Recent Posts Tagged With 'cons'

• Comic-Con 4-Day Passes Sell Out!

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 12:43 in General, cci, cross-post, cons, cci 2010

  I’m floored. Absolutely floored that 4-day passes for Comic-Con International 2010 have sold out. I mean, it’s the first week of November, and the convention isn’t until next July! Tickets with access to Wednesday’s Preview Ni...

• Poll Result: Convention Distance

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 in fun, polls, cons

  I was hoping to get more responses to this one, but only 25 people responded — of whom 9 had never been to a fan or comic convention. Of those who had, the largest number by far had traveled between 10 and 100 miles to attend a con (8 of 17, or...

• Con-flict: Big Apple vs. NYCC — FIGHT!

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 20:51 in Opinion, wizard world, cons, nycc, big apple comic con

  Comic Book Resources and The Beat both noticed something interesting in the program for this weekend’s Big Apple Comic Con: the dates for next year’s event. It’s going to be October 7-10, 2010 — the same weekend as the larger,...

• Long Beach Comic-Con Report

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 23:36 in fun, Long Beach, cons, mark waid, lbcc 2009

  My full write-up of Long Beach Comic Con is done! I looked at lots of art, caught some panels, got stuff signed by both Mark Waid and Geoff Johns, bought some books and prints, saw people in costumes, and did some sightseeing. Here’s the cover...

• Upcoming Cons: Long Beach, WonderCon, Anaheim & San Diego

  Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 00:00 in fun, Long Beach, cci, anaheim, cons, wondercon, lbcc 2009, anaheim 2010, cci 2010, wondercon 2010

  Long Beach Comic-Con is only two weeks away! They’ve posted their programming schedule and floor map, and I’m happy to see that the panels I most want to see are (a) on the day I’m going and (b) not opposite each other! Comic Con I...

• Wizard World on the Way Out?

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 20:11 in Opinion, chicago, wizard world, cons, ccc

  Chicago Comic-Con is running this weekend. Yes, Chicago Comic-Con, not Wizard World Chicago as it’s been called for most of this decade. And that name change brings up all kinds of questions. Back in 1997, Wizard bought the Chicago Comic-Con, a...

• Quick Thoughts: Reprints, Tropes and Cons

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 01:30 in fun, san diego, chicago, cci, tweets, golden age, cons, flash history, cci 2009

  Some links and observations for the day. Links Comics Should Be Good looks at DC Super-Stars reprints from the 1970s — including a Flash book which re-drew a Golden Age story. Hmm, I have a new blog post idea: comparing the original and redraw...

• Covering San Diego

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 09:00 in san diego, Site News, cons, cci 2009

  In a few days I’ll be off to Comic-Con International in San Diego. It’ll be my 20th year attending the con. Now I feel old. Anyway, I’ll be posting about my experiences at the con in several places: Frequent updates on Twitter: @S...

• Thoughts on the Anaheim Comic-Con Announcement

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 01:45 in Opinion, anaheim, wizard world, cons, wwla

  Ever since Wizard canceled Wizard World Los Angeles back in January, just two months before the event, they’ve claimed that the show was not actually canceled, but merely “postponed” (as opposed to WWTX, which was canceled outright)...

• On the Hunt: Finding Back Issues, Then and Now

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 16:43 in Opinion, collecting, cci, golden age, teen titans, repost, cons, bronze age, silver age, worldcon

  How I searched for back issues of comics in… 1989: Look at the local comic store. Wait for a convention that my parents were going to. 1999: Look at the local comic store. Drive around to other stores. Save up for San Diego Comic-Con. Look o...

• Flash Panels at Comic-Con 2009

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 14:52 in san diego, General, cci, cons, cci 2009

  DC has posted their panel schedule for Comic-Con International. Some panels where the Flash is likely to come up include: Thursday, July 23rd 2:15-3:15 Spotlight on Geoff Johns He is the mastermind behind the smash-hit, critically acclaimed Flash: R...

• Speed Reading: Secret ID, Impulse Alumni, and More

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 13:23 in fun, Long Beach, creators, cons, geoff johns, mike wieringo, silver age, craig rousseau, perhapanauts, todd dezago

  At CBR, Geoff Johns wants your questions! Submit questions for the next Q&A by Monday, June 29. Scans_Daily demonstrates how Barry Allen kept his secret identity. Or, rather, didn’t. Comic Bloc has Noah Van Sciver’s comedic recap o...

• Flash News from Wizard World and HeroesCon (Updated)

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 01:58 in rival, wizard world, cons, flash news, bart allen, ethan van sciver, dan didio, wwp, wednesday comics, heroescon, ian sattler, heroescon 2009

  A few interesting notes from this weekend’s conventions, HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina and WizardWorld Philadelphia. Wednesday Comics Newsarama’s writeup of DC Nation at HeroesCon has the most direct Flash news. Ian Sattler showe...

• Daily Tips for Comic-Con

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 10:36 in tips, fun, san diego, cci, cons

  HeroesCon and WizardWorld Philadelphia start today. For fans who aren’t attending one of those two conventions, it’s time to start seriously thinking about Comic-Con International in July. Every day between now and the start of the conven...