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RECAP: FanExpo11
I miss Toronto… Toronto Convention Center Between earthquakes and hurricanes, I fled New York City this past weekend to spend time with friends at Canada’s largest comic convention. And it might have...
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WonderCon Moving From San Francisco To Anaheim For 2012; C2E2 & Wizard World:...
Breaking news from the busy world of comic book conventions: after much speculation, Comic-Con International has confirmed that due to construction at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, they will be...
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iFanboy at New York Comic Con 2011!
It’s that time of year again – it’s time for the great, big ol’ comic book convention right here in iFanboy’s own back yard! It’s time for the New York Comic Con! We will be all over the con this year,...
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What’s Wrong With You? Making Fun of Cosplay
As New York Comic Con approaches, it brings to mind one thing, thanks to years of conditioning, and that is: cosplayers. That’s the technical term for the folks who like to dress themselves up and have...
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The Top 5 Comic Conventions of 2011
The dust has settled after the whirlwind that was New York Comic-Con. I’ve finally kicked con-crud. All of the Tasty-Kakes Paul brought us have been eaten. And there are several piles of comics and...
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Comic Fans and the Conundrum of General Interest
I found myself at lunch a few weeks ago with some fellow grad students in my department. The conversation was scattered; deadline woes, undergrads being frustrating, research setbacks, but then the...
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How to Throw Your Own Live Art Event!
Brightly colored costumes. Celebrities strolling by you before you realize what’s happening. Signed comic books. One a kind commissioned sketches of Zatanna. Panels where people ask ridiculous...
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WonderCon Blues…
This past weekend, WonderCon happened at the Anaheim Convention Center, which is about an hour south of Los Angeles. While I can’t say I was actually looking forward to the convention itself, I was...
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The Dum-Dum’s Guide to Comic Book Conventions
Good times. Con season is upon us! Well, my con season is, anyway. Truth be told, most of us really don’t have a “con season.” Globetrotting jet-setters like the iFounders find themselves at ten of...
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What Event Fatigue?
An unexpected thing happened to us at C2E2 this weekend. I am having a panic attack just looking at this photo. There came a moment on Saturday when we iFanboy second stringers (Ali Colluccio, Timmy...
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How to Take a Good Cosplay Photograph
It’s just a typical day on the internet – I’m frolicking through message boards, wading through my twitter feed, and giggling wildly over pictures of cute cats. As usual, I click around until I find...
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Comic-Conomicon
The-- what? Why? Are they--? Do you hear that? That low, approaching rumble? Boom. Boom. Boom. You feel the couch shaking? See the ever-growing tremors in your water glass, there? It’s coming. San...
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MorrisonCon: Final Thoughts
One week ago today, I woke up in my bed at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas with a head spinning feeling that’s probably par for the course for folks staying in Vegas. But for me, this head spinning...
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A Q&Q&Q&A About Comic Conventions
None of these people are here to hear your Daken pitch. The more I experience in this world, the more I find myself reflecting on the big questions. Why are we here? What is all of this about? In the...
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Is Comic-Con Becoming a Nightmare?
“…and SDCC is probably sour, anyway.” I went to San Diego Comic-Con once, back when I was sure it was called that. I would swear I got an e-mail later telling me not to call it that anymore. I think...
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Hype Works
Could the book at least come out first? San Diego Comic-Con has reminded me once again that, in the end, I am weak like a child. They got me again, right in the heart. I am being real with you by...
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