, here's some of the latest news for July's megafest. § The much-debated convention center expansion is on track, and funding via a hotel room tax...

Although it's six months away, it's not too soon to start planning for New York Comic-Con. To wit: tickets went on sale at Noon EDT and in little more than half an hour, the...

by @AmyChu Day 1 After an exciting first day at Emerald City Comic Con on Friday, a sea of attendees flooded the many downtown venues around Seattle's Washington State Convention Center. But the place to be...

It's not particularly grim oop North if you head to the right parts, and you can't go wrong with Kendal. It's a lovely part of the world, and the perfect place for a comic...

For years people have been telling me to go to this show. "It's a comics comic-con." I just want to say right of fthe bat, if you didn't get in to San Diego Comic-Con...

Comics boom time seems to be continuing, is this weekend's Emerald City Comic Con was any indication. While we wait for Beat correspondents Henry Barajas and Amy Chu to regain consciousness, you can read all our panel coverage here and just follow along on the #eccc hashtag until you get tired of seeing people talking about how awesome the show was.

There's comics action in Austin, TX this weekend as well with STAPLE, which lasts all weekend and has now morphed into an Independent Media Expo, kicking off just before SXSW. Comics Guests include Steve Niles, Bernie Wrightson and James O'Barr. Here's a schedule and some highlights:

Time to break in those shoes and hydrate -- big con season is back starting today with the Emerald City Comic Con. The tribe has already gathered, if our twitter feed is any indication, and a plethora of exclusives and signings will be available. ECCC, as it's known, has definitely become one of the finest regional cons on the circuit and we expect to hear a lot of news as everyone explains what they did on their winter vacation.

A sign that the UK creative scene are eager both for conventions and the opportunity to queue, exhibitor tables for Leeds Thought Bubble Convention went on sale yesterday at 1pm, and had sold out...

As we noted the other day, Brian Michael Bendis is a newly announced guest at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, and it's a very rare convention appearance for him. On his Tumblr he was asked if he'd be doing any other cons and his answer was pretty blunt:

The UK's largest comics festival, Thought Bubble, has announced it's first wave of guests for this year. Declared rather unanimously to be the best festival on the British comics circuit by professionals and fans...

Con wars are back! Only not warlike. After a long absence from the crucicble of New York City's cramped and expensive venues, Wizard World is coming back to the city that started it all with the WIzard World New York City Experience, to be held June 28-30 at Basketball City Pier 36. The venue is known to us but does recall the cavernous Pier 94 where Wizard held its 2009 show. The date doesn't seem to conflict with anything too major, save for a few smallish cards and comics shows in the midwest.