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Comic-Con HQ: 3 Shows You Need to Be Watching
GeekMom Melody gets a night out and shares with you three Comic-Con HQ shows you should be watching. Read More
SDCC vs. Gen Con: Who Wins?
Comic Con or Gen Con? Our guest poster picks Gen Con, and here’s why. Read More
Weekly Poll: Comic-Con Announcements
This week’s poll: which Comic-Con announcement has you the most excited? Read More
Supanova: Not the Trendsetter We Were Looking For
Supanova Sydney 2016 had a light side, and a dark side. Here is the serious look at the missed opportunities in the Supanova Diversity Panel. Read my parallel ‘Supanova 2016’ post for the unicorns and rainbow review. Read More
Weekly Poll: What’s Your Favorite Part of Cons?
This week’s poll: What do you like about cons? Read More
Awesome Con Continues to Grow and Live Up to Its Name
This year marks only the fourth Awesome Con in DC, which began as a labor of love among a few fans who simply couldn’t believe that our nation’s capital didn’t have its own comic con. Read More
Denver Comic Con 2016 Celebrity Guest Guide
An interactive guide to the celebrities appearing at the 2016 Denver Comic Con. Read More
Brent Spiner Is Coming to DCC’16: Begin Subvocal Oscillations!
Brent Spiner joins the ever-expanding throng of celebrity guests attending the 2016 Denver Comic Con. Read More
Take a Gamble on Winning Free Tickets to Atlantic City Boardwalk Con
Ah, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Home of famous casinos, renowned beaches… and a comic con? You bet! Click for more information and a chance to win tickets! Read More
Wizard World Portland 2016 Recap
This past weekend I attended my first Wizard World Comic Con in Portland, Oregon. Every time I go to a con in Portland, I am so pleasantly surprised at how low-key and chill it is. Read More
Long Beach Comic Expo Ticket Giveaway
Our friends at the upcoming Long Beach Comic Expo were kind enough to partner with us to give away free tickets. We have two sets of two to give to you!. That’s two FULL weekend passes, good for 2/20 & 21 at the The Long Beach Convention & Exposition Center in Long Beach CA. If that’s in driving distance to you, you should totally enter. Read More
New Jersey Comic Expo – Discount Ticket Offer!
New York Comic Con just wrapped up, and GeekDad was there. Tri-State area geeks now have to wait a full year for a major con with A-level guests, right? WRONG! Meet the New Jersey Comic Expo. Information (and savings!) inside. Read More
A Look At the Best Cosplay of MCM Manchester Comic Con
A few weeks ago, I was able to attend Manchester Comic Con for the fourth time. The show has grown hugely over the last few years but also has a lot of room left for improvement. Read More
Wizard World Chicago Cosplay Roundup, Part 2
Part 2 of the Cosplay Round-up from Wizard World Chicago 2015. Read More
Interview With Comic Artist Mike McKone
The transcript of an interview with Marvel and DC artist Mike McKone, taken at the 2015 Motor City Comic Convention in Novi, Michigan. Read More
2015 Denver Comic Con – Cosplay Roundup
A roundup of some of my favorite cosplayers of the 2015 Denver Comic Con from television, movies, video games, and pop culture. Read More
Motor City Comic Con – Cosplay Round-up
A Cosplay round-up from the 2015 Motor City Comic Convention in Novi, Michigan, featuring some outstanding craftsmanship, talent, and passion. Read More
Motor City Comic Con Preview
Motor City Comic Con, Michigan’s largest Comic and Media convention, will be held in the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan, featuring media guests including William Shatner, Gates McFadden, Terry Farrell, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, and Scott Steiner. Read More
Sunday Evening With Captain Owen Episode 005: Emerald City Comic Con
In today’s episode we mainly talk about Emerald City Comic Con, which I wrote a whole post about, but we also discuss the zoo, the Zoo Webs card game, grandpa’s visit, his special pillow from Grandma Shelly, and a visit to Oma’s house. Read More
Top 20 Ways to Cosplay Geeky and Green for St. Patrick’s Day
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by cosplaying the best (and greenest) of geek culture. Read More
‘Comic Book People 2’ Kickstarter Campaign
Last year, a successful Kickstarter campaign resulted in the book ‘Comic Book People: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s,’ a well-received visual history of the first two decades of San Diego’s Comic-Con International. Now, author/photographer Jackie Estrada, administrator of the annual Will Eisner Awards (who is also, with her husband Batton Lash, the co-publisher of Exhibit A Press, which publishes Lash’s comic, ‘Supernatural Law’), has compiled a second volume covering the 1990s. Read More
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Artist Roundup
When it comes to Comic-Con, GeekMom Ariane would rather hit up the Artists’ Alley than the star-studded panels. Here’s a roundup of her favorite artists at SDCC 2014! Read More
Em-Con Recap
Em-Con was the first event of its kind in the region. I enjoyed myself immensely, however for many attendees, it was a long, long wait. Read More
Photo Gallery: Booker Dewitt and Wolverine at Comic Con New York
This year, as something of a rite-of-passage, the high school senior and his best friend attended Comic Con NY, sans parentals. Read More
The Once and Future Comic-Con
I spent Thursday through Sunday of last week at what is officially titled Comic-Con International San Diego, but known to geeks, nerds and fanboys the world over as simply “Comic-Con” (other nicknames include SDCC, Geek Pride Week, Nerd Prom, and, before it became cool, many less flattering terms); this four-day event has become the Sundance Festival of genre film, TV, gaming and, oh yeah, comics. Read More
Star Wars – Phineas and Ferb Crossover Announced for Next Year!
With the recent purchase of Lucasfilm by Disney, and with Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel on its way to TV screens in less than a month, it shouldn’t come as an overwhelming surprise that the show will also be the first crossover between Disney’s kids’ shows and the Star Wars universe. Read More
Dark Crystal Comic-Con News: Panel, New Fan Site with Production Images
There’s a Comic-Con panel Saturday about The Dark Crystal, as well as the launch of the new official Dark Crystal fan site, which includes a pretty cool “The Making Of…” section with production images, photos, and a peek into Jim Henson’s creative process. Read More
“Worlds Within Worlds”: Shattering Conventions Explores and Exposes Con Culture
Writer Bob Calhoun’s new tome is Shattering Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay and Conflict on the Expo Floor, an insightful and fun romp through what he calls “temporary worlds created in concrete convention centers and hotel conference rooms.” We chat about his book, his take on Comic-Con, and the days he used to wrestle men in Sasquatch suits while drunks tossed food at him. Read More
Rent Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope for 99 Cents This Week
This week’s iTunes rental of the week is Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, a documentary about—you guessed it—Comic-Con International. If you like documentaries about geeky topics, now’s a good time to rent it for a buck! Read More
