Tag: Conventions

A few years ago, longtime comics dealer and show runner Mike Carbo announced he was leaving the comics show business, after running first The Big Apple con and then the NY Comic Book Marketplace for over a decade.

Mouse Guard artist David Petersen has a very thorough post on a topic that we haven't seen explored too much, despite its ubiquity: how to exhibit at comics shows if you are a creator. The whole post is full of very solid advice, from where to get an affordable retractable banner to how to get going. Just some common sense real world advice. Two excerpts on vital matters:

The only cons I like better then ones that I can ride my bicycle to are cons that only take an hour and a half  drive.  Sometimes the commute is intimidating and it's much easier to just stay home.  Amazing Arizona Comic Con gave me too many reasons to not miss this event.

Yesterday's kerfuffle concerned a convention that wouldn't name a colorist as a guest. Although a smallish type kerfuffle, it did lead to a day of praising hard working colorists on twitter, so good came of it.

Well, as we were just saying, colorists are an integral part of the comics creation process, more responsible fore the look of a book than anyone else, really in the modern production process. ...

The AJC reported that one of the founding members of Dragon-Con, Edward Eliot Kramer,  was arrested on Saturday for child molestation charges that dated back to 2000.  Kramer was first arrested in August 25, 2000, on accusations that he sexually abused three teenage boys. Kramer resigned from Dragon Con that year, and has been uninvolved from the show since then. (Some guests expressed on Twitter that with the recent news they will never go back to that convention again, unaware that Kramer is long gone.)

A long ago Wizard World con schedule included stops at New Jersey and Cincinnati—venues that never panned out. But it seems the con biz is going so well that Wizard is adding two shows...

Lucy and Sarah Unwin, who have run London's Kapow Comic-Con since 2011, have today announced that the convention will not be held in 2013 due to work commitments elsewhere. Heavily connected to Mark Millar's...

Maybe a teeny bit of Con Wars fall-out as it's been announced that Seattle's biggest comic-con—Emerald City Comicon—is teaming up with Portland's emerging con—The Rose City Comic Con. You'll note both shows have matching...

Christmas is being held on December 25th this year, so you've only got a few weeks left to find something decent to give your family and friends. But never tremble with frostbitten fear! Because...

With comicons nationwide becoming a key money maker for many entities, it seems that a few con wars may be brewing. We received two separate tips yesterday about potential calendar conflicts for 2013.

by Mike Scigliano So after what amounts to close to a year of preparation and work, the 2012 edition of the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con has come and gone. I've spent the...