illinois Archives

The hyper-conservative publishers of Oni Press have been embarrassed at social gatherings as publishers of the book, but are mollified by how much money it has made them. Illinois is going to put a stop to this though, by passing legislation that will ban book bans, whatever the subject matter, in libraries From the Anarchist Cookbook[...]

But not Pete Hurst, North Shore Comics of Northbrook, Illinois He's doing Free Comic Book Day on Saturday the first of May, anyway. Courtesy of Pete Hurst, North Shore Comics of Northbrook, Illinois. When asked why it was important to have this Spring event, owner Pete Hurst replied, "I've been stockpiling comics for over a year in[...]

One Stop Comics of Oak Parks, Illinois is, like many comic books, shut down due to the current global situation However while some are looking to open again at the soonest opportunity, One Stop Comics may not be able to without a little extra assistance Which is why, like Forbidden Planet New York, they have[...]

The following month, C2E2 sets up shop at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois from April 6-8; with an announced guest list that includes Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Dave Bautista, Mark Sheppard, Alan Tudyk and Lennie James Jumping ahead to the fall, New York Comic Con invades NYC's Jacob K Javits Convention Center from October 4-7; with guests and[...]

The Illinois News Bureau reports, (with the most condescending and predictable headline you can imagine, even for Bleeding Cool) that Dr Fredric Wertham, author of Seduction Of The Innocent, the book that inspired government hearings about the content of comic books, saw sales plummet from the bad publicity, and eventually leading to the establishment of[...]

Peter G writes for Bleeding Cool; Well, here we are at the Orland Park Civic Center in Orland Park, IL, home of the second DanCon comic convention. DanCon