Tag: Festivals
ECCC ’25: Are Comic Cons becoming Festivals?
ReedPOP is planning a more "World Fair" approach to cons, but how did that affect this year's ECCC in Seattle?
Graphic Novel TK Episode 34: Conferences, Conventions, and Festivals
Conferences, conventions, and festivals! As a comics creator, should you go to them? What should you do there? What's the best way for you to work with all the very different public event spaces...
This weekend Chris Hardwick aims to change the comic con equation with ...
Adding a comic-con and a comedy festival to a usic festival featuring thee likes of Weezer and Crystal Castles, Chris Hardwick's first IF10T fest could be the start of something big.
While NY Geeks Out Next Weekend, So Cal Goes Punk
Not going to NYCC this year? Sure you could spend hours hunched over the computer waiting for the latest news to come out of the Javits center or if you like a little punk...
24 Hours of International Comics: Eurocomics – Network of European Comic Festivals Founded
While doing research on my German comics article, I discovered an interesting press release in the Erlangen Comics Salon website. The news? Five comics cultural festivals in Europe have formed an organization to better...
ELCAF Previews Night: Kristyna Baczynski’s ‘A Measure of Space’
Astounding designer and comic-maker Kristyna Baczynski will be at ELCAF, debuting what look to be a number of new pieces. One will be her zine 'Intrepid' which she says mixes a short existential story...
ELCAF Previews Night: Ricky Rouse Has A Gun
Launching early for ELCAF (the full release isn't slated until September), Jörg Tittel and John Aggs' book 'Ricky Rouse Has A Gun' will be on offer at the SelfMadeHero booth. Possibly the most likely...
ELCAF Preview Night: Dan Berry’s ‘The End’
ELCAF is tomorrow, and all sorts of wonderous and startling comics and arts are going to be going on all day. Remember the Kokiri Forest from Ocarina of Time? It's essentially going to be...
The Lakes Comic Festival Gets Everything Right
Last weekend I headed south for Kendal, a bustling town in the beautiful Lake District of England for a comics festival with a difference. The Lakes International Comic Art Festival fully embraced a European...
BCGF Co-Founder Announces New Brooklyn Comics Festival
Following the news earlier this year that the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is now no more, it appears a new festival has just been announced to take its place - presented by Desert...
The Beat’s Timely On-Time Not Late ELCAF Report
Last weekend saw the second ELCAF take place in London, an indie comic festival which headlined with publishers Nobrow, SelfMadeHero, and Blank Slate. It was a popular event, drawing in a large crowd eager...
Autoptic Festival: official poster, more guests announced
We promised to keep you updated and so here we are with more details and updates from the new Minneapolis-based comics/art/music festival, Autoptic. Back in February,when the festival was initially announced, the only special...
