Tag: Conventions

It was another busy day for Mark Millar, who is quickly becoming the Oprah Winfrey of comics, using his success in one platform to become a world wide mogul of cross-platform entertainment. Not content just to script best selling comics that turn into successful movies, he's launched a magazine and now...a comic-con: Kapow Comic Con, which will be held April 9-10 at the London Business Design Centre in Islington, a venue which holds about 5000 people a day.

Despite hiring an outside firm to handle badge sales, the San Diego Comic-Con has once again been forced to halt ticket sales. The Epic...

After a computer meltdown last time, four-day and one-day passes to the San Diego Comic-Con are going on sale again today. 9 am EST,...

As we head off for a weekend of rest and relaxation work and transcribing, a reminder: we've already gotten some notes of books coming...

We know everyone is just settling in with some peppermint sticks and grog for the holidays, but next year's convention schedule is fast approaching,...

After some mysterious seeming confirmations, Wizard has made official its purchase of the Mid-Ohio-Con, which will be held October 22-23, 2011 in Columbus, OH. Official PR below.

In five years we'll be sunning ourselves outside on the San Diego convention center roof park while we complain about douchebags. Plans were unveiled today for the planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. Denver-based architect Curt Fentress won a design competition for upgrade, with a plan that includes an additional 780,000 sq. ft of meeting, exhibit and ballroom space. Budgeted at $710 million dollars, the expansion is a key element in keeping Comic-Con International in San Diego beyond the 2015 currently contracted -- the expansion could possibly open in time for the 2015 Con.

In the runup to King Con, the Brooklyn-based comics show held at the Lyceum in Park Slope this weekend, it was asked many times, "Do we NEED another New York comics show?" Starting with the Big Apple Con back on October 1, running through New York Comic Con the next week and on to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphic Fest on December 4, King Con made a total of four cons in three months, not really a heavy workload for a comics town as huge as NYC, but definitely a strain on the wallets of attendees, especially after the NYCC epic. (New York's fifth show is MoCCA Fest in April.) So from the outset you have a show with big questions hanging over it. Friends had asked me to come out for various events and I was slotted for the Kids Comics panel on Sunday morning so I ended up going out on three out of four days. What I saw was a scene with enough energy to overcome a lot of logistical mistakes and misconceptions to still create a fun and informative afternoon activity. But it didn't answer the fundamental question of what King Con's mission should be.

San Diego Comic-Con is trying again. Registration for four-day passes and one-day passes go on sale Monday, November 22nd at 6 am Pacific Standard Time. This is three hours earlier than the last, abortive attempt, perhaps curtailing the onslaught of locals with an earlier starting time.

According to numerous reports, the "acquisition' of the Mid-Ohio Con by the Wizard convention group was a hot gossip topic at this weekend's Mid-Ohio Con, and several message boards as well. The page we linked to has been taken down but, oddly, this ticket price list has been left up -- Johanna has more and reactions, as does the comment thread at our original story (which for some reason we can't edit.) We asked Wizard spokesman Jerry Milani for comment and replied "We don't have any formal announcement yet."

Every week there are seemingly dozens of comics conventions, signings, art shows and so on around the world. Covering them all is impossible for...

People who have recovered from New York Comic Con are gearing up for King Con, Brooklyn's home show. Tonight King Con kicks off at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Guests include Chris Claremont, Kyle Baker, Sarah Glidden, and more. The four-day schedule this year allows for two panels tonight, a party tomorrow, and two days of exhibits and panels Saturday and Sunday. We'll be moderating the Kids panel Sunday at 12:30.