Tag: Conventions

The wonderful thing about Thought Bubble, an annual festival in Leeds that encompasses the academic Comics Forum and a two day comics convention covering all sequential art from Bunny to Batman, is that two people can attend the event and come away with a completely different experience. So while Steve Morris brilliantly scratched the surface, the following is the tale of my adventures as I visited one of the UK's most popular conventions for the very first time.

This was the third indie show of the year—TCAF and SPX were the other two—where I experienced the complete rapture of falling in love with comics all over again for the first time. Love, death, mystery—when the first time happens all over again, you know you're in the right place. I wasn't the only one feeling the love.

Via PR, MCM, which runs the huge MCM Expo and Memorabilia pop culture shows in the UK, is expanding to Scotland Comic Con next August 31. The one-day event will be held at the...

It was nice to finish up a busy and exhausting year of cons (11 or 12) with one of the strong local shows that has been a hallmark of current comics/nerd culture. The NC Comicon was put together by the guys behind Ultimate Comics, a popular shop in Durham, NC.

Are you here? Have you arrived? Leeds' Thought Bubble Comic Arts Festival has reached the convention stage today, with guests including Kate Beaton, Mark Waid, Jason Aaron, Alison Bechdel, Andy Diggle, Fiona Staples, Kieron...

With people still coming down from their Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest high, another indie show has just announced its plans for 2013. CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, will be held June 15-16, at a new location, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago. CAKE is free to the public and exhibitor applications are now being taken with a deadline of January 1, 2013.

It's a curated show that attempts to show the diversity of Chicago's indie comics heritage.

You may have noticed the new banner ad for WonderCon in Anaheim March 29-31, but what about a hoped for fall WonderCon back in the Bay Area? A statement on the WonderCon page says it is not to be:

It's not too early to think about 2013, is it? Egads. To wit, panel submissions are now open for C2E2 which will be held April 26-28, 2013. Do you have something important to tell...

King Con is on! This will come as news to many since the show never really let anyone know it was happening. But it is happening this weekend. King Con, now in its third iteration, started...

by Mike Scigliano Having a great show that features a superb guest list, awesome panels, quality exhibitors and much more is every comicon's goal. Making sure everyone knows all that is another story. When all...

The seconds are ticking away, and with it, everyone's will to live. New York Comic Con is thundering at us, like a herd of fear crazed buffalo—and if you've ever been to NYCC, you...

The San Diego City council officially approved the $520 million convention center expansion project yesterday, clearing the way for a Bigger Bang Theory panel, and the 502nd Legion at the Nerd Prom. BUT many...