convention Archives

By Christopher Helton Day three of Gen Con was probably my busiest day at the convention I talked with a lot of people and was able to meet some designers who's work I have been a fan of for a while For me, this is really the best part of going to a convention, whether for[...]

Despite jet lag, a lack of food and general exhaustedness I soldiered on and went head first into the first day of the convention. There were a lot of people here on Thursday A lot of geeks, gamers and cosplayers all wandering the Indiana Convention Center looking for that new game, or for people to play[...]

By Christopher Helton Gen Con may not have officially started, but the Bleeding Cool coverage has been going on for a few weeks now. While today was mostly a day for setting up and getting ready at the 2014 Gen Con gaming convention, with the announcement of the winner of the fourteenth Diana Jones Award is the start[...]

He is also the co-publisher at the ENnie Award winning Battlefield Press, Inc.  You can find him on Twitter at @dorkland and on G+ at https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherHelton/ where he will talk your ear off about gaming and comics. Christopher has a crowdfunding page to help raise money to defray the costs for going to the Gen Con gaming convention and cover it[...]

The convention has been going for a couple of years, but this was my first time attending it The attendance has been growing for the show, according to all reports The exact numbers are not yet available, but according to my contact in the organizers, the attendance for the weekend broke previous Tampa Bay Comic[...]

Over the last month a lot of things have been filtering through my email about the convention as everyone tries to grab their piece of the attention One thing that I haven't seen a lot of talk about is the First Exposure Playtest Hall being put on by the Double Exposure folks. First Exposure also runs the Metatopia, Dreamnation and Dexcon[...]

A few weeks back I attended a new comic convention in Ventura, California On the same weekend there was also the Baltimore Comic Con, one in Salt Lake City and another in Colorado Springs At the time I remember thinking that perhaps we've gotten to the too many convention level. Then came an announcement yesterday. Wizard World[...]

Tom Huxley attended N.I.C.E. for Bleeding Cool this weekend; The inaugural Northants International Comic Expo began yesterday (and ends at 5pm today).

comics convention Tickets still available… In a very special episode of the PCH podcast, I chat with legendary creator Alan Moore ahead of this weekend's N.I.C.E Convention in Kettering. Convention organiser Jeff Chahal from Close Encounters in Northampton also stops by to explain how the show came to be and what his purpose was in doing it. Finally,[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQHRjocfWb4[/youtube] Alan Moore talks about attending N.I.C.E., a comic convention near Northampton this weekend Tickets still available, and Bleeding Cool's Tom Huxley will be in attendance. And here's that Withnail And I clip to refresh your memory… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2P9Px3enI[/youtube] [...]

This year's Dundee Comics Day appears to have a certain Grant Morrison theme - making it the third such event this year. As their Facebook page describes

Looks like the usually rather reliable UK Comic Conventions site got scammed They now write; " IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS INDEED A FAKE NAME RELEASED TO US AND HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS NOT COMING" As you were. The original article runs below: Wow. Earlier this year, the new London Super Comic Convention persuaded Stan Lee (or rather[...]

David Hine is going to N.I.C.E., the Northamption comic book convention in a theme park, taking place in September You know, the first comic con Alan Moore is going to in twenty-five years Tickets still available David decided to tell us why; Jeff Chahal runs the Close Encounters comics shops in Bedford and Northampton and is[...]

A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran a piece on the About Heroes podcast, and their decision to run what appeared to be a puff piece interview with

Julian Louis Blair, gentleman cartoonist and podcaster, writes for Bleeding Cool from the Melbourne Supernova Convention for a now-rare appearance by Brian Bendis. The seminar room was both a welcome safe haven from the stuffy heat and throng of cosplaying teenagers that was the convention hall as well as a place I finally sit[...]

And today I'm thrilled to get to start satisfying some of your curiosity. As the name implies, MorrisonCon is a convention curated by Grant Morrison, an intimate gathering featuring some of the industry's most exciting comic creators hand-picked by Grant It is a weekend long celebration of these creators' work and people like you and me[...]

Tomorrow sees the start of Wonder Con in Anaheim, California. Bleeding Cool has a number of people on the ground (and very likely with their head in the

Kapow, the London convention run by Mark Millar and his family, and funded by Titan, has been criticised both this year and last for having no announced female comics guests, namely a "sausagefest" Last year, there were actually female comics creators at the show, but some people didn't realise the same thing would probably happen[...]

BBC Worldwide have announced their own Doctor Who Convention taking place in March 2012 With only Steven Moffat and Matt Smith confirmed as guests, odds are that whoever the companions are in series seven will be along too. Will it justify £100 for a day? The schedule is repeated from the Saturday on the Sunday… The event[...]

Well, the convention is gone.  The charity has asked that Olney not use its name when fundraising As to what happens to the maps that Busch sent to Olney after he requested their return, first Rick e-mailed Busch saying; "Well, I had asked you nicely not to take that step And, because you're so inclined[...]

Comics Launch Pad is a very different kind of comic convention While usually comic book professionals attend conventions for free, at Launch Pad they pay – but they are the only ones allowed to attend. It's a convention for comic book professionals or aspiring professionals, with talks, seminars, demonstrations and workshops in Birmingham, England. Keynote speakers will[...]

They're hosting an Artists Alley. Usually reserved for the comic convention, this involves a series of tables, each with an artist showing their work, sketching, signing, talking, networking, taking commissions, selling prints and ashcans full of their work Or, in Rob Granito's case, other people's work. Well, as the graphic novel has grown in stature at every[...]

"They call him Spat" As Wizard are gearing up their comic convention coverage, it seems odd that they're letting go two of their bigger names, Jeff Serling and Spat Oktan. Jeff was one of the organisers of the Motor City Comic Con before he did a number of jobs for Wizard World, sub contracting to manage the[...]

It's hardly a secret now. But later today Wizard World will confirm that, yes, as of next year Mid Ohio Con will join the Wizard World Comic Con lineup, making a total of 16 comic conventions (17 if you count two Big Apples a year) across the US and Canada. Next year's Wizard World Mid Ohio Comic[...]

This may well be Wizard World's most prominent purchase of a comic convention since Chicgo While they have spent the year announcing a number of comic conventions across the US and Canada that they have added to their Wizard World collection of shows, Mid Ohio Con is a relatively large local comic convention with an[...]

Morial Convention Center. So… who's going to cosplay as Ernest N Morial then? Last week, Bleeding Cool revealed that Wizard were launching a New Orleans Wizard World Comic Con Some wondered how or if this would affect the existing NOLA Comic Con run by Ronnie Prudhomme, held for the past two years in suburban New Orleans. Basically,[...]

I'm not going to MCM London Expo today. Oh I want to, don't get me wrong, but something (possibly in a bacon sandwich from the Fox pub) has seen me struck

1) This weekend, the MCM Expo 2010 in London at the ExCel Convention Centre in the Docklands The biggest comics convention in Britain with an attendance of 30,000.  Preview afternoon from 2pm today followed by the Eagle Awards, one of the oldest comic industry awards around I'll be there, don't be a stranger Big comics[...]

You never know what you're going to get. Although being a Hallowe'en convention, the coplay will be even more interesting than usual. I'll be there If you see me and want to say hello, please do – I alsways get emails from people who saw me but never said hello, because they didn't want to interrupt me[...]