Comic book festival and conventions are kicking off in the UK from October onwards, with MCM, Thought Bubble and The Lakes amongst the first.
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Will Romine writes: The DC in D.C. event this past weekend was the most effective and original fan outreach that I've seen in nearly a decade of attending and reporting on comic conventions big and small.
Some thoughts from a regular MCM Comic Con exhibitor about the future of the UK shows, on the news of three of their shows being discontinued.
Jess Nevins is well known to comic book industry people for his annotations of comic books, notably the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He is also the
Over the weekend, Henn and I traveled up to the Five Points Festival in NYC's Lower East Side. The show is a fantastic first-year con, as I've said in my
By Olly MacNamee Back for its sophomore year is the ever-expanding Birmingham Comics Festival, returning to the scene of the crime, Edgbaston Stadium, and
By Bill Watters Recently, Denise Dorman wrote a thought-provoking piece on the subject of the lessening profitability of attending comic-con styled events
By Troy Akridge Each Labor Day weekend, Atlanta, Georgia's downtown is filled with the sights and sounds of costumed fans of all genres roaming the
By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent A is for August and Anime! I cannot believe how many anime events are scheduled for the
Yesterday, while visiting Horton Plaza, Bleeding Cool Editor-In-Chief Hannah Means-Shannon took a cigarette break. And gave a cigarette to Angel, a
By Christopher Smith In this, the fifth installment of our ongoing column series, Christopher Smith takes us on a tour through his own back pages as a
By Ian Mageto Comics and Cosplay host and Bleeding Cool’s Bleeding Cosplay columnist Ian Mageto presents a week of videos for “Con Week” where he
By Ian Mageto Comics and Cosplay host and Bleeding Cool's Bleeding Cosplay columnist Ian Mageto presents a week of videos for "Con Week" where he
If you're heading out to Wizard World Minneapolis this fine Friday or Weekend, there's plenty of excellent programming to take advantage of from a
By Hashim Hathaway While everyone had their eye on the spectacle that is Wondercon, last Friday also brought a new and improved Awesome Con to the Walter
A few weeks ago, I interviewed Dr. Matthew J. Smith, a Professor in the Department of Communications at Wittenberg University in Ohio, about a field study
By Erik Grove I wrote a column about Batman for this week but this isn’t that column. That column will come in the future. I’ve also got several
Which is very sad because the art and dynamics are what creates this unique environment that thrives to the multiverse.
BAT: Very true. I personally love all the multi-media related people and events at shows, but comics should have the spotlight at an event billing themselves as "comic cons." But, whew! That is a lot of[...]
By Michele Brittany It was an usually warm day last Saturday here in Southern California as I headed to Phat Con, being held at Dave & Buster’s at The
Dirk Manning writes: Towards the end of 2013, I decided to do something that would either exponentially help my writing career or kill me: I decided to
It is a little ridiculous. (Photo by Roger Gibson) This weekend is the Bristol Comic Expo, the genetic inheritor of the old UKCAC conventions. With guests