#Comic Conventions

[evandorkin]

I'll be appearing at the New Dorp Comic Con on Staten Island this Saturday, May 10th. I'll be tabling/signing next to the folks from JHU Comics and will be doing a panel at 2:15 pm.

The con is at New Dorp HS, 465 New Dorp Ln, general admission is $10. And JHU Comics is literally up the block from the high school in case anyone wants to check out my old stomping grounds and pick up some comics.

I'm bringing index cards and some paper in case anyone is interested in getting a sketch, I'm not sure what I'll be charging but it will definitely be a lot less than what the drawings have been going for on eBay. I won't have any books for sale but JHU Comics will probably have some of my work for sale. And I'm happy to sign any books of mine that anyone brings.

Hope to see a few folks there. Or even one person. Anything to justify my getting up in the morning, which I only do a few times a year. Because it pains me.

[perseidlion]

Someone should make an album or put together a group photo of all the people cosplaying from unjustly cancelled shows.

Just saying. It might prove how much potential networks are throwing in the garbage.

[evilhorse]

Fun list of comic conventions (circa December 1984), with a few featuring the Simonsons.

[stede-bonnets]

My holographic Comic Con Achievement Rosette Stickers have arrived!

These are 2.5 inches long and have a sparkly film on top of them. They're so vibrant and cute!

You can find them on my Etsy, CumulusCraftsGB. I offer worldwide shipping!

[keezybees]

Ayy it's almost time! I will be in artist alley at ECCC '24, B17, in the Summit Building, 2/29-3/3! I'll have lots of comics and prints, including Sunflowers, which just came out! Please come say hi!! Even if you don't buy anything, I won't mind, I just like talking to people haha

[fortunelowtier]

I feel like we don't talk enough about vendors at conventions selling AI art or just straight up taking other people's fanart without credit for profit. I just spent the weekend at a con and this one booth sold like 80% stolen artwork or AI art and for like 15-20 bucks a piece

Like im not trying to talk shit about the people AT the booths, because 9 times outta 10 they have no idea that what theyre selling is stolen art, theyre just given products and told to sell it, but it sucks how prevalent its become that some conventions (even rlly big ones) have booths that sell stolen and/or bootleg merch

[phoenix]

Todd Stashwick (12 Monkeys, Star Trek: Picard) was at FanExpo Chicago this weekend, and he posted a bunch of photos of other celebrities there whose "work I have loved for years", including one Danielle Panabaker

[claudetc]

Yeah it's Thought Bubble, the yorkshire comic convention, this weekend. I'm tabling I'm cool, I'll be full of Greggs baked goods.

come see me and buy my good art and comics

[ladygoofus]

Seattle-area people, GGC is next weekend and it's such a cute convention! It's fully masked & vaxxed and there's all-ages family programming. I won't be tabling this year, but I'll be walking around and participating in a couple of panels.

Image alt text: I'm doing 2 panels at Geek Girl Con! Saturday October 7th. 10 a.m. (panelist) Geek Girl Scouts and Comics for Young Readers. 5 p.m. (moderator) The Art of Publishing a Graphic Novel.

[smashpages]

Smash Pages Q&A | Paul Cornell on ‘Con & On’

The writer of Ahoy’s newest title talks about comic conventions, working with Marika Cresta and more.

[animemke]

Anime Milwaukee is back!

Our 2024 dates are March 8-10, 2024 at the Wisconsin Center. 🍓 Theme: Sweet Sixteen 🎨 Art: Macarena Duarte

[eastsidemags]

The Janimal RETURNS

A little over 9 years ago, we stumbled across a group of indie comics artists who would meet up and draw and hang out and just share stories with each other. We were a brand new store and didn’t really know any “industry” people. In walks the Janimal with his book Time Shark (about a time-traveling shark)! A kid-friendly comic artist who is quite possibly the nicest human to ever walk the earth. We immediately fell in love with both his work and him! Shortly after, life took over and Janimal moved to Arizona and we stayed in touch but we didn’t get a chance to host him again.

Now - almost a decade later - the Janimal returns to the halls of East Side Mags!

Jan Marc “The Janimal” Quisumbing is a Jersey tomato roasting in the Arizona sun. A graduate of the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (NJ), he now resides in Northern Arizona with his family and 3 cats. He has exhibited at comic conventions from Phoenix Fan Fusion to New York Comic Con and serves as the acting president of the Northern Arizona Cartoonist Association (NAZCA). His fun and cartoony style has a great retro feel and translates easily to the drawing demo classes that have been a staple at Verde Valley libraries and LibCons over the past nine years. He currently works at a library in Northern Arizona as its Program and Marketing Coordinator.

Follow his work on Instagram at #thejanimaldraws

[paullovescomics]

This weekend I went to HeroesCon for the first time in like 10 years. It has grown in attendance and physical space. Got a few things for me, and for some friends. I wonder if the ratio of dealers to artists has changed. It felt like i saw fewer weird little comics that really intrigued me. Although honestly my energy got drained quickly, so i could have missed stuff. It might be that a space that big filled with that many people is just too much for me these days.

I took two comics to get signed: Blue Beetle #1 (1980s) for Paris Cullins, and Madman #1 from the Dark Horse run for Mike and Laura Allred. Unfortunately, i could not find Paris Cullins, and the line for the Allreds was massive. However, i did get an Elfquest issue signed by Wendy and Richard Pini as a surprise for a friend.

IDK, maybe next year i'll try SPX in Bethesda again. That show is also packed, but the one time I went, i was able to walk the whole floor, and double back for second looks at interesting stuff, with a decent amount of my social energy meter still intact. Also, it's all small presses and artists. The comic shop i go to in town is really good, so at a con i wanna find stuff i didn't know i was looking for. That's a more expensive trip, but i can visit people up there, and go to the National Gallery, too. ‪ I took the train this time, which is much better than driving to (and esp.) from Charlotte, but getting from the station to the con means hiring a ride or walking nearly two miles in the June heat. (There are buses and a train that runs within the city, and maybe i could've used those if i'd studied up beforehand.) The guy sitting next to me on the train started reading a Junji Ito comic, and we wound up having a nice conversation about art and music. Some of the buildings around the convention center have changed, and lunch options seemed fewer and farther away. (One sandwich shop across the street was closed on a Saturday?!) Of course it was very hot (90F/32C), but it was less humid than usual.

One artist I talked to told me that attendance this Friday was up 40% from Friday last year. There seemed to be more back issue dealers than a decade ago, and a whole booth devoted to apparently exclusive alternate covers. I say booth, but it was a space you could walk into, made up of 6-7 foot walls filled with pictures of the alternate covers. That's not my thing, so I didn't go in there, but it was pretty. There were definitely more dealers selling game and anime merch, and like ... nerdy homegoods? Neon signs and tea towels and little things to display (what my grandma might've called "play pretties"), and those are all nice additions. One place was selling these flannel shirts with recreations of comic book covers on the back. I kinda wish I'd gotten one of those. I bet i can find them online.

It's a really nice comic convention. Heroes was plenty big when i first went there like twenty years ago, and it's grown a lot. If you do not mind crowds, you will likely have a blast. If you have triple A social batteries like me, make sure to pace yourself.

[evilhorse]

Loved this list of comic conventions (circa March 1985), particularly the one in Arlington, Virginia featuring the Simonsons.

[websterstylemag]

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[kenpiercemedia]

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