Tag: Conventions
So what happens to Comic-Cons now that San Diego won their trademark suit?
Last week the trial of the year ended when a six person jury ruled for San Diego Comic-Con in their trademark dispute with the Salt Lake Comic Con. I haven't had time to dig...
Ace Comic Con: When Nerdlebrities Ruled the Earth
It was a big weekend for people who wanted to have their photo taken with Gal Gadot or Henry Cavill. The two stars rarely show up at conventions for signings and photo ops -...
Con News: SDCC vs SLCC goes to court; the guests who were not paid;...
A lot is going on in convention world, so let's get to it!
§ The trial of the month is now taking place in San Diego! The battle over the trademark for Comic-Con. On one...
Libya Comic Con organizers and attendees beaten and detained after militia raid
"This sort of festival imported from abroad exploits the weakness in their religious faith and their fascination with foreign cultures," according to the RADA Special Deterrence Forces
When a con goes badly: Area man claims C4 Winnipeg was “The Worst Convention...
Our Canadian neighbors have the reputation as being a friendly, generous folk but they are not immune from poorly run comic cons. Or at least that what webcomics creator Michael McAdam claims in a...
NSS: TwitchCon 2017 keynote shows the continuing exponential growth of stream culture and man...
There are two groups of people now. Those broadcasting themselves on Twitch and those of us with kids watching others play video games on Twitch. Since it's inception in 2011, Twitch.tv has become the...
The Shamus Brothers are back with Ace Universe events starting in December
We;re ve been telling you for a while now that the Shamus Brother, Gareb and Stephen, were looking to get back into the convention game. And they are back, with the Ace Universe.
Gareb, founder...
Comic Con Revolution announces a show for West Palm Beach in February 2018
Earlier this year, Atomic Crush Events opened the doors of a new comic book centric convention to an underserved part of southern California with the first Comic Con Revolution. Today, the group is announcing...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/29/17: Good news, everyone! Captain America is okay again!
§ Nice Art: We're still celebrating Jack Kirby here so more Jack Kirby, this time his drawings of God, some of the very few pieces of his own art that he kept on display...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: It’s Not Dead 2, the return of punk rock and the...
2015 saw the debut of a new music festival for the punk rock loving crowd. Featuring headliners such as the Descendents and NOFX, It's Not Dead was one of the best single days of...
SDCC ’17: President Brains, Nanobots, and Nuclear War Comedically Combine in Rob Kutner’s “SHRINKAGE!”
In 2015, veteran comedy writer Rob Kutner (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Conan) launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Shrinkage, a phantasmagorical burlesque about a group of nanobots that invade the President’s brain...
Convention news: BLERD City takes over NYC on July 29-30
Not making it to Comic Con this week? Don’t sweat it. On July 29 & 30, the Big Apple will transform into BLERD City, a new conference for Blerds and Geeks of all...
